Look at me and don't forget

"A pleasure I'm sure!" she chirped as he introduced himself.  Xephryis.  She'd remember the name.  Well, it seemed her new 'friend' was eager to get started and she took a few deep breaths to focus herself. As he set his defenses she would set hers. Her head and tail gracefully shifted to align with her spine.  Her chin tucked as her neck scrunched back, shoulders rolling forward in anticipation as her hackles stood on end.  Karabela shifted her limbs equidistant apart, just slightly wider than shoulder and hip width respectively, her weight shifting evenly across her limbs.  She was nearly a foot taller than her opponent and her limbs coiled to lower her center of gravity and bring her closer to his level.  Her toes splayed, claws digging into the moist soil for extra grip.  Her jaws parted, brows wrinkling to wrinkle the flesh of her face as her ears pinned tightly to her head, eyes narrowing.  The first move would be his… very well.  She resisted the urge to smile and instead willed herself to focus as her opponent bounded forward.

As Xephyris leapt forward so did Karabela as she sought to close the distance between them that much faster.  As Xeph curved his body sharply to his right she would arc her upper body to her own right in an attempt to keep their upper bodies facing head on but slightly of center so that her left shoulder could align with the groove between his right shoulder and the right side of his chest.  This movement would keep her right forelimb out of reach of his shoulder throw causing it to graze across the outside her left shoulder as she sought to throw her left shoulder forward and down into the groove between Xephyris' right shoulder and the right side of his chest hoping to use her greater mass to jar the ligaments there and cause significant bruising.

In addition she would hurl her chest forward seeking to collide the center of her chest with the upper central portion of his all to aware he was seeking to crash into her as well and it sent a shiver of excitement down her spine [counter?]. This is what she was craving.  The crash.  The colllide.  She hoped to cause bruising and to shake the man's balance.

Her jaws dove down as his shot forward, her elegant neck twisting slightly to her left as she sought to catch his lower jaw in hers before he ripped into her flesh [counter].  Karabela hoped to land her upper jaw over his tongue across the top of his lower jaw, bisecting it… her upper jaw resting right between his waiting fangs, while her lower jaw sought to rest across the underside of his lower jaw, again bisecting it across the middle.  She wanted a strong and powerful hold from which to control her opponents head and dislocate his lower jaw… at least for awhile.  She did not yet know if she would tolerate the pain should his jaws snap shut.

Her weight shifted to her hind legs and front left leg as she attempted to lift and throw her front right leg across the left side of his neck, directly behind his head along his left jaw line which was so beautifully presented by his head tilted nearly perpendicular to the ground.  She sought to wrap the limb around his neck while leaning forward and down to push her heavier weight onto him with the goal of severely straining his neck and pushing him down to the ground.  With her right forelimb raised his right forepaw would miss it's intended target though it would connect with the outer toes of her left forepaw causing her to wince as severe bruising would begin to form on the delicate digits. Her larger size helping to spread the impact and prevent any fracturing.

Karabela vs Xephyris for Dominance (1/3)