[b]Archer[/b]

The man in red followed into the cave, disliking the way everyone had filed obediently into a natural chokepoint, but feeling there was no satisfactory alternative: if the dragons were anything like those from his world's past, they would be far above and beyond what anyone here--except perhaps Saber, and only then by activating Excalibur--would be able to reasonably challenge on their own. So, despite his preference to work alone, there was no way to succeed at their assigned task.

The idiot on the motorcycle--really, they were using that in an off-road environment?--rushed ahead and started picking a fight with the beast. Great, now sneaking past was impossible, even though it was incredibly unlikely that a challenge could be solved just by attacking the first thing they came across. If the rider failed in its attempt, then people less able to flee from the creature were the ones that were going to get attacked. Irresponsible and reckless,

So Archer decided to make things harder for the dragon, and possibly prevent it from noticing everyone that would be trying to get past: he slipped into the cavern and produced a bow from the air itself, magic forming a weapon, and an arrow, where previously there had been nothing. Neither was particularly special, aside from how they were created, but with Archer's aim--even against a moving target--it was going to be quite possible to get a perfect shot.

Unless the reptile was extremely tough or had some sort of other sense, an arrow was going to pierce one of its eyes from across the room. Half-blinding it [i]and[/i] enormous pain ought to help with getting through.

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[b]Nanoha[/b]

Listening to the request to scout, Nanoha wondered what the point in asking the aerial group to scout was if you were going to go into a cave right away, that made scouting hard. Instead, she indicated the small redhead to Nonon, and suggested following her, instead--thus making better use of their mobility in the event of a fight than in the confines of a cavern.

Regardless of whether or not Nonon or anyone else in the air agreed, the training instructor shadowed Ranma, the redhead rather easy to track when you already found her. Then... well, that was certainly an ugly creature. Right in the small girl's path, which couldn't lead to good things.

Which was why anyone looking up would notice a charging pink ball.