Amber
*After accepting a bounty from a lone village bordering a forest known to have malevolent creatures, the party wanders into the forest. They had been given advice about the assassin's vines that they were sent to exterminate, that they were very elusive and could be anywhere, waiting... To strike. Observant fellows would notice rustling coming from a bush nearby.*
Suzanne
Adrian who was still wearing armour with mud and dirt covering most of the lower sections of his equipment was trudging slowly through the forests, more or less worried about tripping over in these wilds and keeping a keen eye for stepping on any terrain that may caused him to trip. He was maintaining the lead at the front of this party and would stop at the hint of rustling noises from a bush nearby.

The suited man would use his right arm to signal the rest of the party and point them into the direction where he was hearing the noises rustling, it was vague but still a general direction.
Jerry
*An okamimi follows some meters behind the armored man, her face blue with the last remains of displeasure and nausea from the long wagon trip earlier. Taking a deep breath, she follows behind his footsteps, taking note of the uneven terrain as he does. Her wolf ears twitches upon the hearing of nearby rustling, and she turns her head to gaze towards the source, heeding Adrian's signal to stop.*

*The large sword on her back stirs slightly, making a quiet rumbling noise deep within it.*
Edwin
Young zealot Micaiah followed at the back, her robes dirtied by earth through-out the way. Her ears flicking at the sounds of disturbed vegetation, her holding staff tightly held by her pale hands as she dragged herself forwards. Yellow eyes trained to the ground to ensure that she wouldn't slip. 

The girl nearly bumped into the Okamimi afront of her, tilting her head to the side to peek at the vanguard before surveying the surroundings.
Amber
*The bush rustles once more and a rabbit comes out of the bush, it seems to have cuts all over it. The damage that this rabbit had taken is no doubt due to the aggressive flora around here, but how would a measly rabbit escape? Anyways, that rabbit is a sign that the party is getting closer to their goal and their prey.*
Suzanne
*The armoured man, notices the rabbit with his eyes however everyone could probably notice it as well and also determine that it was injured, however this apparently made the man think about this dangerous plant within this forest, his thought was if it was attracted to noise or sound- he should probably contemplate with the rest of the party.*

"Any of you have any previous dealings with dangerous plants such as the one described here?"
Jerry
*Koharu responds in a hushed tone to Adrian, crouching down to beckon the rabbit to her* "I do not believe I have experience with hazardous flora. This is rather new to me." *She takes note of the rabbit's small size and lightness, as well as examine the injuries the animal has sustained more further in detail.*
Edwin
*She held her breath, her back tensing as the bush rustled more and more. She expected a long, barbed vine rushing out and possibly* Impale *One of them, yet her worries were shutdown as a dirty scratched animal quickly padded out in distress. Micaiah let out a concealed sigh of relief, directing her attention back to the two up-front.*

"Where I live, no such things were around due to the landscape.."
Amber
*As Koharu examines the injured animal, she notices that the cuts on it's bodies were made by a serrated edge. There are 3 cuts on it's body and it looks as if the rabbits front left leg has been cut. The rabbit is bleeding a lot and won't survive without treatment, poor lil critter. The creature that had attacked this innocent critter certainly is a dangerous one.*
Suzanne
*The Knight started moving up towards the position of the rabbit, it seems like this was close enough to get a view at least of where the dangerous flora is, at this point within Adrian's mind he was thinking of fulfilling a simple objective within the basic principles of hunting: Identify your enemy.*
Jerry
"..." *As the little creature comes close, Koharu rubs her left hand on its head, giving it a little reassurance. Her other hand is positioned next to its wounds as she delivers an incantation prayer. After a few seconds of casting, a green light emits from her palm, a water ripple effect expanding from the center* "Onmyōdō: Kyūhigawa." *The rabbit's wounds will begin to heal, closing up on its body. While treating the animal, the young miko tells her observations to her two allies* "The lacerations are serrated in nature... The plant might also have a tendency to cripple its victims, based off of the wounds on its leg." *She pauses* "Even more reasons to be wary of ambushes."
Edwin
*Micaiah, being in the presence of two seasoned adventurers, simply opted to mirror their actions at the back-row. She adjusted her priest's cap, quietly trailing the party's vanguard, her attention fixed at what's ahead. While being useless at hunting and tracking, she could make up with her arcane gifts.*

