IC - Episode 2: Air and Fire (everyone else)

[Mister_Sinister]

As the gas floods her lungs, Noxatra's mind begins to feel weak and sluggish. She feels an intense need to sleep, and before she knows it, her world is spinning and she collapses on the ground, the gas settling around her and coating her in a skin of thick grey film.

Nox is out cold for 10 minutes. She also has to make secondary saves against the poison. Since she's being bathed in multiple doses, I'll just raise the DC by 2 and have it done with.

[Sohala]

Oh goodie, good thing I have mindless skeletons guarding me.
1d20+13=20

[Mister_Sinister]

This means you'll also be blind for 24 hours.

When Noxatra comes to, she finds that her eyes are not working - all she can see is a blue-grey mist. She also feels strangely weak, and is being tightly held by something which feels like a rubbery tentacle around her middle. She can also hear some truly obscene-sounding noises coming from something slimy and round, as well as cheers and laughter from every direction. Not helping her sense of confusion is the sound of a large mouth crunching bones. She can also feel motion in every direction, swinging around.

[Sohala]

Interesting.
Assuming she can sense the direction of the ground.

Drop deeper darkness stone (60 ft radius), she becomes invisible to darkvision.
Anklet out of grasp and aim for the floor (diagnial down one, and away one).
Feather Fall if not in contact with floor.
Scrying for a large earth elemental, summoned 20 ft above her last location. DC 26 to take only 90% damage.
As the summon is a standard action, does that mean the earth elemental gets an attack?
Thaumaturgy check for defensive casting, 1d20+15=27

Mad at herself and whoever or whatever had her, Noxatra swore. She reached into her pocket and flicked out a stone. Hoping it had done its work; she disappeared for a moment, and then reappeared lower to the ground. With a few quick waves of her hands, a loud thud sounds.

Perception 1d20+20=40
Bluff 1d20+17=35
Where were these rolls when it mattered?

Unable to move at all, Noxatra listens for signs of what might be going on, and attempts to feign unconscious.

[Mister_Sinister]

You can't actually move. Anything beyond talking is beyond you right now. You're at an effective Strength of 0 thanks to the tentacles' poison, and as you were unconscious, you just got savespammed repeatedly until you had no Strength left. Also - a deeper darkness stone, by our own agreement, doesn't make you invisible to darkvision.

[Sohala]

Less fun...will edit with feigning sleep.

Also - a deeper darkness stone, by our own agreement, doesn't make you invisible to darkvision.

A Ring of the Darkhidden does though.

[Mister_Sinister]

Fair enough on that.

This is the bit when everyone else joins in.

Soundtrack change

As Noxatra pretends to still be asleep, her keen ears pick up that the crowd is actually quite numerous, comprising perhaps hundreds of devils, all of whom seem to be having a great time. There are at least two lemures being tossed about by the monster, making those infernal squicking noises. She is obviously in a large space, likely outside, and by the sound of the monster's steps, on a very solid road rather than ruins.

Not long after dawn, Veldor and the bears see Meepo return to their camp. As they ride toward Allaria, witnessing everything Noxatra had seen, and enter through its gates, they see that a large crowd has gathered. In the midst of this is a hulking creature’s body resembles a big sack. Its slimy skin is blotched with black, grey, white, and a dull red. It has stout limbs that are clawed at the ends, and its large, lumpy head bears a saw-edged beak. Eight tentacles are arrayed more or less evenly across its wrinkled body. Each tentacle is as thick as a man’s thigh at its base and tapers down to three fingerlike appendages at the end. The tentacles also have numerous suckers and bony hooks on their undersides. In its tentacles, it appears to hold several lemures, as well as Noxatra, whose body is limp and unresponsive. Additionally, it seems to be crunching down on some bones.

All around it, devils are laughing and making jokes. The crowd that has gathered is indeed large - perhaps more than a hundred. Abandoning their work, they simply amuse themselves. The beast appears to be blind, as it can't seem to walk in a straight line, or even at any great speed.

Go for it, guys.

[Nick]

Meepo facepalms at this disappointing sight. Taking the nipple clamps and the lash so that its in view of anyone who looks at the hunched over and incredible ancient kobold, Meepo declares loudly.

"Whoever wants to see that human girl wear nipple clamps and get whipped by me will do well to destroy that tentacled monster now!"

