<@Dreol> [Last time Rolf led his companions in a mission where they followed Victoria in her efforts to infiltrate the Carthaginians. On the way, they were confronted by four werewolves of the Fianna tribe, who, after some time, were convinced that Rolf was, at the very least, not from the same group of vampires that had been terrorizing the countryside. But just as they became convinced, another group of werewolves (that Harold referred to as "Gets") attacked both the werewolves that were confronting Victoria's group as well as Harold's group. They seem to be heavily scarred and very angry and they are now attacking well... everyone.] <@Dreol> [As soon as the battle begins, Harold's group immediately roar at the Gets and each of the Fianna rush at two Gets, locking them in combat, at least for the time being.] <@Dreol> [One of the gets rushes forward and slashes at Rolf with his claws, cutting Rolf across his arm.] <@Dreol> [Leonardo runs forward towards another one of the Gets and thrusts his sword forward into the werewolf's chest. The Get roars in response.] <@Dreol> [Another Get runs forward and slashes at Moriel, attempting to hit him, but Moriel ducks out of the way, avoiding the attack.] <@Dreol> [Another Get charges at Carlyle, leaping at the Nosferatu and raking him down his claws down the vampire's chest. Carlyle tenses up and winces, but remains silent.] #06* Cosimo focuses his gaze on one of the Get, he shifts within the shadows to get behind the large beast and draws his sword, slicing his hand as he pulls the sword from his scabbard and coating the blade with his blood. He waits patiently from the shadows, licking his wound and biding time until the Get exposes a weakness. <@Dreol> [The Get that has been stabbed by Leonardo roars, jumps back from the stab and lunges forward, slashing Leonardo deep across his chest, and Leonardo stagges back briefly and winces before regaining his composure.] #06* Eliana snarls at the Get attacking Moriel, and she reaches one gloved hand out to him, fingers curled inward like claws, and twists it violently in the air. A torrent of blood bursts from the Get and slams into Eliana, absorbing harmlessly into her. <@Dreol> [Carlyle winces and then stumbles forward, plunging his dagger into the Get's chest, who howls in pain.] #06* Rolf takes a scoring hit on the arm and strikes back with his own claws, snarling as he gets in a hit. He says, in a louder but still low-toned growl, "We can't get caught up here, might get seen." #06* Moriel flicks a glance at Eliana and draws his sword. He steps between her and the nearest enemies, eyes hardening. <@Dreol> [The Get that is on Rolf slashes twice with his claws, failing to scrape the Gangrel with the first one, but managing a pretty sizable cut into his chest with the second. The get that was on Moriel winces as Eliana draws some blood from him, but when Moriel steps in front of him, the werewolf brings both of his claws down across Moriel's chest, causing deep wounds in him. The werewolf that Leonardo is fighting slashes twice at Leonardo, the first claw misses the remarkably quick vampire, but the second one creates a deep gash in his arm. Carlyle, already damaged badly by the last round of attacks is attacked twice more and falls to his knees, bleeding...] <@Dreol> [Meanwhile, a quick look at Harold's group shows four gets incapacitated on the ground while Harold and his three compatriots fight the remaining four. The Fianna look pretty badly damaged themselves, but still fight on. Upon noticing this, three of the Gets currently fighting vampires look ready to advance on the Fianna.] <@Dreol> [The stab wound caused by Leonardo's sword closes up again; however, the one caused by Carlyle's dagger does not.] <@Dreol> [Rolf must be made out of stone or something, because once again a werewolf attempts to slash at him only to fail to inflict a scratch.] <@Dreol> [Leonardo runs forward and slashes across that same werewolf's back with his sword, causing a moderate wound.] <@Dreol> [Two other Werewolves charge off towards Harold's group.] #06* Cosimo watches his target make a dash for Harold's group. With his free hand, he reaches out, touching the Get on it's large, furry side as it rushes past. Cosimo can feel the huge beast's heart racing with the thrill of combat and rage. He smiles from the shadows. Gotcha! <@Dreol> [And another Werewolf also runs off to join the other fight.] <@Dreol> [Carlyle bleeds] #06* Eliana brings her clawed hand down to her side, clenching it into a fist, and concentrates her blood. #06* Rolf manages to take his werewolf's claw on the shoulder blade as he leans into the slash, and then brings his other massive hand around, clawing a sideways groove across the entire body of the werewolf, organs and bones breaking and caving