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Rain
Nov 21, 2015 16:49:05 GMT -8
Post by night on Nov 21, 2015 16:49:05 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
| Bisexual | WindClan | Apprentice | Mothwing | Yellow | Black | Mate |
soaked fur, empty belly
Nightpaw's belly growl. He got out of the apprentices' den, and tried not to hiss at the downpour that soaked his black fur. The clouds covered completely the sky, tinted gray by them; the moor seemed as gray as the sky, and puddles of water laid there and here because of days and days of heavy downpour. He was shivering both because of the water and how cold it was.
He hurried towards the small fresh-kill pile and took a rabbit from it. "It has been raining for days," he complained with a mouthful of rabbit already in his jaws. He didn't like how watery it tasted. When he gulped it down, he added: "I'm really sick of such a downpour."
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Rain
Nov 22, 2015 19:54:44 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Nov 22, 2015 19:54:44 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| Homosexual | Windclan | Deputy | Apprentice
| Pale Green | Brown tabby | Mate |
"Aren't we all?" Falconswipe added to the young apprentice's observations of the miserable weather. Rain was one thing. Cold was another. Rain and cold were the worst of both worlds. The deputy shook what wetness he could from his paws and pelt before getting too close to the black cat, and deposited the scrawny bird he'd been carrying in his jaws onto the meager fresh-kill pile. What few kills they hauled in all seemed to be getting skinnier and skinnier. The prey was starving as the predators were. "Have the kits and elders been fed?" He gestured to the rabbit that Nightpaw ate from, wanting to casually remind the apprentice of the code they lived by just in case, then settled down beside him. He'd since given up on trying to stay dry, so he may as well relax and succumb to the grossness. "...This will be your first leaf-bare, no?" He began. Nightpaw was a rather new apprentice. It hadn't been but a couple of moons since he'd been apprenticed, so he hadn't experienced the coming weather before.
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Nov 23, 2015 13:42:42 GMT -8
Post by night on Nov 23, 2015 13:42:42 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
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Nightpaw's tail-tip twitched with a little of annoyance. I know the warrior code, thanks! He wanted to hiss. Ah, what a short temper he had. "I fed them a while ago."
He gave Falconswipe a small nod. "Yes, it's my first leaf-bare. I hope it's not too bad," he sighed. He was still a kit when the last greenleaf was, but he remembered seeing the plump fresh-kill and the sunny days. Now that was replaced by heavy downpours and skinny prey. It was rather miserable, in Nightpaw's opinion.
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Nov 23, 2015 14:32:41 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Nov 23, 2015 14:32:41 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| Homosexual | Windclan | Deputy | Apprentice
| Pale Green | Brown tabby | Mate |
"Very good." He praised the apprentice's duty briefly as he gazed out across the muddy camp. These were some of the only times he wished for the forest cover of the other clans. But now without leaves on the trees, they weren't too much better off. "It can get pretty bad." Falconswipe murmured, now glancing at the black cat from the corner of his eye. "But it makes you and the other apprentices all the more important. It's important for you to learn the ways of leaf-bare and overcome it with the clan. That and we need your youth. I'm starting to feel the ache from this weather in my own bones, and I'm just younger than Dogstar." He snorted.
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Nov 23, 2015 15:46:26 GMT -8
Post by night on Nov 23, 2015 15:46:26 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
| Bisexual | WindClan | Apprentice | Mothwing | Yellow | Black | Mate |
"I guess being younger makes surviving through leaf-bare easier, right?" Nightpaw inquired. He didn't care much about the weather anymore, as he was getting used to his soaked fur -- the downpour was getting lighter, plus he liked talking to the deputy enough for to not leave and go to the apprentices' den.
The black cat's tail swished side to side."I promise I'll try my best to help our clan through these hard moons, Falconswipe. I won't let us down." His yellow eyes shone in the darkness, and neither the rain or the cold would make him feel less determined. He was going to make it through leaf-bare, and his clan was going to too.
