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Aiko: one sec my pasta is cold
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handofevil: Which one Vondal_renstone?
Aiko: WAFUKUN
Aiko: IS READY
handofevil: We left off with you right at the caslte right waffle?
Aiko: yes
Aiko: id just entered
handofevil: Alright
handofevil: You step into the castle court yard and find the place to be completely empty
Aiko: no trees no lawn?
handofevil: Just sand
Aiko: hmm interesting
Aiko: how many exits
handofevil: One
handofevil: Behind you
Aiko: and entrances?
handofevil: One
handofevil: Behind you
Aiko: great
Aiko: so its just blank walls?
handofevil: Yeah
handofevil: Sandstone
Aiko: how high up to the ramparts?
handofevil: Pretty far
handofevil: About 30ft
Aiko: like how high
Aiko: my climbing skill is
Aiko: PFFTTT
Aiko: EASY
Aiko: lemme just check out my sheet
handofevil: And it's completely smooth
handofevil: So no handholds
handofevil: Good luck
Aiko: I have a grappling hook
Aiko: okay
Aiko: I spin the grappling hook in my hand and launch and at the ramparts, easily hooking into the smooth stone at the top
handofevil: You pull off a large chunk
Aiko: hmmmmmmm
Aiko: can I use my two daggers as a climbing axe?
handofevil: You can try
handofevil: Roll acrobatics
Aiko: my experience in the vast underground caverns across the wastelands allows me to climb with ease
Aiko: delf climbing is athletics
Aiko: however i have a feat that lets me use acrobatics so you're right but for the wrong reasons
Aiko: 1d20+24
Fortuna: Aiko, 1d20+24: [13] = 37
handofevil: No I knew
Aiko: oh alright then
handofevil: You sink your daggers into the stone
Aiko: by the way i finally thought of a background for my character
handofevil: and it turns to dust
Aiko: legendary treasure hunter!
handofevil: You fall
Aiko: the wall?
Aiko: well shit if it's that easy I can blast through this thing
Aiko: I begin pounding on the wall with my blades
handofevil: No. As in the small portion you sunk your blade into
handofevil: crumbled
Aiko: aiko pounds on it anyways
Aiko: completely oblivious to the possibility of magic
handofevil: Your dagger suddenly gets stuck in the wall
Aiko: I try to yank it out
Aiko: bracing my feet against the wall to pull
handofevil: STR
Aiko: 1d20
Fortuna: Aiko, 1d20: [3] = 3
Aiko: welp
handofevil: You collapse
Aiko: huffs
Aiko: huffs
Aiko: huffs
Aiko: I tie a rope around the daggers hilt and pull 
Aiko: 1d20
Fortuna: Aiko, 1d20: [17] = 17
Aiko: woo
handofevil: It flies out
handofevil: I hope you can dodge that
Aiko: well i was the one pulling it
handofevil: Yes
handofevil: and it's called momentum
Aiko: i dont think i need to roll to dodge the dagger since id have felt it coming ot
Aiko: and i also doubt i could pull so hard to send it twirling and flying at me
Aiko: you know what
Aiko: 1d20+7 to catch the spinning dagger in mid air
Fortuna: Aiko, to catch the spinning dagger in mid air: [19] = 26
Aiko: HELL YEAHJ
handofevil: wooo
handofevil: No one will believ eyou though
Aiko: i can try dammit
Aiko: anyways
Aiko: lets finally make an arcana check on the walls
Aiko: 1d20+12
Fortuna: Aiko, 1d20+12: [16] = 28
handofevil: They are perfectly ordinary sandstone walls
handofevil: Just incredibly old and crumbly
Aiko: and theres no fucking way in
Aiko: any windows way high up or anything
handofevil: Wait
handofevil: Are you talking about the walls of the courtyard or the walls of the castle
Aiko: COURTYARD
Aiko: ivebeen talking about that the entire time
handofevil: YOU'RE INT HE COURTYARD FOOL
Aiko: yes
Aiko: i want to climb the walls
handofevil: And there is a castle int he center
Aiko: since the walls are blank and theres no where to go
Aiko: OOOOHHH YOU MEAN A COURTYARD LIKETHAT
handofevil: YES
Aiko: i thought you meant one more like redcliff castle 
Aiko: where the courtyard is inside the castle
Aiko: i already entered the castle though
Aiko: thats what i did last time
Aiko: I "walked into the castle"
handofevil: OH. I thought you ha djust walked into the courtyard
Aiko: IDNERIGURWGNRWI
handofevil: You walk into the throne room
handofevil: It's oddly... clean
Aiko: hmmm
Aiko: whats in it
handofevil: A throne
handofevil: and a nice red rug
Aiko: I rip away the rug
Aiko: to see if anything is hidden beneath
handofevil: By rug I mean a massive one leading to the throne from the door
Aiko: yeah
Aiko: i rolled it up
handofevil: Just the same marble floor as the entire room
Aiko: i use my daggers to cut off some of the red carpet perfectly shaped like my shoes and stuck them into my shoes as soles so i am always walking on the red carpet
handofevil: You suddenly are wearing kanye glasses
Aiko: awwww yis
Aiko: i swag towards the throne and sit on it
handofevil: You sit on the throne
handofevil: You now have a pimp cane
Aiko: i sit there for the next 600 years and rot away into a really badass skeleton
Aiko: or more accurately i do that with my homonculus 
Aiko: and i examine the throne in the mean time while she rots away unliving and uncaring
Aiko: 1d20+12 percreption
Fortuna: Aiko, percreption: [17] = 29
handofevil: This room is eerily similar to the throne room you were in in the real world
handofevil: Infact it's exactly the same!
