<strong>Hero Points:</strong>Hero Points: 3 (Lionheart), 2 (Scarab), 2 (Hornet).<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Round 2</span></span></div><br/>Lyn’s equally-animalistic foil was clearly more in touch with her predator instincts, as she dodged the hammer with a swift duck and followed up with a jab to the stomach.<br/><br/>“Huh, you’re less like a lion and more like a house cat!” she chided as she defensively rolled out of the way of any other incoming attacks.<br/><br/>Heedless to the danger, Amy rushed in and tried to deck the rodent-girl from behind. She managed to connect, but the body of her target intentionally went slack, lessening the harm from impact.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Comic Book Narration</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">^^A basics martial arts technique!^^</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Meanwhile, Amrita was doing even more poorly in the tank. It took effort to even open her eyes, and what she saw were tentacles covering everywhere...as well as the sensation of tentacles going places where they shouldn’t…<br/><br/><em>Mmmm, this isn’t exactly so bad,</em>she thought as their binding suction felt less painful and more pleasurable.<br/><br/><em>NO! YOU CANNOT GIVE IN!</em><br/><br/>Her will flared up, pressing into her molestor’s mind just as Kaitlin blasted the fiend up and out of the tank with another powerful wave blast.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mongoose attacks Lionheart 24, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146442) hit! Lionheart must now make a Toughness save, DC 24!<br/>Amy Unarmed vs Mongoose 26, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146445) hits!<br/>Mongoose Toughness 22, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146446) Success!<br/>Scarab uses Mental Blast on Octaman. His Will save 13, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146447) failure by 2 degrees! -5 to future checks and dazed!<br/>Octaman attacks Scarab 15, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146448) hits due to Defenseless condition. Attack is treated as critical hit!<br/>Scarab Toughness 28, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146449) just barely makes it!<br/>H2GO! Water Blast Octaman 24, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146450) hits!<br/>Octaman Toughness 13, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146451) failure by 3 degrees! Staggered again, drops unconscious!<br/></div></div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Round 3</span></span></div><br/>“I can dodge your blows for days!” the rodent-girl taunted. She did not expect Lyn to drive a fissure through the ground. Taken off-guard by that, this provided a sudden bout of inspiration from Amy.<br/><br/>“Wait, if we can’t hit her with our fists…”<br/><br/>The bees swarmed over the opened fissure, taking advantage of the cramped space to deliver innumerable flurries of stings.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Comic Book Narration</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">With some quick thinking, Amy assumes her role as queen bee of the insect kingdom and orders her drones to press the attack!</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>“Ah, ah, ow, ow!” she wailed. “Not the bees, NOT THE BEES!”<br/><br/>The rodent-girl climbed up out of the fissure bruised, swollen, and on her feet for but a few seconds before she collapsed right next to the equally-unconscious octopus-man.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mongoose Dodge 17, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146440) Fail!<br/>Mongoose Toughness 16, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146441) failure by 2 degrees! -2 resistance penalty vs future damage, is dazed until the end of next turn.<br/>Amy’s bee swarm attacks Mongoose 30, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146443) CRITICAL SUCCESS!<br/>Mongoose Fortitude 16, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146444) Failure by 3 degrees, incapacitated.</div></div><br/><em>End of combat. Everyone gains a Hero Point!</em><br/><br/>The bees did not disperse, but flew 10 feet above Amy and Lyn in a circular formation.<br/><br/>“Woah, did that-did that really just happen?!” Amy asked in exasperated breath.<br/><br/>“Are you okay?!” Kaitlin exclaimed as she swam over to the tank’s edge, carrying a half-disrobed Amrita. Now that Lyn could get a closer look, she saw that her classmate’s complexion was...greener and more amphibious, and her normally-dyed red hair was now black after being washed away by the water. In fact, it seemed that only Amrita was physically unchanged.<br/><br/>Amy quickly looked down at her arms, torso, and legs. “Errr yeah, I don’t think anything’s broken and I’m not bleeding anywhere. But I...my head has...antenna?! What?!”<br/><br/>"You're like a bee almost!" Kate responded as she climbed out of the tank and admired the wings on her friend's back. "Hmm, think you got a stinger down there too?"<br/><br/>"Uhhh..." With a quick handslip, Amy shook her head. "But it looks like Lyn over here has something on her butt, haha!"<br/><br/>Kate's eyes looked over to Lyn's tail. "Woah, you two got the cool powers! I'm...I'm all green and spotty, like, like Shrek!"<br/><br/>“Where’s Leslie?” Amrita interrupted.<br/><br/>Kaitlin looked over at Lyn and Amy. Amy looked over at Lyn. The shaking of heads and awkward gazes at the ground confirmed the answer, or rather the lack of one.<br/><br/>“Shit, we gotta find her,” Amy exclaimed. “If she didn’t turn into an animal, that is.”<br/><br/>Above them the silver storm continued to rage. “This is… this is way out of our league,” Amy said. “We gotta call the cops.”<br/><br/>She was about to dial 911 via the well-honed Generation Z reflexes of a lifetime of smartphone use, but she froze and stared at the screen with the realization that there was no reception.<br/><br/>“Holy crap! This was 4G coverage like five minutes ago!”<br/><br/>Kaitlin began to cry. “I-I wanna go home…”<br/><br/><em>Now’s a good time to show off some bonafide leadership credentials!</em><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Chasing Leslie</strong></span></span></div><br/>The rest of the class and zoo staff were safely evacuated, although there was no sign of Leslie or the flying blonde woman that went off to chase her. Amrita and Amy flew ahead at first, although Amy’s flight was clumsy and after a few failed tries she opted to follow on foot. It seemed that Amrita was the only one among them who had a handle on the mysterious powers given to them. Overgrown foliage and jutting metal beams twisted in unnatural shapes paved a path of destruction to their lost friend and quarry.<br/><br/>“This looks bad,” Kaitlin said. “I hope she’s okay…”<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/DK6oRYA.jpg)</div><br/>Shards of metal twinkled amidst the greenery in the enclosure of artificial rainforest. A giant tree branch held the blonde woman from earlier in place. Leslie energetically danced right below her, mimicking the two-step shuffle from her latest album. “Hells to the yeah, girl! You got it!”<br/>