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When Drask goes down again, a realization washes over Esrisi that she's going to do need to make something happen here if she plans to get out of this situation alive. She searches around for the source of the smoke, but can't seem to pinpoint it.
Giving up on that idea, she sighs heavily. The things I do for you people.
She extends her left hand down with a thrust and activates her wrist sheath as a dagger pops into her hand. She tries to psyche herself up for putting herself in a ridiculously vulnerable position to try and help the team. After two quick breaths she shouts "Saph-PHER! Take down not-Ayala!"
This is crazy!
She bursts forward and as she tries to take as defensive posture as possible, moving acrobatically through the smoke to the other side of Not-Ayala in order to provide flanking for the dwarf.
"The only collateral damage here will be your face!" As the smoke appears, Caroliss dives into it. She makes a big show of attempting to hit the woman with her cestus.
Caroliss's gambit proves quite distracting.
"What?! I'm busy with TWO other--- FINE!" Sapher snaps and swings her hammer at the hazy shape of the misnamed or not named or lying person who might really be named Ayala.
Caroliss moves into the smoke and tries to help distract the woman and help Sapher with her attack. Esrisi circles around to get in a position to help Sapher as well, being careful to avoid any attacks, but none of the enemies even pay attention to her.
The man resists Mokashi's magic again.
Drask continues to lay on the ground while the heated battle continues on around him.
Sapher turns her attention to the apparent leader of this little hostile contingent. However, even with Caroliss and Esrisi helping, or trying to be helpful, Sapher misses the woman.
The one thug steps down to continue after Vel. While the other thug continues attacking Sapher.
The one man smashes Vel in the face with his morning star nearly knocking her to her feet. The one attacking Sapher just barely misses.
Veltariel reels from the hit, hoping this accursed human didn’t just break her jaw. She spins over beside Adorellan and draws her sword, bringing it up in a thrust at the man who hit her!
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Vel slices into the man that just smashed her in the face, leaving a deep cut, but the man still seems capable to continue fighting.
The woman turns her attention to Esrisi who had been haggling her this whole time and decides to try and take her down, since the dwarf hasn't been much of a threat so far.
She misses though and scowls at Esrisi, though it is probably difficult to see behind all the smoke.
Sapher continues to try and hit ANYTHING!
Giving up on the poor dwarf, Caroliss will try and help Vel with her enemy.
But she fails miserably.
- Caroliss tries to make a mirror image for Vel.
Vel gets a mirror image that lasts 1 round.
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Esrisi struggles to look through the smoke to see if the dwarf hit the woman in front of her "Did you get her yet?!"
Esrisi dodges the blow from not-Ayala more by luck than skill, leaning to try and see what Sapher is doing and just timing it perfectly. She does feel the swipe fly by her body though, recognizing she's attracted attention. "Hey!"
"So if you're not Ayala and you're getting ready to take me down, would you mind continuing your monologue and tell me the name of my would be killer?"
The oracle lashes out with her dagger in her left hand, but finds nothing but the mist with her slash. She slips forward 5' into the mist, hoping for the most cover possible.
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“NO! I have...” hammer swings uselessly “Drask in my EYE!” she swears loudly. Sapher has discovered yet another problem with being in a party of the insanely tall. When you stab or smash someone, the blood splatters from in front of you. You get used to raising your shield or turning your head to avoid the chunks in your face. If a grossly over-sized half orc cuts in half another too tall (just not as tall) human RIGHT next to you, the resulting downpour comes from above... which one isn't used to. And to add to the inconvenience, if said half orc is cut down, not once, but TWICE right next to you, and you look his way (since you are concerned as any good dwarf would be) right at the wrong moment, well you get half orc in your eye.
And fighting with half orc in your eye is not a pleasant. No, not at all.
Caroliss tries to help Vel distract the man assualting her but doesn't do a good job. Instead she tries to make an image of Vel to try and help protect her.
Luckily neither of the enemies nearby are able to interrupt her as an identical image of Vel pops up right next to her.
Esrisi continues to banter with the women who doesn't seem all too interested in talking with her. As Esrisi tries to stab the women she laughs as she easily avoids the blow. "No reason to tell you my name when you'll all be dead soon..."
Mokashi uses his magic and finally is able to Daze the man assaulting Vel, stopping him in his tracks momentarily. Drask is still out, but it looks like he has at least stopped bleeding for now and is still breathing. Sapher misses yet again, obviously having issues with the Drask's blood getting dripping down her face and getting in her eyes at inopportune moments.
The one thug on Sapher continues to try and hit the well armored drawf.
