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It was that time of night where it had just gotten dark enough that most people would have been advised not to be out walking. Especially, depending on who you asked, a pretty little thing like Loreley Emmet. She'd declined a ride home from her friend's house after spending a good hour or so touching up the girl's hair - 'Extra vibrant is better for your date this weekend anyways' had been her advice on it in the short term. Plus it was just one more nice looking result that she'd be tossing into her portfolio once she was out of school.

A few more months.

A few more months that felt like a thousand years some day. Even if she was doing what she loved.

There was always something slightly uncomfortable about walking through streets where nobody else was walking, however. Even if it was a slightly residential area and the reason why she was out on her own was likely because it was cold. Loreley bundled her coat up around her further with a sigh.

"Just a twenty minute walk, right...I'm so smart," she grumbled to herself as she turned another corner towards the house she split with a few of her school friends. Loreley was almost home.

Something was in the air tonight. Pyewacket prowled the streets of the residential neighborhood he found himself in, whiskers twitching and Mauvian senses awake and active. The stars and planets had told him; there was definitely something afoot tonight, though the astrological chart he'd run up hadn't specified good or bad. Nevertheless, the blue-grey feline decided to take all precautions and assume the something was bad. It was better to be safe than sorry, especially these days.

He trotted between hedges and trees, the bell on his collar jingling softly as he moved. The deepening twilight was just enough to turn the streetlamps on, casting shadows which he held tight to, his fur keeping him nearly invisible in their dark pools. A sense of foreboding washed over him, and he cast green eyes about, searching for… what? He felt sure it would make itself known sooner or later, whatever was out there, whatever was going on tonight.

Approaching footsteps sent him scurrying into a bush. The last thing he wanted was some gormless human to pet him or try to take him home (which had happened before, and oh! What a pain that had been). Crouching down, keeping himself completely still, he watched a single pair of female human feet pass by his hiding place. A familiar sensation made his ears p***k up and his tail swished -- this human was an unawakened senshi! He moved to dart out after her, but another, darker feeling held him back. Shortly after the girl walked by, a dark shape slithered along the sidewalk in the same direction. A youma!

Pye bristled, but held back. What was he to do? Clearly the youma was hunting the girl. Suddenly the monster made its move, and instinctively the cat burst out of the bush and ran as fast as his legs could carry him toward the girl. He could only hope he'd be in time!

There was a hiss that escaped the youma when there was a darting ball of fluff that was clearly trying to get between her and her dinner. Pale eyes narrowed and her teeth were bared, all of her snakes rising and spitting in retaliation.

It proved to be moot because the girl was scooping up the cat and keys were thrown her way.

They bounced off uselessly and only served to enrage Medi instead. "Ssstop!" She spit, long serpentine body chasing after the pair. When she thought they might look her way, she used one of her abilities.

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Gorgon's Gaze: When she wills it, Medi's eyes can glaze over and, when this gaze meets directly with another's, it can temporarily paralyze her opponent/target in question for an upwards of 15 seconds, unless agreed otherwise.

Afterwards, her prey will slowly regain their motor abilities (albeit, they may be feeling a little stiff) and can escape.

Loreley felt the cat stiffen in her arms, and for a moment she was bracing for the Pyewacket to simply retreat away entirely. When she wasn't gifted with a slew of claws and a fleeing cat, she finally looked down at them, then slowly back over her shoulder. What was he looking a-

Her shoulders tightened and it felt almost immediately as though she stopped - thankfully with her feet on the ground, rather than toppling onto her face mid-step.

It looked like she would be stopping.

It took a few seconds, but Pyewacket could feel his muscles unfreeze. He flicked his tail experimentally, and it moved, aching as though awakening from having fallen asleep -- which technically it had, in a manner of speaking. Holding himself still, he waited until the youma was close enough, then lashed the monster in the face with his sharp little claws.

"Not today, foul beast!" he shouted as he launched himself from the girl's arms. "Run, girl, run! Run when you can move again! I'll distract it!" The fluffy grey-blue cat leapt at the youma, yowling as loudly as he could, his paws flying in an attempt to draw its attention away from Loreley. "Come at me, monster! Think of the glory you'll receive for destroying a Mauvian!"

He wanted to avoid those teeth as much as he could. Who knew what manner of awfulness would happen if it bit him?

Medi hissed in irritation, her long tail lashing out angrily behind her as she looked from pretty girl to disgusting cat. Of course the furball was male, they always thought that intervening or injecting themselves into situations they didn't belong in was appropriate.

Disgusting.

She couldn't wait to eat him whole.

"You ssshould have lisssstened," Medi spat, sparing the girl one final glance before she was lunging at the cat, trying to catch him with her hands or by her tail, either way. She intended to eat him.