Through the swirling dust, Thea could see an ugly worm-like form just to her south, its writhing tentacles nearly close enough to touch. Almost reflexively, she began to call one of her spells to mind, but a fit of coughing made her first words dissolve in a rasping spray. "We're down here," she coughed, abandoning orcish for the Common tongue, "and there are some 'cough' things moving around 'hack, cough, hack' too." Finally she tried to focus enough to get a spell off, but those tentacles were a dangerous distraction- but her training as a constable came through, allowing her to maintain her concentration for a crucial moment.
OOC: [sblock] If her turn comes up before the beasties, she will try to cast Sleep on the nearest one, casting on the defensive to avoid an AoO. Concentration roll, DC 16, roll 21 (
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1338664 ), spell successfully cast on defensive, Will save DC 15 or fall asleep for 4 minutes, affects up to 4 HD- only one crawler, I think. AC 16, HP 17 of 21 [/sblock]