It'd taken some time, but here she was, ready to follow up on the lead she'd found.  She'd have to hurry now to make it back on time, but that was fine; the more information she could provide, the better.  If you were going to do something, do it right the first time, even if it takes a long while.  Great words of advice from a certain collection of short, broad-shouldered bearded fellows, and their not-as-bearded ladies (at least, not up top, anyway).<br/><br/>Finding the building was easy enough, and it certainly fit the sort of hard-working job as she came to hear of.  Indeed the man was rugged, gruff, bearded... Velma wasn't into men, but bearded men were decently attractive anyhow.  She blamed her family for that little bit.  It was only when she was inside that she felt something wrong, and to her credit when she smelled three extra persons, she spun to face the door as it slammed with a blade held in each hand, tucked gods-knew-where on her body an instant before.<br/><br/>Now this was a new development and a half, and not the pleasant sort.  Velma took quick note: younger, clean-shaven man, older gentleman, a young but not terribly young woman (her nose told her as much), hand crossbow, two swords drawn... ceiling wasn't terribly high, but it was high enough, no real windows, or other exits, door was locked, as was the door for the two she was actually here to see.  Good; she would need witnesses, but preferred to keep 'certain things' from becoming too well known.  After all, it ruined the element and advantage of surprise...<br/><br/>"Unfortunate?  No... no we would not want anything 'unfortunate' to happen," Velma quipped, then after a moment she made a motion to shift her daggers and relax, dropping them hilt-first onto the ground, so as to not damage the floor. "I assume I don't have a choice in this matter, correct?"<br/><br/>She knew the answer; really it was but rhetorical at this point.  Three armed men to one human woman in a locked house?  She signed, moved her hand up to take her glasses, remove them, fold the ends in, and set them aside upon the nearby table.  They were magical, unbreakable, but still, she didn't like having to clean the blood off of them.  And there would be blood, quite a lot of it most likely.  Likely none of it hers.<br/><br/>"Very well, you have me; I don't want anything unfortunate to happen," she stated, her eyes closed for a moment...<br/><br/>...until they snapped open, wide and lit with primal rage and a fury unknown to even the wildest of men. "I don't always get what I want however, and the 'unfortunate' thing is you locked yourselves in here with<em>me</em>!"<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/110/0/7/Were_Panda_by_PPPub.jpg)</div>Her mouth opened in a roar as that grew and deepened into that of a true beasts, her form growing as her clothes were shredded, ripping apart and being thrown about the room as she grew, and grew, her body growing short, black and white fur as her teeth sharpened, face distorted, and her nails lengthened into claws size enough to rip a man's flesh from his bones, along with his bones.  When she finally stood she nearly reached the ceiling, and as her eyes honed in on the now small man before her, locking onto him, that man-eviscerating claw of hers was swung around, going right for the man with the crossbow intent upon taking his head from his shoulders!<br/><br/>The roar, of course, was just for fun; Velma had so few chances to actually let loose without making too much of a scene, so she was going to<em>enjoy</em>this!<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">COMBAT</div><div class="spoiler_body">Initiative: At 2015-05-04 10:07:08, Keelan (uid: 15533) rolls: 1d20a8 Result: 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=75196)<br/>Move: Shapeshift<br/>Swift: Quick Studied Combat<br/>Standard: Claw: At 2015-05-04 10:09:40, Keelan (uid: 15533) rolls: 1d20a13 Result: 25 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=75197)<br/>----------: Damage: At 2015-05-04 10:15:10, Keelan (uid: 15533) rolls: 1d6a9 Result: 12<br/><br/>Reminder:<br/>----------Hybrid Werepanda Form----------<br/>Str 22, Dex 14, Con 20 (+21HP)<br/>Size: Large (Space 10', Reach 10')<br/>Defense: +8 Natural Armor (AC24, FF17, Touch16), DR10/Silver<br/>-----Attacks-----<br/>Claws (2): +10, 1d6+6 w/Grab, 20x2<br/>Bite: +10, 1d6+6, 20x2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=75200)</div></div>