Inside a metal dome...Luke tries to just leave. He goes up to the wall of the metal dome and takes a look at it.
Well, it is metal, but not steel. It looks kind of odd, actually. A vague shimmering quality about it. Anyway, it is difficult to judge its exact qualities from just a look, but it looks pretty magical to Luke.
[Perception roll: ?]
There is, however, a sizable hatch up above, in the exact center of the ceiling of the dome. It doesn't look very prone to opening from this side, however.
In the streets of Emlocke...Yorinnsud and
Mark head over to the leather man and proceed with the usual ceremonies.
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 5+
1+
1 vs. 1+2]
Yorinnsud just picks up the leather man by the arms and proceeds to slice his leg off. She then drops him and lets Mark take care of the rest.
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 4+2 vs. 4+1]
Mark stabs at the man, but he just jumps back on one leg, then tries to punch Yorinnsud!
[Leather Man vs. Yorinnsud: 3+1 vs. 4]
Yorinnsud dodges in the nick of time and attempts to finish this thing off.
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 6+2 vs. 6+1]
She stabs the thing in where the heart would be on a human being! This doesn't have any effect, interestingly enough.
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 2+2 vs. 6+1]
Mark then goes on and misses terribly with a halberd swipe, spinning past the leather man.
[Counterattack: Leather Man vs. Mark: 2+1 vs. 6+3]
Mark, however, is ready for this, handily stabbing through the leather man's hand with his weapon of choice. The leather man doesn't seem overly bothered, once again.
[Leather Man vs. Yorinnsud: 4+1 vs. 6]
It then completely misses a punch at Yorinnsud in his own right.
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 6+2 vs. 4+1]
Yorinnsud then removes one of the leather man's arms. with another short sword slash.
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 6+2 vs. 5+1]
Mark then loosens the man's other arm as well by nearly severing it at the shoulder.
[Leather Man vs. Yorinnsud: 4 vs. 5+1]
It's quite adorable how it keeps trying to punch Yorinnsud, really.
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 5+2 vs. 6+1]
And it is even more adorable how it hops away on that single foot of his as Yorinnsud tries to end this already.
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 5+2 vs. 2+1]
Mark brings his halberd down low, severing the last leg of the man and watching him tumble down with some satisfaction.
[Leather Man vs. Yorinnsud: 5-
1 vs. 6]
Yorinnsud steps back as the thing tries to smash its last fist down on her foot.
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 3+2 vs. 5-1]
Where to stab him? The head?
Well, that didn't really work. What now?
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 1+2 vs. 5-1]
Mark is similarly engrossed in thought about the best way to finish this guy.
[Leather Man vs. Yorinnsud: 1-1 vs. 4]
Ooh, there's an idea!
[Counterattack: Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 4+2 vs. 5-1]
She completes the severing of the last arm, leaving the man limbless. He still seems to be moving, though. The experiment continues!
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 4+2 vs. 1-1]
She starts to cut bits off the man until he is in no shape to move much of anywhere. The leather goes on its merry way and Yorinnsud elects not to follow it. Instead, she and Mark look for more leather men to exterminate.
[Search roll: 3]
Yep, a few blocks away there's another one. Killing time.
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 5+2 vs. 3+2]
Yorinnsud chops into its side and leaves a great big gash, though this doesn't really impede the leather man.
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 1+2 vs. 5+2]
Mark is about to slash at the man as well, but he is immediately rebuked!
[Counterattack: Leather Man vs. Mark: 2+2 vs. 5+3]
Thankfully, he is quick enough to both avoid the leather man's kick and to stick the halberd straight through the incoming foot, trapping it nicely! The leather man tries to get free!
[Leather Man vs. Mark: 4+2 vs. 1+3]
He kicks Mark away with ease and the skeleton tumbles away!
[Yorinnsud vs. Leather Man: 3+2 vs. 1+2]
Yorinnsud chops once again, slicing into the same gash and deepening it considerably! She is two thirds through the leather man's waist, now to only keep at it!
[Leather Man vs. Yorinnsud: 6+2 vs. 2]
However, Yorinnsud is surprised by a dropkick that comes straight out of nowhere, blasting her back and snapping her spine in half! She drops to the ground limply, unable to move her legs anymore.
[Mark vs. Leather Man: 3+2 vs. 2+2]
Mark stabs at the leather man as well, though this, once again, has little effect.
Somewhere strange...That's it. No more mister nice freakrobat.
Timothy attempts to manifest outlandish devices of mass destruction on his shoulders!
[Manifesting roll: 5-
1]
He is not entirely surprised to find that he now has two spectral fireworks platforms on his shoulders! Hm. Time to try and fire them, then!
[Timothy vs. Skeletal Hippo: 4 vs. 6-
1]
As he fires two flaming rockets, the hippo merely swims away, twirling in the chaotic maelstrom of absolutely everything around Timothy. They explode in all sorts of pretty colors.
"Ooh, pretty fireworks. I feel wonderful."Timothy takes aim at the hippo's head.
"Right, I's done asksing nicely. You's go to tell me how I is gettin' outsa here, or next time I blowin' off you head."[Hippo informativeness roll: 2]
"Fireworks! Yay!"He fires!
[Timothy vs. Skeletal Hippo: 4 vs. 6-1]
The hippo, however, is far too fast to be hit by the rockets. The lights are still pretty, however!
"I do enjoy fireworks. Do you enjoy fireworks?"
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