Sabrina
*Moxie just continues to ride her golem, who trudges onward, zweihander at the ready. The wolves stick very close to the golem, aware that if anything happens he is the group's biggest hope for survival. Besides Arthur, but to be frank, considering he burnt the forest down...*
Viola
*They trek onward, having already killed 6 vines, they must be confident. Arthur's wise decision to use his tail helps a bit, but not as much as he would've liked, they can only barely see within 10ft of them accurately. But, their hearing is unimpeded and they hear a rustling in a nearby bush, but this rustling is unlike the previous ones. The creature in that bush could be a vine, ready to pounce. And where there is one, there's bound to be many more.*
Sabrina
*Nope! Moxie isn't confident at ALL! Considering that the forest is burning down, she's probably at a net loss, AND she won't be able to make much prosthetics with her measly current wallet, she doesn't **Have** Much to be confident about. She continues to hang off the golem's shoulders... Just wishing for today to be over- hang on. She tilts her head behind her when she thinks she hears a noise...

Uh oh. There's something out there. Once Moxie warns Phil of the noise, he gives his zweihander a couple of intimidating "Swings" As he looks toward the noise, and a wolf runs to investigate at Moxie's command. Her mana should be coming back soon... Right? She might need Felix's help here after all...*

"Arthur... I might have to bring the archer back."

*She now notices Arthur's kitsune features... But doesn't say anything. Normally, she'd have gushed over the fact that she found another Kitsune like herself, something very rare in Salvania, but now... Isn't the time.*
Antoinette
*Arthur's tails illuminated the area with a 10 foot radius. It was a bit lacking than what he expected it to be, but nonetheless, it was sufficient enough. Walking through the forest, he would take in all the various amounts of flora that inhabited the forest; trees with deep green coloring, flowers with bright, bursting colors, and of course, the drab, dull bushes that seemingly took up the entirety of the underbrush. In fact, there were so many bushes, that it seemed that they would tread in it everywhere they went! Obviously this forest was left to run wild for a pretty long time, but apparently the assassin vines only appeared a couple of weeks ago...*

*As the time passed, he grew increasingly plagued with questions. What caused the sudden outburst of vines in the area? Why here, of all places, in a forest next to some insignificant village? Was it natural? Doubtful, since the problem of the vines had only became important just recently. Most likely, it was a manmade thing, but Arthur, in all his reading, had never found a spell that summoned assassin vines such as these, much less this many in such a vast area. Yeah, it had to be artificial. There was no other possible explanation for it.*

*Suddenly, he heard a loud rustling in the bush. His ears turned toward the direction it came from before his head did as he looked to a nearby bush, the bush quivering as he watched it. It was unlike the other bushes he had seen, which were still in the silent night. It could be another vine, so Arthur decided to back off slightly before drawing his halberd once more. In the case it was a vine, he would be ready to react to any possible attacks it had. To be completely honest, he didn't mind whether or not Felix came back to 'help' them out; in the worst case scenario, Arthur would probably forcefully send the archer back to its runestone.*
Viola
*A whirring sound suddenly starts to be heard on the other side of the pathway that Arthur is on, then a rock is hurled at Fido at 80fps. Then a shield vine appears out of that area and another one which appears to have a... Mace head on one of it's vines, strange, never before has a vine had a man-made weapon. The bush that Arthur is investigating immedietely reveals a vines tendril and it attempts to grab onto his wrist.*
Sabrina
*Thunk. The wolf is immediately thwacked with a nice hunk of stone to the noggin and is dizzied for a bit. The other 2 wolves rush at the vines, taking one each. Nox fumbles for Felix's summon and releases him back into this plane, by throwing him behind Phil, who is currently standing still in an effort to protect Nox to the best of his abilities.*
Michael
"So we're fightin' now, eh? Let's do this..."
Sabrina
*Felix squints into the forest. Although, due to it being night, he can't see anything, as he lacks the Night Vision most Felinids possess, he still nocks an arrow, using Phil as cover. He hears the wolves' pouncing at the vines and takes a rough shot at the sounds.*

``"Summon Felix" Used. 65-35 = 30/65 mana left.``
Antoinette
*Arthur heard the loud whirring of a noise from the other side of him, behind him, actually. He saw the vague shape of a rock hurled towards one of Moxie's wolves, going way faster than what a rock should be. He turned towards that area, but saw a shield made out of vines from the darkness, and another with a mace's head on one of its vines. He heard the bush that he gazed on rumble again, however, and immediately turned back towards its direction, just as another vine revealed itself to try and snap itself towards one of his wrists.*

*Because he was already facing the bush, and he had already expected another vine to show, Arthur reacted by slightly stepping back, and quickly slicing his halberd in an upwards motion. His speed and power should be enough to take it out, or at least disable it, and the pyrokinetic aspect enchant he had imbued on the weapon itself would likely cause the halberd's blade to cleave straight through the vine.*
Viola
*The rock broke Fido's ribs, poor dog. The mace vine runs up and attacks Phil by slamming him with the tendril with the mace, anything more wouldn't do any damage, because you know, they cannot do much against metal. Arthur had sliced through the vines core, but a noxious gas comes out of it. The shield vine attempts to attack both dogs by whacking them with it's 2 shields to distract them from the mace vine.*
Sabrina
*Fido doesn't really do too well, trying to stand up and failing miserably, whining in pain. Phil looks at this and gets **ANGRY.** How **DARE** They hurt Fido!? He slams his foot down, attempting to crush the mace vine, growling all the while. Nox attempts to get off of Phil's back as he enters his zone, opting to just stand back and let her summons fight.

