[ Natasha mutters something under her breath, her expression going blank and calm - almost unnervingly so - as she calculates the creature's approach, the angles of attack, the routes to either of their suites. Her tone's just as calm as her expression when she speaks, her eyes on the jiangshi rather than Pepper. ]
Don't move from here. If any more get close, do me a favor and scream.
[ And then she's running at the creature like a big cat breaking from cover, all deadly grace against the jiangshi's clumsy awkwardness. An intact creature would present a challenge, but in the state it's in, it's all too easy for her to target the weak points in joints and broken bones and take it apart, all but literally, with brutal efficiency. ]
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Don't move from here. If any more get close, do me a favor and scream.
[ And then she's running at the creature like a big cat breaking from cover, all deadly grace against the jiangshi's clumsy awkwardness. An intact creature would present a challenge, but in the state it's in, it's all too easy for her to target the weak points in joints and broken bones and take it apart, all but literally, with brutal efficiency. ]