She was aware of Padraig in her peripheral vision as she lay there, battering at the spider with her crossbow. However, her focus was pretty much on the spider in general and it's fangs in particular. It snapped down at her and Faith let out a yelp and rolled to the side. It missed, but she stopped assaulting it with a crossbow, too, so it meant that it was back and able to attack. Padraig's yelp of pain came just as she realised that it was atop her and she had dropped her weapon and the only thing she had to hurt it with was her hands.
It's hot blood was pouring out and, as she realised the she had to fight it without a weapon, yet she wasn't strong or skilled enough to fight it she also realised that it was losing blood. Blood. With a sudden flash of insight and inspiration, Faith lifted her hands and clamped them either side of the spider's head, her hands sinking in as she used the Burning Blood power granted to her by Famula.
The spider screamed. It was a sound that didn't belong in the moral world and it might well be the kind of thing that would give a person nightmares ~ but as the thing was already losing blood quickly and so had very little of it, as Faith's power heated it's remaining blood, it screamed. Just as Padraig turned around to her, having dispatched his own, he got to see Faith with her hands more or less buried in the spider's flesh as it screamed in pain.
Which had good sides and bad sides, as a plan. The good result was that, in it's already weakened and almost-dead state, it pushed it over into all-the-way dead. Unfortunately, the not so great result was that small detail which had already got her into the situation of laying on the floor in the first place. As it died, it fell on top of her and she let out a squeal first of surprise and then pain as something easily twice, if not three times her weight landed on her.
She tried to wriggle, strained every muscle she had to lift it, but she wasn't strong enough and had no leverage. It was heavy enough that, when it landed on her, it crushed her and she'd have more bruises from that than she would the fall. It's weight made it hard for her to breathe and it was utterly disgusting, too. She called, praying to Famula that he was alright, that he was safe and not in danger any more.
"Padraig! Padraig, are you alright? I'm stuck!"
It's hot blood was pouring out and, as she realised the she had to fight it without a weapon, yet she wasn't strong or skilled enough to fight it she also realised that it was losing blood. Blood. With a sudden flash of insight and inspiration, Faith lifted her hands and clamped them either side of the spider's head, her hands sinking in as she used the Burning Blood power granted to her by Famula.
The spider screamed. It was a sound that didn't belong in the moral world and it might well be the kind of thing that would give a person nightmares ~ but as the thing was already losing blood quickly and so had very little of it, as Faith's power heated it's remaining blood, it screamed. Just as Padraig turned around to her, having dispatched his own, he got to see Faith with her hands more or less buried in the spider's flesh as it screamed in pain.
Which had good sides and bad sides, as a plan. The good result was that, in it's already weakened and almost-dead state, it pushed it over into all-the-way dead. Unfortunately, the not so great result was that small detail which had already got her into the situation of laying on the floor in the first place. As it died, it fell on top of her and she let out a squeal first of surprise and then pain as something easily twice, if not three times her weight landed on her.
She tried to wriggle, strained every muscle she had to lift it, but she wasn't strong enough and had no leverage. It was heavy enough that, when it landed on her, it crushed her and she'd have more bruises from that than she would the fall. It's weight made it hard for her to breathe and it was utterly disgusting, too. She called, praying to Famula that he was alright, that he was safe and not in danger any more.
"Padraig! Padraig, are you alright? I'm stuck!"
