After their encounter with the large cat down on the rocky plains, Saracyn was more hyped than ever to continue his day outing with his twin sister. Nothing got him quite hyped up like a good fight, especially when he got to share it with Avacyn! The older they got, the more the young Mendacium prince valued his relationship with his sister. It was no secret that he didn't have many friends amongst Elysium, but he didn't care. He didn't need any when he had Ava by his side. That fact was proven by how thoroughly they trounced that overgrown feline. Together, the Mendacium twins were an unstoppable force to be reckoned with!

Heading west from the Stone Steppe, Saracyn began to lead Avacyn up the rocky paths of the snowy mountain range, up and away from the lands of Boreas down below. He'd only been through here once before, but he had heard of a pathway through the mountains that would let them cut through to the other side rather than navigating all the way around, and if there was one thing Sara loved, it was a good shortcut that cut down on the work. Walking up against the blistering wind side by side with his sister, Sara leaned gently in towards her to bump her side with his shoulder, shooting her a happy grin when he had her attention.

"It's not much farther! Just a little bit more up this path," he said to her, following the winding trail as it ran up along the sloping sides of the mountains, his massive paws crunching through the snowdrifts with ease. Rounding a corner on the path, Saracyn's eyes lit up when he saw the gap in the rocky crags just up ahead. "There it is!" He pushed forward, trying to break down some of the snow in their way to make the progressing a bit easier for his sister. As they reached the split in the mountain, Saracyn bounded ahead—only to yelp and recoil backwards as a bellowing kodiak bear rose up from behind a boulder, blocking the wolves from advancing through. Sara regained his composure and jolted into his fighting stance, eyes narrowed and serrated fangs bared as he squared off with the bear, waiting for Ava to join him and intimidate their big fat blockade.

"Saracyn Mendacium"

Avacyn followed her twin up into the mountains, happy to follow where ever he led. She hadn't had a real plan for their day out among the northern lands of Boreas, but after the fight they had at the steppe with the big cat she was happy to continue rolling with the high she always had after a successful fight. That feeling was only made all the better being with her brother through it all. When he nudged her and she turned her obsidian gaze toward him, she returned his grin and nodded as he mentioned the path they were looking for should be just up ahead. She kept her eyes peeled for it until finally Saracyn spotted it, calling out his find and rushing ahead to get to the break in the icy mountains.

She hurried forward to follow after him into their short cut, only to be cut short by the roar of a Kodiak bear that appeared in front of them, clearly not too pleased with having its home invaded by two wolves. Saracyn of course immediately dropped into a fighting stance as she had expected him to and she came up along side him in a similar stance, snarling and growling at their newest foe with him. The bear didn't seem all that intimidated, but it did stop its forward advance at least. Noticing a gap in the path, she took the opportunity and bolted forward, knowing she would be smaller and faster than her brother. She slipped by the bear, narrowly missing its claws, and got it to stumble as it hastily tried to turn around to catch her. She spun around to face it again with a grin, knowing that it had made a terrible mistake letting her twin get behind it.

"Avacyn Mendacium"

While Saracyn and the Kodiak bear squared off with one another in a competition of out-intimidating the other predator, the yearling wolf held the bear's entire focus, permitting Avacyn to move about as she pleased. He made a grand distraction of himself while a purple blur of lightning zoomed past him and between the rock and the bear. The bear bellowed in confusion as well, following the movement it saw and swiping with claws on empty air as it tried to stop Avacyn from getting past him. Unfortunately for the dumb ursine, it let itself get distracted by his sister, leaving Saracyn total access to its vulnerable backside.

Grinning like a maniac, Sara launched himself toward the bear, leaping up to sink fangs and claws into the bear's backside. The kodiak gave a startled bellow and rose up on its hind legs, trying to toss the wolf off of it, but Saracyn was latched on and not letting go. He clawed at the bear's fatty backside, extending his serrated blade to hack and slash ferociously at any part of the bulky bear he could reach. The bear tried to reach around to swipe at the wolf, but to no avail. Losing blood and in pain, the bear resorted to doing something drastic: it threw itself back into the craggy mountain wall, slamming Saracyn into the rock between them. Sara gasped as the air was knocked from his lungs and he was dislodged, collapsing to a breathless heap on the ground while the bear rounded on him with a roar and murderous intent in its beady black eyes.

