The tiger is out of luck

Arcturus's saphire gaze roamed over the mangrove forest as he patrolled the neighboring land with his uncle. He had only ever passed through here before when he was a lot younger than he was now so this essentially felt like his first real visit. He wasn't paying close attention to Kotori's progress ahead of him until he heard the thud rushing paws and his gaze snapped back to where he had last seen his uncle, watching him and a sudden tiger rushing toward one another. The bear they had fought during their last patrol had felt more expected than the large feline, but it was still a threat regardless and he was pretty eager to make a point to any large predators around here that they were not welcome near Vanta's borders—especially when there was Vanille and Aia there for him to think about.

He moved to his right, keeping to the shelter of the trees for a moment to keep the tiger from noticing him right away while Kotori collided with the feline, the tiger seemingly all too eager to get into a fight. After his uncle and their opponent finished circling one another and clashed for a brief moment, Arcturus took that opportunity with the tiger's back toward him to rush in, latching his jaws at the base of the tiger's tail. That earned him a yowl from the big cat and it twisted around, trying to reach him with swipes of its dangerous paws. He was able to keep himself just out of reach though without letting go with some careful skittering and shifting, almost locked in a dance with their newest foe. At the very least it kept the attention on him and he was able to bite down harder on the cat's tail, making it more angry by the second.

"Arcturus Indarra"