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 Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:49 pm
 Well the meeting with Penthesilea had been a complete waste of time. She did not care that the Queen would be away for the rest of the day to set up the transfer of the worthless whelps that Casimir had cursed upon her. She did not care to know what happened with them. Nor would she acknowledge that they were of her blood. The only thing that matter to her was that Chilapa keep up with her strict training schedule in order to achieve utter perfection. So far the pup was no working hard enough and didn't seem to care. Well Varia would push her until she did. So when the Queen headed out with Orithia to go visit YMCA Varia went to gather up her daughter for another round of training. She would get in a nice long exercise with her before afternoon training for the pack started.
Padding along the trail that would lead her to where she had left Chilapa Varia had no doubt that her daughter would still be there. It would be foolish to run off and would only lead to punishment through training. Of course as she neared the spot her nose picked up a scent and instantly her lips curled back, growl rumbling. What was that b*****d consort doing near her daughter? Varia raced forward but when she reached the small clearly neither of the wolves were there. He had taken her! Clearly that was the only answer as Chilapa would never wander off or voluntarily go with him.
Growling more now Varia quickly picked up the direction they had gone and raced down the path. Oh she would kill Achilles, there was no doubt about that. And the Queen could do nothing to stop her, she would return to a dead consort, no ifs, ands or buts about it.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:48 am
 Achilles knew he had timed this assault well - Pen should be well on her way out of the territory by now and Varia had likely discovered Chilapa's absence as well, leaping over a log mottled hide flashing in the sun as he raced to clearing he had pre-chosen as the fight zone, it was on the waters edge and the end of the pups scent trail.
There was no time to waste if he wanted to arrive before the potted female however - and truly choose the battleground, such things were important and often swayed the tide of battle. He was not a stupid wolf - Varia would not be an easy fight but he was no slouch and he was more the confident in his ability's, the only thing holding him back of course was his limits - he wasn't out to kill her, just teach her a lesson...Varia on the other hand would almost certainly kill him if she got the chance.
He would just make sure she never got that chance he told himself smugly as he reached the clearing and sat to wait for her, his back to the water so the spotted wolf couldn't flank him without making a great deal of noise and alerting him first.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:57 am
Varia raced down the trail, following the scent of her daughter and that b*****d consort. It was still relatively fresh so finding them should be easy enough. However when she reached the river the trail went dead, at least the trail of her daughters scent. Achilles scent was still strong in the area. Slapping the water in frustration with her paw Varia followed the trail that would lead her to Achilles, she would find out where her daughter was and then kill him. He was not far off and already she could feel her muscles tensing, itching for a fight that was certain to come in only a few moments.
When she came out of the trees to face him, her eyes fell upon the consort as he sat by the river, he was looking far to calm for her liking. Lips curled back, fur bristled and growl echoed in her words. "Where is she you b*****d?!" Any other time she would have attacked without ever asking a question, but she needed to know where Chilapa was before disposing of this unworthy beast.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:07 pm
Ah just as he'd expected - the enraged monster of Antianeira came barreling out of the woods with fur bristled and lips pulled back into an entirely unflattering snarl. He hoped she wasn't trying to scare him...but just in case she was he decided to irk her all the more and let loose with a large leisurely yawn.
That didn't mean he wasn't ready however - While Varia was all spitfire and fury in her violence, Achilles was a differant type of monster entirely, cold..calculating and so very confident in himself that he felt no need to advertise his temper in such displays. Besides..it threw some wolves of their guard, they always came expecting a monster and grew confused when they found an entirely different thing. In appearance anyways... underneath that calm exterior Achilles was all business and he watched Varia with calculating eyes.
"She is....around" He hedged around the truth as he watched her "Which is more then one shall be able to say for your other pups soon" He continued, letting just a hint of his corn over this fact creep into his voice at this point.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:16 pm
Of course he wouldn't tell her where she was, he was doing this deliberately. Perhaps he wished to have her beat the information out of him, well Varia was more than willing to do just that, after all she was going to kill him anyways, so beating on him at first would only add to the fun.When he mentioned those other pups her growl deepened. "Those worthless whelps are not mine!" She would never in a million years admit to being their mother and the fact that they showed almost no sign of color or pattern from her was a gift. There was only one pup worthy enough to call her own and that was Chilapa, as long as the pup kept up with her training and didn't fail of course.
"You will tell me where she is!" She screamed and launched herself toward Achilles. Varia was in a rage, but even she knew her anger could grow much more than this. Teeth snapped at his face and neck while her front paws kicked out, hoping to score either a hit or rake across his body to do some damage.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:32 pm
It certainly hadn't been hard to incite her to attack first Achilles thought to himself as the spotted demon screamed and launched herself at him - he was aware that she had screamed out a question but he had no intention of answering it so for the time being he ignored it,turning all of his attention to the fight.
