Esti came back. She always came back. She needed to feel alive and, really, nothing did like that quite like a good fight. The land was dry as ever. Stains of red here and there dotted the terrain. The woman decided to find a relatively clean and clear spot before she called out. She didn't intend on waiting long. She made her intentions clear and waited for an opponent. She needed to work harder and be better. She had to. She didn't know why, but she really just wanted to become known for her fighting. Oh wait- she did know why. She was power hungry. She wanted to be recognized for her skill and maybe rewarded. Esti knew why she wanted to fight so much, but she also knew she simply enjoyed combat. Either way, she couldn't let her desires get ahead of her, she was a professional after all.

Somehow she had found herself out on the battlefield. The large woman was restless since her encounter with Sin. Something burned in her about him, and that rarely happened. Her gray eyes would search for something, locking in tune with a smaller female with strange gray markings. Although maybe Amachi shouldn't be judging strange because of her own coat. The stranger seemed to be looking for a spar. Maybe it would be a good chance to distract herself as she walked silently up to the woman. Mouth slightly open for a moment as she dipped her head to her. "Amachi Mackury, it'd be a pleasure to spar with you." of course if something more came out of it Amachi wouldn't mind that either. Her tail flicking back and forth, she would wait to set up her defenses. Her last spar she had lost, this one she was determined that she needed to get out of her rustiness. Otherwise she would become useless to her pack. ""

Almost as soon as she let out her call, a woman would appear on the battlefield. Her coat was strange and she was as tall as Angelus. Esti hadn't seen such markings before, though rarely did the coats of others surprise her anymore. She could admit that she found them attractive, but she was also willing to be that she would find any strange pelt attractive. Blue eyes would lock with icy grey ones. Esti smiled at this Amachi as she introduced herself. Esti nodded once, "Esti Kigu. The pleasure is all mine." she claimed, her smile unwavering. She stretched and shook her pelt before setting into more of a fighter's stance, "Alright, whenever you're ready!" She called.

Amachi was ready, she prepared her body and mind for this moment and she was going to take it. As she was given the ready to go, her weight would begin to even out on all fours. Her teeth pulled back to show off her canine's and her eyes locking narrowing down on Esti. Ears pulling back to her skull as she lowered herself slightly. Her tail would become level with her spine, scruff pulled forward and shoulders rolled inward. As Amachi pulled back on her hind legs, she would take a straight shot for the smaller female. The large female would aim the center of her chest to the center of Esti's. Lining them up at a straight angle before her jaws splayed open. The intent was to use her body weight and muscle to stun the other. Her head would swivel to her own left and aim towards the back of Esti's head. Her upper jaw aiming to grab hold behind Esti's right ear, the lower jaw on the left. Amachi's toes splayed out into the terrain for more traction as she distributed her weight to her frontal body. Tightening her abdomen muscles to protect the soft under-flesh of herself. 1/2 for Spar. ""

Amachi would set her defenses and Esti would do the same. She widened her stance and bent her knees slightly, lowering her center of gravity. Her nails dug into the ground for traction. Her tail became level with her spine for added balance and she fluffed her hackles for a tougher defense. Her ears pinned to her skull and her eyes narrowed as her lips scrunched to protect her face and head. Finally, she rolled her shoulders and tucked her head close to her body, keeping in mind that if she kept her head too low, it would be put at risk since her opponent was larger than her, but not wanting to have her neck exposed. The woman was only a few inches bigger than Esti, so the woman wasn't afraid. She was more interested. She had never fought anyone bigger than her before, but she was ready. With one final affirmation of her defenses, Esti kicked off.

Esti never intended on attacking head on. She knew how much damage she could to to a smaller wolf if she attacked head on, so there was no way she was going to let another wolf even slightly bigger than her hit her from the front. As Esti attempted to close the gap, she watched Amachi's distance. Right before they were in biting range of each other, Esti would jump to her left. This would cause Amachi's chest to no longer line up directly with Esti's. Instead of the center of Amachi's chest ramming the center of Esti's chest, Esti would seek to counter by attempting to shove the sharper, front part of her right shoulder into the center of Amachi's chest. Esti knew it would bruise her pretty badly, but she hoped to get a hard hit on Amachi too, using her own force against her. (Counter Attempt, damage pending?) Because Esti had dodged to her left sharply, Amachi's bite would miss completely, landing somewhere off to Esti's right. Now it was Esti's turn to attack.

