Irritated at the soldier's presumption, Xarius whirls with his newfound blade and lances it right through the human's lung, withdrawing it in a smooth motion. It wasn't the same as a good bow, but the balance was excellent, the point was as sharp as anyone could like, and the enchantment seemed to let him move it as though it was a lighter weapon without losing any of the impact of a stab. The effect is notable; the soldier drops his weapon, one hand going to the deceptively small puncture wound in his armor putting pressure on it out of sheer instinct. Even with that, he lapses into bleeding unconsciousness soon after his rear hits the deck, slumping over with a look of surprise still on his face. Leaving Delia to finish her meal, Xarius bounds back the way he came, trying to rally the other prisoners to finish overcoming this guard detachment before any others can arrive- but not before patting the mage's exposed rear in passing, drawing an irate shriek from Delia's intended meal.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, few people are listening to him, for various reasons. As he arrives, the luckiest soldier on the ship swings his sword, cutting deep into the half-orc's side. At this latest wound, Garth's eyes glaze over, and Xarius can see a bit of foam starting to gather at the man's lips. The soldier pales and backs away, but Chira's quick to leap a few feet forward and put the front of her body between Garth and either soldier. "No, Xarius. She'll live longer in his stomach than Garth will if he keeps swordfighting this one." Reaching out, she grabs the soldier with both hands, one around the human's neck and one around his shield arm, lifting him a foot off the deck with barely a grunt of effort. "You want to stab someone, stab me- it'll make my stomach hungrier," Chira promises the man.<br/><br/>Seeing that her immediate prospects for succor (as opposed to being sucked) are limited, Mona groans. "Really? This guy's just some half-elf from the slums given shiny armor and a sword, and-" without continuing the thought, she quickly casts a spell. Impressive, given that she's being bearhugged, shoved against a wall, and drooled on; it's a feat of concentration that says better than her actual results that the sorceress has a formidable mind. A pale gray beam fires into the soldier's chest, and those nearby can see the man's muscles visibly shrink under the arcane assault. As she feels her spell work, Mona smirks, "Alright! Not feeling quite so brave now, are you? Feeling... weaker? I know where you can rest and recover all that strmrggffgGGGHHH!!!!!" Undaunted by his magical weakness, the half-elven soldier quickly distends his jaws with a wince of pain, forcing his head onto Mona's and pushing down to her chest in a single lunge that would have done credit to a real predator, let alone an ersatz one like this soldier. Mona almost seems too surprised to really fight back at the insult of being eaten by such a novice- but the soldier glances back at his comrade in Chira's grip, and decides that getting around one of the prisoners is the only way to live through this nightmare.<br/><br/>As one of the other crewman finally gropes his way onto the rope ladder leading to the top deck and scales it slowly, there's a grand commotion from below. A few seconds later, a blond elvish man emerges from the hatch, holding his sword at the ready. He looks pretty fierce, really. Except for the fact that he does not actually have any pants on, or anything below the waist at all, and is visibly still a little erect from something. "Alright, what's so godsdamned vital that you yank me out of my ro-" he pauses, seeing the bodies on the floor and the jailbreak in progress. "BELLA GET UP HERE," he roars without missing a beat, and a scant second later a tan-furred woman leaps vertically through the hatch, landing on the edge. She, at least, has most of her- wait, no. Pants are on, but her leather armor is a vest, not secured, and there's very clearly nothing underneath that; also, her fur is mussed with a few wet spots around her face, and she definitely looks frumpled despite the slim sword at the ready. She looks pretty lithe, without much muscle except for thick thighs and calves- looking around the room, she yelps when she sees the crewman on the ground near Garth. "Holy shit, the prisoners have escaped!"<br/><br/>"No, you think?!" The elven soldier- Xarius recognizes an officer's decoration on the parts of his armor he's actually wearing- snarls. He looks over the rest of the ship, and gapes when he sees one of his men halfway around someone, but visibly doesn't make a fuss. Drawing his sword, he says, "Help me get them back in their cells-"<br/><br/>"Or what?! You and your men are supposed to be security! You said they had it in hand, that we could go into my room and-"<br/><br/>"Never mind that, you stupid bitch!" The elf says. "We can argue after we put down this rising!"<br/><br/>"Oh, NOW it's stupid bitch?" The rabbit retorts. "Funny, five minutes ago it was 'oh, right there, don't stop, gods yes', but now it's stupid bitch? I-" She bites off her retort, looking again at the crewman. "Alright, you prisoners, you're killin' my people, and as first officer of this ship I gotta take exception to that. Get back in your cells, or I'll carry yez there in my belly."<br/><br/><br/>((Xarius KOs the soldier and moves back towards the main body of the fight.<br/>Mona attempts to defensively cast, while grappled, Ray of Enfeeblement. Casting Defensively check is +15 vs. DC 17, and the check to cast while grappled is the same against DC 16, so anything other than a 1 works. A 33 and a 22 succeeds. Ranged touch attack (with penalty) is an 11, barely hitting. Soldier succeeds on the fort save to take half damage, and loses 3 strength.<br/>Soldier #1 crits his stabilization roll and is no longer dying.<br/>Soldier #2 actually rolls a freaking 19. Mona is partially swallowed. Mona is the least lucky NPC in history.<br/>Soldier #3 presses the attack on Garth. Attack hits for another- are you serious? max damage on the damage roll. 13 damage. He then backs up.<br/>Crewman #1 rouses reinforcements.<br/>Crewman #2 escapes topside.<br/>Crewman #3 succeeds stabilization roll, and is unconscious.<br/>Chira steps forward to shield Garth and grabs the soldier. Literally anything but 1 succeeds. She rolls a 2.<br/>Reinforcements arrive.<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/PGywNrQ.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).<br/>Each square is 5 feet.<br/><br/>Init-<br/>Delia 22 (34/52 HP, Swallowing Mage) <- Here<br/>Rabbit 21<br/>Mage 16 (Partially Swallowed by Delia)<br/>Garth 13 (Severely Wounded)<br/>Xarius 12  (45/53 HP)<br/>Mona 11 (Lightly Wounded, Partially Swallowed by Soldier #2)<br/>Soldiers 7 (#1: Unconscious, #2 grappling Mona, #3: Wounded, Grappled by Chira )<br/>Crewmen 6 (#3: Unconscious)<br/>Lieutenant 5<br/>Chira 4 (Wounded, Grappling Soldier #3, 1 medium meal (not stuffed yet))<br/><br/>Globals:<br/>Glitterdust: Basically the entire cargo hold is glittery now (4 more rounds)))