Both Synys and the panther are just watching the scene unfold, appearing to have faded into the background again.  Seems to happen a bit.  The vixen is mostly watching Dura uncertainly, and wondering about the bard's ready hands; is he planning to give up the weapons or draw them?  It seems that the group is dissenting on how to go abot this: the bard and elf - apparently enthralled by the guardwoman - are willing to be searched and go on while the lamia and human are less cooperative.  She doesn't even know what the centaur is thinking.  She's about to voice a question when the creature under her surges forward.<br/><br/>Dusk isn't liking this situation at all.  They're surrounded, the enemies are both trying to intimidate them and assure them security, and apparently no one hear even understands<span style="font-style: italic">what</span>is being saught after.  She's itching to find a way out of this and just move on.  However, then a brief glint catches her eye as one of the woman raises her gauntleted hand at the elf.  While she has no particulqr connection to the elf, she understands - or at least believes she understands - the gesture of a threat and will not stand for it.  She shifts and charges at the Emerald Claw member, biting at her before she gets any closer to Sansuki.<br/><br/>[Attack: 1d20+8  19 (not sure what bonuses for charge are)<br/>I think she'd be flat-footed?<br/>Damage: 1d8+7  14<br/>CMB check for auto-grapple attempt:  1d20+16  28]<br/><br/>[[Not taking Synys' readied action because even she was caught by surprise]]<br/><br/>[[The diplomacy skill isn't really something meant to be used on player characters, is it? o.o]]<br/><br/>[[I'm not sure which way people are/were leaning in the whole 'two ways to end the encounter' thing, but I honestly rolled to see how Dusk would react<img alt="^^;" src="./images/smilies/sweatdrop.gif" title="Sweat drop"/>]]