"What in the- we... we were really transported somewhere!" Felicia gasped, eyes going wide as she look around, clearly they were no where near the mansion's front door. But her awe was replaced with anger as they spot another nun, who proceeds to taunt her. "Bitch! I was thinking of only going for Angelica and that Devout guy. But you just made the list!" She growled, just as fierce as Michio despite being unarmed. "Be careful, something feels off about her." She whispers to her comrade, clenching her fists despite the odd feeling she got.
Yumi nods, taking Adam's hand. She looks back at Julia. "Be careful." Then, she takes the student through the entryway. The two suddenly feel vertigo, then it leaves them. Looking around, they've been sent to what looks like a study or library. Spoiler: Study A woman speaks from a chair behind them. "Joining us so soon? You only just learned we're here." Spoiler: Woman Spoiler: Magic Resonance Roll 74+10(situational)=84 success Adam feels an odd aura coming from her. It seems familiar. Then, it dawns on him. This energy is similar to what he felt in that vision last night. Shadows.
"Ooh~ A girl with a sword she doesn't know how to use and another who already lost to us. How terrifying." The woman mocks them. "Well? Are you just going to stand there? Too afraid to fight a poor, little nun?" Michio is visibly pissed off, but she stays beside Felicia. "Why am I the only one who can't notice this magic shit?" She whispers back, frustrated.
Adam gulps, leaning in toward Yumi. "Remember how I mentioned shadow games? I'm feeling the same energy now." He whispers, before looking at the woman. "Well, someone mentioned there was a bunch of hot nuns here, so how could I resist?" He blusters. "What are you up to - why did your lackey tie up that girl Felicia and steal her deck?
"Rrrrh!" Felicia growls, already raring to go beat the nun down. But her morningstar was a source of caution. "Khh, I don't know, but maybe once this is all over, you can go and ask those professors about it." She hissed, turning her attention back to the nun. "If you know that much, then you should know they only won because I was out numbered!" Felicia roared, "Now we can do this the easy way, and I'll knock you out after telling me where my deck is. Or the hard way, where we beat you down before questioning you again."
She reappears in a laboratory. The room is packed with chemicals and an acrid, caustic stench fills the air. Spoiler: Laboratory Spoiler: Knowledge Roll 5+10(Intelligence)=15 fail Whatever's in all those flasks, it can't be good. She sees probably the most normal looking nun in the presumed cult's membership seated at a workbench. Spoiler: Woman Spoiler: Magic Resonance Roll 99+10=109 strong success She has magic, but it is weak. Under normal circumstances, Julia could probably take her in a contest of their command of magic, but dark energy invades the room, creeping in from the walls. "Greetings. I wonder...have you ever been splashed with concentrated hydrochloric acid? It isn't pleasant. Don't move unless you want to learn exactly how much it hurts."
The professor nods. "You take the lead, then. I am unfamiliar with...magic." She whispers back. The nun smiles cruelly. "She got in the way. If I was there, she'd either be my personal slave or dead, so she's pretty lucky, really. I'll definitely take my time breaking the two of you..." The dark energy spreads from the cultist, slowly filling the room.
"You outnumber me, and yet the two of you simply stand there. Are you sure you aren't just incompetent?" The nun continues to mock them. "Which deck was yours again? All those useless cards blend together once you've seen enough of them."
Julia blinked. She didn't know what she was expecting, but it wasn't this. This didn't look like a normal kind of room she had expected from a manor. What the hell were they up to? Julia mostly just held her casual smile, but didn't move as she accessed the situation. She'd have to carefully think about her next move. But she kept calm. "How come our students can't get this interested in science?" She joked about it, but she didn't smile as much inside. But this is seriously bad. Julia mostly waited to see if the nun would do something. Though...Julia silently began to channel her own spell. She couldn't tell what kind of help she had to protect herself but....Julia attempted to lightly probe the glass of the acidic flask to flash freeze and crack it open while the nun was holding it. She never really used her elemental abilities here to this kind of degree in the human realm, but if she had to guess, this place was probably more attuned to magic than most. Though, she already prepared to play it off, if she couldn't do it and failed, trying not to make it look like she was trying anything.
