Inara had found a new cave to explore. She'd always loved caves, ever since she was little she'd been practically drawn to them. She loved them so much that she had decided to make them her life's work. Now in her second year of college she was excited to be working further into her geology major. So one pleasantly crisp spring day she had decided to go out hiking and discovered a new cave. Crouching down to examine the entrance, she decided that it would need a much closer look. She excitedly went back home, grabbed her caving backpack and camera and came back right away.
Let me backup a step and describe Inara. She was five foot two inches, which despite what many people believe was not
that
much below average. Yes I know the average man is five foot ten, however the average woman is five foot four, and you don't tell a five foot eight man he's short do you? I digress however, she was pleasantly plump with wavy brown hair down a bit past her shoulders, dark blue eyes and freckled skin. She had an ever friendly, smiley disposition. On that day she wore a pair of well fitting jeans, gray hiking boots and a loose green t-shirt. Her backpack was a pink and green paisley monstrosity, and her camera was brand new with several fancy filters and removable bulbs.
The entrance to the cave was not very big, so she looped the camera strap over her head and crawled in. The tunnel was tight and long, but Inara was so giddy that she didn't notice the passage of time. When she finally reached the first proper cavern she stood up and brushed her hands and knees clean as she looked around. With a proud smile on her lips, she took note of the variety of formations already in view. She had never thought to question why she was able to see perfectly in low light conditions, or even if they really were low light conditions. She just accepted it as part of puberty. She happily pulled the strap of the camera off her neck and switched out the bulb for a black light bulb.
Don't remove that from your neck. I know you don't like how the strap rubs at your neck, but it'll be safer there.
Inara made sure her camera was properly set up to take ultraviolet pictures and stepped further into the cave softly humming as she took pictures almost at random. Not once did she notice the form that followed her in. The thing that had been stalking her for weeks awaiting the perfect opportunity. It decided that it had found its opportunity. She was arching her back to take a picture of some helictite above her when a pair of tentacles wrapped around her waist and yanked her off her feet. She screamed in fear and then cried out in distress as her camera clattered to the ground, "My camera!"
Oh crap, I hope it's not broken. But you have bigger things to worry about girl.
The tentacles juggled her struggling form around until she was facing a writhing mass of tentacles. It was a mid-sized tentacle monster, not that Inara would know that. The mound of tentacles was only
slightly
taller than Inara.
She couldn't place why but she found the tentacle monster mildly familiar, which made it just the smallest bit less frightening. That is, until three tentacles shot towards her form once more. She whimpered and froze up, some hazy distant memory let her know that these tentacles might have something sharp within them. One of the new tentacles cut her shirt off, while another cut her backpack straps and the third pulled her boots free. Most tentacle monsters are content to simply cut open the clothing but this one seemed intent on shredding Inara's clothing completely. Perhaps her camera might not have been safer on her neck. Pretty soon, scraps of her white sports bra and her jeans were littering the cavern floor on top of her shredded shirt. Down to her simple white panties and little pink socks she cried out a question, "Why are you doing this?!"