Her first attack was made in a rage and he wondered if she expected him to cower and take the beating as no doubt many of the males in this pack had done before - if she was expecting such a thing then she was going to be sorely disappointed. Achilles calm exterior dropped away in less then a heartbeat and quite suddenly there were two demons in the clearing. Snarling viciously he ducked sideways to avoid her first assault, her teeth snapping on thin air and while her front paws grazed his shoulder as he moved it was little more then a ruffling of the fur.
He hoped she'd keep right on going with that lunge of hers and land in the water - that would be somewhat amusing - but Achilles wasn't going to bank on such a thing and twisted as he dodged to snap viciously at her shoulder as she passed still committed to her initial lunge
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:40 pm
It was disappointing when her teeth caught nothing, but Varia reminded herself as much as she hated to admit it, Achilles was not a weak minded slave that would sit and take her beating like a log, no she would need to work for this kill. Sometimes it was better when an effort needed to be put in, instead of just simply snapping the neck of a worthless foe.
As Achilles moved out of her way and snapped at her shoulder Varia swung her back end around changing the course of her lunge so as to avoid the water. His teeth came close, very close to her shoulder but the point was that he missed, and that brought about some satisfaction. As her paws landed Varia immediately sprung forward again, looking to bite his neck once more, only at the last second she ducked her head and aimed for his paws but kept her forward momentum up so as to not be a stationary target for him. Plus he may very well trip or falter in an effort to save his legs from a sound thrashing and then she would pounce on him like a wounded deer.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:19 pm
Achilles realized he had a decision to make...and only a few seconds to make it, as Varia's head switched from trying to rip his throat out to possibly breaking his legs so too did his own defense and attack have to change, he could sacrifice a leg in the hopes of getting a grip on her neck himself or save his leg but forego the chance at wounding her severely as well.
If he'd been trying to kill her then the choice would have been easy, he'd take the neck grip and hope to break the neck before she could break his leg..but he wasn't trying to kill her (Pen would never stop bitching if he did that) and it was doubtful he would survive the fight on three legs as she was most certainly fighting to kill him. Damned the limits his own restrictions were placing on him Achilles cursed mentally as he did what he knew he had to do.
Save his leg.
Of course that didn't mean he had to completely give up all hope of wounding her - just the hope of a killing blow. As it was by the time he yanked his foot back she'd nearly closed on it and he wound up with a nice rake of teeth marks down his limb, shallow but bleeding none the less. Achilles remained silent through the injury however not giving her the satisfaction of a yelp or any indication that her strike had hurt him though it undoubtedly had.
Having reared back on hi hind legs to pull his fore from her grip he now threw his weight forward while her head was still ducked and he rather hoped she wouldn't realized what he was doing before it was too late. He aimed to slam his full weight down upon her shoulder and lower neck in the hopes of driving her to the ground beneath him, or at the very east bowling her over.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:31 pm
Ah the satisfaction of chewing up his leg, even if it wasn't as damaging as she had hoped for, was still great, though short lived as Achilles pulled his legs out of her grip. As he rose up on her paws she still pushed forward, hoping to knock him over, then it would be finished a quick bite to the neck and he would be dead, then she could find Chilapa. But no instead of falling over he started to come down upon her. Varia didn't have enough time to completely get out of the way of his move, but in the moment it took her to catch on to what he was trying to accomplish she twisted her body to make it advantageous to herself as well.
As Achilles went came down on her pressing her against the ground, half pinning her there Varia had twisted and shifted forward so that her neck and head were free to move about. And with him on top of her like this it gave her perfect access to his vulnerable underbelly. Teeth tore at the exposed belly, and if he wanted her to stop well then he would need to get off of her now wouldn't he. But in the mean time she could do some pretty significant damage to him
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:40 pm
Achilles growled as she shifted and twisted while they fell forward - he knew what she was doing but there wasn't much he could do about it until she hit the ground. He wasn't about to let her gut him and pivoted smartly on his front legs, keeping his weight on her as he rotated himself about to protect his underbelly from her vicious attacks - though he was somewhat pissed off at the bites and damage she had managed to do in ever that short amount of time and attempted to ravage her shoulder and lower neck with his teeth and claw until she managed to throw him off - it wasn't mortal damage - but mortal damage wasn't his point - though it was becoming clear he'd have to make a threat of mortal damage if he was going to get her to wisen up and so purely as a fake he let the rage slip into his eyes so that she could see it and made a snap at her jugular - let her think he was willing to kill her too and lets see how this played out then.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:46 pm
Varia continued to assault his belly as he spun and shifted away until finally her teeth could no longer reach the delicate flesh. The fact that he was still alive pissed her off more than the fact that he had stolen her pup. Before she could attempt to get up Varia felt his teeth dig into her shoulder and move up to her neck. The pain was minor as she had trained herself over many years to ignore pain in battle, but it still stung each time his teeth ripped into her flesh. Her eyes caught his and while she noticed that show of rage she did not let it get to her, she was all rage too.
