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Harmony was shocked to see Aisha go unconscious now, mad. "Aisha, NO!!" she yells, immediately using Healing Word on her before glaring at the Cyndari. "You're no longer useful to me!" she also yells, casting Vicious Mockery at it. But she could see what was happening with Kayel, worried. "Garu, give it everything you have against him. We NEED to stop him now!" Harmony quickly tells her.

Bonus Action: 4th Level Healing Word on Aisha - she gains 13 HP

Action: Vicious Mockery at the Cyndari - WIS Save 17 or take 6 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes

Garu strikes the chanting cultist:

Attack: 24 Damage: 4

Attack: 11 Damage: 8

 6 from Bardic Inspiration

As a bonus action, Garu will use Shield Master Shove to try to push the cultist through the barrier. 12

Aisha stirs with Harmony's healing magic, able to pull herself just enough to see Garu moving in tandem with Tylyn on the other side of the portal image. Their feet in lockstep, Garu's jian plunges into the cultist at the same moment as Tylyn's holy blade slams into the chest of Kayel. At the back of the clearing, Gabrielle can be seen muttering and chanting next to an exhausted Ginan.

"It is too late!" Kayel taunts, but this time his words do not find purchase on the Material Plane; his cultist is already dead, being shoved toward the shrine while Tylyn lifts her blade, cleaving through Kayel's chest and head while sending him upward and into the formed portal. Kayel and his cultist meet in the crossing of planes. Gabrielle throws her arms forward and shouts, her voice silent in the growing storm. A white-hot light erupts from Rajiira's chest upon the shrine.

And then, all is silent.

One by one, you adjust your eyes to your blurry surroundings. You feel the soft, cool touch of a forest floor, slick with condensation without the heat of a still-absent crackling fire in the center of the clearing. Nearby, the headless body of Kayel's beastly avatar lies next to the head and shoulder of the cultist you had been fighting. Rajiira lies in a heap nearby, unconscious but breathing. The three deities remaining are the only other inhabitants; Tylyn on one knee, leaning upon her sword; Ginan, seated and breathing heavy with exhaustion; and Gabrielle, standing from a kneeling position.

"It is done," she says, her voice retaining its sing-song beauty despite her ragged appearance. "Against all odds, it is done. The desecrated site of Hexfueuer is a smoking crater. Zuzeca's army is drowned, the Warlord's statues a crumbling ruin, Kayel's final attempt to seek immortal form on the Material Plane thwarted in the final seconds of his accursed ritual."

"Children of Rikirta and Toril both; you have done more than either world could have asked. Your battle is done. Your war has been won."

Aisha's world went black, only to moments later feel life go through her once more, like her heart had been restarted. There's still adrenaline in her veins but it's ebbing. She sits up as if she had been in a nightmare, looked around and saw everything dead, including Kayel. Stumbling, dropping her bow and half-ran to Rajiira. Giving Harmony a nod in thanks for bringing her back from the brink but right now her focus.... her vision blurred through her tears as they began flowing, reaching her sister, as she gives the decapitated body of the betrayer a sneer. Aisha would push all her healing into her sister... with Kayel dead, it should be ok... right?

(Aisha will be casting ALL of her level 1 spell slots at once)

Her hands touch Rajiira as she pushes every ounce of her mana into her sister, in hopes it will atleast restore her, if not keep her from dying permanently at the very least... (Cure Wounds X4  22 ) She would wait only long enough to find the results, Aisha's fury was still burning hot enough to put a dwarven forge to shame. Aisha had once been beautiful by atleast general standards. Even if you had no attraction to her race, you could atleast say she was pretty. But after everything here, all the stress, the events, the stakes, potentially losing her sister when she wasn't aware she was at risk to begin with... everything, she looked disheveled, if she could wear mascara it would have been stained down her eyes, her hair was frizzled, and straying, her fur was matted, packed, and sticky for every reason you could think of.

She drew both of her daggers then, moving to Kayels corpse, not giving any heed to the 'gentle' words of those who had forced all this on them to begin with. Maybe they truly had good intentions, but that was irrelevant to Aisha. She began hacking at his body in a flurry of blows centered around the beasts chest, ignoring any pleas or comments from anyone else...

