Crypts of Chaos

[Prak]

With the celestial triceratops occupied, Tek will lower himself closer to the ground and start taking potshots at lines of assailants, cawing "Damnit!" with glee.

[JigokuBosatsu]

Berry doubles back and attempts to stick the Hexenblade in a likely-looking spot on the giant's back.

[Red_Rob]

Ng'Thagai burns his last spell (Lesser Vigor) for another Summon Natures Ally, conjuring a Wolf in front of the tentacled horror. He eyes the cascading horizon anxiously as the forces converge around the party.

[Ancient History]

The Final Battle, Part 11
The blazing dome of the sky hovers little more than a mile in the air. By now Bluetown must be gone; the Crypts of the Fallen, gone; the Gnomeworks, gone...all gone. And still placid Thingol directs those incredible energies, and the world around continues to shrink by feet and inches.

Cadwyn_choker lopes towards the pyramid at a run. He is 20 feet from the remains of the pyramid.

'Xochitl's breath flows through the orc captain, her cheeks hollowing and jaw rotting, eyes shrinking and rolling back into her head as life retreats from her features. The black breath of 'Xochitl downs the final two stragglers of the band, the others having escaped from range.

The Bluetown rifles continue to fire, now at will, aiming alternately at the host of Mauve Ones and the bulk of the massive pink worm-thing. However, the Mauve Ones have moved into melee range and have begun a gory grey harvest. The orc-zombies at 'Xochitl's command raise their shafts and let loose at the worm, but the arrows either go astray or land ineffectually amid the glistening hide.

Ng'Thagai's wolf manifests, and almost instantly pisses itself, tail lowering between its legs, but it stands its ground. The worm-thing, however, has other idea. Opening it's gullet it spews a stream of green ooze. The wolf is caught first, and briefly bursts into flame before dissolving completely; the triceratops is next, and then the earth elemental, both rapidly dissolving in the caustic fluid. The line falls a little short of Thingol him, only splattering his stone chair, but if the worm fires again...

Tek, seeing no other opponents at the moment, aims the next bolt at the worm thing, letting off a powerful zap that burns a hole in its epidermis, revealing some of its cartilaginous skeleton. The wounded worm turns towards Tek, now having its entire attention.

Berry cannot find any chink in the giant's armor - it is all of a piece, almost without seem, more like the skin of a golem than a regular suit of armor. Still, her proddings have effect, and the giant collapses, the strange short-handled hammer he bore falling into the dust.

[Whatever]

Cadwyn shouts, "We have to stop him! Or else he'll undo everything, as though this place was never here!"

If he can get close enough to Thingol to use the Godblade this round, Cadwyn'll do that. Otherwise, he'll launch another pair of Magic Missiles, powered by the cube, and then run the last 20 feet to the pyramid.

[JigokuBosatsu]

Berry sneers at her fallen foe, and hearing Cadwyn, thinks back to the very first task she was given in the Crypts. She runs toward Thingol.

[Avoraciopoctules]

Since nobody is engaging her, Xil begins to chat with the orc zombies, trying to figure out what's up.

[Prak]

"Anyone sensitive to heaven, cover your ears, we're going to be on the side of angels soon! Bagrashmet!" Tek shouts, calling out a trumpet Archon just out of the worm's reach, with the silent mental command to blast it's trumpet as he covers his own ears.

(assuming that works. If not, he'll just summon a cloud giant with the command to drop an obscuring mist on the worm)

[Red_Rob]

Ng'Thagai flies higher, carrying Maximilian away from the grasping tentacles of the worm-thing. As he does so he turns confused to Cadwyn and Berry.

"What are you doing? I thought you wanted this thing to have the Matrix, yes?"

[Ancient History]

The Final Battle, Part 12
The world shrinks smaller, now perhaps only a mile in diameter, and the sands begin to shift and vibrate. At the center of it all, Thingol remains, a slight radiance beginning to eek from beneath his skin, and on the Matrix a small glowing crack begins to form...

Cadwyn concentrates on the cube, which flashes - and unleashes a wave of telekinetic force. Cadwyn trips, falling prone - as does Berry, Tek, 'Xochitl, and 'Xochitl's skeletons and zombies. The tentacled worm-thing weathers the assault and remains upright, while the remaining Blues and Mauve Ones are too far away to be affected. The dwarf - still screaming, now half-dissected from the Erinyes' tortures - falls prone, and the flying devils drag him off to a safe corner (south-east) of the pyramid chamber. Thingol, still seated, is not affected.

