The Pinnacle Hotel Lobby Showdown or How Time Tears us all Asunder.
(Because Sammy couldn't keep the cat in the bag)
- The events of Carlsbad Caverns were bad. Those that survived, even they are not fully individually aware of exactly what transpired. In a odd sort of prelude to disaster, many members of the Legion and Black Company were there for the Battle of Carlsbad.
It would seriously take gathering all the survivors from that day together into a room to share their individual stories to piece the day together. There was blood, death, horrors and hell pillars. Members of many factions were there, the Legion, Mercenaries, Individual Adventurers, and the Coalition States.
Sammy, Humble, Zieja (active duty CS then), Lord Coake, so many more, Cade, demons and deevils of twin hells...others who can hardly recall the events, a few now dead from recalling the whole events of the day.
One thing is for sure, a army called the Lords of Hell, overseen by a man named Cade, was the main antagonist. Most never knew his name was Cade, just that he was a devastating warrior mage in all black armor with the face of a monster. His magics twisted realities and altered minds, time and again he tore asunder his enemies, used time and space to destroy and forced others to his bidding.
A long days fight saw heroes from many callings preventing the Lords of Hell from acquiring the desired Pillars. But at a great cost. Lord Coake himself forged the many warriors of the CS and others present that day into a spear that lanced through the enemy and saw the Pillars destroyed. With unprecedented cooperation, Cade was stopped.
Stopped but not beaten. A awful Temporal Spell was unleashed on those who survived (many only physically as some lived long after but insane and mentally broken). Escaping, the man in all black armor was heard by some to say he would just gather the Pillars in the Battle of the Outskirts or from Gloom or if he had to, from Center. Gone in a flash of mentally devastating spell effects, no single persons memories of the day are quite the same...sane or otherwise.
Now, standing in the lobby of the Pinnacle Hotel Cade looks at one survivor from that day, after hearing what Libertas had to say. After Sammy imagines vividly just shooting down Cade, the cool kitty turns to walk away and Cade says:
"Sammy, I have not been there yet. I have not been to Carlsbad. That past event is my future. I tried to save Ben. I really did. No amount of Cira's influence could have stopped me from trying to save Ben."
Drake looks at Gargamel and whispers:
"I'll tell you a secret, Lord Coake, Cade and Smith Roberts are the only three individuals in existence that I know of who do not have ID selfs. I don't know how to save Cade from becoming t'Fethic...I have long wondered if it is possible..."
Ears pop, pressure on the mind of those present, and a spark of spell heralds the arrival of others. A deathly looking, vile dark charred tall man, in all black armor arrives behind Cade. Simply, not here, then here. He arrives, with him are 6 warrior mages in all black.
The creature known as t'Fethic says:
"Shut it Cade. They need not know about our queen Cira. This ends now. This loop is pathetic, I have killed you all many times in this scenario. We will simply kill you once more."
Reaching up to pull the Temporal Blade he carries, Cade says, "There is one thing different this time ... I will not help you kill them this time. Our weakness is Necrotic Magics!"
t'Fethic both manages to growl angrily, tap a button on his armor and screech, "No! Kill them all!"
The entire lobby swirls into a maelstrom of temporal oddities. As a unseen force engulfs the entire area, everyone present feels a sort of mind breaking dissociation, a mental process that causes a lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memory and sense of identity. Mild dissociation would be like daydreaming, getting “lost” in a book, or when you are driving down a familiar stretch of road and realize that you do not remember the last several miles. This is worse, it's more like a severe form of dissociation, it feels like, within your own mind, you have a Multiple Personality Disorder, it feels like “psychogenic amnesia” (the inability to recall personally significant memories), “psychogenic fugue” (memory loss characteristic of amnesia, loss of one’s identity, and fleeing from one’s home environment), and as if in your mind you have a “multiple personality” (the person has two or more distinct personalities that alternate with one another. This is also known as “Dissociative Identity Disorder” or “Multiple Personality Disorder”). Every thought you have is argued by yourself, with yourself. Such as, I should shoot them. No don't. Yes do it. No it will destroy your mind, don't shoot. Shoot! No! Yes!
The following conditions all apply to how each of you feel as you decide how to stay alive and fight this battle:- Memory loss (amnesia) of certain time periods, events, people and personal information
- A sense of being detached from yourself and your emotions
- A perception of the people and things around you as distorted and unreal
- A blurred sense of identity
- Significant stress or problems in your relationships, work or other important areas of your life
- Inability to cope well with emotional or professional stress
- Mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors
See below Combat OOC tag for more information. t'Fethic and his cronies attack!6 Temporal Students with t'Fethict'FethicMap of RoomCombat
I know we are ramping up to go attack the Lab and Armory, but after Sammy's Short Interlude I just could not resist this combat. Thanks. If you have not written a Short Interlude you still can, in addition to this combat.