Eugeni manages to fight through the enchantment for the moment.
He pulls a scroll from his pack, reading it and activating the magic on himself.
Eugeni feels his mind clear as the dispelling takes effect. He pivots to the flying demoness and shoots a battering blast at her.
*1.5 = 33, 15, 25, 36
Rilee tries to counter the confusion spell before her companions start fighting among themselves.
Olympus hops in agitation as the spell lifts the confusion from him and the others. Rilee whistles and with a challenging screech, flaps into the air to attack the demon woman.
Words of magic are uttered, and Voivod and Zevashala vanish in a puff of crimson smoke. "Uunnhhh!" Eryalla cries out, somehow still seemingly erotic, as she struggles in Olympus' talon as more words of magic are spoken elsewhere in the chamber.
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Eugeni floats forward until he can see the giants behind the wall. He chants a spell, hoping to slow the behemoths.
Rilee casts a spell, while Olympus continues his attacks on the demon in his clutches.
Zoli shakes her head for a moment and a terrible realization befalls her: Oh no, we're going about this all wrong and it's going to get us killed!
"Everyone, we've got to stop fighting them now if we're going to survive this!!
"Riley, I'm sorry but this is for your own good!"
Zoli flips her scarf with flair while stepping toward Riley, and with hasted speed whacks the reincarnated druid four times with the flat side of Baern's Breath.
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Seeing Zoli act hilariously out of character, Setsuna frowns and casts Quickened Protection from Evil on herself to ensure that she avoids the same fate. She then casts Paragon Surge to nab Expanded Arcana for Invisibility Purge and Greater Dispel Magic. Using the extra speed of her Blessing, she then flares her wings and relocates to a new central position to hide about ten feet above the ground in the shadow of a pillar.
Rilee catches the briefest glimpse of an invisible flying figure...before feeling the flat of Baern's Breath against the back of her head and knocking her unconscious!
Eryalla continues to writhe in Olympus' claws, finally freeing herself and flitting a bit away.
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Seeing Eugeni ground himself, Setsuna flares her wings and flies over to her boyfriend. She quickly shields his mind against any further attempts to impair him. After a few seconds of consideration, she also casts a spell to destroy any Invisibility effects within seventy feet of her person.
"I'd move away from Zoli," Setsuna whisper-advises in Aklo, recalling that her boyfriend understands the second language she can speak during times of stress.
Luckily, she is not dependent on such basic magic for stealth, and the Oracle quickly fades into the embrace of the shadows.
Olympus keeps attacking his target.
Zoli considers tying up Riley but hears a mental whisper that Eugeni may be landing soon. For all of our safety, I better focus on him first...or Setsuna if I can find her!
If her old friend lands within reach of a hustle or charge, she beelines toward him, swinging at one of his 8 swirling images and causing it to vanish.
"Gosh Eugeni, I hate to do this but trust me, it's the only way to protect us all!
"It's like in...um...Surely there is a play like this...um... I think?"
Eugeni floats down to the ground as far from Zoli as he can get, then he casts a spell causing a large web to appear between him and her. With another set of rapid gestures, he disappears from sight. Once invisible he calls out, "Thank you, darling," to Setsuna. Thrice cursed demon spawn. They will pay for their insolence. Nobody toys with my mind! Well, except Desna I suppose...
Setting the webs appear and Eugeni disappear, Zoli draws and loads he sling.
As Setsuna's spell takes effect, another scantily clad, demonic, sultry female form appears flying 30' above the webbing. As Eryalla struggles again in vain against Olympus' grip, the new demoness utters some magic and the bird is stricken blind!
Meanwhile, the giants begin moving, almost hilariously, slowly onward.
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"Eugeni! Blast her! BLAST HER!" the Oracle yells frantically when her spell reveals the other invisible terror present.
Noting that the Rangers are dealing with a powerful spellcaster, Setsuna starts dispelling the enchantress' magic. She quickly hurls twin bolts of antimagic at both Zoli and the demon that she presumes is Delvahine. Both look to be extremely powerful and promising. The Oracle then selects her Blessing's extra speed and flies off to hide in the shadows, though she flies up into the air while also keeping close to Delvahine's general area to ensure that she does not fade from sight again.
(She also decides to move closer to Rilee to prepare for some Healing...)
Forced to the ground by demonic suggestion, Eugeni waddles as quickly as his stubby legs will carry him to get a better view of Delvahine. He casts a battering blast, calling on the blessing of fervor to aid his aim. The abberant arcanist becomes visible as his spiked orbs of force streak towards the demoness.
*1.5= 46
*1.5= 42
*1.5= 41
*1.5= 43
Realizing that he can't hit the demon again from where he is, Eugeni decides it would be best if he became invisible again.
With his sight gone, Olympus refuses to release his prey from his talons for a full attack, instead just pecking and rending it while in his clutches.
Zoli is just starting to line Olympus up for a sling stone when Setsuna's magic washes over her.
"Whhaaa? W-w-wa-WHOA!!" she sputters. "Ooooh Rilee I'm really really really really really sorry!
"I guess I better say that again when you wake back up!"
Glad she hasn't added insult to injury by sending stones flying at Rilee's big old bird, Zoli hustles over to the corner of the wall and peeks around. As she does she readies Baern's Breath again.
Eryalla wiggles free once more, the blind bird unable to keep hold of its prey!
The demoness once more incants some magic, as the giants again slowly continue out from the stone spiked area.
