As they hid and waited in the darkness, the group and the camels suddenly were caught in a coughing fit. And they could see the light approach them.

[What do you do? They haven't seen you yet, but you still have darkness to worry about.]

In reply to Dragondog (msg # 1):

Aladin will lead the coughing dumb beasts away from the light...thinking about what illusion would explain this.
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GM passing a message.

Gurth pulled back with the rest of the group and again took up a spot to watch down the tunnel towards the entrance.   He drew his axe-hammer and waited in case the intruders to get closer.

In reply to Gurth (msg # 4):

Aladin suggests an illusion of a wild camel...that runs from any that approach it very fast.

"If we get far enough away from the rest, even if they follow the camel and it leads them to us, the sound of combat will be so distant so the rest will be unlikely to hear. Lets get moving then."
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Larathiel had been taught her illusions so that she could create images that would ago along with her music and dancing. "I've made illusions of palaces, figures of legend, armed samurai, horses-but this will be my first camel." she whispers. She draws on her magic to create an illusion of a wild camel; since she doesn't want to draw attention she unusually does not dance or sing while using her powers. With Aladin's help, she does her best to make her illusionary dromedary convincing.