Esti felt her teeth click closed over air after skimming over Valentine’s left ear. Suddenly, the male sidestepped to Esti’s left, causing the woman’s nails on her right forepaw to simply scrape past the brute’s right foreleg’s ankle. She quickly pulled her right forepaw back and placed it on the ground, balancing herself and her weight with the new addition. As if he was some psychic, Valentine moved to counter her shove, but the lack of momentum caused his left shoulder to thud pretty gently (for an attack) against the upper part of Esti’s chest, just below where her neck met her chest, earning the woman a nice sized, though light, bruise through the thick fur and skin.

Esti pulled herself together by her defenses. She quickly tucked her head back, rolling her shoulders to scrunch the fur and skin over her bruised chest. Her lips pulled back, face scrunching, and eyes narrowing for the protection of the face and eyes. Esti pulled her ears tight against her skull as her head and tail leveled out to align with her spine, her hackles maintaining their fluffed-and-spiked presence along her back. With all four paws on the ground, Esti checked to make sure her weight was distributed evenly, bending her knees for support and flexibility.

Their closeness killed any advantages the two held against each other, so Esti sought a new vantage point by crouching down to roughly half her height. She quickly shifted her stance wider to even out her weight and keep her balance steady. In doing so, her inner left forefoot toes would only be grazed by Valentine’s left forefoot claws, causing light, minor scratches to match the ones on her right foot from earlier. With her decision to duck, came the reward of having Valentine’s bite graze just at the tips of the fur on her head, just over her left ear, which was tucked safely away from the sharp fangs.

With Valentine’s assault over, Esti once more had a window of opportunity to attack. She attempted to lift her left forefoot, aiming to immediately redistribute her weight to her other three legs, and claw down the lower half of Valentine’s left foreleg, seeking to stomp on his left forepaw with her left forepaw. She hoped to draw Valentine’s attention downwards, because she was going upwards. Esti tilted her head upwards and to her left, flinging open her jaw and aiming to strike upwards and to her left, like a snake at Valen’s middle throat, before it filled out to his shoulders, but not directly under his jaw. She sought to grip his neck, her upper jaw over his windpipe, squeezing it from his left just enough to not do any serious harm, but to tip the battle in her favor. With the rest of her force, Esti attempted to twist her body and ram the front of her left shoulder into the left, flat side of Valentine’s left shoulder, hoping to redistribute her weight beforehand so that, with the momentum of her twisting body, she could use her back legs to fuel the attack like a batter pitching a ball. Esti sought to give him a stinging trio of attacks that would lead her to victory in this spar; a spar he was sure to remember.

VALENTINE versus ESTI for SPARPLAYING FOOTSIE

Round TWO of TWO

"Speech"
'thoughts'

Ash the pup spouted questions at the cat, Miss Cas came over, which was the coolest. she had just finished fighting Ash's dad and she was all bloody, but she didn't seem that hurt, so why did she give up? Why didn't she keep fighting? Ash looked up- yes up, for now- at the woman, his tail wagging in circles. She said the kitty already knew that he was beat. Was that what this messed up wolf was called, a kitty? Cascade might have been right, though, no one could beat Dad ever, so this kitty had to know he was gonna lose. The purple woman bumped against Ash softly and Ash nuzzled into her briefly in his own puppy-like response. She asked who he thought was going to win, but that was a hard question because they were both big and scary when they fought like this, even though it was just a spar. Ash knew his dad was pretty much unbeatable, but maybe his mom was really close to him, "Maybe they could tie, right? Has that ever happened Cas? What if they just keep fighting and fighting until they both can't fight 'nemore, then what happens, Cas?" ""

VALENTINE vs ESTI for SPAR ROUND ONE Valentine CLARITY - All Clear! Total: 10 POWERPLAY - 0 Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (ears) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (lips) + 1 (hackles) + 1 (head) + 1 (tail) + 1 (stance) + 1 (knees) + 1 (toes) + 1 (nails) Total: 10 ATTACK + 2 Shoulder ram + 1 paw slam/pin + 3 bite to neck + 1 grip attempt Total: 7 INJURIES - First Round Total: 10 Total for Round One: 47 / 50 ESTI CLARITY - 2 "The last attack was to bite the left side of Esti's face" (wasnt it a bite to the neck?) - 1 "with only the left of Valentine's teeth hitting her skin" (If Valentine's head was swung around for the neck, even if they were face to face, wouldnt that swing cause more than just the left side of his teeth to hit? The swing wouldn't make them cheek to cheek...?) Total: 7 POWERPLAY - 0 Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (stance) + 1 (knees) + 1 (toes) + 1 (nails) + 1 (lips) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (ears) + 1 (head) + 1 (hackles) + 1 (face) + 1 (tail) Total: 10 ATTACK + 3 ear bite attempt +1 grab attempt +1 leg hook +2 body slam Total: 7 INJURIES - Round 1! Total: 10 Total for Round One: 44 / 50 ROUND TWO VALENTINE CLARITY - All clear! Total: 10 POWERPLAY - 0 Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (stance) + 1 (knees) + 1 (toes) + 1 (nails) + 1 (hackles) + 1 (tail) + 1 (shoulders) + 1 (head) + 1 (chin) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (ears) Total: 10 ATTACK + 3 shoulder to throat shove + 1 paw slam/pin + 3 throat attempt + 1 grab attempt Total: 8 INJURIES - 1 minor scratches to left ear - 1 minor scrapes to ankle Total: 8 Total for Round Two: 46 / 50 ESTI CLARITY - All clear! Total: 10 POWERPLAY - 0 Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (balance) + 1 (head) + 1 (shoulders) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (ears) + 1 (tail) + 1 (hackles) + 1 (weight) + 1 (knees) + 1 (chin) Total: 10 ATTACK + 1 paw stomp + 3 throat grip + 1 grip attempt + 2 shoulder to shoulder Total: 7 INJURIES - 1 light bruise along chest - 1 light scrapes along left forefoot Total: 8 Total for Round Two: 45 / 50 Totals: VALENTINE 47 + 46 = 93 / 100 ESTI 44 + 45 = 89 / 100 And the winner is... VALENTINE ESTI must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Damage: VALENTINE - minor scrapes to left ear = 1 ooc week to heal - minor scrape to ankle = 1 ooc week to heal - moderate bruising to left shoulder = 2 ooc week to heal - slight bruising along chest = 1 ooc week to heal ESTI - moderate bruising to right shoulder = 2 ooc weeks to heal fully - slight scratches to right paw webbing = 1 ooc week to heal - moderate lacerations to muzzle = 2 ooc weeks to heal fully - slight bruising to chest = 1 ooc week - minor scrapes to left forepaw ankle = 1 ooc week Notes: Tips for writing and some suggestions. (no points are deducted here): LAZ I have done a few of these for you, and really I know have much to say any more. You attacks and responses are usually very creative …. I really dont have much to say here. ESTI Watch where the attacks are landing or were meant to land. By saying a neck bite is a face bite could be counted as powerplay. This also means that if you move, you should make sure where the attack land makes sense. In this spar i think it was because you mistook it as a facebite, but for future reference! Keep up the great work :D - By [Arin]