Robert
*Mevis would feel the mind wrath finally wear off and being back on his two feet again, he was in prime fighting condition once more. His eyes would sharpen, following the assassin's movements. The assassin was skilled, there was no doubt about it, but like with all assassinations, if you fail to kill your target with the first strike you've failed your job. He had no doubt that the assassin had other tricks up his sleeve of course, but the battle had shifted from an ambush to a brawl, and as a martial artists the assassin was now stepping into his territory.*

*Of course Mevis was feeling nervous, but for whatever reason a sense of calm had washed over him. He couldn't say he felt confident, but it was more like going through the motion. The familiarity of the situation helped him feel... Comfortable? Perhaps his past encounters were finally accumulated into actual combat experience that he didn't falter at the sight of two weapons coming at him. If he had to choose one to avoid, it would be the spearshot, as he had seen how devastating it was from afar and can only imagine the damage it would deal at point blank, not to mention its greater range of motion due to being a ranged spell attack. It looked like was going to be a battle of speed between the assassins' swing and his martial artists, but if there was one thing he was confident in, it was his speed*

*Hs muscle memory would then take over, side-stepping into the assassin's reach to reduce the impact from reduced rotational momentum for the sword swing. From there he would attempt to grab the assassin's wrist that was casting the spearshot to keep him from using it as well as to keep him in place. He would then quickly pull the assassin forward as he himself thrusted his elbow towards the assassin face. He didn't know how resilient this assassin was, but he hoped this heavy blow would knock the assassin out if not disorient him. But things were rarely that easy. For now he could only brace for impact.*
Peggy
The sword dug into Mevis' shoulder, cutting deep and severing muscle. While Mevis was fast, that did not mean the assassin was slower.
However, while he succeeded in that Mevis' attempt to grapple succeeded, and while the assassin tried to flick his wrist regardless, letting the magic in the spear work to accelerate it, it went flying wide.

Then the ferocious elbow, heedless of the mark left by the longsword smashed his face in, and as the cumulative wounds finally lead to his will faltering, the assassin felt himself fade out of consciousness before he could resist.

He would have never expected to lose to someone as cowardly as Mevis, but here he did. What did he have to think about the matter? Who knows, but his reaction will certainly be interesting when he wakes up.

~~**K.O!**~~ *Quest Complete*

** 4PP, because I took nearly a fucking month.**
**5 Gold, because it's technically the right price and despite the buffed rewards I'm kinda leery about giving him too much. There is also the fact that the entire quest was lethargic on both ends and not really full of too much activity despite stretching over a month, so there's that.**
Robert
*Mevis would flinch as he grabbed his torn his shoulder, but not wanting to miss a moment he would focus first on tying up the assassin with the excess amount of rope he has in his bag. This was an assassin after all so he could be faking it. Thus Mevis was alert the entire time as he was tying the assassin up, disarming him of his weapons and searching him thoroughly for any other belongings he had.*

*Once he was certain the assassin was neutralized he would channel his inner chi to heal up and then start cleaning up floor from blood and the caltrops he spilled. He couldn't do a perfect job as he didn't have the right tools and some of the blood had already soaked into the ground, so he would bow his head apolitically to the caretaker*

"Sorry for all of this... No, I suppose a thank you should be in order instead. You saved my life. Is there anything I can do to repay you? You are not hurt anywhere or anything right? I've got some healing magic if you need it..."