*She kept her breath labored, her belt lightly rubbing against the sheathed dagger she kept at the sides of her waist. When the okamimi used their spell to heal up the faun, a brow arched up before slanting down.*
Amber
*As Adrian walks forward through the bushes, he notices a rustle. This rustling of the bushes is not like the rabbits rustle, if Adrian turns to look in the direction of the rustling he'll see a vine heading towards him. Regardless, the assassins vines has found it's first target.*
Suzanne
*Adrian probably heard the rustling and preemptively started to block forward as a natural response. His cognitive processes soon told him to quickly try and create as much distance as he could from the quickly approaching hazard and hence he jumped backwards while also dropping his sword on the ground purposefully in case of any problems down the line.*

"Vine, Vine, Vine."
*He simply issued out to warn the other members of the party.*
Jerry
"!!" *Koharu's head snaps up from the rabbit upon hearing Adrian's warnings, seeing the vine snaking its way to him. In response to the sudden attack, the sword on her back lets out a demonic screech, clearly excited about the incoming fight. The miko shaman grabs the rabbit and shifts her body back away from the enemy to drop the animal off safely.* "Heed caution to nearby bushes." *Koharu advises. Once the rabbit has safely fled, she will be able to focus on neutralizing this threat.*
Edwin
*The sudden movements of the mud-caked Adrian was registered by the cleric, who immediately took three steps backwards to avoid having the Okamimi trample on her feet and trip. The invasive flora made the choice of assaulting them, it'd be soon fair to return the favour. Micaiah held the holding staff forward, and without a flame-elemental spell, her arcanic arts are quite useless in this situation.*

*Micaiah remains a far distance away as to not disturb the combat-capable adventurers.*
Amber
*The vine hits Adrian's shield. But because of the vines lack of strength, the vine gets deflected with ease. The vine is green and has a sharp serrated blade running across it. After the vine gets deflected it goes backwards, likely to it's core. Meanwhile, Micaiah hears a sound opposite of the Assassin's vine that Adrian is fighting.*
Suzanne
*The Knight stopped moving backwards and creating distance as the vine was deflected, he brought his shield down from the blocking position and simultaneously reached for his dagger in the process, he was confident in utilizing his sword in this type of situation, in fact he wish he had brought something flammable or his crossbow with him.*

"Micaiah, close distance. Remain close to us, this is a battle you don't get to become a spectator here."
Jerry
*Meanwhile, Koharu unsheathes her zanbatō blade and keeps her ears trained for any noise from the undergrowth that may surround them, hoping to trace the sounds back to its main body.*

*The sword clamps its fangs down multiple times, starting to grow restless.* "Settle down, settle down." *She calmly whispers to the living sword as her eyes dart around their surroundings.*
Edwin
*The girl nodded anxiously, stepping closer towards the party as she did so. Stuck within the forest, where your sight are often obscured by the tall bodies of trees, it's certainly a bad place to fight such hazards.*

*Her ears flicked at the rustling noise. Light pupils constricting in realization, she whipped her whole body to face whatever is currently occupying the back of the party. Another vine, perhaps. Micaiah kept her holding staff in front of her, a poor effort to possibly block the serrated blades of the flora.*
Amber
*Micaiah sees the vine attack with one of it's vines, she certainly has more visibility than Adrian so it shouldn't be impossible to dodge this. The vine Adrian is fighting (Now refered to as Vine1) climbs up a nearby tree, attempting to get a height advantage. Koharu is able to see both vines and what they are doing.*
Suzanne
*Adrian notices as the Vine starts to climb up the nearby tree, he was trying to pay attention to his target as closely as possible despite it being a slithering snaky vine hiding within shrubbery, bushes and generally behind the trees. He would proceed to attack the position on the tree where the vine would've have gone up or been at with his dagger, having to close distance fairly close to the said tree in order to do so.*
Jerry
*With Adrian doing well to keep the vine at bay, Koharu keeps her ears focused, paying attention to the sounds generated by the slithering vines. They seem elusive and move as if possessing a sentience of their own. However, she picks up another vine that is attempting to strike at the Macen devout from behind and is forced to abandon the search for the main body to assist her.*

