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Meriele Meriele nods. "We do need the supplies. Let's go to Aelis. Even if it's just for food and drink." She's taken off her protective jacket, and her arm has come off, leaving a purple-and-black hole in her shoulder where the bionic weapon connects. She found some sort of agility-enhancing bracer in the hold, but interfacing it with her weapon was a bit tricky. She'd gotten the hang of making repairs on the go while she was on the run, but adding to her arsenal was a whole other matter. "One problem, though. I'm kind of still a wanted fugitive. Even if they don't have holos of our images once they find out who was actually on the shuttle that left Terisian orbit, they will have likely have mine. We'll need to be careful." The elf sticks her tongue out of the corner of her mouth in concentration as she focuses on soldering the bracer to connect to the circuits of her arm. "Well, it's not pretty, but it should hold. Can somebody help me get this back on?" She picks up her arm and lifts it, waving haphazardly at the rest of the crew with a gentle smile. Picked up Couters of Second Chances and Advantage of Cunning. pre:Meriele HP: 37/37 (THP: ) AC: 19 Passive Insight: 19 Surges: 7/7 (V: 9) For: 14 Passive Perception: 17 Initiative: +3 Ref: 19 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 20 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [ ] Fey Step [ ] Swordmage Warding [ ] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ][ ] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ]Couters of Second Chances (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Inescapable Longsword Each miss adds cumulative +1 to attack until I attack different target or hit. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele "It's not as bad as it looks, really. Just had to perform some maintenance. Just pick it up and, uh..." Meriele hands Naivara her arm, then gestures at the connecting joint on her shoulder. "Right here, see the connectors? Those correspond to these and these...they're magnetized in some way, I think, just make sure you line them up correctly or the arm's going on backwards." The elf grits her teeth in preparation for the connection. It wasn't painful, exactly, but the connection always did leave her a little numb once the initial shock passed through her system. "Ready when you are." Her eyes cross as her nervous system hooks into the electronics of the arm. There's a low whine that echoes throughout the ship's chamber as the quantum engine cranks to life and then settles down, and Meriele is left breathing heavily in discomfort. "Thanks," she grunts, flexing her fingers slowly to make sure everything is still working, "should be fine, now."
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Meriele Meriele hadn't planned to show her face, keeping it safely hidden behind her cloth mask as she had before - but with bug-boy starting the conversation on the entirely wrong note, she felt like she had no choice. Pulling down her mask, the young elf tries to appear as non-threatening as possible to help sell the lie she was about to produce. "What my companion means to say is our original ship was stolen by pirates, quite possibly aided by somebody from our crew at the time. Thus stranded for quite a while, we had to resort to acquiring this junky old thing from a local shipyard. It's not ideal, I know - but it's the best we could get on short notice." She smiles apologetically. "I can only imagine what it must've looked like when we came into orbit. I assure you, we want just as little trouble as you. Just some time to get some supplies, and then we're on our way." The best lies always held a kernel of truth. Bluff at 1d20+13=27.
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Meriele Meriele catches up to Ziv eventually. "Just a question of talking to the right people, big guy." She gives him a half-smile. "C'mon, I think I might've found somebody." Being on the run as she had been, she knew the value of finding the shady sort of people that would accept hot wares without too many questions. She'd never really sold anything as big as a Vular transport...but the principle remained the same, right? A little trickier, perhaps, but the same. Having gotten away with the lie about their ship seemed to have given her some confidence, too - or perhaps it was the absence of drow on the planet - as she'd dispensed with the mask to hide her features. Streetwise at 1d20+11=29. Also, if possible, would like to use Welcome Guest or Attract Attendants to get some general supplies (fuel, food, etc.) beyond just a new ship. Meriele wouldn't go around advertising her status, but this world seems to be mostly Vular-free, so maybe somebody recognizes her and is willing to help?
