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Post by GravityEmblem on May 8, 2018 8:21:56 GMT -8
Johannes stands back, not wanting to be affected by the fungus. He readies himself to cast a healing spell on a moment's notice.
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Post by GreyWolfVT on May 8, 2018 9:14:24 GMT -8
Jaeron remains where he is on the stairs not wishing to enter the fungi infected below deck space. "I'll keep a look out up here."
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Post by Daos on May 8, 2018 12:06:10 GMT -8
Kalana and Mathias delve into the lower deck, heedless of danger, to find the source of the moaning. The area is cool and moist, and the fungus seems to spread all over the room, including on the floor. As a result, they have to take their time, to avoid tripping over it. In the back of the room, where normally one would store food, water and other supplies, are five man-sized pods. Four are split open down the middle, revealing they are empty inside. The fifth, however, is occupied by the source of the moaning. A woman...or what was once a woman, struggles to pull herself out of the last pod. She looks as if she is turning into fungus itself. Her skin is covered in course chitin, but the upper part of her head has been replaced entirely by the caps of a mushroom--she has no eyes or nose at all, just the deformed mouth, which makes a pained moaning sound. She manages to rip out of the pod and starts to stalk toward the pair, arms out, as if she can sense their presence even without vision.
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Post by HorizonsDream on May 8, 2018 17:00:07 GMT -8
Kalana's eyes widen in complete horror at what she is seeing, and her hands tighten around the handles of her sabres as the creature starts to approach them. "I have a lot of questions," she admits to Mathias. "But I think it is best to end this creature's life, and ask questions later at this point." She doesn't see a way to actually save the woman that this creature use to be, so it is best to just end its life as a way to save the woman. She hopes, as she maneuvers her way through the fungus that she is faster than the zombie plant woman, and tries to attack it from the side as she blindly stumbles towards them.
MPvcxD1e1d10 Initiative 1d20 Hit Roll 1d20 Hit Roll 1d6+5 DMG 1d6+7 DMG1d10·1d20·1d20·1d6+5·1d6+7
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Post by Daos on May 9, 2018 22:34:49 GMT -8
The creature moves so slowly that Kalana easily outmaneuvers it. She slashes off an arm with one blade, then takes off the head with the second. The creature continues to move forward a few seconds blindly, before dropping to her knees and then going still.
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Initiative Kalana (1d10+1): 4+1 = 5 Creature (Automatically goes last)
Round 1!
Kalana swings at the creature with her masterwork (+1 hit/dmg) sabre with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) and strength (+1 dmg) [TH 5] (1d20+2): 19+2 = 21, hit for (1d6+5): 1+5 = 6 slashing damage. She then swings at the creature with her magic (+3 hit/dmg) sabre with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) and strength (+1 dmg) [TH 5] (1d20+4): 8+4 = 12, hit for (1d6+7): 3+7 = 10 slashing damage. Creature is destroyed. Creature is destroyed.
(OOC: End combat.)
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Post by notARobot on May 10, 2018 9:56:14 GMT -8
Mathias just stands there, openly in awe as Kalana demonstrates her prowess with the saber. The veteran investigator had scarcely had time to raise his pistol and draw a bead before she succeeded in thoroughly dismembering the fungus-creature.
"That...that was..." he stammers. "Merciful fins of Octhanus! What WAS that??"
By the time Kalana has finished wiping the bizarre ichor from her weapon, Mathias seems to have regained his composure. Scrutinizing the room around them, he says, "She -- it -- came out of this pod, here. But these others were already empty. Whatever that thing was, it seems likely there's four more of 'em romain' around. We should get back to the Tiaru and tell the captain about this."
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Post by GreyWolfVT on May 10, 2018 10:15:16 GMT -8
Jaeron remains topside and calls down the stairs "Everything alright down there?"
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Post by HorizonsDream on May 10, 2018 18:33:30 GMT -8
"Everything is fine," Kalana calls to the others after she wipes off her blades, and places them back on her hips. "Agreed,"she adds to Mathias while looking down at the body. "That...how did they end up that way? Does it have to deal with this fungus?" She asks while making her way up to the others.
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Post by Daos on May 10, 2018 19:42:48 GMT -8
Mathias looks around the room carefully. There seem to be no other doors or exits, just the one single cargo hold. It's not clear at all what may have become of the other occupants of the pods.
The two re-emerge on the upper deck to join the others, stepping back into the daylight.
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Post by HorizonsDream on May 11, 2018 12:27:11 GMT -8
"We need to head back to the ship, now," Kalana tells the others. "The captain needs to know what happened here."
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Post by GreyWolfVT on May 11, 2018 12:40:07 GMT -8
Jaeron glad to hear this heads off to the rowboat to go back to the captain.
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Post by GravityEmblem on May 11, 2018 12:48:16 GMT -8
Johannes also joins his companions in their return. On the way, he asks Kalana and Mathias what happened down in the lower deck.
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Post by Nuke on May 11, 2018 18:07:59 GMT -8
Arieal stands back and rejoins the group in the boat.
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Post by Daos on May 11, 2018 19:46:27 GMT -8
Once everyone has reboarded the row boat and rowed back to the Tiaru, they are brought back aboard. Julak and Toven are waiting for them on deck. "How did it go? Any survivors?" asks Julak.
"Or failing that, any clue as to what became of the crew?" Toven adds.
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Post by notARobot on May 11, 2018 20:05:57 GMT -8
Johannes also joins his companions in their return. On the way, he asks Kalana and Mathias what happened down in the lower deck. Mathias just gives Johannes a sullen, defeated look. "I'll be givin' a full report to the captain. You'll hear it then." He sighs, then adds, "Don't know if I can stomach repeatin' it more than once." Once everyone has reboarded the row boat and rowed back to the Tiaru, they are brought back aboard. Julak and Toven are waiting for them on deck. "How did it go? Any survivors?" asks Julak. "Or failing that, any clue as to what became of the crew?" Toven adds. Mathias draws in a deep breath, closes his eyes, and slowly exhales before commencing his report. "They...they turned into some kind of mold-monsters, captain. I know it sounds daft, but...the whole interior of their ship was covered with this weird fungus stuff. There were these...pods...big enough to fit a full-grown human inside. Four of 'em were empty, looked to have already burst forth their contents. The fifth..." He pauses, and gathers another slow, deep inhalation before continuing. "She used to be human. Came right outta that pod, covered in fungus with her head lookin' all mushroom-like, and shambled right up to us moanin' like the undead. Freakiest thing I've seen in all my years. I guess you might call her a 'survivor'...though how much of her was left at that point, I couldn't say. Kalana cut her down before that...thing...could do us any harm, and we rowed back here quick to tell what we'd learned. But the others...the ones that crept outta those four empty pods...there's no sign of where they might've got to. They could be anywhere."
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