[center][h2][color=F0E68C]Asteria[/color][/h2][/center][hr][hr]
While lightly dozing, Asteria still heard Digbie doing his honest work – or perhaps she was already dreaming, the sound now even a part of her subconsciousness – but nonetheless, was still aware enough to recognize something wrong, something different. She wished to fall asleep, but instead opened her eyes and forced her body to uncurl and stretch once again, her eyes quickly flicking from tunnel point to tunnel point, assessing whether anything was wrong. She noticed a lizard-like worm hatch from an egg, and her assumption that it might be Rain was confirmed by the female’s voice as she announced she would be leaving. She analysed Rain with the proper skill, only because she wanted to know what manner of creature the lizard was now, after her ‘evolution’. [color=F0E68C]“I don’t like this place either, Rain, but I cannot leave, not quite yet,”[/color] Asteria managed to explain to the lesserwurm before she suddenly burrowed under the ground and presumably headed towards the cave’s exit.

Still tired and yet agitated, Asteria dug out a small-sized rock, wrapped her tail firmly around it, and proceeded to do an exercise that could have kindly been called weight-lifting. While she did so, she relocated to the exit of Jason’s tunnel, and crouched low at it, gazing outside, focusing on her sight to try and discern whether there were any enemies outside or whether she had begun hallucinating. [color=F0E68C][i]Lack of sleep for such a short period of time shouldn’t cause that, but if it did, would seeing something truly reflect reality? Ack, don’t mess your own mind up, girl![/i][/color] Asteria huffed and continued her tail-training until she heard what she thought was a shout, or perhaps it was a shuffling gait. [color=F0E68C]“Digbie, I’m going to check the premises, I think something, or someone might be close to us…”[/color] That said, she dropped the rock from her tail, and walked slowly but steadily outside. Not only did she move quieter like this, she also had the opportunity to swing her head left and right, sweeping the surroundings thoroughly.
 
It was because of that caution that Asteria saw the zombie-skeleton as soon as she did. She inhaled sharply but didn’t dare shout for Digbie’s help – she did not know how well the stumbling creature’s senses worked. It certainly seemed to be looking at something, however Asteria had the feeling that what it saw was either something she did [i]not[/i] or that it was looking for something irrelevant to her. Relatively confident that she could take the single enemy out or at the very least slow it down without being heavily injured herself, Asteria crouched, contracted all her muscles, then jumped into a running start, pushing into a quick acceleration, dashing madly at a diagonal towards the skeleton. When she was close enough, she turned her body slightly and used all her momentum in the swing of her tail as she used it to lash directly at the skeleton’s knees. She then quickly turned to face the skeleton directly, and used her tail, paws, and jaws opportunistically, aiming to knock down the skeleton onto the ground and smash its skull into pieces. She hoped that even though it had no flesh nor any brains, turning the skull to dust would still be enough to kill it, again.

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Hears something, rouses from her half-sleep.
Uses Monster Analysis I on Rain/Torrent and refuses to leave the cave for now.
Does some rock-lifting exercises with her tail. Watches the outside of the tunnel meanwhile.
Might have heard either Oberon or the skeleton.
Notifies Digbie she’s going out, and leaves Jason’s tunnel.
Proceeds slowly and with caution, partly for stealth, partly to focus on her sight and scan the environment.
Eventually sees the (goblin, I’m assuming) skeleton.
Runs at the zombie-skeleton.
Attacks its knees with a tail-smash once close enough.
Continues lashing, biting, and clawing at it, her goal to knock it down and smash its skull.
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