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[thorny]

Yeah, me too.

There's pages enough for more of this, and there weren't pages enough to show anything Grandma had to say?

[Jitter]

Yeah... for a long while I was impressed at how Minna manages to evoke empathy for creatures, in this case the bears, but I have now had enough of it and am ready to move on, thankyouverymuch!

 

[thorny]

This isn't evoking empathy, either. This is just hit - hit - hit, over and over again.

[lwise]

Neither one appears to be in any danger, or even to feel pain (more just anger and annoyance).  So why should I care what happens to them, so long as the team gets away while they fight?

[Jitter]

Oh thank gods, there may be a point to all this yet!

[thorny]

Oh. Maybe there is a point to this after all.

Though I suspect I'm not gonna like it.

[catbirds]

Yup, yup, I definitely don't like where this is going! So it'll be some time before the crew actually finds peace (in the physical world).

[tehta]

I am still hoping that the gang will need to get the Seagull guy to help. Exorcising eyeballs out of a bear could be part of his duties.

[thorny]

oh please, please, do not give us another long batch of pages about kaded bear and Surma fighting --

And the original kade was one of the ones who went with the Swan, wasn't she? So why are these leftover souls able to do this without her?

[lwise]

oh please, please, do not give us another long batch of pages about kaded bear and Surma fighting --

Exactly what I was thinking.  Except -- the team obviously has no chance against either one of these monsters, so I really don't see how this could end without a TPK, unless the team sneaks away while these two are tediously and pointlessly fighting it out.

[tehta]

The bear seemed pretty close to done until it was re-energized by the eyeball infusion. So maybe: bear kills Surma, bear gets its eyeballs exorcised (by Seagull Mage?), bear collapses.
In case it's not obvious, I am still very much hoping that the Seagull Mage was a Chekhov's Gun, not just random color.

Also, a TPK is probably not necessary even if they fail to sneak. If they all scattered the bear might miss some.

[lwise]

Also, a TPK is probably not necessary even if they fail to sneak. If they all scattered the bear might miss some.

But would they scatter?  Somehow I can't imagine them doing so.

[thorny]

the team obviously has no chance against either one of these monsters

What if Lalli did whatever he did to the giant in the first adventure?

Of course, that would only take out one of them, and the rest of the team would need to carry him for a while since he'd collapse afterwards -- though in this case Onni would be right there and know what happened, so it might be possible to get his spirit and body back together sooner.

Maybe Emil could simultaneously get the other one on fire. -- though, what if Lalli took out the remains of the bear, and then everybody just SSSS? Surma would probably just stalk off.

[tehta]

What if Onni summoned Kokko? Why aren't the mages doing stuff? Ghhh.

And the team did sort of scatter already, inside the hotel.

[Suominoita]

Neither one appears to be in any danger, or even to feel pain (more just anger and annoyance).  So why should I care what happens to them, so long as the team gets away while they fight?

I wonder where that fight takes them. Will one of the Sentinel Mages call backup or something? I mean what would Väinö do if there was Surma and one big Bear Beast fighting too close?