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Ciel ([personal profile] septieme) wrote in [community profile] apocalypsehowcomm 2021-11-17 10:55 am (UTC)

They could have this conversation later, maybe, once they've both properly rested and he's not so hungry for fresh meat any longer. Until then, however--

She drops low to her knees and reaches the nearby table with one swift roll, it may be a combination of her smaller stature and his lack of hunting experience that allows her to dodge his pounce and avoid any vital injuries. The minor tears on her shoulder and arm are simply the price of her own negligence: really shouldn't have stayed so close to him for that long, when this outcome had been growing more likely by the second since their gaze first crossed. A plastic chair is flung towards his face the next moment, not intended to be anything more than a brief distraction. She's back on her feet quickly after, emerging out from the other side of the table and ready to take advantage of anything in her way so that she may escape this with her life.

...Yet a fruit punch ladle's the best that she can find on such short notice, huh? Might as well put to use the entire thing, then: the half-full bowl of punch will follow the chair, thrown with enough strength and accuracy to land on his face if he doesn't swat it out of the way or simply smash right through the glass first. But then he'd be soaked in juice and potentially have his vision briefly obstructed, which is probably not going to be pleasant and may buy her a few extra seconds? She's not going to wait for him to react, in any case, having turned her back to him and proceeding to dash at full speed towards the exit with a ladle in hand the instant after she sent the bowl his way. She may be fast for her build, but her height is still somewhere between short and average, and she is wholly human. Probably won't take him long to catch up... Can she even make it to the hallway, before that happens? And even if she does, then what?

Play it all by ear it is; it just can't be helped, for her and him alike.

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