[center][h2]Steve[/h2]
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Location: alley across Heroes' Café
interacting with: Harpy
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[i]Quick quick, what should I do?![/i] Slightly panicking, Steve went through his options as the harpy lifted him higher and higher. 
1) Grow. 
[i]If I grow I can handle the harpy but it won't be able to hold me so we fall.[/i]
He looked down. By now the alley was already 6 meters below them. [i]Too high.[/i]
2) Do nothing until it's safer.
[i]When is it going to get safer?! It's only taking me higher![/i] Internally he was yelling at himself.
10 meters.
3) Try to fight the harpy while staying small.
[i]Now that is your most terrible idea so far. Either it will hurt me, or it will drop me. Or both.[/i]
15 meters. 
[i]This is going great.[/i]
It was almost as if the harpy was purposely taking him somewhere. Or it was just going to drop him from a height because it was just a sadistic creature. 
[i]Wouldn't it have dropped me already then?[/i] Desperately he tried to remember, what he had seen on a card before. The very same trading card game that Robert had been so enthousiastic about earlier today, had a monster set with mutated creatures that had been fought in the past, or that were otherwise spotted in EC and around the world. Everyone knew about the swarm rats, but Steve was sure he had seen a picture of the creature that was taking him before. [i]come on Steve! What useful information is hidden in your memory?[/i]
20 meters. 
Before his minds eye he vaguely saw the card. As if he was focusing a lens on it. "Harpies!" he said out loud. [i]They are called harpies. 
...
Well that was useful.[/i]
25 meters. 
Steve was already realising his big mistake of not growing when it was only 6 meters, because ofcourse a fall of 6 meters would be nothing for a 20 meters tall giant. But before he could continue beating himself up mentally over that mistake, he spotted another option. 
30 meters. 
They were quickly nearing the roof of the building next to them. If the harpy would just not drop him for another ten meters, everything would be fine. 
35 meters. 
He prepared himself to reach for the building once the harpy was going to feel his weight growing and would decide to let him go. 
40. meters. 
[i]Just a little further. [/i]
42. 
[i]Go![/i]
As they emerged from the alley and into the open sky, Steve stretched his legs. Immedeately he started growing very rapidly. They harpy only took him a couple more meters before realizing he wasn't able to lift this weight. It let go. 
45 meters above the ground, little Steve grew into giant Steve. 
He started falling while his growing arms reached for the edge of the building's rooftop. 
43 meters. 
[i]just a little further. [/i]
41.
[i]Crap crap crap![/i] 
38.
[i]Shitfuck![/i] 
35.
[i]GOT IT![/i]
At the very last moment Steve's growing arms had reached the building. He clung with all his might, praying that the building would be able to hold him.