Walk the plank!

Aris' tail tip twitched but shuttered her expression as her father appeared on the heels of Azure's heir to dampen and placate them with a pep talk and the carrot of being specially chosen for a raid. Aris was skeptical. They'd all failed in the raid - they weren't a trusted commando team being sent off to raid. This felt more like... an assessment of their worth to the pack. Like it would be followed by an ultimatum if they weren't good enough.

Her eyes narrowed, one brow quirking, when she was paired with Sirius - by far the most experienced and among the largest of them besides Azure's oversized son, but she twitched an ear in resignation and rose to her paws. Of course she was paired with Sirius... There was no real chance of her beating him, which was the point.

Around them the other spars began, and Aris stepped up to face her father, unsheathing her claws and curling her lips up off her oversized fangs, her spikes rising along her spine. Meager weapons, in this case, especially as out of shape as she was after her litter, but as always she burned with the same determination to prove herself, to be the best of them, to flip the middle finger to the odds.

With a snarl of defiance she threw herself forward without waiting. Her jaws snapped towards his left shoulder, slashing rather than holding because she needed to stay mobile. Weight on three paws, she lifted her left forepaw to slash at the front of his left foreleg as she snapped her jaws, while she let her momentum carry her hindquarters slewing around in a ninety degree pivot to face him.


Aris vs Sirius for spar
Round 1/?
Age: over 1 year
Size: Small
Build: Light
Offensive Battle Accessory: Spiked Plate Mail
Companion 1: Black-footed cat, Female - Battle
Companion 2: Blue jay, Male - Flying
Mutation 1: Oversized canines - Offensive
Mutation 2: Cat claws - Offensive
Mutation 3: Spine bristles - Defensive
Skills: Advanced Healer & Expert Fighter