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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 14, 2023 9:41:48 GMT -5
Hey, Luna! There’s a big apprentice group training session going on right now if you would like to jump in with us ^.^ Robinpaw is with the hunting group and Yellowpaw is with the fighting group in the sandy hollow. Lightningpaw will be going on the twolegplace hunting patrol that will be leaving soon as well.)
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 14, 2023 9:51:40 GMT -5
“The Forepaw Slash should be a good place to start.” Ghostscreech said, dropping into a ready stance and raising his forepaw up high, “The idea of the move is to slice downward at your opponent’s face or body, like this.” The deputy brought his forepaw down hard, slicing through the air. Ghostscreech demonstrated the move once more before he gave Mistpaw an encouraging nod, “Go ahead and give it a few practice rounds and then try it on me.” He said. Sunthroat paused as they reached the vole and crouched down beside beside the skittish apprentice, “Alright, here we are, Drizzlepaw.” He whispered quietly to her, his eyes locked on the prey, “Tell me about how you would stalk after it. What method will you use?” Sootpaw gave a light purr, happy that he had impressed the warrior, “Okay, Frostmoon!” He chirped, scenting the air for any prey nearby. Sootpaw turned his head sharply, catching the scent of a rabbit. A rabbit! A rare piece of prey to be found in ThunderClan, and so fare from WindClan territory. He gave Frostmoon an excited look and started stalking after it carefully. He had only hunted a rabbit once before, and it had been a scrawny thing too. Drizzlepaw stiffened a bit, her nervousness growing the more that the former deputy tested her. While Flurrypaw's presence was soothing from before, she knew that she had to say something. She swallowed, but answered quietly. "Uhm... well, I would start with a hunting crouch? Then... just, uh." She paused, getting into her crouch. It was a good crouch, but she just couldn't find the words to explain well. Hunting had always been more of a feeling than a wordy explanation. She shrugged softly. "I just... move very quietly after it, when it's not looking." Frostmoon gave a thoughtful look as she caught the scent as well. Rabbits were not so common around here, so it was odd that one was so far from Windclan. Well, she wasn't going to complain, prey was prey. It would now be a test to see if Sootpaw could manage to catch one. She nodded slowly, silently following after the apprentice. |
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Post by lunapaw🐾 on Apr 14, 2023 10:50:23 GMT -5
Robinpaw Thunderclan hunting patrol The she-cat stood idly looking around at the others in search of her mentor. This was the first hunting group she had been in, and her goal was to prove herself and make the most of it. She felt a sort of dedication to the Clan, and didn't want to disappoint. She was determined to make herself known as a worthy apprentice. |
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 14, 2023 11:07:31 GMT -5
Robinpaw Thunderclan hunting patrol The she-cat stood idly looking around at the others in search of her mentor. This was the first hunting group she had been in, and her goal was to prove herself and make the most of it. She felt a sort of dedication to the Clan, and didn't want to disappoint. She was determined to make herself known as a worthy apprentice. "Psst! Robinpaw!" Flurrypaw called quickly and quietly to her as he watched Drizzlepaw lead Sunthroat after the scent she was able to track again. The bright tom was glad that Robinpaw would be part of his group for the day. He offered. "Apparently Sunthroat totally busted Hollowpaw, Scarletpaw and Yellowpaw when they got back during the ceremony for Mistpaw and Pebblepaw. They were out all night! I thought they'd come back earlier than that." He admitted. |
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 14, 2023 12:03:31 GMT -5
"Larger cats are often slower, so it's easier to dodge and be able to get behind them," Mistpaw answered. "I've seen a couple of cats do that in Twolegplace before. Raking their belly if they have you pinned is an option." |
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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 14, 2023 18:35:15 GMT -5
(Sorry for the late replies ^.^’ work has been keeping me busy these past couple of weeks x.x)
“Good answer.” Ghostscreech praised, giving a nod of approval. “Now, I want you to attack me again, and try to find a way to use the move I just showed you.” He said, moving to stand a few paces away from Mistpaw and stood in a firm stance.
Sunthroat flicked his ear at her response and gave a nod, “I’ll leave you to it then.” He murmured quietly, slipping away from the apprentice’s side and giving her the space she needed to focus on her hunt. He turned to look back at Flurrypaw and Robinpaw, giving them a warning look to keep quiet while Drizzlepaw stalked after her prey.