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Nov 23, 2015 16:18:38 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Nov 23, 2015 16:18:38 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| Homosexual | Windclan | Deputy | Apprentice
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"...To an extent, yes. You're about at a prime age for working in harsher conditions, so I wouldn't worry much." He flicked his paws to scatter water droplets in front of them, watching them blend in with the fallen rain on the ground. With a flick of his ears when the apprentice went on, the deputy blinked gratefully at him and gave an approving purr. "I don't doubt you. Keep that attitude and you'll be a prime candidate to be my deputy one day~" He brought his tail over to softly touch the apprentice's side, then he stood up to stretch and flex his claws. "Buuut you'll have a lot to measure up to with me as leader~" He joked.
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Nov 23, 2015 16:54:50 GMT -8
Post by night on Nov 23, 2015 16:54:50 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
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Nightpaw purred in a mix of amusement and hope -- he was a little ambitious, and the idea of being deputy someday made him want to bounce in excitement. "That will be in a lot of moons!" he exclaimed as he got up, a smile on his jaws. He shook himself, though his fur dampened again quickly.
"But if you would choose me as deputy is that I'd be at your level!" he said with a mrrow of laughter, his tail pointing to the gray clouds in the sky.
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Nov 24, 2015 14:50:12 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Nov 24, 2015 14:50:12 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| Homosexual | Windclan | Deputy | Apprentice
| Pale Green | Brown tabby | Mate |
Eyes twinkling with humor as Nightpaw responded to his teasing, Falconswipe flicked his tail to beckon the apprentice to follow him towards a more sheltered area of the camp so they could continue their conversation with a little less water in their ears.
"Oh, when you're at the age it won't feel like it took so long." He promised. "When I was an apprentice, it almost felt too soon that my final assessments came. How is your training going, by the way? I've heard good things from Mothwing in passing~"
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Nov 24, 2015 15:53:43 GMT -8
Post by night on Nov 24, 2015 15:53:43 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
| Bisexual | WindClan | Apprentice | Mothwing | Yellow | Black | Mate |
Nightpaw followed Falconswipe to the sheltered space, thanking that he wouldn't have to feel the rain against his back for some minutes. "I guess. I hope my apprenticeship ends soon, I can't wait to be a warrior," he muttered. He was patient, though. His warrior ceremony was still some moons away.
When Falconswipe asked how was his training going, he sighed. "Mothwing has been occupied and hasn't been able to train me lately. She has teached me well, though. Tomorrow's sunhigh we'll go to the abandoned badger set to do some training." He said all this with a monotone; he hadn't grow attatched to his mentor, as he hadn't had many training sessions with her. She was a good warrior and teached well, though.
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Nov 25, 2015 9:05:35 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Nov 25, 2015 9:05:35 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| Homosexual | Windclan | Deputy | Apprentice
| Pale Green | Brown tabby | Mate |
Occupied? Falconswipe thought with a narrowing of his light green eyes. Had he been separating them in patrols without realizing it? Or perhaps it was Mothwing's own doing? Either way, he'd now be keeping an eye out for that. The apprentice needed training every day, not just when their mentor felt like it. What if...?
"Well, tomorrow's sun-high is all well and good. But I don't suppose you'd mind showing me what you've been learning, hm?" It wouldn't be wrong of him to give a few pointers, too, would it? While Nightpaw wasn't his apprentice, it was expected of the other warriors to have joint training sessions sometimes, which kind of involved mentoring a cat that wasn't assigned to you.
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Nov 26, 2015 10:30:12 GMT -8
Post by night on Nov 26, 2015 10:30:12 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
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"Y-yeah, I wouldn't mind," he stammered. His ears twitching, he glanced to Falconswipe with doubt clouding his stunning yellow eyes. "What do I start with?" he inquired nervously. He was scared of messing up while he showed what he had learned from Mothwing.
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Nov 27, 2015 18:27:19 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Nov 27, 2015 18:27:19 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| homosexual | windclan | deputy | apprentice
| pale green | brown tabby | mate |
Twitching his whiskers when the apprentice looked at him doubtfully, the deputy took a moment to consider what they could begin with. With a flick of his tail, he summoned the apprentice to follow along as he led the way out of the camp. Though the rain was becoming lighter, the ground was still muddy and wet underpaw. "Well, let's get out of the way here... have you worked on the leap-and-hold yet? I feel like that's a pretty important move that you should know."
