So it had started? The war that had been promised for so long now. And she wanted to use the distraction such an event was giving to do her move, to escape and get out of this place she didn't want to be into. She refused to betray her friends and the the allies of her family. They had been kind and accepting there was no way she would falter their godos heart.

And thus she rushed towards the borders being as quiet yet as fast as she could, using the land to navigate through the foliage and creeks. She was leaving and whoever tried to stop her will be mauled.

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He was not happy that mother had told him to stay. He understood, of course, because someone needed to watch the little ones, and his fight at the Pit had been unfortunately timed, as it turned out. But he would have gone even with his injuries. She knew that as well, but evidently keeping the children safe was more important than allowing him to prove himself.

So he had irritably been patrolling the borders, keeping an eye out for anyone or any scents that didn't belong. Thus far, there had been nothing, but then he heard someone sprinting headlong through the pride lands and looked in confusion. She wasn't making a break for the war that was going on, was the first thing he realized. The second thing he realized was that while he didn't know exactly what was going on, she had to be up to some sort of trouble.

So he didn't think about it further, lunging out of the underbrush beside her and attempting to slam into her midsection to stop her.

Temero vs. @Sif
for Stopping Escape/Imprisonment
1/3
Hits:

Rolling 4d20: 1 + 7 + 6 + 11

Dodges:

Rolling 3d20: 20 + 1 + 9

Luck:

Rolling 5d20: 7 + 17 + 16 + 20 + 6

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She rushed hoping to get out as soon as possible, yet someone spotted her. Before she could notice it she found herself being attacked by a pink yearling, grunting she aimed to turn to face them yet it wasn't fast enough finding his blow at her midsection making her have to step back finding her lungs sucking up air. Coughing a bit the woman narrowed here eyes, so this boy wanted to play big? Okay, then she was going to make him regret standing in her way.

Quickly she attempted to slam her right shoulder into the center of his chest trying to knock him out of air while she attempted to raise her left front paw and attempt to slam it against his face, aiming to make mark him with her claws.

Sif vs @Temero
for escape of VB
round 1 of 3
Hits:

Rolling 8d20: 2 + 16 + 6 + 10 + 9 + 12 + 7 + 20

Dodges:

Rolling 3d20: 9 + 5 + 8

Luck:

Rolling 5d20: 13 + 6 + 18 + 5 + 14

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The territory was quiet; many had left in a hurry to go who knows where, but he and his siblings remained behind with a select few others. He was moseying around in the cover of small grass when the beginning sounds of a scuffle reached his ears.

Though not needing to, he crouched even lower and made a beeline for the supposed fight, excitement working its way in as to what it could be. He found a small boulder that would allow him to just poke his head up high enough to see the action between two unfamiliar faces. It was clear that one was trying to escape and he secretly wished for her to fail in her attempt.

Inna is attempting to hide

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He realized he was biting off more than he could chew as he crashed into the woman and he realized how much larger she was than him. And, if he hadn't already known that then he would have gathered by the way she slammed her shoulder into his chest and he too had to step back to catch his balance and his breath. Not that he could do either before she slapped him upside the head with her paw.

His head briefly jerked to the left and then he turned back as quickly as he could, attempting to get her paw or wrist in his jaws. He hadn't counted on having to fight a fellow member of the pride, and he had no idea what she was up to either. He just knew that it had to be something bad if she was taking this opportunity to do it, and that he should try to stop her so that he could let his mother and grandmother know when they got back.

Temero vs. @Sif
for Stopping Escape/Dominance
2/3
Hits:

Rolling 4d20: 9 + 2 + 6 + 19

Dodges:

Rolling 3d20: 2 + 13 + 1

Luck:

Rolling 5d20: 19 + 16 + 17 + 13 + 1

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CARRION COMFORT ME, CARRION COMFORT ME

She's stayed behind; with a gaggle of children and an indifference to Icefang's war, Sheol found no reason to march with her. There were plenty of cubs here to tend to - protect. And for their life, their innocence? That she would march for. Her steps are slow as she ambles through the Brook, a young hare clenched in her fangs as a gift to the cubs. It struggles weakly, a limb twisted and broken, and it has very little fight left in it. They could learn to hunt on it - that was the intention, anyway.

