Chapter 7: The Castle U.S.S. Enterprise

[Scott308]

Jack

Jack sees Adrock disappear around the corner, hearing the sound of doors opening. With Fiefo hurrying to follow, Jack rushes to accompany his teammates.

[max_vale]

Moniqua


Something on the table with the Gods Eye caught the robotic huntress' attention and she moved over to it, setting her spiked mace down and reaching out with a hand.....

[Valdus]

Chaka cannot get enough of the offered meat. He says between slobbers "Good, no excellent!"

[Yrkoon]

Hans the Shrewd

The joyous reactions of the others to the sudden and mysterious appearance of Chaka convinces Hans that all is well and proper. Placing a forefinger thoughtfully on his nearly non-existent chin, he pauses to regard the new metal plate affixed to the ape-boy's skull, attempting to assess whether or not it improves his appearance. Judging from Chaka's already bulging forehead and alarming overbite, the moleman decides that the smooth steel plate does nothing to further detract from it.

"Nothing is perfect, but your makeup can be," he says through a forced smile.

[SpinwardMarch]

Tullia

Chaka, I'm so glad to see you! She examines him for any injuries and notices the metal plate on his head.

What happened to your head?

[ravenn4544]

Ko-Nan, seeing the hairy man fed, will move to the corridor to keep watch.

[wolfpack]

Adrock walks around the room carefully studying any writing trying to translate as well as looking for any loose items and buttons and dials.

[Urson]

Maskelyn
Maskelyn pulls out one of the 'colored tiles' he picked up, holding it in his hand as he joins Adrock. He's specifically looking for depressions that the tile would fit into.
He hasn't yet realized that they might slide into a slot.

[Inferno]

Castle U.S.S. Enterprise
The Barren Wasteland, Forbidden Island of Xygax the Wizard, Land of One Thousand Towers
Day Four. Night. March 28th, 912 CY







Ko-Nan returns to the debris-strewn corridor, forming a humanoid chain with Fiefo and Jack to keep eyes on Adrock who fearlessly ventures deeper and deeper into the mysterious domain of the gods! Maskelyn follows the line, scurrying after the historian-priest of antiquity.

Behind them, in the chamber of the Disco Incinerator, Chaka gratefully gobbles up the barbarian's offered food. "Good, no excellent!" he says between mouthfuls. The ape-boy's speech pattern is different. Could the iron augmentation to his skull be responsible?

Tullia asks Chaka, "What happened to your head?"

Nearby, Moniqua inserts her metal finger into a slot in the God's Eye altar and suddenly, she is engulfed in lightning and flames!



She staggers back and the fiery wrath of the heavens subsides. Moniqua looks the same but is changed forevermore!

Meanwhile, to the south, Fiefo stands between two magic doors in order to keep them open as he watches Adrock and Maskelyn enter a room beyond his sight!



Engrossed in their quest, Adrock and Maskelyn begin searching the enigmatic contents of the otherworldly chamber.

Suddenly, a figure leaps out from beneath a table!



"Killers! Assassins! You won't get me!" he shouts loud enough for Fiefo and Jack to hear!
"I won't let you! I'll kill you first!" the madman cries as he lunges at Adrock and Maskelyn with a strange silver weapon in his hand!


Actions?!


Map:

One square = 5 feet.


Behind the DM Screen:

Adrock and Maskelyn Surprised? (1-2): [1d6] = 4 No.

PC Status:

Chaka: Ape-Boy Thief 3: Move: 12"(6"), AC: 6, HP: 17/17
Fiefo LeBratt: Rat-Man Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 26/26
Hans the Shrewd: Mole-Man Cleric/Thief 2/2: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 16/16, Spells: 4/4 1st level
Jack: Wolf-Man Cleric 3: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 17/25, Spells: 4/4 1st level, 1/1 2nd level
Ko-Nan: Human Barbarian 2: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 32/32
L.L. Adrock: Half-Elf Cleric/Magic-User 2/1: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 8/8, Spells: 3/5 1st lvl, Light spell
Maskelyn: Gnome Illusionist 3: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 8/14, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
Moniqua: Robot Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 32/32
Tullia Galena: Half-Elf Ranger 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 31/31

PC Magic:

Light (Adrock): Duration: 16 rounds.

