Goodnight, Sleeptight, Don't let the dead bite
09-26-2013, 03:21 PM
The call wasn't one that she had heard before, but she knew that it was for her mother. It was made by a stranger, far off - distant almost, but it was most certainly made for Jupiter - and it was dire. Ananke followed her mother, watching her orange figure from a distance, her lips pulled into a small frown. What was happening? It all put her on edge, seemed strange and dangerous, and she was grateful for the other members of Ludicael that were there. Among them she recognized Song and Novella, and instantly focused on Oberon, along with her own mother. As she eyed the man that wanted to fight with her mother, she bared her teeth, her toes digging into the ground beneath her. She didn't want her mother hurt, he was going to hurt her - and it made her want to help, but she knew that she couldn't. A sigh escaped her lips as the anger slowly drained, and she sat beside her brother, brushing against his shoulder. "I don't like this." She whispered, her silvery gaze falling to the ground as she lowered her head.
She lifted it again when she heard the words of the dark woman that was almost familiar. The dark woman was close to her mother, that much was certain. The young girl had to wonder whether she was serious - whether she really was as strong as she seemed to be. In any case, her confidence in both her mother and in herself was enough to calm the girl just slightly. Perhaps she shouldn't be so scared, so worried. Yet as she turned toward her mother as the fight began a pit dropped in her stomach. Seeing her be injured would not sit well with her - even if she did win this battle.
She lifted it again when she heard the words of the dark woman that was almost familiar. The dark woman was close to her mother, that much was certain. The young girl had to wonder whether she was serious - whether she really was as strong as she seemed to be. In any case, her confidence in both her mother and in herself was enough to calm the girl just slightly. Perhaps she shouldn't be so scared, so worried. Yet as she turned toward her mother as the fight began a pit dropped in her stomach. Seeing her be injured would not sit well with her - even if she did win this battle.
09-27-2013, 04:06 PM
Up until he spoke, her mind wandered to the previous fights she'd been engaged in, conscience churning over her own tactics of initiating a battle. From circling and closing in with the stealthiest of slight progression (as she'd done with the spar with Elphaba) to throwing herself at her opponent after a moment of calm to try and catch them off guard (as she'd done with her first fight with Kaios), Jupiter had been able to act upon all ends of the spectrum and now expected this 'Oddity' to take one of those two routes. For simplicity's sake, she tensed and shifted her weight to her front legs, edging her powerful back legs out to allow for her claws to dig into the earth, as she prepared for the latter option of the two, audits tucking back fully after she nodded in response to his terms. She had noted Medusa's words with only a silent flick of the ear before then, ensuring that she kept her concentration on her newfound opponent's movements and stance.
The dark brute wasted no time in charging her head-on and a smirk played habitually upon her features at the predicted move. She steeled herself for the impact, front legs spreading just a tad as all of her weight was put upon them. A part she hadn't expected in his move, however, was the lift of his front paws from the ground as he tried to place them upon her shoulders. Immediately she found him engaging the two of them into an excruciatingly awkward position as he also made a move towards her face with his teeth. She raised her head quickly but minutely as he rose up, turning it and her neck to the right after she bore his weight upon her shoulders (mostly upon her right side), setting her positioning so that her head was higher than his pressing left foreleg. The force of his momentum caused her body to rock back a bit as she kept her paws in the same place, only kicking her right hind leg a little further out and mostly putting her weight there to act as leverage against his force and keep her rooted to the spot.
He began to thrash immediately in an attempt to jostle her about and it was here that she tried to press forward, having the advantage of power with him having only two legs on the ground to keep him there. She would try her best to advance in return with all of her weight being thrown forward and a bit upwards with her legs, hoping to tip him backwards in some way--hopefully in a manner that would put him on his back on the ground. Spying the ashen pink scar upon his shoulder, she extended her neck at the slightest to try her best to get to it. Her mouth parted and she aimed to sink her front canines--both top and bottom--into the scar tissue, relishing the chance to get a bite in that wouldn't be blocked by an excess of fur.
Between the shifting of her head and the proximity of her face to his shoulder (due to her head having been lowered in the first place), his attack on her features missed its mark and instead his teeth found the upper side of her left neck, near the front of its length and her skull. His bite pierced through about a quarter inch past her fur and into her flesh and she hissed at the feeling but would persist in her own movements. Her tail remained even to provide her as much balance as possible in her mobile and strength-oriented strategy. His thrashing did very little due to her solid stance except that it caused more damage to his bite as he dug into her flesh, but Jupiter wouldn't be surprised if he ended up disrupting his balance or hurting himself more than he hurt her in the wild movements.
jupiter vs. oddity for ludicael
ATTACKS: Goes for the left side of his scar that stretches to his left shoulder with her teeth. Throws her weight forward and a bit upwards by kicking off with all of her legs after taking his impact. She does this to try and push him and flip him over onto his back.
DEFENSES: Shifts weight to front of her body to better stand her ground against his attacks; kicks her right back leg out behind her as he puts his weight on her to counter the slight backwards roll of everything but her paws/legs, focusing some of her weight there to make it easier; ears still pinned; tail still even. Neck no longer scrunched as she sacrifices this defense to be able to try and get at his shoulder.
