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>>30589130
11th session of Soul Quest, post your things in the thing

>>30589143
https://pastebin.com/VTQY3PfZ

FIRST, SECOND, IDK

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>>30589143
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>>30589143
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>previous thread: >>30541287
Alexis: 3/3
>Glavo: Water/Sildo: Feline/Ilo: X
Pain: 5/4
>Glavo: Fish/Sildo: Flower/Ilo: Lesser Feline
Aether: 5/5
>Glavo: Water / Sildo: Lesser Canine / Ilo: Lesser Feline

Last time on Soul Quest:

Alexis had a brief but interesting conversation with the High Shaman of the Tainted, Master Grak, and tried to convince him to release Kachina as he inquired about the ponies she traveled with. Upon negotiations reaching no where, Alexis challenged the Shaman to single combat, to which he accepted and escorted her to an arena, where she now faces a Doomed Bear among a crowd of battle-hungry Goblins. Things were looking rough until she activated her Glavo...

Meanwhile, Aether and Pain and MMM had taken a boat to the shores of Ogre Island and using the expert stealth skills provided by the Feline Ilo, were able to infiltrate the place with no cause of alarm and even coerce a captive Goblin they found to tell them the way into the Shaman's inner-sanctum. Moving past guards and new Tainted called Trolls, they found their way to his massive cauldron room, where he was absent, and then found their way up to what is certainly his private study...

>>30589224
>>30589163
As you push your hoof to the ground, the cracks spread and widen underneath the bear, who looks down in confusion as it begins to glow. In a sudden burst of pressure, the water explodes upwards from the base of the bear, sending it flying upwards into the air as it roars and flails. The water sprays out over the entire arena, dowsing the audience with buckets full of excess water as they cover themselves with their hands, as does the Shaman, who stares down as the bear comes crashing down from above hard onto the floor of the arena, shaking it slightly.

He stares at you, "Glavo..." he says almost reverently, almost jealously. "So, you can use Anima just like Kachina? I shouldn't have expected different... how I have longed to wield that power for myself." He grins, "Well, I suppose I do now... in a roundabout way." He shouts at the bear, "Get up! Finish her!"

The Doomed bear shakes its head, trying to steady itself along the wet stone floors after its fall, and moves to charge at her once more [1d10+1: 2 + 1 = 3]

>>30589158
>>30589153
You two decide to leave the Cauldron Chamber, given the evident lack of a Shaman within, and explore the nearby tunnels. As you duck and weave from more of the occasional patrols, you eventually seem to come across an area of note. Turning into one of the many hollowed out parts of the tunnel-halls that contain housing, you come across what seems to be a very expansive study, the kind that would appear to be belonging to a wizened individual such as a Shaman. It also appears to be part lab, with a large alchemy set on one side of the room, a miniature cauldron on the far-side, and a writing desk at the other.

Upon the writing desk is a letter, only half written with the quill suck in its inkwell, and though it is empty it seems very clearly to be the Shaman's own personal collection of notes and information. There is a door to this hollow that you can close for privacy / to avoid on-coming patrols.

>>30589228
>>30589153

>Market shuts the door as they enter, looking to Aether, "Aether, you're a student, check for any magic-y stuff in that writing desk and read the note."
"What should I do with the cauldron over here Market?"
>"Eh if it's got anything in it, dump it out. We're gonna trash his office."
The two go apart quietly putting the office into disarray as they look it over for clues and such, leaving the desk to Aether.

>>30589228
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" she shouts, sitting on her knees as she sees the massive geyser throw the bear into the air. She looks down at her right hoof in shock.

>"D-did I do that?"

She quickly raises her arm as she sees the bear charging her again, setting her left palm against her right wrist. A rotating orb of water appears in her right hoof, which quickly shoots out a blast of fire-hose pressure water.

[1d10+1]

>>30589228
>>30589242
Upon entering the study and seeing all the scholarly beauty in it, her eyes widen and twinkle.

"This is great, amazing, serendipitous! So much... ah!" she exclaims before she rushes to every little thing that interests her and examines it, which is a lot, especially since there's an alchemy set.

"Ah, drats, all my notepads and pens are in my saddlebags..." she bemoans as she's holding a book taken out of one of the shelves.

"...Good thing I always carry extra ones with me!" she says as she procures one small notepad and one pen of equal smallness out of her cloak with her magic, and she begins scribbling down furiously all she can about all this alien knowledge.

"If only I had all day, all week! And more paper."

>Market shuts the door as they enter, looking to Aether, "Aether, you're a student, check for any magic-y stuff in that writing desk and read the note."

"Oh, uh, right..." she says, somewhat dejected, and puts back her notepad and pen in her cloak and the book she was holding in the shelf and looks over more carefully the writing desk she had already glanced over.

>"Eh if it's got anything in it, dump it out. We're gonna trash his office."

>The two go apart quietly putting the office into disarray as they look it over for clues and such, leaving the desk to Aether.

