let the ravens gather
09-17-2014, 08:58 AM
The Olympian male finally, finally stopped speaking to prepare himself for battle. The battle-adrenaline surged through Katja's system, dilating her silver eyes and increasing her her heart rate, blood carrying greater strength to every muscle, every limb. She drew in a sharp breath as he readied himself and reveled in the sweet feeling of increased oxygen racing through her body, reveled in the enhanced senses, the sharpness and clarity. An uncharacteristic savage grin bared ivory fangs in anticipation. Her own defenses required little thought after years of practice. Her stance widened and squared, her weight distributed evenly over all four paws, and her knees bent slightly to lower her center of gravity. Her toes splayed out to provide a larger surface area for greater traction as her blunt claws gripped the earth, ready to dig in to propel her in any direction. Her tail raised from its relaxed position to come evenly with her spine, ready to balance her as she moved, and her head lowered to the same neutral-spine position, tilted slightly so her muzzle protected her throat. Her shoulders rolled forward as her head pulled back marginally, the combined movements bunching the skin and fat of her scruff in a protective barrier over her c-spine. Her hackles rose on end, confusing the lines of her body and providing some protection against accurate attacks. Her gray-toned ears pinned back against her skull, the tips almost buried among her ruff. Her eyes narrowed and she bunched up the skin of her face and brows in a silent snarl that left her fangs bare, the two separate actions providing some small protection for her slanted eyes by providing extra skin in the way to interfere with any facial attacks reaching the orbs. Helios' charge came as no surprise with the fury he showed her but Katja remained steady as he closed the distance, aiming for her right. Nearly the last moment she sidestepped slightly to her right to attempt to bring them back once more into a more head-on position, shifted her weight to her hindquarters as she did so, her core muscles tightening in preparation, and reared. His shoulder slid along the bottom of her chest rather than striking squarely, the tensed muscles of her core saving her from more than minor bruising there. She attempted to curve her forelegs around his lower neck, one on either side, like a pseudo-hug as they impacted both for balance and in the hopes of holding him in place, and she hunched her body forward in an attempt to put her weight against him to keep her balance forward even as her tail ruddered behind her to keep her upright and the claws of her hindpaws scraping into the dirt. Helio's bite struck the lower part of her right humerus rather than her shoulder due to their new position, and she twitched in pained protest as the fangs sank into the bicep above the elbow but made no sound other than a swiftly indrawn breath. The injury was moderate for the moment but rather than try to pull away and make the injury worse she accepted the bite and kept her attention focused. From her raised position she aimed her jaws down and to the right, attempting to bury her teeth into the top of Helios' scruff behind his ears where his cervical vertebrae met his skull - aiming her lower jaw on his right side, toward Katja's chest, the upper part of her muzzle to his left and away from her - with the intention of sinking her fangs in and squeezing as hard as she could. As she did she dug her back claws in and arced her body up slightly before trying to slam down, attempting to throw her whole weight forward and down against him where he had impacted her lower chest, hoping simultaneously to put weight into her attempted bite as well as attempting to shove him down. KATJA vs HELIOS for OLYMPUS Round 1/3 Defenses: second paragraph Attacks: attempting to "hug" his lower neck with her forelegs, aiming a bite to the back of his neck in an attempt to squeeze there, pushing weight into him to try to push him downwards Injuries: light bruising to the lower chest, moderate puncture wounds (at the moment) to her lower right humerus OOC Notes: Used this reference when judging approximately where his attacks would hit though their positioning isn't quite the same in case you wanted to see where that all came from. |