Esti didn't waste time. She lifted her right forepaw, redistributing her weight evenly to the other three paws on the ground, and attempted to slam it down on Amachi's right forepaw, seeking the middle toes. She hoped to bruise the toes and maybe throw Amachi off her guard with the sudden assault. Esti hoped to be able to trap the right paw beneath her weight, betting on her weight still being more than Amachi could lift her paw with. Esti opened her jaws, turning her head to her left slightly and aimed to bite and grip the lower right side of Amachi's neck, where Amachi's neck met with her right shoulder, Esti's top jaw seeking the area just above the right shoulder while her lower jaw sought the lower, right side of Amachi's neck, ending her assault on the woman.

Esti Vs. Amachi for SPAR
Round 1/2

Just in case there's any confusion, on this pic, Esti's bite would be roughly around the Omotransversarius in green and lower Sternocephalicus in orange.

Esti's left shoulder would slam into the center of Amachi's chest, making the wolf recoil with her lips pulled back in a sense to protect her face. Severe bruising on the flesh would appear but she would not deter her path as her jaws snapped shut in mid air to make contact with nothing. Trying to keep them in close proximity Amachi would use her previous pain to lean into Esti as her paw came to slam into her right, she would try to lift her paw up ending up having her forelimb scratched badly by the other female. Hackles still raised Amachi's ears would keep pinned to the back of her head. As Esti's jaw opened to aim for the right side of her neck it left Esti's right side exposed. Amachi would spread her toes into the terrain her tail being use to balance as she evenly distributed her weight and scrunched up her scruff and shoulders to prepare herself for the impending attack. Jaws would snap shut on the area between her shoulder and neck just above the right leg. Amachi would then begin her attack while hoping Esti would remain locked with her. Pressing into the injury, an inch deep bite wound would appear. Amachi took her right paw and aimed to swipe at both Esti's front limbs in an attempt to trip her. The woman would redistribute her weight on three legs, opening her jaws and tilting her head to the left she aimed for Esti's ribs on her right side just below the elbow. Keeping her eyes narrowed and locked on the female her upper jaw aimed for the mid section of the rib and the lower near her underbelly. Abdomen muscles tightened and toes splayed into the dirt Amachi would finish her attack. 2/2 for spar. ""

Esti felt her bite tear into flesh. Her shoulder slam hit, causing bruising on her shoulder, but surely hurting her opponent too. Her paw was able to hit its mark. This fight was going well. She wouldn't let her guard down, though. In her head, she would double check herself just to make sure. She had her ears tucked, her weight distributed to each of her legs now that they were all grounded, her knees were bent slightly, her eyes were narrowed and her lips and face were scrunched. She checked her tail, which waved behind her for balance as she splayed and dug her toes down into the ground for traction. Her shoulders were rolled, and she kept her head close to her body to protect her neck. Her hackles were raised and she was ready.

Esti let go of her bite on Amachi and pivoted her rear to her left so she would face perpendicular to Amachi's right shoulder. She kicked off to her left with her hind legs, allowing her weight to be redistributed to her forepaws as they rotated to face Amachi from her (Amachi's) right. Amachi's right forepaw would sweep, trying to trip Esti up, but since her weight was heavily on her front as she rotated, Amachi's paw didn't have enough force to pull her legs from beneath her, instead, dragging her claws across the front of Esti's forelegs, right below her elbows, leaving moderate scratching on both legs. Because Esti was rotating, Amachi's bite grazed Esti's right shoulder, causing moderate lacerations to the lower shoulder, just above where Esti's right foreleg met her body.

As Esti finished rotating her rear to her left, she stood facing crook of Amachi's neck. She redistributed her weight as her back legs met with the earth again, letting her back knees bend and splaying and digging her toes into the ground for traction and her first attack. Esti kicked off with her back legs, seeking to rear up and wrap her forepaws around Amachi's neck and choke her out. Redistributing her weight to her back legs, Esti's right foreleg would seek to snake around the front of Amachi's neck while her left foreleg sought to reach over Amachi's back. Esti would attempt to hug her tight and cut off the larger woman's air supply. She hoped pushing towards Amachi with her back legs would aid in taking her opponent down. As she attempted to push and strangle her opponent, Esti would keep her head straight and aim to grip and twist Amachi's neck just below where her skull met her neck. Her upper jaw would aim for the top left side of the base of Amachi's skull while her lower jaw aimed for the lower right side of the base of Amachi's skull. Esti sought to twist Amachis neck to her (Esti's) left in hoped of pulling some of the skin tightly around the underside of Amachi's neck in hope of aiding her strangulation and win this fight.


