Rena looked around from Mira hearing someone call her name. For whatever reason Mira didn't want to be seen. She had to think of something fast to give Mira time to hide. Then she looked at Lon and got an idea.

Mira attempted to take a step back, but found her food hit the fountain behind her. She looked over to where Sophie had been, but she was gone. Fear sank in her stomach, as she turned back forward, and the men were quickly approaching. She looked around desperately, for any of the other apprentices.

Sophie had slunk away, to the other side of the fountain, but had her bow drawn and ready as Sorrel walked up smoothly beside Mira, leveling an angry gaze at the men.

While Henn kept a bit of distance, Zephyr approached the group from the other side. He kept his hand away from the handle of his greatsword for now. "Sorry, but is there a reason you're bothering our friend?" He asked, staring down the men in question as he tried to get their attention. If a fight broke out, Sorrel could cover Mira. That much he was certain. He could stride through, cleave through- No, can't go overboard. Maybe just power through their group, force the enemy to scatter and lose any sort of group advantage they might've had? He couldn't leave Henn to fend for himself against more than one though. He was good, but not good enough to compete with trained mercenaries, thugs, whatever these folk were. Maybe he would have to exert some of his true strength here. Just enough to make sure his friends all survived this.

Lon growled as Reyna got ready "Yeah, Back off." trying to help Sorrel make his point. 

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Kylee looked at Ellie and paused "Is there something on your mind?" hoping she didn't screw up already. 

"Stop yapping, get 'em," the head guy ordered, and 12 men rushed the guild apprentices.

Sorrel pulled Mira behind him and his sister, as Sophie notched an arrow and fired at the knee joint of one of the oncoming men, who fell with a howl. Sorrel ducked under the first swing of the mercenary who reached them first and shoved the man into the next two oncoming, sending them falling like pins.

Zephyr's first swing was stronger than he'd have liked, but he reacted hastily. The first to move toward him had his weapon smashed and a cut rip through his arm before Zephyr realized he swung too hard, moving in and throwing his opponent to the ground with his free hand next.

Henn didn't have the explosive offense of Zephyr or Sorrel, but he did have good defense. He picked out one target and started harassing him with several stabs of his spear, keeping his foe at a distance and unable to contribute to the fight in any way.

Reyna shoved her way through the crowd with Lon biting at the thugs trying to get to Mira to protect her. 

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(Then what do we do?)

(Sure I could probably do that)

Mira was jostled further and further into the crowd, trying to push back towards her fellow apprentices, but it was no use. People were fleeing the square in droves, and taking the small twelve year old with them. She tried to call out, but her voice was lost in noise of the crowd.

An arrow sunk into the side of a man coming up from the side of Sorrel before he could slam through the guard and Sorrel gave up a foot to get more cover from the fountain.