A Stroll & A Flight Of Fancy

[GBE]

Kafka spots his moment, and leaps out of the tree with surprising dexterity, considering he's almost as big as Harpy in her current form, if not more rounded. His legs giving him extra size.

He crash lands onto Harpy, his fangs raised and dripping venom. His front legs hooked into her 'shoulder' feathers, and his other legs wrapped around her torso. His hind legs are rapidly going to and fro from his spinerettes, trying to tie her in webbing.

This would be a site to see for anyone. A giant black tarantula attacking a giant golden bird.

[Swix]

*Harpy lets out a surprised squawk as something just as big as her in her form jumps out of the trees and lands on her back. A shudder of revulsion and a little fear made it's way through her bird body as she felt spiders legs hook around her 'shoulders' and wrap her torso. And she could feel something else too. A quick glance behind her confirmed it: he was wrapping her up in webbing!*

*A glance forward and she realised she was heading straight for one of the tallest trees, but a tilt of her wings and she was back facing the training Dojo*

Let's see how well you hold on during aerial manouvers

*Harpy thought as she soared higher into the sky, performing a barrel roll that would make anyone not used to it sick*

[GBE]

Kafka, not one for heights, grips tighter, the tiny hooks in the end of his legs digging in, as he comes up with a new idea. As Harpy began her ascension, he begins to transform back into his human form, except with his 6 arms and 2 legs.

Two of his arms wrap tightly, almost squeezing Harpy's torso. His legs are also tightly wrapped around her. They go through Harpy's acrobatic, and he manages to hold down his vomit until they are upside down, littering tree tops down below with vomit stains.

Quickly, with his free four arms, he begins to rapid fire webbing towards any solid surfaces, leaving some webbing trailing alongside them. Some webbing managing to catch the briefest of solid tree trunks.

[Swix]

*After Harpy rights herself from her aerial manouver, struggling for breath as Kafka had squeezed her torso tightly, she could feel a.. tugging... as Kafkas webbing hit some of the trees below them*

*The tugging became a great pull as more webs hit, and Harpy was violently pulled down out of the sky. So Harpy went with it, folding her wings folded and making a 360 turn so she didn't outright crash and injure herself with the extra weight of the arachnid shifter*

*Harpy came in for a controlled crash landing instead, talons making grooves across the ground as her wings beat powerfully to slow her down. Though once she landed she didn't fold her wings back as she'd usually do, but instead started incessantly flapping them, she wanted Kafka off her back if only because it was the only place she couldn't defend herself from*

[GBE]

Kafka was happy they'd landed, but now the crazy avian was going mad, flapping her wings trying to force him off. Not a skilled fighter, even he could see that he had an advantage right now.

Thinking of something profound to say, he only manages "I could have killed you right now, be thankful I'm about to escape......" He puts two hands as far foward as possible and fires webbing into her eyes. Quickly letting go of her, one her wings hits him in the head hard.

He falls off, dazed and confused, looking up into the sky, his vision blurred. His mind was telling to get up and run, his body was telling him lie still until the little golden avian's go away...

[Swix]

*Harpy would retort, but she couldn't, not in eagle form anyway. But then webs were shot into her eyes, making her screech something horrible, and this is about the closest in literary form that it can get*

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

*It was very loud, and very painful. Harpy had just been robbed of her most valuable power, her sight. That which she relied on most had been taken away from her! But her wing hit something, and Harpy hoped it was the arachnid*

*Continuing her screeching Harpy moved in the direction that she had felt her wing hit a solid object, bringing her talons down to the ground hard. Her second most powerful sense, that of smell started to come into play. She could smell him, he hadn't 'escaped' as he said he would, and Harpy moved with a little more direction now*

*Finding where his scent was strongest Harpy lifted her leg, forming her talons into a cruel three pronged position and began to bring her claws down on top of Kafka*

[GBE]

((I actually envisioned you doing that! ))

Kafka's vision was barely clear as the avian started to stomp the ground. But as she neared him, he couldn't bring his body to move as suddenly her talon's came charging down at him.

Quickly, all 6 arms shot up, trying to pry open her talon's to give them space from one another, and to try and push her away. Considering she had the level advantage and ability to powerflap her wings, he thought she might actually kill him.

His vision is only half clear as he struggles to fend her off. But he can see her nostrils moving as she takes in scent. He has one last hope of not getting killed today. Trying to not grimace with the pressure bearing down upon him, he rolls his tongue back so to speak and there is a strange hole.

Making jerky head movements, he suddenly spits out a sticky globule of web, aimed for her nose, hoping it would wrap around, as to have the best effect....

((That is a modified spitting spider attack (although, the real one consumes it's prey and the web - waste not want not... )))

[Swix]

((Heh, cool. What kind of spider does that?))

