<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9f/22/40/9f2240f47cd57ba6ce3cc3295791a66b.jpg)</div>Green Briar turns to fight with a shocked look on his face, snarling out a, "Damn, I didn't know this place was a fucking zoo!"  He stumbles back as a barrage of wings and claws bat at him, his arms thrown up over his face.  One of the scratches catches his cheek and his face turns with a gasp.  He calls out into the museum, "Yo, Chlorofill!  Some backup here!"  Of course, our readers know she's unlikely to show up!<br/><br/>The panels show Green Briar being pushed back, hit hard, and stumbling before he shatters through a web of ice and frost, falling back onto his butt.  His brow furrows and he raises a hand, a whip of red thorns appearing in it.  As his arm goes back, it comes too close to Frost Kitten's ice and is enclosed.  At this point, the fear really begins to show on his face.  He struggles against the ice, but his feet, calves, and both arms are now held in place.  The straining shows off his firm, if lithe muscled form.  He stares up at the two heroes for a moment, working his mouth.  "No," he replies with a shudder, "Nothing to say.  Well, just duck."<br/><br/>With that, he wrenches hard against the ice, vines bursting into them, his body strained.  The red thorns that have been scattered and hanging around the room suddenly seem to constrict and an enormous crack begins to form in the ceiling.  The roof's going to collapse and Green Briar just does his best smile, "Can't exactly call this one a win, heroes."<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://orig00.deviantart.net/2546/f/2016/095/7/e/7e8d0978191c016cf6b4dad091569bf9-d9xsgkt.png)</div>Down below, the rumble of the museum beginning to crack can be heard, but far enough away down a floor that it seems somewhat less threatening.  The floor downstairs has rope closing it off, but clearly Chlorofill went in, just ducking past and swinging from her enormous green tentacles.  A couple of emergency lights click on, but the rooms are mostly dark as Flux and Chlorofill look for the ring.<br/><br/>The panels come closer around Flux as a voice sing-songs to her, "Not done yet sounds right," comes a taunting call.  "You're an interesting one.  I'd recognize those blasts anywhere."  A dark panel shows Flux walking past an alcove and two bright green eyes opening as she is past.  Still, the voice seems to echo and come from anywhere.  "I've taken a few of them.  Nearly killed me.  From someone scarier than you."<br/><br/>There's a sudden burst of movement as Flux is attacked from behind, the mutant woman on her in seconds.  She moves quickly and fiercely, wrapping her thighs around Flux's waist as two of her mouthed tentacles swarm to the bulky skirt and absolutely shred through the material, flinging the skirt aside.  Chlorofill's hands grab the front of Flux's dress and she rips it open as well, a hungry wide grin on her face, "This actually feels like a nice bit of vengeance.  This time it's one-on-one."<br/><br/>An editor's note hearkens back to an earlier comic, where Flux's older self beat the ever-living-shit out of Chlorofill!<br/><br/><strong>Flux, mark a condition of your choice and deal with Chlorofill!  What do you do!?<br/><br/>Frost Kitten, Nissa, things are going from handled to trampled!  What do you do?</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rules Clarification!</div><div class="spoiler_body">So!  I just want to explain a little on what went down with the rolls and why things happened!  Flux rolled a 6-, so I got to make a move!  I took some narrative action and called for a condition to be marked.  Conditions give a -2 to a roll or two and also are kind of like your HP!  They'll come into play as we go!<br/><br/>Nissa rolled a successful hit, caused Green Briar to mark a condition (Afraid, one of his FEW options as a not-high-level NPC!) and gave an opportunity for Frost Kitten to freeze him in place!  BUT whenever an NPC marks a condition, they make a move! <br/> Those can be from the GM list of moves OR their individual list (located in the character roster when i remember to put them in!).  But yeah, early on it can feel like hits "didn't work", but I want to just show how it's that emotional level of things! </div></div>