(DM resolution for the next part)

Tylyn casts a gentle gaze upon Aisha as she pours healing into her sister. When Rajiira does not immediately rise, the goddess says, "Your sister, for a brief moment, was a vessel for Kayel to enter the Material Plane. She did well to fight him off as long as she did. It is not her body that requires healing, but her mind. It will come, in time; and she will know what a protector she has in you."

The deities stand by, watching on as Aisha partakes in her ritual. Ginan is first to speak when she is done. "Kayel's goal was to become a god in a mortal sense, existing solely on the Material Plane while wielding godlike power. You have severed that. His essence as a deity is gone, now a mortal soul that will answer for its transgressions. He will have an entire pantheon to answer to. I cannot say it saddens me to see another added to it."

Harmony could only watch, shocked as the cultist was dead before blinded by the light. She saw that they were in the familiar forest, seeing Kayel dead, Rajira, and the three deities before listening to them. No way, they actually did it?! "W-We won? We actually did it!!" she questioned and then cheered happily, in utter relief now. She almost thought that they wouldn't make it. Then she could see as Aisha was stabbing Kayel's corpse and honestly she couldn't blame her, especially with how he used her sister too. Harmony listened to Ginan, nodding back before she would use Healing Words on them. "Does this mean we can finally go back to our home worlds now?" she had asked, knowing that they did just save all of their worlds.

4th Level Healing Words on Gabrielle: 15

Two 3rd Level Healing Words on Ginan and Tylyn: 11, 9

Garu, still trying to take in the actions that have brought them to this place. She walks over, amazed by the presence of Tylyn and lays hands on her deity as she kneels before her. “Whatever I do, I do in your name. Thank you for giving me your strength. What becomes of those who would try to wield this power again?”

"Of course," Gabrielle nods solemnly to Harmony. Though her healing seems to affect the powerful deity little, Gabrielle smiles at the gesture. "You were brought here from your world to save one you did not know, one left defenseless against the wrath of reckless deities. Very few would accept that calling, let alone live to see the end, Anilith Domarien. Where a number of your companions failed to complete this journey, you succeeded. You fought with courage and never questioned the unjustness of your personal situation. If a return to your world is what you would like, then it will be done, along with any other boon you desire within my power," she says.

Tylyn, likewise, gazes upon her acolyte. "Our pantheon long ago decided not to take a direct hand in the evolution of our world, and Rikirta was left to suffer for it when the Vandyrian portals were opened beneath the land. Before you began this journey, Garu, you were already one of the most powerful mortals remaining in our realm. I violated our pact to remain impartial, and as a result enabled tremendous growth in your divine abilities. No longer will Rikirta be defenseless; when true justice is called for, we will be there to dispense it, and my abilities will be your own. Should you wish for it, you will be my champion on the Material Plane," she speaks.

Ginan stands respectfully to the side of Aisha's ceremony. "What of you, Aisha? You have made known your feelings, yet you fought to the end alongside your companions. When push came to shove, you were willing to strike down your very sister to prevent Kayel from taking material form. I will see you both safely to your world. What else would you ask of me?" he asks in his soft monotone.

Aisha slowly turned her head away from her ritual, locking eyes with Ginan. And she let a long time pass between them, her face flat, emotionless, before she began laughing a mirthless laugh. For a deity, you certainly are clueless, aren't you? Not to discredit their ability or our friendship we formed....  she said giving them both a look. But Aisha wasn't given a choice, whether she could fight with them or not. Sure, Aisha could have said 'no' or done nothing but then if they failed, Aisha and Rajiira would both die. Or this one supposes she would have been possessed by that arsehole. I fought alongside them because I had no other choice, and atleast if we failed i would know why.

Aisha was not willing to kill Rajiira 'to prevent Kayel' from taking material form. It was so my sister would not become corrupted and lost and a slave to some mad bastard. she smirked into a sneer. You are all no better than Kayel. Purrhaps you mean no evil on the world, yet you forced us and apparently others who failed before us to fight on your behalf. You did not ask our consent. You simply took us from our lives and expected us to comply. And if we did not, you would simply do the same to other souls, leaving us to languish in this world because we 'had not fulfilled our duty' she said with venom.

