Mormesk dodges the rays and casts Greater Hedged Imprisonment.
A skeletal judge appears from the negative plane sitting at a regal wooden desk engraved with macabre scenes of skeleton warriors and angels caught in epic battle. The spectator is restrained by spectral chains that glint in the cave lights that line the walls. The judge seems to be looking over dark ethereal paperwork and points a long boney finger at the Spectator. Though he says nothing audible, it's clear a conversation is occurring between them on another plane.
The judge pounds a ornate ebony gavel and both the judge and the Spectator are instantly teleported out of the material plane. Yulya can instantly tell that the barrier the Spectator has been maintaining is down. This means too that Nezzner has a chance to escape.

Alice watches with awe
Whoa, so cool!

You get a communication from Mormesk, "I presume you can handle this situation, I shall return soon to collect my payment as we previously agreed." He disappears without a trace.

Certainly Mr. Mormesk, I don't like unfinished business!
Though Alice is disappointed by Mormesk's disappearance, she's also glad she's not forced to fight the spectator - or even Mormesk himself.

Nezzner is taken down on the third attempt and as Alice holds him he says in frustration, "This is outrageous!" His struggles are moot.

The only outrageous thing is that you are still alive! But fret not, we shall correct this insolence immediately!
Alice focuses on keeping Nezzner restrained. She again spends 1 Ki point on Flurry of blows and attempts to shove him prone as a bonus action. If that works, Alice attempts to strike the staff out of Nezzner's hand. If she has one more attack left, Alice switches to her Shortsword and tries to cut off Nezzner's last ring.

You are left with the flaming skulls, the Bulette, and Nezzner who could still be a challenge.

Alice glaces South to the flaming skull
Nice skull!
I still wanna be your friend! And that Spectator's. So pls don't fireball me!

Totally ignored Yulya helplessly watches the fight between Mormesk and the Spectator while Nezzner is able to do Nezzner things without facing resistance

The spectator's flaming skulls move to get a clear shot at Mormesk and fire rays of lightning bolt and fire bolt.
Mormesk dodges the rays and casts Greater Hedged Imprisonment.
A skeletal judge  appears from the negative plane sitting at a regal wooden desk engraved with macabre scenes of skeleton warriors and angels caught in epic battle. The spectator is restrained by spectral chains that glint in the cave lights that line the walls. The judge seems to be looking over dark ethereal paperwork and points a long boney finger at the Spectator. Though he says nothing audible, it's clear a conversation is occurring between them on another plane.
The judge pounds a ornate ebony gavel and both the judge and the Spectator are instantly teleported out of the material plane. Yulya can instantly tell that the barrier the Spectator has been maintaining is down. This means too that Nezzner has a chance to escape.

Yulya has never witnessed such high-tier magic and is just glad none of her party was the target. With the Spectator and his barrier gone there are 2 huge obstacles out of the way and Mormesk appears to have some reason left in his undead skull.  But Yulya wonders how the flaming skulls can still be active with their master gone.

You get a communication from Mormesk, "I presume you can handle this situation, I shall return soon to collect my payment as we previously agreed." He disappears without a trace.

Yulya sighs and shakes her head.
Dont let Nezzner escape! Focus everything on him!

Alice fixates Nezzner and prioritizes keeping him from using somatic or verbal commands. She tries stretching out his arms for Cat to cut off his rings.
With a focused and deft heavy blow Cat manages to lop off three of his rings. As the fingers separate from his body, you see one of them clearly attempting to heal before it falls helplessly to the ground, another instantly disappears to an unknown location using greater teleport, a third clings to life for a few moments before finally giving up the ring. As you can clearly see, he had quite a few tricks up his sleeve.
With enough leeway to dodge, but at the disadvantage of Alice's grapple, Nezzner defies logic and avoids all damage from Yulya's attack!

Yulya clenches her fists
Impossible!


Yulya twins BANE (3 targets 30ft) with INFLICT WOUNDS amplifies it with the goblin staff and casts it on the two skulls and Nezzner.

