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There were certainly people that Wild Green Stones wanted to impress, here. That legendary, namely. He licked his lips and wandered into the circle of stones.

Just then Lily - when had she left? - burst back into the center of the ring, a pretty bouquet between her teeth. She dropped it to the ground and raised her head, careful to let her laurels catch the light. "Hello, everyone!" she trilled. "I know you think we haven't been watching, but I'd just like to remind you all that we're not fans of gruesome maiming or outright murder. If this was a hunting competition we wouldn't have gone through the work of capturing all these lovely opponents for you. And really, we've got a limited supply, and it takes time for them to heal." She made a pointed swivel of her head, so that it was clear she was eying the animals. There were a few more than eight, now - wait, when had they called in replacements?

"I know they look dangerous, but look! They're all much smaller than we are, and it's so troublesome to go out and find more without doing them harm. From now on we'll be banning you from further play if you do serious damage to our lovely companions - remember, it's skill that counts! Stop kicking these lovelies while they're down." And in the meanwhile, she'd definitely keep a very, very close eye on those competitors that had already done some damage to her fighters. They'd certainly be the first to go.



She bent to pick up her bouquet again, and dropped it merrily at Last Night's feet. "Thanks for dealing with people for us," she beamed. "Don't let it be said that old Sport there and I are neglecting you." Even though she'd clearly nabbed the flowers from another booth. Well, who cared? It was the effort that counted, right?

In front of him was a foxbun. "Hello, little dude!" he told it, looking amused. "I think you'll be a bit cleverer than that lynx yesterday, won't you?" But that was okay. He knew just what to do.

He chased it into a 'corner' (well, it was round, but - ) of the arena and leaned over it, waiting for it to flop over onto its back. Unfortunately it was clever, and it merely darted out between his legs. "Smart little dude," he said, shaking his head, but he turned to the side and kicked some rocks up.

As expected, the foxbun ran in the opposite direction. Huh. He could work with this.

He continued to kick up sand and rocks until it was cornered into a smaller section of the arena, and then he just made growly noises at it. It ran away - straight into one of the clean white stones of the arena. He caught it between his hooves and squeezed very lightly, and then let go, stepping back.

That had been a job well done, right?

While smaller than him to be sure, the lynx was still a hunter, and Blue Blood was not keen to getting into it with a beastie with claws. Thankfully all it took was one headbutt before the Lynx backed off. Thank goodness because he really hadn't wanted to get clawed up.

An eaglehound rocked forward to greet him, and he smiled at it. He wasn't the greatest at, ah, physical things, but subduing a creature took more than pure physicality. It took strategy - good thinking. He had that in spades. Also, you know, the puppy was tired.

It actually didn't seem to take much. He darted from side to side, as though they were playing.

This might've been more interesting if there were obstacles in this ring, he thought fleetingly - and then he saw his opening, because the puppy was sitting down and scratching its head with its hind leg. He headed over and touched his snout to its belly, and it rolled right over for him. "You're sweet, aren't you?" he said, approving.

He'd beaten a few of the creatures before so... He would keep at it. It just made him feel better about himself.

Wild Green Stones was back, and he was ready to go. He shoved his way through the crowd and winked at the legendary, placing a hoof on one of the stones of the arena's boundaries. Then he hopped over nimbly, paying no mind to what anyone else was saying. "So who's my opponent today?" he asked, walking over to size up all eight of the potentials.