[b] [u] Grey Onyx [/u] [/b]

As Grey awaited for Arianna to respond, he heard... something. The sound of... hooligans in the distance. Saw what you will about his eyesight, but Grey's hearing was pretty good. Now, those were either bandits or idiots at the tavern... He listened a bit more when he heard a loud explosion at the gates. Bandits it is. He listened to the boss man talk a bit, before giving a set of ridiculously vague orders. Well, looks like it was time to get armored up. He was already wearing his, but he took a moment to drop his pack and retrieve his lucky cape. He affixed it to his shoulders and strapped his shield to his arm. One order caught his attention; [b]"TAKE! NO! PRISONERS!"[/b] That appealed to his Rak'thurrian heart greatly. 

However, there was a problem. He wasn't sure if he could fight alone. He was trained in the manner of Rak'thurr's kill teams, which utilized pairs of fighters in formation. Without a 'wingman' to help him ferret out openings in the foes' defenses he wasn't sure he could fight as efficiently as he would like, and Alika was nowhere to be seen. To say nothing of the beastfolk he hardly trusted. As soon as the boss man was away, he turned to Arianna. [b]"Screw that, I gave you that thing for a reason."[/b] Grey said. [b]"You don't look like much but I get the feeling that once you get rolling you'll be a great fighter."[/b] He took another look to the gate, the fires were spreading. [b]"Look, I know the boss has probably been doing this for a long time, but I get the feeling this is as easy as it's gonna get. If we bench you now you'll never get any better and then you'll be a glorified errand girl. I want you to follow me and help with the defense, is what I'm saying."[/b] Grey finally finished. But he did know the boss told her to stay back because he didn't want her to get killed. 

[b]"But if you get hurt, or if I tell you to, I need you to run back while I cover you, alright?"[/b]

[b] [u] Alika [/u] [/b]

As Alika listened to the young man's story, she couldn't help but sympathise. She never really felt any attachment to a place and likely never would but she had lost plenty and that she understood. However, soon an explosion rocked the building. It seemed the attack had begun. Simon had dashed out, but Alika had almost silently jumped into the rafters, before getting to the roof through an open window. 

Indeed, the city was under attack, by bandits by the looks of things. Her first priority was to find Grey, from her vantage point she easily found him in the camp, that Stone grey and purple cape was hard to miss. He would be fine for now, but what of the defenders? She surveyed further, opening her pack. Inside were several baton-sized sticks. What many didn't know was that the only really necessary part of a (non-unique) healing staff was the head. So, what she had done was sawn most of the haft off of her staves, and made a 'Dummy' staff she could affix the magicky heads to. This cut down on backpack space considerably, but didn't offer much in the way of an actual combat situation advantage. 

[b]"These ones should do..."[/b] She grabbed the Physic, Rescue, and Ward heads out of her pack before resuming her search. From this point, she could see almost the entire battle, and with her collection of staves little was beyond her reach. She did notice one large figure clad in silver armor, who was taking on several bandits on his own. She also saw a mage about to join them. She knew for a fact that that armor wouldn't help much against a fireball, so she quickly attached Ward and raised it to the sky. A bright light issued for a moment, and the knight would soon find himself surrounded by a shimmering barrier that would block some of the magical hurt he was going to feel soon.