She's at the desk and is starting to look at the half-written letter, but once she hears a bit of commotion, she looks up to find the study starting to become a mess.

"Ah! Wait! Keep everything organized! So I can find things more easily!"

>>30589365
>"Ah! Wait! Keep everything organized! So I can find things more easily!"
Pain stops mid-knocking over a large looking alchemical set complete with glass vials. However, gravity does it's course in completing what he started, the glass shattering on the ground.
"Oops."

>>30589384
Aether winces at the glass shattering.

"Ah..." she groans, as if she was physically hurt.

>>30589285
The goblins look on in shock, covering their faces as you fire the blast of pressurized water. The bear growls in pain for a moment, barely holding itself up form the previous geyser, but manages to avoid the stream and claw at you, knocking you back to the ground (0/2) as it raises itself up and roars once more, bringing its claws down to the ground on top of you
[1d10+1] (Great)

The High Shaman, sweating a bit from your earlier display, regains some composure. "That's more like it... stay down, and make it quicker on yourself, Alexis from the land of 'movies'."

>>30589242
You turn over the entire office in a flurry, tossing about papers on the desks and books off their shelves as you search frantically for clues. You dump over the cauldron at the side of the room, and its green contents pour all over the floor of the study. It feels warm to the touch, but otherwise has no visible effect on you, though you think you see glimpses and flashes a castle among them. Your disorganized notes are quickly collected by Aether, save for the contents of the alchemical set you destroyed...

(1/2)

>>30589428
>>30589365
>>30589242
Aether quickly gets to work scribbling down all the notes she can from the High Shaman's desk area. What she finds among the High Shaman's magic notes mirror those you know from back in Equestria from her mentoring with Twilight. Alchemical cures for healing wounds, controlling nature, mind control, and even minor teleportation spells are among the notes you find. You also find a recipe for 'the Brew of Taint', presumably the dark magical liquid the cauldrons have been filled with used to transform Tetrans.

Among the notes, you find four memos of particular importance
>1. Birth of Gold Horns and Silver Horns
>2. Arrival of the Stranger
>3. Capture of Kachina
>4. Taming of the Dragons

In addition to this, you read the half-finished letter:
>"Rasheo,
>"I write to you to inform you not of the process of drawing forth the bounty of Souls from our adamant princess. Research is as slow as ever, and I do not have an update as to when I might find a break through."
>"I instead write to you to inform you of a most disturbing occurrence that happened but a few minutes ago at the time of writing this letter. Something I am hoping you can explain to me. As I was brewing my latest concoction of Brew, I was beset by a ghostly apparition of what I am CERTAIN was a pony. She fled as quickly as she appeared, taking with her a bag of goods from one of my flock right after I retaliated. She was clearly not Kachina, but I am-"
*the letter cuts off here

>>30589428
The ghost girl goes wide-eyed, and rolls out of the way.

[1d10] Recover

>>30589436
She spreads all the interesting notes on the table for copying down into her pitifully small notepad (but she'll make it work).

"Alexis! She's here! She's here?" she exclaims after reading the letter.

>>30589493
"I thought she's been with us the whole time, right Alexis?"
>after an audible pause, he looks around,
>"S'what we get for working with a wall flower who likes to turn herself invisible, nobody notices when she's gone."
"I've noticed."
>"Not nooow, I mean before. Anyways, if the shaman's not writing this note, it could mean she's dealing with the shaman at this very moment."
"And that we should help her?"
>"Of course not, if she wants to go on her little adventure she can, she can turn invisible and run away if it goes poorly I'm sure."
>>30589493
>"Aether, keep getting down those notes, we'll go hunt for the shaman and invisigirl after we figure out what's up with the princess lady."

>>30589554
>>30589436
forgot to link

>>30589554
>"Aether, keep getting down those notes, we'll go hunt for the shaman and invisigirl after we figure out what's up with the princess lady."

"I've got it," she says as she simultaneously levitates the notes off the table and takes her notepad and pen out of her cloak with her golden yellow magic. She lifts up each one for her too see and copy down.

"This is all so great! Ms. Sparkle would be so delighted to see these!" she exclaims again as she's writing. If you tried to look at her notes, though, you'd feel like you'd need a magnifying glass to read it.

>>30589477
Alexis manages to successfully re-bound out of the way of the oncoming pair of claws, the Doomed Bear's strike hitting the ground where she once was but the impact of his strike sends a strong shockwave towards you that hits as you roll back up safely (1/2).

The Doomed Bear turns in a mad snarl, and sweeps his paw to the side to hit where you now stand
[1d10+1]

>>30589493
>>30589564
You two take notice of Alexis apparently having been in these caves recently, but decide to take the time to read through the notes that the Shaman left behind before moving forward.

