[Day: Friday, July 16th. Time: 8:10 p.m.] [Lazar and Asanjya walk through the room filled with bodies and reach the door on the other side. They enter what looks like the lobby of a theatre: red carpet, comfy chairs, fuzzy wall paper, chandeliers... the woiks.] [Session Start!] * Asanjya looks around. "More red." ... design bit more pleasant than last room. But still red. Last one was more rotting grey. But yes, red seem like theme here. (No EP recovery?) Vampyre. Figures. You'd think a tasteful blue might offset some of the obsessive need for blood. ( No EP recovery ) But perhaps I'm expecting a bit too much logic out of someone who's been dead more often than he's been alive. ( We need to smash some candelabras. ) ( Any around? ) (You've got chandeliers, they're like candelabras only BIGGER!) [There are two candelabras near the door.] * Lazar punches them both. [They break. Lazar finds a heart and a pocket watch.] ( o_o ) * Asanjya holds her hand up to her ear. "Fine. We just fought a floating ball of dead bodies and we may have found one of the crystals in it." * Lazar holds them both out to Asanjya. "Here. Take these. Good luck." * Asanjya blinks and takes the items. ~A strange red flaming stone.~ [Asanjya has a heart. Her hand is covered in blood now.] ( Oh, it has blood? That makes it useful. ) * Asanjya idly squeezes it. ~Laz touched it and it was subsumed into him.~ [Even more blood spurts out, getting Asanjya's clothes bloody too.] * Asanjya eyes the heart for a second, then tosses it over her shoulder. She's got more cloaks at home. ~We're continuing onwards. Where are we meeting?~ ~Sounds good to me. See you there.~ * Asanjya flips open the pocket watch and looks at it. [It seems to be broken.] [And the heart leaves a bloody splotch on the wall.] * Asanjya slips it into her pocket and looks at Lazar. "Ready to move on?" * Lazar nods, and takes the lead a coupla steps ahead of Asanjya, sword resting on his shoulder. * Asanjya follows. How you holding up? [There is a door at the end of this room, in fact, leading to a long hallway.] Rather tired, actually. I'm not certain I can do that again. * Lazar keeps walking toward the door and the hallway, then. "Maybe you take next crystal?" Felt refreshing, did it? * Lazar nods. "Was not injured, but made me feel... stronger in way. Not sure how can explain it." Hm. Something metaphysical, perhaps. [There are candles lining the hallway, by the by. [In fact, one jumps off the wall and starts dancing.] ... that kind of unusual. Should I stomp? Stomp away. I feel no compunction to be kind to dancing candles in evil castles. * Lazar stomps at the candle! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Lazar fails to stomp the candle.] [It keeps dancing.] ... that kind of embarrassing. * Lazar stomps again! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. Lazar, you missed a candle. My faith in you is waning. [The candle is squished!] It fast candle! And small. Dart around like little wax mouse what on fire. * Lazar keeps moving, grumbling. "Stupid candle..." * Asanjya chuckles and follows. ... so you can no do more than few spells? That was more than a few. But I'm rather limited, yes. I mean at this point. *nods* Ah. Yes. Well, I try to no need too much help in next fight, okay? *grins stonily* I find the odds of that slim, but we'll see. * Asanjya smiles. [At the end of the hallway, you reach a thick doubledoor.] * Lazar rears back to ram it... and then remembers the door in the Asahara building, takes a step back, and jabs at it with his sword to make sure it isn't carniverous. Good plan. [It doesn't eat him.] * Lazar nods, rears back, and rams the door. ( Body roll +4 ) 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-8) and gets -2. [Lazar bashes through the door and finds himself in an opera room. It's large and empty, save for one person in a French maid outfit on the center stage.] Wow. Never knew Dracula had maid. * Robin is now known as Maria * Asanjya blinks. That ... seems out of place. Well, is big castle, I suppose. * Maria blinks at Lazar, then snarls. She holds up her hand, which wreathes itself in black flames, and leaps at him! [Roll Init!] ... Maria? ( Annnnd Laz and Asanjya, gimme awareness checks at +2 ) (Wow, it's like a giant Et'Ada reunion!) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+2) and gets 10. