ooc: nameless skip 1, while chained she is under a Enervation D,E, F Time: ??? Weather: cold Mentions: [@Tellussoil] [@Karcen][@Nameless Hero] TLDR: gonna need to hit the chain harder to free xune. the wardens and scavengers are contending with each other, neither overly interested in the party at this point. music: [hider=music for the pyramid] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Av2XNPd_g [/hider] The warden's backhand to Bones caught him squarely and launched him across the platform. He struck the stone hard and skidded through the glowing lines before coming to a stop. Mantis baited the attack as intended, but the timing was not perfect. The warden's strike clipped her during the maneuver and sent another burst of pain through her already battered body. She still reached the pylon, still reached the chain, but the accumulated damage was beginning to show. The wounds across her body remained open as her regeneration worked slowly to repair them. Mantis's blade struck the chain and sent a violent shudder through it. The impact carried all the way up the binding and jolted Xune where she hung suspended above the platform. The chain held. Whatever anchored it into the pylon was proving far sturdier than a simple cut could overcome. The newcomers wasted little time revealing their intentions. [color=ed1c24][b]"Forget the constructs! Get to the pylons! Grab whatever you can carry before somebody else takes it! That drider is feeding the system. Let her keep doing it!"[/b][/color] Several rushed toward the platform while others spread out along the chamber walls, eyeing both the party and the machinery. Weapons remained drawn and more than one scavenger was already measuring the group the same way they measured the relics around them. With Mantis out of reach and Bones smacked out of the way, the wardens turned on the scavengers. Fighting broke out between the groups which quickly devolved into hectic mess of attacks, magic, and undead mayhem. [hider=Interior of pyramid] [img]https://i.imgur.com/NAZHxrV.png[/img] [/hider]