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Message: <blockquote data-quote="apocalypstick" data-source="post: 1046195" data-attributes="member: 12356">"Ey, Big Bug! Over 'ere!" shouts Isaac. He steps from the shadows and, with a single swift movement, pulls a dagger from his boot and sends it screaming through the night at the burly-boy. The brute turns around at the sound of Issac's voice, but the dagger flies wide of him, lodging itself neatly into one of the Grin's support timbers.Edwin curls his lip and raises his left hand to shoulder-height. He snaps his fingers and points at Farrel; with a single sharp word, two glowing spheres of magical energy shoot from his fingertip and strike the sorcerer in his chest.The red-haired girl, seizing the opportunity, finally pulls free of Edwin's grip.As the magic missiles flash through the air, briefly illuminating the darkened streets of the Hive, Alex pulls his knife and lunges from his hiding place. "Let the girl go, ya mooks!" he shouts, drawing the attention of one of the Irregulars circling around Dan - and  plunging his dagger deep into the drunken ganger's chest. Drehluk curses under his breath as his sword slides from its sheath with a metallic whisper. He locks stony eyes with Edwin and mutters coldly but calmly, "This blade has given many a soul leave to be with Anselm, but now serves a greater authority. I suggest you and your boys stand down lest you receive its' bite."The icy, cruel fire in the ex-Justicar's eyes gives the cruel ganger pause - he  takes a step backward into the Grin, suddenly looking rattled and unsure...and slips on the magical grease that suddenly coalesces beneath his feet as Farrel grits his teeth and finishes his spell. His legs fly out from underneath him and he goes sprawling to the floor.The burly-boy turns his attention back to Dan and throws a punch at him, unaware that the former monk is not someone whom he should be brawling with unarmed. Dan throws a quick jab into his unprotected chest - the burly-boy gasps as he gets the wind knocked out of him; Dan easily slips beneath his fist.The drunken Irregulars lash out with their knives. One of them nicks Dan's shoulder with his blade, drawing blood; the other thrusts at Alex, but the bard parries the blade away with his own.Dan, ignoring the dagger's bite, steps away from the drunk and fluidly moves to the burly-boy's side, unleashing a vicious flurry of fists and elbows into his side. The big ganger falls to the slimy cobblestones like a side of beef.</blockquote>

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