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Meriele Her first instinct on being recognized is to run. But panic turns to confusion and then to mollified pride. Adoring fans never failed to bring a smile to her face. "Well, you know how it is. On the run from an empire and all that. Doesn't leave a lot of room for recording...but who knows? Maybe sometime soon." She happily signs the autograph, and for a moment forgets everything about the whole mess; her posture changes, her eyes lack the weariness that kept her alive these past months, and the elegance in her movements reminds those around her of why she was so famous in the past. And hey, who in their right mind would say no to free stuff? "Here you go. Just...keep it quiet, mm? I might not be dead, but I don't want everybody to know that yet." She approaches the shipyard with pep in her step. The whole experience has left her with a renewed sense of confidence. "Hello!" Meri brightly greets the salesman; Bob, presumably. "We're looking to trade in our old ship and buy a new one. Something quick and solid, preferably armed, with enough space for a crew of six. Our old ship is a cargo vessel in reasonable condition, but it's made some mileage, so we're willing to pay a small fee on top of it." She gives the salesman a winning smile, hoping to disarm him before she drops the fact that it's a Vular ship. "It's a Vhaeraun class, probably an older model... I hope that's not a problem?"
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Meriele Meriele's eyebrows raise as she looks back at the scout ship, and she makes sure Bob sees it. Turning back to Naivara, the singer gives her a smile and a pat on the shoulder. "I got this." She comes back to the salesman with a regretful expression. "My friend has just informed me that that's an elven vessel. Were you really going to sell one to us for that much after I offered you a drow ship for sale? For shame, Bob. For shame! That's like selling somebody a gun used in a murder and sending them to a police station! You wouldn't do that to fine young people of honorable intentions, would you? Not for eleven thousand credits." She sighs dramatically and adds in a theatrical gesture as she pauses for a moment to let the tension sink in. "How about nine thousand? The remaining two-thousand might be just enough to bribe Vular officials into turning a blind eye to the origin of our swanky new ship. The cost of our continued survival, if you will. You're a businessman, you understand." The bid shouldn't be too outrageous, but they needed to get some sort of discount if they were going to get that ship. But if Bob proved to be a hardass on the price, there had to be other ways to get that thing. Bluff at 1d20+13=19.
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Meriele "Hmm...how about the Independence?" She was never the greatest at naming things, but it seemed to fit, given the nature of their current work. Meanwhile, Meriele was making sure all the supplies she had earlier were all accounted for and stowed away for easy access. Food - non-perishables, mostly, but a few bits of fresh fruit as well; it'd been ages since she had any. Some pocket-sized flashlights, for those on the team that didn't have night-vision in some capacity or another. Spare batteries, a few dozen. And a small music player, which she hooks up to the little data drive that has her friends music on it. A little something to give their new ship a bit of atmosphere.
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Meriele "Subtle isn't his strong suit." Meriele pipes up wryly, nodding her head at Kacht-Ka. "I mean, no offense. But you're better with the chopping than with the sneaking." She chews on her cheek a little in thought. "But yeah, let's do it. Naivara, can you keep the engine running? Just in case we need to get out in a hurry."
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Meriele The cloth mask returns to cloak her elven features for their little stealthy expedition. The door being partially open makes Meri suspicious, so better to be safe than sorry. "What do you think?" she whispers to the others. "Take a light, or gamble on the emergency lighting being enough?" The dark interior gave her no comfort, but the question of visibility versus stealth was a bit of a dilemma here. She could see in the dark, a little bit, but not this dark. Still, she keeps her senses alert. "Looks clear so far.." Perception to watch/listen/smell for anything out of the ordinary at 1d20+7=25.
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Meriele Meri nods, and follows Ziv into the darkness. "Alright." Her voice is barely a breath, now. "You take the lead. Sto--Ghost Face, watch our six?" She'd rather have the two of them inbetween us, just in case anything snuck up on them from behind in there. Nothing personal...but she was used to running and hiding. It was instinct. She stays a little ways behind Ziv, giving her plenty of space to react should he find something. The darkness of her clothes and hair blends almost seamlessly with the pitch of the interior. Were it not for her pale forehead catching the occasional refraction, she'd be practically invisible. Stealth to follow in at 1d20+10=24
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Meriele Meri holds her breath as she spots the other...person? Whatever or whoever they were, they didn't seem to be in great shape. She wasn't sure whether that was good for them or not. A survivor would be helpful, but if it was an enemy they'd be in trouble. But more pressing, perhaps, was the dust they were getting coated in. Some sort of spore? Good thing they all had some sort of mouth protection to prevent them from breathing it in, even if hers just was a bit of fabric. She taps Ziv on the shoulder and gestures at the powder. She doesn't dare speak, but her gestures convey the question in her mind- is this stuff dangerous?
