Noctisardor Bypass That's what you got

Rolled 3/10 for the hit, woo!

He watched as she sized him up (though in a different way than he was used to being sized up for these things). At least she seemed amenable to the idea of fighting before they sealed the deal... plus, it makes the thread longer without having it be all lovey-dovey, which really isn't Kaertok's style. But enough about that—back to your regular scheduled programming.

Arbiter dove for his shoulder first, an obvious choice, but something about her movement gave away that it wasn't how she meant to follow through. Sungiwok picked up on that, and he pulled back as quickly as he could, though not without feeling the brush of her teeth against his neck. She hadn't been able to grab him, which meant Kaertok was thankful for not being bested in the first ten seconds of their little ritual fight.

Pressing his feet into the earth below, Kaertok countered her attack with one of his own: he flung himself at her with all his might, hoping to crash shoulder-to-shoulder and knock her off her feet. Both literally and figuratively.