He curses as he misses again and the leader yells back to him "Forget the dwarf he isn't a threat! I think it is just like a kid dwarf or something, hasn't even grown a beard yet." The man nods and shifts his gaze toward Esrisi in the smoke as he steps over Drask to slowly make his way there while not opening himself up to an attack.
Veltariel sees the dazed look in her assailant’s eyes, and levels her blade before thrusting it deep into his belly!
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Sapher will not let the man step on her companion.
Vel stabs the dazed thug and he looks to be in pretty bad shape but is still on his feet.
The woman swings her blade at Esrisi once again hoping to silence the chatty woman once and for all.
The smoker hampers her as much as it helps and she swings wide as she tries to cut into Esrisi.
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Esrisi dodges the attack with the blade and scoffs at her assailant. "You're as bad with that thing as I am! I guess you're right, there's no way you could be Ayala after all. Oh and in case you wanted to know, my name is Esrisi Derexi. You cut down my half-orc, prepare to die."
Esrisi is not daft enough to try and attack however, she knows that likely wlil accomplish nothing more than trading blows. Perhaps her constant chatter will annoy the pesky Not-Ayala enough to keep her off balance. Instead, she takes as much of a defensive posture as she can and slips five feet to the north to flank two of the intruders again.
Caroliss slides north, definitely not wanting to draw attention to herself, but she tries to help Vel finish the enemy.
Spotting Caroliss move and take a swing at the bandit, forcing him into a disadvantageous position, Veltariel says ”આભાર,” with a smile.
Caroliss keeps try to help Vel, seeing it is at least somewhat effect with Vel continuing to cut into the one man. Esrisi does her best to defend herself from the woman's attacks, putting up her guard.
Mokhasi attempts to weave a spell while not opening himself up to an attack. With the thug right there though it is too distracting and he can't complete it causing the spell to fizzle out. Sapher finally lands a blow on the man who turned his back to her doing a good amount of damage, and nearly hitting him over the head, but smashing into his shoulder instead.
The thug, now injured turns his attention back to Sapher, and the other one, continues his assault on Vel now that he is out of his daze.
Neither of them hit though, the fight raging on seems to be wearing them out.
Again Veltariel thrusts her blade into the man who seems intent on fighting to the death. Which suited her just fine...
Vel finally strikes down the man who bloodied her face. She pulls the blade out of his limp body on the ground. The leader stabs at Erisi again.
Not able to hit the woman, she decides the battle may be taking a turn for the worse and steps back while she grabs a potion, getting ready to drink it.
Sapher blocks the man's clumsy swing, pushing his sword up into the air, then makes the comment "I thought the Tower Girls would all be girls." her hammer swings low and up, right in the man's crotch.
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Esrisi watches the woman retreat our of the most and says ”Awwww no you don’t!” as she circles behind her. She turns back to Caroliss and shouts ”Caroliss, box her in from that side!”
Assuming the cleric follows orders, Esrisi drops her knife to free up both of her hands. Growling a scream as she lunches at Not-Ayala with her bloody muck and vomit crusted body, trying to wrap her up and slow her down.
Suddenly, the tide of battle turns in their favor. "Should've run when you had the chance, fool!"
Caroliss approaches, whip in hand, and tries to knock the potion out of the enemy's hands.
It doesn't really work, however.
Esrisi steps around the woman and then grabs on her to try and restrain her. Caroliss, then comes in behind and trips to whip the flask out of her hand but misses. Sapher brings her hammer down on the mans head, crushing it in and dropped him to the ground like a wet noodle. Mokashi moves away from the fighting and attempts to daze the woman with his magic again.
This time without the worry for his safety the spell goes off and the woman just stands their frozen for a moment...
Veltariel walks forward with a purpose. Seeing the two women tangled up, she spins the blade in her hand and draws back...attempting to bring the flat of the blade against the long-haired woman’s skull and knock her out!
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Caroliss will try to help Sapher hit the dazed woman.
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Esrisi struggles to maintain her grip on the woman, determined to not let her get away. "You're. Not. Going. Anywhere!" she grunts as she slips around until Mokhasi lands his daze. Once the spell hits, things get incredibly easier as she pulls both of Not-Ayala's arms behind her back. She locks up both of the target's legs by squeezing them between hers and holds on for dear life.
She shouts "I've got her!" but jams her head into Terisha's ear and begins to taunt her. She whispers "Should have taken my previous offer. I bet you're regretting that decision now, aren't you?"
Trying to hit the someone being held by another someone while someone else is trying to hit that first someone with the flat of their blade... proved too difficult for Sapher