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Meriele Meriele nods. She gestures for Stoaga to get to the other side of the doorway, just so they could have eyes on the entire room. When Ghost-Face is in position, she nods at Ziv then gives him a thumbs-up. "Good luck." She makes sure to keep a hand on her arm, ready to kickstart the quantum engine into life in case they need to get into action to save their hotshot.
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Meriele "Oh poo poo!" It's all she can exclaim before scrambling back from the doorway and running towards the exit, no longer concerned with stealth. She touches a hand to her comm device, hoping to establish a connection with the ship. "Heads up, guys! We're coming out hot!" Move; Run away! Standard; Run away!
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Meriele Meriele runs as quickly as her feet has ever carried her. Her heart is pounding in her throat, the clicks of the creature ring in her ears. "Stoaga! Load!" It's all the warning Ghost-Face gets before the quantum engine whines with power, and the two ladies disappear, leaving Zivilyn as the bait for the monstrous creature. A small distance to the right, a purple light blossoms into shape of the two warriors, and Meriele skids them to a halt to allow the sniper to take her shot. "Go! Take it out!"
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Meriele The young elf leans on her knees, trying to catch her breath. The dead sprint out of the facility had left her lungs burning; she was in good shape, but not extremely so. "Alright...this is bad," she states - making sure her comm is on, so her shipbound companions can hear her too. "This is our only known point of contact for the resistance. If nothing else, we need to go back in there to find some sort of information if we're to find the rest of them and join up." She sighs. "But we need to be smart about this. Naivara, Kacht-Ka, you take the lead? We clear the facility room by room, put down anything green. Scour for info or supplies - or stars know, survivors - afterwards. Agreed?" Stealth at 1d20+11=21. Just in case.
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Meriele Bracing herself against the wall, Meriele whirls up her arm and lets a sonic blast loose at the bloated zombie. She manages to connect, hitting him in the head and toppling him over against the wall, allowing Kacht-Ka to get in a quick strike. Surprise Action: Staggering Note vs Blue Boomer at 1d20+6=21. Hit for 4 thunder damage, push Blue Boomer to K7-L8. Kacht-Ka gets a free MBA at 1d20+13=26. Hit for 1d10+7=11 damage. pre:Meriele HP: 37/37 (THP: ) AC: 19 Passive Insight: 19 Surges: 7/7 (V: 9) For: 14 Passive Perception: 17 Initiative: +3 Ref: 19 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 20 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [ ] Fey Step [ ] Swordmage Warding [ ] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ][ ] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ]Couters of Second Chances (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Inescapable Longsword Each miss adds cumulative +1 to attack until I attack different target or hit. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele On enemy's turn: Virtue of Cunning to slide Stoaga 2 squares right to J12. With the bright light giving her full view of the surroundings, Meriele sees Kacht-Ka go for the big guy. Targets of importance indeed. A purple glow encases her as the familiar hum of the engine in her arm comes to live, and she blinks across the room, fist outstretched to hit the bloated creature in the stomach. Then, she disappears again, pulling Kacht-Ka with her at the last moment before she dematerializes; "hold your breath!" He stumbles out of the forced teleport on the opposite side of the boomer, while Meri does so half-above the disgusting cactus creature, kicking him in whatever he has left for a head to send him reeling for a moment. "All yours, bugman! Put those choppers to work!" she calls out. Meanwhile, the spectacle of the purple flashes and the reappearing elf seems to have momentarily distracted the zombies plaguing Naivara, who's able to step back in the moment and prepare for the next assault. Move; Fey Step to D7. Free; MBA vs Red Boomer at 1d20+11=22. Hit, invoking Lesser Dimensional Step for 2d8+5=17. Teleport myself to E7 and Kacht-Ka to C7. Standard: Cunning Ferocity vs Red Boomer at 1d20+13=21. Hit for 1d8+5=9. UEOMNT, Any ally within 5 (Kacht-Ka, Kvardek, Stoaga) gets +5 to damage rolls vs Red Boomer. Minor: Majestic Word on Naivara, healing for 17 and she can slide up to 2 squares. pre:Meriele HP: 37/37 (THP: ) AC: 19 Passive Insight: 19 Surges: 7/7 (V: 9) For: 14 Passive Perception: 17 Initiative: +3 Ref: 19 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 20 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [X] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [ ] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [X][ ] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ]Couters of Second Chances (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Inescapable Longsword Each miss adds cumulative +1 to attack until I attack different target or hit. