[Judged] drink down that gin and kerosene;

[August]

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« “Remember, pain is not a test. Knowledge is not enough.”
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mpalement and death is not on his list of considerations today.

It hadn’t been in Solterra’s fighting pits, either, or even when he’d grappled with the griffin in the mountains (the only thing in his mind those times had been survival). Now, he tries not to think beyond the next three movements, the next three breaths.

He grunts at the impact of his hooves on her belly; he can almost feel the soft woof of breath from Aspara. August can’t quite feel guilty - she’d wanted to fight, after all, and the job she was angling for wouldn’t pull any punches either. Really, he should be going harder on her (and not leaving his sword in the dirt), but she is so young, young as they all were when their lives got upturned, and -

And she was cutting alongside him while he distracted himself with memories that weren’t even that good.

Luckily he’s in a good place to react, having not had to move much since his kick. Briefly he considers whirling, rising to face her, but that would put him too near her horn - her one real advantage - for comfort. So far they were playing nice, but this was about using your strengths to win, and August did not want to give her opportunity to puncture his pretty face.

So he takes the sensible-but-boring route: he lunges forward just as she gathers her hindquarters to rear, drops his head toward his knees and bucks again. Her attack catches him along his left hip and rump, her hooves scraping down his skin, both hampering the drive of his kick and potentially opening her belly, chest or legs to being struck.

This time when he lands, blowing hard through his nose at the ache from her hooves, he turns to face her.

« r » | @Aspara

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Summary: We spend a few moments in August's head, then as Aspara begins to rear for her strike he takes about a half-stride ahead and takes the blow to his hip/rump instead of shoulder. In the meantime he begins his counterattack, which is another buck (nothing flashy today). Landing, August turns to face her.  

Attack Used: 2 
Attack(s) Left: 0 
Block Used: 0 
Block(s) Left: 1 
Item(s) Used: NA

Response Deadline: Dec. 23
Tags: @Aspara, @Sid, @inkbone, @nestle, @layla