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It was a lot warmer down here, even though it had taken him ages to march all the way down here. The snow was hardly stuck to the ground here, and for once the black and golden pup wasn't shivering. He just wanted to find somewhere nice and quiet, away from adults with all their stares and concerns. He was just fine! So what if he was just a little whelp, he could hunt for himself! Sorta. His nose pulled up and wrinkled as he walked between the willows, he realized the scent change but he was never taught the meaning of borders before. He was a big smart boy and knew that it meant that there had been some adults around, but he didn't know that it meant that there was a pack behind it. Or what a pack was. His parents had been loners, and they had never even run into any pack lands before they... they...

No, they didn't leave him. Something happened! He was a good boy, no one would leave him alone.

Right?

The pup whined, flopping over on his flank before rolling over on his belly. Paws dangled above his belly, his bangle rattled up and down his forearm as he stretched it out and flopped it back over. His gold marked ears perked as he listened to the sound of his jewelry clattering around him. This was a nice spot, a small breeze fluttering around him and making the willow branches tickle his flanks. The stoic boy cracked a smile, giggling softly at the sensation. Wiggling around until his back was coated in dirt, his silver eyes closed as a content sigh slipped from his maw. This seemed like a good place to stay for now.

"SPEECH"

Itri Dunstan

She was skeptical of this "pack" thing and what it entailed. Why'd Da have to go cramping her style with all this business anyway? She was doing just fine escaping and wandering on her own in the southern continent, but then he'd dragged her and the others up into this cold, arid place in the middle of what she'd been informed was winter, and plopped them down and said they were a pack. A pack! She grumbled and shuffled her paws through the snow angrily as she kicked her way further and further away from the den she'd escaped from to explore. They didn't need no stinkin' pack! No one else could keep up with them anyway! She stopped short, ears flicking towards a strange sound even as the wind puffed a strange scent in her nose. Her eyes finally caught the dark-and-gold body of a boy her age flopped down in the willows. What?! What the heck was this?! A stranger, in their lands?! Now she didn't understand most of this pack stuff, but she did understand one thing: it meant that this land was THEIRS THEIRS THEIRS and no one else's, but now there was a someone-else rolling around in THEIR willows and getting their icky gross stinkiness all over! Leto swelled up with indignation and rage. HOW DARE HE BE IN HER LANDS?! Her ears pinned back and her eyes narrowed as her night-and-fire hackles bristled. AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GOING TO NAP THERE DID HE? Leto's legs spread into a bulldoggish stance, shoulders hunched forward and her head dropping to her shoulder's height, her little puppy claws digging into the earth and her nebulous tail bristling and lashing at the level of her hips. Her lips peeled away from her fangs, bunching up the skin on her face in angry wrinkles and folds over her forehead and muzzle. Largely untrained other than what she'd picked up tussling with her sister, she instead reacted simply as anger and instinct compelled her to. These were HER LANDS. With a screeching battlecry she threw herself forward, attempting to close the lengthy distance between her and the other pup at a clumsy sprint, seeking to come up from behind and the right towards his midsection, at severely acute angle facing towards his head. With no explanation and no warning past the furious sound, she attempted to bodyslam the whole underside of her chest down on the bigger pup's belly right under his solar plexus, trying to drive the wind right out of him. Maybe he'll puke! she crowed with vindictive glee to herself, and attempted to wrap her forepaws around his middle on either side - her right paw around his left side and her left around his right - in an attempt to cling to him like a burr and keep him from escaping. As she did she tilted her head to her right and attempted to bury her puppy fangs into the sensitive fold of skin connecting his left foreleg to his chest in the hopes that she could get a grip there and really really really hurt him. LETO vs ITRI for DOMINANCE Round 1/? ""

Artemis was following Leto because... Well, lets be honest. Who wouldn't. She was sketchy, and she was sneaky, and she always seemed to find fun stuff to do when Artemis wasn't around, and the cerulean girl just wasn't going to put up with that! If Leto was going to have adventures, well... Artemis was going to be a part of them, dammit! And her paranoia was proved justified when she came upon her sister squaring of with an intruder! Artemis gasped, coming onto the scene with a moment of confusion before WHAM! It hit her. These were her Daddy's lands, and even if she didn't really understand how you could own something that was everywhere, she knew people were supposed to pay attention to it! And this little runt clearly hadn't. "Get him, Leto!" She dashed forward, ready to jump into it and make this scrap a melee but she stopped herself. Just watching might be fun because then she'd be able to make fun of Leto for her crappy fighting after! (And maybe learn a thing or two about how her sister kept beating her...) "Bite his butt!" Truly, her advice was invaluable. What on earth would Leto do without her? She had half a mind to go get their Daddy, but he might make them stop and that wouldn't be any fun at all! So instead she hunkered down, ready to leap in at a moments notice. ~ ARTEMIS AERIS ~ "Talk" "You" Think