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele With the giant zombie down, Meriele wheels back to deal with the fast guys that had latched onto the remainder of the party. She throws a rock at the one threatening Stoaga, allowing the sniper to sneak away in the momentary distraction; before slinging an invisible bolt from her arm to the one biting down on Kvardek's arm, slamming it into the wall and giving the robot a chance to quickly stab the cactus creature. Move; Moment of Escape to slide Stoaga to F14. Standard; Staggering Note vs Red Runner at 1d20+11=22. Hit, doing 4 damage. Kvardek gets a free MBA at 1d20+10=27, hitting for 1d8+6=12 damage. Red Runner slides 1 to D12, but I forego Note's push. pre:Meriele HP: 37/37 (THP: ) AC: 19 Passive Insight: 19 Surges: 7/7 (V: 9) For: 14 Passive Perception: 17 Initiative: +3 Ref: 19 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 20 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [X] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [ ] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [X][ ] Majestic Word [X] Moment of Escape [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ]Couters of Second Chances (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Inescapable Longsword Each miss adds cumulative +1 to attack until I attack different target or hit. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele Meriele is quick to get to Naivara's side, supporting the soldier by letting her lean against her - that way, she would be able to catch Naivara if she fell. "Okay. I got you." She looks back at Kacht-ka. "Clear us a path, yeah? You and me got off lucky, so if we run into more of those things, better we take the brunt of it. Hopefully we can avoid the worst of it, though." With a quick slap against her mechanical arm, the engine goes into standby mode, the pitched sound turning down to a barely-audible hum. The singer looks back at Ziv and Stoaga. "If you can support her - just in case - we should all be able to make it just fine. Watch our backs." She faces the darkness ahead with some trepidation, but doesn't let it show on her face - hopefully. "Let's go."
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Meriele On enemy's turn Slide Naivara to F7 and Blue Shambler to E5 on her being missed. My turn As the zombie comes up to strike her, Meri holds up her arm defensively, and the weapon coats her in a purple glow; it's not enough to deter the first strike, but the flash of the light is enough to give Naivara a distraction to sneak away from the wall of zombies trying to eat her, and bolster herself against the coming attacks. Minor; Swordmage Warding, my AC increases to 22 for the rest of the encounter. Minor; Majestic Word on Naivara, healing her for 17 and sliding her to E9. Standard; Guiding Strike vs Purple Shambler at 1d20+11=15, missing unless somebody can give me CA. pre:Meriele HP: 29/37 (THP: ) AC: 19 Passive Insight: 19 Surges: 7/7 (V: 9) For: 14 Passive Perception: 17 Initiative: +3 Ref: 19 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 20 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [X] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [X][X] Majestic Word [X] Moment of Escape [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ]Couters of Second Chances (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Inescapable Longsword Each miss adds cumulative +1 to attack until I attack different target or hit. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele The elf lets out a heavy sigh of relief as Ziv starts getting to work. "I don't think this was the Vular. They're more...clinical about their experiments. There would have been an observation ship, or even just a satellite, in orbit." Again, she had gotten off lucky; the spot where the monster had hit her was bruising, but not actively bleeding. "Kvardek and me can head back to the command center and see what we can find in the logs; maybe with one other for backup, just in case we missed one of them." She strokes her chin in thought. "Securing some of these medical supplies for ourselves might be an idea worth considering; same with scrounging the armory. I think it's safe to say that this base is pretty much a lost cause until the resistance can commit a full quarantine team to this mess. When we find them - or if we do, I guess - we can tell then all about it, but until then, might as well make the best of a bad situation."
