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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 10, 2018 20:59:40 GMT -5
Bumblepaw managed to catch his sisters nervousness. "Me? In your dust? I'll have you know that I beat Cloudpaw in a race earlier." Bumblepaw chuckled, trying to draw his sister's mind off of how dark it was getting. He flicked her nose with his tail. "Last one to the creek is a slug." He said, taking off.
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Post by Jade on Oct 11, 2018 6:09:27 GMT -5
Fawnpaw opened her mouth to reply just as Bumblepaw shot off. “Hey!” She shouted, her voice laced delight that quickly faded into panting as she raced after her brother. “Cheater! And—“ She paused, gulping down more air. Doing anything quietly—even when advantageous—wasn’t really her style. “Now that you mention it, don’t think you’re getting out of telling me all about Cloudpaw/i] just as soon as I beat you!” Though the young she-cat has made up a bit of ground, she was still lagging behind. Her short legs certainly weren’t doing her any favors.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 11, 2018 22:08:33 GMT -5
Bumblepaw grinned at his sister's comment. "First of all, it's not cheating, its just a handicap. Second, I can tell you as much or as little as I want to about Cloudpaw." He said. Noticing a tree root in the path ahead, he called out, "And third, watch out for that root."
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 13, 2018 9:56:32 GMT -5
(Bump)
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Post by Jade on Oct 13, 2018 13:51:16 GMT -5
(Sorry for disappearing! I was working on an essay for like 8 hours yesterday. Gotta love school x3)
Fawnpaw opened her mouth to reply, but her words faded as she tugged her paws up at and narrowly avoided the root that Bumblepaw had indicated. “I’ll consider forgiving your ‘handicapping’ because you just kept me from falling on my face,” she declared, pushing her steps faster until she felt herself flying across the grass. “But I’m not giving up on Cloudpaw. Just you wait; I’ll get it out of you somehow!” She teased.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 13, 2018 20:25:00 GMT -5
(Yep. Gotta love it.)
"We'll see about that." Bumblepaw smirked, dodging another root. "So, how long will you be content eating my dust?" He teased her, speeding up so that he managed to stay in front of her.
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Post by Jade on Oct 14, 2018 9:05:42 GMT -5
“Ha!” Fawnpaw spat, though she could already feel her muscles beginning to protest. “Yeah, right. I’m just...biding my time. Are we just going to keep running forever?” She panted.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 14, 2018 17:06:50 GMT -5
Seeing the creek coming up in his vision, Bumblepaw called back to his sister. "Nope. We have arrived." He said, slowing down enough to not go flying into the water.
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Post by Jade on Oct 15, 2018 6:07:36 GMT -5
Fawnpaw slammed on the breaks at Bumblepaw’s words, her skidding paws sending a shower of pebbles into the river as she managed to stop herself just in time. She huffed a sigh of amused relief and did her best to shake off the thick layer of mud that had accumulated on her paws. “Thanks for the warning!” She exclaimed indignantly, swiping a muddy paw at her brother.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 15, 2018 9:21:13 GMT -5
Feeling the mud splash onto his pelt, Bumblepaw flinched and looked at his sister with a look of pure innocence. "Now why would you get mud all over a innocent little apprentice like me?" He purred, trying his best to act the part. It was surprisingly difficult to put on an innocent face and not grin at the same time. "I told you we had arrived, and this is what I get as thanks?"
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Post by Jade on Oct 16, 2018 6:13:57 GMT -5
Fawnpaw wrinkled her nose playfully before retreating to a similar presence of exaggerated innocence. “Hey, it was the mud, not me. If it decided to fly off my paws because it just wanted to land in the fur of someone who deserved it, who am I to stand in the way? And anyway,” she added, dropping the act, “It’ll help you blend in with the forest. I was kind enough to give you an advantage when we start hunting.”
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 16, 2018 23:16:09 GMT -5
"Help me blend my foot. All it has done is make me feel uncomfortable." Bumblepaw snorted, shaking his fur to ge the mud out. "With that being said, now that we're here, do you want to try some fishing, hunting, or just head back?" He asked.
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Post by Jade on Oct 17, 2018 6:14:14 GMT -5
“Oh, definitely hunting,” Fawnpaw declared with one glance at the pools of shadow that hung heavily by the bank of the river. Much better to stick to the moonlit plains; plus, the race had left her exhilarated, and she wasn’t quite ready to relinquish the feeling to seated concentration. “Anyone can scoop a flopping fish out of the water,” she teased. “Chasing rabbits takes real finesse.”
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 17, 2018 22:03:38 GMT -5
"Oh really? I beg to differ." Bumblepaw said. His mind flickered back to memories of Cloudpaw and him fishing. He could literally picture her fur gleaming in the sunlight as she flicked fish out of the water."Sometimes fishing is quite elegant," He murmered. He shook himself and turned his mind back to the present. "Anyways, hunting a hare sounds good."
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Post by Jade on Oct 18, 2018 6:08:05 GMT -5
Seeing the distant look in his eyes, Fawnpaw narrowed her eyes in playful inquisition at her brother. Still, she didn’t push the issue—yet—and instead raised her muzzle to the sky to taste the air. “This way?” She suggested, nodding questioningly to the West, where the riverbank faded to a sea of small hills. “I think I scent something over there.” Not waiting for an answer, she added, exaggerated casualness in every word, “So...what’ve you been up to lately, Bumblepaw?”
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 18, 2018 17:54:00 GMT -5
Bumblepaw let his thoughts wander a little bit. He had hunted with Cloudpaw. Went fishing with Cloudpaw. Trained with his mentor. More hunting with Cloudpaw... "Well, I went hunting. I fished a bit. I trained with my mentor. I went hunting again... You know, the normal stuff."