You are just a different kind of evil. using mortals as pawns in your game against their will, just as he wished to use Aisha's sister as his body.

What does Aisha want you ask? she laughed with a tinge of manic. Several things, since aside from moving us away from explosions, you offered us nyo help at all....

You will put Aisha and Rajiira back where you found us. With all of our memories of all this wiped. LOOK AT ME! She shouts, her voice breaking, and fresh, warm tears streaming down her face. Do I look like the same Aisha that came here?! No, the things YOU ALL forced on us, on me... I am not the sister she will remember. I am trrraumatized, i am stressed, I will nyever be the same otherwise.

You will give us both blessed lives to make up for what you made us both go through. Maybe you did not summon her but I do nyot care.

And lastly, one by one, you ALL should be forced to live what you made us go through. As Morrrtals. With none of your 'divine' protections, none of your strength. be borrn in a mortal body destined to live through what you put us through. Experience it as a mortal, with no aid from anyone divine or like you are now. No memory of yourself as you are now.

A true rebirth, and a true experience. And when your mortal body dies, your memories will remain as you rreturn to what you are. So you can understand, exactly what you did.

As your punishment.

Those are my rrrequests.

OOC: I'll wait for Harmony and Garu's responses to their patrons before wrapping us up.

Harmony listened to Gabrielle, surprised and trying not to appear bothered by being called by her actual name. She nodded back at hearing that she can return her to her world, along with anything else that she could want. “Of course, it’s the right thing to do for everyone’s sake and happiness. That’s all I’ve wanted is to make others happy. Normally I would prefer to do that with song and dance, here I had to deceive enemies and felt almost useless in actual fights compared to Garu and Aisha. But thanks to all this, I feel strong enough now that I can truly live the life I want to back home while having the strength and conviction to not run from my family, to say no to them and him. So returning back home is all I need.” Harmony told Gabrielle with a big smile. But then she listened to Aisha, stunned. “A-Aisha, that’s too much. Punishing them? But still, wanting your memory wiped of us, of all that we’ve been through together? I’m sorry that you feel this way. Who can blame you? Even so, I’ll still remember you as a friend. I’ll sing songs of our adventures, of how strong you are and your love for your sister. Just know that I won’t forget you ever, that I want you and your sister to live happily ever after.” Harmony told Aisha with a grin, looking to Garu too with tears in her eyes.

“We did good and did it well”, Garu states with a sly smile. “In my service to to you, Tylyn, I matured and grew. I also cracked in places due to some of the stresses. I think that with the help of my new friends here, I became repaired, stronger, and more valuable, like Kintsugi.” She looks at Aisha and Harmony - “Whatever challenges befall you both, I am there to help mend or aid.”

“Tylyn, my sunlight. You are my compass. Where you ask me to go, I follow. Thank you for the faith you put in me as your hand.”

"Should you wish to return, you should only call on me," Gabrielle tells Harmony. "Though Toril is your home, you remain my champion on Rikirta. May your art carry my spirit wherever you go."

Ginan shows little emotion to Aisha, but he nods. "You and your sister will be returned safely, and you will remember none of what transpired here, if that is your desire. As for us...we do not need time in a mortal coil to understand what Rikirta has lost. The self-centered woes of one 'forced' to fight for our behalf are nothing compared to the billions of souls you have saved from spending an eternity as Kayel's playthings. Nevertheless, our laws and our strictures will be restructured to ensure that we must never reach to other worlds again."

Tylyn beckons Garu to her feet. Speaking as a response to Ginan, she states simply, "I will ensure it."

Your vision begins to slowly blur as you are divinely escorted beyond the twilit trees. The trio of goodly deities are true to their word; having rescued the planet of Rikirta from the clutches of corrupt heavenly despots, you are returned to the very places you began your journey, waking as if from a very long dream.

OOC: Your characters have enough time for one more statement or goodbye. Feel free to include with your final posts an epilogue for your character. How do they feel now that their adventure is complete? Where are they heading next?