>Posting summaries here for digestion, full texts can be found in pastebin later tonight
>1. Birth of Gold Horns and Silver Horns
Master Grak tells of how he discovered a pair of extremely over-cooked Tainted at the bottom of his cauldron, and upon prying them out were met with the shimmering ogre siblings he named Gold Horns and Silver Horns, the first Demons to exist on the island in over a century. He imagines them a game-changer, but does not wish to send them blindly against Kachina, and their impatience makes them exceedingly difficult to control for the High Shaman (who fears for his very life with them around). He barely keeps them in check for weeks.
>2. Arrival of the Stranger
Fortune strikes when a trio of animals not native to the island, a large lion (named Rasheo), ape, and dog, arrive suddenly on Ogre Island with promises of change. They represent a sponsor who would like to see Kachina taken care of, and he wealth of Souls she holds extracted. To this end, they provide Grak with an artifact far more powerful than the humble Shaman had ever seen in this or any lifetime, promising it would give them the edge.
(1/2)

>>30589130

What is this an RPG for ants?

>Horsecock is gay
> ..

>>30589718
>3. Capture of Kachina
The High Shaman and the Horn Siblings led an assault up Kachina's mountain to her castle, whereupon they were met with the dragon guardians Pryftan and Trāgu. Much to even the Shaman's surprise, Gold Horn and Silver Horns were able to over-come the dragons and defeat them, leaving only Kachina. Kachina was more than enough to handle the weakened Demons, and was just about to kill them AND the Shaman in one fell swoop, when Rasheo and his cohorts struck from behind with the Cage, trapping her instantly in the glowing green orb with no way out. They split the key to the orb into three (one for each of the Tainted), and Rasheo demanded they repay them with Kachina's Souls in time.
>4. Taming of the Dragons
After Kachina was captured, the High Shaman had a thought to deal with the dragon guardians left behind. To kill them would be a waste, but he did not care to Taint them either: the stronger the original creature, the stronger the Tainted, and he had enough trouble containing Gold and Silver Horns. Instead, he concocted a spell to hex the draconic pair to instill a state similar to Doomed, one that would not be easily broken with Kachina captured. He was only able to command them to do one simple task: let no one else upon the mountain save Tainted, but felt it would be enough. With the dragons guarding the mountain, Silver and Gold Horns guarding Kachina's cage, the Shaman could safely study a way to extract the 10,000 Souls Kachina holds. He makes not that he has no intention of giving them to Rasheo, but instead to feed them to Gold Horns and Silver Horns so as to make them nigh unstoppable.

>>30589718
[1d10]
[1d10]

>>30589773
>>30589718
Alexis manages to rise to her feet, just as the bear sweeps his fist in her direction. Finding her sword once again in her hoof, she cuts its arm off at the shoulder, sending it falling backwards in pain much as she did to Gold Horns.

She looks back to Master Grak, sword in hand, breathing very hard in excitement.

>>30589718
>>30589733
Her eyes are wide open with fascination as she looks through the notes. The pages in her notepad flip frequently as she scratches the notes down. You can almost smell that smokey smell again.

She slows down at the last sentence, and after she makes one final dot, she gives a heavy sigh.

"Phew! Now we know everything about what's going on with Kachina and the whole castle situation, everything! If these notes are exhaustive... I'm pretty sure they are, though... since it was written by..."

A thought occurs to her, and she then says, "Oh! Alexis!"

She looks at the half-written letter again, and points out, "This must have been written very recently, or else he would have finished it already. Something must have interrupted him..."

She looks back up.

"Where would she be, though? Alexis? She could be anywhere, her being a ghost and all..."

>>30589895
>>30589733
"Yeah, we should probably go hunting for her again, maybe listen for commotion?"
>"Sounds good, hold on." Market says, grabbing the original copies that Aether just went through the effort of copying, "Always keep the original copy. Good in lawsuits."
"Yeah, we gotta go find Alexis though, she IS just a kid."
>"True enough, let's get a move on you two."
[1d10] DC-1 sneaking to find where the battle's going down

>>30589915
"Alright, hopefully we can find her..." she says as she puts her notepad and pen away and walk to the door. She looks back at the study with longing eyes before she goes, though.

"So much... hm, I got enough, we should get a move on. For the denizens of Kachina," she mutters to herself.

[1d10] Stealthy stealth DC -1 cause still caticorn

>>30589787
>>30589773
>Nine Lives activates, at 1/1
You avoid the swing of the bear's claws as you rise to your hooves, and with a sweep of your newly formed sword you slice off the bear's arm at the shoulder, sending it flying away as the Doomed Bear lets out a tremendous roar of pain, writhing around as it rears up and falls backwards, its movement ceasing as it lets out a final breath, and the essence forms into a Soul near its mouth.

