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Rosamunde Echstein "Courage, Manfred. I've already said I'm no fan of having my back to the wall, but we're in a natural chokepoint. They might not even find us." Hope for the best, plan for the worst. Rosamunde starts going through a quick series of stretching exercises to shake off the stiffness of guard duty. As Master Henryk had always said back in dueling school, the reason none of the old tales of legendary warriors ever mentioned mid-fight muscle cramps is because anyone who got one died.
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Honest Freddy "Do you want me to scout out the back of this cave? I can be quiet when I need to be."
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Shadows over the Reikland - Reikwald Cave Stirred into action and at the ready, Siegward keeps his voice low as he casts a look about. “Let us hope they do not happen upon us—but if they do, they’ll not want to risk harm to him to smoke us out.” He nods toward Conrad, jaw set. Conrad in turn looks to Elise as she nudges him, fixing her with a look before shaking his head and leaning back against a stalagmite with a weary breath. With Friedrich’s offer, Siegward considers for a moment before nodding. “See if we’ve another avenue of egress, but take care not to alert our pursuers.” Turning his attention to Sister Thekla and the others, Siegward tightens his jaw. “If it comes to it, we will take them by ambush; they’ll not expect so many of us ready to receive them.” Hans takes to a low crouch behind a rocky outcrop, resting the haft of his spear against it as his eyes dart about; nearby, Wolfgang holds his axe at hand, waiting. ~ By the entrance, Manfred nods to Rosamunde, flexing his grip on his spear. “I’d be feeding pigs right now.” He mutters beneath his breath, staring out the mouth of the cave before casting a sidelong glance to Rosamunde limbering up, blinking. “At least you look raring for a fight.” After a moment, Rosamunde can hear the rustle of foliage from up ahead—and by the looks of it, Manfred does as well, growing silent and still. With moonlight cast over the terrain beyond the mouth of the cave, Rosamunde spies a lean figure somewhat furtively descending the muddy trail and having a look around.
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Honest Freddy Wounds: 11/11 --- Fortune: 2/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Coin: 2S 31B Freddy nods and begins to slide his way back through the cave to see if there was another exit, his lantern giving off a bare sliver of light. It made his movements a bit clumsy, but the movement of beasts in a cave is certainly less suspicious than a lantern in the darkness. Will search for any rear entrance/exits to the cave. @professorcurly: 1d100 Stealth (Underground) TN42 - finding a rear exit quiet = (48) = 48 A Basic failure, if this counts as underground stealth. A basic success if this is still "rural" stealth, not sure. Also not sure any bonuses that I might be getting for being underground while they are above ground?
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Shadows over the Reikland - Reikwald Cave Stalking quietly through the winding passage, Friedrich navigates around narrow bends and low overhangs in the quiet dark of the cave. Along the way, Friedrich catches the faintest band of distant moonlight to charter a course—and some twenty yards hence, the main discovers an overgrown egress from the cave into the leafy foliage of the Reikwald in a moonlit copse. There, he can hear the more subdued rustling and shifting some distance away as figures move nearer to the game trail and its vicinity. It was a level easier, so Friedrich passes on the fate reroll and succeeds. He's found an alternative avenue from the cave.
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Honest Freddy Wounds: 11/11 --- Fortune: 2/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Coin: 2S 31B Freddy scampers back to the group as quietly as he can, "There is another exit out this way. Overgrown, hard to see. It sounds like they are moving away from it."
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Karl "May as well try to move out. Ain't no reason to get in a fight if we don't gotta. And it ain't like we get paid more for fighting - wait. Would we get paid more for fighting?" Karl says, concentrating on what is important - keeping himself alive but also getting paid.
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Erika Laut, Busker Erika mutters, "Coin doesn't spend if you're dead. I'd rather we slip 'em if we can."
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Honest Freddy Wounds: 11/11 --- Fortune: 2/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Coin: 2S 31B "It'll be rough giving them the slip with a group this big... We could try, I could take the lead and try to find a quiet path for us. Alternatively our armored clanker types can get their attention and have a bit of a hostage situation in here while our cutter types slip around and do a bit of backstabbing. Whatever you lot want to do."
