She gets a Grease down under it, and when it slips and falls she knows they've got this. She starts stringing an arrow.

The squad makes her a clear path insofar as this does not interfere with also hitting the demon with their maces.

She only ends up firing the one arrow into it, when all is said and done - they actually manage to bring it down before it successfully lands a hit on any of the soldiers, which Venn is delighted to see.

She's grinning as she lets the magic finish fading from her song - she's down a tiny bit of song-sorcery and a first circle and second circle spell, but there's plenty more where all of those came from.

Txell catches her breath. "Now we have to - hustle a bit so we can report in about that."

A shame she never managed to get down the trick of Stef's song for a forced march. (He's barely got more spells than her despite having two circles on her; instead has so much flexibility for song-sorcery. Venn suspects it has something to do with the thing where he can play so many different instruments?)

She'll hustle along with the rest!

And they can wind up at their destination and it's Txell's job to report so Venn doesn't have to - at least to the Chelish folks, Venn has her own rendezvous.

Rowen is already there. She goes to report. 

He's in a small, temporarily unoccupied room, writing something down on paper while he waits. He looks her over as she enters.

"Urdina. Glad you made it here safely." He sighs. "Are you sure you want to stay with #11? I haven't finalized the paperwork for the loan, yet."

 She grins at him. "It's nice to see you too, sir. And yes, I'm sure. Not forever, obviously, but... at least a month or two longer? It's very different from the kind of work we usually do, but... I really feel like I'm making a difference, and it's a fascinating change of pace."

His initial impression was that it's a horrible waste of her talent, but #11 has in fact been doing much better than its neighbors and he doesn't really know how much of that was Urdina and how much of it was Artigas. He will definitely miss having her talents around, but... managing non-lawful adventurers requires a light touch. 

He nods. "How you slot yourself into their patrol schedule is up to you and Artigas, as long as you're available to do at least one a day. You are not, by the loan agreement, obligated to provide any specific kinds of aid, but - please do your best to get healing out to the nearby forts. They're really struggling out here. Marit used all three of his leftover channels from our earlier engagement, and they've still got some wounded." And a lot of corpses. Marit is out helping them dig graves.

She nods. "I understand, sir."  She'll sing for them after this. "Were you able to get the books?" 

Rowen hands her a bag. "And your things from the garrison and the paper you requested, yes." She takes it from him, still smiling that serene smile of hers that he knows means she knows what he's thinking and is waiting for him to ask. 

He gives her a Look. "Ok. I give up. What happened with Artigas." 

She lets herself laugh. "Ah, an excellent question, sir!" 

More seriously, she continues: "So - from a factual perspective, what happened is I arranged to spend some time with him, initially with the intention of following up on my attempts to figure out why #11 is... different from the other forts I've been at, and during that time concluded there was a decent chance he was Lawful Neutral? And then - when the assault finished, I was totally out of song, and there were so many wounded, and so... I convinced him to try praying to Iomedae, and She chose him."

She smiles, a bit self-consciously. "I'm sure Demonscourge has been coming up with creative explanations for what happened, but I really don't think I did anything beyond... asking him to try." 

He thinks about this for a while before answering. "Well. I suppose it doesn't take much time being stationed at the Worldwound to notice that keeping it contained is the rare thing that Asmodeus and Iomedae agree is important, even important enough to work together on. I just... would not have thought it was possible to be Lawful Neutral while commanding a Chelish Worldwound fort."

She nods. "It was surprising to me as well! He's an interesting guy. ...As far as I can tell, holding the Worldwound line is... the main thing he's cared about for a long time. And he was taking steps to avoid torturing his men." 

Huh. 

...he raises an eyebrow at her. "Urdina."

Ugh she should not let her guard down around Rowen

 She looks away. "It's not like that, sir." And even if it was, it wouldn't be any of your business!

He holds up his hands placatingly. "I'm not going to tell you what to do when you're off-duty." Because you wouldn't listen. "Just... be careful." He knows she knows all the reasons why it'd be a bad idea to get involved with the man, Iomedae's endorsement or no. (They've both heard the horror stories of the Mendevian inquisition in Kenabres.)

She nods. "I will, sir."

...and then she gives him a quick hug, which is unprofessional but she doesn't really care, at the moment. "I miss working with you, out there. Take care, okay?"