RP: Shattering the Phylactery

DM	The ironwood breastplate splinters and breaks into several pieces. Black smoke pours out from the broken pieces and begins to fill the room. When the first wisps touch LE, the smoke rushes into LE's nose and mouth. LE gasps and chokes, but the entire scene takes only seconds to play out. LE slumps to her knees, and is only kept upright by the white-knuckle grip with which she clutches her staff. She pants and struggles for breath.
Germain	approaches cautiously - LE? Are you... are you alright?
LE	with pain on her face and tears streaming from her eyes, reaches a hand up to Germain.
Mose	sees the inhaling out of the corner of his eye, as he turns fully from where he was slamming his sword into the armor. Again?! LE! I think you are cursed, possessed, or worse... When we get back to Wydmoor, I'm going to insist that the Hadriarch give you an exorcism or something. I thought it was just a gryhuld (OOC: which means 'weak dwarf' in dwarven, and typically refers to a very rare unfortunate thing) when you inhaled that massive dark wolf in the swamp when we first set out. Then you killed Edrell's sister despite pleas to take her alive... Lately you've been so eager to finish off monsters through some sort of magic-- and the look of ...power in your eyes after you do so-- it just makes me shudder. And now, like clockwork, that spirit of an ancient evil gets sucked into you once we defeat it. Now, I know you, LE, and have trusted you with my life many times, but I think perhaps there is some darker force influencing you that you don't know about. It's time we asked the Church about this-- because if nothing else, it's surely not healthy to inhale corrupted magical smoke! They can help you.
Germain	helps steady LE - Omnity Above, Mose! Have a little decency, would you? Are you alright? What happened?
LE	clutches at Germain, burying her face in his cloak (forgetting her disapproval about its origins). Sobbing into Germain's shoulder, she'd look like any other young girl, if not for the twisted, dark staff held fast in her hand. Please help me, she whispers.
Al	Now in Al form again Man.. I'm with the dwarf dude. LE's either got some major malfunction or she's been holding something back this whole time, or both. Whatever's going on, there's something you're not telling us, and it's starting to seem like something BIG. I mean, barfing up some centipedes is one thing, probably happens to lots of people, but breathing in a dead undead dude's smokey remains... trails off a little If you want us to help you, you have to tell us what's going on. It seems both evil and unnatural, so we need to do everything we can to help you get rid of it. We like you, dudette! We don't want to see you breathing in any more dead things, or vomiting up any more live things! makes a heal check on LE for lack of anything better to do
LE	Egg... I need Egg, he knows. He can help, he can explain!
Al	What does Egg know? Awesome if he can help, but why hasn't he helped sooner? And why can't you tell us what's going on?
LE	letting go of Germain, and stepping back, looking dizzy Eggs's been trying to help, he reads... he needs to be stronger, learn more. sitting down, laying the staff across her lap It's him, he's always there, in here (touching her head and chest). I can feel him, he can see me, I can't hide, so he knows everything.
Al	Momentarily confused Egg's in your head and chest? Er, wait. Nevermind. So, uh, who is it you can't hide from? This guy have a name? Erm... Is he listening to us right now?
Germain	Alright, settle down. Slow down. I won't lie, Egg - and myself, and Kimika, too, for that matter - know a little more about what's going on here than the rest of you. Only a little, though. Research is slow going, especially with this damn war taking up so much of our time and attention. But, I think her wanting to keep her cards close to her chest in regards to this is perfectly understandable, especially with Mose's predictably unstable reaction. That said, perhaps Al is right that the time to have a more frank and open discussion about what's going on here. But, let me say this: Whatever is going on, we're keeping it compartmentalized.. keeping it in the family. We are absolutely not going to serve up LE to the Hadriarch and into the hands of our enemies. It will end badly for her, and frankly, for the rest of us, too. LE is our friend, and it's her problem to solve, which means it's our problem to solve. If it's even solvable. Mose, you want the Church to look into this? Well, they are. Kimika is a representative of the church, and has been working with LE for months. Hells, Mose, you're the Church, too, and it would probably serve the needs of your friend to act more like a friend and less like an antagonist when she's at her most vulnerable. If a simple exorcism or some other Churchy hand-waving would take care of this, it'd be taken care of already.
Mose	mostly involuntary, booming HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA vulnerabHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA leans on sword, completely overtaken with mirth, wiping eyes HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA she's so vulnerHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA Oh, whew. Heh heh. Oh man. I needed that. Somehow now our friend who kills people with a few words, explodes fire with a wave of her handd, and eats Lich souls as a snack.. ha ha... Now needs the dwarf to lay off. I mean, she could kill most of us without much effort, so I'm not buying the vulnerable spiel. If you guys had this 'secret' under control, then maybe we wouldn't need more help, but it is clearly getting out of hand and we need better solutions... Maybe we should seek deeper help.
LE	silently bows her head. fresh tears roll from her eyes.
Germain	Your track record for saving party members in mortal peril is far from perfect, and you're the only person among us who has buried their axe in an innocent child. Why don't you drink a mug of humility, have a bite of empathy, see to your own failures and start thinking before you speak before you, once again, say or do something everyone is going to regret.
Mose	apparently ignoring Germain's condescension for the umpteenth time and not catching the subtle Qa reference, but softening as he senses (probably wrongly) that LE is quite shaken Look, I worry about you as a friend, and you're not the lil upstart I helped carry through the swamp, knocked unconscious. Now you're the most powerful person in this ragtag bunch of powerhouses, and if something is happening to you, not only might you get hurt, but we're all doomed as well. I wouldn't be standing here if you hadn't saved me a bunch, but I also don't think you're above needing a little saving now and again, and what's happening to you doesn't seem ideal for any of us. At least consider seeking bigger help frm the Church or one of the Universities soon... From what you hint at, this may be out of Eggs league, if this has been going on this long...
Kaleesarynn	looks utterly confused and not a little bit terrified at this point. She has backed away from the rest of the group, and is quickly looking from person to person, looking more often than not at LE. She starts quietly whispering to herself in Odessan: Shit, what the hell.. Should've just stayed put, fuckin' pot to the frying pan.. The whispering continues, but becomes incoherent (put rpchat above this)