Aiko: so it's likely a recreation in the mind
Aiko: yar
Aiko: i examine the throne more closely, looking for any potential secret switches or buttons
handofevil: There are four doors in here
handofevil: Two on each side
handofevil: You find nothing
Aiko: hmmm
Aiko: i recall the layout of the castle
Aiko: which way is to the king's shrine where he summoned the demon
handofevil: You don't know that layout fool
handofevil: You went through magic portals
Aiko: oh yeah
Aiko: hmmmm
Aiko: 1d4
Fortuna: Aiko, 1d4: [4] = 4
Aiko: i go through the first door on the right
handofevil: So through the 4th door
handofevil: It's a stair case leading down
Aiko: I light a torch to feel adventurous and descend
handofevil: You light a torch in the fully lighted stair case and descend
handofevil: You find yourself in a dark cobblestone hallway
Aiko: GOOD THING I HAVE THE TORCH HUH
Aiko: any side passages or just striaght through?
handofevil: Straight through
handofevil: It's very damp in here and water is dripping through the roof
Aiko: in a desert?
handofevil: Yes
handofevil: Very odd
handofevil: But you are underground
Aiko: hmmmm
Aiko: oh well
Aiko: i walk to the end of the hall
handofevil: You walk through to the end of the hall
handofevil: 1d20
Fortuna: handofevil, 1d20: [17] = 17
Aiko: oh gosh
Aiko: ooooh gosh
handofevil: And your torch goes out half-way through
Aiko: aw
Aiko: its a sun rod does that matter
Aiko: not sure if the dampness put out the torch or if magic darkening did
handofevil: Yes
handofevil: Nevermind
Aiko: alright
handofevil: It is lit
Aiko: STILL THOUGH
Aiko: lets say it flickers
Aiko: which is odd enough for a sun rod for me to take notice
Aiko: and i crouch down into a guarded position ready to spring back or to the sides at a moment's notice
Aiko: i continue forwards
handofevil: You move forward, eventually finding a rotted wood door with a steel lock
Aiko: pfftt
Aiko: rotted shmotted
Aiko: I smash through it
Aiko: 1d20 strength
Fortuna: Aiko, strength: [3] = 3
Aiko: i bounce off
Aiko: hmmm
handofevil: You get a splinter
Aiko: oh my god
Aiko: i just realized how dumb i am
Aiko: 1d20+23 thievery to pick the fucking lock
Fortuna: Aiko, thievery to pick the fucking lock: [15] = 38
handofevil: While picking the lock, the door finally has had enough
handofevil: and just collapses
Aiko: great
Aiko: i pick out my splinger
Aiko: splinter
Aiko: can i take the steel lock anyways
handofevil: sURE GO FOR IT
Aiko: THANKS
Aiko: i take it
Aiko: and hook it onto my belt, but dont lock it
Aiko: i continue onwards....
handofevil: You step into a larger room with a large amount of jail cells
handofevil: The floor is covered in moss
Aiko: can i just roll once to mass pickthem
Aiko: i use my tinder box to LIGHT UP THE MOSS
handofevil: There is a sickening smell coming from somewhere
handofevil: You can try
Aiko: okay
Aiko: i pick each lock individually
Aiko: spending 10x the regular time on each one to guarantee its picked without needing to roll
Aiko: the
Aiko: then*
Aiko: i leave the picks in at the point where they need to be turned to finish the unlock
handofevil: the you can try would be the moss
Aiko: i tie a thing wire to each one
handofevil: You have to roll for each cell
Aiko: IM DOING SOMETHING ELSE NOW
Aiko: if you spend 10x the time on any task iit's assumed you pass 
handofevil: By the way the cells are just bars
Aiko: no locks?
