Fear of the Dark

Originally published December 2nd 2023

The party heads towards the elevator, finding it on their level, they head down. As they round the many winding corridors Dungifer suddenly detects something baleful approaching them. Hearing this Grillbar readies his laser lance, soon they bend a corner and see it a 9 foot tall icy being of sharp corners and blank face.

Grillbar panics and throws his lance, going right through the thing it lands on the other side, the being seems unphased. Dungifer tries to bind the icy thing but is not strong enough and Radcliff throws out a flask of oil hoping to light the icy being on fire with the help of Bobos, he then moves in close.

The party hears a voice coming from inside their own mind hissing out “turn that light off” and then they are plunged into total darkness.

Bobos attempts to cast prismatic wall to counter the darkness with radiant light, but the spell is hard to cast and nothing happens, though it is not lost.

In the dark suddenly two familiar creatures, the grey skinned tusked and fanged humanoids the party had seen the day prior, run up and attack Dungifer and Grillbar, they lash into them with horrible biting and rending. Dungifer fires off his bolt from the blue despite the fire no light is seen.

Radcliff tries to use his laser dagger to come at the icy beast, but he misses, a retaliatory attack stikes true and brutal, massive claws rip into his as he is slammed against the wall limp and dull eyed.

Kermit considers fleeing but his magical lightsaber urges him to attack this thing, it’s usual blue glow turns into a pure white as it swings but the being is too fast and escapes the blunt of the wrath.

Bobos not wishing to let the darkness continue spellburns, her body is consumed as the arcane fire surges through her taking what it needs, a wall of light bisects the party from the ice monster, revealing two more of the grey attacking creatures next to the icy one. With her spell she summons forth two layers one of white blinding light and one of red, the grey creatures are all immediately screeching in pain as they cover their eyes and pass out, the icy form is also affect and it passes out, the red layer unleashes forth a spout of flame as it blasts those on the other side of the wall.

Grillbar finishes off the two passed out grey cretins and the party rushes over to radcliff, as they go to shake him hoping against hope he is still alive they feel it once more, the shame wave they felt when their universe was forever changed, Radcliff is alive but just barely.

Dungifer attempts to lay on hands and successfully heal his wounded compatriot but he is given an ultimatum by Ildavir his healing must be used for everyone, he must go on a quest to heal the sick if he wants his healing to return to its full power.

Radcliff admires his new chest scars as they take an hour long breather to recover. They try to see if Kermit has noticed any change with the world but there is nothing changed that they can tell.