twilightclan | cats of the witching hour | update!

((i feel a little bit like choosing blossomtail would mean i'm basically rping with myself, but i'll fine with doing blossomtail with slatestorm if you don't want to make a new cat just to train her!))

((slatestorm: (to self) aw beans i hecked up the greeting. i'll never be a super shadow warrior now))

Slatestorm felt her ears burn hot with shame as she immediately got the message. Well, that was a terrible way to start off. She reminded herself that these cats were essentially second mentors to her, and as such she needed to view them as above her. She was not to talk to them as though they were friends of hers.
"I... I'm sorry." she said weakly, her voice lowering. She was tempted to add 'it won't happen again', but if she knew if she broke that promise it'd be far worse than if she didn't say it at all.

Blossomtail looked over the two arrivals. The raspy-voiced apprentice was admittedly puny, for lack of a kinder term, but seemed rather eager to train - as eager as someone could be in a place like this. The warrior, on the other hand, was not the best at first impressions, crumpling effortlessly under pressure.
Both easy to manipulate, she supposed, but the Dark Forest cats weren't the only cats capable of manipulation. Blossomtail considered sharing her misgivings about the two and the potential intervention of StarClan after the session, but she knew she was already on rather thin ice (ha) with Iceflight already.
No, she didn't visibly laugh or smile at her own pun. It wasn't THAT funny.

(lmao Possum I love your dialogue its so good)

Iceflight feigned satisfaction, nodding her head at Pricklepaw.
"Very good Pricklepaw. Your eagerness to learn and improve will be your strength." It was true, and she knew it. Pricklepaw had an unnerving desire to prove herself in light of her circumstances, and it would make her easy to mold.

Iceflight turned her head to Slatestorm, fixing her gaze on the warrior, whose composure was weak, to say it lightly. "Slatestorm, you should take this opportunity to learn from your fellow trainee. She has come eager to learn and has taken it upon herself to work on her training on her own. What have you come with today?" She meowed, testing to see if the warrior would break under her pressure. She knew Slatestorm was eager to please as well, but her experience made her cocky, and less desirable in a way, compared to Pricklepaw. However, she had been training an apprentice, and in this she had a sort of advantage, in that she could work like Badgerheart to sway younger cats towards their cause.

(Guys, what's going on right now?! I'm so confused!)

(Ok, thanks trinkets!)
Thornclover jumped up in excitement. "I would like to join Cinderstorm! But we must be careful in this storm, it looks like a bad one, and it's going to get bigger." Thornclover shivered at the thought that the storm could easily get a cat lost from the clan. 

( I see no reason to assign mentors/trainees when it comes to the DF so whatever you guys want will work for me. I would also be willing to RP a new DF cat to get thigns working more smoothly, if thats what we need. I want Iceflight to mostly concentrate on Cloudpaw and Moonheart though, so I don't see her training anyone else)

(Yea. They'd probably train some in groups and others solo depending on what would make them feel more comfortable. Would Pricklepaw be better in a group? And Badgerheart could probably lend a paw if they need it)

(I think in the books the DF started training them solo and then brought them in for group training. But since they've already introduced them to each other, i dont think they'd need to keep them separate.
I'll respond to the whole patrol once all the people who have offered their cats bring them up Miss

Edited in: as far as im aware, we're still waiting on Palecloud and Noisepaw)

((ah!))

Noisepaw winced slightly at the comment. They didn't find that particularly funny... "Pricklepaw, are you going to be alright?" they asked Pricklepaw as she headed to her mentor, more than a little concerned.

Iceflight looked first at Slatestorm, who seemed to be emanating confidence and excitement now- quite a transition. She seemed to react positively to direct attention- something that Iceflight would make note of.

Iceflight twitched her tail, signaling the Dark Forest cats to emerge if they so wished. She then turned to Pricklepaw, who seemed to be growing nervous with the introduction of more shadowy cats. "Pricklepaw, I want you to watch at first. You need to understand the kind of training you will be expected to perform from now on." She meowed, matter of factly. It wouldn't do to simply begin with the apprentice- she would need to be shown first, so she wouldn't awaken immediately with the shock of being attacked.

"Slatestorm, you will begin first." She said, and gestured to Heronscale who was padding just outside of the cats small gathering, to step forward. Her face showed no emotion, but she need not communicate the threat that was evident in her body language- he was to attack, but not in such a way to mortally wound her. They didn't need any suspicions arising once the cats woke up. She also gave a small nod to Blossomtail, gesturing for her to take a place near Pricklepaw. The two would most likely pair up nicely.

Heronscale's eyes narrowed. So she was waiting, huh? They'd see how good she was. He'd been told she practically lost to Ivypaw so she couldn't be that good.... He lunged, claws out, and made a slash at her muzzle

Cinderstorm nodded. "Of course, although I think you should ask Breezewhisper before heading out." She wouldn't want to intrude on another mentor's training with their apprentice. It was rude after all.

(Is Thornclover supposed to be in this DF meeting/training session too?)