Outside of Rahihi’s War Coliseum
The Sinners Sextant and Rahihi’s various goons have set up various checkpoints around the area, with them watching over to make sure that people Rahihi doesn’t want interrupting his festivities do not enter and are captured.
Guarding a checkpoint at this current point in time are Farat and Shane, guarding one close to the back of the coliseum.
Farat: Well this sucks
Shane: Hey, we get paid to watch this warlord’s back gate
Farat: Yeah but like, other guys are getting to watch the events up close, I heard that Rahihi’s men brought in a live bull
Shane: Really? That’s what’s getting you excited
Farat: It’s so boring out here
Shane: Fair enough
Farat: I need a raise
Shane: SAME
Farat: I mean we’ve been here for a while, before Ghice decided to chase that stupid chalice
Shane: Yeah what a load of crap that turned out to be
Farat: I mean, I can’t stand some people who think that it was a righteous crusade, all Ghice cared about was MONEY
Shane: And all Ayev cares about is revenge
Farat: Yeah, I wish we had stable leadership
Shane: Mentally?
Farat: Yeah
Shane: Remember when Ghice had us dumpster dive for a client because they gave them ten thousand dollars?
Farat: Oh yeah that sucked
Shane: Had all that trash come out into the bathtub
Farat: Yeah the facility stunk for WEEKS
Shane: What I wouldn’t give for those days again
As their conversation winds to its end, a wagon pulls up to their spot, it looks ghastly and ethereal in appearance.
Farat: Freak wagon
Shane: That looks vaguely familiar
The driver of the wagon pulls up the curtain to reveal themselves
Tranjoh: Hello, it’s me, an ordinary wagon driver
Farat: Are you an “ordinary wagon driver” as in just your regular old wagon driver or are you an “ordinary wagon driver” as in you are driving an ordinary wagon?
Tranjoh: Yes
Farat: Yes?
Tranjoh: Glad we are on the same page
Farat: Wait no I-
Shane: Sorry traveler my co-worker LOVES grammar
Farat: I was making sure I understood correctly and no I don’t
Shane: If you love grammar so much why don’t you marry it?
Farat: Ok, really man?
Tranjoh: Can I pass through here?
Shane: Should we let them?
Farat: Shouldn’t we check their cargo?
Shane: Eh, I don’t think so it’s just an ordinary wagon
Tranjoh: Indeed this wagon is completely ordinary with no special properties
Shane: That settles it, you are free to go
Farat: They’re clearly using sarcasm
Tranjoh: Oh guys look over there a dragon
Shane: WHAT!!
Shane and Farat look over head to see a dragon above their heads as Tranjohh takes their wagon through the checkpoint while they are distracted
After a bit more traveling to the point where they are behind the coliseum, the Century Corps emerge from the wagon
Hoard: Behold, why you bring a dragon with you on stealth missions
Lilac: I’m surprised that even worked
Oiyrr: I think bringing a dragon with you on a stealth mission only works in very specific contexts
Hoard: All I hear is “well Hoard the plan might not have worked” but it DID because those guys were DUMMIES and EASILY DISTRACTED
Oiyrr: To be fair dragons are hardly an everyday occurrence s-
Uruo: Can we just go on and steal Rahihi’s stuff now?
Ba-Bayost: I love theft
Hadane (Still sweating): Yup, thievery and trickery…sounds fun
Nest: Are you ok?
Hadane: I am perfectly fine
Centus: Well, if you say so
Yoni: This is my second heist, technically, I wasn’t the one hiesting the first time, I am actually robbing the people who were stealing from my family this time around
Uruo: Time to do some good ol fashioned robbing
Begin Mission: Got a Rob to Do
Select Party and Unit Reserve
Begin moving to the Coliseum’s back entrance
When the party arrives at the entrance, several of Rahihi’s thugs and a few members of Sinners Sextant take notice of the approaching intruders
Sinners Sextant Member: What the-
Uruo: Hello
Uruo freezes the guards solid with his ice runes, letting them walk into the back of the Coliseum undetected
Oseci: The freeze classic, works every time
Yoni: Yeah it’s a neat trick
Oseci: Man hopefully we can kill Rahihi today, no offense Uruo
Uruo: None taken I hate that guy
Ba-Bayost: It’s thieving time
Nest: Let’s get to the bottom of this
Larkin: Quite literally
Begin going down the coliseum floors
When the party reaches lower floor 1
Uruo: Remember, search every inch of this place, we want to make sure we love no stone unturned
Larkin: Sounds like a plan to me boss
Lilac: I’m boss
Larkin: Well, it’s your plan
Lilac: Eh, fair enough
Explore the first lower floor
When you are 50% through exploring the first floor, a small blotch of strange, multicolored goo appears on the floor
Nest: Larkin? Is that yours?
