{We are still in combat. I'll make a post to move things along directly}.<br/><br/>The Blackscale gazes, shocked, at Alizome, then his great jaw breaks into a grin. Where this pretty meal has come from is of far less importance to him than getting it into his mouth. With a roar, he charges. One claw tangles in her armor, but the other bites deep into her thighflesh, and his sharp teeth close over her head, gouging deep wounds. With a simple lift, he pulls Alizome up into his mouth, his oesophagus pulsing on the crown of her head, his foul breath filling her nostrils, his sharp fangs teasing her breasts with pinprick penetrations of her armor.<br/><br/>{Acted Round Four: Poison Dusk, Blackscale, Xarces, Poison Dusk Female<br/>Still to act Round Four: Aethon, Jules, Alizome (and anyone else still in whom I've forgotten)<br/>Damage as of Round Four: Aethon: 1 damage (I believe everyone else was healed during the break(?)<br/><br/>PS: Sansuki, since you're 'sparse' at present, I may need to run your character sometimes during this encounter. I promise not to kill her.}