[It's abrupt because she needs the momentum. She wasn't expecting these dogs to be quite so big, but that isn't anything she can't deal with.
As she closes to attack, she forgets about Jade being here. The pike whips forth, hooked edge burying itself in the shoulder of the shift hunter, and she vaults, twisting away from its head as it lunges to snap at her. The teeth snap shut half an inch from her waist as she sails past, flipping past the bulk of its body with the use of the pike's foothold, as it were.
She lands lightly on its back, yanking the hook free. The wound itself is shallow, and nothing compared to what happens when she continues the swingthrough, windmilling the two blades of her pike behind her to take its head off.]
Battle Dome
As she closes to attack, she forgets about Jade being here. The pike whips forth, hooked edge burying itself in the shoulder of the shift hunter, and she vaults, twisting away from its head as it lunges to snap at her. The teeth snap shut half an inch from her waist as she sails past, flipping past the bulk of its body with the use of the pike's foothold, as it were.
She lands lightly on its back, yanking the hook free. The wound itself is shallow, and nothing compared to what happens when she continues the swingthrough, windmilling the two blades of her pike behind her to take its head off.]