Faced with a set of enemies clearly in disarray, Albali and Turilia have choices to make about temptation. They choose opposite paths, with the wisdom of each to be proven soon enough. Returning the blows from her slightly higher perch, Turilia swings a magically-charged staff in a wide arc that would have knocked the feline's head off had it but hit... though the guard's predictable dodge brings him right into the path of her open mouth. Clamping down on a shoulder, she shakes before letting go and drawing no small amount of blood. in her mouth, the taste seems to beg for her<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>to let go, but to keep pulling and savoring... though a sidelong glance at the now entirely too close behemoth of a naga promises pain a la Xarithe should Turilia do what her stomach wants. Instead, she backs away, staff at the ready. For Albali, though, the sight of Xarithe threatening a gnome she wanted so badly for herself, that seemed to flood her mouth with drool at just the memory of his sister's taste... well, it's far too heady stuff to keep her blocking the door. Rushing past the surprised feline guard as he swipes ineffectually where she'd been a second before, and clawing the air wildly as Ain blows past him too, she places her hex upon her prey with a single shouted word. The gnome, looking in horrified surprise, starts to work his mouth... and then falls over on his side, unconscious and helpless. Behind him, his similarly-but-slightly-less delectable looking companion shouts in wordless alarm, squirming to get away from Eiyre and to help out a friend, but somehow the net efforts of his struggle is to push himself firmly into Eiyre's body, head barely coming up to her armored chest.<br/><br/>With Gorun now the only thing between at least one guard and an escape, the feline starts back towards his old opponent, but- "Halt!" The naga barks, her mouth now full. "We can end this ourselves! Take them- no, eat them! Numbers will be on<span style="font-style: italic">our</span>side."<br/><br/>"But, cap-"<br/><br/>"NOW!" The captain roars, looking around... and neither guard seems inclined to balk her, even now. The feline turns away from Gorun and the door, opting for a less obviously brutal opponent. Though Albali only has eyes for the gnome, and an outstretched hand at that, she does see the feline coming. It's not enough. He lunges to her side and wraps her in a warm embrace, pinning one arm to her side and already opening his mouth to get ready to force her in as quickly as possible. Less success greets his fellow as he clumsily grabs for Turilia's staff arm and only snatches air.<br/><br/>[[Actions:<br/><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;">Albali moves; attack of opportunity misses, and Ain flies through the gap without being threatened as a result. Slumber is cast, and the gnome rolls a 7... decidedly not enough to avoid naptime.<br/>Turilia misses with a staff, but successfully gnaws on her cat.<br/>No humans but Gorun's are in any position to do anything; that one attacks the stomach but misses.<br/>One gnome sleeps; the other attempt to roll escape artist to get out, and manages to roll a 1. Impressive!<br/>Turilia's catfolk attempts to grapple her, but narrowly misses; he steps back towards the naga. <br/>The other catfolk tries to grapple Albali; this succeeds. <br/>Kaheksa strolls forward.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Init:<br/>Albali (17/20 HP, grappled by a cultist), Ain, Turilia<br/>Enemy Guards, Kaheksa (One human is swallowed by Gorun, one is unconscious, one is unconscious and grappled by Sira, and one is unconscious and swallowed by the naga. One gnome is unconscious, the other grappled by Eiyre. One catfolk is grappling Albali.)<br/>Sira (Barkskin, Feather Step, Has a cultist partially swallowed, 33/35 HP), Xarithe (Barkskin, Resist Digestion, 23/35 HP), Gorun ((Has a cultist swallowed completely, 19/31 HP), Eiyre (grappling a gnome), Ambrosia (Full HP, but 12 nonlethal damage, swallowed)<span style="font-style: italic">Currently Up</span><br/>Naga Captain<br/><br/>Map:<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/vNADBPa.png">http://i.imgur.com/vNADBPa.png</a>]]