Seeing the orc drop, Cora turns towards the ugly walking little brain that dropped Lu-Lu, and stabs down upon it.

Main hand Attack: 25 Damage: 7
Off hand Attack: 24 Damage: 2
Snek 4

She made a disgusted noise, her face wrinkling in revolt. "Hells, this thing is gross.."

Drusilla's crossbow bolt finds the half-orc between the eyes and he drops dead instantly. 

It is kinda gross as Cora stabs into the brain of this creature. It stumbles slightly, but stays standing. 

It walks up to Lu-Lu and attempts to take control of her body, make an intelligence check 2

Cora (16), LuLu (13), Vincent (10), Intellect Devourer (9), Heishe (7), Drusilla (2)

Heishe zaps the devourer.

Attack: 19 Damage: 7

Int check: 17

The bolt from Heishe knocks the creature away from Lu-Lu's braindead body. It is struggling to stand. 

Cora (16), LuLu (13), Vincent (10), Intellect Devourer (9), Heishe (7), Drusilla (2)

Rinse and repeat.

Main hand Attack: 22 Damage: 7
Off hand Attack: 23 Damage: 3
Snek 3

"Have a taste of some cerebral assault of your own.." Cora barks and she stabs deep. "UCcHh, die!"

The cerebral assault is effective. Your blades find purchase in the creature's brain and it falls to the ground. 

The red head, Floon, scrambles up and looks over everyone, "Who... Who are you? What are you doing here?" He then falls back to his knees, clutching his wounds. 

In the half-orc's satchel you find a spellbook containing the spells, burning hands, disguise self, false life, shield, unseen servant, and witch bolt. 

Behind the stone chair the mindflayer had sat, you find two potions of healing, 16 gp, 82 sp, and 250 cp.

"Your friend, Volo sent us to rescue you. He was concerned that you had run into trouble."

"Well, I think this qualifies as trouble. Glad Volo was keeping an eye out for me. How did you find me? Is Renear okay? Some thugs jumped both of us but these guys mistook me for him."

"Raenar is fine." Cora said, ignoring the other questions. "It looks like some very bad people are interested in finding this large stash of gold hidden somewhere in the city - the Zhents and the Xanathar guild. They're such nice people, aren't they? C'mon, lets get you out of here."

Drusilla will take the potions and pick up one of Lulu's arms. "Is someone going to help me carry this woman? She isn't going to be walking on her own any time soon." 

Heishe moves over to the group, picking her way around the bloodshed. "I'm going to make sure we don't get a tentacley surprise, I'll be right back," she says, moving to just peek into Q11.

Vincent kept his guard up while Drusilla and the others helped and questioned Floon. When the subject of picking up Lulu came about, Vincent stows away his sword and shield. "Aye, I help ya." He says, picking up Lulu by her other arm and hoisting her up.

 Heishe, you see, in the middle of this otherwise empty room is a stone pillar carved with a small symbol: a perfect circle with ten equidistant spokes radiating outward from its circumference. In the middle of this circle is a smaller circular indentation containing a stone that the mindflayer had been carrying that bears a passing resemblance to a lidless eye. In the south of the room is a large 8x4 opaque black doorway. That looks to be where the mindflayer went.

Between Vincent and Drusilla, you are able to carry Lu-Lu's braindead body. Floon thanks you profusely and looks around, still very scared and very much wanting to not be there. 

"The Xanathar symbol.." Cora said, behind Heishe, looking around. There was a certain disdain in her voice, as if she had a personal history with the guild.

Heishe reaches into her pocket and tugs out a copper, tossing it at the doorway.

Lu-lu's body is cool to the touch as Vincent and Drusilla support her. She's brain dead but her legs move from reflex, not supporting her weight necessarily but not dragging either.

"Tallulah, my child. Be at peace, feel for the morning sun."

In Lu-lu's mindscape, she has fled to the domain of morning, Lathander's realm. It's as if she's swimming through sunlight, an orange and red and yellow sea of warmth, "I'm coming, Morning-lord." She finally breaches the sunlight, and is walking through golden flax fields towards them: a 10 foot tall being of scintillating sunlight, his arms open wide to embrace his child.

"My child, it is not your time to be with me yet. What has happened?"

Tallulah is embraced by the morninglord, and she nuzzles into his burnished robes, the smell of morning dew, and the feel of the summer sun against her cheek. "It was awful. I was helping my new best friends, You'd like them... weeeeeellll, you'd like most of them: There's Cora, she's a dark, brooding, bad girl, then there's Heishe, she helps me figure out what people MEAN not what people say, she's mysterious but kind, then there's Drusilla, I haven't figured her out yet, but she seems devoted to Erathis, so she can't be bad, then there's Vincent, he reminds me of my dad, kind, supportive, and strong, I think he need to stretch more before a fight, he seems too stiff when he swings his weapons. Anyway, back to the awful part. Lu-lu takes a deeeep breath, So we were chasing down a Not-prince named floon, who by the way is kinda cute but I didn't get much of a chance to see him because, a CAT-SIZED BRAIN MONSTER ATTACKED MY MIND, Oh! that's why I'm here, I think it killed me? No, that doesn't sound right, I just got to Waterdeep, OH! Morninglord, don't let me forget to check in with the order of Aster, I keep forgetting. Anyway, it sucked out my intelligence, but I'm sure my friends will know to take my to the Spires of the Morning to restore me.... right?"

"I'm certain of it, my child. Like I said, your work is far from finished." Lathander chuckles, and the sound echoes from him like morning bird song.

"Awaken" (Whenever she is restored will be when the dream ends)

 

The coin you toss disappears into the doorway and vanishes.