[If nothing else, Muffet at least has a decent sense of priorities- even as confused as she is right now, her immediate response to Chara's shouted warning is to leap forward, already in motion by the time she consciously registers the sound of movement behind her.]
[It's enough time gained, luckily, that she's already turning to face the creature as it bursts out of the ground, the jaws of the nearest head opening wide and- oh angels that's much too close- she casts out more purple magic as she dashes backward, wrapping around the hydra's muzzle to seal that mouth shut, still not daring to slow down the entire time.]
[She finally comes to a stop closer to Chara than the hydra, hastily glancing over at them to reassure herself that they're still in one piece and waiting tensely for another head to appear.]
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[It's enough time gained, luckily, that she's already turning to face the creature as it bursts out of the ground, the jaws of the nearest head opening wide and- oh angels that's much too close- she casts out more purple magic as she dashes backward, wrapping around the hydra's muzzle to seal that mouth shut, still not daring to slow down the entire time.]
[She finally comes to a stop closer to Chara than the hydra, hastily glancing over at them to reassure herself that they're still in one piece and waiting tensely for another head to appear.]