09-24-2018, 12:23 AM
Nalia felt her rock-hard hooves make successful contact with the other mare's haunches, indicating her attack had succeeded. But what off-set her was that even though she'd landed a blow, the mare seemed to allow her haunches to dip, instead of falling away from Nalia's attack out of a pain reflex. In a split second, Nalia's mind pieced together that the mare was getting ready to attack again, but since her blow had allowed momentum for the mare to turn her body, she didn't see it coming.
Quick as lightning, the other mare's leathery wings propelled her up and close to Nalia's feathered wings. Still in pain from her earlier attack, the filly tried to avoid it, but let out another squeal when she felt the mare's teeth close down. She'd gotten just enough distance that the roots had been avoided, but when another, larger, and closer to her body mouthful of feathers got yanked out, the filly tucked in her wing out of reflex, gritting her teeth to bite back the pain.
What made it worse was that while Nalia felt the mare's teeth gripping her feathers, said other mare tucked in her wings in a maneuver similar to Nalia's earlier attack, letting the weight of her body drop her down to pull out the filly's feathers. The move succeeded, causing Nalia to let out another, much louder squeal, as she tucked in her right wing reflexively to try and deal with the pain that came from such an attack. Nalia's squinted eyes didn't notice the other mare opening her wings again to gain height, nor did she notice how they changed shape to mimic that of one of the various birds of prey occupying Beqanna's land.
When she thought she could take it, Nalia opened her wings again, flapping the right one experimentally to see how bad the damage was. The pain sensation was much stronger than earlier, so she had to flap her wing faster to try and ignore it. The filly opened her eyes to try and find where the other mare had gone, not seeing her until she felt an impact to her left side.
Instinctively, Nalia lashed out to try and bite the mare's wing, but found it out of reach. The filly tried to figure out what to do through her pain, but couldn't come up with any good strategies except this one. In a last ditch effort to try and get away from the mare to plan something else, the filly went for the mare's neck with her teeth, not bothering to see if her bite had broken skin before she threw her weight down so she ended up going under the mare and falling for the ground.
With both of her wings tucked to let her weight carry her down, the filly waited until she was just a few feet from impact before opening them back up. Flapping her right wing as the sudden stop caused the pain to return, the filly heaved a sigh of relief once she felt her hooves touch the ground. She turned to face the direction of the bay mare, her right wing hanging slightly limp at her side, twitching here and there while her left was tucked in tight.
This mare had already injured one of her wings; what was to stop her from going for the other? Nalia's nostrils flared as she prepared for the bay mare again, wanting to see what she would do next after Nalia went to bite her before getting out of her way.
@[Bristol]
Quick as lightning, the other mare's leathery wings propelled her up and close to Nalia's feathered wings. Still in pain from her earlier attack, the filly tried to avoid it, but let out another squeal when she felt the mare's teeth close down. She'd gotten just enough distance that the roots had been avoided, but when another, larger, and closer to her body mouthful of feathers got yanked out, the filly tucked in her wing out of reflex, gritting her teeth to bite back the pain.
What made it worse was that while Nalia felt the mare's teeth gripping her feathers, said other mare tucked in her wings in a maneuver similar to Nalia's earlier attack, letting the weight of her body drop her down to pull out the filly's feathers. The move succeeded, causing Nalia to let out another, much louder squeal, as she tucked in her right wing reflexively to try and deal with the pain that came from such an attack. Nalia's squinted eyes didn't notice the other mare opening her wings again to gain height, nor did she notice how they changed shape to mimic that of one of the various birds of prey occupying Beqanna's land.
When she thought she could take it, Nalia opened her wings again, flapping the right one experimentally to see how bad the damage was. The pain sensation was much stronger than earlier, so she had to flap her wing faster to try and ignore it. The filly opened her eyes to try and find where the other mare had gone, not seeing her until she felt an impact to her left side.
Instinctively, Nalia lashed out to try and bite the mare's wing, but found it out of reach. The filly tried to figure out what to do through her pain, but couldn't come up with any good strategies except this one. In a last ditch effort to try and get away from the mare to plan something else, the filly went for the mare's neck with her teeth, not bothering to see if her bite had broken skin before she threw her weight down so she ended up going under the mare and falling for the ground.
With both of her wings tucked to let her weight carry her down, the filly waited until she was just a few feet from impact before opening them back up. Flapping her right wing as the sudden stop caused the pain to return, the filly heaved a sigh of relief once she felt her hooves touch the ground. She turned to face the direction of the bay mare, her right wing hanging slightly limp at her side, twitching here and there while her left was tucked in tight.
This mare had already injured one of her wings; what was to stop her from going for the other? Nalia's nostrils flared as she prepared for the bay mare again, wanting to see what she would do next after Nalia went to bite her before getting out of her way.
@[Bristol]