Session 100: 5th July 2022 - Fighting Fate
Hipofilius is held within vines and leaves on the ceiling of the cave. Rushing forward she throws her dory forward and lodges it into the wall by where her friend, a way to reach up and get to him, but it is not needed. Nona steps forward and casts a stinking cloud into the air, and Xan’s stomach fills with bile. She can;t control herself as she retches and reels. Rushing away into the cave she spots Helokaon at the top of one of the caverns, and abandoning her first dory, she rushes up the rocky floor and towards her friend. Another cloud, she can only see swirls of green clouds again, this one not turning her stomach though, list obscuring her vision. She feels a large form pass her and a familiar grunt as Helikaon passes by. She follows his lead and joins him as he begins slashing down on Nona. Xan and Helikaon, with Calliope at their side, throw violence down on the hag.
Something gasps hold of her and she finds herself unable to move. She grips her Xiphos tightly and tries to break free. She wiggles and squeezes her muscles tightly, seeing fireballs from the corner of her eye from another corner of the cave. A few seconds pass and something changes, her muscles relax and she is able to regain control of her body again. She sees a polar bear in front of her and attacks.
But wait. Is it? No, that’s not a threat. She turns back to Nona, who has an icy caste over her skin and strikes again. The gloomy light in her eyes seems to be dimming if that was possible at all. She dies, frozen.
Helokaon points towards Decima, the other of the hags and Xan takes off, expecting him to follow. A strike of lighting flies towards her and past her as she races through the cave, missing her by a hair. She reaches Decima and throws down her Mithral Xiphos onto her, threatening to send her to join Estor in his ghostly form. She hits but feels a whoosh around her and a force thumping into her chest. She opens her eyes breathing in what feels like fire.
It is fire.
Oh god.
The flames.
She sees Theo, he mouths something at her and it feels like she almost folds inside out. She appears at the back of the cave. Thank you Theo for whatever this is.
She grabs her dog from her pocket and throws it in the general direction of where the fir wall was, commanding it to find the third and final hag. The dog hunts while Xan finds her feet again. She runs towards the final hag and swings. Something strikes and Xan loses consciousness.