Judy
*Shit. What's going on here?*
Kohm shoots another clawed chain at the Highwayman, before rushing forward to help pull the victim out of here. In this enclosed environment that was not his own, he wouldn't be an optimal combatant- he was trusting Harold to help hold him off while he pulled the poor bastard out, and he could still render support in this case.
Cora
```The Highwayman takes the clawed chain in his side. Japanese-build armour - layered wood with some metal - protects him from some of the damage, but a bit of the chain attack still gets through.
And yet the Highwayman was unfazed, as if he was resistant to pain or blood-raged enough to be uncaring.
Harold recognises that Kohm is saving the victim man - a man who stared death in the face has a telltale whimper - and he pushes back against the Highwayman to start fighting. He prevents the enemy from getting past so Kohm can escape.
Lee and Manfred rush into the area as well having heard clashing steel and blood-curdling screams. Manfred rushes past Kohm with his sword and shield at the ready to aid Manfred while Lee stays with the two.
"Where's his arm?! I can reattach it!" Lee questions. She scans the area and tries to spot the arm in the midst of this area where combat has broken out.
The arm is back there, exactly where it was left and it hasn't been moved. The ongoing battle between the murderer and the two officers is far enough away that Kohm could go back and get the arm for Lee to heal the victim.```
Judy
Kohm frowned. It wasn't really an optimal decision to completely reattach the man's arm *Right now*, not when they needed every resource and every drop of mana, but... Whatever, it was within reach.
...What a bleeding-heart he was, tch.
"You could just stem his bleeding for now, but it can be done." Kohm stated, before going back.
As he does so though, he casually nudged the right side of the doorframe (facing him)- an innocent-looking motion that was actually him leaving a snapping vine rune on the side of it. If the highwayman were to somehow attempt to escape through the door, this would be useful. Though you could never know with the trickery of people, being prepared was better than nothing.
That being done, he quickly rushed back to the arm he had left behind.
```Tactical Runology- Snapping Vine Rune (15 manacap) left on side of doorframe (right from outside room)```
Cora
```Lee does as he suggests, finding a tourniquet or substitute from her kit and tying it around the stump of the man's arm tightly to mitigate the victim's bleeding. He whimpers with pain, fearing for his life and desperately wanting to survive. Already he's bleeding out of other wounds, but none as major as this total severance. At least this buys him more time.
Clever idea trapping the door so the enemy can't escape this way. It appears this place has only got one door, but you never know about hidden paths or anything.
The Highwayman steps aside a shield charge from Manfred and quickly slashes at the leg with the axe, but his aggression cost him a moderate injury as Harold brings the blunt end of his halberd down upon the man's shoulder. Using the back of the axe head instead of the front, a small spike drives into the shoulder but the rest of the kinetic energy applies as blunt force, which damn near breaks the bones in that section of the shoulder. It would have if not for the armour, so the Highwayman was lucky.
He backs up and shifts his arm to make sure it's still working, then assumes a defensive stance waiting for the duo to fight again. The Highwayman, as much as he wants to kill that man, didn't switch targets to Kohm as he had to focus on defence.
Instead he tosses another Fog Seed at the ground, filling the area with a dense mist and blinding the group. Unfortunately for Harold and Manfred, this place is tighter than the storage zone and the fog was made thicker as a result. However they did know where to go to get to safety, and rushed for the doorway. That leaves Kohm, not blind due to Tremorsense, in there with the enemy who is apparently capable of seeing by himself. Footsteps approach and the low hiss-growl telltale of this man sounds while he tries to strike out at Kohm.```
Judy
Kohm wasn't surprised, despite the precarious situation. He already knew he had a fog based ability- he was guessing fog seed, but this merely confirmed it. 
While the Highwayman had his tricks, Kohm did too.
His fingers clasped together.
Sand gathered in front of him, before forming a sandman, ready to block any blows.
Kohm shifted backwards, ready to rush back to the doorway alongside the sandman if the Highwayman continued to press his attack.
Cora
```The enemy fell for the diversion - the sand simulacrum formed just in time to catch the axe strike that would have been lethal if Kohm took the hit. The Highwayman's axe gets stuck in the sculpture for a moment before he pulls it out to break free. By then, Kohm's already taken the arm back to the victim.
Lee takes the arm and Harold goes with her to help reattach it, to hold it in place and both of them apply Healing Touch to reconnect it to the man's body. That lets Manfred stay near the door, which after Kohm passes through he blocks with his shield up and sword at the ready.
I can only assume Kohm's allies can be aware of his tactical rune placements, so if that is the case, Manfred would his shield up to defend from the whip just in case it swings out at him while attacking the Highwayman... Who they all wait for.
The chaos turned to near-silence, except for the Fog Seed's hiss and the whimpering man... Then heavy breathing can be heard from within the room suggesting the man is there.
Yet he isn't continuing to attack? What's happening?```