The Chase is Better Than the Catch

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:19 pm

Will walked a slow circle around Sam as she shifted.

"Powerful, yeah? Quad muscles for days."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:21 pm

"Bit of a rush," she nods.

"Of course, now I look like her."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:21 pm

"That's bad?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:23 pm

"Well I don't know about you, but I'm not exactly fond of any of them."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:26 pm

"Could come in handy...

But I can see why you'd not like it for lounging around town," Will nodded. "Maybe you should do something with your hair," she teased.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:37 pm

"...guess that would be a bit more me," she admits with a toothy smirk.

She concentrates for a moment, closing her eyes. Soon, wild red locks push forth from her form's head where her scalp would normally be, tumbling down her back in a mane.

"Better?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:42 pm

"Man, I wish I could do that," she grinned.

"It's VERY you. Now they'll know who's coming after them."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:44 pm

"Something to be said for signing your work, aye?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:54 pm

"I'll have to work on that. It's impressive."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:55 pm

Sam snorts.

"It's just hair."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:07 pm

"Yeah, well, I can't do it! I've just got the one person form, you know. I guess everything has my signature.

YOU, though, can do a whole bestiary. THAT is cool."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:14 pm

"Had to work up the nerve to do more with it. I worried that I'd scare people, aye? But maybe some people need to be scared."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:21 pm

Will grinned. "You'll be terrifying. Assuming you don't fall flat on your face."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:05 am

"These don't quite come with arch support," she says, leaning against a tree and holding up a monstrous foot, wiggling her toes.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:08 am

"Yeah. You're gonna have a hard time keeping up with people if you can't get that under control," she said, crouching to look at Sam's feet.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:35 am

"The balance worked fine in the fight, but... I'm not sure I'm meant to run like this."

She tests her weight from foot to foot, her tail trying to compensate.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:36 am

"That's no good. No good at all.

You need practice," she grinned.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:38 am

"...what do you have in mind?" She asks, peering at Will with golden eyes.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:39 am

"Well, if you're going to be tripping and falling, you'd NEVER catch me, even if you ran all night."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:27 am

"I suppose you'll never know unless you start running."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:31 am

"Run run run, as fast as you can.

You can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man," Will laughed.

Then, she scooped up Sam's shed clothes, and started SPRINTING into the forest, weaving between trees.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:03 pm

"Oh, you little..."

"You asked for it!" She calls after Will.

She starts lumbering after him, but her balance is shaky when she tries to move faster, leading her to lean on a tree or two to steady herself.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 7:20 pm

"Gotta give you some motivation, yeah?" she called back over her shoulder, leaping over a tree stump and turning on the jets.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:21 pm

"Oh, I'll show you motivation, aye?"

She stumbles a bit, but soon figures out that running on all fours is decidedly easier. Soon, she's galloping after Will full-pelt.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:52 pm

As for Will, she TOO had gone onto all-fours---or, rather, had shifted into a rather impressive, ten-point buck, with Sam's clothes rakishly perched on his antlers, as he continued to try to gain distance.

Sam was certainly faster, so Will tried to maintain the distance by careful weaving and changes of direction.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:26 am

"You do realize the goal is me catching you, not eating you, aye?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:42 am

"Moot point, can't do either!" Will taunted.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:32 am

"We'll... bloody... see about that!"

She grunts as she has to weave through the trees.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:04 am

Will was running out of ground--she didn't want to head right back onto campus. After all, that's why Sam had come out to the woods, right? Plus, it was so much...better out in the wild.

Instead, she tried to make a sharp cut and double-back, heading for the outer wall of the campus...IF she could slip past Sam.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:23 am

Sam skids, claws digging into the ground as she has to reverse direction. Limbs tensing, she makes a leap for Will as he passes.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:10 am

A hit! A palpable hit! Sam's claws graze against Will's flank as she tries to dart by, opening up a bit of a gash, causing Will to stumble and lose speed, but not quite fall down...

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:15 pm

"Almost had you..." Sam calls, resuming pursuit.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:50 pm

"Almost isn't gooood enoughhhh," Will teased back, trailing a tiny bit of blood behind her.

If she could just make it to the wall, she might be able to clear it--or, at least, shift into something that could.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:00 pm

"I'm catching up to you," she growls, pouring more effort into closing the distance.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:58 pm

Will was ALMOST at the wall, and shifted, first back into human form, and then into a raven as she tried to clear the final gap...

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:32 am

Sam tries for a running leap and a tackle. Granted, Will's a small target, but she's a big catcher's mitt.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:58 am

*FWOMPF*

It may not make ESPN's Top 10 Most Graceful Tackles, but the bird was hers, as they landed with a hard *thump* on the forest floor.

"Uncle! Uncle!" Will laughed.

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:16 am

Sam's shaggy form lands in a tumble, rolling a short distance before sprawling on her back.

"...bloody hell," she pants.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:25 am

Will, too, shifted back, grinning.

"I really thought I had you on that double-back."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:30 am

"Damned near did. There's drawbacks to being built like a lorry."

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