This is going better thn I expected, Deneve thought as she climbed faster than she had thought she could. Atleast she reached the edge and rolled over it, rising to her feet with semi-fluid motion and turned directly to face the bat creatures fiery breath weapon.  She pulled her hand up to cover her face, but it didn't do much good shielding her. She staggered backwards, narrowly avoiding falling back.<br/><br/>When the world came back to focus, there was a tall, naked woman in front of them. Deneve had stopped playing her lute, and lowered her weapon but didn't sheate it. The word "compelled" was what sounded queer to her. Was it a magical compulsion, or was that just a manner of speech?<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"> Failed reflex save</div></div>