A tiny distraction.

Niki wanders over from the side. "Not dancing anymore either?" she asks.

You shake your head. "I'm good. Why don't you go out there and show off the goods?"

She crosses her arms. "No thank you. How was the rabbit?"

"Lady Relestel? Funny thing about that. You might like hearing this."

"Oh yeah?" She leans in closer. "Let me have it."

"Lady Relestel, the daughter, asked me to do something important while we were dancing. She wants us to create a distraction so that she can run off and grab something important. Like, in relation to her trying to stop something potentially evil type important. I've already spoken to Bek the dwarf over there, and he's going to help."

Niki grins. "That sounds a lot more interesting than this snore-fest."

"So you're in?"

She slaps your back. "Why wouldn't I be in? So, what should I do?"

"Would you even follow a plan if I gave you one?"

Before she can answer, people start to gasp and turn to something happening near the banquet tables.

Bek and Imaeris' half-orc companion are in heated combat. She's in a martial-arts-style combat stance, and in one swift motion, she leaps into the air and spin-kicks him flat in his beard. Bek reels back, but heaves his massive maul up into the air, and slams it down against the floorboards--shattering them to bits. Strangely enough, she doesn't look upset. There's an intensity in her eyes, but also a slight smirk at the corner of her lips.

"How dare you, sir?" a nobleman says as he stands forward. "You would fight a woman? I challenge you to honourable com--"

The dwarf lands his elbow straight into the man's solar plexus. Air rushes from his lungs and he collapses to the floor.

Chaos starts to ramp up. People are upset at their fighting. People are upset at the nobleman being knocked out. People are even upset that the nobleman was challenging somebody in the middle of the ball. Voices start to raise, and then even Imaeris steps forwards.

He draws a rapier from a decorated scabbard at his side. "Step away from my companion at once!"

"Not now," the half-orc replies. "This dwarf is pretty great."

Just then, Niki starts to hurry in that direction. "Now this is a party for me!" she calls out as she goes.