<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/fe/2d/43fe2dd56d4067c258d1ef3b85e0ca15.jpg)<br/><div align="center"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Level</strong>: 1</td><td><strong>Xp</strong>: 0/8</td><td><strong>Coin</strong>: 10</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Armor</strong>: 0</td><td><strong>HP</strong>: 19/19</td><td><strong>Load</strong>: 3/8</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Str</strong>: 8 (-1)</td><td><strong>Dex</strong>: 16 (+2)</td><td><strong>Con</strong>: 15 (+1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Int</strong>: 9 (0)</td><td><strong>Wis</strong>: 13 (+1)</td><td><strong>Cha</strong>: 12 (+0)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 16pt;">Scarlet Blaze (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=318428.msg15339862#msg15339862)</span><br/><strong>Action:</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Taking the steps two at a time, she stopped quickly and nearly toppled into Mirwen and the innkeeper as they were coming down.  She listened to what Mirwen said and tried to peer upstairs to see if Nin and Radja really had things under control.  Scarlet didn't doubt Nin's or Radja's abilities, but she just wanted to make sure nothing had changed.<br/><br/>Her attention was brought back to the two women in front of her, specifically the innkeeper who was cursing her.  Not the first time she'd been cursed.  Likely not the last.  Scarlet simply gave the innkeeper an apologetic smile and shifted her shoulders while she stepped toward the wall and allowed the woman to pass.<br/><br/><strong>"It came from the castle, huh?"</strong>she asked Mirwen.<strong>"It was a better rush than sex,"</strong>she confided to her friend.<br/><br/>Scarlet pursed her lips, she really wanted to get a bit of revenge, but Mirwen's words were sound.<strong>"There are the two on Radja and the innkeeper."</strong>She gave a look over her shoulder at the woman fleeing down the stairs.<strong>"We need to get Nin and Radja out..."</strong><br/><br/>Scarlet stepped back onto the stair she'd just passed and allowed the flame whip to dissipate.  She glanced around at the fire.  Flames climbed the walls, crackled and popped as it consumed the oxygen.<strong>"I don't think I can get control.  Whatever it did before.  I've never had that much power before..."</strong>Her voice was for Mirwen only.  It was unlikely to carry further or above the noise of the fire.<br/><br/>She stared after the inn owner for a long moment, then looked back to her best friend.<strong>"Gonna try though."</strong><br/><br/>She bit her lip and inhaled the fresh clean air that Mirwen had provided for them.  This could be a really bad idea, or it could prevent the fire from destroying the inn.  If Radja could get out without bringing it all down on them.  Then maybe...<br/><br/><strong>"Let's get out of here, and I'll try to do what I can outside."</strong><br/><br/>She turned and lead the way down the stairs.  At the bottom she found one of Mazz's crazed attackers hog-tied by the entrance.  With a brief pause she turned to Mirwen for moral guidance.  In Scarlet's opinion the thing wasn't natural.  Some sort of ghoul or creature that deserved to die for attacking one of them.  Mirwen was a gentler soul, though.  Scarlet would do whatever Mirwen wanted.  Either walk past the incapacitated creature or help drag it out.  She was rather indifferent to both choices.