Esti vs. Amachi for SPAR
Round 2/2

ESTI vs AMACHI for SPAR ROUND ONE AMACHI CLARITY - 2 “straight shot towards the smaller female” How much distance is between them? How much time does Esti have to react? - 2 “Would align up the center of her chest” And what? Are you slamming? Chest bumping? What? Total: 6 POWERPLAY - None! Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (weight) + 1 (teeth) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (tail) + 1 (neck) + 1 (shoulders) + 1 (hind legs) + 1 (toes) + 1 (ears) Total: 9 ATTACK + 2 chest slam + 3 bite attempt Total: 5 INJURIES - 0 (First round!) Total: 10 Total for Round One: 40 / 50 ESTI CLARITY - 2 “Esti would jump to her right” How? Did you fix your stance afterwards? - 2 “Amachi’s bite would miss, landing somewhere off to Esti’s right” Where exactly, we need to know where. - 2 Not stating damage. Total: 4 POWERPLAY - None! Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (stance) + 1 (knees) + 1 (nails) + 1 (tail) + 1 (hackles) + 1 (ears) + 1 (head) Total: 7 ATTACK + 2 chest slam + 1 toe slam + 3 bite attempt Total: 6 INJURIES - 0 (First round!) Total: 10 Total for Round One: 37/50 ROUND TWO AMACHI CLARITY - 2 “Esti’s left shoulder” It’s actually her right - 1 “Jaws would snap shut” you have to make it clear who you are referring too. Since they are both females you should use names as much as possible. Total: 7 POWERPLAY - None! Total: 10 DEFENSES + 1 (lips) + 1 (hackles) + 1 (toes) + 1 (weight) + 1 (scruff) + 1 (shoulders) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (tail) Total: 8 ATTACK + 1 trip attempt + 3 bite to ribs + 1 severity Total: 5 INJURIES - 3 severe bruising to chest -2 slight/moderate lacerations to right of neck - 1 scratches to foreleg Total: 4 Total for Round Two: 34/50 ESTI CLARITY - 2 “causing bruising on her shoulder” How much? - 2 “As she attempted to push forward” Is this an attack in itself. Are you using your chest? What are you trying to make connection with on Amachi? - 2 “She would keep her head straight and aim to grip and twist” My first read this was still the bear hug. I had no idea this was the jaws until several reads later. You need to be clear on this Total: 4 POWERPLAY - 2 grip and twist. This is a nested attack. You assume you have the grip in order to twist, which is a powerplay. Total: 8 DEFENSES + 1 (ears) + 1 (weight) + 1 (knees) + 1 (eyes) + 1 (lips) + 1 (face) + 1 (tail) + 1 (toes) + 1 (shoulders) + 1 (hackles) Total: 10 ATTACK + 2 bear hug + 3 bite attempt Total: 5 INJURIES - 1 slight scratches to forelegs - 2 moderate lacerations to right shoulder Total: 7 Total for Round Two: 34 / 50 Totals: AMACHI 34 + 40 = 74 / 100 ESTI 34 + 37 =71 / 100 And the winner is... AMACHI ESTI must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Damage: AMACHI Severe bruising to chest – 2 ooc weeks to fully heal Slight/Moderate lacerations to right forelegs – 1 to 2 ooc weeks Moderate lacerations along right of neck – 2 ooc weeks. ESTI Moderate bruising to right shoulder – 1 OOC week Slight scratching to foreleg – 4 ooc days Moderate lacerations to right shoulder – 2 ooc weeks Notes: Tips for writing and some suggestions. (no points are deducted here): RIVS Be wary of space between you and your opponent. Make it very very clear who you are referring too in your posts. More clear, concise detail would be awesome as well. Watch your defenses. They are EASY points. IKO You over explain things to the point of severe confusion. One sentence to explain something very clearly is better than 3. You lost a lot on clarity. Watch distance and explaining damage and what your attacks actually are. BOTH Guuuuuys. Wolf’s claws aren’t that sharp. They can’t really cut through a wolf’s skin. Be wary of realism with this. Your claws are not going to cause a lot of damage to your opponent. It may be a good distractant, but for experience fighters, a scratch to the leg is going to do nearly zilch. Don’t rely on it. - By [Arin]