IC - Axis Umbra

[Drake]

"Curren!" exclaims Frank before stepping onto the human's shoe and reaching a hand up to shake his companions.
"Well this is a bit of a surprise" says the gnome, "One minute I'm sat in a big room in a caravan in LA, playing with a ball of barbed wire, and the next thing I know I'm here!!! Must be one of them meta-quests. But do you know what the weirdest thing is...?"
He doesn't wait for an answer.
"I can see the whole of the Astral Realm, not just metal! I can see it all! All i tell's ya!!"

[Curren]

'Thats good fella, thats very good.' Curren congratulates him and sits down on a rocky outcrop rubbing his eyes and then peering back at Frank.

'I'm here to find a true name of an astral being that seems to be as fickle and everchanging as the sea, and how you're were invited I will never know. But it is very well met!' he says with a smile.

'I was, and am in the Chicago CZ. It has been a case of fight and flight there, and just when I thought I could breathe easy for a minute an 'ally' or so I thought turned on me.'

'Member that Gagglewhotsit thingy? Well, its after me. And all I could do was astrally project and draw it away from the hideout where theres a lot of families living there.' Curren stands and paces the stony ground.

'I'm here to find its true name, and maybe get one up on it!'
Voicing his plans seemed to give him a stronger sense of purpose.
'And this must be the citadel!'

'Are you up for it, me old order mate?'

[arcanus]

The two companions hike up the large stone steps, more difficult for some than others.
Tentatively entering the archway, they find a circular metal tube running at a diagonal descent away from them.

Reaction = Curren Logic+Magic/Drake Intuition+Magic.

[Drake]

Reaction = Curren Logic+Magic/Drake Intuition+Magic.

Reaction: 15 8 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 - 5 successes

[Curren]

Reaction = Curren Logic+Magic

11 10 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1

Ditto!

[arcanus]

As the two companions venture down into the vertical shaft, they become aware of its polished chrome like finish, rims of metal breaking the tube.

As they proceed, the pair take in apertures randomly in the tube, emerging from the portals are a number of polished metal figures, resembling a cross between an ape and a suit of armour.
With surprising agility they move to intecept and surround the Order Mates.

[Drake]

"Listen skipper," says Drake to Curren as he backs up into the human's legs, "there's something I didn't tell you.... Y'know that Gaggle thing you mentioned, well I think that's why I'm here too."

Drake can sense the massive amounts of metal in these figurines, and prepares to fire off a Deflect spell should they start to get aggressive, but in the back of his mind he thinks these might be soldiers of the Gaggle-wotsit, and doesn't want to anger the supreme entity.

"We mean no harm!" announces the gnome to the metal statues, "We seek only an audience, not here to cause trouble!" as he bows respectfully.

If they take the advantage while the gnome is bent over, Drake will know, and have to open that can o' whoop-ass he's been saving...

[Curren]

'Well, aint that a coincidence!' Curren says dryly as he draws his swords and watches the statues move quickly and quietly. The deep tunnel like tube echoes his ironic voice as it almost seems to bounce its way into the unknown depths.

'I hope you realise I'm here out of desperation mate, as I had no other options to counter Gagglewotsit. If it is in fact a spirit, and it has a true name well.... its going to be a tough one! Really tough!'

Really Tough!.. Really Tough! The echo of his voice returns to them, but amplified and distorted into a sibliant hiss.

Curren shudders.

What is the background count here? And what do the figurines consist of? Ascense of 17 7 5 5 3 2 1 6 Hits

'Take me to your boss chimp knight bloke!' Curren says humorously as he raises and crosses his weapons in front of his body in a salute and bows.

Prepare Mass Chaos spell in case things get dicey! Taking Franks aura and location into consideration.

[arcanus]

Drake and Curren, brace as a series of metal rings around the metal figures limbs begin to rotate.

The figures move forwards in a menacing manner, along the lines of 'Tho shalt not pass'

Background Count is 2, they are made of an unknown metal, your spell is prepared.

[Drake]

"I think we bloody well shalt pass" thinks Drake. He forget's the deflect spell and whips up a swift Super Enhance Movement spell.

This spell he aims at one of the monkey-knights blocking their descent further into the temple. He hopes to simply throw MK#1 into the MK next to him, effectively taking out MK#1 and MK#2 and creating a gap in the circle through which they can escape.

(I'm imagining them like the animated monkey-knight statues in Tomb Raider...)

Sorcery: 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 - 4 Hits
Drain: 5 hits, so that's ok. I think.