Finding herself trapped between a zombie bulette and flaming skulls she nervously looks around in all directions to find some cover. Yulya remembers M3gan brought the girls to safety - but where? Yulya searches the area for a hidden passage or escapeway. If she finds none she retreats 30ft southwest seeking cover in a niche

In a brilliant flash of light both Nezzner and Alice disappear.
Yulya doesn't know what he did other than use his amulet but she can't sense his magic any longer, just like the Spectator, he's just gone and Alice with him.

Yulya looks around in confusion then glances over to M3gan
Nonono thats not good - not good at all! Where did they go?

Yulya is shocked, apparently, to find out that these abominations are actually undead, unlike the ghouls, and Inflict Wounds uses necrotic damage which actually heals undead due to it's negative energy. Though Bane does work, she wastes 1MP and 1SP in the process, leaving the two in otherwise pristine condition.

I should have used Create Water amplified by the Focus instead!

At the very least, they are affected by Bane. And Cat is miraculously spared by the fireballs

Yulya realizes Cat wont make it a second time. In order to separate the skulls  she hesitantly approaches 30ft and casts Turn Undead on the 2 skulls. They should be within 30ft. If one skull is not turned, Yulya combines Create Water boosted on a LV2 spellslot with Sacred Flame and casts Holy Water on the non-turned skull.

[Round 3]

Yulya gains [2d6=10 THP]

Yulya attempts to turn the undead skulls. [WIS vs DC15 1d20=10,10]

Her holy magic fills the room with divine light, and both skulls are frightened by the light. They disengage and move unerringly away at full dash into the next room.

Cat gets her favorite weapon, the crossbow, and fires it at a creature with high physical resistance and very high AC, even though she has a magic bow that would at least ignore the resistance and have a much better chance of hitting.

[HIT vs AC22 1d20+1+2+1d4=20]

The bolt careens off the thick hide of the zombie bulette.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hC3uyQdQKM

[Hidden Rolls]

Once again M3gan Panther just manages to keep the bulette zombie distracted, neither her nor it can land any strikes.



...

[The following is relayed by Alice upon her return.]

Alice finds herself in a brilliant and beautiful field, literal ethereal beauty surrounds her. Trees rustle in the wind, grass sways in rhythmic fashion, and the sky is a beautiful dark blue, so dark that pinpoints of stars can be seen even in full daylight. The sun however is absent, somehow light is filtered and falling in a bright yellow hue but there doesn't seem to be any source.



She finds herself in a body that doesn't quite feel right, it's not her in a way. Standing next to her is a tall beautiful drow with all his fingers intact, she can only barely recognize him as Nezzner.



Sitting at a table near the two, in the middle of the field, under a bright yellow umbrella and sipping tea are two very young catgirls, one that could almost pass as Ashley but much younger and another SheShe but also very young, finally there is an elf with a very powerful aura sitting with them.



Alice remembers the feeling of his aura as Corellon, Ashley's stand-in god for the Raven Queen.

The dark haired girl stares at Alice and Nezzner then points to Nezzner. Corellon turns and upon seeing the drow, he stands without a word, whips around with a shining elven longsword in his hand and relieves the drow of his head.

The lifeless body of the drow falls to the ground and a shadowy wisp of grey mist rises from it. It's all so very dreamlike as, without waring, a whirling funnel cloud comes down in the field next to them and a vortex forms; a loud cackling is heard.

The little dark-haired catgirl covers her ears and closes her eyes tight.

Alice recognizes something about the dark energy vortex from witnessing Ashley's summons spawn and die so many times, and concludes it must be a portal to the negative plane. The grey wisp is sucked into it and the portal collapses--it's gone before she can react.

The little blonde catgirl jumps off her chair, takes the head and hands it to Alice.

Corellon bows to Alice respectfully then says, "now is not your time, you must return."

[Interactions required, Yulya and Cat require moves, Alice's reactions are appreciated here before she returns.]