After it falls back, Grak meets your stare, his mouth gaping a little, staring you down breathlessly as one of the goblins throws a pebble near your hooves to break the silence.
>"BOOOOOOOOO! The ghost pony cheated!"
One goblin rings out, and soon a chorus of them follows, many goblins throwing their trash at you as the crowd of dozens sounds a loud disapproval at your victory. The boos are almost deafening, but the Shaman does not join in, merely rubbing his chin in contemplation.
"Well then... seems you may not have been all talk after all..."
(1/2)

>>30589986

>>30589895
>>30589915
>7 + 1 / 2 = 4, DC 5
Having collected all necessary information that the Shaman's study could possibly provide into the situation, Aether takes in the smorgasbord of information in her tiny note pad to be distributed later (with Market grabbing the original copies as well, just for safe-keeping). You two move out of the Shaman's office and into the hall, however, you are met with the sight of a patrol straight away.
"Over here you dumb lump of rock, I know I heard a crash come from over 'ere...." you hear the sound of stomping coming from up the hallway, and you are met with the sight of one of the ogres you saw earlier in the cauldron room, a red one with a chain attached to a Doomed Stone Elemental who looks about aimlessly. As he spots the two of you leaving the Shaman's chambers (the alchemical liquid pouring out from underneath the door), he stares wide-eyed at the sight of two ponies and donkey. "N-n-no way...."

He growls angrily, then throws the chain at Pain Train, shouting at the Stone Elemental, "Get 'im, you oaf! I'll go sound the alarm!"
[1d10+1] Great attack from the Stone Elemental as he roars a gravelly roar, and swings a stone arm at Pain and Aether (Cleave 2)
>Ogre attempting to flee

>>30589992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQiDzSWLIm4
>Forgot theme

>>30589992
She makes eye contact with the ogre, and her eyes widen again, but this time not in fascination.

"Uhh..." she says to the ogre.

>"Get 'im, you oaf! I'll go sound the alarm!"

She knows the drill by now. She casts a protective spell on herself before impact.

[1d10] Inure blunt bashing

>>30590057
+1 multiclass skill +1 talent can't touch me

>>30589986
Alexis looks down at her katana, still surprised she once again seemed to form it just when she needed it.

Just as she tries to get her bearings, she is interrupted by the deafening boos and thrown trash.

"Ow, hey! Quit it!" she yells as she's bombarded with trash.

Her jacket is torn in multiple places, leaving gashes in the astral material she is composed of beneath, primarily on her back. Her left leg has a slash going straight up it, leaving its mark on her body. In short, although she lacks the blood or organs to show it, she is clearly heavily damaged.

>>30589992
>Market quick to his hooves quickly interjects as the Ogre tries to leave, the shot (if viewed from a TV) refusing to follow him, leaving him to hit where the camera would be.
>[hard to describe, see attached image]

>Squared Circle: Market makes sure the opponent knows where the fight is, and when it's going down. Enemies can't flee from a set area and only one opponent maximum can attack Pain Train per round.

>"Where are you going mister, you're missing the MANE EVENT. That's right, today world champion PAIN TRAIN is going up against tag-team combo Stoneman and Wondeeeeeerbrute. Wonderbrute, do you have any words to say to your opponent tonight?"
>Market holds a microphone up to the ogre, who isn't given enough time to let out more than a single word,
>"That's lovely. Now Fillies and Gentlecolts, let's get ready to rumbbbbble."

Pain starts the fight off by ducking under the stone elemental's swing, issuing three quick jabs to a metal-bearing node sticking out of his body, leading it to ring out in the nearby vicinity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI1sE70qrKU
Fists of Fury: Magical Catalyst
Splash [1d10+1] bonus from disgruntled
>[If this succeeds, using the power of The Mighty to turn the success critical, the boxing-bell ringing knocking the two down.]

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>>30590109

>>30590057
The ogre turns back and looks at you, eyes full of what appear to be unrestrained fear and apprehension of you, before her turns back and continues to run. You throw up a barrier around yourself against the Stone Elemental's incoming smash, and your spell successfully breaks it, his palm stopping short at the barrier and causing him to real back from the hit, growling lowly.

>>30590109
The Ogre stops dead in his tracks as he tries to run, backing off from the 'screen' he can't see as he looks around in confusion for what stopped him. "What the fu...."

He turns to Triple M as he starts up the hype , bewildered as you ask him for words. "What... my name isn't .... grrrr... shut up, pony!" He shouts angrily as he reaches for a hatchet at his side, bringing down on MMM's head.

However, Pain maneuvers around the stone elemental, and then with three short dabs to an iron bit of ore sticking out of him, the ringing sounds out so loudly it crushes the Ogre's ears, causing him and his Doomed stone minion to fall down helpless. They struggle, and try to get back up from the ringing as the Ogre holds his ears.
[1d10] Ogre
[1d10] Stone Elemental

>>30590089
The trash throwing does not stop as the goblins continue to boo at you, before the Shaman throws up a hand and shouts, "ENOUGH!" The goblins cease as they do so, all staring at the Goblin Shaman for his next command, though muttering spreads through out the audience. The goblin rubs at his side-burns, and cackles slowly. "I'll have to pay you back. I rather liked that Doomed, he would have made a fine Tainted when he ripened." His grin turns into a scowl, "I take it you're still insistent about 'taking my Soul'? If so..." he smiles, reaching down into his robes to pull out a vial of green liquid. He throws it down into the arena. "Catch. Pour a bit on your wounds. You look terrible, and I wouldn't want this next part to be boring."