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Meriele "Alright, let's see..." Having sequestered herself and Kvardek in the command center while the rest scoured the base for other supplies, Meriele started working on the electronics system. It took some effort; the security was rather extensive, as one might expect. Still, after a while of patient typing - aided by what she had learned of resistance security on Telis - she managed to make some headway, and a directory of files opened itself up for perusal. "Gotcha!" The video logs seem like the most appropriate place to start. "Time to find out where this mess started..." She clicked the most recent one; yesterday's log. If that reveals nothing, she'd go back, one day at a time, until she found footage of the outbreak. Arcana at 1d20+11=23
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Meriele ...drat scientists. Meri watches with growing distaste as the events unfold on the screen. Even though they weren't Vular, the singer couldn't help but feel contempt for their experiments. The connecting joint on her mechanical arm aches in agreement. If they'd just been more careful... The message snaps her out of it. "Um... hello?" is the first thing that comes out of her mouth, before she realizes that these guys are used to a certain protocol. "This is um...Starlet, of the Independence. Doren outpost was overrun by an experiment gone awry. My crew cleared the base of hostiles and we were in the process of finding out what the heck happened." She has to catch herself before she swears; it just doesn't seem appropriate. "Survivors from the original base staff are," she pauses again, a moment of silence for those who passed, "unlikely. Over.'
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Meriele Meri lowers her hands as the soldiers suddenly start getting chummy with eachother. Well, that...works? She waits for a timely moment, then steps up next to Naivara. "Um...hi. I was the one on the radio." She neglects to give her name, even when the others ask for it. Friends of the others they might be, but Meri's trust has to be earned. "It's a big mess in there. Spores in the air, so if you're gonna be there a while, make sure you get some air masks. Suits, preferably. There might still be a hostile or two, but I think we've cleared out most of them. If you do find one, they don't go down easy, so don't be stingy with the bullets." She adds in a summary of what she saw in the records; how the experiment started, how it got out of hand, etc. "Ziv could probably tell you more on the nature of how it works - I just know it's messy, and kind of scary."
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Meriele Meriele scowls. "Right. Throw us into the middle of a Vular armada - a command ship, no less - and just let us take it out on our own. I'm not generally the cynic of the group, but this seems like you're just throwing us away into a thinly-veiled suicide, Commander." Crossing her arms, she takes up a defiant position in front of the others. "I'm sure you have plenty of teams at your disposal that could do the same; if not on board, then in your fleet. But I'm guessing you'd rather keep those in reserve when you have some civilians whose lives you can gamble with." The elf sighs. "I hate the Vular as much as anyone - but this is madness, and you know it. We can fight, sure, as much as I hate it. But some of us nearly died, down there; if not from the horde of weird cactus monsters, then from the infections they gave us. Had the infirmary not been stocked, we wouldn't be here right now. So I'm not so keen to try and throw my life away again in an instant, greater good or not. I'm a singer; not a soldier." Wahad fucked around with this message at 09:44 on Sep 3, 2017 |
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Meriele Meriele is quiet for a while. "I uh...I guess we're doing this, then," comes the meek acquiescence after the commander elaborates on their odds. She still wasn't entirely comfortable with it - but she had back-up, right? Naivara was tough. Kvardek too. Stoaga couldn't miss. Ziv was clever. And Kacht-Ka was...Kacht-Ka. They could do it. Probably. Still - she was going to dive into the heart of Vular power. Having spent such a long time running away, it wasn't her ideal plan. "Can I be excused?" she asked. "I'd like a moment to get ready."
