Lyra pries a small rotted wooden plank from a crate, and ducks down behind the boxes at the end of the alleyway. It's something to defend herself with at least... not that it will do much to whatever is down that alleyway.<br/>Crouching in the darkness, Lyra sees as the thing emerges from its feast.<br/><br/>The thing is six feet tall, and looks kind of like a man wearing glasses, if only a man were made from a clear liquid blue gel. Lyra knows what it is from all of her scout books; a slime mimic. They're very dangerous, and difficult to fight without the proper weaponry and training.<br/><br/>But, its not the gooey blue outer surface that holds Lyra's attention, rather it is the screaming prey held within that terrifies her. A tortured naked woman is trapped under the goo, kicking and screaming silently as the monster dissolves her skin from her body. It's Josie, the City Guard from the front gates of Genkysou.<br/><br/>The slime mimic shifts, and changes, and soon Lyra is looking at a doppel  of Josie. It's slime face replicating her agonised complaints in perfect detail. The thing stretches happily as the Josie inside is reduced to a twitching red mass of disintegrating muscles. It absorbs her blood, and guts... and soon there is just a skeleton inside, holding the mass of goo in a standing position. It runs its hands over her slowly solidifying and pinkifying flesh, feeling out its new form.<br/><br/>"Hmmm" she muses "Pretty... I like this new skin. So young and attractive." as she finishes up becoming indistinguishable from a real human and strides right past Lyra with an evil grin on her face..<br/><br/>Soon she leaves the alleyway, leaving Lyra trembling behind the boxes. As she looks down the alleyway to where the slime mimic had come from. There, lying in the middle of the alleyway is a sloppy skeleton covered in blood and blue slime. The sizzling City Guard Pendant lets Lyra know that it's Jasmin's final resting place.