Lightning in a Bottle (RP)

Was that a tug?
A second harder pull on the rope confirms it. Roald gives 2 short pulls back.
He drives his sword deep into the forest soil, then quickly fastens the end of the rope on the handle, securing it as good as he can without wasting too much time.
While waiting for his friends to return he had time to come up with a plan for what to do in case of a call for help.
He sprints back to the middle of the ring of mist, picks up the dagger and makes his way back.
so far so good, now the Tricky part
In stead of loosening the knot he tries to cut it with the dagger, gambling on it to be sharp enough to get the job done.

- Roald -

You free your sword from the rope easily enough and plunge into the mist calls for help coming from all around you. The rope should lead you right, and the other end is less than 20ft away, so your friends shouldn't be further than that, right?

As soon as the mist settls on your face, the minor itchiness you had been feeling overwhelms you and you feel an almost unbearable need to scratch it.

Roll the In the Mist move.

The ground seems deliberately more lumpy than it needs to be. Little hassocks of grass and reed appear out the mist to trip the unwary, and you have to pay close attention to your feet.

The oppressive silence is suddenly broken by a call of: "...MING!" And Roald almost collides with the others as they appear out of the mist-wall all of a sudden.

The things in the mist take this opportunity of double distraction —tripping grass and surprise swords— to stage their attack. There is a call for help off to one side and, simultaneously, from the other, a mistling springs at each of Gronk and Albert, claws out.

It seems for a moment that another charges at Ezme, this one with its mouth open, but it vanishes before it fully breaks the mist-wall, and there is a snarling, rending sound from that direction.

Roald, you are not attacked. You feels the mounting need to scratch, but are distracted by (possibly literally) running into your friends.

Albert and Gronk: How do you try to avoid the mistling pounce? Quick reflexes? Quick wits? Cleaver deductions and planning? Roll whatever is appropriate, on a 6- you are scratched, but feel no immediate effect other than the cold; on a 7-9 describe how you narrowly avoid the claws; on a 10+ you do it with ease and gain an advantage (feel free to suggest what it is).

What do you do?

If Ezme notices, she may be surprised to see Albert's staff make such physical contact with the mistling, unexpected given how her dagger and then her trap seemed to pass right through earlier merely making it grumpy (the others might not know about this effect, depends on if she told them).

The creature bounces off the ground and evaporates into mist. Clearly they can be beaten, so all hope is not lost.

- Gronk -

You dodge out the way and narrowly avoid getting raked by the claws. The mistling crouches in front of you, looking hesitant to be facing a group —previously they have only acted when when someone was alone and separated, so something has driven them to act more aggressively.

Albert's success in elimination its companion has probably made it nervous, and it looks like it would rather run than fight.

What do you do?

- Roald -

The mistling does not look very interested in you, but does hop to the side so as to keep Gronk and Albert closer to it claws. Faced with a choice, it seems unsure what to do next.

It does not appear to have noticed your weapons, maybe it does not even know what they are?

What do you do?

- Roald -

Your sword passes through the mistling with no resistance and leaves no mark, but the creature yowls in pain at the touch of the metal and bounds backwards to be swallowed up by the mist.

You have the ritual knife, and you think the mist around you is thinning, at least you can see all your companions now, while before you nearly stepped on them before they appeared out of the whiteness. If you can hold off the mistling for a little while longer you may find some surcease to the threat.

What do you do?