a laughing matter

fight post 1/3

Once more Hattori found himself surrounded, this time by a clan of hyenas. They made the strangest of sounds as they circled him, cackling and hollering as though this was all just a big joke to them and he couldn't understand the punchline. The dholes had been nothing more than an annoyance and he'd dispatched them with relative ease but the same couldn't be said for these beasts.They were larger and far more imposing, Hattori knew this wouldn't be an easy fight if it came down to it. His gaze flicked from one hyena to the next in quick succession, counting till he concluded there were about a dozen or so individuals. Perhaps even more nearby. He let out a displeased tsk, the tension was slowly mounting and Hattori suspected if he didn't make the first move then they soon would. They might have been content just to badger and poke at him for now but how long it be before they tried to up the ante?

He ought to have cut his loses and made a swift exit but that line of thought just didn't sit well with him. He had done nothing wrong and he reserved the right to defend himself if need be. He was simply just biding his time, waiting for one cocky individual to get too close and then- he lunged forth, slashing a youngster across the face and whipping around to swat another aside as they attempted to take advantage of his distraction. Fighting them all of at once was impossible nor was that what he was aiming for here, he simply intended to intimidate his way to victory. To inflict enough, showy damage as possible so that the others would simply turn tail and run. It was a game of bluffs and one Hattori had played before with much success.  And his talons as ever were more than capable of such a job, blood splattered to the ground and the hyenas tone shifted. A touch wary.