Aiko: this castle is shit
Aiko: how do they imprison someone
Aiko: squeeze them through the bars ike an idiot
handofevil: They are very tight together
Aiko: literally how do they imprison someone
handofevil: You have no idea
Aiko: can i fuckin roll a knowledge check for this
Aiko: perception or like what
handofevil: Sure fine
Aiko: 1d20+12
Fortuna: Aiko, 1d20+12: [3] = 15
Aiko: TELL ME YOUR SECRETS BARS
Aiko: I shake my fist indignantly
Aiko: and light the moss on fire instead
Aiko: whats the roll for that
handofevil: You still can't figure it out
handofevil: and the moss fails to light
handofevil: being, you know, DAMP
Aiko: i can try harder
Aiko: give me a roll for it delf
Aiko: my fate is in the dice
handofevil: roll it
handofevil: jsut a d20
Aiko: 1d20 please
Fortuna: Aiko, please: [4] = 4
Aiko: AW
Aiko: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Aiko: oh well
Aiko: I kick down the next door
handofevil: Hold on
handofevil: Did you even search the room
Aiko: i did run a perception check
handofevil: or did you just look at a cell and try to light the moss on fire
Aiko: and id think i spent enough time
Aiko: look around
handofevil: Oh
Aiko: to see anything that may be obvious
handofevil: Well in the corner of one cell, you find an incredibly withered old man
Aiko: I slam up to the bars like hanji in attack on titan
Aiko: "how did you get in there"
handofevil: "light"
handofevil: "No light"
Aiko: i have my torch lit
Aiko: so there is light
Aiko: oh
Aiko: i put out my torch
Aiko: "how did you get in there"
handofevil: "I was put in here.... by her."
Aiko: "I dont care who put you in here i want to know how you physically entered this cell
Aiko: did you go through the bars or wht
Aiko: 1d20+18 bluff "so i can get you out"
Fortuna: Aiko, bluff "so i can get you out": [16] = 34
handofevil: "There is no way out. I was placed in here magically."
Aiko: "So like teleportation?"
Aiko: hmm
Aiko: I may be able to get him back out then
Aiko: but i need to CONSULT THE DM
Aiko: delf i have a teleportation spell
Aiko: if i grabbed the guy
Aiko: and used it would i be able to teleport us both out
handofevil: Sure
handofevil: What is the spell
Aiko: let me check
Aiko: "walk through shadow"
handofevil: what type of power
Aiko: its an encounter power
Aiko: but since im not in combat i dont think that really matters
Aiko: since combat is generally only 30 seconds max
handofevil: Go for it
Aiko: alright
Aiko: so i just sort of teleport in
Aiko: and take a short rest of a minute or so to gather myself
Aiko: in the mean time
Aiko: "I'm going to teleport you out of these bars"
Aiko: "do you have the energy to walk"
handofevil: "No."
Aiko: i sigh
Aiko: "well im not carrying you"
handofevil: "It's only been a few weeks, but it's felt like decades since I've been in here."
Aiko: "you're lucky im teleporting you out at all"
Aiko: hmmm
Aiko: can i go retrieve my homonculus
Aiko: and make that carry gim
handofevil: For convience sake, your homonculus was never put on the throne
Aiko: great
Aiko: i pull the summoning disc out of my pocket
Aiko: throw it down
Aiko: she pops up
Aiko: i teleport us all out of it
Aiko: and i retrive the disc
Aiko: Aiko H picks him up
Aiko: "alrighty we need to get out of here, unless you think there is some reason not to yet"
handofevil: "There is no way out. We are trapped here. In my mind."
Aiko: "yeah whatever i meant this castle"
handofevil: "It matters not. Even if we leave she'll just track me down again."
Aiko: "I literally do not give one single fuck is there anything elseyou think we should get from this castle before I walk our asses out that front door or not"
handofevil: "Yes. You must kill the demon."
Aiko: "The demon is here in this castle?"
Aiko: "Where?"
handofevil: "In the sanctuary"
handofevil: "On the top floor"
Aiko: "alright we will avoid that for now."
