Kiyoni double-tapped the nearest seductress in the head, granting her true death before her body hit the floor. Her body dissolved into black ash that was immediately scattered and blown away by the wind in the tunnel.<br/><br/>Astrid and Lucia ran after the remaining woman, jumping over the narrow gap between the cars without difficulty. The unarmored inquisitor was faster and managed to catch up with her quarry. For a moment the woman looked fearful, as Lucia brought down her staff, shimmering with light, right on her head...<br/><br/><em>Bonk.</em><br/><br/>The expression on the pale woman's face turned smug, as the bruise on her forehead from the impact faded away almost immediately, returning her skin to its original porcelain-white color. "That's quite mean, dearie, pretending to have a holy weapon like that! Maybe you need to be pun-ow-ow-ow-ow!" Penny's magic missiles curved around Lucia and hit her in the sides, wiping that smug expression right off her face!<br/><br/>Realizing that she had wasted quite enough time on chatter, bordering dangerously on monologuing, the woman flung herself down the ladder and entered the dining car!<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Screams erupted from the inside of the dining car, and shortly after guests and waiters started fleeing as though their lives depended on it. Their rush to exist delayed and prevented the heroines from gaining entry into the car themselves for a few seconds. Amidst abandoned meals and overturned tables, the black-eyed woman held a wickedly sharp dagger to Ambassador Antoine's neck. "Stay back, all of you! And you, Ambassador, read this, now!" She pressed a scroll into the ambassador's hand.<br/><br/><strong>"My lady-"</strong>Ambassador Antoine began, but was cut off by the point of the dagger pressing hard enough to prick the skin and draw a trickle of blood. With no other choice, Antoine slowly and deliberately unrolled the scroll, still trying to buy as much time as possible for the heroines of Zettai Ryouiki to act.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><em>Astrid runs 60 feet down.<br/>Kiyoni deals 27 damage to near Not-Vampire and destroys it.<br/>As the nearest Not-Vampire has been destroyed, Lucia's and Penny's target switches to the far Not-Vampire.<br/>Lucia 2 damage far Not-Vampire (after DR/silver reduction and axiomatic not activating).<br/>Penny deals 12 damage to far Not-Vampire.<br/>Not-Vampire withdraws to avoid AoO, climbs down and enters dining car.<br/>END ROUND-BY-ROUND COMBAT</em>