<div class="floatright">(http://mystsofeyr.com/images/ForestElf.jpg)</div>Moving through the trees, gently, quietly, Yula gets closer to the where the bandits are seated.  They are an impressively quiet crew, quieter than most bandits manage with their boasting and drinking, more refined, trained and ready.  But there are some sounds, the<em>schnick schnick schnick</em>of the youngest elf carving her arrow, the slow even breathing of the four women, a gentle crackle of a fire barely large enough to roast the overgrown tubers, fruits, and rabbit on the spit above.  Soon after, Serana is moving with her, the two Delvers ahead (for now) of the rest of the group.  Through the trees, they catch sight of the four elven women, hand-chatting silently, working on their weaponry, and connecting with nature.  Through the haze of the humid forest, sounds seem distant or muffled, perhaps to the advantage of the Delvers.<br/><br/>Serana and Yula begin to move around the camp in opposite directions, the bladeforms coming into Serana's head as she surveys the camp.  Her mirrors will go there, twist past that tree, turn just so, casting a spell or working in Harmony, who can say.  She sees her blade cutting across the elves, one falling, a second surrendering, the third knocked unconscious, only that tall, orcy-looking one standing against the onslaught of her blade.  There are, of course, things that may change in any moment, it could be that the winds of fate will not go as she plans them, but visualized so... it's almost as though she has already moved.  This will just be a dance she's had many times before.  She begins to see how she will move when she hears a crack of a branch in the direction of Yula.<br/><br/>Before anyone else can act, the young elf has her bow lifted and fires off an arrow.  It flicks past the tree line, bursting through a bush, straight at Yula.  The green feathered shaft slices against her leg, but Yula stands her ground, the pulsing pain not enough to set the shadow-dancer off.  Deep breaths, focus on the blade, deep breaths, focus on the blade.<br/><br/>Serana is able to see the result in the camp.  After a tense moment of the elven women grabbing for their bows, there is silent, hand-gestured laughter.  The young elf woman who fired the bow blushes deeply and then does a flurried set of signals to the others, to which they respond in kind with gestures of their own.  They crane their necks for a moment, but surely if they had shot someone there would be a further noise, some shouting, some scream, some breaking of branches.  They begin to settle back down, but the young one is agitated now, her bow and arrow out and ready.<br/><br/><hr/>There is always a sense of presence for Olivia, a feeling that she has Saint Ovara available.  Sometimes it is her own faith, other times an echo that seems almost to respond to her.  Today, that echo is strong, Olivia acting in defense of Saint Ovara's people, of her push for mercy, for healing, for the stability of civilization.  Although she slides down towards the encampment, there is a feeling almost of silently buzzing wings beneath her, not letting her hurt herself as she moves between twisted gnarled roots.  Saint Ovara looks after her own.<br/><br/>At the call out offering help, the elves perk up and begin to gesture to each other.  They nod in agreement and the young elf calls out, "It's my ankle!  Please!  We need to get back to the village!  There are dangers!"  She brings her bow back into her hands, crouching and ready to fire in Olivia's direction should she walk out before them fully.  The other three elves also take up positions, moving into a more ideal place for their strike, unaware of either Yula or Serana near them nor of the rest of the party behind Olivia.<br/><br/><strong>Delvers, you still may turn this trap around!  <br/>Olivia, if you would like to, you may roll +Bonds to Aid (http://www.dungeonworldsrd.com/moves#TOC-Aid-or-Interfere) one of your compatriots.  Essentially, this is how you do a distraction! I /think/ you have 1 bond with Serana which would make that roll being done at a +1!<br/>Either way, the elves are aware that there is a healer drawing close and they clearly don't have the nicest of intentions, Yula has been struck (4 damage!), but Delvers are moving into position.  What do you do?</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">GM Talk</div><div class="spoiler_body">So, here's what's going on:<br/>Serana's roll is PROBABLY going to be a full hit, but I wasn't sure if pdragon wants to swap Int/Strength to make it so OR if Olivia's Aiding as a distraction would give a +1.  Either of those would pop it up to a 10+, so I didn't want to just roll forward into the attack.  Had pdragon posted in the thread ICly, I would have gone in with the attack needless to say, but because there's not a pose attached to the roll yet, I instead figured it could be interesting to have her Sherlock Holmes it before she does the action.<br/><br/>The reason that Yula took damage is because she rolled a Defy Danger to avoid being caught and I gave her a choice, you can take some damage OR you can be caught.  Yula elected to take the damage, didn't make more noise, and now the elves are even more convinced young shouter-girl is just crazy and paranoid!<br/><br/>I'm so excited to see how this goes!</div></div>