Sootpaw scented the air again and began to follow the trail quietly and stepping as lightly as he could. As he drew nearer to the rabbit and finally caught sight of it, Sootpaw slowed down. His eyes locked onto the prey as he put one paw in front of the other and brought it down on a twig he had missed. At the snap of the twig, the rabbit’s head shot up and it started to race off. Sootpaw shot after it as soon as he had realized his mistake and wasn’t too far behind the rabbit. After a bit of a chase, Sootpaw jumped onto a fallen log and used his momentum to leap at the rabbit, landing squarely on its shoulders and quickly bit down on its neck. He sat up with the rabbit in his jaws, his sides heaving from the run. Setting it down gently, Sootpaw heaved a sigh after he gave his tanks to StarClan, “Shoot! That was sloppy.” He huffed, giving Frostmoon a sheepish look.
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 14, 2023 20:11:03 GMT -5
(No problem! Totally understand-- I've got two and a half essays due by the 22, and a presentation due shortly after that. Life can be hectic.)
Mistpaw thought about it for a moment, thinking a few potential scenarios over in her mind. Me circling around would be expected. Me coming straight for him would also be expected. How about...
Mistpaw began to move towards Ghostscreech's right flank, right paw forward as a feinting tactic. She switched to her left just as she reached him to repeat the move, hoping he would be surprised.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 15, 2023 13:56:30 GMT -5
(Sorry for the late replies ^.^’ work has been keeping me busy these past couple of weeks x.x) “Good answer.” Ghostscreech praised, giving a nod of approval. “Now, I want you to attack me again, and try to find a way to use the move I just showed you.” He said, moving to stand a few paces away from Mistpaw and stood in a firm stance. Sunthroat flicked his ear at her response and gave a nod, “I’ll leave you to it then.” He murmured quietly, slipping away from the apprentice’s side and giving her the space she needed to focus on her hunt. He turned to look back at Flurrypaw and Robinpaw, giving them a warning look to keep quiet while Drizzlepaw stalked after her prey. Sootpaw scented the air again and began to follow the trail quietly and stepping as lightly as he could. As he drew nearer to the rabbit and finally caught sight of it, Sootpaw slowed down. His eyes locked onto the prey as he put one paw in front of the other and brought it down on a twig he had missed. At the snap of the twig, the rabbit’s head shot up and it started to race off. Sootpaw shot after it as soon as he had realized his mistake and wasn’t too far behind the rabbit. After a bit of a chase, Sootpaw jumped onto a fallen log and used his momentum to leap at the rabbit, landing squarely on its shoulders and quickly bit down on its neck. He sat up with the rabbit in his jaws, his sides heaving from the run. Setting it down gently, Sootpaw heaved a sigh after he gave his tanks to StarClan, “Shoot! That was sloppy.” He huffed, giving Frostmoon a sheepish look. Drizzlepaw gave a soft breath of relief as soon as she felt Sunthroat’s eyes leave her. She quickly focused on her hunt, determined to actually catch the prey this time. She could see the vole now, scrawny and hardly impressive, but prey nonetheless. She lowered herself down and began carefully stalking after it. Frostmoon observed the rabbit, nodding quickly. “It was. But. You did catch the rabbit. Your mistake was in not taking enough mind of the area around you. Where you place your paws is as important as timing your leap. I have an idea. Bury that, and we’ll practice with your paw placement to avoid loud noises or running into obstacles while hunting.” She decided. Sootpaw was not Patchpaw, and so she wasn’t as relaxed as she would have been with him, but she did want to see Sootpaw improve, and mentoring was the one thing she currently felt alot of comfort and pride in. |
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Post by Willow on Apr 15, 2023 16:35:25 GMT -5
"I'm sorry to hear that," he mewed quietly. "I know about the fire-- we were in the forest at the time. We-- it was difficult to escape, but we did." He went quiet for a moment and added, "I'm so sorry about your sister. I don't want to imagine what that must feel like..." Sorry for disappearing for a few days. I just worked seven 13 hour night shifts in eight days ahahaha. I'm so tired. ) Willowsong gave a small nod, her eyes trained on the sky above her. "She's waiting in Starclan, watching over us now. I'm glad you and Mistpaw were able to get to safety, you must have been so young. Shadowclan suffered the most from the fire, they lost over half their clan I think. We were effected the second most. Shadowclan didn't warn us like they warned the other clans." she mewed, voice growing angry for a moment. She shook her head, there was no use living in the what ifs. "Sorry, I've changed the subject, back to Riverclan. Their leader's name is Earthstar and their deputy is Diamondheart. As you can assume from their name, they live off the river. They're they only clan to fish and swim, usually larger cats with thick fur that withstand the chilly water." |
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 15, 2023 16:45:02 GMT -5
