The beast did not respond. It growled and backed away defensively. Then it quickly turned and ran down a sidestreet, into the darkness. The rain had made Sionn wet to the bone by now.<br/><br/>As people barricaded their houses, groups of these...acid beasts began pounding doors and windows down. Sionn could hear horrible screams from within, and sometimes a young female might be escaping - only to run down a street and disappear screaming.<br/><br/>Slowly, however, Sionn started to notice that there was a method to the madness. The acid beasts attacked men, and most likely children and the elderly. But never the younger females. Something<em>else</em>was taking<em>them</em>!<br/><br/>And there they were. A dozen small creatures moving towards Sionn in the shadows. Eyes glowing, yapping barks. She was surrounded by Kobolds!