Door of Plot/Dungeon of Barinca [Semi-Plot]

[PirateMonk]

One of the shots was a Slay Living. The spider dies.

Therarde makes slow progress, and may be hampered by the poison.

[Lord Magtok]

((*Bumps thread.*))

[blademaster42]

Carl slides down the ladder looking absolutely terrified, and will try to stab a spider or two when the plot undeadtimes.

[PirateMonk]

Actually, I think the spiders are all dead. Therarde should be free by now.

[Therarde]

Huzzah for the plot becoming slightly more active.

Therarde is free, and slowly stands up.

[blademaster42]

Whew! glad that's over. ((sorry, I've got school again and it's kind of hard to get on.:smallfrown:

[Nightwing]

((Lets just pretend Sheezu got an invitation to go to corresant for the wedding witch is tonight. Just send her and Iko to corasant. Please!

[PirateMonk]

So... our brave heroes protagonists are in a corridor leading to a room full of webs and spiders. They should get moving.

[blademaster42]

Carl goes ahead and tries to get a look inmto the next room.

[PirateMonk]

The webs are still there. There are no spiders visible.

[blademaster42]

He starts trying to cut the webs apart with his sword so he can see better in the room

[Therarde]

Heeey, donnn't yooou thhiinkk that weee shoould waait forrr thhe otthherrs?

[blademaster42]

I'm just making sure there aren't anymore spiders. I frakkin hate those things...

[PirateMonk]

The barrier gets cut and falls. There's a cat-sized spider clinging to the next one. It sees Carl and hisses, then starts climbing down the web.

[blademaster42]

He yells and tries to stab it through the thorax

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy undeadtimes and sees Carl in trouble. She runs towards him and, deciding she may risk hitting her comrade if she fired off another deathray, jumps for the spider attempting to claw, kick, and bite it.

[PirateMonk]

Due to the evasion effect, Carl only grazes it. As it's about to reach the ground, it gets tackled by Stacy and starts getting wounded by the imp. It snaps at her wildly, but is unlikely to hit.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy attempts to finish the spider off with a death ray.

[PirateMonk]

The spider gets disintegrated. Yay.

[blademaster42]

You could've just left that to me. I would've dealt with it. deadtime

[PirateMonk]

Yes. So, the next layer of web is about ten feet into the room, though it curves quite a bit. Get moving.

[blademaster42]

You know what? I'm going to find out what this stuff is for. He holds up the can of 'fourth wall begone' and randomly sprays it.
Hey, Blademaster! "What do you want? I'm trying to type here!" How do I keep going? I'm terrified of spiders! "Yeah, me too. Just cast some magic." How? I can't do that! "Check your character page." Okay.... Okay, I can. thanks for telling me. "anytime."
The fourth wall repairs itself. Delayed Blast Fireball! The spell launchs down to the end of the passage, where it hovers for a few seconds while Carl gets out of the room. And back down the passage. He uses his ring to protect himself and whoever would be closest. ((probably Stacey)) Then the fireball explodes.

[Therarde]

Therarde slowly makes his way to where Carl and Stacey are. He's moving pretty slowly, so it could take a while.

[PirateMonk]

Actually, as I recall, he's at most maybe 15 feet away from them.

The DBF burns away the layer of web and all the spiders beyond it, revealing a massive chamber made of web, suspended in the middle of the room. It has been partially burned open, incinerating many of the hundreds of eggs that were in there. A scorched spider the size of a small elephant comes out, looking angry.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy undeadtimes and is shielded from the blast. She sees the spider appear and hides in the second plane out of fright.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok attempts to shove himself against the nearest wall, and crouches down to make himself as small a target as possible. His player loses track of how many bullets are left in Magtok's six-shooters, so the cybrog reloads for now.

[blademaster42]

Holy SH-! He flips through the spell apendix as fast as he can, absolutely terrified. uh, uh, uh.. Great! Meteor Swarm!

[PirateMonk]

The spider is pounded by the meteors. Fried spider bits are sprayed everywhere.

[Therarde]

Therarde moves over to a wall, and leans against it, breathing heavily.

[PirateMonk]

There's another piece of web. Something tells the band of intrepid heroes protagonists that they're getting near the end of this accursed room.

[Lord Magtok]

Hold on a sec...we're indoors. Where the hell did those meteors come from?

Not waiting for an answer, Magtok looks for a small pebble or rock to toss at the webs, in the hopes of flushing out any spiders that might be hiding there.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy readies her amulate for when the spiders inevitably show up.

