Issue 7: Night at the Palace

[dakota]

The team teleports in to find the control room is a mess of shattered and burning crystal, with smoke filling the complex. Pym, in the form of a bear, is slumped on the ground, and Heather is nowhere to be seen. Morph's pliant form is drapped all over the room, but his torso and head are being held by the figure below, a virtual giant bellowing in rage.



Morph sees the group and weakly cries out "run..." before blacking out.

The flamming figure turns to the group.

[glow=red,2,300]"MORE INTERLOPERS! BAH! BOW BEFORE THE DREAD DORMAMMU AND LIVE AS MY SERVANTS OR PERISH!"[/glow]

[sasqaricious]

Tally has a worried look on her face and looks to the others for what their reactions are to the current situation before she reacts hoping someone takes the lead on it.

[Renekin Skywalker]

Gambit looks around. "Redecorating, eh?" He says. "Don't blame you. This wasn't a man's castle at all." He doesn't look afraid, really, at all.

[kurff]

"Let's find a place to get out here..This isn't my colour, Cajun. and I doubt that dress suits my figure..let fade." she focused on a spot in the palace she hoped was unchanged. There had to be some sort of safe place for such an emergency.

Teleproting her current group there would be smart. Blink could do nothing about Pym or morph unless they could be ported with her now.

[dakota]

" Wait. Blink, we can't just leave them like that!" Tabitha exclaimed, reverting to her metallic form

[doc]

Blink teleports the Exiles team (plus Fatale) away. You are now in another (pink crystal) chamber, and you see Heather.

She looks up and rushes to hug Blink. "You're alive!"

[kurff]

"Tabitha, I tried to port them too, and If you want I can port you back there to get your tin-plated ass kicked." she flared her eyes and did her best to think like Mr.Creed, "We WILL make ever attempt to save them. But we can't fight an enemy we don't fully understand." she looked back to Heather. It was about survival and if this Dormomu or whoever he was wanted worship he wouldn't kill Pym or morph right away the young mutant thought.

"Yeah for now, But I'm more worried about Pym and Morph. This guy seems to want to be worshiped that should buy Morph and Pym time for us to rescue them.", she hugged the heather and spoke with a much more gentle tone now.

"What's with tall, dark and flaming...?" she was not pleased at leaving with leaving morph or Pym behind. but unless they were in immediate danger.

"Heather, what happened? How did he get here?" she asked letting go of heather..

[Renekin Skywalker]

Gambit leaned over to Fatale. "You see? This is why I get information. I wait for answers, eh?"

He wasn't really grinning. He was, though, wondering why it is the two times he arrived here he was more or less whisked away to go after some guy with a god complex. Don't they have shoplifters anymore? He thought.

[Dome]

Daredevil looks around the new room they are in. The things he has been involved in within the last few days has been well above anything he has ever dealt with. He can't help but feel a little lost. He walks up to Fatale and removes the bindings on her wrists. He says, "I'm sorry if it was too tight."

He retracts the line and then returns his billy club to his holster.

[sasqaricious]

Tally just overall confused but happy the situation changed looks around and yawns as it has been a long day so far. She finally gets the nerve to speak though "What just happened there?"

[dakota]

" That Tally, is why you lock the door when you're not home." Tabitha replied, remaining in her metallic form. Does anyone even know firetop back there?" She was clearly itching for a fight.

[doc]

Heather chimes in. "That, is Dormammu, foe of Doctor Strange, and ruler of what is called the Dark Dimension. The short version is that he's an insane and evil demi-god with massive mystic powers who wants to rule the Multiverse...and..." She trails off

Fatale scratches her head, until Heather grabs her by the hair and slams her face first into the wall. "You know what this is about, don't you?"

Fatale squeals. "Yes. Yes! Sorry." Heather flips her over so she faces the group. "I'll tell you! Lady Mandarin probably wants to kill me now too!"

Heather grits through her teeth. "Explain. Now."

"Her majesty knew you Exiles might be a thorn in her schemes, and so she made a deal with Dormammu. More of a mutual non-aggression pact, really. In exchange for not interfering with her designs, she'd give Dormammu the means-"
"-to get to Crystal Palace. A place outside of time and space would be a great vantage point for a conquer, and a mystical one at that." Heather finishes.

A portal of flame opens and Dormammu is once again among you.



[glow=red,2,300]"FOOLS! DID YOU THINK YOU COULD ESCAPE FROM THE CONQUEROR OF THE DARK DIMENSION AND WORLDS BEYOND? TASTE THE FLAMES OF THE FALTINE AND KNOW TRUE SORROW!"[/glow]

He fires a bolt of purest flame at Tabitha

[dice=20+8] (11 to Strike)
[dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6][dice=6]
(64 Damage)[rand=129916153843788932591527075677395261697292610877431161623099626719]

[sasqaricious]

Tally acts out of instinct and using her flight pushes the other girl out of the way and takes the blast herself.

Autodoge into blast - [dice=20+8] = 27

Copies the energy - [dice=6]/4 = 1 damage

[rand=9580204637155107658496429397299367780238315896574822657083138463]

[doc]

Tally, you copy the energy (Magical Flame - but this is flame). However in so doing, your head is now on fire like Dormammu's.

[sasqaricious]

Tally reacts the way that any 16 year old (1 year old clone truthfully) would react when seeing the flames around her and screeches at the top of her lungs. Not even sure she is OK or not she turns eyes seething at the source of what happened and blasts back at him while screaming "WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO ME!!!!!!!!"

Strike - [dice=20+6] = 23
Damage - [dice=6][dice=6] = 6[rand=843895532535372503718404047305745699704409102812829968185043628885]