Player-led plot: Sabotage the Enemy Forces

[provenforce]

WHO: Rey, Kylo Ren, Nari Dahlasanor, Yngvi, Malcolm Reed
WHAT: Sabotaging the Red Lyrium Operation
WHEN: the night before the Inquistion attacks
WHERE: Sunless Lands Red Lyrium mine
NOTES: i mean if you guys want to talk plotting or whatever, feel free to do it in the OOC post.

The team leaves the Inquisition camp just after dark. Rey leads the way, having memorized the way to the mine when she'd first been asked to head up this mission. Talking is kept to a minimum once they reach the mine and sneak down the scaffolding.

Then, the real work begins.

Comments

[tactical_alert]

He can't see what, specifically, Rey and Kylo are doing, that's the problem with this magic. An advantage to them all, yes, but worrying. It doesn't seem to be able to lift itself, its arms, its legs, but he's still careful in his approach, just in case. Still, it shakes in its invisible hold, trying, trying to break free.

The other issue is avoiding touching the spots of corruption that dot its form. He's just silently thankful that he is, apparently, a bit more resistant to it than most. It's an awkward angle and a little bit of a climb to get at an angle to slit a giant's throat, and he can't say he's ever been this close to one, but with one last check to Nari's position in the dark, he plunges the dagger in, dragging along with both hands.

[inagutterson]

Generally coming from the school of 'magic is more fun if things are on fire' because then the thing is on fire and panicking because it's on fire, Yngvi's not going to complain until the giant does something weird if Rey's still in charge. She's earned enough trust from him.

He tucks himself into a neat, tidy roll to get closer as quiet as he can, the way the Carta teaches early on and doesn't look too hard at anything red when he swings with both axes for the tendons in the wrist on the way to keep it from being able to lift anything requiring both hands if it manages to get up.

[letoldthingsdie]

As this unfolds and each does their part to immobilize the monster, Kylo's hold tightens and with it his hand curls into a fist. The monster could try to move all it liked but between him, Rey, and the damage done to it's limbs, it wouldn't move. If the knife to it's throat didn't kill it, he certainly would.

Gritting his teeth, letting the darkside of the Force flow through him into this act, Kylo strains his hold on the beast until it can neither move nor breathe as the life saps from it.

[provenforce]

Were the giant able to move, it would be thrashing about wildly, throwing the small creatures stabbing it's body. With the combined force of Rey and Kylo, however, it's mouth moves silently and it can barely twitch it's fingers as it's bled and choked out.

Eventually, after what will likely seem too long for the Force users and those with weapons both but in reality is barely more than a few minutes, the creature becomes still, moreso than it was under Rey's hold.

Rey lets go with a quiet gasp, her arms falling heavy to her sides from the effort of holding the creature. She's breathing heavily, but looks to the others, lifting her right arm again to wave them off.

"It's down. We should move."