What a waste of blood and sweat
10-18-2016, 09:30 PM
She was glad that for once her calls didn't go unnoticed. She waited a short while before a dark-furred man came up to her and gave her a nod before making a request. She frowned a little at his request to not be "horribly injured" during their fight. Well, that was awfully subjective, wasn't it? Everyone around here seemed so much more soft than she was used to. But she supposed that beggars couldn't be choosers. She sighed and then nodded in return. "Yeah, fine, no bad injuries." This was for practice after all, she told herself, as she started to get into her defenses. It probably wouldn't do her any good to make enemies or come home all torn up if this boy was any good. That didn't mean she was gonna go easy on him though. Maybe just a few less real bites. Her paws separated into an even, stable stance under her while her toes spread and her claws dug into the topsoil. Her knees bent slightly while her neck and tail evened out with her spine. Her shoulders rolled forward as her scruff bunched up around her neck and her chin tucked down over her throat. Her ears fell back against her skull, her eyes narrowed into slits, and her lips pulled up to expose her teeth. After a second thought, she ended up tucking her tail under her instead, deciding speed wasn't what she needed to focus on here. The only time she left her tail out like a rudder was when she was going to have to dodge and move quickly, but here she only had one opponent to focus on. This wasn't a siege, this was a small practice spar. When was she going to remember that? As soon as he told her to go first she didn't hesitate to push herself toward him. She was afraid that she was going to be out of practice, but things were falling back into place easily. It seemed like her muscle memory wasn't too far gone after all. He was maybe an inch taller and slightly more bulky than herself so she took that into consideration as she aimed for his right side. She wanted to slam the front part of her left shoulder into the area between his left shoulder and chest, hoping that the bone of her shoulder blade would leave some moderate bruising in the muscles and tissues there. She knew she would probably receive similar bruises herself, but as long as she didn't end up slamming bone into bone it shouldn't be too terrible for either of them. She also aimed to use her momentum to slam her left front paw down onto his right front paw in the last step of her advance. She wanted to bruise his paw at least, but at his request she wouldn't slam so hard as to fracture his toes. She kept her defenses in place as she moved, making sure to use her splayed toes and claws to her advantage as she looked for traction on the loose soil. She also shifted her weight slightly to the three paws that she wasn't using in her attack to keep her balance steady. Her jaws flew open, completely baring her teeth, as she turned her head slightly so she could aim for his side directly behind his right shoulder. She wanted to try and scrape her teeth along his skin, hopefully leaving moderate lacerations through the top layer of skin there. She closed her jaws and her muzzle to its previous snarling state once her attack was over. Round: 1 of 3 |