<span style="font-weight: bold">Tzuru, Tesu, Porua</span><br/><br/><br/>"You little rat!" Tesu's angry growl reverberates around the cavern, her gaze entirely focused on the delicious little morsel trapped in the cage in front of her. Even Millan's suddenly silenced cry for help doesn't even make her bat an ear - for all intents and purposes, it looked like she was bound and determined to turn Tzuru into a meal, if for no other reason than to mend the pride he'd damaged by biting her earlier.<br/><br/>The situation looked dire - with Tesu blocking the small cage door, those enormous forepaws ready and waiting to grab Tzuru at the first opportunity...well, things were not looking good. Every muscle in Tesu's body tenses, her soft, human-like lips pulling back into a satisfied smirk - he was hers "Snacktime. Pity there isn't enough for both of us, hrm Porua?"<br/><br/>Porua's attention was far more focused on the scene at the other end of the room - where it looked like Millan...no way...<br/><br/>With a little laugh, Tesu tugs open the door of Tzuru's cage...and the Corruk manages to time it just right, slamming the cage open at just the moment she tugs outwards. That is not to say she was not ready - the corruk is met by two large by comparison forepaws, the tiny, but sharp claws on them unsheathed and at the ready, no doubt eager to latch into Tzuru's hide to hold him in place. Both paws lift high and slam downwards, seeking to pin the small creature right off the get-go...<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">AoO - 1d20(5) + 6 = 11. Miss. (As Tesu was ready, she was not caught 'flat-footed'. Had she went first, Tzuru would not have been caught flat-footed.)</div></div></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>*Whiff-WHUMP!*<br/><br/>Tzuru feels the wind of those paws tickle his back as he ducks beneath them, scampering fully between her legs and scurrying his way out from beneath her body. Porua doesn't even seem to notice that the Corruk is free, until his tauric companion screams in rage, whipping her entire body around to face her retreating meal "GET BACK HERE!!! YOU WILL *NOT* GET AWAY!!"<br/><br/>"Oh shit, Tesu - if he gets out and-" Porua begins, but Tesu does not appear to be in the mood to listen. Tzuru easily darts past the surprised raptor, and with the small fight in Sheva's cage causing a slight distraction, the small corruk is unchallenged as he runs right beneath the clothen divide. Unfortunantly for him, there was one thing he had not banked on - Tesu was fast. Even faster than the speedy corruk.<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">The clothen barrier is just a single 'line' of cloth, more or less a blanket thrown up in multiple places to hide the rest of the cave from view. This makes it incredibly difficult to hide (Tzuru, of course, didn't know what was on the other side - so it definantly makes sense to try!). Tesu is faster (by 10 feet), and follows him. Whilst an ability such as 'hide in plain sight' would have worked perfectly here, there is practically nothing on the other side of the cloth barrier to hide behind. Had I a map-maker still, I'd have drawn up the 'view', more or less, to allow actions to be done better. Given Tzuru didn't know what was on the other side of the barrier, the results are the same - but I'll start doing even a simple map from now on to allow for hiding places and the like. Currently, hiding amongst the cages would be incredibly difficult, especially with an angry Taur after you. Still, it is a good idea. Trying to continue moving while sneaking makes you move at 1/2 speed, which is the only reason she was able to catch Tzuru.(Had she been slower, it likely would have worked.)</div></div></div><br/>Hot on his heels, Tesu barrels after Tzuru as he darts beneath the cloth divide. As he begins to make his way down the outer 'barrier' of cloth, he hears the pounding pawsteps of the large taur suddenly vanish...<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Attack - 1d20 (18) + 6 = 24. Hit<br/>Claw - 1d4 (3) + 3 = 6. Tzuru takes 6 damage.<br/><br/>Improved grab - 1d20(10) + 8 = 18. Tzuru must make a DC 18 grapple check, or become grappled by Tesu.</div></div></div><br/><br/>*WHUMPF!!!*<br/><br/>Tesu pounces, her large forepaws coming down where the far smaller corruk had been scant seconds before - had all that weight landed on him, it would not have been good. Again, it looked like he was home free...<br/><br/>...Until he saw one of those front paws strike out, as fast as a striking snake. Almost in slow motion, he is able to see it coming - yet, his body simply will not dodge quickly enough to avoid it. The impact is enough to rattle his teeth - and seconds behind that impact, Tzuru feels tiny pin-pricks of pain spread across the left side of his body as those tiny, but sharp claws dig painfully into his fur and flesh. His forwards momentum is halted, and - with a sudden, backwards jerk - he feels his feet leave the floor, the larger taur easily picking up the briefly-stunned morsel. Her other front paw comes forwards, 'cupping' him...and she hungrily licks her lips, already starting to open her mouth wide, ready to stuff her next meal inside..."Gotcha!"<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Tzuru is not grappled yet - the text is merely descriptive.</div></div></div><br/><br/>(Post 2/4)<br/><br/><br/>Tesu -<span style="color: #00BF40"> 21/27</span><br/>Tzuru -<span style="color: #00BF40">47/53</span>