Ryla's ears perk up in shock when the group she'd been traveling with doesn't resort to the more diplomatic solutions, and instead...well, pretty much bum-rushes them. Of course, the people WERE burning down a library, which in and of itself was...well, yeah. It wasn't good. She wasn't an especially avid book-reader, but there was plenty of knowledge contained here that had been useful in the past, and likely would still be in the future, if the place was salvagable.<br/><br/>Of course, she had no real desire to directly confront anyone in the opposing group...at least not DIRECTLY....<br/><br/>...Indirectly, though, well...that wasn't too much of a bad thing.<br/><br/>Using her own allies as a temporary distraction, Ryla slips sideways into the shadows, using the huge, flickering shadows cast by the flaming building to hide herself as well as possible.  It was not *perfect* cover, but it was as good as she might have hoped for. The light, at least, would prevent the emerald claw girl's night-vision from adjusting properly, making it all the more difficult for them to see her.<br/><br/>((Pretty much, Ryla is kinda...hiding the shadows, so to speak. x3 I have intentions of her pouncing on pretty much the first person that gets even *SLIGHTLY* away from their group, or whoever is too distracted to properly see her. I'll go ahead and post most of that action below, and once Ambrose decides I've encountered the 'correct enemy', I'll finish up my post ASAP! ^_^ Alternatively, if everyone decides to run past them and slip inside, I'll end up sneaking around to do the same, and rejoin everyone! ))<br/><br/>((Stealth Check -<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254814">Being super sneaky!</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+17</span><span style="font-weight: bold">28</span>))<br/><br/>Clinging to the shadows, Ryla grips her staff in her hand, silently cursing her inability to use REAL magic. It would have been so amazingly easy to settle down in the shadows and start doing *COOL* thing, like lobbing balls of fire or shooting massive streaks of lightning into her enemies. Oo, or even doing the really neat<span style="font-style: italic">glittery</span>thing Linda had done! Or even grow really neat-looking fangs and claws likes Valeani had done....<br/><br/>From her vantage point, she is all too aware of just how QUICKLY Valeani tries to wolf down one of the combatants, seeking to fill her stomach so quickly...eesh, doing that would give her the hiccups!....<br/><br/>Hrrrm....<br/><br/>Tapping her own stomach, mostly-shrunken after a few hours of digesting the delicious human girl she'd nibbled on back at port, Ryla hunkers down a little further and surveys the battlefield. It was greedy, she knew...it was likley going to get her in trouble, she knew....and she KNEW that she really shouldn't be filling her belly with so much mouthwatering, delicious food....<br/><br/>...But the girls looked DELICIOUS. Even the MAIDS. Augh, she really should have abstained from eating Delicia. She'd been so close to ridding herself of those CRAVINGS, and feeling just how amazing it was to have another digesting away slowly inside her tummy, feeling their squirms, their slowly-fading attempts to escape...<br/><br/>...Mmmm, it was so pleasant. Maybe, just MAYBE...she could get another chance here, if she played her cards right...wait. That voice, muffled and barely audible, coming from the girl with SOMEONE obviously stewing in her stomach. What was his name...Xarces? Hrrrm, come to think of it, she'd not actually seen him with the main group, and that voice sounded AWFULLY familiar....<br/><br/>Gripping her staff, Ryla continues to watch silently, waiting for the opportunity to strike, a predator in the night.<br/><br/>((Attack roll if anyone gets close or seems to lower their guard...the target she's GOING for is Odette, but she'll take anyone who ends up slipping up or getting too occupied or drawn away from the others -<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254821">Back stabbyness!</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+13</span><span style="font-weight: bold">22[/b<br/>Plus whatever bonus I might get for them not expecting it or whatever! ^_^ If there is any. <img alt="&gt;.&gt;" src="./images/smilies/shifty.gif" title="Shifty eyes"/> Still learning this, haha. <br/><br/>In the event it's a sneaky attack, going to...use Improved backbiter! <br/>So, 2x my dex to grapple and vore, and a free grapple/ingest attempt!<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254826">Grapple to om-nom!</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+23</span> [b]37</span><br/><br/>Aaaand my check to devour...<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/254827">Actually nomming!</a>:<span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20+25</span><span style="font-weight: bold">32</span><br/><br/>Also, because of 'befuddling strike', my foe gets 1d4 rounds of -2 to all attacks vs me! ^_^ ))<br/><br/><br/>Current HP - 42<br/>Current AC - 28 (This is...Base armor of 10, plus the armor I'm wearing, plus my natural armor, plus my dodge bonus, plus my dex and deflection, yes?)<br/>Flat footed - 19 (Just base + armor/natural armor, right?)<br/>Touch - 19 (This is...dex plus dodge mods and deflection, yes? )<br/><br/>((In the event the above action ends up taking place, I'll describe how I do it and what happens and such much more throughly! ^_^ ))