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You can't possibly see where the tunnel extends too; on the other hand- you realize you can probably cross the room to the exit to the temple with relative ease now that all of the cultists are pretty much dead or unaccounted for...
Keep in mind that Claus, the two civilians and the van are still waiting for you outside.
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Ralix drops to his knees, panting as he tries to catch his break. "Praise the Emperor..." he gasps, staring at the ground. "We actually did it..."
"Well, actually..." he suddenly looks up at Alecia, Horst, and Ravion from his kneeling postion. "You guys did it. I don't think I really contributed much to that fight, other than annoying it. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful than that..." he shrugs. In truth, he does feel a bit dejected with himself. Without ammunition or any sort of martial prowess, he really was rather useful in a fight. It was a sobering reality. But he'd survived; they'd all survived... That was something to be happy about, at least.
Then at Ravion's question, he remembers Juron. "Ravion..." he locks eyes with the Blank, still breathing heavily from exhaustion. "We didn't see him."
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Ravion lands with a roll in the Ritual Chamber, coming to his feet, breathing heavily. There's a click as his grapnel finishes reloading. He stands there for a moment, his jumpsuit slick with gore from the Patriarch as the room behind them finishes caving in with a crash, before turning, his step faltering only slightly. "Everyone ok? Did anyone grab Juron?" he gasps, looking around the room at the others.
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Ravion looks downcast at the news of Juron's disappearance, "Well there isn't much we can do about it now.." He says, grim-faced. He looks up at the others "We have to complete the original mission. The remaining cultists should be holed up in the city somewhere with the Alpha, let's go." He starts limping down the cultist's escape tunnel, seemingly oblivious of his great many gashes an wounds.
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You begin limping down the tunnel, ignoring your bodies' cries of agony. The tunnel extends far ahead of you, and despite your injuries (due to your initiative) your already on your way.
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[OOC: Do you wait for everybody else, or do you go down the tunnel? Furthermore- You might be ignoring your body, but it might not feel the same way: Toughness +20 in order to stay on our feet, or else you collapse- deathly tired.]
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Alicia
Alicia follows the injured assassin, reloading her weapons as she moves. She offers the assassin a shoulder to lean on should he need it. However she keeps her eyes pealed for any threat.
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Ravion pauses, turning to make sure his companions are following, his step falters, and a look of frustration passes across his face as his legs buckle underneath him and he drops to the floor in exhaustion.
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Alicia carries the assassin's weight, but he slumps down: you doubt he'll be of much for the next ten minutes. Not to mention the gravity of the Sororitas' wounds are nothing to scoff at either- despite luckily avoiding the vast majority of the larger collapsing crystals.
As you advance down the tunnel, the silence is pervasive- until, that is, you hear a low screeching sound... As if something metallic- and sharp, was sliding against one of the walls....
It seems to be slowly coming your way.....
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[OOC: See if you can identify what it is without rolling anything... But you'd like more information, roll perception- the deathly quiet makes this roll very easy, giving you a +30 bonus! - Ravion can attempt it too, if he'd like, and talk in tired-out whispers :P]
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Ravion tries his best to be alert, despite his injuries. He perks up slightly at the sound, but is still unable to stand under his own power.
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Alicia
Alicia sets Revion down against the wall. And pulls one of her pistols from their restraint clips as she searches the air for the sound. She hands the weapon to Ravion and gives him a firm head nod.
Aim well assassin.
Alicia than turns to peer into the darkness as she once more draws the massive Eviserator its blades quite but her finger ready to bring the roaring weapon to life. Her senses ready and her muscles tensed for a coming conflict.
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[roll0] vs 30 + 30 +20 - 10 = 70 (screwed up the last test :smalltongue:) listening and looking
ready action to charge anything which may be hostile.
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"Here's an idea..." Ralix says, staggering up to his feet. "Perhaps we should rest for a moment, and I can treat everyone's injuries? We're all rather thrashed..." He begins to stagger after Alicia and Ravion, sheathing his sword and unslinging his backpack. "Besides, its not like they can call the Hive Fleet with their brood-leader-daemon-thing dead..." he smirks. "Did the cultists say where they were going when they left? Any indication of where they might have gone?"
However, upon seeing Alicia prepare for battle and advise Ravion to aim well, Ralix realizes that they aren't going to have that break he so desperately wants. "Fraaak..." he growls, dropping his backpack and drawing his second scavenged revolver.
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You hear it clearly- a heavy thumping sound... as if something rather large was slowly, but surely, walking your way- taking its sweet, sweet time...
The sound of metal scrapping suddenly grows louder.... as if doubling....
Edit- Ralix's footsteps echo from behind you, and he arrives behind you moments later...
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[OOC: same perception test to hear the sounds]
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Ravion slumps against the wall, unable to protest, he looks blankly at the pistol handed to him, "It'll do.." looking up at Ralix, "Something about a Mansion?" his effort spent he lays his head back down, holding the pistol out in front of himself lest he need it.
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"Didn't somebody scope out the mansion? I can't remember exactly, it feels like this night has dragged on for months..." Ralix grumbles, shaking his head.
