Bring Back The Fire

*Valentine* · 07-19-2015, 05:18 PM

Contact was made, the bony front of Valentine's left shoulder striking the left side of his opponent's chest. Impact jolted his shoulder back briefly and sent a sharp pain shooting up his neck. Later the ache across the front of his shoulder would blossom into a moderate bruise.

The boy was fast, in seconds abandoning his bite and running down the length of Valentine's left side. Pain flared up his left hind leg as Einarr's teeth sank into the outside of his thigh about two inches above his ankle as his opponent had intended. The puncture wounds were deep and the severity best described as moderate, but before Valentine could consider it further his opponent's toe stomp landed. Pain once again shot up Valentine's leg as Einarr's paw slammed down on the toes of his left hind foot. Later, once everything was said and done, a moderate bruise would form there.

Einarr's tail smacked across the center of Valentine's chest, managing to cover the entire width of it. The blow smarted, but there wasn't enough force behind the move to do significant damage. It did, however, give the King an idea. Jaws parting, Valentine dropped his head so that it was level with his spine and attempted to grab hold of the middle of his opponent's tail. He sought to wrap his jaws around it; his top jaw landing on the top of Einarr's tail and his bottom jaw hooking under the bottom of it. The King intended to slam his jaws shut in a powerful grip, causing immense pain and damage to the thin-skinned, bony appendage.

Throwing his weight into his left shoulder, Valentine shoved to his left in an attempt to drive the meaty outside of his shoulder into the space between Einarr's ribs and hip just below his spine on his right side. He intended to drive the air from his opponent's lungs as well as throw him to the ground. Before he jutted his left shoulder out, Valentine took the weight off his left forefoot and rocked his weight to his other three legs in preparation of his shove. With his weight off it, the King then lifted his left forefoot and attempted to slam it down on top of his opponent's right hind foot. These two moves (the shove and the stomp) were intended to fall in one smooth motion, his paw reaching out as his shoulder sought its target. Using them together, Valentine hoped that they'd compliment one another well. By trapping the paw beneath his weight, the King hoped Einarr would be unable to save his balance and be forced to roll with the shove.

Through all of this many of Valentine's defenses remained unchanged. He kept his paws placed slightly wider than hip/shoulder width, his knees bent slightly, his toes spread and his nails dug into the dirt. The King's hackles remained raised in a rigid line down his back and his tail held straight out behind him for balance. His lips were curled to bunch the skin around his eyes and his eyes were narrowed in an effort to protect his sight. Tension ran the length of his person, muscles taunt, ready and waiting for further attacks. His ears stayed flat against the slope of his crown.

VALENTINE versus EINARR for RANK
Round TWO of TWO

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