The harpy had known from the moment she was born to the grund that she was almost certainly about to die. She had put up a good struggle but eventually the inevitable happened and blood began to soak the fur around Janice's mouth. The harpy fell still as Janice continued to tear into her flesh. The other three harpies drew closer, and prepared to strike when they heard Kilra's light footsteps. Not even the drow went unheard, despite her species ability for stealth.
Two of them whirled around as Kilra's twin blades darted forward, and then both lept nimbly in opposite directions. One harpy escaped Kilra's hastily changed swing but the other had a deep gash across her thigh. Both harpies turned nimbly in middair, their wings flapping madly, and pounced back. This was clearly a practiced method of theirs, designed to quickly eliminate a single, charging opponent. But the wounded harpy had jumped a fraction of a second later than her comerade, and had a weaker jump, giving Kilra an opportunity.
Meanwhile the third harpy reached Janice, gilding slightly. She moved slowly in order to create as little sound as possible and quietly raised one hand, talons ready.
Meanwhile Blaze's shot was not perfectly accurate. Maybe the medusa had slightly ducked her head or maybe it was the darkness, but his shot only grazed her left temple. However it did shoot straight into the creature's hair, and a few snakes flew loose, their bodies completely severed in two. The medusa screamed and clutched at her head, forgetting about the band of cloth for a moment.
Further back in the cave Aya, Kraken, and Maskovar all got to their feet grogily. They all had a slight ringing in their ears but had recovered sufficiently to return to the fight. Kraken, unfortunately, could still hear nothing in his left ear.
(Order of combat is the same but with Maskovar, then Aya, then Kraken going after Janice. The medusa and harpies all go after Blaze's next go. So it's Xander, Janice, Maskovar, Aya, Kraken, Ara, Kilra, Blaze, the Harpys and Medusa.)
Edited by: Suicidal Sprite at: 7/10/03 5:35 pm