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Latching On [training]



Athena I

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Female
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09-24-2014, 11:18 AM (This post was last modified: 09-28-2014, 07:29 AM by Athena I.)




ooc: For the sake of time and to not kill the judges, I would like all of these spars to be two rounds. Athena will pair everyone off and then you can start your own spar threads. Please put "X vs X" in the second subject line of each spar so they're a little easier to keep track of. I want all of the spars to be finished by OCTOBER 15th! That gives you three weeks which should be plenty of time for two rounds. I can't wait to see everyones spars! If you do not complete your spar or at least get it started you won't receive credit for attending the training.

Slowly wolves would begin to gather and with each wolf that approached the more pleased Athena was with the turn out. Of course Haruka would be the first to arrive, when was she not? Athena smirked and chuckled at her Graaf's greeting. "Good to see you too, Haruka," she replied, barely hiding her amusement. Next would be Talvi and Athena would give her blue-hued sister a smile and a dip of her head. It was always good to see Talvi at these training events, especially as the new Leraar.

Surprisingly, Quelt would appear next. She was certainly glad to see him here, just surprised that he had arrived so quickly. She had to remind herself that Isokan was a lot closer than they seemed in her head, sharing a border and all. "Indeed," she replied with a small dip of her head, watching as he added his call in for his members as well, solidifying Isokan's invitation into Bevroren lands. She turned her gaze back out toward the crowd to wait for the others to arrive.

Moments later her husband arrived and she gave him a pleased smile, brushing her muzzle against the side of his neck as he pressed his side to hers. "It's alright, I'm just glad you're feeling better," she whispered back, her tone sincere. She would have to be sure to thank Devin later for helping Vereux get over his illness. Just as she thought that Devin approached and she gave the large healer a grateful nod, sure that he would understand. She was glad that he had come. Sometimes it seemed difficult to get healers interested in fight training, but they needed to know how to defend themselves as much as anyone else.

A interestingly marked girl spoke up, no doubt a member of Isokan, questioning what she and her siblings might do here today. Athena smiled and answered confidently, "I would love for you to participate. It's never too early to begin honing your skills in fighting." She had become queen at just over a year old, she knew all too well how important it was to start young and learn early. Besides, who was she to stop a clearly eager young wolf from learning?

Arietta showed next, along with two more of Isokan's members, and she was glad to see each of them. Finally Kyung appeared and Athena glanced in his direction with a nod. She would have hoped at he would have been here earlier since he was her lead fighter at the moment, but at least he did show up which was more than she could say for Lysis or Vista. She could excuse the young pup's lack of attendance since she most likely would have been only observing anyway, but she was highly disappointed in Lysis. Although, now that she thought about it, she hadn't seen her half-sister in quite sometime. She had no way of knowing how many of Isokan's members were here, but after several moments of silence with no one else appearing Athena decided to go ahead and get started.

She cleared her throat and spoke up to address everyone. "Well, thank you for coming, everyone. And welcome to our newest allies and neighbors. I'm sure I can speak for everyone and say we are excited to have you here. Lets get started, shall we? Lets see..." She glanced around, silently counting everyone in attendance. "Eleven wolves, including myself. To make it an even number I will do two spars, one then another. How about... Talvi, you pair up with you," she said, pointing to the brown hued-male (Allen). "And Kyung, you spar with her," pointing to the dark fea with the silver mask (Sheikra). "Arietta, I think you and this eager girl here would be good sparing partners," she said with a small smile, nodding to the almost-yearling that had spoken up before (Renhet). "I would like to spar Devin and Quelt myself so how about Vereux and Haruka spar to finish it off?" She looked around to make sure there were no objections to the pairings before saying, "Alright, lets begin!"


Spar pairings:

Athena x Quelt - started, Quelt's move

Athena x Devin

Talvi x Allen - started, Talvi's move

Kyung x Sheikra - started, Sheikra's move

Arietta x Renhet - started, Renhet's move

Vereux x Haruka - started, Vereux's move




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