in as he does so, and leaving both his clawed hand and the werewolf's torso covered in blood. #06* Moriel staggered at the blow he took, one hand reaching automatically for his chest as he hisses in pain. He seems to be having trouble lifting his sword properly. He's still standing, though, and once more he sidesteps to stay between Eliana and their remaining attacker. At least, he started to, before Rolf mauled the werewolf to the ground. #06* Rolf snarls and takes a step back as he pushes the dead werewolf off of his other hand. He pants a bit as he looks after the other fight and looks for Victoria not being downed: her survival is pretty much the core of the mission. <@Dreol> [The fight with Victoria's group seems to be over. At least... there are four dead Fianna, but no vampires or Gets to be seen. Speaking of which... the three Gets move over to Harold's group and the already badly injured group of Fianna cannot manage to fend them off. Harold lasts the longest, fighting off three Gets at once while the rest of his companions are overwhelmed, and then he, too, falls to the ground, covered in blood, and the seven remaining Gets turn towards the remaining group of vampires.] #06* Eliana tenses and yells, "Rolf!" If he's going to call an order, now's the time to make a decision. #06* Moriel tightens his grip on his sword and looks to Eliana, then to Rolf. #06* Rolf re-looks at the Gets re-acquiring them as targets, then says, loud enough to be heard, at least, "Y'all retreat, I'll grab Carlyle and go with. This ain't a hill to die on." #06* Eliana doesn't even nod. She takes two steps forward, scoops Moriel into her arms without even asking, and dashes in the opposite direction - probably the very way Thalaba predicted. #06* @Thalaba having been prepared to run follows after Eliana at Rolf's command. #06* Moriel goes half-rigid with surprise as he's grabbed from behind, then manages to mostly relax as he realizes Eliana's carrying him. He just concentrates on staying still and being as little burden as possible for now. #06* Eliana is both freezing cold and running as fast as she can with narrow regard for running *into* things - her currently enhanced reflexes are the only thing saving her from slamming both of them into a tree - so it's not exactly a comfortable ride, unfortunately. #06* Cosimo moves to cover the retreat, slipping the toe of his boot underneath Carlyle's dagger and kicking it up into the air and catching it in his open hand. He turns and follows the group. <@Dreol> [The sound of snapping jaws and growling can be heard behind you all as the werewolves pursue you. You run through the forest with no real escape in sight, until Thalaba spots the same cave from her vision. It is dug into the side of a large hill and it looks like it would make it difficult, if not impossible, for the werewolves to pursue through in their hybrid form] #06* Eliana is in the lead, as she started running first, and she guns for the cave. Forget asking; asking is for when you have time to ask! <@Thalaba> "The cave !" she calls out to the others and heads in that direction, knowing now she can get them through it. <@Dreol> [Eliana enters the cave first and is able to make it a ways in before she is faced with a three-way fork, Thalaba shows up behind her a few moments later.] #06* @Thalaba sees the fork and motions to the left "The left fork." <@Dreol> [Followed soon after by the rest of the group. The werewolves can be heard roaring from outside the cave and then the howls of several wolves are heard. (which sound slightly distinct from the howls of werewolves)] #06* Eliana has stopped, still holding Moriel in her arms. She looks at Thalaba for a moment, then nods before jogging down the indicated fork, a small flame springing up on her left shoulder. #06* Rolf glances around in his crouch, and growls out a, "If it stays this small, we can stay safe, but we can't stay in here forever. You got any idea if there's a way out?" #06* Moriel twitches as fire flares up inches away from him, but otherwise he's still perfectly still. #06* Eliana tightens her fingers around Moriel's arm at his twitch. She doesn't react otherwise, looking ahead. #06* Rolf does some 'track-hiding' work along the way, since he knows his way around tracking, complete with some fake smells made with his own easily acquired blood. "Them bastards know how to claw..." he grumbles as he does so. <@Dreol> [Thalaba can find her way through the cave fairly easily. After about an hour, you make the final turn, and you find yourselves on a cliff overlooking a truly massive cavern, which is filled with an enormous city made of stone. It stretches farther than you can see. It's truly awe-inspiring... and then... you hear the echoing sound of a lion's roar.] <@Dreol> [Session End]