Blackberry didn't know where she was. She didn't know how long it had been. She didn't know what she was doing, or what she was going to do. All she could see was the blood, the cougar's blood, the red, the red in her vision. The flying wings and slashing beak and the claws coming down and his teeth ripping at her throat. And her final victory. There was blood, blood everywhere, the warm, hot, life water.

With a loud honk, she stopped flapping her wings and allowed her body to crash into the ground. She had been flying low, so the impact wasn't hard. But she barely felt it anyways. Her eyes were still blurred. She could only see the past. The blood. The screaming. She wanted it. She wanted more. More!

It took her a moment to realize where she was. The ground beneath her body felt a lot less like rock and more like...yes! Those were bones! She was back in Canis. She had visited once before, just after yet another decisive fight, but she had never recognized the beauty until now. The bones of enemies and friends, countless creatures lying across the cave floor, scattered, forgotten, lost. She opened her wings and pulled the bones close. Yes, this was her place. If the bones only had a little more blood on them, fresh, hot blood, then this would be like heaven. Or hell. Whatever.

She tried to remember what had happened these past days. She had been flying, flying a lot. Had Moose been following her? She didn't know. She wondered how her wounds had healed. They didn't hurt, so they were at least not infected. The bite from the snake seemed so long a time ago. Of course it was. Her shoulder didn't hurt at all. Maybe she didn't need a stupid moose following her if her wounds healed on their own. If the dumb deer had followed her here, that was fine, she didn't care. Alone, with others, it didn't matter. She just wanted more blood.


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Hear my honk.
Why are you listening to my thoughts? Get out of my head!

tags: @Astaroth
notes:

Astaroth passed towards his old fortress slowly, getting close enough to see the shattered chrysallis inside before hearing a clatter on the roof of it, jarring a couple bones loose from the ceiling. Using his hind legs to propel himself up he jumped onto the pile that covered part of the roof, livid as he saw the goose messing with his bones. "What the fuck do you think you're doing???" He yelled, his eyes wide in shock and anger as he stalked towards them, a=towering far over them as he growled, his teeth gleaming in the lights.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Blackberry
notes:

Blackberry froze as a voice screamed in her ear. Slowly and menacing, her head turned up to stare at the wolf. How dare this...how dare they! How dare they disturb her! How dare they intrude on her place! This was her place now! Not theirs! They could not enter here and ask here what she was doing in HER place!

She abandoned the bones and stood, her head about level with the base of the dog's neck. She hissed lowly, her feathers ruffling. She would show this dog a lesson. A lesson in blood. But first, she was sensible enough to realize that this one was bigger then anything she had fought before. The other wolf had been as young as her, the snake was tiny and the cougar? Well, he wasn't old. But this one, she could tell. A small glimmer of fear passed through her, enough to halt her bloodlust to spit out a threatening hiss.

"This is my place now. Leave or I'll rip you to pieces!


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Hear my honk.
Why are you listening to my thoughts? Get out of my head!

tags: @Astaroth
notes:

Astaroth's voice lowered to a hiss, his eyes narrowed as he crept, his body low, towards her. "You come here, desecrate the place I hatched, and try to claim it as your own?" his voice rose with every word, as he started to laugh, his anger taking over his whole being while he took those few remaining steps toward her. "Oooh honey, you have another damn thing coming, I am the KING of these caverns, you're but a gnat, a little speck in a world of death, a glimmer on the ceiling of Orion. But child, your glimmer is about to get cut out." His laughter switched into a snarl quickly as he lunged at her, aiming for her throat, hoping to use his paws to grab her. But he had shofted his weight wrong, caught up in his anger, and his paw slipped on a bone, he barely caught himself to be able to stay standing and circle the little goose.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Blackberry
notes:
Round 1/10
Attacks: Lunge at her and grab her neck, pinning her with paws (fail)
Defenses: None
Injuries: Old scars, lame paw

With every word, Blackberry's rage built up and so did her lust for the wolf's blood. This was hers. Her place. Everywhere was her place! Did no one understand that? Where she landed was hers. Hers! Only hers!

She was going to destroy this wolf. She would kill him and rip him to pieces. How dare he proclaim himself king. How DARE he call her a gnat! A speck! Her! No! She was not a child! She opened her wings and honked loudly, screaming at the wolf. "I am Blackberry! The Terror of the Caves!

She leaped, the sharp teeth in her beak flashing, straight for the wolf's throat.


Round: 1/10
Attacks: Bite her neck
Defenses: None
Injuries: scars on chest and neck


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Hear my honk.
Why are you listening to my thoughts? Get out of my head!

tags: @Astaroth
notes:

Astaroth's raged boiled over into a scream of pure rage as he tried diving under the bird to grab hold of the legs hanging down. But he slipped again, his anger getting the better of him as he slid forward only a bit, feeling her beak clamp around his neck, he started rolling, hoping he could somehow shake her off.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Blackberry
notes:
Round 2/10
Attacks: Failed attempt at biting a leg
Defenses: STOP DROP AND ROLLLLL
Injuries: Old scars and stupid fucking goose attached to his neck.

Blackberry relished the feeling of her teeth clamping down on the dog's neck, feeling the skin tear beneath her teeth and the blood well up underneath. She tasted it, it was warm and flooded her mouth, which sent her into an even greater frenzy.

As the wolf rolled, she let herself be thrown off and she landed, immediately taking off again to bash her strong wings against the wolf's head in an attempt to daze her. However, her landing wasn't perfect and she slipped on a bone, losing her balance momentarily. Her wings instinctively moved to cover her body protectively.

Round: 2/10
Attacks: Bash his head with her wings (fail)
Defenses: Body is covered with big feathery wings
Injuries: scars on chest and neck


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Hear my honk.
Why are you listening to my thoughts? Get out of my head!

tags: @Astaroth
notes:

Astaroth rolled back to his feet, he felt calmer, the pain had brought him back to reality. So he focusedon other means to get rid of this pest. Throwing his head back and laughing as he felt the all familiar flow of his magick through his body and into the goose, focusing on her muscle and hoping to lock them in place, strained painfully as bad as possible without actually killing the creature. Yes, he wanted her to suffer. His eyes shone bright like hewels as saliva dripped from his jaws.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Blackberry
notes:
Round 3/10
Attacks: Don't move bish
Defense: None
Injuries, slight bleeding at neck cause of the goose bitch, old scars.

Blackberry suddenly couldn't move. She felt her muscles tighten, until they were throbbing with pain. She couldn't even honk her anger at being caught in this situation. But she had to do something. She had to attack! She had to fight back!

With agonizing slowness, she pushed and pushed against her own muscles. It was similar to how she had experienced the snake's venom, the paralyzing terror. But this was painful and the pain only fueled her anger and her strength to resist. Finally, she was able to move enough so that she could loosen her wings again, almost like she was throwing off the magic. She kept her wings open, ready to brace for the wolf's next attack.

Round: 3/10
Attacks: FIGHT AGAINST THE MUSCLE PAIN
Defenses: is bracing
Injuries: scars on chest and neck


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Hear my honk.
Why are you listening to my thoughts? Get out of my head!

tags: @Astaroth
notes:

Astaroth felt the link shatter like glass, he bared his teeth and grimaced. Nobody had ever broken his magick before. He then focused again, trying harder this time, focusing all his might into pushing, bones flew back as a seeming shockwave flew towards the other creature, a veritable magic gale rushing towards the avian.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
tags: @Blackberry
notes:
Round 4/10
Attack: Astaroth! Use magick hurricane!
Defense: none
Injuries: Old scars and slight bleeding at neck