The Exploits of Misfit Company

Vastra peers at the Alyseses as the fight each other, squints, and tosses a Fire Bolt at the one that she's 80% sure is the fake one.

Attack: 12 Damage: 15

And misses!

FakeAlys(20)(2),Bixby(13),Stella(12),Vastra(11),Kashasaurus(11),Obsidian(10),Hoodini(10),Alys(8),Yvan(5)

FakeAlys attempts to take advantage of the situation and grapple real Alys!

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FakeAlys(20)(2),Bixby(13),Stella(12),Vastra(11),Kashasaurus(11),Obsidian(10),Hoodini(10),Alys(8),Yvan(5)

Hug break: 14 

Vastra sends another Fire Bolt at the Fake Alys

Attack: 15 Damage: 12

And misses again

FakeAlys(20)(2),Bixby(13),Stella(12),Vastra(11),Kashasaurus(11),Obsidian(10),Hoodini(10),Alys(8),Yvan(5)

Not knowing what to think or even say after seeing the noddles wrestle each other, Bixby had half a mind to sit back, maybe patch up his wounds, and make sure he was very far away from an increasingly frustrated Kasha. But then with a defeated look on his face, he bent what amounted to the weave to his whims, as well as loosed another explosive shot right for the fake.

At least, for the one he felt certain was the fake..

Bonus Action: Convert (2nd level)Spell slot into 2 Sorcery Points.

Action: Cast  (Cantrip)Explosive Shot at FakeAlys(?).
Alys Shot - Attack: 10 Damage: 10 of Fire.

The Fake Alys shatters. 

Wide eyed and stunned, Alys would blink. Her baby blues scanned everyone in the room, assessing what she could of their states.

If they weren’t plopping down for an immediate short rest:

Stella makes her way over to Yvan. "Hey. Sorry about my double landing some hits. How're you doing?"

Bixby can only breath a small sigh of relief seeing the last of the dopplegangers fall. As soon as Bixby's eyes met Alys, the changling simply gave a faintest of smile in return. "This is perhaps the closest we'll get to secure in this place as we can expect. So, with that in mind, fortify it however we can and rest for a few moments. As we will need as much of our strength as we can muster to endure whatever else this place has in store for us." He strongly suggested. Telepathically, he adds something to Alys while taking closer stock of the group's surroundings.

--> SR Healing(2): Bard Dies 5.

"Kasha, we're going to take a short rest now, but I can cast Polymorph and turn you back into a T-rex later when we need to." And then Vastra will ritually cast Tiny Hut and take a short rest.

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Yvan didn't understand why what he had done made Kasha so huffy, however, despite not seeing why it was such a big deal, he decides from then on to not take kills like that again from her. When the barbarian sees the final fake shatter, he is able to finally breathe, ending his rage from where he stood. He remains silent as he scans the hallway, the ground littered with a plethora of shards of glass, and he half expects another set of dupes to emerge from them. Since they decide to rest in the general area, Yvan works on breaking the mirrors in the hallway to prevent this from happening again. (Not full on shattering them, but cracking them with his fist, if possible.)

He had been moving onto the next one when Stella approaches him. "You shouldn't apologize. It wasn't you and I should have... paid more attention to avoid it," He sighs, remembering the panic and fear that held him still for a moment. He moves on. "I've... I've been better. But, what about you? I know I-- my duplicate got you too. Not too bad though, right?"

SR (rolling them now because lord knows I'ma forget): 48

Stella shakes her head. "Oh yeah, nothing too bad. I'll be fine after we sit down for a bit." She smiles up at Yvan. "If you wanna talk while we recover, I'll be over here." She then heads off to bandage some wounds.

SR: 58

Obsidian listened while Vastra spoke, and patted Kashasaurus, letting her know that dinosaur time was over. She protested by stomping around a few more times like something was unresolved and snorted loudly, but then in a pouf of magic, Kasha was back to herself, catching Obsidian in her arms. She didn't let him go just yet.

