(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rMjEML5yj4w/TMY9t4IPiJI/AAAAAAAAACU/D1JS6X-E5C0/s1600/japanese%20woman.jpg)<br/>Character Name/Alias: Kitaka Tori<br/>Location: On a Flying Cloud on the Eastern Continent -> Moving through a mirror<br/>Current Action(s): Lecturing a demi-god<br/>Tagging: Sun Wukong (Juggtacular)<br/><br/><br/>"A bit of...?" Kit caught onto what the Monkey King had said, turning to look around just as the harpies were making their presence known. Kit sighed.<br/><br/>She'd made her way in the world not by fighting, but instead by running. She often found herself faced with threats, but often found that a simple trick or illusion often helped to distract the threat long enough for her to make a measured escape. Only now, she was sitting on a cloud in the middle of the sky above a vast body of water targeted by things that could fly without said cloud. There was little she was going to be able to manage to do about escaping that wasn't going to put her in the path of equally dangerous threats.<br/><br/>Kit watched as Wukong leaped in to engage the hideous creatures, all too eager for the confrontation.<em>This isn't my strength.</em>She complained to herself as much because she didn't think he could hear her as that she didn't want him to.<br/><br/>There wasn't much for it. Without thinking again on it, Kit shrugged out of her clothing, leaving the kimono granted to her by the King to float to the surface of the cloud. She concentrated hard, directing the change so that claws pushed their way out of the tips of her fingers first. She pushed so hard for it that once the change was underway, it still sped along after the claws had grown to their greatest length. Slowly, a tail began to push its way out of her back, separating into three distinct tips. The majority of the creatures were focused on Wukong, as they rightfully should, but it left two of them to face her and another off to one side that seemed to be watching everything. Everything of which was Wukong at the moment.<br/><br/>With a snarl, Kit lifted her lip and took a running leap towards one of the creatures, destined to land on the animal's back behind the rider. She was a bit heavier than any intention, including the way that the tiny little monster on its back added to the weight. She didn't need long in any case, reaching forward around the original rider to grip at the creature's head. With a quick jerk, she managed to snap its neck and use the last few moments of muscle spasm to keep them aloft until she could jump back towards the cloud. She was unpracticed with these sorts of maneuvers, however, and didn't quite make it back properly to the cloud, slipping and catching herself by the edge and her clawed fingers.<br/><br/>"Damn it!" She cursed in frustration, the sound mangling slightly as her face became less woman and more fox. Her total body weight began to drop, allowing her to pull herself up more heartily than before, but she panicked as she felt the cloud start to give way under the sharp claws and ineffectual "fingers" of the fox's footpads. A terrifying few seconds of struggle were marked by the screeching and swooping of the flying assailants, driving Kit to haul herself upwards as quickly as possible, as much to escape their attacks as to achieve stability.<br/><br/>When she finally made it over the edge of the cloud, her limbs were delicate lines of a russet-hued vixen, black-tipped ears twitching and laying back against her volpine skull intermittently. All three of her tails swayed in the wind, keeping her upright and balanced on the moving condensate. She clearly was not going to get anywhere with traditional battle. Her mind whirred quickly. What was she good at? She could come up only with a single frustrating answer. It took her several seconds of watching Wukong's battle before she realized that was the solution.<br/><br/>What if... would the djinn be able to sense them? Would he rely on sight? Would it be useful to make the attempt?<br/><br/>"Wukong-sama." Said the fox in her own way, confident the Monkey King would be able to understand that she sought his attention, at the least. She waited until he was watching her and then tested her theory. She created a double of herself, an illusory projection that she then sent tumbling over the side of the cloud and towards the water below. The harpy creature that had been fixated on her chased the image to the surface of the water, where it failed to make a splash when it disappeared. Confused, the thing came buzzing back up to the cloud, momentarily thrown off the chase. So, she could fool them, it would just take more of her energy than she wanted to expend without knowing she had his cooperation.<br/><br/>If she could make a convincing enough image, she might be able to distract the creatures, send them spiraling towards the surface of the water long enough for Wukong to allow them passage by way of conjuring a mirror. If all worked out properly, the djinn would see them perish in the water while they managed to make their way to the mysterious allies Kit had never met. Was it worth the expenditure? Or would it be better to let Wukong expend some energy first, more helpful than keeping a secret weapon back from the djinn's notice?<br/><br/>Fox-Kit tilted her head in curiosity at Wukong, waiting to see what he thought. Of course, if he chose to continue the fight, she would at least be able to keep them from swarming him.