For the briefest of moments, Xarius' body tenses, and the fur at the base of his tail stands on end. The look in Chira's eyes as she rapidly turns towards him, after so recently devouring an imperial soldier, leaves little wonder in the catman's mind what could of happened to him had she not taken a moment to recognize who he actually was, to realize the battle was over. The sheer ease in which she'd consumed the previous armed man left little doubt in his mind that should she have descended upon him, it would have been he who was wriggling inside her, alongside the previously ingested soldier. A thought that lingers with him all the way while he heals her, while he gets a good feel of the muscles within, the powerful compressive stomach that squeezes and compacts, muting the soldier's struggles and range of motion all at once.<br/><br/>With everyone ready to proceed, Xarius takes up his position in front once more. Nodding back towards the others as they decide it best to leave the guard's armor behind, as indeed stripping him and equipping one of their own would be a much more time consuming process than merely picking up a sword and shield as Garth had. Besides, so long as he and Chira stayed in front, the others wouldn't necessarily need armor if no one got close enough to strike.<br/><br/>The corridor leads them out into the cargo hold, the light of the sun streaming down from above causes a smile to spread across the face of the cat boy. Though the fact there were more soldier's crew, and even a woman with some merit of command standing within quickly overshadowed any joy he'd received from the sun. The fact they aimed to alert more of the ship didn't sit well with him either, but at least here they had access to the upper deck, and lower levels respectively, as apposed to the tightly packed hallway they had previously found themselves in. Xarius readies his blade, scanning the foes aligned against them, the assortment of obstacles and barrels, deciding his path before springing into action. The exchange of spells from both sides was quite an interesting start, and the fact Chira seems to have fallen prey to the enemie's incantation, where his own senses had thwarted the mages attempts at dulling them, didn't bode well for her. Especially considering there were two armed soldiers on her side of things.... Xarius just had to hope she'd fair better than she had with the previous set of guards. "be careful Chira.." he murmurs, in warning, as he feels a protective and familiar energy wrap around his body. Holy protective magic having been cast upon him, which Xarius is quick to thank Garth for his efforts. "I shall put the protection to good use!"  With that declaration, Xarius springs around the barrels in front of him, dashing forward to cut around the corner of an even higher stack of cargo, boxing the mage and her sword wielding ally into a corner of sorts.<br/><br/>"It'd be wise to do as the pretty lady says... she's given you the chance to surrender, I suggest you take it." Xarius declares in response to Delia, all the while looking to the soldier, and woman behind him in turn. The soldier however, is met with a stinging swipe of Xarius blade before he can make good on any attack of his own, "Unless you'd prefer we do things the hard way." Xarius pulling back into a fighting stance, indicating his experience in combat, as well as his willingness to make good on his offer.<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;">moving forwards to stand beside and attack the soldier directly beside the mage<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/417485">soldier swat</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+13</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">30</span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/417486">soldier swat dmg</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d8+5</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">11</span></div></div></div>