"Khhh." Felicia feels her anger welling up as the nun taunts them more, "The Red Dragon Archfiend. Where is it?" She growled as the nun asked which one was hers. But as soon as she called Felicia's partner useless. "Michio, you hand that morning star of hers." The red-head growls, grabbing the lower hem of her dress. Felicia tears it upward, making a on the side that reached her thighs to give her some mobility. "Let's do this!" She roared, running for the nun, aiming to give her a good punch to her stomach.
Yeah, 'cause I'm an expert... Adam tries not to show his discomfort. "You talk big, for someone about to get her ass handed to her." Adam steps into the the darkness, facing down the nun. "I'm a priest of Horus, nun. You think you can intimidate me with shadows?" His voice booms and he speaks on instinct, pretending to know more than he really does, as he tries reaching out and fumbling to try and take control of the shadows like his alter ego did. "I've torn out the souls of a thousand arrogant fools and sent them to the shadow realm. Submit, or I swear you'll join them." Advancing on the woman, he tries to use his natural dominance to intimidate her. If you have suggestions, now would be the time, mon ami. He thinks, hoping Quintet Magician can hear his thoughts.
[Pretty rough luck for you so far. ] Spoiler: Spell Roll 27+10=37 fail Julia's spell fizzles. Thankfully, it doesn't attract the woman's attention. "Good girl. Now, unless you want your flesh eaten away until you perish, you'll do as I tell you." The nun threatens her, rising from her stool. "Kneel."
The woman laughs as the pair charge her. Spoiler: Perception Roll 64+20-20(situational)=64 success Felicia immediately sees why. An oddly shimmering sphere suddenly surrounds the nun. As soon as Michio touches it, she freezes, unable to move. Luckily, Felicia manages to stop herself before barrelling into the field and also becoming paralyzed. "You really should know better after the teleportation spell." The nun grins maliciously as she walks towards Michio, the barrier moving with her like an aura.
"This is soooooo not in the bible." Forcing a smile, Julia didn't....actually, look all that bothered by this. The older woman seemd more amused, than anything. Slowly, she began to sink on her knees, exaggeratedly, reaching to lift her arms up and place her hands behind her head, letting her take in the full sight of seeing the blue haired woman's giant chest. But this was clearly meant to frustrate her. The girl was a sadist. She wanted Julia at her mercy. She wanted her to be scared. Show fear. Beg not to be hurt. Julia laughed it off. Even as she posed and leaned forward a little to highlight more of her curves, it wasn't a sign of submission. It was deliberate. To frustrate and enrage the younger girl as much as possible that even as she had the older woman at her disposal, she still can't get her to behave. "It would have saved you so much time to just grab me after class, and drag me into a closet. Now, you're just going to make a huge mess here, and that's just so much of a health violation. Is it worth it?"
"What!?" Felicia gasped, eyes going wide as she saw the strange sphere. Followed by Michio freezing all of a sudden, as if time has stopped for her. Shit, what the hell is that! She screams in her mind, hurriedly she tries to think of a way to save her companion. Felicia attempts to throw a chair toward the nun, wondering if inanimate objects also froze. If it does, then can't I just keep throwing stuff at her? That should slow her down... at least enough that I can get Michio out of there. The red-head thought of a rather aggressive plan.
Spoiler: Commune Roll 2-10(situational)=-8 crit. fail The Magician does not respond. Adam is discomfited as the connection feels...wrong. Spoiler: Intimidate Roll 23+20=43 weak fail "A priest of Horus, hm? Shitty taste in gods, bird man. Don't worry, though. You'll get your chance soon enough." The shadows envelop the room, shrouding it in darkness. "You brought a deck, right?"
Spoiler: Taunt Roll 73+10(charisma)+10(situational)=93 strong success The nun frowns. "You're not really understanding the spirit of my command." She begins to walk towards Julia. "Maybe you need a little encouragement." She holds the beaker of acid in front of her as she grows nearer to the professor. "Lie on your front, whore."
