The World Crumbling Beneath Me

Aern's left shoulder collided with the front face of Chione's right shoulder though not with the force she'd intended due to Chione leaning to the left {chiones}.  Also as the youth reared back Aerndís fangs missed their target and instead her upper fangs landed near the inward corner of Chione's right eye, her bottom fangs landed just in front of the corner of Chione's right-sided jaw, her whole attack being slightly off due to Chione's movement.  All the same though she clamped down and earned a grip that hindered the girl's ability to bite.  Aern quickly checked her defenses, eyes narrowed, ears pinned, hackles raised and her tail still aligned with her spine, arcing slightly to her own right to help her maintain balance.  Her shoulders were rolled forward, neck scrunching as she tried to tip her chin down as much as possible though it was unlikely the girl could get at her throat.  Limbs moved to spread equidistant apart, limbs coiling to stabalize her center of gravity as her weight quickly redistributed as best she could.  Toes splayed as claws dug into the earth.

As soon as Aerndís' jaws clamped down the woman attempted to shake her head violently from side to side in an attempt to rip as much flesh as she could and brutally scar the girls face as well as cause severe pain and bleeding. Aern's right paw also landed successfully on top of Chione's right paw, the satisfying crunch of stressed bone music to her ears.  Her mind was practically humming at the ecstasy of it.  

So lost in the rapture of battle, the gladiatrix made a terrible error.  Against the youth she'd grown over-confident and she did not notice Chione's right front paw drape behind her left elbow until a sharp tug pulled the warrior's left leg forward.  With her right paw on Chione's right paw, which was undoubtably unstable footing, Aerndís felt her balance slipping and knew she was going to fall.  She shifted her weight to her back paws and and attempted to lift her upper body and throw her front limbs around Chione's neck.  She sought to drape both of them around the base of the girls neck just in front of the shoulder blades.  If she was going down she wanted to take the girl with her and she aimed to have her weight drag the other to the dirt.

As Aern's body tipped to fall to her own left her abdomen tightened sharply, tail tucking rapidly between her legs and across her abodomen to offer more protection for her guts.  Back arcing, Aern released her back legs from maintaining her footing so she could fall, instead she sought to pull them in toward her stomach so she could attempt to release both back legs in a mighty kick toward's Chione's right foreleg.  She hoped to have the center of the bridge of her feet (metatarsus) slam into the inside center of Chione's right foreleg equidistant between the wrist and the elbow with the hopes that it would further throw off Chione's balance and bring both femme's to the ground.  She also hoped that the violence of the kick would strain muscles and ligaments as she attempted to force the limb outwards.

Chione vs Aerndís for Maim (blinding in right eye)
Rd. 2 of 2

ooc:  Good fight Chione, this was fun! <3

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