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There was no warning, nothing but the screeching call of a banshee. He had no time to move, his ears pulling back to his skull as his head tilted upwards to see what the heck was yelling at him. By the time he realized that there was a girl full out charging at him, it was too late for him to move. Frozen in place by fear his tail tucked towards his exposed belly, eyes narrowing as his chin automatically pulled back towards his chest. He didn't know what else to do, he wasn't a fighter and his parents had never taught him anything. All of his muscles went tight, feeling her chest slam right into the bottom of his sternum. The air rushed out of his lungs as he gasped for breath, a moderate bruise forming where she had struck him. Before he could draw air back into his lungs her limbs were wrapped around him, puppy teeth digging right into their mark. Moderate lacerations were made in the pit of his left foreleg, blood seeping to the surface.

At last Itri was able to breath, but the strange marked wold already had a grip on his arm. Out of sheer desperation he raised his upper half somewhat, head tilting to the left as his jaws pried open. His upper jaw sought to bite down on the right side of her muzzle, an inch above her nose, while his lower jaw sought the left side of her muzzle, also an inch above her nose. Itri's nose wrinkled as he tried to bite down as hard as he could, hopefully getting a grip on her face and making her let go of his arm. The black puppy also tried to slam the bottom of his paw on top of the female's left eye, wanting to make her get off of him. Hopefully it stung enough that she jumped off and ran away! His hackles rose along his back, shoulders rolling forward as he tried to fight off his sudden attacker. He had no idea what he had done wrong! In the haze of everything he heard the voice of another calling out, telling the female to bite his butt. Well maybe that would hurt less than her biting into his armpit! A furious growl left Itri's mouth, all pain dulled by the sudden rush of adrenaline. But he was scared, he really didn't think that he had been doing anything wrong, and now there was a weird coloured puppy biting him!

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ITRI vs LETO for DOMINANCE
Round 1 of 2

"SPEECH"

Itri Dunstan

Leto let out a small "oomph" as she slammed into the larger boy right on target, her squishy-soft landing pad cushioning her chest from any bruising that may have occurred to her in return if she'd hit somewhere with bone. Her legs achieved grip, and her sharp teeth clamped into skin. SUCCESS. Less success than if she'd made the trespasser squeal but still a success! Keeping her ears back and her eyes narrowed, the furious snarl wrinkling her muzzle and brow in protective ridges and her fiery hackles raised, she tucked her tail in close to keep it out of his reach. She shifted her weight to her forelegs and chest for balance, keeping it centered so she wouldn't be so easy to push over. Attempting to tighten her grip with her forelegs, she sought to shift all her weight forward on to him to keep him pinned. As she did, she hopped with her back legs in an attempt to bring her hind legs up between her belly and his, seeking to pummel his midsection with wild kicks with both hind paws - unknowingly aimed near the level of his masculinity. Suddenly, sharp teeth closed over her muzzle, piercing skin - with milk teeth and puppy jaws not quite up to large amounts of piercing damage on the bones of her face the immediate results were just a series of mild puncture wounds on either side of her muzzle, but it was enough to make her screech with hurt fury. How dare the trespasser fight back? He was the one who was being bad and doing the wrong thing, not her! It hurt, it hurt bad and it wasn't fair! ... and then he punched her right in her left eye. She flinched, her screech cutting off instantly in shock as the pain from the moderate bruising blossomed - it would surely have resulted in a black eye were she a human and would likely swell up regardless of species. But the pain did not make her run away, no - it made her angry! Now clenching her eyes tightly shut she sought to worsen the grip she'd obtained by attempting to thrash her head side to side like she would shake a rabbit-skin toy... so inexperienced she wouldn't realize the motion would also likely result in more damage to her muzzle if he didn't let go. LETO vs ITRI for DOMINANCE Round 2/2 ""

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Damn this chick was loud! She kept screaming and squealing, while the only sounds leaving the black and gold male was growls and grunts. His eyes stayed narrowed as his ears pressed even tighter against his skull, tail over his exposed belly to try and hide it from her teeth. There was no such luck for his arm pit though, still in the clutches of the little devil. Itri curled his lower half upwards, legs moving towards his rib cage to help protect his belly, almost like his mother was picking him up by his scruff. So when the female pup moved to kick at his belly, her hind legs battered against his own back limbs, striking the lower portion of both his back legs, from his knee down. Minor bruises scattered across his hind legs, making him flinch slightly from the irritated sting. Itri then tried to strike out with his own back legs, hoping to make it past her wild kicking and kick her right in her lower belly, both hind paws stretching upwards to try and achieve this.