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Post by Jade on Oct 19, 2018 6:18:52 GMT -5
“The normal stuff,” Fawnpaw echoed skeptically. “I’ve seen you trotting around camp at all hours of the day with a new friend. They look a lot more fun than my training sessions,” she added, rolling her eyes long-sufferingly. “I’ve been stuck practicing my ‘form’ all week!”
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 20, 2018 10:27:59 GMT -5
"There probably is a reason to that. Why don't you show my your 'good form.'" Bumblepaw teased his sister, flicking her with his tail. He carefully avoided to subject of Cloudpaw, as he knew that he would get teased relentlessly no matter what he said. Silence was often the best option.
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Post by Jade on Oct 20, 2018 12:04:34 GMT -5
Fawnpaw rolled her eyes in playful disdain and dropped into a loose hunting crouch. After a moment's thought, she shifted her haunches and wiggled her way into a sharper stance, paws bunched beneath her. She waved her tail triumphantly, using every spare ounce of concentration to keep herself from tipping over and hoping that the precariousness of her position wasn't quite as noticable as it felt. "See? Not a hair out of place!" She declared proudly. "Let's see you beat that."
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 20, 2018 22:22:49 GMT -5
Bumblepaw noted his sister shifting stances, although he did miss how close she was to tipping over. He decided it was better, and potentially safer not to mention anything, and instead dropped into a basic hunting crouch. He knew it wasn't great, but it was good enough to do the job. "There. I beat it." He laughed back.
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Post by Jade on Oct 21, 2018 12:28:48 GMT -5
Fawnpaw wrinkled her nose good-naturedly. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say, mousebrain," she teased, seizing the opportunity to finally release herself from her precarious stance and hop back into a standing position. She raised her muzzle to the air again and closed her eyes as she filtered through each scent that she dectected in turn. "Grass, grass, more grass..." She murmured impatiently—then, suddenly, lacking the presence of mind in her triumph to keep her voice in check, she declared, "Rabbit!"
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 21, 2018 22:11:40 GMT -5
"Don't say it so loud that you'll scare it away." Bumblepaw teased, altering his stance a bit to better suit hunting rabbits. "Which way?" He asked quietly, glancing around and sniffing the air in an attempt to locate it.
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Post by Jade on Oct 22, 2018 6:25:46 GMT -5
Fawnpaw blushed beneath her fur and settled down, her eyes sparkling with silent laughter. Pausing for a moment to check the air again, she nodded in the direction from which the scent seemed to be coming. “Toward those little hills,” she whispered, squinting into the moonlit darkness at a few smudges atop the nearest crest. “I think I can...there they are!” She purred, careful to keep her voice down this time.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 22, 2018 23:47:52 GMT -5
Bumblepaw nodded, flicking his tail in the direction that Fawnpaw indicated. "You lead, I'll flank it." He commented quietly, slowly moving in an arc towrds the rabbit. He looked back to check and make sure that Fawnpaw was in position.
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Post by Jade on Oct 23, 2018 5:57:57 GMT -5
Fawnpaw nodded silently and dropped into a half-crouch, keeping her body close to the ground as she slunk toward the oblivious group of rabbits. She shot a glance at Bumblepaw and twitched the tip of her tail in acknowledgment as she stepped into position. Paws in place, breathe, focus... She ran through the steps in her mind as she dared one step closer to the prey—still a ways away, but a few focused bounds should get get there—then, unsheathing her claws, she let out a ferocious yowl and leaped at the nearest rabbit.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 24, 2018 10:07:46 GMT -5
Hearing Fawnpaw's yowl, Bumblepaw leaped into action. He flung himself foward to get any rabbits that ran his way. As soon as he broke cover, he found one. By slamming his head into its head. Both him and the rabbit reeled back, needing a second to recover their wareabouts. They stared at each other for a second, before realizing the situation. The rabbit took off, Bumblepaw in pursuit.
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Post by Jade on Oct 25, 2018 11:58:26 GMT -5
Fawnpaw clamped her jaws down against an exclamation—whether a cry of surprise or of laughter at Bumblepaw's situation, she wasn't entirely sure—and turned her attention back to the rabbit that had taken advantage of her moment of distraction to skitter almost out of sight. She heaved herself after it, forepaws stretched as far ahead as she could reach, and just managed to embed her claws in its tail. Scrambling to her paws again, she finished the catch and straightened up, panting, to see how Bumblepaw had fared.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 26, 2018 11:07:24 GMT -5
After recovering from the initial shock of running face first into a rabbit, Bumblepaw finally shook his head clear and started developing a strategy. The rabbit darted left, he darted left at a sharper angle. Finally, after a few minutes of chasing, he managed to catch up enough to land a pounce on it, finishing the hunt. He picked up the now dead rabbit, and started dragging it back towards his sister.
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Post by Jade on Oct 28, 2018 7:41:18 GMT -5
“Nice catch!” Fawnpaw called, her voice laced with a purr. She thrashed her tawny tail to indicate her position more clearly in the dark as she, too, collected her catch and began to trot toward Bumblepaw. “I won’t tell anyone that it was just a lucky catch,” she teased, though the subtle nod that she offered revealed that she was more than a bit impressed by the display of speed, though she’d ever admit it outright. “I thought you were going off to become one of the rabbits,” she teased.
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Post by 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮 on Oct 28, 2018 21:34:12 GMT -5
"I thought so too. They run so dang fast." Bumblepaw panted, out of breath from his chase. "I didn't see your catch, but you clearly made one. Good job." He purred padding over to his sister. He scented the air and glancd around in the dim light. "Think we should head back now? Or do you want to keep at it for a while?"
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