Doc Doctor

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@Lunarlors34
When its wounded, it throws everything to one side to heal up as quickly as possible. And if James is as strong as Shash, then with equalised power neither character could really tear the limbs off the other, just like how a normal child can't pull the arms off of another normal child.
The tail is also stronger than its arms, being both its primary form of locomotion as well as how it captures most prey.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@Cruallassar
You never specified which side you shot from, and in most roleplays I've been in that means its up for dibs. It's pretty important to get the lefts and rights down.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

Since the shadow portal was apparently instant (don't look at me!), The monster would have have missed the grab, though as it was also strong enough to rip off appendages there would gave been little chance of the man greatly damaging its tail. As it felt the membrane of its good wing sizzling, the arrows having melted holes in the tough flesh, it would attempt to dive down into the pool of shadow in pursuit of James. The sooner it consumed him, the sooner it could go after the bothersome thing that had been launching strange projectiles at it.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@CruallassarWhy would Shash not be in a position to block?

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@YamiNoNeko2341Ah, alright.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

The monster unfurled his remaining wing to the utmost, aiming to block the shots to its tail and vitals. It couldn't have dodged like it had done with the sonic arrow, but blocking was another matter and it had a very big and flexible "shield".

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@Lunarlors34
It may have opened up beneath James instantly, but gravity isn't instant. Besides, he swung his sword before the portal opened and that was when the tail grab occurred.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

C-C-C-COMBO ATTACK!

Shashous-Throth had a trick it saved for on warrior types. As James blindly swung his blade, he'd perhaps be surprised to find that the creature's muscular tail had suddenly coiled around his sword arm, restricting it and keeping him carrying through with his attack. If this occurred then as he was pulled into the shadows, the monster would lower its immense body weight and try to brutally wrench him back towards it. Depending on the give of the shadow portal, James might be either pulled completely out and into the ravenous embrace of the monster, or suffer having his right arm torn off by the roots as the rest of him fell into darkness.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@Lunarlors34Just because there is heat all around doesn't mean he can't pick out a solid mass of warmth that is separate from the various surrounding temperatures. Let's just say Shashous-Throth could put the Predator's heat sensors to shame.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

The swordsman would be in for a surprise. The monster hadn't at all gone for the illusion, but the real thing. It couldn't see in the first place, so to it the illusion seemed like only a cloud that smelled like a human. It detected no solid mass with its sonar, and most importantly of all, no body warmth with its heat pits. No heat meant no fresh blood.
James on the other hand didn't know how Shashous-Throth had not been tricked. Chances are the swordsman would have just gotten out into the open air, already contemplating his next strategy. Without warning a long, knobby arm flashed out of the smoke to swipe the swordsman's legs out from under him and bring him to the ground! If this occurred then the ichorous claw on the end of that arm would seek to latch on to one of the human's ankles before dragging him back into the smoke.