The other Bravos are caught by a Gnoll ambush

"Becky sure is taking her time, isn't she?" Emmaline mused, filing her nails. She leaned back on top of a tree whose trunk folded back into a makeshift chair. Giving a dramatic sigh, Emmaline leaned back further, until she was laying back, staring up at the canopy. "Do you think she'd be mad if we got bored and came after her?"

"I was just thinking the same thing--" Fuu started solemnly nodding her head, then cut herself off with a confused frown. "Er--well.... kind of anyways. The same conclusion. I'm worried she might have gotten herself into some sort of trouble. She might need us to go rescue her!"

"She can handle herself." Liv said, though she was standing pretty on edge. Their friend's absence was starting to get to all of them.

"I just wouldn't want to annoy her" Emmaline added in a sing song voice, continuing right where she had left off as though no one else had spoken. "You know how she gets when she's annoyed-- it's all gloom and doom! 'No, Emmaline you can't sample my potion, it'll--"

Emmaline was cut off as a series of howls rang out through the woods. The sounds came from all around them, every direction. An arrow flew into the clearing, narrowly missing Liv, followed by another, which Fuu deftly caught out of the air.

"Look alive ladies! We've got incoming!" Fuu yelled, just as a large band of Gnolls descended on them from the surrounding forest. They were completely boxed in, with nearly a dozen Gnolls closing in on them from every direction.

Fuu snatched up her glaive, dropping into a fighting stance, while Emmaline summoned two small source flames in her hands, ready to send them flying. But, in being caught unaware, Liv was in a bit of trouble. Her rifle needed time to set up and prep, or it could misfire, jam, or break-- and even with her life flashing on the line, Fuu was not willing to risk her most prized possession. Cursing, she pulled out the small knife she used to cut her dinner, and braced for the attack.