Amos stays generally quiet. He knows his job, and he doesn't want to muddy the chain of command. Whatever the Captain's decide, the crew will be ready.
As the group moves through the town, discussing and speaking with people about all the things they are gathering information about, it starts to thin out, getting rather quiet...less and less people until finally, only seven other people remain in the street. All of them have very blatantly wearing a snake insignia, six of them a bronze snake, the seventh a silver.
"You have a lot of gall coming into this town and not paying dues."
Aspis win init 15.7 to 15
The silver insignia wearing female begins to sing a quick ditty and it looks the entire group begin to react a bit faster.
"Get them. We will take them and then their ship, just as they did ours..."
With the spell cast, the other six dash forward!
Three of them are able to get close enough to attack, drawing light blades as they do.
Luckily, they did not pick the best spot to ambush and only three were able to get the drop on the group, And the others only seem to have their one dagger and one rapier, so they aren't throwing their daggers away...merely drawing them into their hands and having them ready.
Ahh, hell. Amos chuckles. They didn't tell you much about us did they...
He steps out from behind Indara for a clear shot on a pale mook with a large black hood. His magical pistol slides free of it's holster and Amos aims down the barrel with practised ease before bringing the thunder. Literally.
The poor sod was not prepared for a gun...and now had a nice hole in his arm, blood slowly running from his wound.
Maura quickly gets on Indrana's shoulder and then down into her pack for shelter. Realizing that they have a spell caster she fails to identify the spell when she realizes one of them is the brother of another member of the Aspis ship they took. Not worrying about that fact for now, Indranna send an arrow of acid at the opposing spell caster, hoping to disrupt their magic support.
"So, 'ow long did it take fer yer brother ta come runnin' ta ye?" Aramis sneers, tearing a paper cartridge open with her teeth and loading her musket. "Shoulda' known better than ta trust 'im. Per'aps yer 'ead will serve as a warnin' ta tha bastard not ta cross us!" It's the brother she takes aim for, perhaps not the most tactically sound option, but damn it all, he needed to pay.
Unfortunately, something jams - she hears a click, sees an alarming amount of smoke pouring over her hand, and begins cursing, loudly and creatively.
Amos sees the smoke and recognizes the problem probably at the same instant his captain does. Your powder pack, Captain! It's to loose!
"By the looks of that haste spell, I don't think they care overmuch to that approach, Cassius," Maera grumbles, beginning her own spell to try and recover battlefield control. "Nor 'ave I a mind to be that generous."
At Aramis's misfire, and their backline exposed, Maera targets a Glitterdust on their clustered foes.
Three of Maera's targets seem to go gold in the eyes.
Diabolito quickly draws his morningstar and gives it a swing at the now blinding Aspis before him
The bladed cudgel smashing into the face of the assailant, leaving his face bleeding and scraped.
The Silver Asp wearing person moves a good bit closer and begins to sing as she draws a bow.
The others quickly move, trying to create a killing cup around the party. One of the hooded agents moves forward and calls to one of his stumbling companions to follow him.
The bandana wearing rogue rolls through, attempt to set-up a nice flank on Cassius.
Slipping into place, dodging through Cassius's guard, the rogue slashes out, as does her companion.
But despite their advantageous actions, they fail to capitalize.
The tricorn wearing agent begins to try and slip through, as well.
Easily slipping into place and slashing out at Diabolito.
And apparently none of these poor agents can find their way into a proper fight.
The blind trio then make their attacks. The two that had failed to move did attempt to attack multiple times with their rapiers, not having drawn their daggers.
Thankfully, the trio is blind and only one manages to strike despite his new found problems. His blade, however, flounders into a soft spot and digs deep into Cassius side, leaving a gaping wound.
Heroes up
Clear, cock, tear, pack, aim, BANG. The rhythm has begun. His motions are smooth, his aim is sure. In spite of the dance of melee, Amos's shot finds its mark, though he knows in his gut that he could have hit less protected places.
Realizing that the fighting is drawing far too close for her comfort, Indranna decides it's time to move. She quickly retreats to a positing behind Amos and Aramis before casting a spell, sending another arrow shaped glob of acid at the person who cast that nasty spell on their enemies.
Cassius manages to slip back into a defensive posture while pushing his blade into one of his enemies, the blade striking the hooded man relatively easily, though he still stands.
As he steps back, a bang is heard from over his shoulder and Amos's bullet strikes...skipping off one of the studs in the fellow's armor, and only causing him so aches compared to the sword thrust.
Indrana's arrow goes off and the caster in the back smirks as she continues to sing.
"Workin' on it," Maera mutters in response to Cassius, though it might not be the kind he had in mind. She drops an Aqueous Orb on three of the opponents menacing their Navigator, and makes a note to divvy out some of the potions they have found after they deal with this.
The first blinded man managed to dodge everything, but the second blind one did not and got jostled about rather hard, however, the one that could see managed to escape the water unscathed.
"Ye think I can't see tha', lad?" Aramis growls, quickly clearing her musket. "Damned blasted thing... A'right, let's give this a shot!" She fumbles in the runed pouch at her belt, withdrawing the single bullet, engraved with the same strange mark. She glances at it, shrugs, presses it briefly to her lips, and loads her firearm, ready to fire.