Berry rises to her feet and rushes toward Thingol, stopping a foot from his side.

'Xochitl chats up the zombies. They don't have much brains or tongues left, and most of them don't speak common, but the former captain shrugs and explains. "It's the end of the world. Not long now. We tried to stop it. Elder Thing there, he went mad a couple milleniums ago. Nihilist. Wants to end it all. Been trying to cozy stupid bastards into fetching his trinket for centuries. Got most of 'em killed, near as we can figure." She stops and scratches at her dead flesh. "I should be more upset about it, but this whole undead thing really changes your perspective, y'dig?"

At Tek's summons, the Trumpet Archon appears - a black-winged angel resplendent in writhing black and red tattoos against her pale flesh; ears, eyes, nose, and nipples pierced, the remnants of manacles and chains hanging from her wrists...and in her hands a strange curved horn, with many tiny flaps, buttons, and flutes. At Tek's command it brings the silver instrument to its lips to play - at which point the worm-things tentacles engulf it, slowly dragging the struggling archon into it's lamprey-like maw.

[Avoraciopoctules]

"Yeah, it's pretty cool, yo. I suppose we might as well try messing Big Squid up. It's not much fun if he does all the destroying for us."

Xil turns around and leads her forces back into the pyramid.

[JigokuBosatsu]

Berry lashes out with a Stunning Fist at Elder Thingol's hands.

[Whatever]

"I did!" Cadwyn shouts to the bat-man, "But now I don't!" He gets to his feet and runs to Elder Thingol, trying to get close enough to attack with the Godblade (or get on an open path for a straight charge next round).

[JigokuBosatsu]

Berry pulls her blow, spinning around rapidly as if surrounded by a thousand enemies.

[Red_Rob]

Seeing the sudden urgency with which the group has turned on Thingol Ng'Thagai will turn and swoop in to land before the seated being, dropping Max and swinging his club to try to knock the Matrix away.

[Avoraciopoctules]

The undead wasps fly with same purpose as Ng'Thagai, but have standing orders not to harm him.

[Prak]

Tek looks around at the party converging on Thingol, and aims the staff at his head and tentacles, cawing "Damnit!"

(head, tentacles and cube are probably all within five feet, right?)

[Ancient History]

The Final Battle, Part 13
The sky continues to fall - the world is now only a sphere 250 feet in diameter. Most of the Blues are gone, and the rest are firing at something near the encroaching horizon.

The giant tentacled worm thing screams, releasing the archon; the remaining Mauve Ones - only four or five left, most sporting bullet wounds - clamber over the southern wall, shrieking inhumanly. A psychic murmur rumbles through the area, and a strange green aura outlines its tentacles. In reply, a translucent globe encapsulates Elder Thingol.

'Xochitl's undead swarm cannot penetrate the barrier. Tek's lightning bolt places across its surface, before grounding itself out at the base. Ng'Thagai hits the barrier, and slides off. Even Cadwyn's godblade slides off the sphere of force.

The erinyes stare at the horizon, where the Blues are fighting.

"The Mad One comes."

Unattended, the dwarf finally dies.

[JigokuBosatsu]

[Is Berry outside the bubble?]

[Ancient History]

{No, the bubble is about 5 feet in radius - Berry is inside the bubble.}

[Avoraciopoctules]

Xil reaches out to take control of the air around her, and then uses a gust of wind to smack the orb with the kung-fu illithid's dispelling rod. Hopefully, that will allow other people to attack effectively on their turns. "Use the tools you got, people. Now, fishface, what's this I hear about you destroying this plane before I get the chance to wipe out Bluetown and half the demons?"

[Whatever]

Cadwyn looks to the south, in shock. "She's gone. I failed them both."

He looks at his right hand tentacled appendage, and frowns in concentration. The metal shifts, no longer a fixed and solid form with the Cube within it, but now writhing, alive, holding on to the Cube.

Cadwyn tosses the Cube up, up into the stream of power emanating from the Matrix.

[Red_Rob]

Ng'Thagai turns with trepidation to the spot the Erinyes are focussed on.

(As changing facing is a non-action he's going to hold his action until Cadwyn and Xil's have resolved, and if Thingol becomes visible he'll attempt to disarm him of the Matrix again with Max assisting.)

[JigokuBosatsu]

Berry continues to circle warily- Hexenblade at the ready, but seeming to watch something only she sees.

[Prak]

Tek will turn to blast the tentacle worm, and mentally direct the erinyes to attack it