"Saracyn Mendacium"

Saracyn didn't disappoint and took to attacking the large bear from the back immediately as soon as she had the bear turned around away from him. She couldn't see exactly what he was doing, but the bear's reaction was immediate as it roared in pain and reared up on its hind legs. She waited for a good opportunity to jump in to help, but the bear was twisting and shaking so much trying to get ahold of Sara that it was difficult. It wasn't until the bear slammed itself into the wall of the mountain pass that she found her opening. It was too late to keep Saracyn from getting knocked into the rock and thrown to the ground, but she could keep the bear from doing anything worse.

Darting around its thick limbs again, she threw herself between the bear and Saracyn and leapt up, both of her front paws going for the bear's face. Her claws ripped into its cheeks and it roared, stumbling back away from them with a new set of bloody slashes on either side of its face. She took advantage of it reeling back while she gave Saracyn another moment to get back on his paws and continued to charge the bear, running in head first and head butting one of its hind legs, the pointed ridges of horn along her crown tearing into its thigh white also causing it to buckle and send the bear toppling over onto its side.

"Avacyn Mendacium"

Saracyn wheezed as he tried to reinflate his aching lungs. A quick check of himself found nothing seemed to be broken, but there was no doubt he'd be bruised something fierce come tomorrow. Every breath hurt his chest and his head was spinning, but the death blow from the bear's claws never came. Glancing up, dizzy blue eyes found his violet sister making absolute mincemeat of the confused and startled bear. Gods damn, she was ferocious when she was in a state like this! For a moment, Saracyn just watched his sister go, loving seeing Avacyn in rare form as she gored and tore up the bellowing bear. Ah, but he couldn't let her have all the fun now!

Getting back to his paws and shaking out the cobwebs from his head, Saracyn put himself back in the fight. He trudged over to the collapsing bear, muscles shifting and rippling beneath his coat while he drew down on the ursine. The kodiak huffed and roared as it gained its second wind, turning about as best it could to reach long claws out to swipe at the wolf attacking its legs. Except it never made contact. Saracyn intercepted the paw with his jaws latching around the bear's wrist, biting down hard until his teeth hit bone, and then yanking back hard. His serrated fangs cut through muscle and sinew, breaking the bear's wrist with a bloody snap. The bear roared in pain. Saracyn just rolled his eyes. "Oh, go the fuck back to sleep," he muttered and extended his smooth-edged blade, plunging it through the bear's eye with a thrust of his paw. The bear's body shuddered, then went limp with its final breath leaving its body. Saracyn pulled his dagger back, then turned to look Avacyn over, eyes shining with admiration and delight. "Damn, Ava, I've never seen you get like that before," he chuckled, coughing a couple of times when his aching lungs protested. "You okay, sis?"

"Saracyn Mendacium"

She was able to buy plenty of time for her brother to get back to his feet and by the time she had the bear on the ground Saracyn was approaching to finish off the job. She was able to stand back and catch her breath while Sara snapped the bear's wrist with a tearing crack, a small grin tugging at her lips with relief as she watched him. He clearly wasn't too hurt by the slam the bear gave him into the rock and that eased her worries and allowed her to relax again. The fight was quickly over as Sara drove his dagger through the bear's eye, slicing into its brain and making the ursine fall still after a few more twitches and convulsions. She came over to him as he turned toward her, giving him a slightly bashful grin as he commented about how he had never seen her get like that before. "Yeah, well... I couldn't just let it make a meal of you, could I?" When he coughed she sat back and lifted her paws to his sides to rub over them gently just to check his ribs and make sure he was okay. "Yeah, I'm fine. Are you?" Once she was satisfied that he was still in one piece she gave him a smile and lightly nudged his shoulder with her own. "Come on, lets keep going."

"Avacyn Mendacium"