The dwarf swings his weapon, in the desire to finish destroying the face of his foe, since he already began the work with the cudgel in meaty fist. He laughs, seeing the weapons of these "Agents" totally miss him. And it is one of the agents that catches his eye, making him realize just how much trouble they are now in.
Diabolito's bladed cudgel tears through the flesh of the agent and his bloody form drops hard to the pavement.
At that point, the silver agent begins to weave a few words into his song.
Cassius feels a spell wash over him... Will Save, DC14. As this happens, one of the more thuglike fellows runs past and provokes a chance for Cassius to strike him...As well as Diabolito.
The agents shift, always look to strike from the best spot...just like a snake...
MISS!
Despite his blindness, both the blind agent and the sighted one attack out at the dwarf, slashing him rather deeply.
[ooc] the last two will go after the attacks of opporunity..
The salty dwarf growls low as the blade draws blood, and he laughs in a great burbling noise, his own weapon smashing and gouging flesh deeply.
The poor blind fool tried to get to where he thought he could strike best...and only allowed himself to get struck best. His blindness left him opened to Cassius's strike, and following Diabolito's well-timed blow, the fellow dropped hard to the ground.
His companion then took her chances against Cassius.
And manages to land a rather vicious looking strike on the swashbuckler.
HEROES!
Seeing that cocky bard smirk at her, Indrana thinks to herself, Why that little b$#~@! How dare she smirk at me the lowly trollop! Eat THIS! She chants and points causing a couple of small blasts of force to fly at her.
"Cassius, get your hairless white arse out of there!" The dwarf yells as he swings his weapon at the enemy between himself and one of the Captains.
"Fall back, Cass!" Aramis yells at the navigator. "We got this well in 'and!" She levels her aim at the hooded woman, hoping to hit her somewhere vital. When the musket begins smoking and sputtering again, she yells a word that would have earned her a slap from her father, drawing her pistol instead and loading it wih a paper cartridge.
Amos growls when his captain's firearm fails to cooperate. He, however, is in his groove and aims his next shot at the last pirate endangering Mr. Rain.
Leaving her orb to churn in place on the aspis agent, Maera takes a quick step out of reach of another, seeking the wand they found. Drawing it out of her belt pouch, she gives Cassius a gentle tap with it when he darts backwards. "Here's hopin' this gets you back in the fight..."
The swipe lands and cuts deep into the foe as Cassius tumbles away, leaving the Aspis staggered by the waving of his blade. As he does so, Amos's shot fires off and hits the Agent, as well.
The blind assailant is caught in the churning of the water this time and is tossed about like a rag doll.
The two on Diabolito take their chances...
Two of the blows land, thankfully missing major arteries and organs, but still putting quite a bit of trouble on the bloodthirsty dwarf.
The blind one, as well...
And the bleeding and blind one, lastly takes his swings...
The bandana wearing agent, steps up to Cassius and despite her fear, swings...
And almost stabs her own foot...
The bard seems to be slightly worried as he continues to sing, working in another spell...
And despite the fact that some may not recognize the spell, the results are immediately evident...
As five copies of the singer spring forth from him and his real self is lost within.
With Mr. Rain out of the way, hitting something vital is much easier. Clear. Load. Prime. BANG.
The bullet tears into the Aspis and she looks at Amos with pained eyes, clearly not doing well as blood begins to stain her shirt.
Not recognizing the spell, Indrana doesn't let it worry her al that much as she sends another volley of arcane force into the pesky bard.
The dwarf growls low, feeling his blood continuing to flow, much more freely now. Still, he does not give up or give in. Taking a step to the south to get out of the bottle neck he is stuck in, the druid strikes again at the agent so stupidly between him and his allies.
The magical arrows blast past the images and vanish, striking home, but due to the mass of magic, it does not reveal the original. Indrana is certain that they struck home, though.
Cassius's daring assault forward gives him the strike he needs to land, piercing the woman's throat and she falls at his feet, bleeding profusely, not looking like she will be long for Golarion.
As the dwarf sidestepped out of a bad position, his eagerness to be rid of the bad situation threw his blow off slightly and it missed it's mark.
Feeling as if the tide is finally turning in favor of them, Maera refocuses her orb spell, sweeping it towards her meddlesome counterpart. "Let's see those fancy images save you from this..." she growls, and works another spell on the aspis agent who has yet to take damage.
Caught up in the waters, the first thug manages no chance to save himself and falls unconscious from the waters, and then dies as the churning water washes towards the bard.
The bard nimble dodges out of the way of the water and smirks slightly, clearly amused by the attack.
Finally, the Aspis agent attempts to fight off laughter.
And manages without a problem.
Aramis steps aside to get a clearer shot past Maera, levelling her aim at the man engaged in melee with the angry dwarf. "If this one jams, I swear ta ol' Bess, I'll..." she trails off, dissolving into angry muttering, even as she fires the pistol at the unfortunate sod.
And it tears into the poor sod's flesh maliciously.
As the bullet tears through the Agent, the bard looks at the situation and casts another spell.
The head agent vanishes and the footsteps of someone running can be heard.
Seeing his boss leaving, the agent that can still see drops his weapons and then drops to his knees. "I give up!"
Hearing this, the other agent, still blind, follows suit.
Heroes?