With Desperate Courage
Season of Rushing Waters
Light flares in Mina's cupped hands, silver-white that at another time might have recalled a dream in waking, but here and now you can only see the last of the cooks jab his spear at her head even as the beast draws itself up with boneless strength, a mass of flesh. tendons and hate. the first of its blows is turned away by befuddling shadows, but alas there are still eyes under there. Somehow you manage to turn just enough for it to hit the thickest part of your armor, a bruising blow, not quite enough to knock you off your feet or do much harm. While the monster's malice was bent upon you, babbling and screeching, promising a world of nightmare to make hell itself pale Gorok tears into it from behind, slashing with his claws in a wide arc that sends flesh, blood and liquefying bone flying.
Monster takes 14 Damage -> Now at 18/32
How is it not dead? you wonder bemused as you are bloody, covered in his viscera.
Somewhere behind you there's a hiss of pain, the thump of a heavy body hitting the ground and the high pitched laugh of a goblin looking for vengeance.
Cook 3 takes 8 Damage -> Now at 0/13 (Unconscious)
The monster does not move, it does not lash out, it does not even spit out some piece of itself, instead a jagged mouth opens in what was once its neck in dreadful parody of a mouth and it screams, without sound, without end agony that tears at the inside of your skull, yet even in the midst of it you know that if you could understand the meaning behind it, if it were closer, than you would beg for the oblivion of suffering.
You take 10 Damage -> Now at 3/18
As you open bleary eyes you see Gorok look at you in shock, all but one of his blows had bounced off the thickening scales as this thing struggles in becoming... in being born. Cob has no more luck in ending it and Mina's shot slams against one of the shelves near the ceiling.
A gurgling hissing laugh rises from the ruined form, no longer able to speak in any tongue of this world
"All shall know the joy of begetting their new selves!" Without warning it turns and lashes at Gorok with with boneless hind feet and tail sending the warrior flying into one of the shelves.
Gorok takes 13 Damage -> Now at 10/23
For a moment you consider healing, but no... a blow like that would kill you sure as a sixty foot drop. Your only hope is not not get him... and hopefully distract it.
"I name the maggot and son of maggots, unfit to dwell in a plague rat's innards!"
Good job Kori, I'm sure this twisted abomination will care what you think of its lineage, the small part of your mind that isn't distracted by mind shattering pain notes.
Rather than try to get to his feet again Gorok charges, claws held close to the ground, butting and ripping. A distended limb goes flying... and that is all the opening Cob needs to stick his dagger into one of the hissing bubbling wounds.
Monster takes 8+9 damage -> Now at 1/32
It is... somehow... still not dead, held together by whatever eldritch force is animating it, by whatever screamed though it. Desperately you swing at it, the blow goes wild as the edges of your vision start to blur. Thunk, Mina's stone bounces harmlessly off its writhing, suffering mass.
Still laughing it strikes Gorok about the head... and with that the warrior finally crumbles
Gorock takes 11 Damage -> now at -1/23
"Change is upon you. Ch..an..ge is.."
The words die, along with it, as Cob flings himself upwards in a ball of spite and goblin curses, shattering the fleshless skull.
Without pause for breath he runs to Gorok and pulls an eyelid open. "He good, he good-live hunt, magic stoke life fire," he gets out still in that tongue.
What do you do?
[] Grab the unconscious cook to interrogate and any loot you can get and retreat before the xulgath can rally a defense
[] Heal up as best you can and continue, the Blackscale must not be forearmed
[] Write in
OOC: On the one hand you guys were really unlucky with your rolls, on the other it's a good thing Akorian stayed in range of that thing so he could soak up the SLA attack or else Gorok would be dead. 
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