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Meriele She's glad the full helmet of her swanky new vac suit covers her face. Expressions of terror don't tend to strike fear in the hearts of enemies, as a general rule. But then Kvardek's split-second tactical analysis comes in, and one of the guards gets dinged with one of Stoaga's bullets. The sniper was right. These weren't the terrifying reminders of her past that were going to take her back to the experiment table like she was fearing. They were cannon fodder. Starlet steps forward, mechanical hand briefly on Naivara's shoulder. "Give me a second. If this doesn't work, pummel that bitch into oblivion." The message over the comms is quick and to the point, but as she switches to broadcast, the purple glow on her weapon's engine changes to a gunmetal grey. "Commander Valoryn Elix. For the Vular Empire's multiple violations of the Degelan Interplanetary Convention of Humanoid Rights, you are to be judged at the Galactic Court. We are taking command of your ship. Order your troops to stand down and surrender. Resistance will be met with lethal force." Somehow, her voice takes on a weird echoing quality, as if a mob is speaking with her. Most of the people present wouldn't feel anything other than perhaps some slight tingle in the ears. But to the commander, the target of the new upgrade to her armature, her words wouldn't just sound like a meaningless threat. The scientists back on the Plezents had taken to her Vular prosthetic with great glee. They hadn't had time to add a lot, but they were eager to have her be a guinea pig for some of their new experimental weapons, like the quantum harmonic...something or other. Okay, so she doesn't remember what they called it, but she does remember it's supposed to make people do what she wants them to, without realizing it. Or so they said. Hopefully it works. Free; Move to H10. Standard: Eyes of Charming item power at 1d20+11=25. The Commander is dominated (save ends). She is unaware of this. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 7/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [ ] Fey Step [ ] Swordmage Warding [ ] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [ ][ ] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Prescient Warning [ ] Revitalizing Incantation [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Inescapable Longsword Each miss adds cumulative +1 to attack until I attack different target or hit. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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[quote="Wahad" post="478025693"] Meriele "Oh, come on!" she curses to herself, watching the commander just turn into a spider regardless of her new weapon. "Fine. Old fashioned way it is. Hang in there, Naivara!" She disappears back into the cloud, though, the gray glow turning back to purple as she smashes her fists down onto the catwalk where Ziv whacked one of the guards - but it seems the drow rolled to the side at the last moment. Minor; Swordmage Warding: +3 AC for the rest of the encounter. Move; to I10 Standard: Guiding Strike vs Honor Guard J10 at 1d20+15=17. Miss. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 7/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [ ] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [ ] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [ ][ ] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Prescient Warning [ ] Revitalizing Incantation [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele Meriele lets out a curse as the flashbang explodes, trying to shield her eyes to no avail. Everything is pain and light for a moment, and before anybody realizes, she's behind Ziv, and Naivara has disappeared as well, reappearing with bolstered vigor and ready for a fight. "Oh stars..." Her breath is heavy and panicked, and her words are barely a squeak. She knew it. This was suicide. Minor; Majestic Word on Naivara, she spends a surge to heal for 1d6+21=22. She teleports to D10. I teleport 3 squares to L9. pre:Meriele HP: 18/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 7/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [ ] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [ ] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [ ][X] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Prescient Warning [ ] Revitalizing Incantation [ ] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans. Wahad fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Meriele Meriele tries to collect herself. "Wish me luck," she murmurs over the broadcast, as she teleports to the catwalk, dashes past the looming form of the commander, and reaches Kacht-Ka. "Take my hand!" she calls out as she reaches him, her mechanical arm flaring to life and taking the both of them into the void. They reappear on the other end, and Meri lashes out at the other Fateclaimer, before blinking out of existence once more to materialize behind him, trapping the drow between Kacht-Ka and herself. Minor; Majestic Word on myself, I'm healing for 1d6+17=21 and teleport 2 squares to J11. Move; to D11. Move; Fey Step to D6. Take Kacht-Ka with me to D7. Free; MBA vs Fateclaimer A at 1d20+13=33. CRIT, invoking Lesser Dimensional Step for 22+2d6=30 damage. I teleport to B6, Kacht-Ka to D6. ACTION POINT! Standard: Second Wind, healing for 13 and getting +2 to defenses UEOMNT. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 5/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [X][X] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [ ] Prescient Warning [ ] Revitalizing Incantation [X] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans. Wahad fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Nov 10, 2017 |
