Striding forward through the increasingly less crowded cargo hold, Xarius looks to once more save one of his erstwhile fellow inmates- at least if they weren't able to actively help, they were distracting soldiers that might otherwise hurt him, or Delia, or Chira and Mona if nothing else. Keeping the so far dubiously useful half-orc alive and undigested was thus on the neko's mind as he pushes forward- perhaps with a bit of hunger pangs on his mind as the feline sees a plump and now well-fed rabbitgirl finishing off her own meal and turning with a churning belly over towards him. Xarius moves up to pin the bloated bunny against the cargo hold's wall, cutting off an easy path of retreat to the deck above. It was pretty clear the rabbit meant to abandon her 'lover' to the tender mercies of the escaped prisoners, letting him buy time as she digested her catch and rallied the rest of the crew on the main deck above. The escapees don't intend to allow her to do so easily, though.<br/><br/>As Xarius approaches, the lapine turns to him, watching his ear and letting her ears flop back over her head as she greets the man with a grin. "Sorry. Didn't seem to be time to exchange names then. And I was thinking more eat and hop, but let's pass that by." With a shrug, she adds, "First mate of the ship. That'd be second in command for you landlubber types. Call me Lindy," the rabbit says with a sharp grin. "As for coming round here- well, the Empire doesn't clear passenger types with us cargo haulers before they load you on, but I gotta say they're underrated as caterers." The rabbit licks her lips meaningfully, patting her belly. "While I'd love to see if my second opinion of their taste in tasties is just as good as my first here- and from the look of you I think I'd be pleased to take my time with you more than this orc- with two people in my belly I'd hardly be able to move, let alone hop away from your friends. Have to take a rain check on that one." She seems ready for the spell, and when the chains push up she leaps several feet straight into the air despite her passenger, landing a few feet away with a heavy thud and shrugging off one of the spectral chains as it tries to catch around her leg. "Bondage? I just met you, but if that's the way your tastes run, I'd never argu- HEY!" So engaged in the discussion of more pleasant topics, Lindy can't get out of the sword's way and Xarius stabs her in the leg and gives her a bloody limp. "Now that's just rude," she fumes. "How'd you like it if I-"<br/><br/>A flicker of the rabbit's eyes betrays her- the elven lieutenant, bare legs and all, takes Xarius's attentions and moves off behind Xarius to trap the feline between a rabbit and her would-be beau. "Now, Lindy! He can't defend against both of us at once! I-"<br/><br/>Mona then steps up, calmly shaking her arms and getting a little more saliva off of them. "Gotten in a little deep there, Xarius? Can't quite pull you out of a throat- yet, unless you ask me real nicely once you're in mine- but let's see if I can't make this a little easier on you." She hadn't really cared for the orc, and frankly Mona was just as happy to see him gone were it not for the disadvantage that would accrue to the prisoners with him as rabbit fat. Still, she's more interested in the elven lieutenant than anyone else, and as she casts her spell the elf with his back to her doesn't have a chance at avoiding it. This time, there's no flashy, dangerous firebolt. Instead, abruptly, the elf's size halves until he's at eye level with Xarius's waist- a mere three feet tall and change. "There, now he'd fit inside me- do try to just knock him out instead of kill him, would you?" The human asks... a little plaintively. Chira, though, doesn't pay any mind to the human. Instead, seeing her target (a symbol of the hated Empire) in front of her and eminently trampleable, storms a few steps over and begins kicking the elf with strong hooves like a toy. Yelling in startled confusion, the elf is battered badly by a storm of hoofblows battering him around, though he holds position behind Xarius and even gets a strong-looking blow in on the centaur in turn- but at least Chira's distracted him from taking advantage of his position flanking the neko.<br/><br/>((Xarius casts Litany, and rabbit barely saves. Rabbit gets poked for 10 damage, though.<br/>Mona steps and casts Reduce Person on the elven lieutenant. Save fails, and the lieutenant is now Small.<br/>Soldier #3 Attempts to escape, and fails.<br/>Lieutenant steps and full attacks Chira. Only one sword attack hits.<br/>Chira attempts to trample the lieutenant; both hooves hit. Digestion damage 'kills' the last soldier.))<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/jWPURpB.png">Map Here</a><br/><br/>Legend:<br/>Black circles are barriers (stacks of boxes, etc) that are impassible<br/>Gray circles are barrels or a few scattered boxes that count as Difficult Terrain<br/>The purple stars are rope ladders (DC 5 climb check to get up/down with two move actions, or DC 10 to climb/descend in 1 move action); the forward one goes down, the middle one goes up to the top deck. Can be cut with an attack from a sharp weapon.<br/>The yellow box is the area that's open to the sky; you can see a ramp raised up on the top deck that'll need to be lowered for Chira to climb to the top deck when you're done here.<br/>Red S's are soldiers like what you already fought, Cs are crewmen, and the red M seems to be<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/kkehRHo.jpg">the lady in charge</a>.<br/>The Red E is an<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/9PBzpEa.jpg">elven army lieutenant.</a><br/>The Red B is a<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/GNYy4OZ.jpg">rabbit-girl second-in-command</a>of the ship. They were apparently enjoying each other when you so rudely interrupted.<br/>Dark Green letters are friendly NPCs (C-hira, M-ona, G-arth), light green are you (D-elia, X-arius).<span style="font-weight: bold">Bold</span>letters have a live meal in them.<br/>Each square is 5 feet.<br/><br/>Init-<br/>Delia 22 (34/52 HP, Has mage swallowed)<span style="font-style: italic">&lt;-Here</span><br/>Rabbit 21 (Has Garth swallowed, slightly wounded)<br/>Mage 16 (Swallowed by Delia, Lightly Wounded, Bellyrubbed)<br/>Garth 13 (Swallowed by Rabbit, Severely Wounded, Greased)<br/>Xarius 12<br/>Mona 11 (Lightly Wounded)<br/>Lieutenant 5 (Severely Wounded, shrunken)<br/>Chira 4 (Severely Wounded, 2 medium meals (not stuffed yet))<br/><br/>Globals:<br/>Glitterdust: Basically the entire cargo hold is glittery now (1 more rounds)))<br/>Haste (5 more rounds)