Player Resources:

End of the World (game description)
Strange New World (maps and realms)
Memory Tapes (the story so far)
Viewscreen (the story so far in images)

[Scott308]

Jack

His wolfen ears picking up commotion from the room Adrock and Maskelyn had entered, Jack quickly alerts the others and hurries to help. Somethings happening- yelling! Come quick!

[Yrkoon]

Hans the Shrewd

Hans no sooner claps Chaka on the back in a gesture of warmth when he hears the clamour emanating from down the colorfully-illuminated hallway. Hunched and motioning to the others, he scampers out of the room with his short sword held low in his clawed, pinkish hand.

[wolfpack]

Seeing a human who appears to not be undead LL tries to reason

We mean no harm! we are here to aid the Kirk!

Help! I need sombody
Help! not just anybody
He-elp

he will try to grapple the frantic man

[1d20] = 18

[Urson]

Maskelyn
Maskelyn sees the man charging and shouts a spell: Nubes in terra! Fog Cloud

As soon as possible, he backpedals, moving at least 3 feet from his previous position.

[Valdus]

Chaka lifts his maw from the drippy meat. "Hmm slaughtered about an hour ago, me think." Then continues with a bloody smile.

[SpinwardMarch]

Tullia

I'm glad to see you, good friend. Strange things have happened to all of us. She continues to watch over Chaka whie he eats. Not too closely, but to make sure he will be healthy enough to join the group and move elsewhere.

She doesn't hear the hubbub in the other room over the sudden sound of Moniqua getting zapped.

Moniqua, are you all right? What happened? She looks up in time to see the metal being surrounded by lightning and flames, and is horrified. Moniqua?

[Yrkoon]

Hans the Shrewd

Hans momentarily freezes in the doorway as Moniqua is set ablaze! He is torn between the dual stimuli of screaming from down the hallway and the burning figure of the what he suspects to be a true avatar of Iithius. He hops about, wondering what to do.

Can he "fix" such a being if needed?

[ChubbyPixie]

Hearing the madman's ranting, Fiefo will squeak embarrassingly and leap forward with the intention of helping his friends.

(edited)

[ravenn4544]

Ko-Nan charges down the hallway at the alert!

[max_vale]

Monique Quan

The female robot staggered back from the bright flash of light, images and feelings jumbling thru her mind/circuits at dizzying speeds. She saw a man with brown hair and hazel eyes commanding others with phrases in a most unique cadence. She saw a taller man with black hair and pointed ears who seemed to be fascinated by all manner of unexplained phenomenon and another dark haired man with bright blue eyes angrily telling people he was a Doctor and not a......well...something else. But who was she?

It came to her in a rush....she was LT Monique Quan....of the Starship.....something........She had crashed on this planet and seemed to have lost most of her memories. Some friendly aliens were accompanying her and they were working together as part of a mission....YES, THE MISSION! To seek out strange new worlds, like this one!

A long few moments later, she turned to look at the couple of strange aliens who were looking at her with fear and concern in their eyes. She 'smiled' and said, "I am okay my friends, thanks for your concern. I'm not sure I was able to pronounce my name correctly when you first discovered me...it is not 'Moniqua'....it is 'Monique Quan'. Lieutenant Monique Quan if we're being formal, but please don't, please just call me Monique. Now, let's seek out new life and any new civilizations in this place!"

With that, she hefted her gear and set out to help her companions in their mission of exploration....

[Inferno]

Hi Pixie,
Fyi, Fiefo doesn't see McCoy:

...Fiefo stands between two magic doors in order to keep them open as he watches Adrock and Maskelyn enter a room beyond his sight!

So he can't attack him this round. Next round, he can!
Thanks.

Grapple? (no one knows how it works, really): [1d100] = 88, [1d20] = 2, [1d6] = 4

Ha. Grappling. Let's go with 1d20 to hit.
Also, anyone can use the flat of their blade to attack to subdue. Roll as usual to hit and for damage. This subdual damage heals much faster than normal.

Thanks.

Ok. Back to the action...