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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 3318336" data-attributes="member: 41485">Darian, Ru, and Fr. BermanLeaving Hieran and the women behind, Darian pulls Templeton out of the walkpaths back onto Markovstrasse. The scene before him is surreal. Ru clambers over the roof of a runaway carriage, moving away from the action at full tilt toward the festivities. A large heap of a man moans as he slowly and gingerly picks himself up from the cobblestones. And about 40 feet past that, Fr. Berman is leveling his pistol at some masked man, who is flapping his encloaked arms wildly and desperately... pecking at him.Fr. Berman fires, and open another bloody patch on the madman. He still closes with the priest, but is too dazed to effectively strike him. It gives him the moment he needs to reload his pistol.Ru climbs over the roof of the cab easily enough and tries to issue commands to the horses. He grabs the reins, and feels the bile of fear rise in his throat as he watches the carriage get nearer and nearer... Masked faces have turned to notice the impending carnage...Ru pulls hard. The wheels of the carriage groan and skitter. The horses change their speed, and the entire carriage shudders as Ru desperately turns the carriage. There is not enough time to stop. But there is enough to swing the carriage, violently, back onto the Queen's Avenue, still following the police carriage, and avoiding the crowds. There is screaming. There is calls to watch out. But the carriage, and disaster, is averted.Adrenaline pumping madly through his body, Ru barely notices the sharp pain at his throat. A moment later, he clutches his bleeding neck, gasps for breath, and looks behind him. Emerging through a trap door in the roof of the carriage is the second beaked passenger. He is hunched, musclebound, and hirsute. In his meaty hand, he wields--ever so delicately, with pinky raised--a scalpel.<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/87270309_5cd69a85b1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[sblock=ooc]Fr. Berman hits for 8 damage and reloads. The madman misses.The relevant skill for Ru in this case is Handle Animal (at +0, I've checked). Oh, and Spot, too. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> His madman got in a sneak attack for 18 damage.Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/codycustard" target="_blank">Cody Custard</a>.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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