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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 723835" data-attributes="member: 2885">The strangers you meet in a dark alleySince the season was changing, dusk came earlier and earlier. It was the time when most businesses and people were finished for the day. It was also the time when most rogues or other nefarious beings were just getting started. It was the time for the party to be worried. They were in the alley behind their inn. As they had been instructed. A figure approached them.An arrow sped out of the night. It was directed at Bernedette. Her attention was on the stranger staggering towards her and the party. Luckily, she was not alone. Thane threw himself in the way of the arrow. He hoped his hide armor would prevent the assassin from striking true. And lucky for Thane and Bernedette, Erik was even better armored. The tank moved even faster. The arrow deflected off the heavy mail.“It’s an ambush,” Bernedette screamed. “Timmay, we need you.”Bartol saw the sniper. A cloaked figure dressed in black armed with a bow and a quiver full of arrows. The figure was perched on the opposite rooftop. Bartol sprang to the building and leapt for the overhang. He tried to pull himself up and onto the roof. Thane also reacted. He summoned his magical ball of fire and cast it aloft. It struck the figure. The figure fired two quick shots at the party. Neither found flesh. Erik fired an arrow over the figure's shoulder. Bernedette also launched a bolt into the night.A great crash was heard. The window adjacent to the other figure in the alley burst a sunder. And a dwarf climbed out.“By Great Moradin’s Hammer,” the dwarf cried out.The other figure in the alley staggered forward. It appeared to be a man. He was clutching his face. He collided with the dwarf. The dwarf quickly examined the man. He muttered some strange words in dwarven. Magic."What have you done now?" Timmay muttered as he climbed out of the party's window and into the alley.Bartol tried again to gain the rooftop. He slipped and fell. Thane prepared some more magic for the sniper. But the figure downed a potion and vanished. Although the light from Thane's fire magic was still lighting the sky.  Erik and Bernedette turned their attention to the other occupants of the alley. The dwarf continued to tend to the man's injuries. For he was injured. He was missing his eyes and his tongue.Bartol brought his shield around for cover. He reached up and dragged Bernedette to him. Thane, Erik, and Timmay watched as the light of Thane's magic vanished over the rooftop. Bernedette couldn't decide if the dwarf and the man were friend or foe. She thought to immobilize them. She cast her magic at the feet. A slurry of thick grease had the man falling and the dwarf wondering."What are you doing Missy?" the dwarf asked.</blockquote>

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