were all just scars in the making
Word Count → 238 :: lololol Nigel. And I am the worst at strategy in fight threads. ;__;
She whirled around at the call, only to see the she-wolf turning away from her. Anger choked the normally calm hybrid momentarily, but her frustration with her newly-acquired deafness was swallowed by a torrent of cold fear. Steel glistened, long and serrated, and Vesper had to force herself to make the lunge at the soldier's back. Claws raked harmlessly against her armor, which coated most of her shoulders and arms and just about anywhere she needed to bleed. An unprotected face was full of sharp teeth that glistened as the wolf growled, paying about as much attention to the scraggly Centurion as if she were no more than a fly. Her legs were less protected, she noted, but the artery she knew of was hard to reach at this angle.
Dumb wolf bitch, Vesper snapped, and finally one torn white ear turned back in her direction. But Saule did not react otherwise, perhaps too confident in her protection against the mangy coyotes to care; her dark blue eyes were set on Myrika instead as she drew her sword back, the better to swing and cleave off an arm.
Vesper grabbed the blade. She grit her teeth, but tugging on the sword was enough to make the enemy turn around again, snarling and sending an armored fist into her shoulder. Blood welled from the lacerations in her paw pads, but Ves tried to bide some time.
Vesper Optime by Nat; table code from the Mentors!
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