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Meriele Meriele's face goes pale. She knew. All that careful consideration in her fleeing, never staying in one place too long...and the commander knew who she was all the same. It had all been for nothing. Flashes of scalpels and bright lights and masked doctors assault her vision. She screams. A wild lash at the Fateclaimer causes the drow to stumble back and swipe at her - though not before Kacht-Ka returns the favor with his own blades. The singer practically jumps down the ladder, away from Valoryn, away from everything. Her arm's engine putters to a slow hum. In the distance, Ziv gets a tingle in his spine, and a glow around his body, and things don't seem to hurt as much for a hot minute... it seems the machine has some sort of auto-pilot to help take care of the wielder's companions even without a direct command. Standard; Staggering Note vs Fateclaimer at 1d20+12=26. Hit for 4 thunder damage, pushing Fateclaimer to D9. Fateclaimer gets an OA against me (though I have 25 AC thanks to Second Wind). Kacht-Ka gets an MBA against Fateclaimer for 1d20+15=22 (forgot to claim CA from Faerie Fire in the roll), hitting for 1d10+10=14 damage. Move; Down the ladder to F7. Minor; Use Revitalizing Incantation on Ziv, who can spend a surge to heal and get his surge value in THP. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 5/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [X][X] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [X] Prescient Warning [X] Revitalizing Incantation [X] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele Meriele scampers back up to the catwalk while the others attempt to restrain Valoryn. And even more Vular were coming in to take them! This was going to end only one way. She flings a bolt of energy at the oncoming cavalry; her attack sends the new honorguard flying, but her half-hearted attempt doesn't allow Kacht-Ka to take advantage. Move; E10 Standard; Staggering Note vs HonorGuard E at 1d20+10=20. Hit for 4 thunder damage, Kacht-Ka gets a free MBA at 1d20+13=16, missing. Honorguard E gets pushed to M11. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 5/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [ ] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [X][X] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [X] Prescient Warning [X] Revitalizing Incantation [X] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele "No." Meri responds to Valoryn. "This is your grave, Elix." Stepping away from the honor guard and trusting Stoaga to take care of him, the singer's wavering voice steadies as she opens the visor on her helmet. Kvardek takes advantage of the momentary distraction by sidestepping his own opponent. "You will go down with this ship." Her face carries an expression of solemn clarity, even through the streaks of tears and her reddened eyes. "You will never terrorize this galaxy ever again." Her arm glows a bright blue, as she stares down the holographic image of the drow commander in her spider form. "You will fall, and it will be at OUR HANDS!" As she yells out, a visible bolt of energy discharges from her weapon and hits Valoryn square in the chest. It explodes, surrounding her body with what seems like a harness of static electricity, sparking out from her - it won't harm her any further, but it will help reinvigorate Meri's allies every time they strike. On Valoryn's Turn: Free: Slide Kvardek to K12 after Valoryn's miss with Virtue of Cunning. My Turn: Move; Shift to F9. Standard; Stirring Shout vs Valoryn at 1d20+10=22. Hit for 2d6+6-3=10 psychic damage. Until the end of the encounter, whenever an ally hits Valoryn, they regain 4 hitpoints. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 5/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [ ] Cunning Ferocity [X] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [X][X] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [X] Prescient Warning [X] Revitalizing Incantation [X] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [ ] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans.
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Meriele As Kvardek steps into the fray, Meri charges in with a bitter look on her face, lashing out at Valoryn's form. The drow commander is too quick for her, however, and even the follow-up blow goes wide. On Enemy's Turn: Free: Slide Kacht-Ka to L9 after the miss with Virtue of Cunning. My Turn: Move; Move to J9. Standard: Cunning Ferocity vs Valoryn at 1d20+13=14. Invoke Couters of Second Chances for a reroll at 1d20+13=14 and miss again. pre:Meriele HP: 52/52 (THP: ) AC: 20 Passive Insight: 20 Surges: 5/7 (V: 13) For: 16 Passive Perception: 18 Initiative: +4 Ref: 21 Action Points: 0 Speed: 6 Will: 22 Vision: Low-Light Languages: Common, Elven At Will Encounter Daily Staggering Note [X] Cunning Ferocity [X] Stirring Shout Guiding Strike [X] Fey Step [X] Swordmage Warding [X] Lesser Dimensional Step [ ] Timeless Trek in Mithrendain [X][X] Majestic Word [ ] Moment of Escape [X] Prescient Warning [X] Revitalizing Incantation [X] Second Wind [ ] Words of Friendship Item Powers [X] Couters of Second Chances (Daily) [X] Eyes of Charming (Daily) [ ] Mithrendain Steel Longsword (Daily) Conditionals/Resists: Advantage of Cunning: Slide an adjacent enemy into a square vacated by the ally when using Virtue. Amulet of Mental Resolve: +2 to saves against charm, illusion, sleep keywords. Attract Attendants: Receive up to 3 people to do mundane tasks when in a place where you have fans. Bardic Training: Perform one