The two remaining wolves attempt to jump back to dodge the shields. Lexi tries to distract it, taking obvious attacks, while Sparky lunges from behind.

Felix looks a little angry as well as the wolf gets his ribs smashed in.*
Michael
"They got Fido! Sons of bitches!"
Sabrina
*Felix attempts to grab Fido and retreat a little, wondering if he should just kill off Fido. It's a cruel move, sure, but it might be best to do so, so that Fido can be summoned again. Felix has slit his own throat before in order to resummon, if the situation demanded it. It's a neat little trick you learn when death is the norm for you. After this, he takes a rough shot at where the vine may have came from by judging its location... He quickly looks at the location of Fido's wound, where it came from when the wolf was on the floor, and shoots in that direction. After all, unless it's moved, he can safely assume it threw straight. Maybe.*
Michael
"...Fuck. Sorry, Mox, I shouldn't have made you take this job. Was a waste of our time."
Antoinette
*Arthur had successfully swung his halberd through the vines core, a mesh of green moss and vine fiber being sent flying through the air as the vine was sliced into two. However, by doing so, he had released a noxious gas coming from the vine, and in the heat of the moment, Arthur had accidentally inhaled some. It made his mouth burn, and it made his throat itch intensely, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. However, as the noxious gas passed into his airpipe, he would begin coughing violently as he hacked out a good amount of blood. Backing off, he attempted to regain his posture as he watched the shield and mace vine attacked Moxie's summons. Steeling himself, he decided to go and support the vines that were attacking the dogs, since he figured that a metal golem could withstand its own eight from a damned vine.*

*Rushing on over to the dogs, which were curently attacking the shield vines, Arthur decided to swing his halberd in quick succession, hitting one shield after another with the blade side of his halberd again. Surely the shields weren't strong enough as to withstand this amount of force and fire, though just in case, he prepared himself to dodge any other attacks shortly after striking the two shield vines.*
Viola
*Angery Phil stomps mace vine, that's all there to say, it wasn't fast enough evade Phil's stomp. Felix, the only smart one in the group, actually hits his shot against the slinger vine, it's core actually. This kills the vine. The shield vine whips Lexi but that was all a ruse, Sparky jumps in and bites into the core, killing the vine and releasing noxious gas. Arthur was left with nothing to do because the dogs had already finished the vine. Seems that all vines in the area has been killed.*
Antoinette
*Arthur would be surprised at the fact that the dogs were able to hold their own against the vines. Perhaps he severely underestimated their power? Or rather it was because of their strength in numbers. However, he wouldn't let his guard down, keeping his halberd held aloft as he scanned the surrounding area. Sure, the pathway seemed to be rid of the vines, but who knows? There could possibly be more lurking in the shadows somewhere.*

*However, as a consequence of the dogs and the golem finishing off the vines, more noxious gas was released as each one bit into the cores, and as the Felind Archer shot straight through one of the vines cores. His eyes would widen, and then he would quickly back the hell off; he didn't want any more of that substance entering his body, especially considering what they had done to him earlier. Once he got away from the gas's vicinity, he would turn towards Moxie, putting his halberd by his side once more as he looked down at the other kitsune.*

"Ok, maybe *Not* Using fire wasn't the best way to go about this. That noxious gas is going to get to your summons, and to me as well - I'm not exactly the most ranged fighter, as you can see. Do you mind if I actually use my fire this time around? It's far more efficient, and all you need to do to avoid it is back off. Less work for better outcomes. And they do say, 'play smarter, not harder,' right?"
Sabrina
*The wolves would begin to feel the effects of the noxious gases. Sparky falls unconscious, and so does Lexi. Felix would grab Sparky and Lexi, pulling them closer to the centre of the group. Suffice to say, he felt horrible for those poor pups. He does have a heart, you know. Even if it's hardened.

Moxie would rub her left shoulder, tilting her head and pulling an... Iffy expression. Well... Yeah... Yeah, but using fire is kinda the reason they burned the forest down... And Moxie doesn't fancy getting crushed by a falling tree, or burned to death by debris... She still has 980 years of life left to live!* **980!**

"Well... Uhhh... If-if you want?" *She shrugs..*
Michael
"Mox, you gotta desummon the dogs, and resummon 'em. Don't think they'll last long otherwise."
Margaret
*The golem nods sadly as he pets Sparky.*
Sabrina
*Moxie desummons the wolves, to give them a chance to recover.*

``5 mana regenerated. 15 Mana Cap given back. 35/90 Left.``