Status: Skirt damaged, damp<br/>HP 68 of 83<br/>Spells remaining: 5 of 7 1st, 4 of 4 2nd, 0 of 1 from bonded object<br/><hr/>Something about Moonshadow made Rayne feel ... well, not maternal, but protective, as if the slight monk was really as weak as she seemed.  Of course this was an amusing contrast from the sexpot of earlier;it was hard to see her as the same character now, and then.<br/><br/>When it was Moonshadow's turn to clean the half-elf's back, the strength of her fingers was apparent, and so well-applied that Rayne sagged into it, closing her eyes for just a moment... or it seemed just a moment, when the alarm horn jerked her back to alertness.  All three PCs turned to see the rather pretty flight of arrows curving from darkness into the buildings of Melangwi.  All else forgotten, Rayne stood tall, straining to see more, but it was Ledude who understood first.  "Be careful!  I'll be ... a moment."  She had just enough presence of mind to dip once, quickly, rinsing off before surging out of the river toward her gear.  She scooped up her panties, then raced to the flat rock Ledude had used as a watch post.<br/><br/>The other two were far ahead already, Moonshadow without a scrap on.  Should Rayne follow that example?  She needed her weapon of course, and her quiver at least... but her armour?  She didn't want to leave the others fighting alone... but she was no monk.  And, to be perfectly honest, she wasn't comfortable running into combat nude, even if the NPCs didn't care.  No... not that she'd made her mind up, she moved quickly, diving into her chain shirt, pulling everything on as quickly as she was able.  Purely decorative though they were, she stepped into her panties as well - that hardly made any difference in time, but considerable difference to how she felt about running into unknown danger!<br/><br/>With bow in hand she<em>ran</em>for the entrance of the Outpost.  Of course the gate would be closed - unless things were going even worse than one might expect from a surprise night-time attack.  At least the attackers had come from the other side, not across the river where the three were bathing!<br/><br/>But what was this, anyway?  If it was just a raid to add "atmosphere", it would be driven off by the guards easily enough.  The attackers might not even bother with PCs stuck outside the walls in that case....