When she sees @Sif, dashing away from the Brook with @Temero hot on her heels, her eyes narrow. There's something feral and desperate in the purple youngling and her heart gives an uneven tha-thump to see it.

She'd felt it, only months ago.
She'd felt it for years.

Her jaw tightens, unbidden, on the hare and it looses a weak squeal in response. Startled, her mouth opens enough for it to drop to the earth and she slams a clawless paw down upon it, snapping its neck.

There would be time for hunting - and learning - later.

Sheol leaves it, stalking towards the two young lions as they grapple. @Inna's presence goes unnoticed, his faint scent on the wind assumed to be the scent of him on her pelt; and with her attention riveted on the scuffle, it's easy to slip by the boulder without so much as a glance.

She can't figure out how to leap in to help the prisoner - even the thought leaves a vile taste on her tongue - without putting her place ( and her children's and her mates' ) at risk. And so she lurks a small distance off, head dipped low and shoulders hunched, watching. Waiting. Hoping for some way she can quietly aid the woman. It seems the little Brook yearling may be outmatched, regardless, and she feels her lips twist into a vague sort of smile.

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Sif didn't hit him as hard as she would do in other occasions. Yes, these lions captured her but she didn't have it against a youngling. It was the adult's fault not his, so she wasn't fighting to maul him, she wasn't that cowardly. She was simply fighting to drive him away from her. As her paw clashed against his head, her size felt sore from the previous impact but she had to keep going, she wasn't going to let these lions have her here.

As her paw was captured by the boy's jaws she attempted to close her own over the boy's head, aiming to do so on the left side of his pink face, hoping to make him let go of her. She didn't want to lose and have to stay here further.

Sif vs @Temero
for escape of VB
round 2 of 3
Hits:

Rolling 8d20: 4 + 18 + 16 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 9 + 17

Dodges:

Rolling 3d20: 9 + 17 + 19

Luck:

Rolling 5d20: 9 + 14 + 13 + 5 + 7

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His jaws closed around her paw, but he had only a brief moment to feel his success before he felt hers on his face. He was going to look even more roughed up after this. Hopefully Lorelei didn't mind him with a few scars, he thought, a passing idea that had no place being in his head in a fight but hey, there it was.

He knew he should probably try to crush her paw, but he wasn't that cruel. Even if he knew he was expected to be. So instead he loosened his grip as he jerked his head away, still attempting to do some damage to her paw at least. It also meant she left lovely furrows in his face from her fangs, but so what. He also reached up with his left paw, attempting to sink his claws into her right shoulder.

Temero vs. @Sif
for Stopping Escape/Dominance
3/3
Hits:

Rolling 4d20: 16 + 1 + 5 + 9

Dodges:

Rolling 3d20: 13 + 7 + 3

Luck:

Rolling 5d20: 16 + 17 + 20 + 10 + 7

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Sif felt his jaws around her leg loosening and so did she try to lose her bite on his head too. She wasn't a monster, she simply was trying to get out. He jerked his face making a deep wound on her paw but she brushed it off as she aimed to pull her head backwards still aiming to pull his skin enough to make it hurt, aiming to make him get off her. Furthermore, his claws dug on her shoulder and Sif simply tried to keep her jaws in place, aiming to make him submit. She really wanted to get out without bloodshed even less of a youngling yet here she was.

Sif vs @Temero
for escape of VB
round 3 of 3
Hits:

Rolling 8d20: 5 + 11 + 20 + 14 + 10 + 15 + 2 + 9

Dodges:

Rolling 3d20: 19 + 7 + 15

Luck:

Rolling 5d20: 11 + 5 + 17 + 2 + 7

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@Temero VS. @Sif FOR ESCAPE/DOMINANCE
— RESULTS —

Temero Hits: 1+1+1+9 Luck = 12
Temero Dodges: 1+1+1 = 3

Sif Hits: 3+5+4+2 Luck = 14
Sif Dodges: 0+2+2 = 4

Temero Successful Hits: 8
Sif Successful Hits: 11

SIF HAS WON THE CHALLENGE FOR ESCAPE!

The results of this fight cannot be acknowledged ICly until either both challengers have responded or 3 days have gone by — whichever comes first. Any posts breaking this rule will be removed.