SHADOWS START TO SING

                    the cacophony of W A R dwindles around her as her carmine beauty relents from battle for reasons untold, leaving the elysius to fend for herself against this negligent trio. but the tyrant’s unyielding pride and will for defiance prevails despite such adversity, the attentiveness toward her surroundings piquing due to her innate tenacity to survive and CONQUER. and the monochromatic youth descending upon her left side { and dangerously close to her abdomen } is something that the deity is unwilling to disregard because of the compulsion to protect her unborn children; and as warja lays waste to the distance that separates a tyrant from a child, the elysius is quick to slide her left hind limb approximately six inches forward to serve as a barrier between warja and her underbelly. thus, the youth’s right shoulder blade is unsuccessful in its endeavor of annihilating her left hind patella and, instead, impacts the outer, meaty portion of the elysius’ left thigh, just inches behind the targeted patella. the youth’s gathered momentum is enough to knock artemis’ lower half approximately fifty degrees to her own right and away from warja, moderate bruising flaring from the point of collision as the elysius pivots with warja’s added momentum in an attempt to lessen the damage to her left thigh and create distance. fortunately, this shift in position { brought about by the youth’s own assault } prevents warja from gaining access to the deity’s right hind limb or from sliding beneath her, and warja’s jaws snag the flesh two inches beneath artemis’ left hind patella to create fourth-of-an-inch-deep lacerations that bleed minimally; yet no grip is obtained due to artemis’ involuntary movements away. similarly, warja’s right forepaw is unable to crush all of the toes upon the tyrant’s left hind paw because of this involuntary movement away, but rather, heavily bruises the outer two toes of artemis’ left hind paw as the youth stomps into them.

but the youth is ruthless and a secondary assault upon the battered tyrant is quick to commence as the girl attempts once more to dive beneath artemis’ left-sided abdomen in hopes of receiving access to her right hind limb. however, because of the aforementioned shift in angles between the tyrant and child, accompanied by the maintained barrier of artemis’ left hind limb between warja and her underbelly, warja is denied her aspired path. rather, the youth manages once more to strike the elysius’ left hind limb, driving her right shoulder blade against artemis’ left hind knee-cap as opposed to the right. because of a lack of gathered momentum, however, the joint does not s h a t t e r upon impact, but heavily bruises instead, taking the appendage relatively out of use. furthermore, warja’s right forepaw once more stomps into the elysius’ left hind toes, this time successful in fracturing the outer two toes and heavily bruising the inner two. simultaneously, warja’s lower incisors pierce the inner portion of artemis’ left thigh upon the center of the vastus lateralis muscle whilst warja’s upper incisors pierce the outer portion of artemis’ left thigh upon the center of her vastus lateralis muscle, creating puncture wounds of about a fourth of an inch in depth that sends sharp pangs surging throughout the elysius’ interior and renders artemis’ left hind limb useless { in sense of motion; she can still apply weight to it, though with great pain } throughout the remainder of this fight -- not that she had been utilizing it to assault in the first place.

because of the change of artemis’ initial position and warja’s current preoccupation with her left hind limb, the ragdoll’s [akemi’s] assault upon the tyrant’s left hind limb is wholly unsuccessful [realistic dodge, refer to notes]. and the ragdoll is the first to relent upon the opposing side { her bark being evidently worse than her bite }, leaving the tyrant to the king and his dainty subservient -- and all of her hindering wounds. yet she is too defiant to back down from the current challenge and stabilizes her defensive stance once more, truly adamant in her conviction that her injuries will not factor towards her eventual defeat at the paws of multiple. with narrowed eyes, pinned ears, gaping jaws, splayed toes, bent appendages, raised hackles, tightened abdominal muscles, a tucked tail, evenly-distributed weight among her grounded limbs { and even the immobile left hind limb despite her pain }, gripping claws, rolled shoulders, a tucked chin, a lowered skull, a scrunched neck, and curled lips, the elysius plots to destroy.