bardic ritual a day without expending components. Bardic Wayfarer: Whenever I teleport an ally I can teleport as well. Majestic Word teleports instead of slides. Eladrin Swordmage Advance: Make a free MBA when you Fey Step. Eladrin Will: +5 to save against charm effects. Escape Tattoo: Whenever a non-minion deals damage with a crit, teleport 3 as a free action. Iliyanbruen Guardian: Whenever using fey step, take an adjacent ally. They teleport to a square adjacent to the destination. Shoes of Waterwalking: Move on water as if it were solid ground (rough water is difficult terrain). Break through surface as a free action. Song of Rest: At the end of a short rest, you and allies add +4 to the hp of every healing surge spent. Trance: Meditate aware for 4 hours instead of sleeping for a long rest. Virtue of Cunning: When an enemy misses an ally within 9 squares, slide that ally as a free action 1/round. Welcome Guest: Obtain room and board for yourself and up to 7 allies when in a place where you have fans. Wahad fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Meriele Pain screams through her body. Everything goes red and black before her eyes. This is it. This is where she'd die. She lurches back, but her senses give way before she hits the ground. Her unconscious mind roams the vastness of space. Stars rise and fall, planets are birthed and destroyed, galaxies spiral into infinity. And through it all, a voice, calling to her, distant and ethereal, with a soft musical lilt that appeals to the artist within her. "My power can be yours," the voice calls, soothing and protective, "All you need to do is take it." Meri, her mechanical arm seeming to blend seamlessly with the tapestry of dark and light around her, reaches out and pulls herself in the direction of that voice, falling, falling... She wakes up with a gasping start, Ziv and Naivara standing over her as the singer breathes heavily. "I'm...alive?" Her jacket is soaked with blood, and the hurt is still there - but she stands up, nonetheless, quiet and wide-eyed at the sight before her. The others talk, but she pays them no heed, her stare zeroing in on the unconscious Valoryn. One step makes her agony flare up, but her building rage dulls it to a distant throb. Another step brings her to the commander's limp body, and she's screaming before she realizes it. All civility falls away as her weaponized limb drives into Valoryn's face. The drow's helmet cracks under the force, and so does her nose, before Starlet's pulled away. "No! She killed me, she killed them, all of them, she's gotta pay, she dies!" She thrashes against the hold on her, but all strength has left her body, and she gives up before long, falling to her knees and suppressing her sobs. When the panic subsides, however, after a good long cry, another thought came to her. They'd won. By the skin of their teeth, yes, but they'd won. Maybe... maybe there was a chance to turn this whole thing around.
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Meriele "I..." He was right. There were still things to do - they weren't out of the fire yet. "...yeah. Yeah, I'll see what I can do." She takes a deep breath to center herself, but turns her gaze away from the bloodied and broken commander; though whether out of spite or fear of losing control again, her expression doesn't say. Walking with Kvardek to the comms, she helps him reroute the systems, though her thoughts are not fully into it, and most of her actions or on reflex if nothing else. But it's enough to get them a ways into the system, and hopefully enough to establish contact. Arcana aiding Kvardek at 1d20+12=17, turning his 19 into a 21.
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Meriele While Kvardek goes about his business scanning the ship for hostiles, Meri picks up the communicator. "This is Starlet, hailing the Plezents, please respond, over." When she has contact, she resumes her message, but her voice is monotonous and dull. "Mission was a success, commander. We have control of the bridge, and are currently in the process of securing the command ship and some prisoners." She looks back one last time as the group starts walking away with Valoryn and the other honor guard in tow. "No casualties on our end, but a few wounded. Jumping to you seems an available option once ship is secured. Please advise, over." Also burning three surges to heal to full. 2 left. Wahad fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Nov 27, 2017 |
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Meriele "Uhhh..." Meri echoes dully over the communicator, "You guys realize we're on your side, right? Did Commander Ersan not inform you of the strike team that was going to take the ship, or perhaps did she lack the presence of mind to say that the mission was successful, and we were jumping to you? There are no Vular hostiles aboard this ship. I repeat, no Vular hostiles. Ship is clear. You are free to come in, but for the love of the galaxy, if you shoot us, I'm gonna be so pissed. I am not gonna die after surviving the second most terrifying experience of my life just because some overzealous jarhead didn't take the time to use his loving eyes before he pulled the trigger!" By the time her sentence finishes, the singer realizes her voice went up a few pitches, and quite a few decibels. She looks at Kvardek, then back at the bodies littering the bridge. "Just our luck, huh?" she groans, before slumping down to the ground with a heavy sigh, and leaning back against the console, waiting for the alliance soldiers to storm in. She puts her hands on her head, though. Just in case.
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