Decisions decisions. At the very least, the two of them had gone in separate directions, which was a positive development for trying to make sure that they kept their distance from its thwapping paws. The suspense was thick enough that you would have to cut it with a knife. However, as the bus was trundling up, there was still some distance.
Looking to the left and right, the cat had on the one hand Chloe, was trying to move around as much as possible to keep its attention, and Aradia, who was moving more slowly and clumsily. Motion, or easy, motion or easy. It yowled and made its choice, whapping its paw at Aradia and starting to stalk towards her, the pillar of the bench serving as protection at first.
Chloe squeaked and pulled out her knife, trying to take a pot-shot at somebody's tail while shouting "Keep your distance! I will try to distract it!"
The thought crossed Ami's mind, briefly and absurdly, that she had not signed up for this. It was absurd because of course she hadn't, one does not simply sign up for Retrospec and its associated shenanigans.
Panicky though she was, Ami still had enough wits about her to follow orders. Keeping her distance might be difficult, however. The obvious path was to slip past the cat, giving it a wide berth, and trying to lead it back in Chloe's direction (since she seemed to know what she was doing, kind of, probably). But when she scooted around the side of her hiding place, the excited cat noticed her immediately, almost as if its senses were evolutionarily tailored to efficiently track the movements of creatures about this size. The cat had a huge advantage here, to be honest.
Ami ducked back around the other side, but the cat followed her there, too, with a quick snap of its head. She tried the first side again, but it was the same. The cat wasn't going to lose her that easily. She'd have to just make a run for it... but she couldn't quite get up the guts to go for it, not with those huge yellow eyes staring her down. The closest she got was a false start, twice, which only resulted in the cat crouching, then crouching lower, its butt wiggling as it prepared to pounce.
There were a lot of dumb things that could be done right about now. One of the most sensible options was to flee and let fate declare what happened with the young girl. But she couldn't very well let her be treated like a mouse! Seeing the cat's rear hovering up, the tail lashing, she did the only thing that she could think of right then. She jumped.
A running vault caught her up to the lashing tail and she hurtled into the air, grabbing hold of it and letting out an 'oof' sound as the whole cat whipped around in surprise and irritation. Her grip, assisted by a knife (which was probably part of why the cat reacted so suddenly) held fast as the world started to whirl.
"Get to the bus!" She shrieked. It was coming by soon, she could hear it.
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Looking to the left and right, the cat had on the one hand Chloe, was trying to move around as much as possible to keep its attention, and Aradia, who was moving more slowly and clumsily. Motion, or easy, motion or easy. It yowled and made its choice, whapping its paw at Aradia and starting to stalk towards her, the pillar of the bench serving as protection at first.
Chloe squeaked and pulled out her knife, trying to take a pot-shot at somebody's tail while shouting "Keep your distance! I will try to distract it!"
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Panicky though she was, Ami still had enough wits about her to follow orders. Keeping her distance might be difficult, however. The obvious path was to slip past the cat, giving it a wide berth, and trying to lead it back in Chloe's direction (since she seemed to know what she was doing, kind of, probably). But when she scooted around the side of her hiding place, the excited cat noticed her immediately, almost as if its senses were evolutionarily tailored to efficiently track the movements of creatures about this size. The cat had a huge advantage here, to be honest.
Ami ducked back around the other side, but the cat followed her there, too, with a quick snap of its head. She tried the first side again, but it was the same. The cat wasn't going to lose her that easily. She'd have to just make a run for it... but she couldn't quite get up the guts to go for it, not with those huge yellow eyes staring her down. The closest she got was a false start, twice, which only resulted in the cat crouching, then crouching lower, its butt wiggling as it prepared to pounce.
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There were a lot of dumb things that could be done right about now. One of the most sensible options was to flee and let fate declare what happened with the young girl. But she couldn't very well let her be treated like a mouse! Seeing the cat's rear hovering up, the tail lashing, she did the only thing that she could think of right then. She jumped.
A running vault caught her up to the lashing tail and she hurtled into the air, grabbing hold of it and letting out an 'oof' sound as the whole cat whipped around in surprise and irritation. Her grip, assisted by a knife (which was probably part of why the cat reacted so suddenly) held fast as the world started to whirl.
"Get to the bus!" She shrieked. It was coming by soon, she could hear it.