[[On further reflection- and with no small blame to me being away from home for a few days yet and unable to do a full combat update with a map- I'm going to go ahead and not make everyone play through the dying embers of this fight... I try to finish things when they're obviously over. This also partly explains the terseness (cursed netbook keyboards!)<br/><br/>This is totally not because I am surrendering in the face of ALL THE ONES.]]<br/><br/>The increasingly few combatants continue a fight more desperate than effective, each looking to the lightly stuffed naga for salvation and each, in their turn, being knocked out or swallowed. Turilia alone seems inclined to knock out her enemy without getting around them, as Gorun quickly sends the other feline to join the already rapidly-softening human in his distended gullet; from the outraged screech, being pushed into human soup does not agree with the guard, though Gorun quickly moves to quiet that protest by making the feline become part of it. Eiyre and Albali split the gnomes, sending each alive (though only one conscious) to their gullet and savoring to different extents the warm flavor of gnome. And Sira cheerfully swallows a second human, regarding the pair of bodies as a decent start at breakfast. Which, of course, merely leaves the naga-<br/><br/>"-So, his lordship doesn't think I can<span style="font-style: italic">handle</span>my assignment?" the naga hisses as soon as the last of the cultists has their head inside a stomach or out cold. "Sent an acolyte to try to back me up? Damn the man, I don't have to stand for this kind of insult!" She keeps her voice down, adding, "The Duke promised me I'd be given the latitude to solve this<span style="font-style: italic">my</span>way, I'd already almost removed all the competence from the guard force, and here you come." She gives Xarithe a half-irritated, half-affectionate look in her coil. "You picked good retainers, though. Took care of this rabble pretty well. How impatient<span style="font-style: italic">is</span>his Lordship?"<br/><br/>[[I will do the final Mechanics of the fight when I get home >_> Hoping to get through till then on interaction.]]