Say what you will about Ledude brand (TM) soap, but it worked, as Rayne lathered up and washed the spunk off Moonshadow's body. Her body felt knobby under Rayne's fingers, like skin and bones padded with not quite enough muscle and fat, which only contributed to her appearance as a tiny frail girl.<br/><br/>All cleaned up, the monk was all too happy to return the favour, soaping up Rayne's back and giving her a rub that was somewhere in between a scrub and a massage. The suds were thick on her back when the clarion note of a horn's call reverberated across the jungle. The sound came from the watchtowers of Melangwi Outpost! A volley of flaming arrows arced high into the sky in the distance, and descended on the settlement, their still-burning heads embedding themselves into the watchtowers and buildings. Dark projectiles whizzed past the occasional patches of light created by these small fires as the NPC guards returned fire with their own bows.<br/><br/>Ledude and Moonshadow stared for a moment as they struggled to comprehend the sudden attack. "<em>Allez-y maintenant!</em>Let's go, now!" The Gallic alchemist was first to come back to his senses. "We'll head back to town first and see what's going on. Catch up with us when you can," he added to Rayne, looking back at her as he was already fully dressed and moving. Moonshadow was likewise wading out of the water and following him even though she was still in the nude, but she was a monk and didn't need to wear armour. Technically clothing wouldn't provide bonuses in combat, the colloary being that there wouldn't be penalties for<em>not</em>wearing it.<br/><br/>The same couldn't be said of Rayne, who had to decide whether to take a precious minute to put her protective gear back on, or to go right now in her vulnerable state.