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(TFT) SOLO III, 023

Solo III
Demon World
Part 023
"I want to kill some demons." You declare. "I want to hit them hard, and end this." All the kids are nodding their heads in agreement. You Gail and Ada stand up and step off the carpet. "I want to hit them where it hurts, and destroy their thrones." Ada says. "We only know of the four throne rooms, and we have already cleaned one of those." You and Rebecca listen, and she continues. "After we destroy these last three, we'll have to figure a way to find more." "Fine, let's do it." You say. And everyone moves to get organized. An hour later the core team is in position and ready to teleport you into a throne room.
The three young girls are lined up in front of you, Ada, and Rebecca. They are standing on the teleport carpet and speak in hushed tones. They speak in unison. "You shouldn't be up there for more than 10 seconds. Then teleport straight back to our eating room." Hildi points to you "You will engage the demon and keep him on the throne." 
  Jenifer points to Ada "You will clean the throne."
  Laura points to Rebecca "You will rescue the child."
They bow their heads and the next thing you know you are standing before the throne of a demon. 
__    __    __    __    __    __    __
/d \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/d \  d = demon
\__/  \__/  \__/Dt\__/A \__/  \_d/  Dt = demon on throne
/d \__/  \__/  \__/U \__/  \__/d \  U = Uncle
\d_/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  gr = little girl
/d \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/d \  R = Rebecca
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_d/  A = Ada
/d \__/  \__/  \__/R \__/  \__/d \
\__/d \__/  \__/gr\__/  \__/d \__/
/d \__/d \__/  \__/  \__/d \__/d \
\__/d \__/d \__/  \__/d \_d/d \__/
/d \_d/d \_d/d \__/d \__/d \__/d \
\__/  \__/  \_d/  \_d/  \__/  \_d/

Demon
ST 50   clawed hands 4+1
DX 13
IQ 16
MA teleport
  He sits on the throne howling and raging at Uncle.

Uncle
ST  8(12)  necklace ST+5, glove(flaming and +4 dam) 1+5, hammer touch
DX 16      necklace iron flesh(6)
IQ  9      necklace 30 point ST batttery
MA 10      dragon heart of long-distance teleport

Rebecca
ST 18(23)  pike ST+5 dmg+4 = 2+5, she uses it 1-handed
DX 16
IQ 10
MA 10      upper-class clothes of long-distance teleport
  She scoops up the little girl during movement and teleports out.

Ada
ST  8      kyanite gem 48 point ST battery
DX 14(18)  kyanite gem DX+4
IQ 17      kyanite gem long-distance teleport
MQ 10
  Cleansing(1) cost 20 per hex
  Steps up next to you and casts clensing on the throne.
The demon sits up and yells at you, showing his teeth. Knobby fingers clutching the arms of the throne. But no words come out of his mouth. He is loud and assertive, but doesn't say anything. He just hurls sound at you. The room is full of demons lounging around on cushions and eating sweet meats. They tense up, and hiss through their teeth. It feels different in here. Normally all the demons just want the throne, but since the last time you struck they seem to hate you more than they want power. They expect you to cleanse the throne, and they want to tear the three of you apart before that can happen. Ada steps up next to you holding her hands over the throne. Her eyes are darting around wildly. She sees their anger too. You hear Rebecca say to the small child "It's o.k. You can take it with you." But her voice is raised to a shout to be heard over the howling of the demons. It doesn't sound as nice and persuasive as before. She scoops up the child in one move. The child lets out a little squeek, and squirms a little. A voice in your mind speaks. "This isn't going to work." It sounds like your dad. "Grab Ada and get out of here." You move. Reflexively. Stepping close to Ada you pick her up under the arms. Off her feet like some kind of dancing move. You are not strong, but she isn't heavy. Maybe the voice in your mind is how you yourself used to sound. Before you lost your memory.
The moment of surprise is over and demons surround everyone. They are up, off their cusions, and crawling over each other to get at you. You and Ada, standing side by side, are surrounded. Rebecca is surrounded. Rebecca teleports out of the room with the child. The demons crash in on the space where she was. Like lava erupting from a vent hole. Ada moves her hands over the throne and says "Pur-ga-re." Her voice is calm and disciplined. It has a determined cadence pronouncing each syllable. But if you were not so close to her, you wouldn't hear it at all over the growling demons. Instantly the demon on the throne turns to ash. The throne looses some of it's darkness. Holding Ada, you teleport back to the hall. All the kids are in the hall waiting. You can still feel the breath of screaming demons on your face and hands. A little shaken you put Ada back on her feet. "We did it!" Ada says. A general cheer goes up. Under the noise she says to your ear "Warn me before you do something like that." She smiles. "I almost stuttered the cleansing."
The three of you get 50 experience points. For rescuing a child, and ruining the evil throne. The new child's name is Daren. He holds a brain in a jar. 

fresh human brain
  Detect Magic
  Reverse Missiles
  Dark vision
Rebecca gets an additional 20 exp for teleporting out, as do you. Uncle should get his second character point now, Bringing his IQ up to 10. IQ 15 with the dragon heart. 

Uncle

ST  8
DX 24
IQ 25
MA 10
avert, trip, illusion, magic rainstorm, flight, spell sheild, teleport, create gate 

David Michael Grouchy II

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