Aiko: "I have uh... companions... here with me"
Aiko: "we can meet with them and then attack the demon"
handofevil: "If it will kill her, than go for it."
Aiko: "Oh I'm sure you're DYING to kill her"
Aiko: I head to the throne room
Aiko: and prop the king up on the throne
Aiko: i need to find the others
Aiko: hmmm
handofevil: HMMMMMMMM
Aiko: ?
handofevil: What are you doing
handofevil: Wasting away next to the king?
Aiko: oh i was waiting for you to respond since you briefly vanishede
Aiko: but i forgot what i was going to do
Aiko: some way to find the others
Aiko: "if this is your mind do you have any semblance of control?"
handofevil: "No. The demon has control over everything."
Aiko: "not with THAT ATTITUDE"
Aiko: "this is your brain, YOUR domain, if you give up its over dont lie down and die I could have just stabbed you for that out come"
Aiko: "Sieze control!"
Aiko: "You studied demons for the ritual, you know they have strict rules"
handofevil: "I can't. You don't understand the extent of the Death Tyrant's power."
Aiko: "Any minor difference could help us immensely"
handofevil: "No. You don't understand. The Death Tyrant is no ordinary demon."
Aiko: 1d20+12 history to see if i can recall any previous cases of death tyrants
Fortuna: Aiko, history to see if i can recall any previous cases of death tyrants: [14] = 26
handofevil: "She is... a beholder."
handofevil: You don't
Aiko: okay
Aiko: "What do you mean"
handofevil: He looks surprised
handofevil: "You... don't know what a beholder is?"
Aiko: I cross my arms and grimace at him
Aiko: "Im a treasure hunter not some historian"
handofevil: "Surely you have been in the depths of the earth and seen them."
Aiko: "maybe briefly before they were slain"
handofevil: "They are giant red balls of death, with a single massive eye and 6 eye stalks."
Aiko: "thats pretty fucked up"
Aiko: "What can you tell me about these beholders"
handofevil: "What do you want to know."
Aiko: "First, how, and why did you summon one. Second, how do you kill it"
handofevil: "You kill it like you do any other monster. Summoning one, well normally isn't possible."
handofevil: "As they aren't exactly demons."
handofevil: "But death tyrants..."
handofevil: "Death tyrants are undead beholders."
handofevil: "They have passed on through the after life. Raising one requires... considerable skill."
handofevil: "But they are nigh invincible and completely loyal if you can successfully raise one."
Aiko: "So you wanted an unstoppable juggernaught to conquer with"
handofevil: "Yes."
Aiko: "You're lucky I'm being payed to keep you alive, you sicken me"
Aiko: "The point is though, I need to stab it a ton of times for it to die and get us all out of here"
handofevil: "Pretty much."
handofevil: "But beware. Like I said, it is nigh invincibile."
Aiko: "What would happen if you were killed in the fight
Aiko: while we were all in here"
handofevil: "The mind would collapse and we would all die."
handofevil: "Including the demon."
Aiko: "Hmm.. okay"
handofevil: "Hence why it simply sucks my life force instead of feeding on me."
Aiko: "it must have some way to keep you alive though"
handofevil: "I apologize. You misunderstandme. If I am simply killed, my mind will collapse of shock. If I am killed slowly, with my life force drained bit by bit, I will go peacefully, leaving the mind intact and able to be controlled."
Aiko: "Aha I see, so theoretically poison or a sudden instant demise would leave the mind intact for the demon?"
handofevil: No."
handofevil: "Poison would shock the system. A sudden instant demise would do the same."
Aiko: "Even so sudden as literally being obliterated completely in a nanosecond? Or a subtle poison?"
handofevil: "All poisons have their climax when they begin to cause symptoms or kill the person. Being obliterated completely would shock the system."
Aiko: "Interesting"
Aiko: "Not sure how I'm going to find my companions, boy it sure would be great if they suddenly entered this castle"
handofevil: "IT sure would be."
Aiko: i begin frantically break dancing
Vondal_Renstone: You forgot to wink really obviously.
Aiko: you're right I'll re do this
Aiko: "BOY IT SURE WOULD BE CONVENIENT IF MY COMPANIONS SUDDENLY ENTERED THIS CASTLE" I shout towards the door, winking obviously at the king
Aiko: "OH SIR KING NO DONT TOUCH ME THERE"
Aiko: "I'M SO VULNERABLE TO A STRONG MAN LIKE YOU"
Aiko: I shriek loudly
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