Mits was beginning to course with lightning when Rhagar suggested the man was trying to kill the boy, but when he offloads the boy on her and takes off she just blink-blinks in stupid surprise.

"W...  Wow.  He means it.  He's actually coming back.  Likely going to tell a fib to the local clergy.  'There's some nasty evil ghost haunting the inn.  Chased me off!  You need to go bust that ghost before it devours someone's soul or something.'"

She glances at the kobold.

"Need a hand-up?"

To Eli she shrugs and gives a sheepish smile.  "Hello.  My name is Mittens!  I usually harass much more evil types.  Like dragons and their kobo...erm...  bandits!  But part of me has a soft spot for young'ns."

  While in theory Rhagar might have had the reflexes to try and catch Dagger, honestly he's paying more attention to his meal than preventing one fall only for the drunken short girl to probably topple over moments later.

  "I suppose an inn full of witnesses is a mere inconvenience to such people.  I also do not think the child's father put much thought into his actions either."  Clergy seems to hate it when he calls them paying him to kill people 'assassinations'.

  He looks over to the shortest human in the room, "Does he frequently declare ghosts your new mother?"

Dagger acks as she lands on her back, drink all gone by the time she manages to hear comments, "I'm okay!" She says to Mittens, "The room's kind of spinny though.. heh."  At the mention of dragons and their kobo bandits, the kobold points up at the ceiling, "Never join the Cult of Tiamatty-mat!  They're crazy!"

Eli looks up at Mittens and gives her an unsure look. He does look scared of her.

When Rhagar asks his question, Eli says, "No?"

Then looks towards Dagger. "Tiamat's evil... and so are her followers."

It's then that 4 orcs bust into the tavern. "EVERYONE DIE!"

Before much can happen, though, the heroes answer the orcs with a "nuh-uh! YOU die!" of their own.

Eli squeaks and points his staff at the entrance and a "puddle" of ice forms! Two of the orcs fall on their butts while two manage to keep their footing! One of the ones who fell, though, winds up encased in ice, taken out of the fight!

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Icy Terrain v all. Hit raider and a minion. Miss the other two.
 dmg to raider: 7

Orc Raider HP: 46 - 7 = 39
One minion down

Mits flies over the bar and patrons and slashes at one of the orcs!

"Sorry.  Already dead.  So did a grumpy old human send you in here to kill us?  Or is this just a really random ambush?"

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OOC: Doesn't provoke 'cause am conjuration.  Used a power that allows me to flank...  when it hits!  Darn.

  Rhagar finishes off his much more reasonable alchohol.  "Excuse me." He comments to the Tavern staff, as his small wings boost him behind the counter, then back over it at the other end (No reason to fly over other people's meals).

  The Draconian pulls the 'coin from behind someone's ear' trick on one of the orcs.  Except instead of a coin, it's a knife.  And instead of removing it, he's-you know what this comparison is just as mangled as that Orc's brain.  Because of the dagger.

OOC: Move: Baby wings are go!
Standard: Sly flourish to Drudge, Hits. Dead.

The leader of the orcs yells at Mittens in a primal scream! "THEN DIE AGAIN!" and whacks her so hard, even in death, she feels it and goes poof!

His blood-shot eyes widen at Rhagar. "YOU NEXT!"

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Basic Melee v Mittens. Hit(27)!
 dmg: 11

Mittens conjuration HP: 10 - 11 = Poof

Dagger just wanted a nice, relaxing morning filled with fun for once.  No drama over her being a kobold, no rotten food thrown at her, no insults about her mother being a handbag, and certainly no death threats!  When the others spring into action, she does so as well.  She tries to focus through the haze of her Zombie drink long enough to scramble onto the bar's countertop, scamper over it while avoiding other patron's food as best as she can, land on some poor guy's lap before jumping into the fray.  She targets the Orc's leader first and foremost, "Hey!"  She smiles widely at the orc.  Not the nice and kind one she was giving earlier, but a wide ear to ear smile showing all of her sharp and pointy teeth. (Shrouded) "You ruined my morning funtime!!"  She shouts as she reaches up as if to grab the orc's neck despite not reaching it by any stretch of the imaginination, and squeezes her hand in a choking manner. (Force choke go!)

The orc to the south yells at the drunk kobold, "THIS MY FUNTIME!" and whacks her good!

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Basic melee v Dagger. Hit(22)!
 dmg: 5

Dagger HP: 21 - 5 = 16

Eli's voice calls out in a pleading tone, "Nooo!" and he swings his staff to point it at Dagger! The staff fires a lightning bolt at Dagger, but it doesn't harm her. Instead, it coats her in electricity that zaps the orc for touching her! And he goes down.

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Thundering Armor on Dagger! Thundering Armor v Drudge. Hit(17)!
 Dagger now has +1 AC

'Nother minion down.

Poof!  Mits reappears behind the orc.

"Nyah hah!  Thought you destroyed me!  You didn't!  Prophesied raightning strike!"

She punches the orc in the spine with a thunder punch!  Targets made of electricity appear over his weak points!

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OOC: Allies deal extra 4 damage when they hit!