*Tightly gripping her sword, the miko skips over the uneven terrain towards the vine, stopping next to Micaiah as she spins the weapon into an upward sweep, trying to slice off a good portion of its length.*
Edwin
Micaiah stiffened, her hands shaking with its grip on the staff. She could've been struck by the spined razors of the plant had it not been for the okamimi's swift sever of its length. The girl briefly glanced at the swordswoman beside her, before taking the middle of the party. 

With that, she took out the dagger from its sheathe for comfort.
Amber
*Koharu's heroic swing cuts off a big chunk of the vine, enough so that assassin will not be able swing that particular vine anymore. Meanwhile Adrian also cuts off a chunk of a vine, not enough to neutralize that vine, only about 2ft of length. The assassin's surprise factor seems to have worn off. However they will not give up, vine1 swings 2 vines at Adrian this time. And the other vine also does the same, but 1 to each Micaiah and Koharu. Also of note it seems like each of the assassins are composed of 4 vines each.*
Suzanne
*Adrian at this point had the ability to use a tree as a terrain piece for his combat strategies. With two vines now aiming for him, he'd move around the tree to the position where'd they have to come around the said tree and where he could strike said vine with his dagger and possibly even trap the vine. Adrian prepares his knife ready to stab a vine directly into the tree to stop its movement.*
Jerry
*Sharply exhaling from the sudden following attack, she slides back upon seeing the vine's open wound bursts out into two more vines* "There are more?" *Koharu quietly responds in surprise. Seeing that one of the new vines is headed straight for Micaiah, she shifts her weapon to side, turning the blade so that the demonic mouth faces forward. With wide swing, she attempts to have her weapon bite down on the two vines if it could reach both of them, intending to lock them in place. If unsuccessful, then the Macen will have to fend her enemy off on her own.*
Edwin
*Seeing that tensing in the middle of the situation gets one killed, the cleric managed to bear herself together, breathing in through her nose then exhaling orally. She can envision this as.. Surgery, of a sort. It requires precise, swift incisions.*

*Wielding the sharp dagger in her right hand, her left was occupied with the 45-inch steel-capped holding staff, gripping the middle of the shaft as a crude parrying stick. Focusing her attention to the oncoming vine, she bit her lip as she sprung to the side to evade, then bringing the dagger upwards to cut down the barbed length*

*Having not been trained in combat, her strikes would be quite sloppy in strength, or too much of it.*
Amber
*Koharu's noble and just goal was too ambitious, and she had only been able to cut the one coming towards her. While Macaiah dodges, when she attempts to attack it with a dagger, the vine instead curve around the dagger, gripping it and attempting to pull it away.. Adrian's 5000iq move had worked and he had cut down another vine, whilst one of them was at it's limit around the tree.*
Suzanne
*Adrian would take this prime opportunity to stab the other vine as it was now at its limit, he proceeded to run towards the other side of the tree to where the other vine wasn't at to hopefully slice the serrated tip off of the vine, just to remove the slight hazardous and danger from being struck from the vine- not that he had to worry in the first place due to his armour but he was also not confident in testing his theory anyways fearing that the vine could've possibly utilized poisoined or been used as a whip, or general just crushed the man like how snakes do, he wasn't going to allow himself to get into that position hopefully and hence tried to slice away the serrated bit.*
Jerry
*Koharu's ears twitches as she can hear the fighting of her comrades behind her. While the other one is occupied by Micaiah, the miko seizes the opportunity to strike the core of the assassin vine beyond the hidden vegetation. With the sword's mouth still gripping the dead vine, she moves closer to the source and swings her blade into it. The sword opens its mouth and attempts to chomp down on the assassin vine with a crunch. Hopefully, this would also kill the one attacking the Macen. She is unaware that there are 2 other vines lurking elsewhere.*
Edwin
*Micaiah let out a small curse, surprise etched on her face when the vine grappled the blade. The cleric brought the blunt staff over her shoulders, bringing it down the body of the vine with the strength she can muster. During such, she kept jerking the dagger to alleviate some of the vine's grip.*
Amber
*Adrian has practically done away with the assassin after his manuever, the vine is dead. Micaiah's attack and distraction gave Koharu the oppurtunity to run up and attack the core of the vine, it is now dead. However, a gas leaks from the core of the assassin Koharu killed.*
Suzanne
*The faint sight of a gas was spotted by Adrian- this was not good. The quest had mentioned possible survivors, that had the Knight more worried than anything, he proceeded to move towards the core of this plant, shuffling and shoving bushes out of the way, he was still required to function even after the threat had been neutralized. He also started to make a few loud statements or commands in hopes to get anyones attention.*

