GM PostOOC wrote:Paramour wrote:"I think we're a missing a person.
Indeed.
Paramour wrote:She gazes at Michael a bit, obviously thinking. Finally, she asks "Michael, were you sent by Vox Dei to fight the wiles of Lilith?"
Paramour gestures out to sea. "The Algae tell me that the sea monsters are corrupted, or converted natural sea life, crabs and fish... and that the serpent woman is pouring more poison into the water -she'll keep making more until she's stopped." Turning to her dragon, she beckons to it, and it lowers its head down so that she can pet its nose again. "Will you go with Michael? Help him stem the tide of sea monsters?"
"It is not given to me to know why I came here, other than to combat evil in all its guises." Michael's voice resounds like a chorus of trumpets but nevertheless sounds a bit flustered, perhaps with all this talk of wiles coming from a barely-clad beauty. If he
is an angel, he's not immune to human desires, it seems. "Yes, come with me, beast. No better ally against darkness than a soul tested and turned away from Satan."
The two fly off towards the beach and, before long, those left behind can see great gouts of flame raking across the face of the water, visible at a distance despite the dim light and still heavy rain. The air fills with steam as huge quantities of water are boiled away. But the multitude of sea monsters continues to surge forward.
Papa Legba wrote:Papa Legba listens intently to Paramour's words. When she has finished speaking, he raises his arm and, using the tip of his cane, draws a circle of black and silver in the air. Once the circle is completed, the energies spiral inward and, suddenly, are replaced by a gateway that opens onto the deck of what appears to be an abandonded ship.
"After you, my friends," says the smiling old man as he gestures elegantly towards the gateway.
The divine incarnations step through the gate, arriving on the deck of the ship at about the same time Vicky bursts through the clouds above it. The sudden calm is disquieting - they had just become almost accustomed to screaming wind and driving rain, but neither prevails here, and the abandoned ship floats gently on peaceful waves. The scene would be idyllic except for the horrific figure coiled around the prow of the ship.
The naked torso of a woman, yes, a long snake-like tail in place of legs, yes, these things are strange but not unexpected, nor is it they that make her horrific. It is, instead, the aspect of death and decay that shows itself in every aspect of her. Her skin is pallid as that of a drowned corpse. Her six arms end in vulture-like talons and her body reeks of rotting carrion. A black, oily substance, the source of the stench, seemingly oozes from her every pore, coating the part of the ship where she rests and flowing down to the water below. Her bulging, luminescent eyes glare at the group malevolently as she answers Vicky's challenge:
"The monsters are mine, though I take no responsibility for the weather. Are you here to kill me? I warn you, it won't be easy."
OOC wrote:To get things moving ahead here I just assumed everyone goes along ... if anyone doesn't wanna, let me know and I can retcon.
Penalties to movement and perception are gone in the vicinity of the ship, of course.
