Alenniel has just re-entered the room, sporting a new injury. He sees that, while the tide of battle has definitely turned in favor of him and his companions, things do not look good. Autumn is down, but alive; Ajax and Eagle, however, are prone and unmoving. Rimli rises from the body of a derro crossbowman, and the only derro that remains standing is their leader. Oddly enough, he holds Rimli's axe instead of his own, which has been driven partway into the stone floor itself. Rimli: (on his feet again) Oy! 'At's my axe, ye bug-eyed scum! (he grabs a couple of his throwing axes from his shoulder straps) Ozzy: Rim, Al, let's cut this dork, err, dwarf down to size! Rimli: (angry) 'E's nae a dwarf, ya daft Elf! Ozzy: Whatever. (he swings at the derro but, in his weakened state, is unable to effectively damage him) derro leader: Ha! Our poison has sapped your strength, Elf. Ozzy: (irritated with his smug opponent) Get his axe if you can, Rim! (he tries to back the derro away from his fallen weapon) derro leader: Bah! I don't need my axe. You'll die on your friend's own blade. (he holds Rimli's axe in his right hand and draws a dagger from his belt with his left) Alenniel: (shakes his head) I step out for one minute.... (he smiles, moves to a good angle, and fires at the derro leader) derro leader: (hit in the leg by the Elf's well-aimed arrow) Argh! (unable to reach Alenniel, he slashes another troublesome Elf with his dagger) Ozzy: Aie! (he is deeply wounded by the blow) Rimli: 'At's enough outta you! (he throws an axe at the leader but, somehow, it bounces off him harmlessly) Och! Greythur: (seeing that Eagle is closer to death than Ajax, he begins to heal him first) Tasencia: (unwilling to enter combat, she stays beside Autumn) Autumn: (trying to stay concious so she can write this all down later) Ugh.... Alenniel: (his second arrow misses its mark) Tasencia: Try to subdue him! He may be able to tell us more. derro leader: (scoffs at the Elf) I'll tell you nothing-- but give me the Oracle and I'll let you live! Tasencia: What? (despite the ongoing combat, she can't conceal her curiosity) Rimli: I got yer Oracle right here! (he drops the throwing axe in his hand and charges at the lone derro unarmed) derro leader: (drops his axe to better grapple with the dwarf) Oh really? Rimli: AAAHHH-- urk! (he sees the dagger in the derro's hand, but too late; the weapon bites deep into his gut and he drops to his knees) Ozzy: I'll get you for that! (he swings angrily at the derro) derro leader: (ducks adroitly under the blade's arc) Ozzy: (feeling weak, he's thrown off balance by the weight of his own weapon as it sweeps over the derro's head) Whoa! (he slips and falls in a heap beside a dead derro [read: fumble]) Alenniel: (his aim is thrown off by this unexpected turn of events and his missile flies wide) derro leader: (retrieves Rimli's axe; his own axe is still stuck in the stone floor) Greythur: (finishes healing Eagle and begins healing Ajax) Eagle: (sits up painfully and looks around at the fallen; at a thought, his shortsword appears in his hand) Alenniel: (looses another arrow and hits the derro in the arm as he stands up again) derro leader: (barely notices the wound, but blood continues to flow from his chest) derro leader: (surveys the situation, noting the weak and wounded, but fails to see Eagle behind him) Eagle: (drives his shortsword into the derro's back) Die already! derro leader: Ack! (severely injured by Eagle's backstab, he whirls around to face him) For that, you will die, rodent! (he lashes out with his dagger and stabs the halfling in the chest) Eagle: Urk! (he drops to the floor, unconcious once more) Greythur: (wonders why he even bothers to heal them sometimes)Ozzy: (extricating himself from the dead on the floor) Rimli: (struggles to his feet, despite the blood pouring from his abdominal wound) 'Ey, you... time t'... say... goodbye! (too close to throw his hand axe, he hacks at the derro with it instead) derro leader: (easily blocks the severely-wounded dwarf's blow) Indeed, it is.... Goodbye. (he swings at Rimli with the mountain dwarf's own battle axe but, being quite damaged himself, misses) Alenniel: Oh, what the hell... goodbye! (he buries an arrow in the derro's back) derro leader: Agh! (he looks pretty bad)