Transitioning his fingers from one blade to the next, Xarius allows his previous heavy sword to clatter harmlessly to the ground. Focusing his efforts on relieving the mage of her current weapon, as well as procuring a weapon better suited to his fighting style. While the armor and shield he was using were not to his liking, having a more familiar weapon would go a long way in making the rest of the combat easier on the neko. "Oh don't you fuss....where your going you won't be needing this anyways." Xarius coyly comments as he secures his finger's position around the hilt of the blade. Bumping off the mage's grip, just in time to swipe the blade away completely.<br/><br/>With the sword removed from the mage's grip, Xarius gives Delia a confident grin. He hoped she appreciated it.. and judging by the way she was looking at him she did. Her gaze regains some of the softness lost in the sudden attack, her lips curl into a partial smile, as her eyes slip down his form, down to settle on.... she couldn't have noticed! Could she! Xarius shifts with slight discomfort, upon realizing where the succubus' eyes where beginning to linger. Oh gods, how embarrassing.... he'd thought for sure his stance wouldn't have given away his excitement, and yet... the length at which she stared, the location....perhaps he was just being paranoid, but surely she had taken notice. Of course she had....she's a succubus after all. No matter how weak, and Xarius knew it.<br/><br/>Of course he couldn't deny the fact he liked what he was seeing. Not only the image of Delia herself, her luscious curves, and supple flesh barely contained within the tattered prison garb she still wore. Not to mention the way she was working the mage into her mouth, was wrapping her lips around her head, down and onto her neck, oh he could only imagine how that might feel....her lips wrapped around areas of his body, if not his body in it's entirety. It was a shame the mage put up such a fuss, the scene could have been so much more enjoyable to behold had it not been for her fussing, and protesting as she was. Granted much of this was muffled to the point of near incomprehensibility, even so Xarius possessed keen ears that picked up on most of the things she was saying. A cute little smile spreading across his face as Delia settles in to enjoy her meal, even if she was being more forceful and straight forward about it. She was no longer getting hurt, no longer being shocked or stabbed, and in a sense, was happy for a moment. This made a warmth spread through the catboy's body, even greater than the concentrated warmth that continues to throb heavily in his pants.<br/><br/>For all the enjoyment Xarius was getting out of observing Delia's attempt at consuming the mage.. he'd completely turned his back on the soldier behind him, shrugging him off as more of a nuisance than anything. Truly showing the soldier no respect, as Xarius is even able to dodge a blow while his efforts had focused on disarming the mage. The follow up attack however would strike true, or rather would clatter bluntly against his armor, drawing the wind from his lungs once again in the form of a surprised wince. "Do you mind!" Xarius grumbles unhappily, spinning around on the spot with his new weapon in hand. Testing out the balance, the craftsmanship, and the feel of the blade in his grip in an instant. Then with one quick thrusting motion he's plunging the rapier deep into the soldier's body, a  painfully precise blow..... serves him right for interrupting such a wonderful sight... Xarius grumbles to himself, pulling the blade back with a casual comment "Hrmm not half bad, definitely a step up from the heavy swords you soldier's wield."<br/><br/>Xarius' ears twitch from the sounds coming from the other side of the room. Garth bellowing out in pain, Mona struggling against someone, and even Chira didn't seem to be having the greatest of luck, much to the dismay of the cargo around her. "Seems the rest of us aren't doing so hot..." Xarius comments, taking a quick moment to ensure the soldier was disabled, before turning around to address the situation, only to get a face full of the mage's naked rear wiggling desperately in his face. "Eh, not a bad tush on that one..." he comments, reaching out to give it a brisk pat " No were near as good as the one she's about to become a part of though." he both comments, and teases, shooting Delia a charming little smirk before squeezing the mages rump one final time "A shame we'll never get to make each other's acquaintance." and with that he sends the mage off, making his way past Delia and leaving her to her fate as succubus chow.<br/><br/>What Xarius sees upon stepping out into the open once more does not please him. Garth looks like he's been seriously wounded, along with several of the barrels and boxes in he and Chira's vicinity. The orc is flailing madly at the soldier opposite him which has managed to keep the cutting edge at bay thus far... Garth was clearly a great deal more unfamiliar with these blade's than Xarius had been. Mona....was no where to be seen however, or at least not initially. As the paladin gets closer, he takes note of her fiery hair, peeking over the shoulder of a struggling elvish soldier... one who appeared to have her pinned against the wall. Eeesh.. things had not gone well for the three of them... where Delia had only been unfortunate enough to get jabbed once, and he'd been bruised a couple of times from lucky shots.... the rest of their groups situations were looking rather pitiful in comparison. Xarius sighs heavily, pressing his hand against his chest for but a moment, allowing the healing energy inside to bubble up to the surface, divine power to course through his veins and mend the damage inflicted upon his body.  The healing wasn't much as he didn't have time to spare to properly restore himself...but every little bit would help, especially if he was going to help the others get out of this combat alive....  Once he was in range, and able to better assess the situation, Xarius calls out to the others, attempting to instill some manner of order to the chaos going on around them. "Chira, see if you can't help Mona out ... Garth and I can deal with this one." he instructs while pointing his blade toward the soldier desperately defending himself against Garth's attacks, Xarius hoping the centaur would see reason and aid the mage in the corner. As it would take a little time before he could get to her himself.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Xarius<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">attacking the soldier, and moving into the middle of the room, towards the comotion in the corner. Should end up right beside Garth. After that he'll use a swift action to use lay on hands on himself. <br/><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/418753">Self heals</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">3d6</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">6</span><br/><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/418755">soldier swats</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+14</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">34</span><br/><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/418756">Soldier swats crit confirm</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+14</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">34</span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/418759">soldier swats crit dmg</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">2d6+8</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">15</span></div></div></div>