Even as Albali's bolt buries itself in the wall near the massive serpent, the two gnomes throw fearful looks over their shoulders at the raving elven witch... but with the snake in the middle of devouring their comrade, they take a step backwards towards Albali (albeit a ways away yet) and volley a pair of stones at Sira to try to make her drop her prize. One rock bounces harmlessly off Sira's armored flank, but the other hits a soft spot between ribs with a meaty thunk; Xarithe can feel the snake shudder, but it's just a flesh wound. He has his own problems shortly thereafter, as- drawn with fear- the other human steps into his reach swinging his cheap flail around. He's ready for a blow to hit his head or chest, and confident in his barklike armor's ability to ward him; when the blow goes low, he still has no worries as he can feel the teeth of the flail fail to break skin. But then the cultist<span style="font-style: italic">yanks</span>, and as his feet are pulled from under him Xarithe sees the ceiling in a rush with a crash as he falls on his back. Kaheksa lopes forward, staying beside Eiyre as the oracle advances, but she slows once more when she sees that Xarithe isn't truly hurt yet.<br/><br/>Turilia charges forward- for real, this time- to try to persuade the naga to spit Ambrosia up. Undulating in a chaotic pile of feet-thick coils, the swipe of her staff misses all of them as the shifting scales induce a minor bit of disorientation in Turilia's eyes. Mercifully, the captain's too distracted to punish her with a whack of that thick tail. The felines quickly look at each other over the table and, communicating with a bare flick of the eyes and long practice, roar into action. One hops off the table into Gorun's face, swinging his scimitar in a long lazy arc. Even with a human in his hands, the monk has no difficulty avoiding it... but the other guard, charging around the table and out of Gorun's peripheral vision, almost crashes into the man's flank while slashing across one arm and drawing blood. "Let him go!" he growls, black-furred features contorted in concentration and anger... and not coincidentally, the three pinning him into a corner where individual strength will matter less than their ability to mob him to the ground.<br/><br/><br/><br/>[[Actions:<br/><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;">Albali misses, and takes a step back. <br/>Ain circles: Nobody's emerged yet!<br/>Turilia whiffs.<br/>Conscious human #1 (grappled by Gorun) attempts to reverse the grapple and fails.<br/>Conscious human #2 steps up and attempts to trip Xarithe; 20 beats his CMD, and Xarithe falls prone. <br/>Gnome #1 steps back, reloads, and fires at Sira; miss<br/>Gnome #2 does the same: hits for... 2 damage!<br/>Catfolk #1 (south) moves around the table and attacks Gorun: Miss.<br/>Catfolk #2 (north) steps off the table and attacks Gorun: Hit, for 5 damage.<br/>Kaheksa keeps pace with Eiyre.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Init:<br/>Albali (17/20 HP), Ain, Turilia<br/>Enemy Guards, Kaheksa (Two humans are unconscious and grappled, one by Sira and one by Ambrosia. One is grappled by Gorun.)<br/>Sira (Barkskin, Feather Step, Grappling cultist, 33/35 HP), Xiathe (Barkskin, Resist Digestion), Gorun (Grapple with a cultist, 26/31 HP), Eiyre, Ambrosia (Full HP, but 12 nonlethal damage, Grappled, Grappling cultist)<span style="font-style: italic">Currently Up</span><br/>Naga Captain<br/><br/>Map:<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/2qmXOsf.png">http://i.imgur.com/2qmXOsf.png</a><br/><br/>And yeah, that's Kaheksa, right down to the mismatched eyes<img alt=":)" src="./images/smilies/smile.gif" title="Smile"/>]]