Kibichu
gimme_chocolate
"Oh dear!" Mel ran over to the poor girl, distressed. "Here, stop waving your tail for a second and I'll see if I can get it off."
((...If you weren't actually waving your tail around, I apologize. ._.; ))
"Ahh! It hurts! It hurts!" she whined, but complied with the order and stopped frantically waving her tail. Seeing the approaching girl and somehow understanding what she meant, the crab clamped harder, determined not to let this one go.
Mel gripped part of the girl's tail, near where the crab was, gingerly, and the crab itself not so gingerly. "
Let go," she said firmly to the crab, more out of habit from dealing with her puppy than everything else, and she began to pry at the crab's claws. Unfortunately, unlike her puppy, this thing was mechanical, with strength built in.
Mel grunted with the effort. "Not hurting you, am I?" she asked distractedly as the claws began to part, and then--"Aha!" The crab's claws finally parted enough to allow the girl's tail out--and instantly tried to snap at her. But this was definitely reminiscient of her puppy, and Mel managed to get her hand away in time. The crab fell to the floor, defeated, and skittered away.