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Shadows over the Reikland - Reikwald Cave Siegward scowls bitterly as he regards Conrad, looking to whence Friedrich returned with a possible avenue for escape; the scarred man’s gaze sweeps over the other faces in the gloom, jaw set as he considers. “We’ll leave an ample trail for them as we are—but as we stand, we can dictate the terms of our engagement.” He looks to Thekla with this, nodding to her remarks. “Had we not taken the game trail, they’d have gotten ahead of us.” A glance to Friedrich. “It’s possible they’ll overlook the cave yet and we’ll have their backs—but I do not cherish the thought of discovery here.” Siegward looks to Volkhard, exchanging a wearisome expression before he considers. “Fetch the others, we’ll use the passage and see if we can take our pursuers by surprise before any others might arrive to reinforce their number.”
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Honest Freddy Wounds: 11/11 --- Fortune: 2/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Coin: 2S 31B "I'll go first and make sure there isn't anyone watching the entrance." Freddy waits for the others to be ready to go before slipping out the back of the cave, looking around to make sure there was no ambush waiting for them above. His experience in this is on display as he merges into the shadows and sounds of the woods with practiced ease. Once out of the cave he will stay low and look around for anyone watching this rear entrance and attempt to get eyes on their pursuers generally. @professorcurly: 1d100 Stealth (Rural) TN52 - sneaking out to look for ambush = (31) = 31
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Shadows over the Reikland - Reikwald Cave Venturing ahead as the others gather, Friedrich emerges from the ancillary exit from the cave system—a veritable shadow among the gloom; silent and skillful, the smuggler maneuvers his way through the foliage and undergrowth with nary a sound in his subtlety. Siegward, Volkhard and the rest of the escorting ensemble draw further into the cavern’s side passage—somewhat cloistered and cramped with the bodies present, but prepared to make egress when afforded an apt opportunity to do so. Taking stock of the situation, Friedrich is afforded fresh clarity: of the speaking voices, four silhouetted figures still lingered nearer to the path proper, reconnoitering where the group had been previously—while further off he can catch the fading passage of other figures searching onward; with his direction and discretion, it was possible to chart a course to attempt to avoid the pursuers altogether—or to seek a position to render an ambush in turn, potentially. Friedrich nailed the check, so it’s up to you all if you want to try to evade the apparent bandits or set an ambush of your own. There’s at least six of them from what you’ve been able to tell so far, but they’ve seemingly failed to find a trace of you. As we’re headed into Thanksgiving stateside, have a happy holiday anyone celebrating!
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Erika Laut, Busker Erika follows Rosamunde out to the growing gathering and softly says, "I can't disagree with that. Let's just try and keep one alive, alright? I might be able to figure out some more about what kind of numbers they can muster and where to avoid." Left unsaid, yet pressing on her mind is the thought that she might also be able to extract locations of hidden caches of ill-gotten gains. That would do quite a bit to ease her lifestyle for the next few months. A fitting reward indeed, for risking life and limb! "It seems we're reaching something of a decision on the matter?"