"I'm sorry to hear that," he mewed quietly. "I know about the fire-- we were in the forest at the time. We-- it was difficult to escape, but we did." He went quiet for a moment and added, "I'm so sorry about your sister. I don't want to imagine what that must feel like..." Sorry for disappearing for a few days. I just worked seven 13 hour night shifts in eight days ahahaha. I'm so tired. ) Willowsong gave a small nod, her eyes trained on the sky above her. "She's waiting in Starclan, watching over us now. I'm glad you and Mistpaw were able to get to safety, you must have been so young. Shadowclan suffered the most from the fire, they lost over half their clan I think. We were effected the second most. Shadowclan didn't warn us like they warned the other clans." she mewed, voice growing angry for a moment. She shook her head, there was no use living in the what ifs. "Sorry, I've changed the subject, back to Riverclan. Their leader's name is Earthstar and their deputy is Diamondheart. As you can assume from their name, they live off the river. They're they only clan to fish and swim, usually larger cats with thick fur that withstand the chilly water." (Oof ;-; Please rest up!) "Swim?" he mewed. "We've met a few cats that have the ability to swim. One even shared some fish with us once. The taste was... interesting, to say the least." Pebblepaw peered across the river. "Do Lightningstar and Earthstar get along well?" |
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Post by Willow on Apr 15, 2023 17:01:52 GMT -5
Willowsong flicked an ear nonchalantly, "Better than some Riverclan and Thunderclan leaders have in the past. They're both well-respected leaders. Earthstar actually just sent a patrol to our camp to warn us about a strange piece of fur they found in their territory and showed a patrol where they found the scent. No one knows what it's from but we have to be careful. There's no sneaking out of camp alone okay? We don't know what the fur was from."
(I was originally going to kill Willowsong in the fire too. I'm glad I didn't lol)
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 15, 2023 17:16:01 GMT -5
(Me, too! I like the Willow-Pebble bond ^-^)
"Strange scent?" he echoed. I wonder what that could be... "They're fought frequently in the past, then?"
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Post by Willow on Apr 15, 2023 17:22:24 GMT -5
Willowsong nodded as they walked along the river leisurely, she didn't want to take them too far away from Sunthroat and the other apprentices. "Every clan has fought in the past, but we have also worked together to fight common enemies. I will tell you about Adderclan another day. That's a very very long story. I'll tell you about Shadowclan next. Their leader is Cedarstar and Cloudscar is the deputy. Cedarstar is the newest leader, he didn't get to deputy very long either. Falcontalon, Shadowclan's old deputy stepped down only moons before Northstar died. The two of them had been ruling Shadowclan since before I was born."
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 15, 2023 19:51:32 GMT -5
"So, that's Lightningstar of ThunderClan, Earthstar of RiverClan,and Cedarstar of ShadowClan... That leaves SkyClan and WindClan, right?"
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Post by Willow on Apr 15, 2023 21:34:01 GMT -5
Willowsong stopped as they reached a bend in the river, she pointed to the scent markers they had crossed just the day before. "You may recognize this as the Skyclan territory that we crossed to get back to camp. Skyclan's leader is Spiristar and Whitesun is her deputy. Skyclan cats hunt birds right out of the sky on their cliffs. They're smaller and lithe, but very strong. They can leap through the air like they have wings of their own."
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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 16, 2023 14:05:11 GMT -5
Ghostscreech had moved to to the left at Mistpaw’s apparent attack on his right, but gave a flick of his ear in light surprise when she had suddenly switched to attack his left. He turned his shoulder to take the brunt of the attack before rearing back on his back paws, aiming to bring his front paws down onto her shoulders and pin her down.
Sootpaw quickly buried his rabbit before bounding over to Frostmoon, giving a nod to let her know he was ready.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 16, 2023 14:20:21 GMT -5
Ghostscreech had moved to to the left at Mistpaw’s apparent attack on his right, but gave a flick of his ear in light surprise when she had suddenly switched to attack his left. He turned his shoulder to take the brunt of the attack before rearing back on his back paws, aiming to bring his front paws down onto her shoulders and pin her down. Sootpaw quickly buried his rabbit before bounding over to Frostmoon, giving a nod to let her know he was ready. “Okay.” Frostmoon nodded. “The best way to track silently is for even the most experienced of cats to not hear you. I’m going to sit in the nearby clearing, and close my eyes for a few seconds. Your job is to approach me without me hearing you. You can do this in any way you feel you can best move with the least amount of sound. The goal is to get used to all your surroundings.” She decided. |
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 16, 2023 14:49:54 GMT -5
"Are ThunderClan and SKyClan at peace, then, if we went throught their territory?" Pebblepaw asked.