Elated by the memory of what has taken place, Garu looks around at her companions. “I certainly could go for a steak and an ale. I think it would be fun to do a bit of exploration? You two like to come with?”, Garu asks.

Aisha shakes her head at Ginan. He still didn't understand, and refused to do what would be necessary to do just that. The alternative was an ok one but she had wanted him to see from mortal eyes, rather than the 'know it all' deities perspective, but whatever.. she couldn't *make* him even if she tried. So all she does is snort out her annoyance. Cradling her sister in her arms as she waited for them to actually make good on their word. She sat there as if weighed down by hands, not really wishing to move.

Harmony said her piece to Aisha and  she barely managed to look at her. There was a long silence before she shrugged. Aisha... was the one who least wanted to do this to begin with. Yet Aisha also felt .. most of the time she was the one forging ahead to get it over with. Purrhaps this one is wrong, purrhaps this one's perception was clouded and that made her feel such, but Aisha is tired, stressed, my body mind and soul feel weighed down and rrready to burrst.

This one wishes to become once morre what her sister expects her to be. And Aisha does nyot want her tainted by what happened to her either. Do you nyot rremember how we found her? It would be best for us both to forrget everything. Our bodies will still be strronger, it is only our minds that will forget afterall.With that, Aisha sighed. Not having wanted to speak that much at this point. Her shoulders slump.

However not long after, the other diety assures her that she will make sure to change the 'rules' as it were, and the smallest fraction of Aisha's weight lifts, but it is still strong. Then, Garu speaks. 

Nyo. Aisha wishes to go back home. Though we are nyot the same kind, you know how our senses are. Aisha may forrget you both, but she will rremember your scents. If we meet again in Toril, purrhaps then... Aisha was a ruin explorer, rremember? or did I nyever tell you? she said, tilting her head as she honestly wasn't sure... But we can become frrriends again with a new-Aisha. One not so scarrrred.

Eventually the three would keep their words, Rajiira and her sisters memories of Rikirta and the events there removed, and along with them the trauma's. She hadn't thought about it but she should have asked for them to heal the physical and spiritual wounds but it was too late.

Aisha would wake up in her tribal home, with her sister nearby, they were both out for days as their bodies found the first chance to relax in who knew how long. The air was muggy and hot, as is typical for rainforests, but for a Tabaxi it was quite comfortable. The sisters eventually awoke - Aisha still feeling heavy but without the memory as a catalyst, it faded over time as there was nothing to anchor it. Rajiira still suffered her physical scars, and seemed to be able to communicate with divine beings more easily - likely an after effect of her near possession opening up some new path to her that would never have been available to her before.

It would take half a year for them both to recover fully from their respective 'wounds' but once they did, they never left each others side again. The twins eventually both taking up the life of a ruin delver, to seek ancient secrets, and buried treasure to sate their feline curiosities. Eventually, T'savi would find her wat back to Aisha's side, Aisha choosing to not replace her only remnant of her past that had followed her to Rikirta. And the trio, after an 'ok' exploration, found themselves in the middle of a trade hub, looking to hawk their wares once they had grown bored of them. Finding their way to an alehouse, perhaps they would eventually meet familiar faces?

Regardless of whether they do or not, the two would manage to live out relatively successful, if not overtly comfortable lives. Bear children, and teach them the ways of the Tabaxi. Perhaps Garu and Harmony would be there as well, even if only periodically. Whatever their children would do is for them to write in their own story however.

((If Possible could we get an 'epilogue' of Kayels fate? Just want to see what - if anything, happened when they were offered to the catlord, lol. To everyone else, it's been fun, this game has lasted i think at-least one year? maybe 2 counting part 1. To the fellow players it's been fun, and I wish you luck in any future games. To the DM, I thank you for creating such a unique and interesting setting. Aisha's views and mine aren't the same on the events! Her personality led her to be that way towards them and hate the lot she was dealt, but I enjoyed it! And who knows, maybe some of us will meet again in another game at some point. I hope everyone's lives remain good, stress/boredom free, and definitely as peaceful as possible!))