Phoenix Maplewood jailed for frenzied killing of her aunt

I'm down for whatever!

Her teeth sank for a moment before Citali let go. The bear was moving between all of them. Nochtli'd been hit. Saena was stealing in for the bear's rear once more. Citali hopped back, hoping to avoid the swinging claws. It'd been a narrow escape, but one as a result of her desire to worry the bear and not one to actually maim it. In and out. That had been her game plan all along. In to do damage. Out to avoid those garish claws. Thus far, it was working well for her.

It was not working well for the others, or rather, that wasn't their strategy. Saena held on for a touch too long and the bear was given a wide opening to unleash its wrath upon her. Nochtli bled. Saena bled now too and the pale female's legs went out from under her. Damn it. Now they could no longer spin the bear between them. And — Oh no! There went the rest of Saena's already shortened tail.

Across from the others (as Nochtli immediately went to stand over their alpha), Citali darted in to the bear's now exposed backside as it tossed the tail aside in victory. One final swipe of it's daggered claws caught Citali across the shoulders as she retreated. White-hot pain flashed across her nape as the bear chose that moment to flee. Or rather, it pushed deeper into the heart of their territory, but at least the beast was gone from the immediate vicinity.

The bear had given them space to tend to their wounds. Nochtli's ear went ignored, for now. She was still standing. Their alpha was not. Saena came first, but between the gash on her shoulders that was starting to bleed now that she'd closed the distance between where she stood and where the other two had ended up, she realized she could not tend herself, nor everyone here in quite the same way she needed. Citali lifted her head and called for @Reek. Between both of their knowledge, or simply the additional set of paws, they'd be mended all the sooner.