[Therarde]

And Therarde is leaning against the wall, panting.

[PirateMonk]

No spiders appear.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok silently points at Stacy, and gestures for her to fire the amulet into the webs.

[Admiral_Kelly]

She gets the signal and launches a death ray; probably creating a huge blast as it that tends to happen to nonliving objects hit by the amulate.

[PirateMonk]

The beam cleanly slices through the web, and it falls to the ground. Between it and the next barrier, there is a massive swarm of spider of all sizes. Something tells the adventurers that this is the last web in the room.

The spider charge.

[Therarde]

Therarde sees the spiders charging and pulls himself up, drawing his swords. The eagle throws itself into the fray with wild abandon, clawing at as many spiders as it can see.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy shifts into the second plane, runs to the nearest wall, and begins to climb.

[Lord Magtok]

Oh ****.

Magtok pulls out one of the two guns, and fires all six shots at the incoming swarm.

[PirateMonk]

Therarde and his eagle kill many spiders, but there are just too many of them. They keep coming.

The walls are smooth, but thanks to her claws, Stacy can still climb them.

Magtok fires the six shots into the swarm.

Spells:

Fireball, Insanity, Hideous Laughter, Insect Plague, Chain Lightning, Mark of Justice.

Most of the spiders are fried by fire and Lightning. One goes insane and tries to run, while another collapses laughing, and a Mark of Justice triggered by an effect of Magtok's choice appears on one. Several locust swarms appear and begin devouring the survivors.

[Admiral_Kelly]

When she reaches the top of the wall, Stacy returns to the first plane and aims carefully at the spiders, firing deathrays at the strongest ones.

[Lord Magtok]

Mark of Justice triggered by an effect of Magtok's choice appears on one.

Magtok chooses for the trigger to be the act of breathing.

[PirateMonk]

The surviving spiders are mostly picked off by Stacy.

He also needs to select a curse, now that I think about it.

[Therarde]

So, did we win?

[Lord Magtok]

Then he decides to make the spider tapdance. He's not feeling very creative right now.

[PirateMonk]

The spider dances.

Then it gets fried by Stacy.

Yup, fight's over. The Fireball also removed the last wall and the spiders beyond, leaving the passage open.

[Lord Magtok]

Yes. Now let's get the hell out of this room before more spiders show up.

[Therarde]

Agreed. He begins moving towards the passageway.

[PirateMonk]

Another spider drops down from the ceiling, cutting him off. It appears to be pogoing.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy jumps down from the wall and attempts to grab the spider off the pogo stick.

[PirateMonk]

It pogos out of the way.

[Lord Magtok]

...What the hell?

Magtok attempts to lift up another spider's corpse, and toss it at the pogoer.

[PirateMonk]

It pogodogdes that, too.

Just your luck that you managed to locate the worlds only arachnid pogomancer.

[Therarde]

Therarde looks really confused, and starts slashing at the pogospider.

[PirateMonk]

It continues pogododging. Then, with one massive bounce, it disappears back into the webs at the ceiling.

[Lord Magtok]

...Was that what I thought it was? Or am I losing my mind again?

[Therarde]

...That was incredibly strange.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Awe... That looked like fun. I want one of those!"

[PirateMonk]

A properly sized pogo stick drops from the ceiling and bounces enticingly in front of Stacy.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok instantly assumes the pogo is a trap, and tries to dive to the ground and hide inside the nearest giant spider.

[Admiral_Kelly]

But Stacy is not that suspecting and instantly hugs the pogo as though her best friend.

[PirateMonk]

It continues bouncing innocuously.

[Lord Magtok]

Seeing as nothing happened, Magtok slowly rises out of the spider's chest, likely covered in icky green spider blood and gore.

...Wha-? Why didn't it explode? Or put a curse on you? Or summon Idiotarum to eat your soul?

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy bounces with the pogo. "Yay!" She smilies happily, enjoying her new toy.

[Therarde]

Therarde watches Stacy bounce for a while. ...What is that thing?

[Lord Magtok]

It's a pogo stick. From where I'm from, they were a child's toy. They looked fun at first, but most people I knew couldn't use them very well. One winter, all the parents decided to buy their kids those things. A large number of injuries happened in a short period of time. The neighborhood became known for its mentally handicapped children. We were said to be from "Stupidville"

That incident is part of the reason why me and Rex never got along that well. That, and this one incident involving a modified Voltaire song I'm not going to describe.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Awe... but you and Rex get along great if you know what I mean." She winks at the cyborg, still on her pogo stick.