>He throws down a vial (catch automatic), that will heal 1 wound

>>30590212
>heal to 7/2

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>>30590212
The ghost looks up once the trash finally stops falling, looking irritated up at the Shaman as he begins to speak.

When he throws her the vial she catches it, looking at it.

>"He's that confident?" she says, clutching her katana in her free hoof. When she looks down she sees the necklace she had found earlier had freed itself from her shirt while she was fighting. As she concentrates upon it, she accidentally bonds herself with it, as one would with a Soul.

With no visual sign of what's just transpired, she looks up at who she believes to be her next opponent, and, still nervous, begins pouring the liquid on her back, restoring her clothes and pseudoflesh.

>>30590212
A thought appears in her mind about how strange it was that the ogre look like it was afraid of her. She doesn't think she looks that intimidating. But that's right, she's a pony. How strange.

Once she casts her spell, she braces for impact out of instinct, but for no reason, as her spell works flawlessly. After hearing the loud sound of rock-hitting-magic she opens her eyes and tries to figure out what to do next. She sees Mr. Manager stopping the ogre and Pain Train dealing with the stone elemental.

Well, magic solves everything, right?

As the stone elemental is stunned by the ringing of the bell, she casts telekenesis on it to hopefully hold it in place.

[1d10] +1 multiclass +1 talent +1 posh how can this fail

>>30590212
With the two opponents down, Pain train jumps in the air, his elbow (hoof equivalent that is) slamming down a modified diving elbow drop to land on where the elemental's jugular -would- be.
>"A RAILROAD SPIKE! PAIN TRAIN IS GOING FOR A RAILROAD SPIKE JUST SECONDS INTO THE MATCH! IS THIS THE QUICKEST TWO PERSON KO PAIN HAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED?" Market shouts, his voice fortunately not carrying to far into the cave.

[1d10+1] Shatter (smashing the inanimate object that is the elemental)

>>30590277
>Confident she THINKS

>>30590277
>Healed to 7/3
After you pour the liquid on your back, the Shaman gives a curt nod towards you and snaps his fingers. "You have proven yourself beyond our simple minded Doomed... I should have expected that a pony such as yourself, Alexis, much less one capable of injuring Lord Gold Horns, should have been ready for this from the start. DAGG!"
The ogre body-guard you saw accompanying the Shaman earlier as well, the red one, gives a snarl and reaches for his saber, jumping into the arena pit with you with a mighty stomp on the ground as the goblins cheer on his name.
>"Big Bad DAGG! Big Bad DAGG! Big Bad DAGG!"

The shaman leers at you, "Dagg is my personal entourage. If you struggled against the Bear, you won't survive a minute with him." Dagg boasts by slicing his saber along the solid rock ground of the pit, sending sparks.

>>30590282
>>30590308
The Ogre tries to rise, groaning as he tries taking up one limb at at a time. The Stone Elemental does so with more ease, about to stand up before the magical force field from Aether brings it back down to the ground, holding it there as it groans and moans against the magical force. It tries to fight it, but as it does so Pain Train comes in with the famous Railroad Spike, the diving elbow from the Donkey coming down to break the elemantal's neck with terrific force.

The stone elemental splits apart, sending shrapnel towards the other combatant, the ogre, as a stone hits him square in the head, blood coming out of the wound as he falls over comically, letting out a last breath as his Soul forms in the air before dropping to the ground. Likewise, as the Stone Elemental is shattered, a grayish-brown orb can clearly be seen among the rubble of your foe. It sounds like no further enemies were alerted throughout the cave hallway.

>>30590369
Pain flexes to a crowd that isn't there, before Market takes him aside,
>"C'mon, no time to gloat, let's keep moving. Invisigirl ain't gonna take on the whole island without your help."
>>30590282
"True enough. Nice hustle by the way bookworm."
The two start making for the tunnels again, hunting for signs of Alexis or a commotion.

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>>30590369
The ghost looks across the pit at the newest combatant, before turning to the Shaman.

"Oh come ON!" she shouts as he sends in yet another foe, eyes widening as he shakes the ground with his stomp, and sends up sparks with his blade. She looks down at her own, far more pathetic blade with a sigh.

>"I really hope I got this right."

"Sildo: Shihakusho!" she shouts, as her outfit is immediately replaced, her torn jacket, along with her shirt, skirt, and boots, replaced at once with a black robe tied with a white belt.

