The Staff IC: Threat IV: Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon tea party!

[DualShadow]

"Starswirl!" Astral Gimmer gasped. "Yes she is safe don't worry about her for now. But you, you are fused with the land itself!
What happened?"

[DaOldeWolf]

"Master! Are you alright?" BubbleGuard declares worried and goes ahead to answer to Starswhirl. "She or he is fine."

[Emperor Ing]

Your spell was a glorious success, alas your sacrifice was demanded of it! Tailwind observed before her mind turned to the crater itself, and its uncannily flesh-like qualities.

Where....ARE we, exactly, and why is the ground so...hairy?

[igordragonian]

Deepwood tried to leash the flea!
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Deepwood stared at Starswirl.

"This... is.. terrible. How are we fixing it?'

[Emmerlaus]

Deepwood can't find a way to leash the flea easily but his little wooden puppy friend catch it as it try to bounce away like a bullet and is more then happy to keep it in his mouth as you go along...

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Starswirl continue soon enough, each words spoken very slowly: " Ans...wers... la...ter... please... kill... fleas... cant... even... scratch... tor...ture... please... magic... cant... please..."

You actually see a tear from his wooden eyes fall off... This tone is imploring, like he is in pain.

[DualShadow]

With a stomp of her hoof Astral Glimmer declares her intention in a manner very close to Tailwind's usual tone "Ponies! We know what we have to do!
That odd creature that has been stalking us must be vanquished!"

"Celestia, Luna and the wood wolf must be protected during our fight though."

[Emperor Ing]

At once! Tailwind booms, raising a hoof imperiously. Yet I must point out: His exact words were 'fleas!'

I shall take watch from above, point to where I see those overgrown monsters! The wolves hunt magnificently, allow them to lend us their aid!

Tailwind scanned the area, looking for any rustling of 'grass' to point out the location of any fleas.

Spot
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[igordragonian]

Deepwood nodded, leading the pups for hunt.

Harmony with Tailwind

[Emmerlaus]

Thx to Deepwood and his timberwolf pup below, Tailwind can see some brushing grass. Two this time. You cant see them yet but you know where they are.

OCC:

Body rolls everyone if you try to take them on without magic. If you use spells, roll accordingly.

[Emperor Ing]

Behold, your quarry, revealed! Tailwind boomed as he pointed to either disturbance in the grass for the others.

Harmony applied to whomever attempts to catch the fleas first.

[igordragonian]

Using the wood pup guidance, Deepwood try to pounce the flea and squash it.





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[DualShadow]

Following Deepwood's charge Astral goes for the flea's flank to leave it less room to dodge the ranger's squashing attempt!

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Harmony on Deepwood's

[DaOldeWolf]

BubbleGuard decides to assist in the capture by casting his spell to capture one of them.

Spoiler: OOC

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Bubble Capture Spell: DC 9 - (2d6)[7]
Cast:(2d6+3)[5]

[Emmerlaus]

As they attack the giant flea and reveal its body, you realize now it's as big as a bulldog. It also have a strange turf of its behind his head.

The one Deepwood, Tailwind and Astral was focused on got hit big then try to jump away but Tailwind push it back in front of Deepwood, make it land on its head even, revealing its belly and wingling its legs in a attempt to roll over on its legs...

Bubbles proven to be most unlucky. As he try to trap the second one, he actually trap HIMSELF in the capture bubble. (DC 9 Body check to pierce it).

The second one, alerted, jump like a cannonball on the edge of the hole. It land on the rock with a loud nose and making stones fall off the edge in the crater. It wriggle around and finally seem to spot Tailwind and the Princesses. A Murderous bloody aura seem to come from his legs as its preparing its next move...

[igordragonian]

Deepwood tried to squash the flea.
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"Rascals! Run!"

He looked at Bubble Guard. "Bubble.." he face hoofed.

[DualShadow]

Astral smiled for a moment at the teamwork but quickly noticed the new flea coming. "Keep on this one!" she told Deepwood before moving near the fillies and Tailwind yelling at the bug "You shall not pass!" The grey unicorn stomped her hoof down and her horn glowed for a moment hoping to challenge the creature and ready to put herself between it and any of the other ponies.

[Emperor Ing]

What in Equestria IS that thing?! Tailwind exclaimed as the flea suddenly appeared much more...monstrous. She flew down, trying to aid Deepwood in squashing the monster.

Harmony for Deepwood

[DaOldeWolf]

Spoiler: OOC

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Why did I fail? My roll was a success. Anyway, moving on.....

Strenght roll: (2d6+3)[7]

"Stay on the mission. Forget about me." BubbleGuard orders as he tries to burst the bubble.

[Emmerlaus]

Deepwood attack made the flea shell crack and made it dizzy as he stroke near its head. Tailwind arial assault ,by dropping hard on it, made it squash.

