PrP Where Timmy Fell

[Scourge]

Slice, slice, slice.

Rinse.

Repeat.

The door bursts open easily from the previous efforts to destroy it. Just in time to see the web of hands break apart. Knives cut deep into the flesh of… whatever it is. What strength it had is nothing compared to the Wizened’s twin attacks or the Giant’s bursting strength.

The Freeholder’s see it all go limp as Worm attacks the center of mass. The hands no longer mover, the fingers don’t wriggle. It’s all still.

Dead.

The light blue changeling sounds a shrill whistle, and the wind puppy dives into the wooden beams. Below. As the last moving hand falls between the cracks in the wood. Bubbles writhe beneath the surface.

“We should move” he say. Impresses. It seems it he doesn’t think they are out of danger.

Out of combat.

[Liam Gelt]

Liam watches in awe as he catches the tail end of Worm's handiwork. A swirling dervish of blade, fury, and flayed necrotic flesh. Then, as quickly as it had entered his vision, the dance was over and the hands rendered as dead as they looked. Liam gives a sight of relief; he was ultimately glad to see they'd avoided a drawn out fight...so far.

The Giant sees Blue and Eleanor arriving at the scene of the crime, sees Wind Puppy diving after something. He nods in response to Blue's assessment. "Agreed. Let's get out of here while the gettin's good." He gives Worm a look somewhere between pride and thankfulness. He was sincerely grateful the Summer Madcap was alive and apparently unscathed.

With the crew assembled, the Giant begins leading the way at a steady trot to retrace their steps. It was time to get back to the surface.

[Titania]

An overwhelming display of violence ending in a torrent of blood and cut flesh.
She stares at the scene, her eyes wide open.
Well, so much for helping somebody who didn't need help at all. Nodding, she turns her heels, finally to get back home.

[Colonel Worm]

It stinks. Worm stinks.

He's covered in the gurry of it: the dead skin and flesh, the offal and blood. For a second, just a second, during the Dance, the Colonel cannot tell where he ends and his quarry begins. Which is one of the things he loves about a good scrap. The intimacy. Even if you end up smelling like you've just bathed in arm stew.

Oh well.

Then everything stops. And Worm is left heaving breaths, the opiate of combat slow to drain out of his system. He just stares at Liam for a few seconds, like no one's home. Then he blinks. And smiles, his face painted with gore.

"Go? Oh yeah. Go. Good idea, buddy." He sheaths both knives and wipes some corpse juice off his brow. Gives a wink to Titania and glances curiously at their new, blue addition. Then takes up the rear as they move out, keeping an eye out for threats coming from behind.

Look Out, 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-18 14:17:18	Colonel Worm rolls 5 to Wits + Composure (10 Again)	8, 1, 2, 5, 7	1 success

[Scourge]

The hound reappears out of the roilling water. The central hand floating within its windstorm, nothing but bone and ragged bits of flesh. It drops it on the ground in front of the blue Changeling, who picks it up and puts it in his pocket. Seeming a little more satisfied than he did a second ago.

The young Changeling nods to the agreement.

"Timothy Gale by the way," he offers as he begins to make his way back down the hallway at a fast pace, ice crystals forming on the sand where he steps before quickly melting along with the hail stones that came from his mouth. "Gotta say, I wasn't expecting Gassie to last this long to get help. Thought I was going to die down here."

As he started climbing up the slide his voice echoes slightly. "Will there be any trouble? For me summoning it to get help? I didn't exactly have a lot of time to think it through when I did." There was some slight worry still in his voice.

[Liam Gelt]

Liam sees Glassie...Finally! A name to a muzzle...Deliver the remnants of their foe to Timothy. There's a brief grimace, more out of disgust than disapproval, but it's quickly replaced with relief as he walks in line with Timothy. He offers a friendly handshake. "Liam. And that's Eleanor and Colonel Worm." He gestures to his fellow Lost, proud of their shared victory. "And there'll be no trouble at all. If anything, you should be proud of your buddy here." He gestures to Gassie and playfully ruffles his airy head, feeling the breeze buffet his fingers. "He led us straight to you without a moment's hesitation." He sees the mark on Timothy's back from the impact of the hands. The Giant reaches into his pocket without a second thought and hands Timothy a Goblin Fruit. "Don't know why I left the house carrying this thing, but I guess it was meant for you. It should patch up your back just a tad."

Equipment: -1 Blushberry

[Titania]

She eyes the guy suspiciously, that doesn't explain how did he get down there. The monster didn't exactly look like the athletic type.
She opens her mouth to voice her doubt, ruling against it at the last second.
For now, she'll just stick to the group until the surface.

[Colonel Worm]

Bringing up the rear as they ascend the slide, the Goblin can hear Timothy's words echoing back down the yellow tube.

He's not sure if Liam's right about there being no trouble. He's not that sure about Timothy honestly. Even if neither know it, the Colonel shares Titania's suspicions.

"Well, glad you're still kicking and nice to meet you," Worm calls back up to the addition. "How they hell'd you end up down here anyway?"

[Scourge]

Timothy took the berry’s, nodding his head in thanks

He started to explain, between the berry trying to go one way and the hail trying to go another, his speech was a bit mumbled.

“I’ve been tracking this thing,” he patted his pocket “I was investigating some disappearances in Houston. Every time I got close it would move the gate of its lair. Had to start looking all over.”

They moved through the room with the merry go round on its side… and the body of the child.

Timothy sighed as he went over to pick it up. A whistle and the living air rushed over to help him.

“Got a hit a girl went missing around this playground. It likes playgrounds so I came looking.” He looked a little angry “I never expected it to be… a kid. It was playing in the park, must of hardened its Mask.Then when I got near the well, it grabbed me, pushed me in. I couldn’t get free. So, I summoned Gassie to get help before the gate closed. Or at least scare off all the mortals.”

He reached the pool and the monkey bars and then with some hesitation, he slid in to cross.

[Liam Gelt]

Liam listens to Timmy's story, genuinely surprised at the little blue man's boldness in seeking this creature out. "You've come a long way to see this taken care of." He could certainly relate: he'd wandered a long way from home to get to Sacramento and find his place here. "So, now that it's gone, where will you go now?"

Liam's stomach turns a bit as Timmy and Gassie retrieve the body from by the merry-go-round, remembering his own shock as he thought they'd come all that way with nobody to rescue. He grimaces. "That thing might've looked and sounded like a kid, but I'm pretty sure that was just an act. It was a predator, nothing more." No child could be as horrific as what they'd just fought. At least, that was clear in the Ogre's mind. "Well, I guess we have Gassie to thank for making this all happen." He smiles at the critter, regretful that he couldn't scratch behind its ears.