>"Okay. Just like before. Right on the neck. I can do this!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4EHgifLGQ

She charges him, and when he moves to swing his sword at her she runs up the blade and swings her katana at his neck.

[1d10]
[1d10]

>>30590369
>>30590409
>"True enough. Nice hustle by the way bookworm."

"Oh, hah, thanks..." she says, chuckling a bit as she looks off to the side.

As Pain and Market head off, she looks to the souls that just appeared. She wants them, but she's still struggling with how repulsive dead things are. Again she inches over to each soul, quickly retracting once she grabs one, and then she catches up to the other two.

>>30590418
The goblin crowd looks on in shock as you suddenly replace your entire ensemble, shaking their heads and muttering (along with the Shaman, who looks on stupefied) before you charge him.

Dagg merely grins, bringing up his own sword in a confident grin. "You think you can take me!? I'll cut you down and make a paper-weight from your Soul!" He shouts as he swings it down, but it's all too late as your sword cuts through his neck in one fell swoop, separating it from his head in an instant as it goes flying towards the other side of the arena. His body goes limp, and falls down to the ground in a heap, still clutching his sword. A small ball of essence leaves his neck and forms into a tinted-green/white Soul next to his body.

The Goblin cheering stops, and everyone goes completely silent. Even the Shaman has nothing to add on to that for the moment as the entire arena ceases to make noise.

>Ogre Knight:
>-Offense: Weapon and Unarmed Attacks deal +2 Damage.
>-Defense: Shield Ally; instant: On success take all damage for incoming attack targeting ally.
>-Utility: Knight Strength; passive: +2 Lifting, Moving, or Breaking Objects.
>-Drawback: Fire Autocrits you.
(1/2)

>>30590499
>>30590409
>>30590447
With the early alarm thwarted, you two race off, but not before collecting the Ogre Soul and a new Soul to add to your collection

>Earth Elemental:
>-Offense: Earthen Strike
>-Defense: Huge
>-Utility: Burrowing
>+1 Ogre Soul obtained

You two decide to head towards the sound of commotion, and sure enough, after a brief more time exploring the tunnels, you happen upon a crowd of goblins gathered into a large chamber. You're still stealthed, and they do not hear you (though if you want to go in WITHOUT making a scene, you can roll. To enter unstealthily, no roll required).

Within this chamber, you can see large crowd of about three dozen goblins gathered around a circular pit, stone-like benches providing them a place to sit, and at the far side you think you see the very Shaman you seek based on his high-profile throne and over-all appearance. The pit is deep, about ten feet from top to bottom, and about fifty feet in diameter. AS you approach, you hear a cry of an ogre charging, but then moments later you see a head lopped up from the pit itself and into the air before it lands back within the pit, and the entire audience chamber of goblins go silent.

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>>30590499
>fuck forgot my pic

>>30590503
[1d10] DC-1, stealth roll determining how I go about this post cycle

>>30590499
"Yes! One hit!" she yells excitedly, hitting the ground running, her new soft sandal-like shoes rushing across the slick wet stone floors, before she suddenly jumps up and out of the ring towards the throne.

>"I've got him."

She thinks, mind racing, katana held in both hooves as she aims towards his stomach, impaling him to his throne.

[1d10]
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>>30590528
>>30590503
>>30590447
>Market beckons Aether close, pointing to some empty benches near the front of the arena (how fortuitous), "We'll sit here and watch. Pain, same thing as Saddlemania 13."
"Got it" Pain nods, sitting near the front of the ring, agreeing to an unknown plan.

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>>30590554
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsn2tT5yTc

>>30590503
>>30590559
She nods to Market as well, and she makes her way to the empty benches as stealthily as possible.

[1d10] Stealth like a, uh, idk DC -1

>>30590570
>>30590554
Master Grak is still soft-spoken even as you jump up towards his throne. He looks up at you in shock, shouting, 'WAIT!" before you successfully stick the sword through him, causing him to yell out in pain, "AAAAAGH!"

As you do so, he reaches for a vial, reaching it to pour over his wounds. "D-damnit! HORDE! Descend upon her, tear her apart!"
>Natural Remedy
[1d10+3]

The goblins do not move at first, clearly shocked by your earlier display. "W-we believe in you, High Shaman! You defeated Kachina with Lords Silver Horns and Gold Horns, you can handle her, right?!"

>>30590559
>>30590584
The pair of you are as silent as mice as you sneak in among the goblin crowd, undetected entirely by the masses as you take your seats at some stone benches with not a single goblin giving alarm, all of them captivated by the pony you see charging the Shaman at the far end. It is clearly Alexis, though her outfit has changed to a black robe. The goblins nearest to you shout,

"T-think he really does want us to get involved?"
"Why do you WANT to get involved?! You just saw what she did to Dagg, right?!"
"Good point... but, if he lives, we'll be in HUGE trouble if we ignore him..."

>>30590615
Alexis leaps backwards, leaving her sword inside him. She places her left hoof over her right wrist.

