<strong>GM Note:</strong><br/><br/>Muriel, we will say that grabbing your sword from the portable lab and quickly putting it on consumed roughly one entire action, though it would probably be more.  Let us simply say that you had spotted that creature a bit further away, and had already been in the midsts of preparing yourself for combat.<br/><br/>INIT count:<br/><br/>MR: 8<br/>PD: 5<br/><br/><em>Muriel retrieved the rapier.  It was funny, but Muriel had originally lost her sword to the sea.  This rapier had actually belonged to one of her fallen companions.  Muriel, like everyone else, had cannibalized the possessions of her friends.  In a way, it felt like they continued to fight alongside her.  Muriel gripped the handle, remembering that, before quickly tying the scabbard around her waist by its sash.<br/><br/></em>