Still, the foul stench of burning fur told her that her second maneuver had been successful.
Relatively.
Instead of sailing backwards into the trees like Urna hoped, Gabriel came lunging toward her out of the cloud, streaming embers and black smoke like a horned demon. Glancing back, she saw the flash of catlike claws and reacted as quickly as she could. Flipping again, her tentacles flared midair like a squid's. Her four main arms flung out to meet him, curling in pairs around his forelegs and trying to yank them apart hard to overpower his momentum. Urna grit her teeth with the effort of trying to keep Gabriel's paws away and gain control of the grapple.
Hadn't this been what she wanted? Gabriel, close enough that she could do some serious damage? "Couldn't stay away, could you?" she snarled. She'd spent her fire for the moment, and a budding idea had her wanting to conserve her venom, so back to the basics it was.
Urna struck out with a paw, aiming for the tender burned patch on Gabriel's chest, and tried to hook him close enough for a more solid bite.
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HP: 3/5
1. Rolling STRENGTH to try and hold Gabriel's claws away from her skin. Success: Urna grabs Gabriel's forelegs with her tentacles and manages to keep those claws outta her (no damage). Failure: Urna takes that 1 HP from last post, putting her at 2/5.
2. Rolling STRENGTH (is it cheating to use strength this much? Urna does one thing well) to Uno reverse (Urna reverse?) that bear hug and bite Gabe on the neck/chest. Success: 1 HP damage and Urna's gonna try to hold on. Failure: She doesn't manage to bite him; no damage.