INJURIES: Though it's pending in severity based on Oddity's next moves, she will receive a painful, 1/4th-inch-deep wound on the upper top of her neck that will likely scar.
OOC: Sei and I both worked the odd positioning out and came to the conclusion that it's just awkward. XD Here are my diagrams of Jupiter and Oddity: Jupiter before his attacks and where his landed and their overhead-view positioning after her head-move. And after I drew those, Sei confirmed by adding where Oddity would be to her original position.
"speech"
prone to violent reaction. ic actions have ic consequences and she lives and breathes it.
public enemy #1
crawl. crawl more. drag your hands and knees across the destruction left in my wake to the ends of the earth. there's a green light of a shining star in my sky and there will not be an obstacle i will not overcome until i cup that star in my palms. the void in my will has been filled with purpose. so crawl. crawl more, love.
public enemy #1
crawl. crawl more. drag your hands and knees across the destruction left in my wake to the ends of the earth. there's a green light of a shining star in my sky and there will not be an obstacle i will not overcome until i cup that star in my palms. the void in my will has been filled with purpose. so crawl. crawl more, love.
because i like it when you're on your knees.
10-02-2013, 03:05 PM
At last, the woman managed to ground the beast beneath her and with that in mind she relinquished her grip on his flesh momentarily. She threw her weight completely onto her hind legs as she had prepared to do earlier, quickly halting her momentum. Figuring that her tail would not be enough to protect her, she lightly pivoted her body past parallel and barely facing her left, both hind legs minutely to Oddity's left side. As he moved to try and bring his paws from about her shoulders to against her chest to keep her from him, she lowered her upper bodice slightly to make it to where he'd have to bend his legs and then push outwards if he wished for the motion to succeed, rather than just shifting his angle and keeping his legs straight to make it work. With her head still lowered from her earlier attack, she spied his jaws snap towards her right paw and she instinctively kicked her back right leg outwards to her right to keep herself propped up. Her ears pinned tighter and a snarl trickled from her maw as she attempted to pull her leg out of range but didn't have nearly enough time. She hissed, her tail flicking in its stationary position from under her, as his jaws clamped down on her paw and ankle and then pulled. The conflicting motions--her pull backwards of her paw and his to her left--caused his teeth to leave painful scores down the planes of her paw as his grip dragged downwards, catching and stopping at her toes in a matter of not even a second.
She was not able to prevent his bite but moved immediately to counter it as soon as she saw him making the move, ignoring the kicking of his legs due to her changed position, as his left leg only lightly ruffled the fur on her left side as it brushed her. Jupiter's mouth gaped once more in her movement and she tilted her head a bit to the left, her angle already aided by her earlier shift and now by the tilt. She attempted to clamp her jaws down on the bridge of his muzzle, both sets of canines aiming to crunch a little above his jowls. She hoped that what she believed was the threat of permanent damage and the pain would deter him from keeping his grip on her appendage for long should her attack succeed. Jupiter would, however, cease her own pull of her right leg backwards to try and free herself, knowing that tugging if he tightened his grip would only make the damage worse. Her balance wobbled slightly as she ensured that the focus of her rightward weight remained on her back leg, as planned.
To ensure her balance she would drop the defense of her shoulders pushed forward and would fly her tail back parallel with the earth, knowing that a fall at this point could mean the difference between beating him into submission and being the one beaten. The woman narrowed her eyes, hoping that if her bite hit its mark that it would also prevent him from attempting to get up, as she planned to keep her forceful hold on it as long as possible if he didn't release her limb. She kept her weight on her splayed toes so that she could move away to recover and briefly assess her own damage should he comply with her unspoken wishes.
jupiter vs. oddity for ludicael
ATTACKS: Aims to clamp down on the bridge of his muzzle, canines wishing to land just above the jowl area, to try and get him to release her paw.
DEFENSES: Kicks back right leg out to keep her from falling, sets tail even to help preserve her balance and stays on her toes in case she has to move once/if he releases her. She keeps her eyes narrowed and ears pinned in minor defense in case he tries to at any point go for her eyes or ears. Weight on left side spread evenly as usual but her right back leg still bearing more than it usually does.
INJURIES: Though it's pending in severity based on Oddity's next moves, she will receive a painful, 1/4th-inch-deep wound on the upper top of her neck that will likely scar. Pending injury to her toes (will probably end up being broken) but has wide cuts/gouges on top of her paw and ankle, as well as her pads cut in a couple of places, from where his teeth dragged down her flesh.
OOC: Sorry for the wait; this was the first day I wasn't at school until 8:30 or 9:00 PM. ^^;
"speech"
prone to violent reaction. ic actions have ic consequences and she lives and breathes it.
public enemy #1
crawl. crawl more. drag your hands and knees across the destruction left in my wake to the ends of the earth. there's a green light of a shining star in my sky and there will not be an obstacle i will not overcome until i cup that star in my palms. the void in my will has been filled with purpose. so crawl. crawl more, love.
public enemy #1
crawl. crawl more. drag your hands and knees across the destruction left in my wake to the ends of the earth. there's a green light of a shining star in my sky and there will not be an obstacle i will not overcome until i cup that star in my palms. the void in my will has been filled with purpose. so crawl. crawl more, love.
because i like it when you're on your knees.