Men burst through the doors at either end of the back of the shop, seven in all, fine-looking men with rapiers and loose shirts to show off chests; some had tricorne hats, others bandannas. Kairen was the only one standing outside the dressing rooms and at the sight of her, they looked to each other and crouched lower, whispering to each other and looking like they were going to sneak up on her. That might have been at very least ineffective considering how they were in plain sight, but to make it extra ineffective they burst into a very loud song.<br/><br/>"With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal!"<br/><br/>The elven woman looked from the dressing rooms to her husband. With a Look from her husband, she sagged in his arms, defeated, and the two of them nodded. "Shut your wretched head, you syncopated heel!" she sang back at them.<br/><br/>"Oh dear lady! Whatever is the wrong?"<br/><br/>"Some rascals shady!" she pointed out the door, "they took Fili along!"<br/><br/>The song stopped immediately, one could have heard a pin drop in the silence. "Oh. Oh no, little Fili? What kind of base ruffians would do such a thing? This will never do!" the bandit in front said.<br/><br/>"You're damn right it won't! Save her!"<br/><br/>Three of them immediately rushed out of the tailor shop, waving rapiers in the air with cries of "I'll save you, Fili!" and "I'll knock them all down!"<br/><br/>"Perhaps," the erstwhile leader said, "you had best tell us what they looked like...?" The elf glanced involuntarily at the dressing rooms, and started to make up a lie... then Sophie licked Filauria's ear and the half-elf moaned helplessly.<br/><br/>"I say!" the lead bandit thrust his rapier toward the dressing room curtain that Kairen was guarding, "What trickery is this! Come out at once!"<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Aleena saw three men in silk shirts waving rapiers rush out of the tailor shop, but stop at the sight of her. Each one doffed their hat and stowed their rapier (for that was the proper conduct when addressing a lady), and one said, "your pardon, young lady! Have you seen a group of rogues kidnapping a young half-elf? Did they come this way?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">People indoors, roll initiative! Your efforts have wound up splitting the foe in half. Three are talking with Aleena outside, four are in the tailor shop.<br/><br/>Evan and Lauriel are Hidden, and thus can attack with Advantage/can't be targeted until they stop being Hidden. Your readied actions will trigger pretty much immediately, so in the first round you'll go at the "top" of the order. In subsequent rounds it'll be whatever you roll for Initiative.<br/>With Kairen blocking the curtains, Sophie and Maria are Concealed from the bandits (and vice versa), meaning attacks against them are at Disadvantage.</div></div>