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Honest Freddy Wounds: 11/11 --- Fortune: 1/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Coin: 2S 31B As the group assembles, Freddy motions that he will lead the way in the ambush. He sneaks out of the cave and stays low, moving between shrubs and bushes in time with the remaining wind. He tries to maneuver to the other side of the group of four, preparing to attack them from behind when the clanking members of the crew jump out for their ambush. He adjusts the grip on his dagger nervously. He wasn't a murderer, not even really a killer despite his talk. He'd stabbed some folks, but it wasn't something he'd ever gotten used to. He'd rather slip away, but here he was. About to stab someone that never saw it coming to try and advance his way in the world. Then again, everyone in these woods had made their choices and committed their sins. He raises up on his toes, balancing with one hand on the ground and the other poised back for a stabbing thrust. Freddy will sneak out and try to Horror Movie Gank what looks like the leader in that group of four standing together. My intention is Freddy gets in position, and then when the clankers in the group charge out and get the bandit's attention, Freddy appears from behind and knife-to-the-throat. After a fate point reroll: @professorcurly: 1d100 Stealth (Rural) TN52 - ambush attack! = (38) = 38
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Shadows over the Reikland - Reikwald Wilderness Setting out to prepare an ambush for the company’s would-be pursuers, Friedrich breaks off from the rest of the group to stalk among the foliage and undergrowth while Siegward, Volkhard and the others elect for coverage across from a small grassy clearing. Ahead of the apparent brigands and bandits searching for Conrad, Elise, Erika and Sister Thekla are joined by Rosamunde, Karl and Dietmar—while Harold and Gottfried had been bid ahead to scout the way further on, away from the encroaching battle. In the early hours of morning as ruddy sunlight gradually filtered through the leafy canopies and foliage of the forest, an ochre hue washed over the Reikwald’s darkened undergrowth—leaves and grass dewy and gleaming. Patiently, perilously, the group laid in wait, eyes and ears peeled and weapons—such as they were—at hand and at the ready. Wolfgang, Manfred and Rennig had fanned out along the northern flank, with Hans, Siegward and Volkhard along the south, having secured Conrad between them; a clear vantage was had across the clearing itself as much as could be hoped. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, Friedrich was the first to detect their passing: four men and a woman navigating the foliage quietly, tongues held as they trudged through the pull of the wet forest floor. Not six paces from Friedrich’s hiding place does the procession pass and he can spy that the figures wore leathers and carried knives and longer blades—with one of the men carrying a bow and quiver across his back as he trudged along. At the clearing, the others, in turn, hear the approach before they see the rustle and displacement of foliage as the first of the men enters the clearing: a stout man with a bushy, unkempt beard of thick blonde hair and an ugly scar across his nose wearing a studded skullcap and a blade at his hip, with a bow and quiver draped across his back. Behind him is a younger man lean of build with a colorful tabard seemingly taken from some servitor of a noble house or another, gangly of build with oily hair and a round wooden shield strapped to one arm. Third to emerge was a heavyset man with thick mutton chops and a cowl of chain rested over his head toting a flail draped over his shoulder; this man turns to offer a complaint to the fourth figure about the wet terrain: a young woman with a deep scar from her chin to her cheekbone on the left side of her face, her dark hair secured in a messy bun with a bandana and a brace of blades hung about her leathers. Last to pass Friedrich in the rear was a young man who couldn’t have been more than seventeen carrying a now-extinguished torch in his hand with a blade sheathed at his hip. Coiled and ready to strike, Friedrich slowly rouses in his low crouch from concealment at the rear of the lot, adrenaline starting to bristle through his system and chase fatigue from the man’s limbs. Blade held tightly, the smuggler positioned himself at the ready to strike—while the rest of the gathered escort gripped weapons in anticipation. It was then that all attention was drawn to an abrupt rush and rustle of activity from the north as a shouting voice carries on the morning breeze. The five halt in their tracks, turning their attention northward before a sixth fellow bursts from the