"HELLO. ANYONE ALIVE?"
Jerry
*The sword twitches and its eyes opens. Sensing something off about this gas, it attempts to bite down even further, clamping down deeper on the plant.*

"!!" *Koharu lets out a small grunt as she struggles to keep her sword in check. Moving out of its own volition, the sword tries to uproot the plant from the ground, then proceeds to suck in the vines as if they were noodles. With its brash action, the gas may be contained inside of the weapon if successful.*
Edwin
*Seeing that the okamimi killed of the core of the assassin vine, she easily yanked the her short blade from the dead curling vine. With one officially dead, Micaiah went after the mud-caked, at the case of finding one of the victims; they would need medical attention, yes?*
Amber
*Clever move from the sword, how cursed is that. The sword had slurped up the vines like a noodle, it seems like it could use more salt though. Anyways Micaiah is hearing a sobbing sound somewhere nearby.*
Suzanne
*Adrian simply continued marching around and searching for victims that would require immediate medical assistance- and ready to pick them up and drag them to the cleric or? He didn't actually know what the other party member was or her job? Would it he polite to call her a mercernary? A bounty hunter? A freelancer perhaps? He should probably ask now to not as well make a mistake later.*

"Miss?" He looked towards Koharu.

"What is your occupation exactly?"
Jerry
"Down, you beast..." *Koharu hisses annoyingly at her sword, it thrusting itself towards the general direction of the other dead assassin vine. She stabs the blade into the ground to keep it from moving, then exhales.*

*Turning to Adrian, she responds to his question* "Me? I am a miko." *She does not quite know why he is suddenly asking, but if she begins to hear the sounds of crying, then she might be able to piece together her role as a healer, as they both have witnessed her healing abilities. She turns to Micaiah, unsure if the young woman have a healing spell of her own, though her attire may suggest she is a devout from a religion, much like herself.*
Edwin
Micaiah halted her movements, her ears flicking at the sounds of a cry within the forest's vegetation. She listened, discerning the general direction of such distress. With that, the girl moved on wards, turning her head towards the two before letting out a cry of her own.

**"I hear someone!"**

Her usual soft voice now came out troubled, wanting to see the victim's state. She motioned the *Miko* And *Paladin* To follow, herself already making her way through the rough terrain.
Amber
*As they make their way, they see no hint of any assassins vines until they reach an opening. There are 2 children and one gruff farmer. One of the children, a boy is sobbing is crying, whilst the other, a girl is shushing her. The farmer notices the party and yells* "Don't come! It's a trap!"
Suzanne
*Adrian notices the distant yelling and somehow manages to discern the very basic speech issued, 'Don't come' he understood and hence he proceeded to walk towards the scene, picking up the sword he once threw to the ground and a few rocks, before he finally reached the scene.*

"Mind Elaborating or explaining further?"
Jerry
*Koharu ears twitch as she picks up Micaiah's words, followed by an unidentified shout of warning.* "... Stop." *She tries to quietly caution her teammates while directing her ears forward, hoping to detect any movement of hidden assassin vines.*

