Illudo didn't recognize the smell emanating from the corpse, but through his deductive skills it was an obvious guess, especially considering this was the residence of an herbal master. The group began quipping and attempting to calm the Zebra through simplistic dialogue. He smiled to himself and pulled down his hood, this situation would require finesse. Illudo grabs Nioxen by the mane to halt his advance. If he were to continue it would startle the Zebra further and a ruckus may result in retaliation, and he didn't feel like. Being doused in the herbists acid. A wry smile spreads across his face and he begins to speak "Do ignore this robe, but your see, you misunderstand, we aren't looking to harm you in any way. Quite the contrary, we're here to help. The mayor sent us here to investigate the disappearances, and from the looks of things you seem to know a little bit about the group responsible. So because of such, it would be a pleasure if you could tell us what you know. We'll give you a moment to collect yourself and when you're ready we'll be waiting outside." Illudo spun around as he threw his hood back on and dragged Nioxen out of the but by his hair before throwing him into the dirt. He glared daggers at him.
Zecora blinked at Firebolt and the rest of the group, then set down the container she was holding. "I apologize for my haste, but a chance to strike first I could not waste. Many fiends, like that one on the floor, came and attacked my hut and more!" She gestured at the body on the floor as she said this. Then, seeing Cloud Kicker blowing on his hooves, her eyes grew wide. "Please, do not joke; did you touch that cloak?"
(I'm strength 6 illudo is strength 2 and he threw me out of the room when I'm at full charge? Roll please.)
Grey Mane looked at Zecora. "Excuse me miss Zecora but I do belive we can help eachother. Tell us what happened and we shall do the same. By the sound of things we are both against the same thing..." She tapped her chin.
(Oh, very well. When you put it that way...) Spoiler: Illudo Agility, then strength Agility: 6 Unexpected: -1 Roll: 5 Pass! Strength: 2 Roll:3 Nioxen charged headlong through the group, and Illudo, while managing to slow him down, only managed to get dragged in the same direction. Spoiler: Nioxen, Illudo, Firebreeze and Kicker luck Average Luck: 7 Roll: 10 Uh-oh. Nioxen ran headlong into Firebreeze and Cloud Kicker, knocking then to the side. The sudden loss of kinetic energy caused Illudo, who was still holding onto Nioxen, to fly forwards at Zecora. Firebreeze ran into the wall, and Cloud was knocked toward the motionless cloaked figure. Illudo landed right in front of Zecora, who shouted and jumped back, tripping over the curtains and landing upside down, interrupting Grey's attempts at a conversation. Firebreeze's slamming into the wall caused several pots and other such containers on the shelves around the hut to jiggle, but none fell, thankfully. Nioxen fell flat on his face. Spoiler: Kicker Agility Agility: 8 Unexpected: -1 Distracted by Pain: -2 Roll: 6 Kicker almost landed right on top of the cloak, but managed to twist himself out of the way just in time, only brushing his shoulder against the wet fabric. His skin screamed in pain as he fell to the floor and rolled away from the body.
It took Fire a few seconds to recuperate. He walked over to Nixion with an angry look on his face, "Are you TRYING to make this mission harder than it should be?!"
Nioxen was feeling dizzy after the crash into the wall and lay still for a moment waiting for his vision to stop being cloudy and spiny "Watch out they ar..." Nioxen threw up onto the floor "Going to attack us... maby? ( I HATE to make this worse but i has horn? )
Winter stared at the mess in front of him, "What in the world!" He turned to Nioxen, anger simmering, "You! You've done nothing! Nothing but make trouble! First your addiction to muffins, now this!" he yelled motioning to the mess. He took a few deep breaths, "Sorry, I'm heading out for a little while, maybe collect some food." he said, leaving the hut.
Illudo picked himself up off of the floor. An insurmountable rage boiled over him. He grit his teeth and brandished his favorite knife. He began to walk over to Nioxen. The problem would be solved. His conscious echoes. 'Detrimental' Something had to be done about him, though. It echoed again. 'Detrimental' He pauses for a moment before putting the knife away. Illudo walks over Nioxen and slugs him in the face. He was seething through grit teeth. "Are you trying to get us killed?" More came to his mind but he chose not to vocalize it. His conscious continued to echo. He was selective about what to ignore.
(No, your forehead didn't hit them, your shoulders and chest did.) Spoiler: Illudo Willpower Willpower: 2 Roll: 3 Illudo: -1 sanity. 11 sanity remaining. Spoiler: Illudo Strength Strength: 2 Nioxen is dazed: +1 Roll: 9 Illudo's hit landed on Nioxen's cheek, softening the blow, and as Illudo wan't all that powerful anyways, it did little damage besided disorienting the unicorn even more.
Nioxen wasn't worried by illudo's knife, as he had seen worse tools used in horrific ways but no one knew that. Nioxen started to wonder what had happened when illudo's fist slammed into his face causing a small amount of pain temporarily he then ran out the door in tears because he thought everyone hated him "WHY CANT I DO ANYTHING RIGHT" Nioxen ran straight into a tree.
Kicker slowly rose to his hooves after brushing up against the claok again. "Ah, no. It's cool." His voice was strained and he managed a smile despite feeling like he was covered in Unrefined Rainbow. Then, to Zecora, he said, "I might have. Got any lotion?" He shook slightly and grinned.
Winter looked up from a bush at the sound of a door slamming open to see Nioxen running out, and straight into a tree. "Idiot." He murmured under his breath before returning to picking berries.
(Goodness, massive triple ninja!) Zecora disentangled herself from the curtains and immediately rushed over to one of the many shelves, grabbing something off of it. She trotted over to Kicker and applied a salve which provided amazingly quick releif. "Listen to me; more careful, you should be!" she scolded Kicker. "When a pony looks like that over there," she said, gesturing to the dead freak-in-a-sheet, "You don't touch a bit of him, not hide nor hair!" Nioxen is now even more dazed from running into the tree, after running into the floor and being hit by Illudo as well. Spoiler: Winter Warmth Luck Luck: 3 Roll: 3 Winter found some good berries that he (hah! I remembered!) knew were edible. (Winter acquires berries)
Nioxen just curled into a ball and sobbed on the floor "why am i so bad at everything? why am i so broken!?" Cried Nioxen (uh not sure hot to explain noise levels but if 0 is mouthing and 10 is shouting then I'm sobbing at a 6)
Kicker shakes himself off, feeling much better. So much better, in fact, that he thought he'd try his hoof at rhyming: "Thanks a lot" "For the...uh, blot." "What did you use?" "On him that...um...his life he did lose?" He grins sheepishly.
He presses himself closer against the wall off to the side of the doorway to the hut at all the commotion, hoping to not be a target for the zebra. Observing the others trying to calm the zebra, he starts to relax. Seeing another figure suddenly rush into the hut, his breath catches in his throat for just a moment before he realizes it's Nioxen. Seeing Illudo get dragged along before being thrown against the wall, he starts to tense up again. Who knows how Zecora will react to this? Not to mention it seems as though other members of their group are starting to get angry. Sure enough, both Winter and Illudo's emotions flare up, and Winter exits the hut. He reaches a hoof up just partially to try and help Nioxen, but the pony has already run out of the hut. Breathing out an exasperated sigh, he remarks to those still in the hut with him, "As much as Nioxen seems to have a penchant for getting into trouble, he is part of our group. We need to figure out a way to keep him out of trouble. All this infighting is only going to slow us down from accomplishing our mission of putting a stop to the creatures here in the Everfree. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd rather just get this whole ordeal over with."
