'TIL DEATH DO US PART

Chests collided and for only a moment did their weights battle before the sudden swiftness of her force set him back. Ignoring all of his vulgarities, she noted that his weight had not only shifted back, but had begun to fall. With surprise she paused in her attempt to recover the distance he'd retreated with the collision of their bodies, weight carrying her only half the length he'd withdrawn, putting slightly more distance between them than expected. Her paws shifted outwards by the most minute of degrees to solidify and remind herself of her equal balance, weight distributed finely about her pads. As his form fell, she stole only a glance at the cause, spying the bloodied leg and figuring that Mercury hadn't been exaggerating when he promised to deliver the most serious injury he could in his assault. Despite her quick refocus upon the more dangerous portions of her enemy, she had neglected to see the brute's left paw swiping upwards, trying to hook about her neck, and barely saw his reach with his jaws.



Her body and head were already lowered in her previous attack and she didn't believe she had time to straighten her posture. Instead, she chose to make an attempt to shuffle her back paws to swing their bodies perpendicular so that she was facing his left side instead of being inclined toward his right. She only managed to set them parallel in their facing, her body to his left, before realizing she had to act, and now. Her head shifted minutely upwards and mostly back with the a scrunch of her neck for both protection of her vitals and access to his own. The fact that she hadn't completely covered the distance between them left his bite falling short, teeth clamping upon the left side of her neck, several inches away from her skull and thoroughly-pinned ears, both of their heads at each other's neck, but Jupiter's lower due to Kaios' impressive height even when upon his hindquarters. As his jaws found her flesh, her own head cocked partially to the left and a tad upwards, jaws gaping to the best of their ability. Even as his teeth dug a good half-inch or so into the horizontally-upper portions of the side of her neck, full damage prevented by her switch to bring them a little past parallel, she aimed to bury her own fangs into the vertically lower portions of his throat. She wished to find something to rip to end this, and quick, and hopefully with him latched onto her, there wouldn't be much he could do to prevent it.



Tail twitched and throat tightened on the down-stroke of her closing jaws as the rough pads of the back of his paw scraped against the open wound on the left crease of her shoulder, irritating it and further scoring it. Her tail righted itself to being even with her spine quickly, forced to relax despite the fact that the beast's paws had slid slightly downward across the exposed flesh in Jupiter's own movements, claws not tipped forward quite enough to do marking damage but enough to make Jupiter aware of the threat. As her jaws closed--though around what or if around anything at all was in the air--she would attempt to press forward and a bit to the left, weight upon her toes in her motions. Her legs would press solidly into the ground before and after this movement, keeping her from going down with him. In doing this, she was attempting to both bring Kaios' jaws at an odd enough angle to force him to relinquish her, but at the same time one of her goals was to press further into her assault should her teeth find something vital. In all of this she narrowed her eyes, not liking the proximity of their faces and not wanting to come out of this as ugly as her opponent, dead or alive.



In counter and aid to her own actions, she herself would lift her right paw, pulling it up and making an attempt to push it out, aiming for the appendage to plant firmly into the upper planes of his neck. Should both of her attacks succeed, this would offer a way to rip at his throat and begin to suffocate him simultaneously, especially if he tried to keep his head up to resist the push with the leg.



Meanwhile, Mercury's breath struggled to gain access to his lungs. Gentle nudging pulled him fully from his day and he instinctively gave a rumbling snarl, beady eyes setting upon the man that dared touch him. As he found the dark figure of Deteste, he notably calmed, allowing for the tender prodding only for a moment to show that he appreciated the motion before rising to his paws. He instantly glared in the direction of the battle, attentions altering rapidly and solidly to Kaios as his second round of foul outbursting was released to plague the air. "Hard to fuck a dead body when you've only got three legs, ya' dickhead!" the companion snarled loudly back, every bit of fur upon his body raised. After a moment he chanced a glance back at Deteste, almost for approval, but still retained the smug look upon his features.








round 4/5

attacks - Gapes jaws, cocks head to the left and up, keeping head lowered, and tries to clamp down on his throat as hard as possible while his teeth lock themselves into her neck. Also attempts to push her right paw into his neck to either force him down or put pressure on his neck, and hopefully on his windpipe.

defenses - Ears pinned, eyes narrowed but not enough to seriously impair her sight. Legs still spread and weight still divided, and even when she moves to bring them a little past parallel, pivoting on her front paws, and when she presses forth in her attack, she keeps her weight upon her toes and then resets this defense post-action. The pivot helps cause his jaw attack fall short, and though it helps Kaios' grip with his paws, her posture keeps her from keening forth toward him.

injuries - Decent-sized (a jagged circle about 3 inches or so in diameter, now worsened with irritation and lacerations) area of fur ripped clean from the area of the side of her neck. Moderate to severe bruising upon both sides of her chest from repeated collisions. Damage to be decided, but currently suffering from Kaios' jaws being locked and closed about a half-inch deep on the left side of her neck, a few inches back from her skull.



ooc - n/a at the moment, may edit later if I think of anything. Sorry for being so late, lol. Holidays. XD
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