The man whose shoulder Michael's hand was laid upon hadn't even realized what was happening by the time the punch hit him squarely in the jaw. He made a painful groan as he fell back against a table, unsure why that one hit had made him so dizzy and weak. His lungs hurt as his chest heaved, gasping for air as though he'd just sprinted a mile. Gods, what had that robed man done?<br/><br/>Unfortunately for Michael, what it had done was left him open for the halfling to charge in his direction. The little blighter gave a savage growl that sounded like it came from a panther cub as he jumped and made to drive his shoulder into the arcanist's stomach.<br/><br/>Back in the direction of the Rothschild sisters, Elyan and his partner had gotten Uwa and Claramond surrounded. The both of them dashed forward. Uwa's opponent wasn't exactly a smart one, and so he didn't bother moving when he saw her boot come up and nail him in the chin. She took hold of him by his hair, held his head up, and then threw it down to smash his forehead into her rising knee. He rolled on the ground in pain, seeing stars. Elyan, on the other hand, wasn't so dim-witted. After all, his bullying wasn't just an act, and he was the leader of these thugs for a reason. He ducked to the side, dodging Claramond's punch, and wrapped his arms around her waist. She may have been big, but he was bigger, and strong enough to carry an entire hog carcass over his shoulder, and so he lifted her from the ground with ease before slamming her onto a table. The force of his attack, combined with Claramond's weight and her armor, was enough to break the table in two. Thankfully, said armor kept the slam from hurting her too much, and she was back on her feet immediately. A few more punches were thrown, Elyan's experience in tavern brawls keeping him from being much more than clipped, and he made to punch her in the face. She dodged that one quite easily.<br/><br/>Back in Gia's corner, the human there had been foolish enough to underestimate her; she was not much bigger than an average woman, and so he was caught by surprise when she had used his own momentum against him and flipped him over her head. Immediately she was upon him, her knees at his sides and pinning his arms above his head. She bared her long fangs at him and gave an inhuman hiss, which was met with a cry of terror and then agony as she sank her teeth into the muscle between his neck and shoulder. Venom was pumped into the wound, and its effects were immediate. He could feel his limbs going numb, feeling as though they were stone pillars hanging from his body, and he could hardly move them. This had left Gia unprotected however, and she hadn't seen the elf's foot coming at all when the toe of it got planted into her gut. She was off the other man, but even though she could stand, she was still buckled over, hardly able to breathe.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>