"Glavo: Sokatsui!" she yells, making a blue fireball race towards the trapped High Shaman.

[1d10]
[1d10]

>>30590615
"Is that...?" she mutters, squinting at the robed figure.

"It is! There she is!" she whispers to the two, excitedly, pointing at the figure.

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>>30590615
>Market nudges Pain, who gets on the edge of the ring, waiting for Market. Market then stands up, pointing at Pain.
>"IS THAT WHO I THINK OF IS? MY GODS, IT'S PAIN TRAIN, HOLDER OF THE SADDLEMANIA SERIES ETF CHAMPIONSHIP BELT! WHAT'S HE DOING ON THE TOP OF THE RING?"
Hype: Whether through a motivational speech or through clever advertising, Mr. Market makes the party look like badasses. All attack rolls in melee combat done by allies get +1, as well as looking a lot more painful then they may have been.
>"MY GODS, I THINK HE'S GOING TO- HE'S GONNA-"
Pain jumps from the ring, sailing towards the shaman below,
>Fists of Fury: Single Weapon
Shatter [1d10+2] (Disgruntled, Hype, Single Weapon [DC-1], Non-Lethal)

(part 1/2)

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>>30590727
>"THAT'S NOT THE SHAMAN. HE'S MISSED! THE HUMANITY!" (or pony equivalent of humanity)

>>30590727
"Hey, wait, what are you—"

>"IS THAT WHO I THINK OF IS? MY GODS, IT'S PAIN TRAIN, HOLDER OF THE SADDLEMANIA SERIES ETF CHAMPIONSHIP BELT! WHAT'S HE DOING ON THE TOP OF THE RING?"

She's flabbergasted. Of course something like this would happen.

"I sure hope nothing bad comes out of this..." she mutters to herself, looking at the ground as she shakes her head.

She looks up to see Pain Train, however, and sees something bad.

"Oh, boy."

She unenthusiastically casts a protective spell on the reckless donkey.

[1d10+2] Inure from idk death

>>30590773
meant to be a reply to
>>30590615
also rip

>>30590644
The tonic does its work on his sword wound, causing it to heal up and begin pushing the sword out, however the goblin is still stuck when your fire-ball collides and bursts upon impact, leaving him badly injured with wounds bleeding out of more spots.

"G-gg--raaaah... D-damn brat! Y-you think I'll stand for this? I am the High Shaman of the Tainted! Master Grak!" He painfully sounds out, reaching up to pull the sword the rest of the way out of his body and tossing it aside, before grabbing at his pole and surrounding it with a green glow. "I am the creator of the mighty Horn Siblings! I will not die here!" The wooden pole suddenly extends from a far, and hits you in your chest
[1d10+1]
>Earthen Strike
>2/3 due to critfail

>>30590727
>>30590773
As Market suddenly calls up the hype, all Goblin ears and eyes are on the Pain Train as he leaps from the edge of the arena towards the Shaman (who's still on his throne), but as he misses and hits solid stone instead, the rock cracks and buckles underneath his weight and sends a minor shock wave around the arena. Aether tries and sends a helpful healing spell out in the nick of time, but the barrier does not reach the Pain Train before he collides head on with the stone, cracking more than a few bones
>0/3
The Shaman turns to Pain Train as he slams down hard, mouth agape as he turns to Triple MMM and Aether nearby. "T-the others... there really ARE other ponies! And they're here now, of all times?!" He growls, shouting at the goblin horde, "You cowardly maggots! Help your High Shaman or I will make my next batch of Brew from your innards, do you hear me?! I will FEED you like appetizers to the Siblings!"

>>30590793
>>30590727
Alexis stand at the ready, raising her arm again and setting her hoof on her wrist as she readies to finish him off with Glavo, mind racing at the thought that she's actually about to win. She prepares to say the word but then-

>"IS THAT WHO I THINK OF IS? MY GODS, IT'S PAIN TRAIN, HOLDER OF THE SADDLEMANIA SERIES ETF CHAMPIONSHIP BELT! WHAT'S HE DOING ON THE TOP OF THE RING?"

She looks away and is suddenly struck with the pole hard in the chest, knocking her backwards and falling hard into the ring on her back.

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>>30590793
Pain winks at Market from his low point, groaning as he starts one of his signature moves,

Tumble: Recharge 1; Roll past an enemy, striking them. You may use this ability from helplessness. A successful Tumble from helplessness brings you to your feet.
THE TUMBLEWEED [1d10+2] (Disgruntled, Hype, Single Weapon [DC-1], Non-Lethal)

>"Wait a minute, he's not down... the enemy is distracted, is he really going to-"
(1/2)

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>>30590837
(2/2)
>"HE'S SURVIVED THE FALL AND HE'S PULLING OUT HIS SIGNATURE MOVE! THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS, IT'S THE TUUUUMBLEWEEEEEED"
Pain Train grabs at Grak's ankles and performs the Tumbleweed, switching around between the both of them leaving Pain standing and slamming the shaman down and knocking him unconscious.

