Bring Back The Fire

*Valentine* · 07-18-2015, 10:44 AM

With practiced ease Valentine's defenses fell into place. He widened his stance so that all four paws where spaced slightly wider than shoulder and hip width, and he splayed his toes while digging his nails into the ground, all in an effort to make himself an unshakable target. His knees were kept loose and bent slightly while the rest of him tensed in preparation of the impending attack. Behind him, his tail rose and hung level with his spine, the rudder-like plume serving to better his balance. Starting at the top of his shoulders and running both the length and the width of his back stood tall, stiff hackles. Since he was dealing with an opponent who matched him in height, Valentine kept his head held high. He did, however, tuck his chin so that his jaws hung over his throat. Next his ears fell back and his eyes narrowed as his lips curled, the last of these not in attempt to intimidate, but rather, to bunch the skin around his eyes. He was ready.

The King didn't have to wait long. Einarr rushed towards him and Valentine, with a cool and calculating gaze, waited. Split seconds before impact was likely to be made, he took a small sidestep to his own right in the hopes of lining the front of his left shoulder up with lowest portion of Einarr's throat and directly above the center of his chest. As he did this he jutted the point of his left shoulder out with the intention of using it like a lance against the young rogue. Coupled with the powerful charge of his opponent, he hoped the bony front of his left shoulder would be driven into Einarr's throat with enough force to choke and startle him. Instilling the boy with a healthy dose of fear seemed like a fine way to welcome him into the pack. [counter; damage pending from slam]

As he rolled his left shoulder forward, Valentine also lifted his left forefoot. While doing this his weight automatically redistributed to accommodate the move. Using this raised foot he intended to slam it down on the innermost toes of Einarr's right forefoot with the intention of causing severe pain and pinning the paw beneath his own.

Valentine's shift to his right somewhat displaced Einarr's bite. Instead of biting into the upper portion of the left side of his neck, his opponent's teeth tore out thin trails of skin before finally sinking in. The moderate lacerations and puncture wounds were directly above the meaty exterior of his left shoulder. Because most of Einarr's bite's energy had been spent in scraping down the side of Valentine's neck, by the time his teeth found purchase there wasn't enough momentum to earn him the hold he desired.

With retaliatory damage in mind, the King jerked his head to his left and sought to bite into the back of Einarr's lowered head. He aimed to sink his upper canines into the skin behind the yearling's right ear and his lower canines into the skin behind the yearling's left ear. Valentine intended to drive his teeth together and capture the width of Einarr's scruff directly behind his skull.

VALENTINE versus EINARR for RANK
Round ONE of TWO

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