[Therarde]

Pogo? Rex? Voltaire? He looks utterly confused.

[Lord Magtok]

Just...forget I said anything. Lets keep moving before more freaks show up.

[Vhaidara]

Oh, he means the Magtok Song. I'm still trying to find the link so I can sig it.
As a player simply commenting to other player, BB ignores plot tags.

[PirateMonk]

A plot door appears and eats him.

((You could just link to the AMEN Wiki article.))

[Vhaidara]

As it was an OOC IS comment, he blows the door away.
Wasn't entirely sure if it was in there. Time to take it onto the forum.

[PirateMonk]

((*Throws a link (http://amen.wikidot.com/magtoksong) at BB.))

[blademaster42]

Carl peeks into the next room. Cautiously...

[PirateMonk]

He sees three humans and three skeletons clustered around what looks like a storm cloud.

[blademaster42]

He casts a fireball into the room and runs the other way. A risk taker he is not...

[PirateMonk]

The humans are fried. The skeletons are charred but unaffected.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy pockets the pogo into hammerspace. "What'cha find in their, Carl?"

[blademaster42]

Three people, three skeletons, and a miniature stormcloud. Those people should be toast, but I'm not sure about the skeletons. Or the stormcloud.

[blademaster42]

*bumps thread*

[PirateMonk]

The cloud, crackling with lightning, heads towards Carl.

[Lord Magtok]

It's a magical stormcould thing. Dispell it or soemthing!

[blademaster42]

Good call! Dispel Magic! He casts the spell.

[PirateMonk]

As Dispel Magic has no effect on magical creatures, nothing happens. A powerful wind blows towards it to prevent escape.

[blademaster42]

Uh oh. Carl starts flipping through the spell section as fast as he can, looking for a spell that might do something to it.

[blademaster42]

oh, pfft, should've thought of this earlier. Gust of Wind! As the spell is cast, a mighty blast of air blows at the cloud, possibly forcing it into a corner. If it works, Carl follows up with wind wall to keep it in the corner.

[PirateMonk]

It counters with its own wind.

[blademaster42]

Oh snap. Banishment! Carl is, of course, aware that that probaably won't work, but he's running out of spells...

[PirateMonk]

It gets banished, leaving a cloud of fog which blocks visibility.

[blademaster42]

Huh. Wasn't actually expecting that to work. Gust Of Wind! He atempts to clear out the fog, after which he will wait for the others.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok shakes his head.

Y'know, you didn't have to waste your magic stuff on a cloud of harmless fog.

[blademaster42]

There could have been something hiding in it. Besides, I think my magic isn't limited. I think I'd notice if I was draining lots of magical energy.

[PirateMonk]

Three charred skeletons lumber towards the group.

[blademaster42]

Oh, right, forgot about those. Carl Proceeds to attempt to kick the nearest one in the head.

[blademaster42]

*bumps thread again*

[PirateMonk]

It ducks under the kick and stabs at him with its spear.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy runs toward one of the skeletons on all fours and attempts to bash its leg.

[PirateMonk]

The leg shatters and the skeleton collapses. It manages to rotate into a position to swing its longsword at the imp.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy ducks; narrowly avoiding being hit in the head by the blade. The blade having been swung, Stacy attempts to break the skeleton's wielding arm similar to how she broke it's leg.

[PirateMonk]

The skeleton rolls out of the way. The remaining one (who also has a battle axe) takes aim at her with its crossbow and fires.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy is hit by the crossbow bolt in the torso and goes down. She leans up and attempts to fire a death ray at the firing skeleton with her amulate.

[PirateMonk]

It dives out of the way but has its arm blown off. It tries to get up while drawing its axe, and charges her if it succeeds.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy throws a stone about the size of the baseball (assuming that there are any laying on the ground nearby) at the skeleton's head.

[PirateMonk]

There are no stones anywhere in the area.

[blademaster42]

Carl had been stabbed in the stomach a few posts ago. Now he's bent double, clutching his stomach. Magic Missile!

[PirateMonk]

A few ribs shatter when the MM hits, causing the skeleton to stagger. It tries to force the spear through Carl's head.

[Therarde]

Therarde draws his swords, and charges one of the skeletons. Preferably the one that is the least engaged at the moment.