[Awkward Map]

Once Meepo has made his announcement, Veldor looks aside at him.  "I hope you're only lying to get some free work," he says.

[Nick]

"Like you said, the lash won't kill her. Besides, I don't lie when I want to discipline an unruly child." Meepo replies smoothly.

[Agita]

"Meepo has a point. She did go off on her own, into a city full of devils. Sometimes, you need to be strict."

[Nick]

Meepo nods. An unruly child deserves to be disciplined, not coddled. He gives a small sigh wondering why her deity had chosen her for such a cosmic-scaled mission.

[Mister_Sinister]

A mixture of cries of approval to Meepo's suggestion can be heard coming from the crowd. Picking up their weapons, the devils quickly set to work, making short work of the creature in a matter of less than a minute. Its grey and disgusting blood quickly soaks into the ground, but not before coating Noxatra and more-or-less every participating devil. Once they have finished thoroughly and totally killing the weird being holding Noxatra, they grab her and crowd-surf her over to Meepo, before beginning a chant that starts to resonate through the crowd.

"Whip that bitch! Whip that bitch! Whip that bitch! Whip that bitch!"

[Nick]

Ignoring the nipple clamps, Meepo proceeds to lash out all his frustrations on the dumbass of a priestess.

"You said you will get a skyship, what the hell are you doing fooling around with a monster like that! You said you have little need of rest and this is urgent, why the hell aren't you done with your work then? You have a full fucking night you piss shitting cunt! You ought to be whipped till the end of the fucking time. Did you run off again on your own nilly willy fucking adventure without heed of the bigger picture happening right up above us? Goddamnit you just PISS ME OFF!!"

The magical effect of the lash shows itself as Meepo's anger momentarily overtook his reason as he delivers rapid lashings, but his incredible will took over at the last moment and he stops, panting.

Turning to Bertha, Meepo nods at the bear. "Would you restore this foolish girl to normal functionality?"

OOC

You still take nonlethal. Meepo will attack as least frequently as he could. I don't think its gonna kill you anyhow. DC is 17 for 5 rounds.

I rolled and you take (thankfully) 20 subdual damage.

If you fail at any of the saves, you feel a sense of love and friendliness at the whipper for 3 rounds. The failures accumulate.

[Mister_Sinister]

Meepo's intense, if brief, whipping, seems to endlessly amuse the crowd, who start roaring, laughing and generally being rowdy in response. As soon as he stops, the crowd's yelling changes to that of disappointment, and another chant rises up from them.

"Whip her more! Whip her more! Whip her more! Whip her more!

[Nick]

"Oh layoff! Punishments must be given in correct doses. If she makes more mistakes, you'll get to see more whippings! Now can someone tell me where did this monster come from? Rest of you, nothing more to see here, move along!" Meepo smilingly chides the disappointed crowd.

[Mister_Sinister]

General noises of disappointment rise from the crowd, as well as a mixed set of phrases indicating that they had no clue. The crowd slowly begins to disperse, grumbling all the way.

[Nick]

Figuring that the beast would leave behind a slime trail, Meepo conjures water out of thin air to flush Noxatra clean and heaves her over Diesel's back. Having expended the role of a father, Meepo confidently leaves Bertha to finish up with the role of a mother.

And the group moves along the slime trail to the spot where Noxatra met with her humiliation to finish the job and move on quickly.

[Agita]

"Full Functionality won't quite be possible right away, but we'll get her in working order all right. No worries. Barry?" "Here." Raching into his backpack, Barry hands Bertha a leather-wrapped rod, which the latter takes into her maw. Lowering her head, Bertha then lightly taps Noxatra's head with the rod.

So, how much Str damage do you want cured? I can cure anywhere from 4 to 12.

[Sohala]

Noxatra suffered through the humiliations and triad of the kobold, gaining minor satisfaction that he too was being wounded with each strike. "He may not realize it yet...but he will pay..." She swore to herself.

Still blind, she knew not what she was thrown on, but had a good idea by the smell. She did not stay up there long though, when Bertha's healing coursed through her, he body spasm with the returned of some of its strength. With all the erratic movement, Noxatra tumbled from the beast's back. Unsteadily she got to her feet and attempted to face her body towards the big bear by sound alone. Her attempt had her facing behind the furry cleric, but she spoke unknowingly, "Kind Mother, thank you. If it wouldn't impose on you too much, could direct me to or find me my spear?" She attempted to be polite in her hindered state.