A Tale of Two Kingdoms

"But what about Porko?" asks Steam to the ponies rushing into the carriage, before looking at Chitose as he makes his way on the train. "Chitose, if you could find my boar wizard friend and bring 'im here, that'd be bonzer." He steps on the train and prepares to help...

(Initiative Roll: 7)
(Taking Healing Salve, Energize, Amazing Grace, Miracle, and Mend)

(OOC: Sorry for the wait.)

Wild sighs and gets ready to fight again... Hoping this time things will go better.

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Initiative Roll: 11

combat talents:

As the remainder of the party piles into the train one by one, the tickets vanish. Once all have boarded, the train gets itself underway, steadily accelerating to the mountain. As Wild boards, a second specter comes forth to challenge her, only to get swept up in the encroaching combat.

The first shade stretches itself across the field into a wall of silent blackness. It slowly envelopes those closest to it, trapping them in a cocoon of non-perception.

Data:

Wishful stumbles a bit in reaction to becoming blind. Once he stabilizes himself, he takes a defensive pose, rubbing his eyes.

Spoiler:

Wild Blue laughs. "That the best you got?" Then wraps tjh Capped Shade in some Lightning Chains that she willed into existance form her magical items... Then follows up with cursing the Whistle Shade with a Magically Cursed Winds to blow at the enemy. She keeps to trying to seem sure of herself, not admitting how her eyes couldn't see all that well thanks to that attack.

Combat Turn:

Cassiopeia rather purposefully makes a cut on her own arm before wildly striking at the capped shadow.

combat:

Stats:

Steam watches Cassiopeia's assault. "Good job mate!" yells the bat pony to the naga, before then turns to Tourmaline and asks "Ready to give 'em trouble?"

(Study Spell: Cassiopeia (Procs Inspiring Word))
(Inspiring Word: Cassie rolls 2d8. For each 8 rolled, both she and I gain a pip...)
(Energize: Note gains 1 Pip (Procs Inspiring Word))
(Inspiring Word: Note rolls 2d8. For each 8 rolled, both she and I gain a pip...)

HP: 30
Pips: 5
Status: Okay

"You betcha!" Note replies, excitedly. Then she throws her hooves in the air and dances a dance nopony was meant to know (causing the capped shadow to take san damage) and a squid-like thing appears in the air, looking very much like the thing she had summoned up for their meal earlier (sesame seeds and apple-eyes included), which then tries to eat the capped shadow. "You get 'im Apple-of-My-Thousand-Eyes!" Note calls after it, encouragingly.

Combat Data:

The whistle bearing shade moves slowly, choosing to flick itself about rather than attack. Doing so leaves it appearing a bit larger, and dissipates the wind surrounding it.

The train lets out a nigh deafening hoot, and the capped shade advances again. Once more it tries to engulf the party, this time stretching itself thin with an eerie screech. Nonetheless, the move is effective and the ENTIRETY of the gathered travelers find themselves blinded... In the eerie murk sounds can be heard, but no motion seen. A pressure spreads over the party before: harmlessly fading away. What sounds remarkably similar to a hat being stomped in frustration is heard, but a slightly hopeful low whistle hides behind it.

Stuff:

Caden temporarily ghost-playing Wishful wrote:Wishful decided to try and weaken the whistle-carrying shade to try and get it out of the way...

Combat data:

((...It's not my character, you don't get a paragraph of fluff. Sorry.))

((OOC: Derp, I've not noticed it was my turn, and when it was first pointed out to me I got lazy... REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT!  ))

Wild Blue tries to attack with a stormcloud... But that disoration from that screen the shade made made her attepts at building such a cloud fail before she could even attack with it.

combat talent:

status:

Once again Cassiopeia wildly lashes out unfortunately she only manages to hit thin air. She then begins to entirely give up on defense and focus solely on attack. Thankfully her eyes become accustomed to the darkness at this time as well...

Combat:

Stats:

The darkness was of no concern to the bat pony. While he could not pinpoint exactly where the shades were now, he could hear his allies, allowing him to see them thanks to his echolocation, and proceeded to help. He gives some words of confidence to Cassie again as he heads to Tourmaline, pulling out a bottle of a homemade natural cure-alls, assuming that it would help Note see in the dark. It was a pretty potent medicine after all, even if it wasn't curing anything. "Here, get this down ya," whispers Steam to the crystal pony as he gives her a quick sip of the mixture. It has an incredibly bitter taste to it, followed by an incredible strong after-taste, which can make weaker stomachs turn. Steam himself enjoys a quick sip himself because he enjoys the taste of the mixture, although not enough to cure him of his blindness. However, his eyes begin to adapt to the darkness as well...

(Study Spell: Cassiopeia (Procs Inspiring Word))
(Inspiring Word: Cassie rolls 2d8. For each 8 rolled, both Cassie and Steam gain a pip)
(Curse Eater: Note is cured of all save-ends (Procs Inspiring Word))
(Curse Eater: Steam gains 3 HP)
(Inspiring Word: Note rolls 2d8. For each 8 rolled, both Note and Steam gain a pip)
(Saving Throw against Blindness: 16)

HP: 30
Pips: 1
Status: Okay

"Bluh!" Note complains after swallowing whatever it was she was just given. While Apple-of-My-Thousand-Eyes squirmed around blindly trying to find a target, Note pointed her thauramin at the whispering shade and waved her fore-hooves past each other sharply, which produced a high pitched whistling sound that faded in and out of the audible range of most of the participants of the battle and caused cracks to appear in the shade as if it was glass that was being broken.

Combat Data:

The Whistle-bearing shade hovers stock still, doing nothing yet beginning to emit a MASSIVE quantity of unsettling dark light.

The second shade's hat seems to spin, making the lot of you momentarily dizzy. Those currently capable of sight can see that those near you are not where they were before.

Spoiler:

Wishful's eyes begin to swirl, becoming a hypnotic spiral directed at the whistle-bearing shade.

Spoiler:

Wild Blue quickly summons her best hex and attacks at the Whistle Shade with it... Hoping to choke the thing till it passes out, or at least damage it before whatever oddity it seems to be building up to do happens.

Combat Talent:

status:

Cassiopeia charges straight at the Whistle Shade ignoring everything in her path. She the grabs ahold of the shadow and and bends backwards slamming it 'head' first into the floor of the train. Then she follows up with a brief series of scratches to the area directly above the whistle.

Combat:

Stats:

Steam lets out more motivation calls...

(Study Spell: Cassiopeia (Procs Inspiring Word))
(Inspiring Word: Cassie rolls 2d8. For each 8 rolled, both she and I gain a pip...)
(Healing Salve: Note gains 1 HP (Procs Inspiring Word))
(Inspiring Word: Note rolls 2d8. For each 8 rolled, both she and I gain a pip...)

HP: 30
Pips: 3
Status: Okay

In the middle of Apple-of-My-Thousand-Eyes attempting to crush one of the shades, Note telikenetically throws it at the other one with a shout of, "Tag! You're it!"

Combat Data:

The rapidly weakening shadow beasts combine themselves for one last desperate maneuver; they throw themselves onto the party, dealing massive damage before they themselves vanish...

Spoiler: