 Post #2 ~ Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs become Lions ~
Now that the Toadstool was all numb and helpless, Charner could proceed.
Given she was already on her back, she figured the best way would be to complete the process from there. So, she shuffled over using her elbows as a brace, and shimmied right up to the stem of the plant. See? She didn't fear it. Big ol' hairy toadstool had nothing up on her.
Tucking her wand between her teeth, Charner reached up and wrapped her fingers around one of the fangs. All too easy.
Tug.
Nothing.
Tug tug.
Nothing again.
.....
Frowning, Charner shifted her body position and tried again. And again. And again. The poor numb creature was probably rolling its biologically-unpresent eyes at her willing her just to get it over with. Or for the numbing spell to wear off so it could eat her arm.
Frankly, she liked her arm. She was just starting to develop some muscles on it, so she was planning on keeping it. So she tugged with more vigor. With more force. She was determined to get this tooth.
And then. It happened.
The plant...drooled on her! It started on her hands, which she didn't notice as a result of the gloves and slowly worked down until it touched her bare arms. It was cold. Slimy. And absolutely disgusting. Her eyes popped open wide and she stared at the saliva, watching with horror as it continued to creep down both arms. Of course, watching the drool on her arms kept her completely unawares of the large glob that was forming on the point of the fang which her hands were wrapped about. And that the point of that tooth was right above her mouth, which was in turn open partway to accommodate holding the wand between her teeth.
She didn't know, until it dripped and landed RIGHT in her mouth.
She froze. Choked. Gagged. And SHRIEKED. Very loudly.
Rolling out from under the THING she spat and gagged and tried all methods of vomitting the bile back up. She even wiped her hand across her lips and was about to stick her fingers in her mouth to try and get the rest of it out when she realized they TOO were covered in the saliva.
O.O!!!!
"That's it! You are going DOWN!" With a war-like cry, Charner nearly jumped on the back of the toadstool, her hands slipping and sliding until she got one on its mushroom of a head and the other around the tooth. It was all twisting, yanking and pulling beside silent curses in her mind.
And then, with a pop, the tooth came out. The sudden release had her tipping forward over the toadstool and falling on her back again. But she had IT! Her hand shot up into the air victoriously.
One down, one to go!
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