With the fight in the hall at an effective end, Aethon simply looks on as Linda continues to gorge herself on the downed enemies.  Shaking his head slightly at the fact that she's willing to reduce herself to immobility to sate her desire for yet more food, he continues down the hallway that Jules and the others had followed, his stomach swinging somewhat ponderously as it happily goes to work on the acolyte, adding acid burns and severe compression to the litany of injuries that it has suffered.  Reaching the far room, he stops short when he notices the others clumped up near the doorway, wondering if there's something preventing them from entering.<br/><br/>Finally seeing the ritual chamber as well as it's occupants, his gaze flicks back and forth between the rest of the group and the rather engorged priestess, fearing that Xarces' absence and her obvious pleasure are linked.  The priestess' confirmation of that fact moments later in response to Jules doesn't draw much of a visible reaction from Aethon.  One one hand, Xarces had to know that his predilection for getting himself eaten meant that in conjunction with his chosen profession he would have met this fate at some point or another.  On the other hand, that doesn't make that end any more enjoyable (in his mind at least; for the life of him Aethon couldn't understand how one could find it a pleasurable experience, even without the risk of a slow death).<br/><br/>[ Can't make the Perception check, even with a 20 ]<br/>[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/149400">Spellcraft check</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+9</span><span style="font-weight: bold">17</span>-> Fail ]<br/><br/>Drawing his axe, he moves forward to engage the bruiser standing between them and the priestess.  At this point (in his mind, at least) the time for words has passed, and now all that's left to do is see if her words are correct or if she is the one who will fall before them.<br/><br/>[<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/149402">Charge attack vs Bruiser</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+8</span><span style="font-weight: bold">18</span>,<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/149403">Charge damage</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d8+3</span><span style="font-weight: bold">9</span>]