Larkin: It’s not mine
Strange Goo: Nope
The party is startled in reaction to the green goo talking directly to them, as they shuffled backwards in response
Strange Goo: Hi, my name is “Phill”, I live here
Larkin: Hi Phill, you sound familiar for some reason
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Nest: I hear it too
Hadane: Me too
Centus: Me three
“Phill?”: I promise you, I’m nothing more than innocent goo trapped under this warlord’s coliseum
Lilac: Am I dead?
Larkin: No this happens more often than you think it does
“Phill?”: If you are looking for the warlord’s treasure, it’s on the fourth floor underneath this one
Uruo: Thank you Phill, that’s good to know
“Phill?”: Any time brave adventurers
Phill? Disappears under the floor, leaving everyone clueless
Larkin: Something felt wrong about that
Centus: You don’t think Phill is as it seems?
Larkin: No…I don’t…
Centus: Fair enough it’s just some strange sloppy goo
Aiden: That was weird
Yoni: I’ve never witnessed talking goo before, aside from Larkin, no offense
Larkin: None taken
Iehn: I wonder why I had a great sense of deja vu
Larkin: You and me both Iehn
Uruo: Well if the treasure is really down there we know Phill is not a liar
Larkin: Well, let’s just go and see
Continue exploring the first floor
When you are done exploring, move towards the elevator and move down one floor
When you have moved down one floor, a bunch of Rahihi’s thugs are down there, congregating outside the elevator
Uruo: Well crap
Rahihi Thug: Hey, get out of here
Yoni: Make us
Fight against Rahihi’s goons
When you win
Uruo: Well, let’s get to overturning every bit of this place, if Phill is lying to us we will know soon enough.
Larkin: I just have a weird feeling about this place
Uruo: Well you should, my father designed it that way
Larkin: Why?
Uruo: To ward off intruders, like us
Larkin: That makes a lot of sense
Olivia: If he didn’t want people in this coliseum, why set up an intricate festival where it is the center of attention
Uruo: Because we’re below the coliseum, all the festivities are in the coliseum, if that clears up your confusion
Olivia: It does
Ba-Bayost: Now let’s get back to robbery
Aiden: We haven’t found anything worth taking yet?
Ba-Bayost: Untrue, I have already stolen several objects
Uruo: Like stray trinkets
Ba-Bayost: Yeah, like this
Ba-Bayost pulls out a Yo-Yo he had previously stolen
Uruo: Rahihi famously hates Yo-Yos
Ba-Bayost: Oh…
Centus: Ba-Bayost, did you perhaps steal that…before we arrived in the valley
Ba-Bayost: I plead the fifth
Centus: Ok then
Begin exploring the second floor under the coliseum
When you are complete exploring the second floor
Mygin: I am seeing some trinkets that provide interesting historical anecdotes but nothing of substance that indicates something useful to our cause
Uruo: That’s a shame
Centus: Mygin, you are certainly taking acute notice of what’s in this place
Mygin: My research is the thing that I value most, aside from the guild
Centus: That’s very kind of you Mygin
The party moves towards the elevator and goes down one more floor to the third one
Uruo: One more floor until we see if we can trust Phill or not
Larkin: That guy just…rubs me the wrong way
Iehn: Me too, like I feel like there’s someone we’ve encountered before who’s made of goo and very evil
Explore the third floor
When you are done exploring the third floor
Hoard: I never thought a heist could be this boring
Uruo: It’s not boring, it’s practical
Hoard: Robbing a dragon comes with way more fanfare then this
Uruo: We don’t want fanfare we want to get what we came here for and get out
Hoard: Fine…
Uruo: Thank you
Olivia: Let’s see the truth soon
The party once again goes back to the elevator to head to the fourth floor under
When the elevator gets to the bottom, the party steps out to see more of Rahihi’s guards
Rahihi Goon: TRESPASSERS
Uruo: Get out of my sight
Uruo freezes the guards effortlessly before any scuffle can begin
Larkin: Cold
Mygin: Quite literally
Hadane: Enough with the temperature puns please
Olivia: I feel something…
Olivia puts her fingers into the air, triggering the sound of distant beeping
Acantha: That witch is up to something
Lilac: Oh will you shut up about it
Olivia: Not the time you two
The Century Corps follow Olivia down the hallway as the beeping continues, following her and the noises as they get louder. A large pile of antiques, gold and other miscellaneous treasures appears in their field of view, as the beeping gets louder.
