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Earthshaker had gambled on casting aside all thought to defense for speed and power, but she had made on fatal assumption. It wasn't entirely unfounded as the only Giga Miseria they'd fought had at least comported itself within the realms of basic logic. 

She took out the ship's mast, and it had to deploy engines to remain afloat. Take out the engines and it fell from the sky as a lump of timber. The encounter with the previous Giga Miseria left her thinking that, for all that this one was a monster in every sense of the word, it might have similar limitations. 

But moving at blistering speeds that tore at her open wounds, she could still see clearly enough that where she struck there was no effect. The impact didn't even rattle the mass of solid bone she struck, and once she cast her fist into joints of bone she slowed.

Even a momentary pause was all the Tengu needed, and yet against Earthshaker found herself swarmed. Rotten teeth clamped upon her as cudgles and blades hacked, battering her from every direction. She blasted outwards to escape, only to be struck in turn by a stream of burning vomit back into the swarm so thick she could hardly see the Giga Miseria, let alone the city beyond it. 

Her screams of pain pierced the night and her mind was torn between present and past, fear rising sharply with the darkness of Miseria crawling upon her-

Then she was through, blinded by the light of a distant city made all the sharper by no longer being held in the shadow of a giant. Tumbling hunks of bone larger then sky scrapers were sliding away, and if they hadn't begun to evaporate like paint from a brush sunk into water, she'd have felt some concern for the cities outskirts. 

Instead she saw Schrade in all her terrible glory. 

Gravity wasn't inclined to let her linger overlong, however, and she came down in rough tumble. Trampled and cracked earth proved poor cushion and she spat a wad of phlegm speckled pink as she settled on her side. 

[color=orange]"Good to see you transformed."[/color] Earthshaker wheezed, body curling inwards with a agonized cough before she unfurled and splayed out on her back. Another familiar position, and at least it was less invasive then sand on freshly burned skin. 

She could have asked why Schrade hadn't done it earlier, but there wasn't any need to. Rei was all in favor of testing them, and in her eyes they had failed if she needed to step in. If the Miseria wasn't liable to wreck the city and the new girl didn't entertain her, she may have even left them to die. 

[color=orange]"Just....give me a minute before you grill me over this. I'm already chewed out by those birds."[/color]