Slipping through the air ducts, the cluster of tentacles continued to explore the interiors of the gymnasium building. It was a big place, though because he travelled between walls and through pipes, that sense of size was greatly enhanced.

He had been frustrated lately; finding girls had been difficult for him. More so, finding the kinds that would greatly amuse him; the unique, the powerful. In body, beauty, mind, or otherwise. The strong qualities that would let him examine them in greater relief, examine people for their strengths, and enjoy seeing how those strengths twisted and bent.

But perhaps that was not the problem. The problem was that he needed to change his method... the next he found, the tentacle mass resolved, he would deal with... thoroughly. Perhaps then, he would find more glimpses of what he sought; the innermost power and soul of the human mind.

That, and experience and examine the feelings of pleasure he had grown to enjoy. Almost like an addiction, or a sweet fruit. He was growing to like this place despite his troubles in attaining its goals, not just for the knowledge but for the sheer fun of those within.

His musings ended as he heard sound echoing through the vent; someone was in the showers? Alone, it seemed. The largest of the tentacles grinned; tonight it would see just how much it could 'push'... it dove down the passage, seeking its prey.

after her Martial Art's practicing in the gym, while noone was around, Minh decides to take a shower, to get the B.O. off her, and to cool down since the temperature. she started to get undressed, ready, though not-so-read for her 'unintended shower party'. she smiled to her-self, wondering, since she's been previously got at, by monsters outside, how in the world can she be violated in the locker room? she turned on the showers and climbed in, not on full alert of her "uninvited vent visitor", she closed the shower stall doors.

The thing collected at the end of an air vent in the hallway that lead into the shower room. He could hear the faint sounds of her feet against stone, then tile, almost dainty to his ears. As another tentacle caught up to the first, it twisted about, heading down a different path.

It found the weak-point it sought, prying open the duct and slipping into the walls next to the shower stalls. Moving and slithering, hungry and seeking the warmth of her body (and of the warm water soon enough), it paused near a tiny crack in the tile wall of the showers.

Here, it got a first look at it's new target; her leg specifically. It didn't move though, didn't press through for a closer look. Here it waited for her to feel the warmth of the water and relax, the first tentacle keeping a watch out. Something resembling blood was already flowing faster, the creature eager to begin on this full-course meal...

Minh looked around, for a first second. next she started adding shampoo to her hair, along with soap to her body, unaware that she will need to use "self-defense in the close future. she started to relax in the shower, after she completely washed herself.

Hearing her lathering up, the tentacle just beyond the wall twisted up its tail, extruding the hooked barb but reshaping it, the bony structure beginning to resemble a sharper blade-like point. It was this that it used to widen the hole, and push at the edge of some of the tiles. It didn't knock them away, not quite yet, but it prepared the section of the wall for it's inevitable attack...

In the meantime, it slid a small tendril through, eyeing her from below. It took in her long, sleek legs, her flat stomach, her exotic beauty as water sluiced off her skin. Intrigued and enjoying the show from below, it hesitated, just taking in how she moved as she soaped herself up...

hearing something, "inhuman" near by, she turned the water off, got her towel, she hung on the shower door, stalls and went to check out what that sound, she heard was. "why would there be any "slithery" noises in here? unless some student let a pet snake in, to scare the living daylights out of me...." she pondered, out-loud to herself.

As she stepped out of the shower stall, there was a loud crunch of tile and plaster as something lashed out from the shower wall! It lashed out fast, snaring a leg firmly. A long, off-white tentacle was encircling her calf, large suckers catching her skin tightly and not letting go! It was about as thick as her arm, with a narrow tip like an octopus limb, and an assortment of ridges and bumps across its surface.

With her leg captured, it tugged firmly, the wet floor and the sheer power of the tentacle making her fall! More slithering noises came from the crumbling hole on the wall, movement in the shadows revealing more crowding towards the opening, hungry to capture their prey...

turn around, as soon as the first white tentacle lashed out at her leg. feeling the large tentacle tugger her, and make her fall, she tried something, she learned from martial arts classes. she stuck her hands, out, bent then as soon as they toughed the ground, then had them launch her back up. she then, with strength, stomped onto the white tentacle with her free foot, having it let go. she, when it let go, she stood on the shower stall down, keeping her balance, ready for what was in the shadows.

She manages to drop and roll, driving herself back up! With a stomp, she feels the tentacle convulse and withdraw into the hole. She heard the sounds of it slithering in the infrastructure, but it remained within as it lurked...

Slithering noises echoed throughout the showers as it moved about inside the wall. But out in the hall leading away, something else was coiled, waiting for her to flee that way...

hearing the slithering sound all around her, she figured, she's surrounded by what ever it is that attacked her. she figures to stand there, but one second thought, which was really foolish of her, she decided to go and check out what's in the hole. she jumped off the shower stall door and landed, light footed without noise. though with only her towel on, she looked into the dark hole, seeing nothing, yet hearing alot.

squeezing threw the hole, she went to check it out, which in this case is gonna be a really, really big mistake.

She approaches the dark hole, hearing the sounds slowly receding as she heads for it. The sound gets more and more distant as she finally reaches it, sounding like they are far above...

The hole itself is fairly shallow, it seems, only carrying into the depth of the wall less than a foot. Still, it's enough for a person to slide into if they are trying, and likely where this thing is currently lurking... between the walls.

Then, something drops down from above, looping around her wrist! It's another white tentacle, holding her tightly but not pulling. Still, it's sudden appearance is frightening itself! As she pulls back, she hears another sound, and sees the stall door suddenly slamming shut...

she gasped as another white tentacle grabbed her wrist. she looked out the hole, as the stall door shut. "crap", she whispered to her self. she then, with a will to defend herself from these tentacles, jumped up, planting her feet on to bothsides of the wall, standing there. she then flipped up, using the tentacle around her wrist as if she's in gymnastics, then she kicked the white tentacle straight threw the wall, into the same shower stall, only a different hole created, even though what she's doing is most likely pissing whatever these tentacles belong to off.

She managed to jerk away, the tile and plaster cracking under her feet as she heel-stamped right off the wall. The tentacle is kicked hard, twisting and smashing into the tile limply, cracking it... and then falling through it as plaster breaks away under its weight.

For a moment, there's silence... and then, she sees two more slither out of the hole she was first investigating. These ones are a bit thinner than the first two, sliding out and away from her, circling her. As she watches... she sees them slide completely out of the wall! They aren't attached to anything? They seem more like worms or snakes, if it wasn't for the way they pushed and slithered across the ground straightly. How did they do that?

As she tried to decide what to do, she heard the slithering sound get louder, other sources coming in as four thick tentacles snake in from the hall into the showers! More of them! With them coming in from the entrance, the only escape route was the pool, and she was already dealing with two tentacles nearby circling her like sharks. What would she do?

"where are these thing's coming from" she asked herself as two thinner tentacles came into view. she jumped up, with her hands grabbing on to each side of the walls and she kicked a hole into the wall on the opposite side of the other two walls, creating a hole into a different room. she then jumped up, over the hole, then jumped out into a room she did not know was, untill she went splashed in a pool.

The plaster was thin; it takes a powerful blow or three, but she's able to batter the wall open enough to leap through! Unfortunately, she splashes heavily into the pool. Floundering there a moment, water all around her, she manages to surface in time to hear the numerous slithering noises heralding the creatures from before... if she wants to escape, she has to hurry!