March 20th - Catharsis

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:07 pm

After a night of, well, some sleep at least, Sam and Nailah are in a locked and shuttered Danger Room. Having fetched her staff and changed into her 'combat' robes Nailah is trying not to be too fidgety as they browse through the scenarios.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:08 pm

"Would you like to pick, love?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:25 pm

"I don't care. As long as it's on the easiest difficulty."

"Would it be too much to put... Actually, nevermind." she adds after a moment.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:33 pm

"What's that, now?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:35 pm

"Well the room can put any shapes on the enemies it creates right? Though I'm not sure that'd actually be a good idea."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:36 pm

"After the lectures you've given Mister Rede? Perhaps not."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:38 pm

"Yeah. There's that too."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:41 pm

"Don't have any preference as to the setting, then?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:42 pm

"Something entirely unrelated would probably be best."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:51 pm

"So I'd wager stay away from the Egyptian scenarios as well?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:52 pm

"For now I'd rather, yes."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:04 pm

"Fair enough," she said and loaded a scenario that turned out to be a fairly dense forest.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:08 pm

"Alright, what are we looking at then?" she asks, somewhat carefully extending her staff.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:14 pm

"Beasties. You up for it?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:21 pm

"They are not as cute as 'beasties' makes them sound, are they?" she chuckles faintly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:25 pm

Samantha grinned.

"Not hardly."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:32 pm

"Hopefully you won't get too bored with the things I can handle." she smiles. "Any hint as to what I should be looking for?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:37 pm

"Large, hairy, pointy teeth..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:39 pm

"Alright then." she says, tucking in her wings a bit more tightly seeing how they're probably not going to be of much use in a dense forest.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:43 pm

Indeed, there was movement in the distant shadows, though it was hard to discern at first. A shape here, a rustling of leaves there.

Samantha for her part gave a shudder, her body wrenching into the wiry shape of Badb. She scented the air.

"Mmm. There."

And with a leap, she was off and running.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:56 pm

"My muscles are going to hate me for this tomorrow..." Nailah mumbles as she takes off after Sam. Her powers help her find a decent path through the underbrush but it still takes her quite a bit of effort to keep up with custom-shifted muscles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:03 pm

"Oh come on," Samantha said with a cackle as she ran, "you know you love this!"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:10 pm

"Could you at least try not to makes this look so easy?" she chuckles, resisting the urge to run on all fours again for now, despite the feeling that it might work better.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:19 pm

"The only reason it's not is thinking!"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:24 pm

"Maybe you're right... And this is... supposed to be a distraction..." she gets out between breaths and after a moment's hesitation let's herself fall down on all four, actually managing to gain on Sam after a couple of seconds of adjusting.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:53 am

"That's the spirit!"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:22 pm

After a few more paces Nailah suddenly skids to a stop, noticing something ahead of them that would have scattered had they continued to dash through the underbrush.

"Those aren't the electric weasels again, are they?" she whispers.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:19 pm

"Oh, you weren't looking forward to those?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:40 pm

"I'd just like to know if they're going to electrocute me or not." she chuckles quietly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:06 pm

"These are a bit more mundane."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:47 pm

She nods and, after a moment of pondering, puts down her staff and begins to slowly stalk towards the beastie, trying not to make too much noise.

by **Narrator** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:39 am

It's a fairly large, shaggy shape. The play of muscles beneath its pelt speaks of a predator, as do its claws. It's not any animal Nailah has seen before, something like both a bear and a great cat. It sniffs at the air, its ears swiveling about.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:54 am

Oh my... Damnit Sam, I meant easy for me, not easy for you... she thinks, pondering how wise it was to let the former superhero pick the scenario as she eyes the creature. She only really sees one option to attack the beast without being immediately overpowered but how she's supposed to bring it down she isn't exactly sure yet. Still, she has nothing to lose but her dignity so her muscles tense as she prepares to jump, waiting for the right moment to launch herself out of the underbrush and onto the creature's back, hoping her own set of claws will prevent her from being tossed off again right away.

by **Narrator** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:09 am

And indeed the beastie didn't take kindly to that, snarling and bucking, shaking its hackles to try to dislodge her.

It wasn't giving her an easy time of things necessarily... but there certainly was something rather immediate about the whole affair that might lend some excitement.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:20 am

And it certainly did, though Nailah wasn't particularly used to that kind of adrenaline rush. And to add to that she wasn't quite sure how to actually bring the beastie down since just letting it wear itself down probably wasn't an option. Her wings are open now in an attempt to give her some stability, even if it means they keep smacking into branches. But it lets her reach out with one hand to try and grab the thing's throat without getting her ar mcaught in it's maw.

by **Narrator** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:38 am

This, surprisingly enough, managed to be effective. Her frantic scrabbling managed to get an arm barred against its windpipe, and thus the beastie's thrashings became weaker as its air supply was cut off.

Unfortunately, there was very little time to react as its last flail sent it tumbling awkwardly onto its side, rolling.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:44 am

Falling. Nailah's immidiate reaction is to cling to the creature's hide, which, in retrospect, wasn't all that smart since the beastie was the one doing the falling to begin with and she regrets it when the tumbling creatures rolls on top of her.

For a moment there's a faint grunt coming from under it as she tries to push it off of her, the only thing visible from Sam's point of view probably being her wings flapping against the ground. After a moment they stop and plop to the ground when she gives up and has to admit she's not going to move this thing.

"...little help, Sam?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:49 am

Samantha was grinning as she came out of the underbrush.

"You got one!"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:53 am

"I'm not so sure about who got whom here."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:55 am

"Aye, well let's get you out from underneath."

She went to heave the shaggy thing off of the poor sphinx.

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