Back To Nature

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:38 pm

"Want a bear ride? I think I can manage another shift."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:53 pm

"You sure? I wouldn't want to impose."

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 1:56 pm

"Would have offered if I minded," Mary Ann said, standing and dusting herself off. "Just give me a moment to get myself into the right frame of mind." She took several moments of deep breathing and then exploded in a wave of fur and muscle, leaving the giant bear in her place again, standing on its hind legs.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 2:02 pm

Brigid gave a reasonably enthusiastic thumbs-up to Mary Ann before going to climb on.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 2:16 pm

She dropped to all fours and squatted down to let Brigid climb on. Once she was settled, she got up and trundled in the direction of the recreation complex.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 3:30 pm

Brigid climbed on and settled in for the ride, fidgeting here and there, especially as they passed close to trees.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:06 pm

For her part, Mary Ann steered mostly clear of the trees, though once or twice she veered close to one without thinking. Still, she managed to get Brigid to the pool area in one piece.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:10 pm

Brigid was doing just fine for most of the trip, but at one point they passed close to a tree and the poor girl sneezed.

This would not have been much of a problem if it hadn't been followed by what felt like a full-body spasm, punctuated by puffer fish-like spines emerging over most of her body.

This likely was less than pleasant to Mary Ann.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:20 pm

Mary Ann jerked and gave a bellowing roar of pain as her instincts took over and she tried to slam what was hurting her into the near-by tree.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:22 pm

Brigid unfortunately did not have the reflexes she normally did.

She was however quite light relative to Mary Ann, and thus did not end up flattened against the tree.

On the other hand, she did end up flung up into the branches, landing amongst them in a tangle.

"...ow."

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:26 pm

Mary Ann sniffed, looking for what hurt her. She prowled around the base of the tree, looking from side-to-side.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:27 pm

Brigid just slowly got her bearings, groaning up in the tree branches as she righted herself.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:28 pm

Mary Ann's ears perked up and she looked up, growling or something that might have passed for a growl in bears.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:31 pm

"...Mary Ann?"

She peered through the branches.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:33 pm

Mary Ann lunged, trying to scramble up the tree to get at Brigid. Her weight kept her from getting far, but she did end up shaking the tree a bit.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:34 pm

"Gah!" Brigid yelled out, clinging to the branches for dear life.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:40 pm

Mary Ann roared in frustration and managing to get a better grip on the tree this time and slowly hauling herself up, much to the tree's apparent consternation.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:40 pm

Brigid sucked in a breath and scrambled up higher in the branches.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:52 pm

Branches snapped or groaned as Mary Ann struggled to get her bulk up the tree. The tree too let out a protest, beginning to lean under the added weight as Mary Ann got higher.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:55 pm

And that was about when Brigid lost her grip, going tumbling past Mary Ann, and landing on the ground on her back.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:10 pm

Mary Ann watched her fall before shifting weight and scramble-falling out of the tree, coming to a stop at the base of the tree with a loud thud.

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:17 pm

Kay had stormed out of the mansion after her fight with Theresa. Usually she would have headed towards the cliff overlooking the sea but right now she didn't feel like watching the waves, she felt like finding a huge branch and wailing on a tree. She'd found the branch but then got distracted by Mary roaring. Make-shift spear in hand she finds herself running in that general direction until she spots the huge bear trying to scramble up the tree. And then her body falling out of said tree.

"The hell... Get away from me! Uhm... her! Shoo!" she runs up to Mary, brandishing her weapon and almost unknowingly preparing herself to brace the big branch against the ground.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:20 pm

Recovering from having the breath knocked out of her, Brigid sat up woozily.

"...Kay?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:24 pm

Mary Ann roared at Kay, almost as if to say "My fish, back off." She swiped at the branch with paw, missing it by a wide margin due to being a little too wary.

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:29 pm

"How the heck did you find a... crap, is this Mary?" she asks, flinching at the roar. She's torn between wanting to back off and Brigid's powers telling her to inch forward to drive the giant bear back.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:36 pm

"Something... something happened! And yeah, that's Mary!"

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:46 pm

Mary circled Kay a little before making a lunging feint, pulling back at the last moment.

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:49 pm

Kay jumps back a bit, not really sure what to do since she doesn't really want to go at it with Mary and get somebody hurt.

"What even happened? And what did you to to my body!?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:52 pm

"I don't know! I just sneezed and..."

She looked down at her arms and noticed the spines.

"...oh geez."

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:55 pm

Mary Ann smacked the ground with a paw, tearing a gouge out of the dirt before rearing to her full height and roaring at Kay again.

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:57 pm

"Leave her alone!" She jumps forward and tries to smack the side of Mary's head with the spear.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:01 pm

Brigid was snapped out of her surprise at being covered in pointy bits, and scrambled to her feet, dashing behind Kay.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:03 pm

Mary Ann took the smack, shaking her head as if to clear it. She dropped to all fours and lunged at Kay, apparently through messing around.

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:10 pm

Kay first impulse was to get the hell away, but apparently her new instincts decided the better course of action was to use her weapon as a make-shift pole to jump over the charging bear and onto Mary's back.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:14 pm

Brigid suddenly found herself again staring at an angry bear.

"...what the hell are you doing?"

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:15 pm

Mary Ann reared and shook, trying to shake the new weight off her back, which was still sore.

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 8:18 pm

"I don't know!" she shouts, holding on to Mary's back and trying to get the spear around Mary's neck as some sort of improvised reigns.

by **Mary Ann London** » Fri May 24, 2013 10:00 pm

Given how big Mary's neck was in this form, it was less reins and more of a choke hold. She began reaching up, swiping at the branch trying to dislodge the branch and shaking to try and dislodge Kay. These two approaches did not work well together.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 24, 2013 10:00 pm

"Oh come on, Mary Ann, snap out of it..."

by **Kay Haddock** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:03 pm

"Calm down! I don't want anybody to get hurt..." she says, more trying to hold on to Mary than choke her.

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