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Elektra took in a deep breath, and thought of something that would hurt the creature enough to give them the advantage. There wasn't much in the way of weapons around them, so that was almost out of the question. She then remembered that she was wearing heels, and how much damage those could do.

With a nod to herself she gave a slight sprint and small jump, making her foot land in its face. Then, with all her strength, she began to repeatedly boot the spot where she had landed the first hit. "Guys, I don't know how much this is gonna do, but its all I can think of."

"I hate this job," called back Sailor Thuban, who was forcing one of its limbs back and forth in the wrong direction until it snapped in half at the joint. "There's this really good seafood buffet just off of 17th and Lombard called Captain Ale's, right, you've probably been there? Well, except for Astraea, I guess. Anyway -- " Snap! went another leg, and Thuban wiped off his forehead before moving onto the next one. Things were going well now. "They had these seriously amazing crab legs, the kind where you just go up there and slap an entire half of a crab on your plate and then five more halves on top of that one."

A black, slimy plasma spilled out of the creature whenever he cracked one of its legs, pouring onto Thuban's sandal-shod feet.

"Well, crab legs are now totally ruined for me."

"Baby, that's going to take time," said Sailor Nerissa. "A whole lotta precious time."

Instead, Elektra was treated to the sight of Sailor Thuban and Nerissa slowly but surely dismantling the youma into its separate parts. As each crab leg came off, goo spurted out, and the leg twitched on the floor before melting away into tar and a little bit of smoke. "I wish you hadn't said that," the girl was saying, sounding nauseated, despite the fact that she and Thuban were both covered in goo now. "I loved the s**t out of Captain Ale's, now I won't be able to eat crab for like... a day."

Obviously Sailor Nerissa was not that easily squicked, though she sounded unhappy about her 24-hour fast of crab legs.

They kept on pulling apart the body. The spider was making skreeeeee sounds. They ignored this -- apparently they were good at ignoring this. Little flecks of goo decorated Elektra's pretty skirt. "Yes," said Astraea to Elektra, who looked a little hypnotised. "Yes, some people use magical powers. As. They're. Meant. To. And then you get this."

They were down to the last two legs. Nerissa and Thuban had gotten to the point where they were chucking goo at each other, as this had started when Nerissa had taken a handful and lobbed it with unerring accuracy towards Thuban's head of pretty golden hair. The youma was pretty still barring the twitching at this point.

This was all so unreal, and yet it felt like this was how things were meant to be. Like something clicked as the dust blew away. Sure she really sucked this time, but each time Emmy knew she'd get better and better. Afterall, you only gain experience from trying.

"Yes, it's Emmeline. Or if you prefer Emmy, that's fine too. I go to Crystal Academy. Though if I had it my way I wouldn't. Though its all in my parent's hands, not mine."

"Ignore them both," Thuban suggested. "Hitting things with wood has a proven record of effectiveness." He put out his hand like they hadn't just fought a giant spider monster together and had, perhaps, met while taking the same survey on favorite coffee flavors. "I'm Char and this is Char, but we're in a protracted disagreement about which of us is the Bizarro Char, so you can call us Boy Char and Girl Char if you want, or your adjective of choice. We go to Meadowview."