Olivia: I need a closer look
The Century Corps step really close to the large pile, as Olivia sets her eyes on the object making the beeping noise, a pile of goo is sticking to some stray gold coins on the floor
“Phill?”: Told you the treasure was down here
Larkin: I guess you weren’t lying
“Phill?”: Yeah I didn’t lie about the treasure being down here
Larkin: What?
“Phill?”: What?
Iehn: What did you lie about?
“Phill?”: I didn’t lie about anything, I’m little ole Phill
Hadane: Hey…
Olivia: I think I recognize this
Olivia uncovered the beeping object, the robotic figure they found earlier while venturing towards the mining site
Centus: That mysterious object
A loud beeping noise is heard as the object begins opening it’s eyes
???: Online…coming…online
Olivia: What is it doing?
Suddenly, the platform the Century Corps is on with the treasure begins rising up
Uruo: Ah crap
Hoard: Things just got interesting
As the platform begins rising, Olivia sees the mysterious robotic figure is holding onto a mirror
Olivia: What the-
???: Initializing reboot
Uruo: Why can I see the top of the arena?
Ba-Bayost: FIGHTING!! WOOOOOOOOO
Aiden: Oh wow Uruo, right into Rahihi’s war coliseum
Olivia tries wrestling for the mirror as the figure activates but is unable to wrestle it from it’s grasp. As the platform rises into the war arena, with the pile of treasure and the Century Corps in plain view of the audience
The Century Corps look around and see Vakakoya, Witch, Kiki and Ayev in the booth, along with a figure who looks like Uruo holding a staff, the warlord Rahihi.
Uruo: He’s up in that booth
The arena fills with a deafening noise
Rahihi (Over Intercom): GENTLEMEN, IT SEEMS SOME THIEVES TRIED BREAKING INTO MY VAULT
The roar of the crowd of Rahihi’s goons block out the thoughts in Uruo’s head
Nest: Well looks like we gotta fight for our lives
Centus: We rarely don’t have to fight for our lives
Yoni: I’ve never fought inside a coliseum before
Oseci: The warlord’s coliseum is a truly horrid environment
Suddenly, the strange figure finally finishes booting and introduces itself
Relic: ID, Relic, Mission: Absorb
Olivia: Guys turn around
Mygin: Oh cr-
Before anyone else can say anything Relic’s mirror blasts a bright flash that temporarily blinds everyone in the vicinity and runs away.
Acantha: Is that one of yours?
Olivia: It’s not mine
Lilac: Well we’ll wrangle that thing later since it had what we came for
Nest: Weird how none of us really did anything about it
Centus: To be fair we have bigger priorities at the present
Rahihi (Over Intercom): And look, my no good son is here too with his thieving guild buddies
Uruo: My no good dad here is with his hired goons ruining everyone’s life
Larkin: Well at least things can’t get any w-
Iehn: Why are you even tempting fate by saying that
Larkin: Whoops
Suddenly, a wall of goo begins rising out of the arena depths
Larkin: Phill??
Rahihi (Over Intercom): Looks like a challenger has appeared to take on my thieving son and his thief friends for me, what a generous wall of slime that mysterious goo turned out to be
Larkin: Phill you better explain yourself
“Phill?”: I lied Larkin
Larkin: I never said my name was Larkin…
Nest: I remember now
Iehn: Yup, it’s all coming back to me
The goo begins forming together, into a person some members of the guild are very familiar with at this point
Lark2n: My name isn’t Phill
Larkin: YOU SON OF A B-
Rahihi (Over Intercom): If his name isn’t Phill, I wonder what it possibly could be
Uruo: Oh knock it off old man
Lark2n: Surprised I’m not dead?? Of course you are
Larkin: You just get UGLIER with each new version
Lark2n: Oh, just because I’m good at adapting, I’m “ugly”
Nest: Objectively
Iehn: Downright disgusting
Lilac: You look hideous
Mygin: Couldn’t agree more
Larkin: See Lark2n, you look so ugly right now
Lark2n: Well this ugly guy’s gonna kick your ass
Larkin: WHY?
