Not Your Ordinary Snow Angels
12-28-2018, 08:45 PM
The male who had stumbled upon the tiger quickly took advantage of the added numbers, issuing orders as Enrico studied the situation. The victim of the attack was clearly beyond saving even if they defeated the tiger, and it was entirely likely that he would bleed out long before the dust settled enough to even give him mercy from his suffering. Rationally, there was no reason to attempt to tackle the larger beast. They outnumbered it, and surely any reasoning beast would realize that and back down. But this tiger was clearly in the grip of some madness, and now that new prey in the form of this black and white stranger had appeared it intended to take it's gall out on another canine, so in that, true, there was reason enough to act. He wondered what foolishness could have led the stranger to attempt to act on his own, or if he had simply stumbled over the tableau too late to avoid notice.
The male's plan was sound enough, if the three - six - of them kept the tiger off balance by harassing him from behind whenever he spun to go after another of them. It was a well proven tactic for taking out large predators. He was concerned about Dragon's ability to participate in something that would require him to dodge out of the way of lightning fast blows he could not see, but frankly that was Dragon's problem as long as the male did not stumble in someone else's path in his blindness.
He gave merely a curt nod in understanding after the male outlined his plan, then with Asriel sweeping wide on the opposite side of the ring they formed around the tiger he set forth. Unlike hos temporary companions, Enrico did not rush to the attack. Instead he bided his time until the cat turned on Dragon, then rushing in to slash at its hamstring and leap back out again before the tiger could retaliate, though even moving as quickly as he could he still felt the wind of those claws as they barely missed his nose.
Asriel took advantage of the tiger's momentary distraction to leap full upon his striped back, claws gripping while powerful jaws sought a grip that would sever the spine right behind the skull, but the bite missed it's intended target when the tiger roared and twisted beneath him, and the smaller mountain cat had to leap aside with only a jagged laceration left along the tiger's neck.
The fight had barely been joined, and already the recently healed wounds ached, but Enrico pushed grimly passed the pain. He would undoubtedly pay for it later, though.
The male's plan was sound enough, if the three - six - of them kept the tiger off balance by harassing him from behind whenever he spun to go after another of them. It was a well proven tactic for taking out large predators. He was concerned about Dragon's ability to participate in something that would require him to dodge out of the way of lightning fast blows he could not see, but frankly that was Dragon's problem as long as the male did not stumble in someone else's path in his blindness.
He gave merely a curt nod in understanding after the male outlined his plan, then with Asriel sweeping wide on the opposite side of the ring they formed around the tiger he set forth. Unlike hos temporary companions, Enrico did not rush to the attack. Instead he bided his time until the cat turned on Dragon, then rushing in to slash at its hamstring and leap back out again before the tiger could retaliate, though even moving as quickly as he could he still felt the wind of those claws as they barely missed his nose.
Asriel took advantage of the tiger's momentary distraction to leap full upon his striped back, claws gripping while powerful jaws sought a grip that would sever the spine right behind the skull, but the bite missed it's intended target when the tiger roared and twisted beneath him, and the smaller mountain cat had to leap aside with only a jagged laceration left along the tiger's neck.
The fight had barely been joined, and already the recently healed wounds ached, but Enrico pushed grimly passed the pain. He would undoubtedly pay for it later, though.