The youthful elephant trekked along with far too much energy, big red eyes aw-struck by this portion of the caves. Her femur from Canis was held tight by her trunk, although it seemed to be the last thing on her mind, for the moment. An oddly lifted area caught her attention, so she trotted toward it to sate her curiosity faster. A throne which seemed to see everything. She had no word for what she saw. Regardless, she climbed into the glorified chair and set down her femur before using her sensitive nose to inspect the throne. Her eyes were wide with wonder as the scents and textures made her brain send out endorphin, her joy of discovery overwhelming.

Gadana Ama abandoned the seat of the throne, leaving her femur in place as she circled behind it and studied the details of the back and the walls that lingered behind it. The stink of the walls attracted her. She pressed her body against the wall, leaning her weight into it hard as she walked along, scraping her dark hide and curing itches she didn't know she had. She went back and forth a couple times, not noticing the couple of nicks in her skin that bled a little.

She enthusiastically climbed back into the seat and collected her femur bone before plopping down on her butt to observe the world before it. She felt oddly powerful in this spot, which made her puff out her chest and fan her ears a little as she roared her baby-sized trumpet.

@Brutus

Brutus had been idly grazing in the remains of Papa's garden when he caught sight of something interesting. Something strange... But he recognized it. It was a skull of some kind, dusty and ancient, with long fangs embedded into its jaw. The lower jaw was long gone, and even the skulk threatened to crumble into dust when he touched it, but Brutus was careful enough not to crush it. ...Yet. He wanted to know what it was, since a few times the skulls confused him. He often sought clarification from Papa, and this time would be no different. He hoped the skull belonged to a carnivore, because then that would mean that he could break it apart.

The sheep had taken the skull between his teeth and trotted back to the throne where Papa usually was, except... There was a thing sitting there that was very much NOT Papa. "Hey!!" The ram bleated, forgetting that he'd been holding the skull. As a result it fell from his grasp, cracking and shattering on the ground into dust. "AWWHH! Look what you made me do!" Brutus scowled, sniffing at the dusty, broken skull before glowering up at the elephant. "You're gonna pay for that! Get outta Papa's chair so I can smush you!"

@Gadanai

Gadana Ama blinked at the sheep, watching him approach with a bone of his own in his mouth. She made no attempt to restrain the laugh as he broke what he was carrying. She playfully shook her head, ears flopping. She was amused at his anger at it breaking and was more than happy to take the blame for it, even though he was the one who dropped it. Then he started making threats.

"I don' listen to you," she snapped. Her trunk swung her femur bone around threateningly, ears standing out to make herself look big. "Gadana Ama listen to none!"

Gadanai threw her trunk over her tusks, feeling them. They were so new and foreign. Small, but very much there. They added to her feeling of power and strength, despite her ignorance, arrogance, and bullheadedness.

The "matriarch-to-be" stood up and flared her ears, the throne her prideful background. Red eyes stared the sheep down, measuring him up. A small roar erupted suddenly in her throat, surprisingly deep even to her. Her tail swished with a mind all of it's own, which probably stirred up the stink of blood and dirt that was coated on her back. Another head shake came, followed by a large step forward.

"All I want is blood!"

She stomp her feet and roared again, raising her femur bone up in her curled trunk. She charged at Brutus, ears open and tail flagged upward. She stopped hard, sliding a few feet and stopping rather close to the sheep. She peered down at him and snorted loudly.

"You smush me!?" she said, "You hafta try hard to smush me."

She found herself rather amused. This one was funny, but she wondered if he meant it.

