"Whoa! This is amazing! We're going to be famous!" Mao said, giddy with excitement.

Xiao and Ruvik looked into the room, Xiao eyes widened and she bounced in excitement "Look at all this stuff... I can't wait to try to take some it apart to work out what it is," she said.

Mao went to examine some of the things in the room.

As Mao walked into the room, the lights on the machines began to change, and the humming shifted note.

The devices Mao was sure were some kind of magitech, seemed to be feeding something to the larger machine on the far wall. Mao found herself drawn towards a raised platform on which sat more magitech devices. A series of blinking lights, switches and buttons covered part of the surface, things that Mao was sure Xiao had called dials and gauges covered other sections.

As soon as she stepped onto the dias a voice spoke in an unknown language.

"flesruoy yfitnedI ,detcetceD redurtnI"

Mao looked over at her sister for help.

Xiao rushed over "What did you do?" she demanded "You know not to press something, before we've tried to work out what it is."

"I didn't touch anything! it did this when I walked in the room!" Mao said.

Xiao pushed past Mao to start examing the controls, but the motion had knocked Mao off balance and as she flailed and grabbed a nearby surface for balance she heard a click as pressed a hidden button.

Before either Mao or Xiao could respond the light from the machines changed again, and vent of steam escaped from several of them.

Then the voice spoke again "locotorp ytiruces gnitavitcA .detceted metsys noitanrebih fo noitavitca dezihrotuanU ,gninraW"

Mao looked around.

"That probably wasn't good," she said in a small voice.

Several of the statues around the room began to move and 3 jumped down and advanced on the party.

Ruvik dashed over to the sisters his hammer and shield ready "Looks like we've got trouble," he said.

(OOC: Init Roll)

(OOC: Initiative roll - Mao Hitcher rolled 5,6 using d10,d6)

Mao stepped up to one of the machines and hit it with her spell book as hard as she could.

"Oooooooooora!"

(OOC: Attack roll - Mao Hitcher rolled 7,8 using d10,d10. 14 damage.)

Machine Guard 1 : 14/??
Machine Guard 2 : 00/??
Machine Guard 3 : 00/??


The Machine staggers back from the hit as Mao lands a solid blow to its head with her tome.

A machine steps forward and tries to stab Xiao with its spear, but the fox girl moves too quickly and counters with a series of rapid strikes, but the machine easily blocks the blows.

Another machine rushes forward to attack Xiao and Ruivk steps forward to meet it swinging his hammer, but the machine moves out of the way of the blow.

The final machine moves up to attack Ruivk while he's focused on his current oppenet but, he is able to move his sheild to block the sudden blow.

((OOC: Round 2 go!))

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"How! Dare! You!" Mao shouted as she attacked.

(OOC: Attack Roll - Mao Hitcher rolled 5,7 using d10,d10. 13 to same Machine)

Machine Guard 1 : 40/??
Machine Guard 2 : 16/?? (Weak)
Machine Guard 3 : ??/??


Mao again smashes the machine in the head it had acquired quite the dent from the repeated impacts and its movements seemed slower.

The machine fighting Mao seems to decide that the hulking Ruvik was the greater threat and tries to strike at him, but he raises his shield and blocks the blow.

Xiao takes the opportunity to slip behind the Machine fighting Mao, and drives her blade into its back and the machine stumbles forward from the blow.

The second machine lunges forward with it's spear and scores a hit on Ruvik drawing blood, Ruvik smashes his hammer into it's chest and leaves a deep dent from the blow.

The final machine moves forward to aid its embattled companion and scores a hit on Mao with its spear.

((OOC: 12 dmg to Mao))
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(OOC: HP is 33)

Mao grunted from the pain, but continued to try and rain down blows on the thing!

(OOC: Attack roll - Mao Hitcher rolled 10,7 using d10,d10. 16 Damage)

Machine Guard 1 : KIA
Machine Guard 2 : 42/?? (Weak)
Machine Guard 3 : 26/??


Mao smacks the machine guard again and it slumps to the floor unmoving, the other two turn on Ruvik and launch a series of attacks against him. But he's easily able to block the attacks and even launches a pair of counterattacks, before landing a solid blow on of them knocking it back from him with a resounding clang.

Xiao stood back and pulled out a potion bottle before shaking it vigorously and lobbed it at the machines where vomited a stream of what looked like Lava at the two enemies.

In the background the Crystal begin to glow brighter, and the hum increased in volume.

Mao smashed the weakened one with her book.

(OOC: Attack roll - Mao Hitcher rolled 7,7 using d10,d10. 13 Damage and giving boyfriend a +4 to his attack)

Mao brought the tome crashing down into the machine's head and the blow was strong enough to crush the body part and the machine slumped to the ground.

Before anyone else could react the crystal exploded outwards and the figure that had been in slumped to the ground.

"Huh? What happened?" Mao asked, looking around.

Ruvik looked up from where he was finishing off the least machine guard. "Something exploded?" he suggested "And someone..." he looked away hurriedly "I think you or Xiao should deal with them."

When Mao looked over she could see the figure had managed to sit up and was due to the tight clothing they were wearing most definitely female. The most distinctive feature was the pair of wings with glossy white feathers that sprung from their back. They were looking around and their gaze feel on the party.

"?srehto eht era erehW ?uoy era how" they said something in the same language as the voice that had spoke earlier.
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"Uh, hello? We can't understand your language," Mao said, placing her tome and shield down while raising her hands to show she meant no harm.

The woman looks confused at your reply and slowly gets to her feet as she takes a step back an uncertain look on her face.

She raises a hand and there is a soft glow for a moment that soon fades "You.. understand..now?" she said hesitantly.

"Yes," Mao said. "Who are you?"

"I'm..." the women began and frowned "I'm.." she repeated "I don't remember? Why can't I remember?" she said a look of panic beginning to appear on her face.