Upon the third strike, the golem cracked fully in half, falling towards both walls of the hall simultaneously and breaking into several more pieces still.<br/><br/>"Ha-ha!" Aria gave the enlarged Rose a kiss on the rear, then spun about as she shrank and kissed her lips once she could reach them. "Nice work. Even if they had brains I'd've ventured to say they never knew what hit them..."<br/><br/>She nodded to Rose, and ventured with her back upstairs, after  blowing stone dust off the edges of and sheathing her blades. She smiled, "'Tis nice not to have to clean off blood. Though I still prefer foes with actual arteries."<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>We've enough XP to level to 18 (will post exact XP tally soon) (as before, you need not ASAP, if you prefer to during rest, or are not set on the new feat choice, etc.)<br/>Elves' room description (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=85054.msg3818490#msg3818490), since it's been awhile<br/>Also, very sexy PwP post...<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>In the bedroom of the bound elves, Aria whispered mischievously to Rose, "'Tis good we did not die against Astos - if he'd survived and found these two bound up like so, it might've just give him ideas, eh? If it weren't his tastes already....he<em>was</em>a drow..." she stuck out her tongue, then shook the nearer elf awake.<br/><br/>The wispy blonde thing called out in a bleary, sleepy voice - unusual for elves and their reverie, Rose might well know from her nature-lore, but then again these two had been knocked out, and been inhaling black lotus fumes before that, if the paraphernalia in the room were any clue. "Don' wanna nuther drink just yet, 'les' it's top-rack," the elf mumbled in Elven, which Aria translated under her breath to Rose. Then her leaf-green eyes focused (sort of) on Rose and Aria, who kept translating (with the elf seemingly scarcely aware or caring of such details). "New girls? My technique is not slacking, surely..." she made to move off the edge of the bed, and belatedly discovered her bindings. "Oh my," she giggled, rather than seeming shocked or offended. She looked at the two adventurers again, and assumed the facial expression of one who thought she'd just had a clever insight. "I'm to learn<em>new</em>techniques then, and you were thusly hired."