far too young to die
Hercules looking to his mother awaiting an answer, head tilting when she told him that he would begin his training today. It may not have been visible to the pups gathered around him but the boy was excited for this, it was something he had been thinking about for a few days now, and was even considering asking his parents soon if it had not been today.
Orange eyes looked to his mother's companion as he flew over, dropping a few plants on the ground. When his mother began to speak he would perk up and give her his full attention. She talked about how today they would begin their training, that Alectrona wouldn't be able to join due to being sick, they would learn about common medical herbs in this area and their uses, then they would spar each other. His ears twitched at the last part, herbs weren't his thing but for awhile now he wanted to learn to fight.
Till they sparred Hercules would act as though he was paying attention to what his mother was describing, taking it in but not fully locking it into his memory. She pointed towards a purple plant, Alfalfa, helps with weight gain, large amounts ingested could be dangerous during pregnancy. He nodded. Yellow plant, Dandelion, increases appetite and fixes digestive problems, not harmful. Head nod. Orange plant, Marigold, heals burns, cuts, bites and scrapes, chewing can help gum and throat pain, not harmful. He nodded one more time, though not paying too much attention to what she said afterwards. There was plenty of time for him to relearn.
Finally it was time to spar! They would spar their siblings, in the future they would be allowed to mix their partners for a challenge. Fight till she says to stop, afterwards she would give feedback, you can attack and defend as you like, they must not break skin, stop any attacks before they reach that point. Natalya would demonstrate then, about to strike her companion with a bit but stopping abruptly when her jaws were about to close on him. Adding onto what she said, the woman explained that minor injuries would be allowed without punishment once they were one, then gave them the go ahead to take their places and begin, they got to decide who started.
ONE of TWO
Finally Hercules's body began to shift, turning around to face his sister head on. Since his sister didn't immediately go for the attack he would assume she was giving him the first move, to which he nodded his head, preparing himself first to think of what he will do. All four legs spread evenly, legs angling towards his body with paws slightly out. Toe flexed while his tail rose and smoothed out along with his neck, legs bending twice as he thought of a move.
Now. The boy pushed forward, going for a head-on attack, movement about steady with a jog. He approached, head lifting and chin tucking into his chest. What he would try, once he was almost touching noses with her, was bring his head forward then downward in a headbutt. The force wasn't too great since he didn't want to give himself a headache, just enough to try and push the girl back. With his head trying to come down on hers his jaws parted, aiming to bite the front portion of her shoulder where his legs would then angle back to pull him away. If successful his shoulder bite would hold as he pulled back and to the left, trying to pull her down. "Speech" |