Lark2n: I just feel like it
Rahihi (Over Intercom): And the rumble is about to begin folks, how long will the puny Century Corps last against this mean, green, slushy titan?
Uruo: Oh give it a rest old man
Fight against Lark2n
When he is at 80%
Larkin: No seriously Lark2n what do you have to gain from this?
Lark2n: Well you’ve messed up my plan to sell immortality to society and become a living god so I’m pretty ticked about that
Larkin: Oh come on you know that was wrong
Lark2n: Well, maybe it was
Larkin: Well Sinners Sextant also was messing with your plan
Lark2n: Well, I’m not mad at them
Larkin: OH COME ON
Lilac: Are they always like this?
Iehn: Well yeah, Lark2n is an evil clone of Larkin
Lilac: What?
Iehn: Long story
Resume against Lark2n
When he is at 60%
Kiko (Intercom): Oh, and as a message to the stupid slime monster, you were a horrible boss
Lark2n: No I wasn’t former underling
Larkin: She might want to talk to HR
Lark2n: That’s not my circus, not my monkeys
Larkin: You were never meant to have a large following
Mygin: Are we just gonna let them talk shit to each other for the whole fight?
Centus: Sibling rivalry
Mygin: Fair point
Boone: My kids were like this, in a more playful way
Resume against Lark2n
When he is at 40%
Lark2n: Oh and by the way, your hair looks terrible
Larkin: Thank you, I’ve really taken inspiration from your face
Lark2n: You look like a middle aged father who left his siblings to play in his old high school band
Larkin: Thank you, I’m really proud to look mature
Lark2n: You are denser than osmium
Larkin: What is osmium?
Iehn: I actually don’t know
Lark2n: Man I hate being the only smart person here
Mygin: Osmium refers to Element 76 on the Periodic Table, it is the densest known material in the universe
Lark2n: Second only to Larkin’s brain
Larkin: Thank you, I really love being a winner
Lark2n: How did he make it this far
Iehn: I have no idea
Larkin: Me neither but I’ve chosen not to question it
Continue against Lark2n
When Lark2n is at 20%
Lark2n: I thought this would be easier this time?
Larkin: Think again loser, all you do is lose
Lark2n: Well statistically you aren’t wrong
Rahihi (Over Intercom): This trash talk is weak people, the crowd is losing its juice
Lark2n: What does he want me to say, “you suck and I hate you”
Larkin: You don’t seem on edge as you were before
Lark2n: Why don’t you hurry up and defeat me already?
Larkin: Ok?
Iehn: This feels wrong
Uruo: Let’s just go for it
Resume against Lark2n
When he is finally defeated, the goo falls all over the arena
Rahihi (Over Intercom): I don’t believe it, those THIEVES have defeated my green titan
Ayev: I don’t think it was your champion si-
Rahihi (Over Intercom): I GUESS I’LL JUST SEND IN MY LOYAL FOLLOWERS
A large group of Rahihi’s followers motion to attack the Century Corps
Uruo: Well, we’re screwed
Lark2n: Well, I suppose you’re in quite the pickle
Larkin: You can say that
Lark2n: Well, let’s just say that, it would be really convenient for you if I helped you out in this situation, like a little helpful “Phill”
Larkin: That would be convenient…but it’s not like you’re suddenly going to help us after fighting us?
Iehn: That would be incredibly weird and out of character
Lark2n: Well, I wasn’t going to kill you even if I did win, because there’s something I would like to talk about later
Larkin: Really? So what was this
Lark2n: A distraction
Lilac: I’m sorry to interrupt this, but we should get going
Lark2n: Well, let me enable your departure
As Rahihi’s followers move down into the arena, Lark2n blasts a large array of goo at them, sticking them to their place
Rahihi: Wait what’s going on
Larkin: Well shit let’s go, find us later
Lark2n: Will do
The Century Corps turns to escape the arena as Lark2n continues to assail Rahihi’s goons
Olivia: Kutok, which way to find that figure
Kutok: Just follow me, I believe I can lead us to it
As Lark2n fires away, the Century Corps escapes the arena to pursue Relic
End Mission