Using her back legs Varia kicked out towards hi back legs in an attempt to off balance him. And as his teeth came down towards her jugular Varia twisted her head, and snapped her teeth trying to gain some purchase on any part of his face, maybe even cut into his eye if she was lucky. Then she began to force herself up, pushing against his weight so she could get to his paws. He may be able her size but she would not let him hold her down like a weak little pup. So with a final push she was back on her feet and claws were looking to cut into some of that tender shoulder flesh.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:56 pm
Achilles wasn't afraid of getting another scar on his muzzle and so as she snapped at his face he snapped right back, one of her eye teeth snagged on his muzzle and dragged downwards but he ignored it, if he'd scored her face as well then it was well worth it the wound she'd given him.
As she pushed herself up Achilles drew back gaining the distance needed to maneuver and dodging the strike at his shoulder, retaliating with an attempt to rake his teeth down the side of her leg before she could pull it back. Both wolves were bloody...and both were talented fighters if they continued on in this fashion it was likely they'd both end up mangled messes crawling about on the ground in mutual death throes.
Of course it was not quite at that point yet - and Achilles aim was to keep it from getting their "I've pinned you once already" He snarled at the spotted female "I can do it again and next time I won't let you up" He threatened her with a low growl "I'll let you go however if you cease beating on the slaves and ill treating the male pups in the pack"
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:03 pm
Teeth ripped into her cheek, and she could almost instantly feel the blood pour down her face when her head was clear from his jaws. But she had also scored a good bite on him. Besides wounds healed. Weight shifted to her back paws as she easily dodged the teeth striking at her leg. Well seeing him covered in blood like that, even if she knew she looked similar, was quite the sight for sore eyes. Shame the brute was still living. "Think you can best me because of one simple move?" She growled but remained where she was..for now.
His demands made her laugh. Was he seriously telling her what she could and couldn't do in the pack...this pack. "I will agree to no such thing. That is the foundation of this pack!" Males were supposed to be punching bags, well not actually punching bags but no one ever questioned before when she took out her anger on a slave or two. "Tell me where my daughter is!" She would continue to fight if needed until he either told her or he had taken his last breath.
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:14 pm
"Hardly so, the foundation o the pack is to create strong female warriors...not bullies, you are to protect those beneth you not walk over them like slugs on the ground. You are a shame to your Pack Varia, your pack and your heritage. Everyone can see, everyone thinks so, says so - how else would a lowly male such as I come to such a conclusion?" It was a legitimate question - given how stupid she thought males were clearly the only way they could come up with something that complex was if they had heard a female talking about it. Headgames...Achilles had always been good at headgames.
"But yes..let us speak of your daughter...if you kill me - which is unlikely - you shall never find her" He told her in a low cold voice, let her think he meant it, the pup after all was far more important to her then she was to him "A far more likely scenario" He continued 'Is that i will kill you - and your sisters shall find you dead and mangled and filled with the stench of a male, How utterly embarrassing that would be, what a legacy to leave behind yes? Such are the two options unless you see reason and agree to hold your temper in check'
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:29 am
Cold eyes watched him as he rambled on and each word only pissed her off that much more. "You think you know so much of this pack, you only know what it is today! We are not what we were before, when we did not allow males in our lands, when we had strong blood in all of us." Varia was always annoyed how things turned out when it came to males, why could they not go back to the old ways, the original ways, when it was just a group of strong warrior females, no males around not even as slaves, and should a male come be it by his own paws or within a litter they were killed on the spot. She decided to ignore his question. Varia did not care how he came by this conclusion but did make a mental note to step up the training once again as punishment for any of the Sisters who thought it okay to spout such lies.
"You best me?" Varia laughed at the mere thought, no male could best her, not even Achilles. What had happened earlier between them, the injuries she had now thanks to his claws and teeth were just a fluke. Of course she couldn't afford to lose in any sense, and while Varia was confident she could take him in a fight that would just provide her with another challenge, and that was finding Chilapa. Who knows where the b*****d had hid her, and having his laying dead at her paws would certainly not answer that question. So she did the only reasonable thing she could think of, and that was to lie in order to find her daughter. "I will hold my temper in check...unless they give me a reason not to. They are our slaves after all, so they cannot think they suddenly have the run of the pack just because I am withholding my claws and anger." Varia paused for a moment, keeping her anger in check, all she needed to know was one thing and then her lie could be undone. "Now where is she?"
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