Sticks and Stones
07-10-2014, 01:38 PM
For a moment it seemed they would be trapped in a shoving match. Athena continued to shove down on her opponent and in response the woman pushed back, clearly trying to knock her off balance as well. It worked well enough to make Athena stager a half-step back, but luckily she was able to hold her place long enough to successfully push the woman to the ground and pin her down by her neck. It had really only been the difference of being on three paws rather than two that had kept Athena from tumbling to the ground as well. In the flurry of activity Athena would not let her defenses drop. Quite the contrary, she would watch her defenses even more closely than at the start. Her eyes would remain narrowed and her ears stayed folded back against her skull. A fierce snarl stayed on her muzzle, exposing her fangs and letting her lips and cheeks bunch up to protect the flesh there. Her hackles remained raised so her scruff could continue to remain gathered around the back of her neck. With the exception of her paw that remained on the older woman's neck, her paws spread evenly under her to help maintain her balance while she held the woman down. Her toes spread, claws dug in, and tail laying level with her spine to help with this as well. She kept her muscles tensed but knees slightly bent to keep herself ready for anything her opponent had to throw at her. It was satisfying to feel her teeth sink into her opponent's shoulder, shallow bite or not. Blood drawn was still blood drawn. However the woman would surprise her by suddenly lurching up toward her throat. Of course, Athena had her chin tucked over her throat as well as she could while she was biting the woman's shoulder, but she was unable to block the attack completely. The princess turned her throat away from the woman so that her bite would land more on the side of her neck than on her tender throat, leaving a shallow bite there in its wake. It was perhaps a bit deeper than the scratches across her cheek, but it was still not enough to deter the silver girl from shoving her left paw hard down on the woman's neck once more to push the woman back away from her throat. A deep growl left her chest as she felt her opponent wiggling out from under her grasp, the movement jerking the shallow hold she had on her shoulder away from her. Athena lifted her left paw, finally letting the woman go in favor of getting pulled to the ground by the woman's pulling away. Athena would set her paws beneath her once more instead, readying herself before lunging forward for her next attack. With the older woman in a bowing-type position, Athena decided to go for her scruff, leaping forward quickly to hopefully grab ahold of her scruff before she could fully stand. If she was successful, Athena would grip the loose skin between her teeth and press down on the back of the woman's neck with this hold to hopefully keep the woman from getting up on her forelegs as well. While she had her opponent in this position she would dig her teeth into the fatty scruff, wanting to cause pain and discomfort as well as draw a small amount of blood, as well as deter the woman from trying to pull away from her like she did before. Speech Thought Round: 2 of 3 Defenses: Eyes narrowed, ears back, snarling and teeth bared, paws evenly spaced, toes spread, claws dug in, muscles tensed, knees bent, tail even with spine, hackles raised and scruff bunched around neck, head tucked down over throat Attacks: Leaping forward to grab Svan's scruff, pressing down on the back of Svan's neck with that bite to keep her from getting up onto her forelegs, digging her teeth into her scruff to draw blood and cause pain Injuries From last round: bruising on her chest, lighter bruising on her shoulders, cuts on her right cheek. From this round: shallow bite wound to the left side of her neck. ooc: didn't really proof read this, I hope it's alright lol |
