Winter's Heat
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The day was growing colder, but her call would be met with a hidden opponent. At least, as far as she was unaware. She would look around, paws slowly churning the snow as she shifted a little to keep warm. She didn't know exactly who lived here yet, save for the few faces she saw at the challenge...but other then that, she knew no names. Everyone was a stranger to her, everyone was a shadow. It was only when she turned halfway to her left that she would catch the movement coming from behind. As Mercy charged at her, Avalon had no more then a second or two to brace herself, muscles going rigid and her eyes shutting tightly as Mercy slammed into her left side, her left shoulder and ribs taking most of the impact and leaving a little more then moderate bruising in its wake. As quickly as it happened, Avalon's muscles went rigid, her teeth baring as her eyes narrowed to open slits. Was this how Valentine's members fought? Playing dirty with no sense of honor? Her ears pinned to her skull, hackles rising along her spine. She bit back a cry of pain as Mercy's teeth bit down upon her left shoulder blade, a snarl ripping from her throat. Due to her having turned her body some way around, Mercy's paw would take hold of nothing more then air, leaving Avalon's legs free for movement.
Although she was nearly caught off guard and definitely caught by surprise, Avalon would quickly find her bearings and prepare herself. Her chin tucked over her throat, shoulders rolling forward to protect her neck while her scruff rolled to bunch around the back of her neck and shoulders. Her weight distributed evenly among her legs, toes spread and claws dug into the earth for traction. Her tail flagged out to lie level with her spine, knees bent slightly to allow her to ease into her movement. Avalon would twist her body to her left, towards Mercy. Rising slightly onto her hind legs, (weight redistributing for balance) her right foreleg aimed to drape around Mercy's left shoulder and her left foreleg aimed to hook around Mercy's left elbow in an attempt to push Mercy to the right while pulling the leg towards her in an attempt to unbalance the sneaky woman. Simultaneously, Avalon's jaws opened up, her head turning sharply and further to her left as she attempted to grip Mercy's top jaw in her own. Yellowed fangs sought to grab onto Mercy's top jaw, top fangs over the bridge of her muzzle and lower fangs aiming to wrap beneath Mercy's top jaw. She didn't aim to break it, but if this woman wanted to play dirty then Avalon would show she could do it too. Her aim was to get a hold and not let go, though her attempted bite wasn't bone crushed, she wanted to apply plenty of pressure as she tried to push Mercy to the ground.
Snow churned beneath the pair as they moved. She didn't know how brutal this fight would be, or if it would even get that bad, but she hardly knew anyone in this pack or the tactics they would use. Let alone how far low they would stoop to secure a win. Even so, Avalon would keep to her morals and her own tactics, the darker ones of this so called family would not drag her down that road...or so she hoped. Avalon versus Mercy for Spar Round/Move: 1/3 Defenses: Out Of Character Notes: Sorry for taking long, won't happen again D: |
