[Going to go ahead and get ready for combat myself, also in case your wondering I have no real preference for where Xarces has landed, just anywhere that shaklik may be able to get some shots off really.]<br/><br/><br/>Xarces knew the sooner the enemy was engaged in combat, the greater the chances Alizome could make her way back outside. He was atop the temple and from what he had seen below, from what he could hear there was no sign that she had been discovered or caught. Xarces was uncertain what reaction if any his flight onto the temple had caused, his attention focused solely on Shaklik in front of him. Xarces leans in to kiss her lips, tasting her fangs, as his forked tongue intertwines with her own. Upon pulling away he looks her in the eye "I want you safe, I want you to take your shots from up here, pick out the targets you think may give us the most trouble and poison them if you must. I will be going down there myself, will be in the thick of combat. Whatever may happen to me however I want you to remain safe and out of danger." he says to her whilst cradling the underside of her muzzle in his hand. "I'll get you another meal my sweet, of that I promise." he adds, reaching down to lightly rub her scaled belly.<br/><br/>With that out of the way the bard turns and steps to look out over the edge. From across the fire-lit portico the bard would see a single bloody figure charging into the ranks of the enemies. "Linda." he says as a smile crosses his lips. If there was one thing he could say about the lamia, it was that she was always there in battle when he needed her. The role she had played in blinding that hungry sea creature had not gone unnoticed by the bard, and though he had not been there to see what her recently acquired skeletal minion had done against the blackscales, he could judge it had done well by the mere fact that everyone else in the party yet lived. "Best not keep them waiting..." he states as he prepares himself to enter the fray, beginning a song whilst tensing his muscles, looking onward to survey the situation before rushing headlong into combat.<br/><br/>[Getting inspire courage up and running, and once the battlefield is laid out will have Xar head in from there....assuming nothing happens to him prior of course.]