<strong>Location</strong>: Stony Juncture<br/><strong>Exits</strong>: Windy Overpass (West), Winding Passage (North East), Twisting Ascent (Down)<br/><strong>Tagged</strong>: Vesna, Anya<br/><hr/><br/>As the two charge heroically up the stairs, Vesna covered into gore and blood, they came upon the landing at the top of the stairs.  Here they were greeted by four goblins--three scouts and one shaman.  They had their weapons out and ready, no doubt hearing the sounds of the skirmish below.<br/><br/><strong>"Take that one!"</strong>the Shaman hissed at Vesna.<strong>"I wants her."</strong>While they lacked the benefit of their Goblin translator, the point was conveyed fairly well across the lingual barrier.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Initiative</div><div class="spoiler_body">Because we-go they-go has proven a lot more efficient than a properly delineated turn order in PBP format, I'm just gonna tell you: <br/><br/>Their highest initiative was a 14.<br/><br/>Beat that, y'all go first.<br/><br/>Tie that, I'll give it to you.<br/><br/>13 or lower and y'all go after them.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Map</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/spuBkKj.png)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Map Notes</div><div class="spoiler_body">You must stand in the square presently occupied by Vesna to leave the stairs area.<br/><br/>The spiky bits of rock count as both light cover and difficult terrain. <br/></div></div><br/><br/>The scouting party was clearly not expecting to be bum-rushed by a human and a dwarf, but they had lived a life of fairly constant violence--and had the scars to show for it.  Though their bodies were comparatively frail, they'd put up a fight.  And the shaman's talisman glowed with a sickly green light as he began to snarl and unfurl his lips.  There was something decidedly<em>wrong</em>about it, yet also something rather... erotic?