CustardSlice

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Ratte watched Kai run ahead and stopped to check that they weren’t being followed, just in time to see a flash and an explosion engulfing the tavern. She swore and fell to the ground, covering her head as debris flung itself around her. She felt several leave welts in her back and groaned when it stopped raining wood. She pushed herself up and rolled over, watching the smoke rise up before getting to her feet again. She looked back to Kai with a grin expression, “Come on, kiddo.. we should find Isago.. maybe he went towards the harbour..” she sniffed and started to head that way.

The Captain felt the air shift before the building behind him exploded. He fell onto a woman and shielded her from the blast and yelled, feeling the heat and debris storm. He rolled from the woman, who thanked him before running off to find her companion. He hissed in pain as he shifted his foot and looked at the burning shell of a building, “Wonder if that guy got out.. sure hope so...” he muttered, not recalling seeing the man escape.

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Ratte saw the smoke and flames and her eyebrows flew up, “That was... fast.” She commented, before she realised that Kai wasn’t the one behind the distraction. She lost sight of her assailant in the smoke and decided to start running for cover. She backed away from Flying Edge and turned just in time to see a girl running for a nearby pond, barefoot and young. What was she doing in a tavern at this time of night?

An instinct that she thought she had repressed bubbled up inside her stomach and she called out to the girl, “Hey, let the adults handle this! Get out of here!” Speaking it adults and kids, she looked to Kai and shouted to him, “Kai let’s go! I don’t want to be here when any more authorities get here!”

The Captain gritted his teeth, watching the tavern burn, couldn’t he just get a night off? He wasn’t asking for much. He limped into the bar on Griffin’s command and started to order people out of the front. He had seen the people out the back of the tavern and didn’t want any civilians getting harmed out there. He dragged his foot along and choked on the smoke as he herded the last few drunkards from their seats and pushed them towards the door. The flames were getting close to the bottles of liquor around them and he didn’t want anyone there when they started exploding, “I think that’s the last of them!” He shouted to Griffin, heading for the door himself.

@Raptra @King Tai @KatherinWinter @xXSINXx

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@xXSINXx Also, as long as she is small and mouse, Ratte might instinctively bond to her since she’d remind her of her little sister, so there’s a way to get them interacting :3

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@xXSINXx Make her a little more active :) have her interact with someone, bump into someone or call out to someone - they’re all fighting at the minute so she might get lost if she’s just standing and waiting for something to happen. Have her dive in there :)

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@xXSINXx I wouldn’t rely on her ‘wanting to be a part of the family’ too much atm, you might want to think about what she can offer the group. They’re not so much a family as they are a group who keep meeting up and helping each other at the minute..

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The Captain roared as the blade penetrated him and he doubled over, gripping onto his wound. He gritted his teeth and his eyes found Griffin in the basement. He couldn't move for the pain at the moment and would need to tie it up before attempting to chase the boy. He had recognised him not long after grabbing hold of him. He was part of the rebel group that had raided the caravan he had been in charge of all those weeks ago. He had almost lost his position because of these fools. He looked to Griffin, "You there! Capture that little rat, he's a fugitive! He's part of Black Widow's little group, he needs to be stopped!" He ripped off a strip of his undershirt and wound it tightly around his leg. Damn, he wished that he'd had more gin.

Ratte saw the woman retreat and she smirked slightly, she'd got her on the defensive; that was a first. She swung the plank back and flung it at the shooter. It didn't go far, but it made an almighty thunk against the metal that would hopefully put her on edge. She picked up a second plank and stepped closer to the woman when she heard Kai's voice. She looked back to him briefly, then to Isago, then to her assailant. She had no real intention of staying to fight, her expertise was far from it, so she looked to Kai, "We need cover! Smoke, fire, gunpowder, something to hide us for a second!" She yelled.

@King Tai @KatherinWinter @Raptra

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@KatherinWinterYeah that’s right :)

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@KatherinWinter The Captain was never in the basement...
He looked in through the door.. and Kai ‘hoped’ to run past them. He didn’t make it at first..

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@KatherinWinter Can always help you form something in PMs if you like :)

Kai was in the tavern basement and has since stabbed the Captain and come out of the tavern.
Isago and Ratte were outside the tavern in an alleyway and are still there.
There is Flying edge, who is Shooting at Ratte outside and Jobba Is fighting Isago outside.
There are still 2 attackers in the basement. They saw the Captain and froze. The Captain and Griffin are by the tavern’s basement which is still inside. I hope this helps :)

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<Snipped quote by FalkiThomas>
I agree there's been quite a lot of action, but once the PCs get out of this and regroup, there'll be time for more character development and interaction. I guess introducing all these NPCs and action was our way of keeping the story interesting, but if your idea of 'keeping it interesting' means some break from all the action, which I agree would work really well too, then we can tone down on what we've been doing so far.

@Raptra

Yeah, I'm happy to tone things down and just get to know the characters for a while :) We've had a lot of people dipping in and out, so it'll be good now that we have a solid little group to just work with them casually for a bit, whilst also trying to find Roxy :)