"Whoa, glass. What the? OOoh. Whoa. Watch it." she tip toed around the mess as if it was her first time seeing it.

SR: 20 

As B looked at her, Alys could only return a soft smile of embarrassment. She truly did not, and was not much help in the battle of the doppelgängers. It was obvious that she made the efforts, the intentions were there, but may have come up a little short. It was relieving to be over.

And by the time B’s words registered separately in Alys’ mind, Vastra had already attended to his nudge. She could only offer a furthered awkward smile.

The cleric would look to Stella upon her return from checking on Yvan. She’d watch her complete the bandaging of her wounds before tip toeing over. “How are you?” Alys would reach to give Stella’s hand a gentle squeeze before starting up a patch job.

Healers kit: 5 + additional HP equal to the creature's maximum number of Hit Dice

Leaving Stella with a gentle smile, Alys would step away. With fluid motions of her hands and wrists, the divination wizard would bend and flex the weave to carefully sweep mirror chunks, shards and dust out of the way safely.

As she maneuvered along and crossed Kasha’s path, the elf would grab her hand, help herself to a little twirl before continuing along.

Eventually, Alys would make it to where Yvan was. Should he have more mirrors to go, she would accompany him through it before tidying up. She’d glance up to him with a soft assuring smile as she’d reach for his hands. The elf would gently begin picking out shards of mirror.

Healing kit: 6 + additional HP equal to the creature's maximum number of Hit Dice

With your rest concluded, you continue down the hall of now destroyed mirrors to find a staircase that spirals down unfathomably far, until you finally reach a large, dark chamber with what looks to be the mouth of a large cave at the southern end. In the center of this chamber is a large dragon with grayish-blue skin, sleeping coiled up around a pedestal with a crystal skull that looks like the one from Alys' dream resting upon it. 

Stella takes a deep breath upon seeing the dragon. "Okay..." she whispers very quietly. "Are we fighting or talking?"

"Combat is not my first choice." Vastra whispers.

Yvan gives Stella a small smile as she walks off to rest, storing away her words as he resumes cracking at mirrors. He considers it for a moment, wondering if Stella had encountered anything similar to what he had been currently. Perhaps later, after all of this and they are back home. Maybe on a patrol, he'll ask her.

When Alys approaches him, he had been a few mirrors away from being done. He gives her a nod in acknowledgement, knowing why she had been there without her needing to say anything. When finished, he quietly apologizes to her when she takes his hand, but thanks her in helping take out the small shards and patching up his wounds.

Upon arriving to the chamber and seeing the dragon, Yvan's lips thin. "Maybe... talking...?" Yvan offers quietly. 

Bixby said nothing initially, as he had been too busy searching his memory for even the vaguest hint as to the nature and type of dragon guarded the skull.

Arcana: 17. (if Nature would apply instead, the bonus is +7)

"No... I don't imagine combat being the go to this time as well... if it can be helped. Though we may have little choice." He whispered to the others without taking his eyes off the slumbering nightmare. "With that in mind, I doubt we have anything worth bargaining with this one that they would deem 'worthy' of their prize, so... a stealthy approach to start.. perhaps." Bixby paused to stroke his chin. He then looks to Yvan, Stella, and Kasha first, and then after a brief pause over to Alys, before turning back to the dragon.

"I will keep my distance, as I doubt be of much help until that dragon awakens... which hopefully won't happen, unless conversing is truly preferred. IN which case-..." Bixby downs some kind of potion, shuddering at the taste. "Prepare ourselves for the worst then while we have a moment to breathe." He suggested. Regardless of the decision of the group, unless it is to persuade the dragon, Bixby would keep to the entrance, ready to rain down covering fire in a pinch.

-->Drunk a Potion of Heroism.

"I'll see if I can get to the skull without waking anything up," Stella says softly. After getting some guidance from Alys, the rogue and her cat set off to sneak.

Stealth: 28

Dragon Perception:27