Enrico vs Melanthios

Enrico sat quietly beside his snow leopard companion, both of them patiently waiting the start of their first match. While he begrudgingly admitted that there was very little hope of actually winning the tournament - after all, he had lost to Chaos fairly recently and had certainly grown no younger in the seasons since then - he found himself in high spirits at the whole prospect of stretching his skills in friendly matches. Asriel, too, was looking forward to it. He'd insisted on being allowed to participate this time, friendly or not. Fighting alongside Enrico in the alpha challenge had whetted the cat's interest he'd developed during their few trips to the battlefield in a way that simply watching from the sidelines had not, and he wasn't about to be left out again. Even now the leopard's tail tip was twitching back and forth in excitement, but as the excitable coydog bounced into the midst of the fighters he was calm enough to exchange a look with Enrico, and his whiskers twitched in amusement. Enrico just shook his head and followed the overly-happy coydog to the ring to meet his opponent, a huge wolf of a shade of red that would have made Enrico mistake them for his former alpha if it hadn't been for the black and white markings, the mane more suited to Aurielle than Regulus, and the fact that scent told him they were female.

He inclined his head to her in a careful politeness. "Buona fortuna signora," he offered to her as he did, and carefully set his defenses even as Asriel began to circle the inside of the ring in restless energy. Just as well that they had been given the go-ahead to begin, Enrico reflected, because he doubted that the cat would be able to restrain himself for too long.

Enrico bounded forward, feinting straight towards the much-larger female as though he intended to slam into her but came to an abrupt halt out of reach and sprang to his right, only to bounce in towards her left shoulder in an attempt to slash at her shoulder with his teeth and bounce away again. He was far smaller than her, so he couldn't risk grappling with her. He would need to be quick on his feet.

Luckily he only really needed to be a distraction, as Asriel rushed in from his circling in an attempt to leap with all four paws onto Enrico's opponent, aiming a vicious bite to the back of Melanthios' neck where spine and cranium meet in an attempt to control her head.


ENRICO vs MELANTHIOS for TOURNAMENT SPAR
Round 1/?
Size: medium
Build: light
Offensive Accessory: N/A
Defensive Accessory: N/A
Companion 1: Snow Leopard - battle
Companion 2: N/A
Fight Skill Level: Beginner
Specialty: N/A