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (d6+6) and gets 8. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+8) and gets 13. [Lazar, Maria, Asanjya] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar looks stunned for a moment, then throws his sword aside and tries to grab Maria. No, not in a hug. In a full nelson or something. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 5. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Lazar nearly grabs Maria, but she slips from his grasp at the last minute.] [Maria's turn!] * Maria punches Lazar with her burning hand! 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets -1. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Lazar is hit with a flaming punch! It takes a good chunk out of him, though his stone body protects him somewhat.] [Asanjya's turn!] What hell? Maria, what you doing? ( O.o Did Lazar just say hell? @_@ ) ( Hey, he hasta believe in it now. He was there. =P ) * Asanjya frowns. "This had better count...." GRIPPING RING! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( Ranged defense, +2 since it's the second attack. ) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-1) and gets 9. [Maria is caught in the Gripping Ring, and immobilized.] ( Gimme awareness checks again, +1 penalty this time. ) Make it count, Lazar! 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+1) and gets 5. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+1) and gets 10. * Asanjya squints. "Lazar. She's got wires attached to her - strings like a puppet!" * Lazar narrows his eyes. "Cut?" [Lazar's turn] You can try. * Lazar picks his sword back up, and slashes at the strings attached to Maria. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Lazar cut's them all.] [Maria's turn] * Maria blinks, then looks around. "Lazar? Asanjya?...." Then her face lights up, and she says "You're busting me out of prison!" * Lazar lowers his head and sighs with relief. "No, little one. We in Dracula castle." I knew you'd come for me! I knew you wouldn't let me stew in here forever! ... you are way way out of prison, Maria. Uhg! This place is so... wait, we're where? * Lazar looks up and grins. "Welcome to Transylvania." * Maria blinks. "How the hell did I get here?" I have no clue. Though the easy guess is "dark magics and the whims of Dracula". Dracula probably kidnap you, brainwash you to fight us because it be 'fun'. But Asanjya have too good eyes for him! *gives Asanjya the thumbs up* * Asanjya smiles. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 5. [Lazar happens to look up and just barely gets out of his way before more wires get a hold of him.] ... a puppet master. What hell? [Asanjya's turn!] A what? Where? Hey, why can't I move? I don't know. * Asanjya inspects Maria closely. Thing control you with wires from ceiling, make you fight us! And you no can move... oh damn. Asanjya spell? [The ceiling of the opera room, you now notice, can't be seen. It disappears up into darkness.] (... wait, retcon that. It IS my spell.) (Can I dispel it as a free action or does it take my turn?) ( I thought I was still in the gripping ring? ) ( I'm gonna say takes an action. ) * Asanjya closes her eyes and makes swishing motions with her hands. [Lazar's turn] [And Maria is freed now.] ( XD ) ( Can I see where the strings that came after Lazar lead to? ) * Lazar looks around. Is there anything like a table or something else wide and throwable nearby? [The best available are some audience chairs.] ( And yes, Maria can ) * Lazar grabs a chair with his free hand, and chucks it, to the best of his ability, at where the wires came from on the ceiling. (Body +6 - SS to lift the chair, +2 to throw it since you can't see what you're aiming at ) 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-6) and gets 5. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 7. [Lazar rips a chair out of the ground and flings it into the darkness. There's a kind of hissing-scream that results.] [Maria's turn] ( If I attack the puppet master, does that count as midair combat? ) * Maria leaps to where the strings come from! And where the chair went, incidently. ( Hm, I'll allow it. ) * Maria attacks the puppet master! 