The finale, as Lepton and Xog meet at last, and Flexia's fate is sealed.
Scene M1 - Xog's Demise, Flexia is frozen
- Players at start of scene
- NPCs introduced
- They enter the throne room and Xog greets them like long-lost comrades
- He sweet-talkes Glacia into believing him when he asks her to be his queen
- She sits on a booby-trapped throne and is immediately embedded in a timestop web.
- Xog comments on how 'decorative' she will be there.
- Lepton and Xog exchange pompous diologue until Xog gets bored
- He says "Perhaps your princess would like to have a word with you"
- He signals Xort, who enters preceded by an occupied freezer chamber on a pallet
- Flexia is inside, clearly more revived than before, but unable to escape
- She is pounding on the lexan, yelling "They're going to freeze me -help!"
- Lepton is torn momentarily between saving his girl and defeating Xog. More words are exchanged
- The usual 'let her go' and 'surrender, commander and she will be freed'
- Xog loses patience signals Xort, who activates the machinery connected to the chamber
- Mists swirl inside, clouding her figure, but by her protests it is getting very cold within
- "Time is up, Lepton; make your decision"
- Lepton does....
- Sweeping the Mirror of Xodom from his (backpack, coat?) he flashes it at Xort who turns to a crony-shaped pillar of salt
- Xog has a chance to draw his sword and smash the Mirror before Lepton can aim it at him.
- Lepton draws his own sword and they begin to duel it out.
- Meanwhile it is getting very icy for Flexia
- "Hurry -- I can't feel my feet" she wails
- The clash winds around the room. As in all these adventures, there are no other guards around to interrupt mano-a-mano.
- At length, Xog is defeated and Lepton skewers him through the heart.
- His dying breath (speech) is "You have bested me, Commander; but you too have lost..." Xog expires
- There is no sound of machinery, or any other voice. Lepton looks over to the chamber holding Flexia.
- The princess is frozen and stiff, her eyes open and a word still on her lips. She cannot be revived.
- Her pose shows that she did not give up until the very end.
- Players lost
- Players added (none)
Scene M2 - Finale, Denouement
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