foliage wide-eyed and red-faced as he runs. Whirring and hurtling through the air, an axe buries squarely in the man’s back and sends him careening headlong into the tall grass and mud below—while a moment later, what sounds like Rennig’s voice cuts through the air in a curdling cry. Chaos erupts in an instant as all present glimpse the sudden emergence of grotesque figures make themselves known—tall, broad creatures with thick, shaggy fur and the bestial snouts and horns of goats wading through the foliage while shorter, scrawnier brethren with unnerving human-like faces scurry ahead upon hooves, clutching spears in mutant hands while a terrible bellowing bray resonates loudly from the gloom like an otherworldly war horn.  We’re writing Harold and Gottfried away from the scene due to complications preventing John Dyne and Izzy from participating presently. For everyone else, an ambush was staged, with Friedrich leading the way to get into position to compromise the pursuing bandits. Then, a third factor arrived. Presently unknown number of beastmen have entered the scene—but you can spy at least four ungors and two gors. Rennig, Manfred and Wolfgang are out of sight, further to the north, which is where the beast men are coming from. Of the two groups, the bandits were surprised by both you and their attention is currently on the beastmen. It’s your call if you choose to engage or try to flee—and what, if anything, you elect to do regarding the bandits and yourselves. In either event... we go to initiative! Initiative: Siegward 49 Conrad 44 Volkhard 36 Erika 35 Friedrich 34 Elise 34 Bandits 33 - Surprised Karl 32 Beastmen 30 - Contested Dietmar 30 - Contested Rosamunde 30 - Contested Ensemble 28 Sister Thekla 26 Siegward, Conrad and Volkhard have already acted and are currently not in sight. GaistHeidegger fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Dec 3, 2018 |
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Honest Freddy Wounds: 11/11 --- Fortune: 1/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Coin: 2S 31B As the Ungors bound forward with their strange, animalistic gait, Friedrich makes a split decision. He charges out of his shadowed position, past the stunned bandits and lunges with his dagger, aiming right for the beastial thing's heart. "Erika! Goatheads die first!" I will pivot my stealth to get the drop on one of the Ungors and CHARGE! @professorcurly: 1d100 (WS37 + 10 (stealth) + 10 (charge) + 10 (surprised) + 20 (attacking surprised enemy: Ungor) = (6) = 6 87 - 6 = 81 = 8 degrees of success, hit to the BODY The Ungor takes 2 (dagger) + 3 (strength) + 8 (DoS) damage to the Body!
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Karl Wounds: 12/12 --- Fortune: 4/4 --- Resolve: 2/2 --- Advantage 4 When the beastmen roar their way out of the trees, Karl had just begun his charge towards the bandits. He slowed for a moment, then resumed his attack, for two main reasons. Firstly, he had already committed, and he might as well finish it. Secondly, Karl really didn't want to fight a beastman and this would put that off for as long as possible. The surprised man had little time to react, and Karl's chair leg bounced off his skull. Charging the shield bandit 1d100 (WS42 + 10 (charge) + 10 (surprised) + 20 (attacking surprised enemy: Bandit), using Strike to Stun to target the head = (78) = 78 It actually should be Melee (Basic) 57, so 97-78=19 so 1 degree of success SB+1 so 5 damage Pummel means an opposed Strength/Endurance check, which I got a 3 on, but doesn't matter because they can't make opposed checks while surprised so my target gains a level of Stunned Gain one level of 1 advantage from surprise, 1 from charging, 1 from successful opposed test (attack), one from success opposed test (strike to stun), meaning I have 4 levels of advantage
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Shadows over the Reikland - Reikwald Wilderness With beastmen encroaching from her northern flank, Erika cuts east across the copse away from the hideous creatures to sprint in a line through the dewy grass, seizing free the axe from the still-warm body of the bandit laying underfoot. Swinging in a sweeping arc, the busker brings the axe against the arm of the bandit bowman by surprise—but the blow of its wedged head barely bites, blunted by the man’s leather jack from the glancing hit. Hastening to draw his blade, the bowman blurts “Bloody fool!” hoarsely before swinging at Erika in an off-balance sweep. As the bowman whips around to look to Erika in surprise, Friedrich bursts from his hidden cover to bolt past the bandits and lunge his short blade against the nearest squat, ugly ungor--feeling the dagger dig deep into the thing’s chest as it looses a terrible guttural squeal, eyes