Round 1/5
Attacks Bluff and be scary
Defense Bluff and be scary?
Injuries Nothing worth note

@Brutus

The sheep frowned hard and stared up at her with defiant emerald, frown deepening as she insisted that she didn't listen to him. What?! How! But then again... he narrowed his eyes, and he saw those sharp teeth coming out of her mouth, near her trunk. Those must have been teeth, they were so close to her lips, big sharp ugly teeth that she used to eat herbivores like him! That made her a carnivore! "You! Filthy carnivore!" He blurted his thought the instant it came to him, a striking realization that filled his heart with righteous fury. Oh! She would definitely pay for this! Even as he watched her throw her trunk around in a threat display, the sheep ducked his head and scuffed at the ground, shaking it in an open invitation for her to come for him.

And she did. Brutus raised his head sharply again, stepping back - startled by her brash move, and bracing himself for impact, until she had skidded to a halt just before him. The sheep snorted at her, his stubby tail wriggling behind him as she basically dared him to smush her. And he would! "Fine! I'm gonna make pancakes out of you, meat-eater!" The sheep yelled, throwing his head down and bursting forward, intending to smack her right in her stupid face with those steadily growing nubbins of his.

Round 1/5
Attacks: Headbutt to her STUPID FACE
Defense: None
Injuries: only his pride

Carnivore? Gadana didn't know what it mean, but it sounded insulting. Her red eyes made a show of rolling, attempting to mock him. She didn't care about his insults, only that he was alive and he didn't back down from her displays. (Not that backing down was the safe way.) Gadanai snorted at him again, this time as he shifted his weight and became obviously offensive. As he charged, she took a cautious step back, eyes widening a little. He got her trunk, which was relaxed so all it did was swing when hit, although the nubs weren't particularly comfortable.

Ready to brawl once more, Gadana Ama reared up, trumpetted, and came down to the ground as hard as she could, throwing all her weight into it. Her front end stepped to the left, trunk reaching back with the femur held tight, than launched her strike against her much smaller foe.

Round 2/5
Attacks Hit sheep with femur
Defense Stepping backward
Injuries Nothing worth note

@Brutus

He ran as fast as he could, with as much force as he could, putting all his strength into his beating hooves. He made a lunge straight at the elephant, despite the inability of his clearly smaller body to do much damage, he was hoping at least that his horns could leave a few lasting marks. And maybe he'd bruise her and distract her, and who knew - maybe she was all bark and no bite! But the sheep collided with her trunk, the force enough to send him stumbling back in recoil. He scowled and shook his head, which thrummed with a slow growing headache, only to open his eyes and see her rearing back on her hind legs. His gut dropped, but that stubborn nature of him begged him to stand his ground, even as he shook as she came back down on the ground. He was too busy keeping himself balanced to notice her trunk, grasping the bone, swinging towards him.

The bone crashed against the side of his head, launching the sheep a couple feet to the side. He cried out and rolled a few times before halting on his side, wailing at the pain. But he was not going to give up. Not against this carnivore! He wouldn't shame his family like this! Biting through the pain, Brutus gave his head another shake and clambered back to his hooves, splayed to keep his balance, shooting her a stinging glower. "Hah! Cheater! Not strong enough so you gotta use a weapon, eh? Two can play at that game! And I choose... LIGHTNING!" The boy cackled and felt his magic crackle, hoping to send a jumping spark at the elephant that might be enough to make her drop the bone. Or at least stun her.

Round 2/5
Attacks: Static bolt, not strong enough to harm, only to stun
Defenses: Legs braced for stability/balance
Injuries: Extreme headache, bruising to the left side of his face.

The sight and sound of the electricity coupled with the distinct smell was enough to make her question herself. An uncomfortable tingle rushed through her, but did nothing damaging. She shuddered her body, then tossed her bone aside. She would pick it up later. For now, she had a nubby sheep to pound into the ground. "I think maybe I smush you."

"My named... Gadana Ama!" she shouted proudly, feeling very strong in her name as she picked on a smaller beast. Her trunk stroked and wrapped around her tusks as she moved closer to him. It curled upward as she gave a hardy roar for a small elephant, tossing her head as she did.

The female elephant did a heavy half-rear, then reached her trunk back the opposing way and swung her trunk with every ounce of "mean" she had in her, attempting to really put her weight into it... just to show that little twerp what it meant for her to not use a weapon.

