<strong>Hero Points:</strong>2 (Lionheart), 1 (Scarab), 1 (Hornet).<em>Hero Point retroactively awarded for succeeding on the earlier challenges.</em><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Round 1</span></span></div><br/>The rodent-girl laughed as Lyn overshot herself. “Your technique’s all clumsy!” she jided. “You need to know your body’s own strength, like so…”<br/><br/>Her body contracted a bit before springing at her foe, claws bared! But she too was just as inexperienced in her newfound powers and breezed right on by Lyn’s side, slashing at thin air.<br/><br/>Amy’s head darted back and forth, her nose tingling from hundreds of myriad scents.<em>I smell...sweat, and not my own. Kaitlin’s got a bloody nose in the water...oof, must be from getting hit in the face! Wait, honey...why do I smell honey now? Wait, if there’s honey...</em><br/><br/>A thought popped into her head out of nowhere. A blurry black-and-yellow cloud flew over the nearby foliage, buzzing louder and louder as it drew close.<br/><br/>“Aieee, bees!” she wailed. “Why now?! Get away from me!”<br/><br/>The bees began to curve around her in a circular formation, leaving her untouched. They continued their flight in a decidedly un-beelike arc, as though shielding her.<br/><br/>Amrita pointed at a piece of nearby ice in the aquarium, willing it to break off and slam into the octopus-human hybrid. The miniature iceberg broke off in several pieces, but not before slamming the fiend into the side of the tank to the sound of slightly-cracked glass.<br/><br/>Wow!” Amrita exclaimed as she gave a congratulatory fist-pump. “I can’t believe that wor-”<br/><br/>A mass of unnaturally-long tentacles shot up out of the water, wrapping around her before she had time to react and bringing her beneath the surface. She tried to breathe in before submersion, but a tentacle suddenly filling her mouth rendered that tactic useless.<br/><br/>Kaitlin, who before was swimming away, turned around to notice her friend falling victim to what was intended for her.<br/><br/>“Leave her alone!” she shouted, her voice as clear as if she were not surrounded by water. In fact, she could feel a sensation on the sides of her neck. The water, far from hindering, felt and tasted...free, as though she could let go of her breath and…<br/><br/><em>Breathe. Woah...</em><br/><br/>Finally understanding the extent of her change, she stared ahead, her eyes watching as Amrita was slowly being squeezed and disrobed.<br/><br/>“STOP IT!”<br/><br/>A wave of bubbling force emanated from the swipe of her hands, colliding into the octopus-man. He still held on tight to Amrita, but he tumbled several times before coming to a dazed stop.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the magnetized blonde catapulted away from the fight, her attention taken away by someone, or something, else.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mongoose Claws &amp; Teeth vs Lionheart, 16 Miss! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146411)<br/>Hornet spends an action to summon a swarm of bees.<br/>Amrita uses Telekinesis to break off a chunk of ice and smash it against Octaman. 24 Hit! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146412)<br/>Octaman Toughness 15, Failure by 3 degrees! -3 penalty to future resistance checks against damaging effects, and is staggered. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146413)<br/>Octaman’s Elongation 6 means he can attack targets up to 500 feet. He makes an attack against Scarab via Grab. 27 Success (+6 for 6 ranks, 33)! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146414)<br/>Scarab gets an 18 on her resistance, failure by 4 degrees and is bound (defenseless, immobile, and impaired)! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146415)<br/>H2GO uses Water Blast on Octaman, hitting with a 26. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146416)<br/>Octaman Toughness 17, Failure by 2 degrees, already dazed effectively so -5 total penalty to future resistance checks. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146417)</div></div>