Have you ever heard of the phrase "outside context problem"? It's this idea that you might be on the top of your game, a trained, champion heavyweight boxer, with augmented reflexes and a wicked right hook, you even know the best moves to counter somebody pulling a knife, and then somebody makes you box an octopus.

Elodie comes down the side of the scaffolding in an undulating surge, gravity-assisted momentum transforming into forward motion on hitting the ground. It's a slithering motion and she's lost at least a foot in height as she spreads out to yank herself forward, interjecting herself between York and the heavyweight.

Heavyweight doesn't know quite what's going on here, but wants York. Leads with a jab, likely a test, sounding out a new face. Pretend to fall for it, block but badly, arm sweep catching it on a "lucky" pass. 

Heavyweight decides, goes straight for the haymaker followup, wants to get this random woman out of the way to get to the real problem. Best defense, don't be there. Duck aside at an angle nobody else could manage and stay upright, push aggressor away to gain distance. 

Heavyweight's seeing red and is going for real. Fight's lost already, can't win if you only have fury, but you can't see that either. Two jabs, uppercut, feint left and then commit. Hand slaps aside one jab, tentacle gets the other almost without thinking. Catch the uppercut on the elbow, pull and to the side, throw him off balance.

Heavyweight wants to go harder but it's her initiative and her fight to lose. He's twisted to the side and trying to recover but he's in close. Tentacle grabs his back leg and yanks, balance totally gone. Another one catches his side, holding him up, arms grab under the armpits, shove him down and kneeling and hold, tentacle on each limb, hand on the back of the head controlling where he's looking (away from York, no reason to add to the venom). Put enough of her weight on him to make sure he knows he does [i]not[/i] want all of it on him.

8 seconds, probably about 400 photos snapped, one red-carpet star totally humiliated.

Maybe this wasn't a good idea.

"You okay?" She calls back to York.