Please Xcrawl, Don't Hurt 'Em

"Remember, it's about solving the puzzles, not murdering everything!" Butch shouts to his teammates, as he tries to reach the box closest to him. Hopefully it'll contain something useful that will help the group tackle this situation quicker.

"Says you!" Callan grits his teeth and prepares another spell, summoning a gout of blue fire aimed at the turtle next to the southern box Butch just collected.

"Crap! Alright, let’s do this!" Vi Vi says, rummaging through her pack once her knees stop aching from the turtles impacting so close to her small body.

"Smoke bomb!" she cries, and then tosses it in front of one of the large turtles, hoping that it will slowly have to maneuver out of the smoke for a while!

Sassafras knows what she must do, but is shaking with adrenaline. She recalls her mentor, Weird Uncle B, and his advice, "Forget that calm breathing shit! Stay amped and rock-n-roll!" This boosts her up. She uses her acrobatic flair to leap onto the back of the nearest turtle and tries to disable the ballista during its reload phase.

Tymun pulls a grappling hook and rope out of his pack and starts twirling it around as he runs toward the last box. As he gets near, he launches the hook at the box, hoping the rope will make it easier for him to climb.

Bole burbles a bloody froth and writhes a little.Bole HP: 0/18

"Frick, frick, frick!" the gnome says, as she sees the ballistas skewer her friends all of a shot!

The smoke bomb kept fizzling, but it wouldn’t be enough. Vi Vi was small, and fast! She could move around so fast they’d never be able to get her!

"Hey, dorks! Over here! Take a shot at me!" she says, sticking her tongue out and then starting evasive maneuvers!

Callan lies motionless, one of the turtle's spiked scutes embedded in his shoulder.

Gabriel throws a wistful look at the box, teasingly hovering there in the air with promises of even more wealth.

But gold is no use if you're too dead to spend it. He notes Sassafras success at disabling one of the ballistae. A good sign, let her keep doing what she does best. Butch is apparently a firebender suddenly? And is that a giant dwarf?

Seems they've got this under control. More than him, at least. So while mumbling "Pleasedon'tshootmepleasedon'tshootme..." repeatedly under his breath, he runs into the center of the arena to help his fallen comrades.