[Admiral_Kelly]

There are no stones anywhere in the area.In which case, Stacy sends a death ray at the skeleton instead.

[PirateMonk]

It gets the other arm blown off, and is then cut to pieces by Therarde.

[Therarde]

Therarde turns to another skeleton, assuming there's still more left.

((Also, *bumps thread*))

[blademaster42]

Carl tries to get out of the way, but the stomach wound has slowed him down. the spear grazes his temple, and he falls over onto his back.

[PirateMonk]

The skeleton lunges at Carl's prone body at tries to impale his head again.

[blademaster42]

Carl rolls out of the way, but just barely. He tries to kick the skeleton in the shin.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy fires a death ray at the skeleton attacking Carl's spine. It should be noted that she still has a crossbow bolt in her chest that probably should be attended to soon.

[PirateMonk]

The skeleton loses a leg but uses the spear to steady itself, and is then destroyed by Stacy's blast. Carl may be hit by a flying bone fragment.

[blademaster42]

A small piece of skull hits him in the head, but he doesn't notice. Thanks Stacy, I owe y- Whoa! He gets up and limps over.[COLOR="blue"] We should get that out. Once we do, I can heal you.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok attempts to catch up to the others, but avoids getting directly involved in any fight for now.

[PirateMonk]

There is no fight right now, as all the enemies are dead. Or redead.

[blademaster42]

Carl uses a few charges on his ring on himself, and waits for Stacy to undeadtime.

[blademaster42]

*bumps thread, possibly harder than is rather neccesary*

[PirateMonk]

Something shiny falls from the ceiling.

[Lord Magtok]

Due to a weird continuity thingy, Magtok finds a small letter on the ground in front of him. It reads:


Sorry, but I'm afraid that due to events outside of this semi-plot, you will cease to exist as soon as you are done. Good luck with the quest. I'll try to come up with a good reason to bring you back into existence later, unless I forget about it or change my mind.

Dammit. Well, I might as well make the best of what little time I have left.

Everyone! Lets get moving! We have a cliche evil wizard to stop!

[Admiral_Kelly]

"What do you mean, Magtok?" The imp asks with sad eyes.

[PirateMonk]

The shiny thing sits on the ground and glitters.

[Lord Magtok]

Nothing, it's just-LOOK! A shiny object!

He points at the shiny thing, both wanting to change the subject, and wanting to have that shiny thing investigated.

[blademaster42]

Carl uses a charge or two from his ring on Stacy, and pokes the shiny thing with his sword.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy sees the shiny thing. "Ooooh!" She jumps straight for it.

[PirateMonk]

Upon closer inspection, the shiny appears to be a key.

[blademaster42]

Why does that remind me of Legend of Zelda?

[Lord Magtok]

Shaddup and go look for locked doors or some kind of treasure chest with the important item that we'll need to get out of here. Probably a boomerang or a bag of bombs or something like that.

[blademaster42]

Okay, I'll go look for the boss key. But if I find a bag of bombs, they're mine! And he does just that.

[PirateMonk]

Carl doesn't find anything. The key sparkles.

[blademaster42]

Instead, he tries looking for a door where the key might go. Or maybe a large chest. Or even a large brick with a keyhole. ((Also, *wallops thread instead of simply bumping it*))

[PirateMonk]

A keyhole appears in one section of the wall when he gets close to it.

[blademaster42]

Carl goes back, picks up the key, returns to the keyhole, and rams the key in, then turning it. Open saysme.

[PirateMonk]

Cracks appear in the wall, spreading from the keyhole out.

[blademaster42]

If the cracks continue to spread, Carl stands back. If they stop, He gives the wall a solid kick.

[PirateMonk]

A large piece of rock falls from the wall. The rest of it slowly crumbles away, revealing a corridor that appears to have its walls made of solid gold.

[blademaster42]

Sweet... Carl slowly smiles, then steps into the corridor, and staying alert. He believes it isn't entirely safe.

[blademaster42]

*bumps thread*
Carl looks around, using his detect traps skill.

[PirateMonk]

There are no noticeable traps.

[blademaster42]

He starts calmly walking down the corridor and tries very hard not to say, "What's the worst that can happen?"

[blademaster42]

*bumps thread*

[PirateMonk]

*Bump*

I can't really respond until other people act.

[blademaster42]

((sorry PirateMonk, but I'm going to pull Carl out. I haven't played him in weeks and the plot seems dead. Sorry :smallfrown: ))

With a soft, gentle "poit", Carl disappears...