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Dec 6, 2015 8:18:35 GMT -8
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Post by night on Dec 6, 2015 8:18:35 GMT -8
Nightpaw followed Falconswipe out of the camp, his ears pricked. He shook his head, his whiskers twitching a little. "No, I haven't worked on that yet. What is it?" he said, eager to get new knowledge.
//sorry for taking so much time answering!
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Dec 6, 2015 8:33:38 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Dec 6, 2015 8:33:38 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| homosexual | windclan | deputy | apprentice
| pale green | brown tabby | mate |
Oh, that was a little critical that he hadn't started learning that yet... Falconswipe flicked the tip of his tail with a moment of annoyance before explaining. "It's an important move that you should learn while you're still fairly smaller than a lot of the warriors of the other clans. This move is where you leap up and latch onto your opponent's back, out of their reach, and you can claw and scratch at their back from up there to your heart's content~" He purred. He remembered being a rather small apprentice, so that was one of the things his own mentor highlighted. He'd given a warrior or two plenty of scars in that area that they'd remember him by. "I'll also teach you how to bail, though. The counter-move to that is to flop down and roll over to squash the cat on your back."
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Dec 6, 2015 11:14:47 GMT -8
Post by night on Dec 6, 2015 11:14:47 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
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He listened to Falconswipe's explanation attentively, his ears pricked and his eyes shining with interest. He always liked battle moves, and learning them was a very good experience, in his opinion.
"Can I try it?" Nightpaw asked. It seemed like a really useful move, and he wanted to learn it as soon as possible.
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Dec 6, 2015 13:46:16 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Dec 6, 2015 13:46:16 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| homosexual | windclan | deputy | apprentice
| pale green | brown tabby | mate |
"Of course." The deputy nodded. Well out of the way of the camp now and in a clearing with as few muddy puddles as was possible in the open area, Falconswipe faced the apprentice. "The hardest part is usually learning to jump and find your balance on a moving cat's back in a heartbeat's time. For the first times, it will be better that you learn good gripping techniques on a still cat. Try and hop up on my back!" He figured that he would make good practice. He was quite tall, what with his long legs, so Nightpaw could be prepared for a larger cat in battle for the future. "Try not to claw my fur off just yet, though! You'll have to use your claws for a grip, at least."
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Dec 8, 2015 12:54:51 GMT -8
Post by night on Dec 8, 2015 12:54:51 GMT -8
8 Moons | ♂
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Nightpaw licked his muzzle, thinking. He was really small -- the runt of his litter, after all -- and Falconswipe was quite tall. It'd be difficult to leap enough. The apprentice unsheathed his claws and flexed his haunches, then sprang up in the air, stretching his front paws forward. He knew he wouldn't get to Falconswipe's back, he would fall to his flank.
And he did so. His claws passed through the brown tabby fur on Falconswipe's flank as he fell to the ground. He got up as he shook the mud off his pelt. "Mousedung," he muttered.
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Dec 8, 2015 17:47:20 GMT -8
Post by falconswipe on Dec 8, 2015 17:47:20 GMT -8
35 moons | ♂
| homosexual | windclan | deputy | apprentice
| pale green | brown tabby | mate |
Ah. As expected for the very first try. He couldn't help a purr and swish of his tail in amusement before turning and looking at the apprentice steadily again. "That's alright, not many apprentices manage on their first tries. Some with smaller mentors do, but otherwise the others aren't so lucky." He shook his head and licked his maw to clear some stray droplets of rain water from his whiskers.
"But as a Windclan cat, your leg strength will develop even more yet for running and leaping. It won't be a problem at all soon... Try again." He said, but this time the deputy crouched somewhat lower to the ground, as if preparing to charge at the apprentice. Perhaps from a lower battle position, it would be more like the real thing and also easier for Nightpaw to latch onto him.
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Dec 20, 2015 15:31:24 GMT -8
Post by arbonella on Dec 20, 2015 15:31:24 GMT -8
7 moons | ♀ | Pansexual | WindClan | Apprentice | Falconswipe | Pale blue | Ginger tabby & white | Mate |
And they called me the queen!
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