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Alicia
Alicia tires of the waiting for the creature to make its appearance growls in protest.
Come beast! Meat my blade and become chafe in the wind as your master did! I am your death and the Emperor your damnation!
Her voice rings out to in the hall a defiant scream of hate.
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Alicia's voice drowns out the sound of the metal scraping- and when the echoes cease, it is deathly quiet again; and time seems to slow down to a crawl...
There is no answer from the depths of the tunnel- but there is an oppressive aura in the air- and you feel yourself being watched.
Ralix recalls that Claus scouted out the mansion earlier, but couldn't get in by himself.
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Alicia
Alicia growls in frustration.
Ralix, tend to Ravion. I shall scout ahead for this creature.
Alicia turns to the others only briefly to give her command before turning and moving into the darkness of the hall. Her blade held ready and her eys and ears pealed for the creature, being sure to keep a close watch not only at eye level and below but above as well.
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Horst silently reloads his autogun, as he whispers.
"I can lay down a wall of suppressive fire so we can advance, should keep their heads down."
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Alicia
Alicia nods at the guardsmen's plan. And moves to the one side of the hall while she advances to give Horst a better view of the hallway.
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"Tactical withdrawel?" Ralix growls quietly, leveling his revolver with the darkness of the tunnel as he moves to tend to Ravion. "I'm not sure we can handle another knock-drown drag-out battle. Maybe if we fall back a bit, we can lure it out here into the open..."
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Aiming at the darkness - half action
Moving over to Ravion - rest of turn?
What are our movement options? There's the tunnel back to the Patriarch cave, the tunnel the baddies went into, and the tunnel back up to the surface. What's blocking that path, exactly? :smallconfused:
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Momentary Description Reprieve:
You are currently in the Hallway where the baddies escaped- You took it by turning right at the stage, instead of moving forward across the mutated plants and going up the tunnel that leads to the surface.
The tunnel is about six meters high, and six meters wide- so its big enough. The (very small) tunnel back to the Patriarch's cave has been sealed off by the rock fall- so that's no longer an option.
The rest is up to you!
PS- when I say mutated plants, I can't exactly recall what happened down there :P I believe the crystals acted up, struck some fungus or cultists, and caused them to break out into hives or some such- the point is, nothing is physically blocking that path, its just disturbing :P
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"Come to think of it," Ralix muses, "We're probably better going back to the van. Y'know, they may expect us to come up this way. There's no telling what traps may be set up. Besides, we did kinda leave Claus and the civilians to die..."
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"Whatever it is up , it already knows where here, and if its looking for fight, I could think no better place then a narrow tunnel." Horst grrs, as he hands Ralix his longlas, and redies his autogun.
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You move towards Ravion- but no sooner do you take your first steps that you hear a sound behind you, and a cold child goes down your spine.
Turning abruptly, you make out something- the pulsing lights from the crystals outside cast back the darkness at the entrance of the tunnel, revealing the outline of a small figure, perhaps a child, standing in the distance.
It looks as if its moving, gesturing- your not quite sure. Squinting, you think you can see its face- but your not quite sure... is it mouthing something?
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But you do hear the metal scrapping still- still coming from the end of the tunnel... the stomping on the other hand, has ceased...
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You can't make out any of the figure's features- and before you can react, it collapses onto the ground and vanishes...
Despite this, are vaguely aware of it said; for some strange reason, Juron's voice echoes in the back of your mind:
"The Leech Master is coming..."
You hear him saying, before the voice- like the figure, fade away into oblivion.
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"Leech Master?" Ralix stares into the darkness, confused and a bit disturbed. He then looks back at the others and whispers hoarsely, "Anybody else see the creepy shadow-child or hear Juron whispering about the approach of the Leech Master?"
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As you walk into the tunnel; you notice that several pipes seem to line the ceiling- and sometimes, at irregular intervals, they shoot straight up into vertical shafts...
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Ralix suddenly pales as the realization strikes him. The Leech Master. It had been mentioned in the book. And it had said-
"Ravion!" Ralix snaps, suddenly dropping to a kneel besides the wounded Assassin. He lays his revolver and Horst's lasgun down next to Ravion, and then reaches out for his backpack, almost clawing desperately for it. "I need you to cover me while I read something! We may be up against more than we can handle!"
As he digs through his backpack for the old tome, he calls out into the darkness of the tunnel. He tries to keep his voice at a tone that is loud enough for Horst and Alicia to hear him, but not to attract whatever is in the darkness with them. "Fall back! Alicia! Horst! You need to get out of there now!"
"Its a Broodlord!"
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Alicia
Alicia groans as she looks up. This was not going to be easy. She begins to back up as she glares around the tunnel. She points up for Horst if he has not noticed the tunnels. She begins to retreat to the others to once more protect them.
Best to consolidate for now. Would do us no good to be split up.
she mutters to Horst.
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"Argeed, with all these tunnels, no telling how the bugs might ambush us, best we go back upstairs." Horst mumbles, as he trades his autogun for his plasma gun, heading to Ralix as covers them as they back upstairs.