[Shrike grabs her by the shoulders, but - there's no rule saying Nero couldn't make an attack on her clothes right back. Her hands dart out for Shrike's significantly longer kimono sleeves, Nero's right crossing to yank the right sleeve and the left in her left. She pulls the sleeves hard to twist Shrike's arms together and tangle them into a knot.
It's too hasty and too much loose fabric to make a real knot, but gosh wouldn't it be easier to wrestle without those fancy outer layers?]
[It's really very impressive how fast one can strip when motivated by Pure Thirst,
Nero reels back from the headbutt - luckily it didn't break her nose, since nasal bleeding might not be the height of seduction, but she's got a sizable bruise on her forehead now, and it dazes her just long enough for the dress to blanket her face.
She tears it off her with a growl, instinctively going low against a taller opponent - rolling to grab her by the legs.]
Shrike drops backwards onto the couch, scissoring her legs to try and free them from Nero's grip, and tries instead to get her legs around Nero's torso to pull her in. ]
I can think of some better places for you to grab—
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It's too hasty and too much loose fabric to make a real knot, but gosh wouldn't it be easier to wrestle without those fancy outer layers?]
So close!
Re: 217 AFTERNOON
[ at which point she just reels back her head and headbutts Nero while in the process of untangling her sleeves from each other. ]
—get too cocky—
[ ...and uses any bought time to strip out of her dress with some impressive speed to throw it right at Nero's face. ]
Re: 217 AFTERNOON
Nero reels back from the headbutt - luckily it didn't break her nose, since nasal bleeding might not be the height of seduction, but she's got a sizable bruise on her forehead now, and it dazes her just long enough for the dress to blanket her face.
She tears it off her with a growl, instinctively going low against a taller opponent - rolling to grab her by the legs.]
Re: 217 AFTERNOON
Shrike drops backwards onto the couch, scissoring her legs to try and free them from Nero's grip, and tries instead to get her legs around Nero's torso to pull her in. ]
I can think of some better places for you to grab—