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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 3017930" data-attributes="member: 4441">The Fall of Arden FellRayni's fall of pale light continues to hammer the man that had been coming for them, and he looks far worse for the ware.  The noblewoman, seeing Bail grabbing the two girls, snatches Shenystari's and Rayni's wrists and pulls them back through the crowd.  Shenystari snaps out of her confusing, cutting off the flow of incomprehensible words.  She turns and lashes out with her mind, smothering the man's confidence, demoralizing him.  He seems to stumble, both under the assault of Rayni's magic and Shenystari's powers.  The woman near the other gate contiues to shriek bloody murder as the three women and the heavily-laden Bail make good their escape.  They're joined shortly by three other men the noblewoman seems to welcome."They're safe, they're friends.  Come, we must hide before the guards come, or all will be lost!" she says, and ducks them into an alley.  But in a fine place like Ocean View, alleys are not dark places where the hunted can hide, but places for servants that reign like nobility themselves.  You don't have much time to figure out your escape plan.~~~Something Fishy at the Drunk Duck!Tondrek slides forward, gripping Harolk's shirt for a moment, mumbling something and crumpling up a piece of paper.  Harolk can acutally feel his shirt glowing with protective power, as his clothes take on a faint iron hue.  Querzana grabs her rapier from her other hand and dashes forward in elegant form, slipping its tip under its rocky hide and stabbing deeply.  "Yar!  You'll not take us down so easily!" she cries with bravado, riposting elegantly and tossing her white hair back.Harolk switches his grip slightly and hammers down with both swords, thrusting them through the tenacious rugelt.  It seems half its belly lies open, but the damned thing still clings to life!  Hxaptos steps in next to him and gives the rugelt an almost gentle touch on the head.  Black energy seems to ooze from his hand and over the rugelt's mouth, where they are sucked in.  The creature gives a faint, half-strangled cry... and slumps into motionlessness.  The girl by the oven keeps shrieking for another few breaths before she realizes the danger is over... then she bursts into tears.</blockquote>

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