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-8) and gets -1. [Maria hits the thing. Her fire attack lights up the area briefly, too, enough for you to get a look at your opponent. It's apparently a lizard-like creature in a top hat and a tuxedo jacket. The strings are coming from its mouth, in place of a tongue.] [Asanjya's turn!] * Asanjya .... hides behind a chair. [The lizard thing flicks it's wires at Maria. Gimme a ranged def, Maria!] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 8. [The wires hit Maria, sinking into her skin. Mind roll, Maria!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 5. ( o/~ What are we going to do about Maria! o/~ ) [Maria resists the effects of puppetization! So instead she just feels awkward with these things in her.] [Asanjya's turn!] * Asanjya spends her turn finally answering the radio page. ~Busy! Fighting spider lizard in a top hat!~ [Lazar's turn!] ~Maybe. We found Maria.~ * Lazar eyes the ceiling, runs over to Maria, grabs the wires in her, and tries to YANK the thing down from the ceiling by them. ~She seems to think she is. She's not attacking us anymore.~ ( Grab roll Lazar! ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 1. [Lazar grabs the thing and drags it down. Maria's turn!] * Maria leaps up and punches it with FLAMING FIST again! 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-8) and gets -2. ~The top hat lizard spider was controlling her.~ [Maria hits the lizard. It goes "SQUEEEEEEEeeeee!" and twitches violently, then lies still.] Ha! Gotcha. Hey, either of you know where my stuff is? I can't be a proper thief in a... whatever this is. [Some reddish dust flows out of it and forms into a sphere, with a flame on it. Deja vu! 'Cept for Maria.] * Maria looks at herself for the first time. She's wearing a maid's outfit. ( Oh! I bet it's tasty!) ( ...is it? ) And what's that thing? (It's shiny.) (That's what it is.) * Maria nods to the ball with a flame on it. Is it worth much? Asanjya? ~Good. We just got the third stone, I think. Meet you in a bit.~ * Asanjya stands up from behind the chair. "Coming." * Lazar shakes his head. "No. They fragments of Dracula power. We need find all and make useless before can fight. This one go to Asanjya, because she just about out of spells." * Asanjya walks over and touches it, not hesitating in the slightest. Huh. So... Dracula just leaves his power sitting around? No. Puts it into minions to make stronger. [The orb turns back into dust and flows into Asanjya.] How feel? * Asanjya straightens. "Much better. You were right." * Lazar grins... then lifts Maria up and onto his shoulder. ( In a seated position. ) ( He's not absconding with her. =P ) So, right. We're gonna go kick Dracula's ass now, right? 'Cause weather or not you are, I am. Lazar, why are you carrying me? * Lazar points to Maria's shoes. "No exactly walking shoes." Plus, is good to see you. We head back to rendezvous with the others, Maria. Then we attack Dracula, stop the ritual, defeat Lucifer if necessary, and save the world. Oh. Well, I guess that works. * Maria grins. "Oh, the others are here? Great!" Do we need check out other path, Asanjya, or is there only three stones? We keep looking. ~We're going to check out another path first. This may not be all the stones.~ * Lazar nods, and looks around. Any doors in this room other'n the one they came in? ~Okay. Check in with you later.~ * Lazar pauses, and gets on the comm system. ~By any chance, do anyone have spare set of clothes for Maria? She no in what would call fighting gear at moment. ~ [There doesn't appear to be a way to continue from here.] * Maria clicks her heels against Lazar. Back way we came and down right path, then. ... through corpse room. I hate corpse room. * Asanjya nods. "Lead on." * Maria grins, and it's kind of crooked, like she's hiding something beneath it. "Yep. Gonne kill Dracula. For brainwashing me, for abducting me... and for putting me in this." She trembles slightly. * Lazar does so, and lumbers at a moderate pace. Are you sure you're quite sane, Maria? * Maria starts shaking. "No. I'm really, really angry." Sane enough, then. * Maria looks like she's about to cry, too. But she'll get over it. * Lazar reaches up and patpats Maria's arm. "Is okay now, little one. You with friends, and we going kick Dracula ass, go back to Japan, and find you some no silly clothes." [You return back through the theatre.] [Session End!]