At last, even with bolstering, the cultists' impromptu blockade begins to buckle as one pale green skinned man stands dumbly staring at Eiyre, and as both cheetahs are one way or the other unable to respond. With a giant mantis rumbling in, there can't be much left to the stand- but with Xarithe perilously close to another cultist's mouth, that slight extra time may be enough. Stepping forward and out of the rockfall, Turilia soundly raps the stunned cultist on the head and can feel the negative energy course through her into her enemy- he staggers, though he doesn't look particularly weaker given that most visible muscles are covered by the rough brown hood he wears. The mantis, then, totters forward on spindly limbs, and before the magus can react it lashes out with blinding speed and far more reach than it looked like it could have possessed while it was half-curled against itself. One pair of claws stabs and grabs Turilia around the waist in a way Xarithe would have found blindingly familiar, and it too darts its head forward in an apparent bid to simply bite off the woman's head. Jaws clack down around nothing more than air, happily.<br/><br/>Writhing and shifting, Xarithe turns back into a human; the druid keeps her grip on the man throughout the shifting, though not with enough force to cause further wounds as he does. Sira obligingly begins slithering towards the druid, tasting the air steadily- from his grip in the air, he can see the other cultist take a firm step forward and drive his sword right into Sira's head. Well- he would have, if his sword had not bounced off of the snake's thick scales, and the same with the half-orc's desperate follow on bite; but Sira's first job is also being done, as Albali cheerfully follows in Sira's wake without even the slightest hint of being threatened by anything. Of course, such things quickly start losing their interest as the titanic insectile druid begins laughing at him. "Pitiful druid," she jeers. There's no pity and less attraction in her jeweled eyes, and her gaping mouth leaves little room for a sultry grin; long ears ripple in a mockery of the way many elves express amusement. "None sent me, I made myself with my Master's gifts. Your soul will be his, not mine- only your body will be honored enough to become a part of me."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Mostly soft vore beginning!</span><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;">In a convulsive lurch forward, the cultist shoves Xarithe headlong into her maw- there's no subtlety or gentle rippling of lips around the man, only brute force as the smaller druid's head rams into the back of her soft palate with a squelch and enough force to almost stun the man. Just that quickly, her jaws close on his rear... but not as forcefully as Xarithe may have feared. Instead of all of those fangs punching through flesh to try to chew him into submission, instead they rest just past the point of comfort on his skin, pricking through clothes. It's enough to hold him- and with the fangs more inward curving than they'd seemed from the outside, an incentive to not simply try to wriggle out of her grip. Body heat and the tang of acid wafts up towards Xarithe's head from below, and a thick, almost syrupy saliva starts to coat his body with dark, sticky slime. The cultist's tongue quickly wraps around his waist as well, anchoring him all the more soundly in her maw- and her viciously bladed hands leave him, ready to confront the next threat even as the first one is bundled down to the insect-elf's stomach.</div></div></div><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Mechanics!</span><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;">(Early) Sira, Turilia, Xarithe, Albali, Ain <br/>All Enemies<br/>(Late) Gorun, Ambrosia, Eiyre <span style="font-weight: bold">At Bat</span><br/>(note: No more Surprises are going to be sprung at rounds' end, spoiling it a bit, so people on the early list can also submit orders if they really feel confident nothing someone else does will change stuff!)<br/><br/>Turilia's attacks hit, and a fort save fails; full damage and a strength damage on top.<br/>Xarithe shifts, succeeds on the handle animal check to instruct Sira to stop guarding, and just for funsies: "Xarithe rolls 1 for a Diplomacy skill check and gets 1." So, there's that.<br/>Sira moves.<br/>Albali moves and loads. Ain follows.<br/><br/>ENEMY ACTION<br/><br/>Cheetah #1 and the southern Cultist are stunned!<br/>Mantis steps and full attacks Turilia; one claw hits (6 damage), grab check succeeds and Turilia is Grappled; Mandibles miss.<br/>Northern cultist full attacks Sira and misses.<br/>Druid Cultist takes a step. Grapple check to maintain is a success; vore check to swallow succeeds. Xarithe is partially swallowed.<br/><br/>Status; Gorun, Turilia, Ambrosia and Eiyre are in Difficult Terrain.<br/>Gorun: 11/31 HP, Partially Swallowed Cheetah #1<br/>Turilia: 19/31 HP, Grappled by Mantis<br/>Ambrosia: 27/33 HP<br/>Eiyre: 25/31 HP<br/>Xarithe: 27/35 HP, Partially Swallowed by the female cultist</div></div></div><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">New map!</span><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;"><img alt="Image" src="http://i.imgur.com/3gbyV0I.png"/></div></div></div>