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Message: <blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 3619418" data-attributes="member: 41485">Ru rushes over to Torhan, carefully watching as the gnome seems to stutter as he watches the four. Ru bends over, and the gnome lashes out. Yet Ru predicts this, and deftly avoids the gnome's strike. He scoops up the paladin, just managing to hold him over his shoulder and stagger out of the way. Blood pumps forcefully through Ru's body as he-just for a moment-realized how his former rage would be to his benefit, just this once...Marionette takes the moment to lash out, throwing her small frame into an arc as her hand-chain wraps around the gnome's arm. The gnome and the pet begin to grapple in a bizarre dance. The odd way that Marionette shifts her weight as if held by strings, her entangling of the gnome's limbs, and the method by which front and back, up and down, seem to hold no meaning for him, leave a surreal twisting of limbs for dominance. Bile rising quickly in his throat, Darian pulls out his tanglefoot bag. No, Suki he thinks as he debates using the bag. No, not in the middle of the grapple--that could stick them both together... Calahan fires an arrow into this morass, yet must adjust his aim as Ru heads straight for him, with Torhan. Too quickly, it turns out, as the arrow flies harmlessly past them. He calls to Tavish for oil or alcohol. Barely thinking as he continues to calm the horses, Tavish pulls a flat metal flask from his jacket and tosses it. Calahan catches it.BONG. The clock calls out the 15-minute mark. At that instant, the gnome stops, shakes free of Marionette, and walks away from her.<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/351786651_b971da0c5c_d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> The gnome turns to leave. Alek calls out, "Come back, Marionette! Everyone, away!" as he scrambles into the coach cab. He crawls over Torhan's body, and places his mouth close to Torhan's ear...[sblock=Torhan] "Wake up, Torhan. Time to live. Sasha lies and waits." [/sblock]Torhan suddenly gasps for air and doubles over, coughing, but rising back to consciousness (+11 hp). Everyone is huddled near or in the coach, with the sole exception of Marionette.Ru: 16/30Torhan: 10/40Calahan: 3/23Fr. Berman: 26/30Darian: 11/20[sblock=credit]Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/soffia/351786651/in/set-72157594473421912/" target="_blank">Soffia Gisladottir</a> [/sblock]</blockquote>

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