<br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/MSisuns.png)</div><strong>Name: </strong>Sparrow (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=276392.msg13585650#msg13585650)<br/><strong>Tagging: </strong>Group 1<br/><strong>Wearing: </strong>asskini  (https://i.imgur.com/LUeTevA.png)<br/><strong>Status:</strong>HP- 20/20    Flow- 0   XP- 5/9  Effects- sleep rope(-1 to all rolls)<br/><hr/><br/>Honestly Sparrow wasn't quite sure what kind of reaction to expect from the woman. Obviously he had hoped his actions would be enough to sway her, even if only begrudgingly, but he had no way to know for sure. Thus when he suddenly felt her hand petting through his hair Sparrow was hit with a sudden mixture of surprise and...warmth? It was a small gesture obviously, probably inconsequential from the woman's perspective, but not only did it bring a bright blush to his cheeks, it nearly brought tears to the boy's eyes. After everything they had endured, everything they had lost...the woman's gentle touch, her frank yet earnest praise...without even realizing it the boy had started nuzzling his head back against her palm.<br/><br/>Sparrow clenched his fists and took a deep breath to keep himself from trembling and losing his composure, "Not at all ma'am, I'd be happy to help" he chimed, gazing up at her with a beaming smile, though as he got back up to his feet he would quickly put his game face back on, they weren't out of the woods just yet. Without a word the monk leapt into action behind his foe turned ally, easily keeping pace as he swung and skipped across the roots and branches of the dangling jungle as naturally as a spider monkey. As they passed by their companions he quickly made note of their precarious situation, "don't worry! we'll be back soon!" he called, flashing an apologetic smile, to Moth in particular since he couldn't say he felt all that bad about Anahita's entrapment.<br/><br/>Sparrow came to an abrupt halt as they neared the writhing mass of black, shadowy tendrils. It was a horrific sight for sure, but more disturbing than the monster itself was just how normal this was starting to feel to Sparrow. About a week ago the boy would have lost his nerve seeing such an obscene, grotesque display, but in the days they had spent within the Anus this stuff had almost become routine. That probably didn't say very good things about his mental state, but he'd have to shelve those problems for now, "It's got two victims....I think?" he mused, raising a brow at the boastful rantings of the elven woman. He had assumed she was the one being victimized here, but now she was raving as though this beast was hers to command....well, at least she was before a tentacle crammed itself down her maw. They could sort out the who's and the how's later, for now this thing needed to go down.<br/><br/>"Magic huh...hmmm..." he muttered, glancing back over his shoulder towards Anahita, "Alex, your magic deals in shadows right? This thing looks pretty similar, do you think your powers would work on it?" he questioned. It was a shadowy beast, and Alex did shadowy...er...<em>stuff</em>, so there was probably a connection there, right? He honestly didn't know the first thing about magic, so who knows, "ma'am, if magic will help us, our companion is a sorceress. If you can hold this thing off and prepare whatever you're planning I can go get her" he explained, racing off to where their teammate dangled.<br/><br/>Reaching into his pack he produced a small knife, no good against a massive beast, but no doubt able to smite a few troublesome lengths of hemp. With a running start the boy leapt over the gap Ana was situated over, sending them both swinging back and forth as he landed on the bound mage, "sorry to interrupt your break Ana, but we need your help fighting that monstrosity over there" the boy hastily explained, spinning them around so Ana was facing the mass of shadowy black tentacles, "so if you could start preparing some heavy duty spells it'd be greatly appreciated" he cooed, already starting to saw away at the various knots holding her together.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Free Anahita: At 2018-11-19 12:53:39, pdragon (uid: 57462) rolls: 2d6a2 Result: 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=126677)<br/></div></div>