At the harbor of Mothdale...
Sigmund, rather than embarrass himself further, decides to look for some kind of weapon, crawling off into one of the nearby houses - the good news is, there is a weapon! A very nice-looking weapon, actually - a rather ornate two-handed sword with a wicked curve Sigmund suspects to be more aesthetic than functional. But you have to work with what you've got, you know?
Morton, upon noticing that the worm has decided to search for something other than rocks, decides to embarrass himself in its place. That is how succession works, right? So he drags himself up and down the street a bit, but finds nothing of interest right up until the point he locates some shattered glass on the ground. That could certainly be useful, he thinks, and starts gathering it up. Honestly, what kind of vandal would fill the ground with shattered glass like this? The idea is nothing short of barbaric, really.
Mark and Kevin, meanwhile, find themselves locked in what may turn out to be deadly combat.
[Grab: Kevin vs. Screechy: 3 vs. 3+1]
First of all, Kevin finds out the hard way that dolphins are pretty slippery and have few articulate parts that he can easily lock in place under the best of circumstances, let alone when they are aggressively battling.
[Mark vs. Screechy: 4+2 vs. 4+1]
Similarly to Kevin, Mark realizes that dolphins don't really respond favorably to being poked with a halberd from a distance either. They are a mysterious race, that is absolutely certain.
[Screechy vs. Mark: 1+2 vs. 5+3]
Fortunately, the dolphin volunteers itself for a slight change in combat conditions, leaping right at Mark in a way that practically begs for a skewering.
[Counterattack: Mark vs. Screechy: 1+2 vs. 2+1]
This is made more than a little embarrassing for Mark when he comically misses the dolphin as it flies right past him. Damn these slippery things.
[Punt: McStrange vs. Mark: 2+1 vs. 6+3]
Fortunately, another dolphin takes its place and offers him a chance for redemption.
[Counterattack: Mark vs. McStrange: 3+2 vs. 2+1]
And, while he does not quite skewer the creature, he does give it a nice slice on the chest, which does not bleed at all, once again.
[Punt: Beakley vs. Mark: 6+1 vs. 3+3]
[Mark's balance roll: 3]
And as Mark considers this, he is very rudely punted in the side by the third dolphin, which upsets his rather delicate posture and sends him rolling toward the nearby canal, only stopping near the edge. These dolphins do hit pretty hard when they hit, he notices as he is laying at the possibly dangerous precipice.
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