*Her sword has finally calmed down, and she pulls it out of the ground and proceeds forward, being some distance behind the group. Not following too closely, she remains behind, crouching next to a tree to maintain a low profile if any possible enemies have yet to notice her.*
Edwin
*Micaiah heeded the farmer's words, taking a step back as to not accidentally trigger the trap. She turned her eyes towards Adrian, who further questioned the farmer. She didn't think that these hazardous flora are capable enough to set up a trap, but recalling the name they were given, she should've expected it.*

*She squinted her eyes, attempting to see whether any of them are sustaining injuries from smallest to life-threatening. With how threatening the vines are, she wondered how they were able to survive at all.*
Amber
*Adrian hears a whirring noise? What could that be? It sounds like something thats being swinged round and round? Oh, right! It's a sling, 2 rocks come flying toward Adrian!*
*The girl and the farmer facepalm. The farmer says* "The vines here have been acting up recently, being smarter than normal, y'know."
Suzanne
*The man simply continued walking forward towards the farmer and towards the projectiles, depending on where they were coming from that is but either way he continued moving forward, he wasn't that afraid of rocks hitting him in the head, probably cause a concussion perhaps? But he should be fine. That or he was just plain stupid, his personality did indeed fluctuate quite a lot.*
Jerry
*Koharu's trained ears detects a strange sound of whirring, coming from further beyond the new voices. Unlike Adrian and Micaiah, she cannot see everything up ahead, her vision obscured by other vegetation as she stays behind. There seems to be the sound of... Rocks hitting against metal? Are there new enemies? Bandits? Other monsters? Yet what the farmer said seems to intrigue her. Intelligent plants?*

*Not liking that she cannot observe much from her current position, the okamimi moves up, quietly sneaking her way around her party and the new people, then positions herself to her allies' far right, peeking through the limited view of a bush.*
Edwin
*Micaiah, watching the paladin getting showered with pebbles, simply kept away from the target zone of the vines. Wearing nothing but thin garment, she'll get stoned to death if she attempts to go across.*

*With that, she had a deadpanned look on her face as stone struck metal continously, her mind making a tune out of the noise while the paladin strolled idiotically out in the open.*
Amber
*Yes indeed, idiotic paladin in the forest here. He gets hit straight in the face, causing a concussion. And one in the gut, too. Blunt attacks seems to work well against armor, huh? Anyways, a rustling can be heard near Koharu, in a bush. The assasins who hurl the rocks (now referred to as slinger1 and slinger2) are starting to the swing, next turn they'll throw again.*
Suzanne
*One in the face, one in the gut. Adrian was slammed quite hard with those rock tosses, he stumbled a bit and hence continued forward towards the farmer, the Paladin had now deducted that the area was not booby trapped with traps but instead there was a hostile being lurking around which attacked anything who entered said area- this made things easier in some aspects. He would pick up the farmer from his collar before tossing the man over towards safety, literally picking him up and throwing the man, that's going to hurt and the farmer probably hates him, but it works.*
Jerry
*The miko stares blankly at the armored man as he is knocked around by a barrage of stones. Her face becomes even more unamused as he roughly handles the farmer and proceeds to rub her right palm against her face in a form of a soft facepalm.*

*But there is no time to feel discontent for her partner's rash actions. Koharu detects the sounds of vines somewhere nearby and focuses her attention to it.* [Have they found me?] *She inquisitively thinks to herself. Knowing that attempting to fight it in such a cramped space is unwise, she pushes off of her front hands, rolling forward with her blade unsheathed and stands up next to her comrades, figuring there is no more point in pursuing stealth.* "There is another one where I was hiding." *She relays to Adrian and Micaiah.*

*The sword grows excited again, snapping its jaws in the air as it detects more enemies. Its dark eyes fervidly darting around the environment, seeking out its next prey.*
Edwin
"Don't throw them, you lard!"

