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Really Experienced
"Tila!" Andreas calls to her, but it's far too late. She slumps against the tree, unconscious but still breathing.
Unfortunately, he wasn't so sure how long he would be. In scenarios when such vital functions are challenged, people often resort to talents they never knew they possessed, and truly don't until the situation calls for it. In this, Andreas made his ape ancestors proud by leaping onto a low-lying branch and swinging himself into a tree. He snaps off a particularly dead branch and cups his palm around on end. He thrusts the resulting torch below, towards the rampaging elf-tree-creature.
She is coming straight towards you as you thrust the burning branch down to ward her off or possibly stuff it in her face. The voluptuous elf woman side steps your attack and with a windmilling swing hacks her scimitar into the branch you are standing on. The branch shakes and starts to bend. She windmills her sword again and THWACK the blade bites deep. You lose your grip on the torch as the branch begins to give way. The woman grins cruelly, sheathing her swords and preparing to catch you. If you pitch the other way off the collapsing branch you are going to end up in the fire. A sadistic elf bitch or an inferno of your own creation. It's your choice.
Noticing the former archer is slowly advancing on Pepper, Riekan retrieves his dagger from its place inside his right boot. Peering around the three, he waits for a clear shot.
When the swordsman thinks he has it, he throws the dagger towards the elf's left breast in a swift move.
The elf woman lashes her whip at Pepper, cracking it over her shoulder and against the girls arms. Pepper drops her thunder gun and winces in pain as a red welt scores her shoulder and bicep. Before she can do much more than react, the elf lashes her around the throat and pulls her close. The move effectively shields the elf from a thrown knife. The elf is backing away with Pepper captured and struggling with the whip. You might be able to get in close on the woman if you skirt around the path, but you don't know what is happening elsewhere in the battle. You have been focused on Pepper and the elves in your immediate vicinity.