Instinctively, Lukas brings his arms up over his face- after all, if she's going to throw something he has to protect the moneymaker- but nothing comes. Confused, he peeks around one of his forearms towards the warrior woman... and realizes that she's not even looking at him.<br/><br/>See, where Lukas just got the strange "being watched" feeling, Tamara's senses are a bit better. Maybe it's just because she was already so on-edge at her "partner's" behavior... but she hears the creaking of wood against wood, and she's quicker to turn...<br/><br/>and find herself looking at the startled face of a strange, grey creature. In spite of herself, she finds her eyes trying to move away from the creature, as if she's unconsciously trying to deny its presence in the room... but her willpower turns out to be stronger than the effect, and she's able to locate it- and the knife in its hands- quite clearly.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">You and the creature can act in the surprise round, and Lukas failed his perception check so he's kind of stuck waiting. If you beat a 16 initiative, you go first. If not, PM me and I will edit. :) </div></div><br/>The creature seems to recover from its shock quicker, and wastes no time... it lunges forward, aiming to drive the short, spike-like knife in its hands straight into the warrior-woman's stomach. Luckily for her, the blade slips off of the wet surface of her armor, and the blade is deflected with the grating sound of metal against metal...<br/>