bulging as it gazes balefully at the man. Hot blood blossoms out over the smuggler’s hand and forearm, signaling the puncture’s significant purchase—while the ire of the still-living bestial terror pours over him. With a terrible howl, the ungor lashes out a blow that would have cracked and broken Friedrich’s jaw before fate intervenes and the smuggler reflexively brings his dagger out through the pain, mauling the beast man’s left knee; the wretched creature goes down among the mud and wet grasses with that, gurgling in pain. “Keep hold of him.” Siegward snaps to Elise as he hastens northward to vanish into the foliage towards where Wolfgang, Manfred and Rennig had been engaged. Conrad glances from Volkhard to Elise before gesturing a nod towards his empty hands, inclining his head then towards the beast-folk with a muffled, emphatic insistence. Meanwhile, Karl follows through after momentary hesitation, forging across the copse to engage with the gangly young man in the colorful tabard, head swiveling to gape at the rat catcher before his bell is rung by the man’s bludgeon, staggering two steps as he reels and dazedly tries to ready himself. Hooves thudding with a terrible momentum, one of the gors charges free from the foliage with a bellowing bleat, head ducking as he catches the young bandit square in the chest with his horns—the impact throwing the stunned man’s arms as wide as his eyes a moment before the enormous bearded axe of the beastmen cleaves his right arm off in a single catastrophic arc, tearing a ragged ruin in young fellow as that colorful tabard darkens with gore, body collapsing into a heap at the horror’s hooves. Dietmar’s deft swing cracks against the mutton-chopped bandit’s leg, drawing a grunt of pain from the big man before he foists his flail in retaliation, swinging in an able arc at his zealous foe; the flail’s head tears open Dietmar’s thigh in a painful wound. From the north, one of the ungors charges wildly at the same fellow, sweeping a blow against the bandit’s left leg and drawing further blood in the process. Two more ungors leap into the fray against Karl and Erika in turn, frothing with wicked enthusiasm as the grotesqueries charge and lash away in pursuit of purchase against the pair. Rushing the field, Rosamunde weaves her way past the other engaged bandits and beastmen to instead hone in on the apparent leader of the band—the duelist thrusts to stab at the woman, her eyes flashing with surprise. Drawing steel against Rosamunde, the bandit lashes back at her blade nearly tearing painfully through the muscle of Rosamunde’s fencing arm before fate intervenes—and she’s maneuvered away before the youngest of the bandits shouts and joins her in fending off the fencer, pairing off with the leader. Barreling across the field, the second Gor charges at Dietmar, ducking his head as he attempts to gore the zealot—but Sigmar is watching this day as the man avoids the horn and when that great bearded axe comes swinging, the great beast stumbles and misses the man, burying the big weapon against the muddy terrain and fouling his grip. Hoo boy, a combat with > 20 participants is a lot of bookkeeping, go figure. Erika dealt 5 damage, but it was reduced to 1 by 4 toughness bonus + 1 armor from the bowman’s leather jack (minimum one damage on a blow.) Bowman tried to retaliate, but Erika came out on top in the opposed roll, so no hit was landed. Friedrich dealt 13 damage reduced to 9 from the ungor’s toughness bonus + 1 armor from having a tough hide, which it decidedly did not enjoy. The ungor retaliated against Friedrich in response, critting him and breaking his jaw and saddling him with: 2 Stunned Conditions. Friedrich suffers a Broken Bone (Minor) injury. Friedrich’s defense roll -also- crit, loving up the ungor’s leg and dealing 2 more wounds, which puts the ungor prone. Friedrich used a Fate point to avoid that altogether. Karl clobbered the young shield bandit, stunning him and leaving him wide open for one of the Gors to charge, liking what Karl started off. Gor gets a free horns attack on a charge and swung a big ole’ bearded axe at the man. The shield bandit made opposed rolls against the gor but was utterly obliterated, 17 damage after toughness / armor between the two hits. Dietmar’s blow to the leg dealt 11 damage reduced to 6 from 4 toughness bonus +1 armor from mutton chops’ leather leggings. Mutton chops swung his flail back and though Dietmar won on the battle of success levels, MC critically hit a torn thigh result, dealing 3 wounds ignoring toughness and armor; additionally, Dietmar was saddled with: Torn thigh: Gain 3 Bleeding Conditions as the weapon opens up your upper thigh. Pass a Challenging (+0) Endurance Test or gain the Prone Condition. Until you receive Surgery to stitch up the wound, each time you receive Damage to this Leg, also receive 1 Bleeding Condition. A charging ungor also swiped at mutton chops’ legs, dealt 3 more wounds after reductions. 