*She scolded the paladin, whose armour is now dented and caked with earth. His treatment of such expensive protection is quite the eye-sore. Micaiah quickly put away the dagger, helping the thrown farmer to his feet. Her eyes scanned the man, attempting to locate any awful wounds inflicted by the vines. At the case where their barbs are coated with poison..*

*The appearance of the miko lightly startled the young cleric, who briefly glanced at the okamimi's form before continuing her check-up. Pulling the farmer's sleeves, craning and turning his neck, tears on his outfit; etc.*
Amber
*The farmer seems uninjured, unlike Adrian. The rocks that the slingers have been slinging are being thrown, 1 to Adrian, 1 to Koharu. Hopefully Adrian dodges instead of taking it head on. The vine that was near Koharu (Now known as large vine) runs into the clearing toward Koharu to attack her.*

"That knight thar, is he an idiot or somethin!?" *The farmer asks Micaiah*
Suzanne
*Adrian proceeds to use the shield mounted on his left arm to slam into the rock being slinged towards him instead of being hit, he didn't need to worry about a ricochet hitting the farmer in the open area he was in anymore. The Knight now proceeds to stand there in the center of the circular clearing looking for the vines to target him.*
Jerry
*Koharu sees that there are survivors as the quest mentioned. Knowing that their presence will make things difficult, she turns to Micaiah* "Take the others out of here. We'll fend them off while you get them to safety." *Focusing back to battle, she finds herself in a predicament, an attack from both sides. Ensuring that the devout and the farmer are not directly behind her, she spins, lowering her body to avoid the thrown rock while spinning her weapon. As the large vine closes in, she transfers the spinning momentum into an upward swing, chopping off its end.*

*If Micaiah and the farmer are directly behind her, then Koharu will hold her weapon forward, pointing diagonally down to her right to block the incoming rock. If successful at defense, then she can simply thrust the flat top of her sword at the approaching vine, pinning it in place.*
Edwin
*Both Micaiah and the farmer were standing beside Koharu two feet away.*

*Now seeing the shield Adrian had carried for the quest being put to use, she shook her head lightly at the cynic's mentality. Seriously, why didn't he take it out before? The farmer's question was registered by the cleric, whose elfin ears leaned back from the noise. And with a stern voice, she spoke quickly.*

"*It takes a special kind of idiot to try and understand the mentality of his.*"

*Since the farmer held no injuries, the cleric nodded in reply to the miko. She held down her triangular cap with a hand as she attempted to sprint towards the two children, passing by the paladin and hopefully covering her relocation.*
Amber
*Adrian successfully blocked the rock, but the rock deflected and hit the girl in the face* "Hey you nonce! Pay attention why won't you?" 
*Koharu dodges the rock and goes in for a swing to the large vine, who was certainly much more big the others, about the size of Adrian, not quite though. The swing cuts into a vine and cuts it off.*
*Micaiah is near the children now.*
*Slingers are preparing another 2 rocks.*
Suzanne
*There was still people in range of the ricochet of the rock? Adrian was more angered by the fact that there was people close enough to him, actually in general he was just really fucking angry. But it seems Koharu was dealing with the vine creature upfront. His head pivoted suddenly towards the direct movement and rustling noises of the slinger vines trying to prepare their rocks for toss of which Adrian decided to lunge at the slingers, stabbing one with the small dagger he carried on him and slicing at it.*
Jerry
"Careful!" *She shouts at Adrian. Seeing that he is on the offensive, she tries to cover for the farmer as Micaiah dashed for the children. The blunt end of the blade seems to have dug deep enough into the vine to split it open, but the miko does not have time to check if it is dead. General defense is priority until the defenseless are out of the scene. With no one to protect the healer, Koharu advises her* "Be wary of projectiles."
Edwin
*Healer finally reached the pair, wrapping her arms around the sobbing boy before hauling him up from the ground, making the boy wrap his own arms around her neck like a tight hug. She took in the other child's hand with her free one, her staff now clipped on her belt before she had done so. Having secured both children, Micaiah averted her eyes towards Adrian, who's currently striking the slingers head-on.*