Round 3/5
Attacks Slam sheep with trunk
Defense Nothing worth note
Injuries Some singed hairs and a weird tingle

@Brutus

Oh... uh oh. That didn't work as well as he'd hoped it would. Maybe that was why his siblings always said he needed more practice with his magic, but it was fickle and he couldn't depend on it. That was why he never even bothered! It was going to get him killed, only working when it wanted to! This was important! The only thing he could REALLY depend on was his own strength... So the sheep furrowed his brow, cutting off his magic again. He would do this the right way - a good old fashioned beat down, with hoof and horn! "You thought wrong!" Brutus cried in defiance and shook his head in a threat, showing off those shiny growing nubbins again. He let her get close, all the while practically dancing on the spot. The failed magic had at least succeeded in jump starting his nerves, and he felt excitement coursing through his veins. Excitement at the prospect of winning. Making his family proud. Smashing this carnivore into the ground!

Brutus held his ground in her approach, and once she was close enough he ducked his head again. This time, he didn't brace himself - he remained light on his feet, ready to spring away at a moment's notice, and it paid off. She slowly prepared her attack, and just as her heavy trunk came slamming down at him, Brutus hopped to the right. The moment his hind feet hit the ground he sprung forward, intending to jam his juvenile horns into her face, preferably her eyes.

Round 3/5
Attacks: Headbutt towards the right side of her face/eyes
Defense: Light on his feet, head down
Injuries: Headache/facial bruising

@Gadanai

That was the thing about being a large mammal. Strength and power was there, but speed was definitely not. Although she was capable of giving herself a push at run, she currently had no skill in moving swiftly aside from such. Unfortunately, realization of her lacked skill wasn't there, so imagine her sheer frustration as the little twerp dodged her swing. Before she was able to stabilize after her swing, the little sheep was aiming for her face.

Gadanai's eyes widened with surprised as he came painfully close to her eye. She managed to jerk herself back and up into a half-rear, stepping backward as she did. The impact to her cheek stirred up a bit of uncertainty. The new bruise was an odd, uncomfortable feeling. It was a first in her life. She shook her head, hoping to "throw" it off. When it didn't dissipate, she felt herself lose just a hair of confidence. Turns out, she wasn't infallible. Damn.

She snorted at him, ears fanned as far forward as they would go. It seemed to intensify her look of surprised, as did the moments of blowing and tail flagging and the little step backward. How could something so utterly tiny make such an owie?

Gadana Ama backed up a few more steps, trying to wrap her head around what just happened. About that time, she noted the space she'd created between them and decided it was time to exercise her magicka a little more. She tipped her head down, tucked her trunk up, and threw herself forward, initiating her Pickup ability. With a bit more speed than normal and plenty of weight to go behind it, she made a charge for him, only aiming to impact.

Round 4/5
Attacks Run him over!
Defense Movin' the fukk outta the way!
Injuries Some singed hairs and a weird tingle; bruise on right cheek

@Brutus

As soon as he made contact, he rebounded off of her and stumbled backwards, barely able to hold himself up. His head throbbed and made it difficult for him to focus, though he was accustomed to headbutting things and the residual headache thay came with the impact, this was different. He was really trying to win, he was trying to destroy, and he had to hit harder than normal because he didn't care about hurting this thing. Not to mention this thing was far bigger and trying to hurt him too. Brutus was left to shake his head, trying to displace the pain while she did the same.

But then she was charging for him again, and Brutus bleated out his surprise. She was moving fast and his legs almost tangled up in themselves before the boy dashed out of the way, just barely feeling the air tickle the fur on his rump as he skidded and whirled around to follow her. He charged after her, intending to send her stumbling forward with another rush, this time to her rump.

Round 4/5
Attacks: headbutt her butt and push her!
Defense: behind her?
Injuries: headache/facial bruising

@Gadanai