<blockquote><div><cite>Jess and Soma wrote:</cite><span style="font-style: italic">~!!!~</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Uh...a little help here? <span style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 116%;">Ugh...what is this muck...kobold?</span>~</span></div></blockquote><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Jess!~</span>Alyssa calls out to her canine friend. She intended to say more, to ask if Jess was alright, or what happened... but she realizes that such queries would be a waste of time. Jess and Soma's panic outcries tell her all that she needs to know, and far more than she wants to. If only she were there to help!<br/><br/>But yearning will do her little good- for now, Jess's well-being is up to her other companions. The best aid she can provide is to remain calm.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~We'll come as soon as we can,~</span>she informs Jess (and, after a moment's thought, the rest of the second group).<span style="font-style: italic">~Please, hold on!~</span><br/><br/><br/>Alyssa surveys the battlefield with a renewed sense of urgency. Narsc is disabled for the moment, and trapped underneath Heshaar; she can guess what the lizardman's momentary fate will be. Relm has apparently vanished into thin air... which leaves Buso, whose retreat from Auralia has brought him within her own range.<br/><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;">Unarmed attack: 1d20 (14) + 11 +2 (charge) = 27, hit<br/>Damage: 1d8 (4) + 1 = 5 nonlethal</div></div></div><br/>Alyssa is ready and waiting at the end of Buso's cartwheel, aiming a jab at the feline warrior's side before he can raise a defense. As soon as her blow lands, she shifts into a defensive stance of her own in preparation for Buso's counterattack.<br/><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;">Alyssa's AC: 20 (-2 for charging)<br/>If attacked by Buso, Alyssa uses Cunning Defense, raising her AC to 26 for 1 round. (0 inspiration points left)</div></div></div>