As the giant fleas is killed, a weird glowing blood was about to slash everywhere but it seem it was attracted to the ground. Once it touch the ground, it would disappear instantly. The silver/white portion of the air slightly reduce as a result, becoming green again.

However... you hear two panicked cries above your head. Ignoring Astral provocation, the flea jump like a cannonball toward the Princesses as soon as Tailwind charge the flea below.

Tailwind realize her mistake too late. Fortunatly for them, Luna horn glow and they teleported... right under Bubbles, INSIDE his own bubble spell.

Surprisingly, the flea seem to adjust its trajectory in midair... to go still after the fillies?!

As soon as they teleported, its trajectory adjusted. It collided HEAVILY with the giant Bubbles, making it pop in a loud noise... For the giant flea to land on Bubbles back!

Althought the bubble spell acted as a shield, Bubbles have to resist caving in and dropping prone on the Princesses below him from the impact (Body TN 7) and take (1d6)[2] damage.

You have a ominous feeling that those giants fleas... are more trouble then you thought at first.

[Emperor Ing]

What monstrous abominations does Starswirl cultivate upon his mane?! Tailwind asked rhetorically, what ever it was, it was not natural, at all! Why were they going after the fillies, exclusively?

Then she remembered, the princesses are as powerful, if not more so than Starswirl, they're attracted to, if not directly feeding on magic!

They're after the princesses! She observed. They may be the culprits behind Starswirl's current state! She then flapped her wings and flew hard at the flea, intent on hitting it hard.

Body
(2d6+1)[7]

[DualShadow]

"I said that you would not pass!" Astral Gimmer yelled at the creature. Her horn glowed as she casted a spell to hold it down.

Spoiler: Spell

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Shadow Bind
Target: Individual
Range: Seen
Duration: Sustained
Effect: Animate
Subject: Body, Shadow
Spell Level: 8 (Easy, DT 5)
Description: Tendrils of physical shadow-stuff comes out of the target's own shadow and holds it down.

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[DaOldeWolf]

"What we need is a plan to get them all in the same place. There is going to keep a lot of chaos coming if we keep trying to just catch one at a time. " BubbleGuard points out to the others.

[igordragonian]

Deepwood groaned. "Not that terrible plan, Bubble Guard." he barked to the Timber pup, trying to sincrenize with him- like sheppered dogs, they are chasing off the fleas attempting to turn them into one hoard.
He also using the fact they are going toward the princesses, to gathwr them at the same direction.

"Bubble them up!"

[Emmerlaus]

Thanks to Astral, the giant flea bit its own shadow, before entangling it and making it easy to kill.

Following your plan, the unnamed timberwolf puppy and the Princesses use hit and run tactics to attract the fleas in one place. Their is still 3 of them.

With Tailwind in the sky guiding them, you soon realize the fleas don't understand your speech, fortunatly.

Soon, the 3 of them appear before you... You have one chance to do something before they charge your group, which now have the Princesses in them.

[DaOldeWolf]

BubbleGuard takes this chance to try and cast his spell one more time. He had to do it if he wanted to keep everyone safe. He knew that Deepwood was right and this was the moment for the truth. He moved his wand and launched his spell. "Here goes nothing!"

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Bubble Capture Spell DC 9 - (2d6)[4]
Casting: (2d6+3)[9]

[Emperor Ing]

Tailwind circled around and flew behind the fleas, intent on corralling the critters together so they couldn't escape Bubble Guard's spell.

Harmony with Bubble Guard.

[Emmerlaus]

Three bubbles spell hit the three fleas... They seem unbalanced but unfortunatly, they are able to move them!

Most of them however jump in random direction. It was a strong force but one is hitting Astral for (1d6)[2] damage and the two others hit each other in midair and fall back on the ground.

Their balance is way off however and you have a other turn to do something from from the direction they are trying to jump from, the two who didnt hit anyone were trying to flee in one way and the one who hit Astral seem to wanna flee the other way...

[igordragonian]

Deepwood frowned,
"Oh no, you don;t!" he flew after the flea who hit Astral, trying to squash it.

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[Emmerlaus]

Deepwood frowned,
"Oh no, you don;t!" he flew after the flea who hit Astral, trying to squash it.

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You squash it good! Only 2 fleas remaining...

[Emperor Ing]

While the fleas were still preoccupied, Tailwind flies away as quick as she could to the thunderstorm Sugar Rush was battling, attempting to pull a piece out of it. Sugar do you mind I must burrow this at once, my thanks, goodbye! She said quickly before flying the small dark cloud back to the hole, where she quickly positioned it above one of the fleas, before bouncing on top of it to zap it with lightning.

Body?
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