her jaws successfully ensnare the king’s right ear; however, it is uncertain as to whether or not she has been victorious in her endeavor of prying the ear from his skull. regardless of her achievement or failure, as rune’s own jaws maneuver towards the base of the deity’s throat, she relinquishes her grasp upon his ear, allowing for her mandible to unhinge from its counterpart as her gaping jaws pursue a different target. and dull pain radiates from the base of the elysius’ right-sided throat as rune’s lower jaw latches slightly to the left [art’s left] of the midline of her lower throat whilst his upper jaw latches onto the base of her right-sided throat and an inch above her right shoulder; however, due to her scrunched neck and rolled shoulders, rune merely manages to plunge his incisors half-an-inch deep into excess rolls of flesh and fat and does not debilitate her breathing. with his skull positioned once more beneath her own and tilted to expose his right eye, artemis pinpoints the epicenter of her prospective assault and allows for her neck to arch upward { her chin now sewn tightly against the curvature of her throat } while her skull tilts down and to her own right as she aims to pierce the king’s right eye with her upper incisors while her lower jaw seeks to hook beneath the corner of rune’s right-sided mandible, desiring to not only permanently blind his right eye, but hoping to receive a commanding hold upon his right-sided countenance.

meanwhile, it is the king’s right shoulder that forcefully strikes the front of her own left shoulder blade, causing moderate bruising to blossom immediately from the point of impact as her left forepaw slides off from atop his right forepaw after having inflicted appropriate damage to his toes, reinstating her balance upon all fours. and it is uncertain as to whether or not her own right shoulder blade [from the previous assault] has successfully collided with his flesh; regardless, the deity will seek to further harm him as best she can. utilizing her own right shoulder blade once more, the elysius allows for her right forepaw to elevate from the ground { as she distributes her weight evenly among her remaining limbs } before attempting to drive the blade against the outer portion of rune’s left shoulder, seeking to not only bruise the targeted flesh, but duly hoping to hinder his balance with brute force and applied weight. and in quick procession, her elevated right forepaw will attempt to stomp into the king’s left forepaw in hopes of fracturing his toes, hoping to time this stomp as the king’s forepaw sweeps beneath her own -- where her right forepaw is absent and unable to be swept out from underneath her.


ARTEMIS vs RUNE and WARJA
ONE of ONE
ATTACKS -- arching her neck upwards and tilting her skull down and to her own right, attempting to gouge through rune's exposed right eye with her upper incisors while her lower jaw seeks to hook beneath the corner of rune's mandible, seeking to blind and receive a commanding hold upon his right-sided countenance. striving to shunt her right shoulder blade against the outside portion of rune's left shoulder, hoping to bruise the area and potentially hinder his balance with applied weight and force. seeking to stomp her right forepaw into rune's left forepaw as it sweeps beneath her right forepaw.

INJURIES -- { round one: light bruising to center of forechest ; round two: moderate bruising to underside of mandible } moderate bruising to outer portion of left thigh, inches behind the patella. light lacerations to left hind limb, two inches beneath the patella. heavy bruising on inner two toes of left hind paw, fractures on the two outermost toes of her left hind paw. heavy bruising to left hind knee cap, moderate puncture wounds to the inner and outer areas of her left hind limb, located on the center of the vastus lateralis muscle on either side. [the added wounds upon her left hind limb are severe enough that artemis will not be able to move the limb throughout the remainder of the fight, but she will still apply weight to it despite the pain.] shallow puncture wounds to lower throat, moderate bruising along the front of her left shoulder blade.

NOTES -- i used a realistic dodge on akemi's attacks for two reasons. one: warja knocked artemis' hips relatively out of the way/out of range for akemi unless she changes her trajectory, which she is no longer able to do since she has been eliminated. two: warja is currently occupied with artemis' left hind limb, where akemi had aimed to attack, so i don't see how it'd be possible for both of them to attack the same area at the same time. also, warja's attacks mainly depended on her getting beneath artemis and gaining access to her right hind limb, but since she wasn't able to, i figured i needed to address the attacks anyway -- in reachable places -- which is why warja's attacks hit art's left hind limb instead. sorry if that's complicated to follow! x..x confirmed by mouse that rune was attempting to sweep artemis' right forepaw. oh, and this is what i used to locate the patella bc i'm pretty bad with wolf anatomy lol, so when it says warja struck "behind the patella" i mean how it looks on this chart.