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Mere moments after her world is flipped upside down by Setsuna's spell, yet another wave of magic again enlightens Zoli to a whole new perspective.
She takes off at a dead run along the North edge of the chamber, disappearing moments later into the sumptuous red pavilion.
::Here I come!::
Seeing Zoli run off, Setsuna grits her teeth and contemplates chasing her... best friend, but seeing Delvahine moving closer to her great-grandmother, the Oracle prays to Desna for Zoli's safety and then lands next to her reincarnated relative. She quickly casts two spells to first get her back on the battlefield and secondly make her immune to any further nonsense from Delvahine.
Setsuna then hides in the wall's shadow.
Eugeni calls on the blessing of fervor to increase his speed, and waddles as quickly as he can across the chamber. He casts a spell, bringing down confusion on the nearest giants.
Eugeni becomes visible once again. I'm too far from the herd. This won't do...won't do at all.
"Oww! That was--!" Rilee exclaims as she comes to, but suddenly her augmented senses alerts her to nearby danger. Worse, she sees the milky-white irises of Olympus so she whistles and trills to draw him to her.
Rilee gives Eryalla a vicious glare just as Olympus lands over top of her, covering her with his great wings. "I'll take care of you real quick, big guy, but I think we need some friends. Those giants are getting close." She begins chanting.
Eryalla doesn't look upset by Rilee's scowl. In fact, she appears more saddened, in the moments before she weaves some magic and vanishes in a puff of crimson smoke, just as Delvahine does!
The confused giants begin clubbing themselves in the head with their...strangely designed clubs, while the other two nearest Rilee continue to advance around the wall. The last one retreats towards the pavilion.
As Eugeni passes the cages to the south, the naked man in one of the cages positions himself lewdly, as if anticipating some grotesque carnal act.
A moment later, you all hear Delvahine's voice in your heads...
::The little one is mine now, to do with as I please. Surrender now, and SOME of you might live. Their will need to be punishment, for the murder of two of my daughters, but I promise it won't be ENTIRELY unpleasurable. Refuse this offer and try to invade my Sanctum further, and I will kill this little one immediately. Choose.::
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Rilee stands and speaks out loud in a clear, ringing tone though her voice is fueled by barely-restrained fury. "Kill her and we'll simply call her soul back once we've ended your debauched existence. Kill her, and you lose your only fighter that we will hold back against. You need to surrender and release the control you have on her, and perhaps we will allow you survive."
Her spell completes, and a gargantuan tyrannosaurus appears behind the giants coming around the corner. It chomps down hard on the advancing giant, attempting to seize him in its huge maw.
Then she touches Olympus, and the great bird's eyes clear. She whistles once and he flies to attack the giant just peeking around the corner.
Using the Blessing's extra speed, Setsuna flares her wings and takes off toward the pavillon. Knowing that she cannot there immediately, she hides briefly in the shadows of one of the pillars.
Zoli notices how sumptuous the pillows are, and how sweet the incense, and agrees that reclining there makes tremendous sense.
Eugeni glances at the caged man. Eww. Then he gestures with his central arm, chanting as he slices open reality. He steps through the doorway, appearing at the other end of the vast chamber. Then he chants quickly again and disappears from sight once more.
::Then you've sealed her fate.::
The grappled giant fails to free himself, and his ally moves to attack the dinosaur. The one confused giant continues to club himself while the other shakes his head and continues moving onward. The last giant positions himself in the doorway to the pavilion.
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Rilee whistles, and her two animal allies disengage their attacks on the giants.
She then shifts her form into that of a huge air elemental and then speeds over the wall and across the hall. Once short of the giant guarding the entrance to the pavilion, she pauses and directs the two behemoths to approach. Olympus flies over the giants' heads, deftly avoiding their attacks and uses his enhanced speed to reach the guard. Meanwhile, the ponderous dinosaur works his way around the column and toward the pavilion, causing the entire chamber to shake with each footfall and unleashing a tremendous roar.
::Hear that? That's YOUR fate if you harm her::
Eugeni waddles as swiftly as he can further into the massive pavilion after not seeing Zoli or any demons in the antechamber. As he rounds a corner, he sees...?
Calling forth the extra speed of her Blessing, Setsuna flares her wings and quickly trails after Eugeni to provide support. She sticks to the shadows as much as possible. After she gets inside the pavilion and out of the reach of the nearby stone giant, the Oracle stays five feet above the ground.
This huge pavilion is made of silk sheets of various colors—crimson, lavender, ochre, cobalt blue, and purple. The sides ripple softly, as if a breeze were gently caressing the fabric. The entire structure looks unabashedly glamorous and out of place, yet here and there, splashes of what can only be blood mar its beauty.
Numerous thick rugs, cushions, and tasseled pillows cover the floor of this decadent chamber. Strange, exotic scents are in the air, likely coming from several smoldering braziers and censers balanced on elegant silver stands in the corners of the room.
Olympus snatches up the giant in the doorway as the others advance. He strains with all his might, but Olympus barely, just barely, manages to keep hold.
The creatures in front of Eugeni cock their heads side to side, studying the hall way as well as seemingly listening to a voice. Their eyes and mouths begin to glow with great intensity, before being joined by the rest of their bodies. The light sears into Eugeni's eyes, striking him blind!
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Seeing Eugeni recoil from a sudden burst of searing light, Setsuna takes an educated guess at what happened and flies forth to heal her boyfriend.
She then fades back into the shadows.
Eugeni briefly regains sight, only to be stricken blind once more by the other one's radiant light!