*Harpy pushes down harder now she can feel six arms trying to push her back, trying her best to keep her talons in the 'cruel' position. She wasn't having much luck though, they were starting to move apart even though she 'powerflapped'*

*Harpy takes in a deep breath, only to find that afterwards her nostrils had been covered in webbing. Not only that, but her beak had been glued shut as it had wrapped around it*

*Harpy more determined than ever makes her wings push her talons down harder. Hopefully she'd skewer him before her air supply ran out, then she'd change back to human form and pull all this damned annoying stuff off her*

[GBE]

Kafka would transform, but it would mean that his underbelly would be at risk from attack during the transformatioN. He has no choice but to try and keep her talons at bay until she collapses, unless he does first.

However, her powerflapping wings were making his nude human form cold. This would not bode well for him. He musters what strength he has left and swings his legs upwards using all eight limbs to try and push the avian away.

However, she gains about 3cm on him, her talon's poised towards the outer most parts of his body. One of them nicks his skin, sending panic signal through him.

((The spitting spider spits. Not sure on the latin/scientific name lol. And, about the nude form, as well as you know, I've always roleplayed my shapeshifter's without clothes absorbing abilities - as I have no explanation as to where they would go to. That, and it makes it an interesting rp trying to find fresh clothing for characters ><))

[Swix]

((I remember having a reason for Harpy and Talas clothing 'melting' when they transform... but I can't for the life of me remember what it was...))

*Harpy feels just slightly feels her talons 'nick' the arachnid as it seemed she'd succeeded in her efforts to push her foot down. However she'd also succeeded in tiring herself out and, though she could breathe easy enough in low oxygen levels, no oxygen was another thing. And oxygen was something she was rapidly running out of*

*As Kafka started pushing her back with all eight limbs Harpy allowed him to push her to the side, hopping on one foot slightly before regaining her balance*

*Then she shrank back into her human form, the webbing around her beak translated to being wrapped around her jaw and nose. The webbing in her eyes still remained in them, keeping her blind, and the webbing he'd tried to tie her up with during flight now stuck around her waist*

*Harpy now started struggling to get the webbing off her mouth and nose, pulling at the stuff with her now humanoid arms desperately...*

[GBE]

Kafka's limbs collapse onto the ground after finally getting the avian of him. He was almost out of breath, transforming so rapidly had tired him out. His vision still hazy.

Rolling onto his chest, he begins to push with his six arms so that he is now in a kneeling position. Resting on his knees in a slight slouch, he looks at Harpy struggling. He wasn't sure if he should help her or not. He knew no matter what he did, she would try to kill him.

An idea pops into his head, one to give him some time and distance. He runs into a nearby treeline, hiding in the shadows, forming a ball of web in one hand, and a kind of catapault using two trees.

He holds up the ball to his mouth, and spits out a watered down venom, one that breaks down webbing easily, placing it in the catapault, he pulls it tight, and timing it right, he aims for the avians face.

As it flies through the air, he runs further into the trees, a different direction to his catapault, and then stops, waiting in the shadows, trying to calm his breathing. Looking down he frowned thinking to himself, 'New clothes, in this state. But where?'.

[Swix]

*Harpy still struggling, blind and without a sense of smell to guide her doesn't notice at all a ball of rapidly dissolving webbing full of diluted venom coming straight at her. It hits her squarely in the side of her head, makig her stumble into a tree*

*But then, the web around her face started to dissolve, and she could see again. Even better she could breathe again, and she gratefully gulps in breaths of sweet air as she supported herself on the tree*

*Harpy looks around for the arachnid, enhanced sight scanning the area where the ball had come from. She rather easily spots the 'catapault', but sees something else. Over near the training dojo where what looked to be like tattered rags. Harpy smiled rather cruelly*

Embarrassed, are we? I see you're one of those who rip their clothes up when they change

*Harpy slightly tilts her head still scanning the area for the arachnid*

[GBE]

Finally getting his breathing under control, he calms down and tries to figure his next movement.

Deciding the trees are on his side, he sees the dojo approximately 40 metres away, uphill. It's that, or stay out in the cold. He begins to run towards it as fast as he can, dodging braches, roots and random animals.

He keeps looking behind him to make sure there's nothing or no-one chasing after him.

[Swix]

*Harpy changes again, her wings spread wide the mutant takes off. In her eagle form she circles high above, scanning the ground. Her shadow would pass over Kafka as she too moves towards the Training Dojo, landing just in front of she changes back to human form*

*Harpy waits for a short while, before making her way inside*

[GBE]

Kafka sees the shadow pass, not realising where it was heading towards. Eventually he reaches the treeline, and stops, pausing. He looks around making sure the avian is nowhere to be seen. After a few moments, he makes a dash towards the dojo, not realising the avian has entered.

Crossing the open area, and racing up the stairs to the training Dojo, he slams the door open, and breathing heavily, "Help?!"