Itri was able to get his jaws around the top of her muzzle, but nearly let go when she let out a yelp. But he knew that this wasn't play time, a yelp didn't mean stop. It meant what he was doing was working, and he should keep doing it. So he tried to keep his jaws locked down on her muscle, lips pulling upwards in a snarl and bunching the loose skin around his face. He was not going to let her get away with all of this! He felt somewhat in control, until the dame shook her head back and forth. An angry snarl ripped through his throat as his moderate wounds became major, the inside of his left foreleg bleeding freely. But Itri had not given up his own grip, jaws still locked around her muzzle, and he attempted to bite down even harder to keep a grip with her flailing head. He knew that his jaws would tear farther into her, just like hers had to him. But his left armpit was in a lot of pain, and slowly he was running out of steam. He wasn't a fighter, at all. His parents had taught him nothing, and he didn't even know what he had done to deserve all of this pain. His adrenaline was beginning to wear off, and he knew that he wouldn't make it much longer. In a last ditch attempt for her to let go he tried what had worked before, a swift kick to the eye again. Itri's right front leg again sought to come over her already bruised left eye, aiming to slam the bottom of his paw down on her once again. Hopefully that would finally get her to let go, and he could get away from this crazy child.

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ITRI vs LETO for DOMINANCE
Round 2 of 2

"SPEECH"

Itri Dunstan

Artemis watched her sister scrap with an undeniable sense of pride. Hah, looks like she had taught her older sister a thing or too. She cackled and hollared and whooped when she though it was necessary, having far more fun watching that feeling need to join in. Every mistake Leto make ammunition for later after all. "You get him, Leto! When you win we can take him back to Daddy as a present!" After all, Daddy was collecting people for his new pack thingy, they ought to help him!

It was hard for Leto to figure out who ended up on top on their little scrap, metaphorically speaking, but that didn't keep her from bad-mouthing anyways. "Hey stranger, when my sister's done kicking your fluffy buns our daddy's gonna make you stay here cuz you crossed pack lines, you stupid!" Because heaven forbid she be courteous to someone, especially someone who was on the receiving end of Leto's jaws. She knew how unpleasant that could be. Artemis wondered if she ought to call for Mithras or their Mommy even, but she was frankly a little surprised the cacophony hadn't attracted anyone yet.

LETO vs ITRI for DOMINANCE ROUND ONE LETO CLARITY none seen Total: 10 POWERPLAY none seen Total: 10 DEFENSES +1 for each seen Total: 8 ATTACK +2 chest slam to solar plexus +1 paw wrap +3 bite +1 grip Total: 7 INJURIES first round Total: 10 Total for Round One: 45/50 ITRI CLARITY -2 which paw is he trying to slam into her face? Total: 8 POWERPLAY none seen Total: 10 DEFENSES +1 each seen Total: 6 ATTACK +3 bite +1 grip +1 paw slam +1 soft target-1 clarity issue Total: 5 INJURIES -moderate bruising to bottom of sternum -moderate lacerations to pit of left foreleg Total: 10 (first round) Total for Round One: 39/50 ROUND TWO LETO CLARITY -1 so did he actually hit her eyeball or just the eye area, I didn’t see anything about her shutting that eye so I wasn’t for sure Total: 9 POWERPLAY none seen Total: 10 DEFENSES +1 each seen Total: 6 ATTACK +1 pinning attempt +2 kicks to midsection +3 bite +1 grip +1 worsening damage Total: 8 INJURIES -1 minor lacerations to face -1 moderate bruising to eye Total: 8 Total for Round Two: 41/50 ITRI CLARITY all clear Total: 10 POWERPLAY none seen Total: 10 DEFENSES +1 each seen Total: 5 ATTACK +3 bite to muzzle +1 grip +1 worsening damage +1 paw slam to face +1 soft target Total: 7 INJURIES -0 minor bruising to hind legs -3 severe lacerations to armpit Total: 7 Total for Round Two: 39/50 Totals: LETO 86/100 ITRI 78/100 And the winner is... LETO Itri must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Damage: LETO moderate bruising to eye - 4 ooc days moderate lacerations to face - 2 ooc weeks ITRI moderate bruising to bottom of sternum - 4 ooc days severe lacerations to pit of left foreleg - 3 ooc weeks Notes: Tips for writing and some suggestions. (no points are deducted here): Great work guys!  That was a fun fight to read with the unique start position and subsequent attacks.  Really a unique fight and a good job for both of you, both characters were played well and to reasonably to their knowledge.  Obviously I know you guys can list 10 defenses and all that jazz so nothing to add here. - By [Lunarcat7]