>The Mighty: often called Nobles or Warriors, are aligned with the direction North, the concept of Matter and sturdy Foundations, the time of Night, and the Winter. Once an encounter, the Mighty can transform a success into a critical success. This is declared after the success is made.

>"WHAT AN UNPRECEDENTED REVERSAL! WHO COULD HAVE BELIEVED THIS OUTCOME. THE TYRANT OF THE ISLAND HAS BEEN KO'D. THE CROWD GOES WIIIILD."
>Market says, hoping the crowd follows through with his Hype-ing

>>30590793
Aether winces and groans twice, "Ah..." and "Hm..." as she hears bodies being thrown very hard onto very hard surfaces.

She then notices they've been spotted now.

"Ah, well, uh, there goes our cover."

She casts a protective spell on herself, just in case.

[1d10+2] Inure from grodiness

>>30590826
The pole hits home, sending you falling backwards into the pit away from the Shaman, the pole retracting after it hits home and Pain collides with the stone besides the shaman before you see the following
>0/2

>>30590855
>>30590837
As Market continues calling out the play of the fight, the Shaman turns and looks at Triple M. "Wait... what did he say his name was?" As realization begins to dawn on Grak's face, he turns down to look at Pain Train, color drained from it before Pain leaps up towards him. "Pain Train?! SH-she said YOU were the...."

You connect with your hooves, spinning him about and switching to push him down on the ground, the Shaman letting out an 'oof' as he's pinned helpless and cries out from the pain in his wounds. "GAaaaah! Y-you're the one who knows how to fight!" He repeats, "S-she killed my best ogre in one hit... and, YOU'RE the fighter...?" He says with a shallow gulp, laying down helpless as Triple M gives out the final cry for victory.

As he does so though, the Goblins all turn to each other, and scream loudly, flailing their arms up in the air as the excitement builds. But not in the way one might expect: the goblin horde proceeds to run out of the arena towards the exit, cowardly abandoning their Shaman as even Grak can barely curse after them.

>>30590866
After Pain Train puts on a show, the goblin horde fleeing the arena pushes past you roughly, breaking your concentration and knocking you into the pit below. You land hard from the drop on your side as the goblins rushing past don't even try to apologize as they flee.
>0/4

>Combat is over though, the arena abandoned save for the three ponies, the donkey, and the goblin shaman, and you may all get up as needed

>>30590880
Suddenly there's a crowd of goblins rushing to the exit, and as you should know, crowds can be dangerous. Amidst the commotion, Aether is thrown off-kilter and over the edge, falling into the pit.

"Yiaah!" she yells on her descent. She quickly casts a telekenesis spell on herself to keep her from making contact with the floor, which at this velocity, would probably hurt.

[1d10+3] Telekenesis pls not another 1

>>30590880
The ghost girl lies on her back, her robe vanishing and being replaced by her normal attire, which is still ripped in place [mostly her jacket], the green necklace once again resting on her chest. She stares up at the ceiling, stupefied for a moment as she clearly hears the goblins fleeing from Pain Train, and Triple M loudly announcing the play by play.

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>>30590880
Pain lugs the goblin over his shoulder, standing victorious with a hoof waving to the empty stage.
"What now boss?"
>"Let's get off the island, we can interview the shaman then."
"Alright, I'm good for a post match promo with him."
>>30590930
>"Nice of you to show up by the way invisigirl. No I in team y'know" Market adds to the ghost laying down, "there is a "Pain Train" in "The Saddlemania Series ETF Champion Pain Train", however. WHO IS ARE WINNEEEEEER!"

>>30590943
*our winner

>>30590907
She casts the spell in the nick of time (this time). Bracing for impact and with her eyes shut, she flawlessly slows herself down with her magic and now is effortlessly floating above the ground.

She takes a peek to make sure she hasn't actually become a pancake on the ground, and she sighs in relief.

"Phew."

She gently places herself down on the pit's ground and walks over to the others.

She notices Alexis.

"You look a bit... beaten up," she observes.

>>30590951
>>30590907
Aether's magic manages to catch her right in the nick of time, slowing her descent and letting her land safely
>5/5 again

>>30590930
You lay down on your back and switch back to normal clothes from the robes and stare up at the cieling alone with the ponies around you (+ one goblin)

>>30590943
>>30590930
>>30590907
The High Shaman puts up no fight, having no energy for it anymore, as you scoop him back up over your haunches, he turns towards the manager, and snickers, "G-get off the island...? You are a fool... T-the entire island will be on high alert once those cowards inform the whole of my horde what's happened. I-I don't know how you got in here, but, my ogres and trolls will not let you leave with me alive."

He groans, "Ack...W-when did this afternoon go so terribly wrong...?"

[PAUSED]