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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haiiro" data-source="post: 1739768" data-attributes="member: 1891">Aparently unconcerned about the danger to his compatriot, one of the advancing Pikemen tried to skewer De'lea while she was grappling another member of his squad, and he narrowly missed them both. Seeing that things were going poorly, the last Pikeman to emerge from the alley dropped his spear and started running down one of the long piers that jutted out into the Arkhen.The remaining two active Pikemen were quickly cut down by the Follies, and when De'lea let go of the one she was grappling he took off like a shot, bolting for the river's edge and leaping in without hesitation.At the same time, Vicktor returned from his little excursion to find Tal and Tuggle trying to rally the Follies -- and nearly all of their various opponents dead or fleeing at high speed. As Vicktor assessed the situation, a Wheel that no one had noticed before darted out of the Copper Cup with a long dagger in his hand.Taking note of the two fleeing Pikemen, Cupric (who had cautiously avoided engaging any of the guards up to that point) took careful aim at the one who was already in the water and let fly with an arrow.It arced out over the water and found its mark, and the guard thrashed noisily for a moment before sinking under the surface. Seeing the second Pikeman leap from the end of the dock, Cupric considered shooting him as well -- and decided against it.In the confusion, none of the Follies -- most of whom were heading for the alleys that Tal and Tuggle were waving them towards -- attacked the Wheel that emerged from the Cup as he set upon the first of the dazed Pikemen.He drew his blade across the man's throat, and then stabbed him under the collarbone for good measure. Moving on to the second man, he slit his throat in one smooth motion -- and then tore aside his armor and carved a large "G" into his chest.As the Follies scattered -- Vicktor to the north, Cupric and Artemis to the west, and Tuggle, De'lea and Tal to the northwest -- Tuggle shouted for them all to meet up back at Farry's Port. Hoping that everyone had heard him, he took off himself -- and after the last Wheel carved his mark into the second Pikeman that he had dispatched, he too fled the carnage with all haste.From the moment the first giant emerged to the moment the Follies left the docks, only sixty seconds had passed.</blockquote>

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