  Rhagar will consider the practical problems question of 'how to kill swiftly reappearing ghosts' later, in favor of the more practical question 'which glowing vital bit of orc should I stab?'.

  The draconian steps between the violent drunk and the no inside voice orc, and swipes his rapier across the remaining enemy's eyes.  The blinded Ravager swings wildly and misses as Rhagar boots him towards the door past Mittens (Who may or may not have tripped them) to bleed out on the street outside, instead of the floor of the tavern.

  "So, quick question.  Am I the only one in here not hurling some form of magic around like they are free samples?"

OOC: Move: shift.
Standard: repositioning strike, LOL melee vs will.  Overkill.

Dagger would've been a nice, happy drunk if not for the orcs!  As the raid leader is dispatched she peeks out from behind the larger lizard and shakes a fist at the orc, "And don't you come back!! Unless ya buy us all a big dinner and apologize, ya got that!"

Dagger suddenly feels her wounds close completely! "Good to see you're OK, ghosty lady... You OK, nice kobold lady?" Eli asks as he heads to her. He glances at Mittens. He is glad she's OK, but then he was sure she wouldn't STAY bamfed.

Mits giggles at the cute kobold's admonition.  She checks if the magically frozen orc was merely knocked out or if the kid actually killed somebody.  Either way, she stands akimbo, big grin on her face.

"You guys are awesome!  And quick answer: No.  I see several people here not flinging magic."

She points at the innocent bystander types.

  "He's too dead to apologize, but he might have enough gold on him to at least buy a few drinks"

  He looks over to ghost mom, "Well, good point I guess.  At least you seem more resilient than his previous parent... Where did your bandaged friend go during all this?"  He glances around.

That's right, the kobold got whacked a good one!  Curse you alcohol and your convienantly placed delayed reactions!  Though as soon as her calmed down state of mind registers she got hurt, she suddenly starts feeling better!  She blinks a few times before looking to Eli, "I'm fine, and you?"  She smiles sweetly, "If that was your magic thanks, you helped out a ton!  Not bad, for a hatchling."  The kobold giggles.

Eli blushes and turns all shy, sliding his foot and staring at the ground when Mittens calls him awesome. Compounded by the kobold telling him he's not bad for a hatchling.

Eli manages to answer Dagger, though, "I... c-can heal people with.. m-magic... yes."

"Thanks!  A thought occurs to Mittens.  What if those orcs ran into other townsfolk on their way to the inn?  There could be people out in the street dying.  Come, bandaged friend!  We must away and check that there aren't any people in need of healing!"

She rushes out in search of people to help, half worried the boy's dad is dead.  The lil hooded one peeks out from under the table it was hiding under and hurries to follow her out the door without a word.

  Rhagar sighs, but yes if they ignore more possible orcs they would just come into the tavern eventually and he'd have to stab them sooner or later.

  The Draconian does pay for his meal before he leaves, though.  Though we suspect a normal sized tip isn't considered good enough after leaving dead bodies behind (even if they were going to kill the bar owners, and customers).

Dagger awws at the reaction from Eli and goes over to give the hatchling a little nudge, "Come on, I bet we can use that great magic of yours to help other people if more of those nasty orcs are running around."  SHe grins, "Plus we can hang out some more!"  She pauses and makes sure to pay the bartender for her drink, twice it's cost actually since yeah, dead orc bodies on the floor..  Why couldn't they be giant chickens or pigs?  Roast bird or glazed hams would be awesome!  But nope, orcs.

Dagger's nudging seem to have a positive effect on Eli for the time being.

Some cursory searching later reveals the orcs hacked their way through about six people on their way to the tavern. Eli is only able to save two of them. The other four are too dead/beheaded/disemboweled/etc to be healed. None of the dead or injured were Eli's dad.

Eventually, there is nothing left the heroes can do and they find themselves back at the inn, where the bodies are already cleaned up. Speaking of, it should be noted, the two orcs Eli downed are quite alive and are taken by the local authorities. Eli is whimpering, sniffling, rubbing his nose and eyes because of the four dead.
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Mits thinks better of trying to cheer the boy up with assurance about the Raven Queen not being all bad.  Her hooded companion helped with the heals at least.

"Well looks like I had me a hefty helping of justice after all.  Guess not it's pretty obvious I don't eat normal food.  Thanks for helping with the heroing, everyone.  So!  Introductions.  My name is Mittens.  This quiet friend of mine is named Rose.  May I ask your names?  You know.  To be official and stuff."

  Rhagar even got his old seat back, whoo!... What, aren't you supposed to look on the bright side?

  "I am Rhagar, I suppose you could call it justice." It is important to remember the difference between just and unjust stabbings.  The cops don't care so much if you do the former.

  He looks over to the short sad one,  "There are less people dead than otherwise.  Why are you still sad?"

Dagger reclaims her own seat beside the lager lizard type.  Though she keeps an eye on Eli, "I'm sorry.. but why are you sad?  Were they friends, or family?"  She frowns a bit, "I'm not sure how I should feel.  Humans have killed plenty of kobolds and rarely showed remorse about the lives of my kind lost."  Granted in most of those cases teh kobolds probally deserved it for being all eeeeevil.