*Micaiah immediately attempted to go back towards the farmer, who's being covered by the miko-kamimi. The boy's head rested on the healer's left shoulder, wetting her white coif with his tears while she protected his head with her own. The other child is also protected by Micaiah, with the whole right side of her body.*
Amber
*Adrian runs up to stab, but with his concussion and the assassin's speed, he unfortunately missed. The assassin he just attacked (Slinger1) attempts to hit him in the head with the spinning rock in it's vine. Slinger2 also throws a rock at Adrian.*
*The large vine seems to be even more aggressive, attacking with 2 vines this time, at Koharu.*
*Micaiah is now safe with all the victims, if she were to investigate any injuries, there would be some scuffs and bruises, but nothing too serious.*
Suzanne
*A miss, to be expected. He let go the knife, instead utilizing his hand to instead grab or armlock the vine down, his other hand beginning to violently and brutally bash the vine until it broke apart and died by smashing it with the metal edge of his shield. His hand grabbing the vine probably got pierced by the serrated part, but Adrian had already gripped on tight, doesn't matter now, Injuries and pain come later- also due to him now officially technically wrestling and moving about with Slinger1, the rock which was thrown would most likely have missed due to his rapid change of positions.*
Jerry
*With the large vine still active, Koharu makes an intimidating stab at the enemy, not hitting it, acting more as a feint to scare it back so Micaiah can run past behind her. On her left, she sees that Adrian is doing his part in keeping the others busy, as impractical as his methods seem, he is making work of one of them.*

"Go." *The miko says to Micaiah as she keeps her attention on the large vine. Her sword letting out a horrifying screech at the vine, enough to potentially unnerve even the survivors and her allies. Unfortunately for Koharu, since the mouth is facing her, she receives a slight deafness from the volume of its roar.*
Edwin
*Getting the all-clear from the okamimi, Micaiah soon began to escort the villagers away from the area, herself wincing at the sudden scream from* Something *. With no time to waste, they were now out of this part of the forest, returning back to where they had previously fought the vines and hopefully back towards the forest-line.*

*Micaiah kept her eyes peeled and ears open, her hand still holding the small hand of the girl while the farmer follows behind her. The boy had also stopped crying, now reduced to sniffles.*
Amber
*Adrian landed a lucky(?) shot on slinger1's core, killing it, however it releases a gas. Slinger2 forgoes throwing rocks and runs and attempts to whip Adrian.*
*Koharu's faint had worked and it takes a few steps back, also the scream helped a lot.*
*Micaiah has no real issue with escorting the villagers.*
Suzanne
*Adrian would proceed to use the sliced off serrated bit of vine fron Slinger1 that he bludgeoned until it was sliced off and started to use that bit of vine to attack Slinger2, planning to do that same and slice until it died, which was hinted by when the gas was released it seemed, that was quite helpful.*
Jerry
*Wincing a bit from the sword's sudden screech, she recovers her concentration as the vines ready themselves in front of her. As Micaiah exits to deposit the villagers to safety, Koharu can go back on fighting with her full focus. Keeping the two vines in her vision, she attempts a wide horizontal slash, angled slightly down to chop them off, stopping the blade shortly after passing her middle to avoid becoming vulnerable after the attack should it fail.*
Edwin
*She kept on trudging through the woods, her arms which held up the boy straining as he slept. Following the trail they had made, she would be quite close to the forest-line.*
Amber
*The effects of the gas on Adrian is starting to take hold, giving him nausea. Nausea plus concussion is not fun, man. Anyways, he is able to grapple the vine and start smacking it, with a cut from it's vines.*
*Koharu has practically neutralized the large vine, as it cannot stand on it's own anymore.*
*The battle should be over once Adrian beats slinger2 some more.*
Jerry
*With the vines taken cared of, she turns to Adrian and runs to him, positioning her sword back as she prepares to go in with a upward sweep attack on the last remaining slinger. But seeing that a gas has been released from the dead slinger(1), she stops and backs away, as her sword cannot contain the gas now that it has fully escaped from the corpse.* "Adrian, get out of there now!" *She shouts at him, hoping he can respond and does not do anything more reckless.*
Amber
*Now, they have finished them. And they have rescued 3 victims. After their brave exploit, they would go back to the village with all the loot they had gathered. And they sell the loot they have gotten.*
**Each adventurer gets 990 silver each and 0.5 PP**
Jerry
***FF victory fanfare.***