9 wounds total dealt to MC. Two ungors charged Karl and Erika, both of whom managed to win their opposed rolls and come away unscathed. Rosamunde attacked the bandit leader (I presumed so over the teen bandit initially, as she hadn’t been attacked yet and was the closer of the two and Rosamunde is a duelist wanting to show off;) Rosamunde dealt two wounds to her. Bandit leader retaliated against Rosamunde critically hitting her right (primary) arm, and then the teen bandit also joined the fray against Rosamunde afterwards. Rosamunde would have received 3 wounds ignoring toughness and armor, dropped her weapon immediately and suffered the Torn Muscle (Major) injury to her right arm. A fate point was spent to negate the inciting attack. Remaining Gor charged Dietmar, who used Resolve to get out of negative conditions for free, and missed the charge; the Gor them critically fumbled with a whopping 99 on his axe, loving it up and leaving Dietmar in the clear. Sigmar protects. This was a lot of big surprises and lengthy learning experiences for everyone. I am floating a one-time ‘oh cripes’ temporary Fate point for this engagement to help folks with the ramp up into poo poo-getting-real; you can use it or lose it this engagement, but it is not a permanent award. Anyone who manages to make it through the engagement without spending the temp Fate point can have 50 bonus XP though. In the meantime, everyone gets an advance of 125 XP as well as we’re cruising into Holidays and taking longer than I would’ve liked to get all this rolling.
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Dietmar Riehl Wounds: 9/12 --- Fortune: 4/3 --- Resolve: 0/4 --- Advantage: 3 Dietmar stumbles away from the Gor for a moment, his leg nearly giving out on him, but righteous wrath sings in his veins and sustains him. A scream, part of pain and part of sheer hatred wrenches its way from his lungs as he dances forward again to swing against the Gor, the bandit already forgotten. FireSightToday at 12:27 PM /r 1d100 #vs WS30 + 15 skill + 30 advantage = target 75 SidekickBOTToday at 12:27 PM @FireSight: 1d100 vs WS30 + 15 skill + 30 advantage = target 75 = (31) = 31 4 DoS for 5 (weapon)+ 4 (DoS) + 3 (SB) = 12 damage
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Sister Thekla Thekla has lagged behind the others - she has never moved that quickly, all things considered. She is a deliberate, focused woman. As the battle begins, so does her prayer. Her voice rises above the din of battle, and a terrible fervor flows with it. "Rise, wolves! Sing praises to your king! Father Ulric, whose biting axe is the winter's own teeth, watches us this day! Watch, Frozen Lord, for we are wolves! In blood we are born, in winter forged! Sing, wolves! Sing praises of the Winter King! Our fangs are his mighty axe, our cries a paean to his glory! Our lives are a light in the cold and dark, and we fear not, for the ice is our father and battle our bride! Go, wolves, slay the foes of the King of Gods!" She raises her axe to the sky, as Ulric's blessing settles over the field. There is no light of divine miracle, no obvious change - but skill and power flow into some of the party. "ULRIC LIVES!" Thekla, Karl and Rosamunde each get +10 WS for 6 Rounds, I assume ticking down on my action. Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Dec 14, 2018 |
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Elise Gottfield Elise sucked in through gritted teeth, spittle creating a rasping, sucking sound as she went. "Fucksake-" she said, wincing at the sight of Dietmar's leg get torn up. Friedrich's jaw gets cracked and, while she can't hear the sound of bone she can imagine that getting clocked like that's going to leave a mark. She took a step forwards, looking at Conrad and then at the melee. She peered at him. "I'm not givin' your my knife, so you can put that out of your head right now an' all. 'S far as I know, you'll shiv me an' make legs towards t' trees," she muttered. "Cannae blame me for thinkin' that, given everything I've been told on you, can 'e?" She glanced around briefly. "Tell you what though. You wanna go down that hill, have me point a knife at your neck an' be all 'fight the beastmen or Conrad 'ere's getting a claret cravat'? I wouldnae, obviously. Need you livin' an' in one piece so as to get the giro pay for all this shite so far, but they don't know that," she said, reaffirming her plan to playact. "Sound like a plan? Blink once for aye, twice for naw, thrice for are you fuckin' touched, lass?"
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