Ghostscreech landed on Mistpaw's hindquarters, forcing her to the ground. The apprentice began reaching for his neck, hoping to batter her mentor enough to make him back off.
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Post by Willow on Apr 16, 2023 15:19:14 GMT -5
"For now, I'm sure it won't last forever. It never does, but at the moment we have an alliance to hunt together in the twolegplace. We found you on our first joint patrol. Each patrol has one apprentice on it, so you may get to go on one officially in the future." Willowsong replied, she stopped walking along the border figuring they had wandered off far enough. "Over there, on the other side of Skyclan is Windclan territory. Their leader is Swiftstar and his deputy is Sagefoot. They live on the open moor and hunt rabbits mostly. They don't even believe in dens for their warriors! They sleep in open nests at the edge of their camp."
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 16, 2023 16:47:34 GMT -5
"Under the stars?" Pebblepaw mused. "That's not too awful, except when it's cold."
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Post by Willow on Apr 16, 2023 16:50:24 GMT -5
Willowsong looked unconvinced, "When it's cold, or rainy, or snowing there's no cover! I'd also be afraid of threats. If your clan is attacked, you're just sleeping out in the open." She shivered at the thought as she led them back toward the training group. "I think I'll stick to my warm nest in the den."
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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 16, 2023 16:55:03 GMT -5
Ghostscreech jerked his head back when he felt one of Mistpaw’s blows land just under his chin, his grip on her loosening. He gave a sharp shake of his head, the blow having caught him off guard.
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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 16, 2023 16:57:30 GMT -5
Ghostscreech had moved to to the left at Mistpaw’s apparent attack on his right, but gave a flick of his ear in light surprise when she had suddenly switched to attack his left. He turned his shoulder to take the brunt of the attack before rearing back on his back paws, aiming to bring his front paws down onto her shoulders and pin her down. Sootpaw quickly buried his rabbit before bounding over to Frostmoon, giving a nod to let her know he was ready. “Okay.” Frostmoon nodded. “The best way to track silently is for even the most experienced of cats to not hear you. I’m going to sit in the nearby clearing, and close my eyes for a few seconds. Your job is to approach me without me hearing you. You can do this in any way you feel you can best move with the least amount of sound. The goal is to get used to all your surroundings.” She decided. Sootpaw flicked his ear before giving a determined nod, “Okay, Frostmoon.” He mewed, standing up and ready to go. |
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 16, 2023 17:15:01 GMT -5
To each their own, Pebblepaw thought. "Do cats often have cross-Clan friendships?"
Mistpaw did her best to wriggle free, though she was unsuccessful despite his loosening grip. Mistpaw nipped at one of his paws, hoping that might be just enough to free herself.
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Post by Foxstar26 on Apr 16, 2023 17:30:13 GMT -5
I’m alive)
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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 16, 2023 17:39:52 GMT -5
Hi, Fox!)
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Post by Icefire15 on Apr 16, 2023 18:11:38 GMT -5
Blizzardstorm nodded turning to the apprentices. "This move is great for when you're in close quarters with an enemy within familiar territory. The only danger is, you must know they won't get a good attack on you when you turn around. It's best done after a stunning attack or a good hit to knock them off balance." He faced Silentflare, crouching down into an attack position. He ran forward faking a good hit on his shoulder to knock him off balance before he turned around and sprinted at the nearest tree. As he got closer he jumped, spinning in the air to push off the trunk with his back paws. With the added leverage from the tree, he soared through the air towards Silentflare. Making the advanced move look easy. this is the last post for the battle training group, Fox ^.^) |
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Post by Willow on Apr 16, 2023 19:16:26 GMT -5
Willowsong flicked her tail, noncommittally. "Some cats do, I talk with some cats who are around my age at the gatherings. I don't think I mentioned those yet. All the clans meet once a moon at fourtrees. The leaders make announcements about what has happened since the last gathering and clans can mingle together. It is forbidden to fight during a gathering, Starclan will cover the moon with clouds."
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Post by Foxstar26 on Apr 16, 2023 22:22:38 GMT -5
Silentflare let Blizzardtorm knock him off balance. He stumbled a few steps before bracing for the impact. He was knocked over, landing with a grunt under the large Tom.
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Post by ripplewhisker on Apr 16, 2023 22:23:30 GMT -5
Pebblepaw's eyes went wide. "They're that powerful?" he murmured. Peachdapple had implied they had power, but this is something else altogether. "They don't just hand out nine lives, they can affect parts of the weather... That's... wow..."
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