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((Hmm, Well If your not allowed to make Radryn act offensively then I can take control of him for this round and make him attack. I'll send Kaihatsu a pm to see whats up. Lol the real crux of the issue is if with Alphabet's heal and my combat dice I'll be able to soak up all that damage. That all depends on the dice. ><

Luc If I can get Kaihatsu to come back and post then I'll really want you to change your spell to energy burst, that way with Radryn's attack we might be able to take all these guys out in one round which might be essential to my survival as whoever's left will probably attack me again next round. Man I wish someone had taunt.><))

((Hmm, am I allowed to give Radryn the taunt we acquired earlier and let him use it this round to get one of these guys off me?))

Radryn sees Kail in desperate need and jumps to his defense, taunting the Bandit warrior off of him. He also attacks the bandit scum not yet being attacked by anybody.

Attacks bandit scum 3
Dice: Offensive
Spell: none
Action: Taunt Bandit Warrior

MP: 3
AP: 2
HP: 25/25

Kail’ign collapses as the battle ends, severely wounded. Yet, he was alive which more than he expected. It all had happened so fast he still couldn’t believe it. After a moment he catches his breath. “I think from now on I’ll stand in the back. Thank you all for your assistance. That quick thinking saved my life. They are getting cleverer now we’ll have to be more cautious. I doubt we’ve seen the end of them.”

As she heard Kail speak, Petra slowly looked up from her crouched, defensive position near the wagons. He's alive! she thought, as relief flooded her. She had felt her heal spell hit him, but hadn't been sure whether or not it would be enough to... to save him. She didn't want to think about what would have happened if it hadn't been.

Petra surveyed the path, turned into a battlefield by recent events, and assured herself that the three men she'd been travelling with were... well, they all seemed okay, but this warranted a closer look. She stood and began to make her way slowly to Kail, who seemed worst off, to inspect him. Another boy accosted her first, grinning. Petra was disturbed by his cheerful demeanor--didn't he realize how close Kail had come to getting killed?

"My name is Petra," she responds, quietly. "It's nice to meet you, Luc, though under these circumstances, I can't talk long..." She gestures at Kail. "He's too hurt, and he needs my... my..." Petra broke off as her gaze traveled beyond the injured Kail'igen. She'd been trying not to watch the fight, and now she realized that the bandits hadn't been just chased off, like she'd originally guessed.

Their bodies lay on the ground, motionless and charred. Petra felt stunned. These nice men--they had been protecting her--had killed them?! With a cry, Petra fell to her knees. "Oh Lord," she wept, and began to pray for the souls of the departed, as well as those of her companions... and herself.

Petra silently listened to Kail'igen speak as she crouched on the ground, her eyes turned away from the sight of death. Tears spotted her dress. "I know," she sobbed, "I know that they... if you hadn't... but I wish it didn't have to happen like this!" Her hands flew up to clutch at his hand, resting on her shivering shoulder. "More battles... more death..." Her voice was broken by sobs. "I'm not cut out for this kind of thing!" she wailed. Petra sat silent for a minute, thinking. Finally, her brown eyes, brimming with tears, turned heavenward as she sought Kail's face. "Thank you," she whispered, "for protecting us. I owe it to you to come with your party, and I... I promised to help how I could."

She shakily got to her feet, and looked at Kail'igen carefully. "You're hurt," she said bluntly, wiping at her eyes, trying to assemble herself, "but I think you'll be okay." She could feel herself becoming businesslike to deal with all this now... but she knew the bloody tumbles of clothes and charred flesh would rise again in her dreams. Petra plucked at Kail's bloodstained clothes in examining him, flicking away dust, as though trying to busy herself and keep her mind off the lumps in the road. Now she turned to look at Radryn and Luc, checking that they looked all right. "Let's continue," she said, "and I'll see what I can do to help you."

((gtg, will be back later this evening. ))

At the suggestion Kail’igen went over and picked up the sword and examined it. He then looked at his party members. The only person who seemed like he could get any benefit from it was Radryn. But then he decided it would be much more valuable to them all if it was converted to cash. “Yes, I believe we would like to sell this sword. And I understand your position, as a businessman you must make a profit to survive. But I am curious, who is this Djeanne?” Kail thought he knew the answer but he wanted to make sure he was right.