Tempestclan: The Wild and Restless Open

Rosepaw decided to speak up when she heard Minnowpaw mention her mother. "I think she went off to hunt. Maybe, we will run into her!" She said hopefully. Rosepaw took note that her mother liked to spend a lot of time out hunting.


Lightingwhisper watches the excited apprentices and twitches her whiskers in amusement. She waits patiently to see if the deputy wanted to come along with them. While she waited, she tried to think about where they could go hunt. She considered heading to the campground or go by a calmer section of the river.

(Thank you! I'm down to roleplay with anyone by the way!)

Quailpaw(on patrol)

Quailpaw headed out of camp with the others. He hoped that if they went hunting he would catch something good, he had never been that good at hunting, and had always preferred fighting, but he knew as well as any cat that hunting was essential for the survival of the clan and was determined to get better at it.


Robinpaw(in camp) open

Robinpaw headed out of the elders den, she had just finished their ticks. She knew that most apprentices disliked that chore, so did she, she hated the stench of mouse bile, but she loved to hear stories from the elders, she liked to hear what life was like in the clan many moons before she was born. Robinpaw looked around the camp for her mentor, Tuftbird.

(I could totally do that!)

Ashstrike pricked his ears as he overheard the two apprentices, something about waiting until the patrol leaves? He huffed and stood up from his spot outside the logpile and stalked over so he was standing behind the two, quickly finding them through scent "What are you two doing?" he growled "I suppose your not planning to sneak out of camp, are you?" he twitched his tail in annoyance as he spoke.

I'm good with that!

Honeypaw / with Lakepaw in camp
Honeypaw immediately tensed as he heard the hostile growl behind him, his fur Bristling as he lept several pawsteps away from the tom, eyes wide. It seemed like every warrior was out to get them today and the cinnamon tabby felt like his heart was going to leap out of his chest at this rate. "N-No..! I mean..." He was stumbling awkwardly over his words and hardly helping their case by any means before managing something with a semblence of sense, his fur slowly laying flat.
"I was wondering if our mentors might be intending to take us hunting after the patrol leaves. We haven't seen them yet this morning and we didn't notice them on the patrol either." Honeypaw explained, trying to sound more convincing than he felt.

Sparrowheart / with Sunpaw, hunting
The tabby she-cat felt a pang of pride but did her best to press such a thign to the back of her mind, no point getting a big head now. "It's simple enough, you'll be able to do it in your sleep soon enough." the older she-cat purred in a playful manner, though no less sincere in her confidence the young cat would have it soon enough.
Watching the apprentice, she nodded slowly in thought, "A moment.." she stated as she padded up to the apprentice, expecting the young cat to stop. Lifting Sunpaw's tail with intent, she glanced down at her apprentice. "Your steps aren't bad for a first time but the whole forest will hear your tail dragging behind you. Make sure to lift it above the ground." she instructed carefully before dropping the young cat's tail with a soft crunch on the leaves below.

Minnowpaw / Patrol
The young silver cat eagerly padded after the older cats, bounding along with an enthusiasm almost matched by the lack of stealth employed in her steps. Seeing the forest stretch before them filled the young cat with awe, so unused to the scene from outside the camp itself.

Lakepaw (with Honeypaw and Ashstrike, camp) Little meow meow t1nkdraws
Lakepaw fixed his eyes on his brother as he tried to give an explanation to the warrior. He held his breath as he waited for Ashstrike's reaction, and, miraculously, the tom seemed to take pity on them, offering to take them out hunting. Lakepaw couldn't believe how lucky they'd gotten - the whole situation could have easily ended with a punishment instead. The apprentice tried to shake off his shock, 'That sounds great' he mewed tentatively, still expecting some sort of telling-off.

Sunpaw (with Sparrowheart, forest) Little meow meow
(btw, Sunpaw's storyline is that she struggles with warrior stuff as she's not the right build for the rocky forest landscape, so feel free to give lots of pointers)

Sunpaw froze on Sparrowheart's command and realised in surprise what she'd been doing. Lifting her tail so that it no longer brushed against the ground, she snuck forwards again. In her concentration she failed to realise that she should be avoiding leaves until she'd stepped loudly on an old oak leaf. She glanced at her mentor in embarassment before continuing rather unconfidently.

Quailpaw(patrol with many cats)

Quailpaw relished the scents of the lush forest and the cool crisp smell of the air. He could not imagine living anywhere else. 'What are we going to do first?' Quailpaw asked Birchfoot.

(Btw I'm assuming this is a border patrol yes?)

Lightingwhisper: On patrol with Birchfoot, Rosepaw, Minnowpaw and Quailpaw

Lightingwhisper begins to walk in the direction of the Whispering Caves. That section of the border didn't get checked on as often as the one near the camping grounds. As they walked, Lightingwhisper decided she might as well speak up. "So the land here is going to get pretty rocky so watch yourselves."

Mudfoot snapped out of thoughts as Birchfoot called him. He let out a small purr, pleased to get out of camp. “Of course,” he replied. As they left camp he glanced over Birchfoot, “are we hunting or heading toward the border?” He asked the tom next to him. Mudfoot had been lost in his thoughts before he was invited on patrol, not overhearing any close-by conversations. Regardless, the tom was happy to be out of camp.

(It's okay!)

Honeypaw / with Lakepaw and Ashstrike
... And there was the catch. Honeypaw flinched in minor dread of his mentor hearing how he'd planned to be drug off on yet another of Lakepaw's schemes, even if to some degree the ginger didn't particularly think they were doing wrong. It wasn't mentioned in the warrior code that they couldn't go off to hunt alone, did it? Kits couldn't but they were technically apprentices, even if they were fairly untrained apprentices. Even so, that wasn't something he was going to bring up with Ashstrike, especially not with their behavior being the deciding factor.
Nevertheless, he followed Lakepaw's lead, though more reserved as he padded after the warrior with barely disguised nervousness. What he couldn't diguise, however, was the excited gleam and flash of aw that passed his eyes as they entered a world that felt so foreign. Surely they'd always lived here and yet it seemed so different from outside the camp, from the sounds to the scents.

Sparrowheart / with Sunpaw
Perhaps sensing the unease of her apprentice, Sparrowheart swiped her tongue over young Sunpaw's ear comfortingly before speaking. "First, I'll show you again, I'll give you a little more time to observe, then we'll see how you do." she explained calmly, not wishing to stress the young cat out over some early struggle. Everyone learned at different paces after all. "Most importantly, remember that you're still learning, it's okay not to get it right away... that why I'm here." Although she certainly wouldn't pull any punches in the long run, and was as inexperienced at a mentor as Sunpaw was an apprentice, the brown tabby understood her role well enough to know being too harsh early on would do nothing for either of them.
"For now, watch closely." she explained, her own attention firmly on providing a good visual example now that there was no prey to distract them. Carefully, the warrior fell back into a common hunting crouch, carefully distributing her weight to provide the best control of her movements and raising her tail just above the forest debris that littered the ground. She waited for several moments, perfecting her own stance and giving the apprentice time to observe, before slowly beginning to move ahead, slowly circling the apprentice with virtually silent pawsteps. Her steps nearly weightless as she prowled around the crunchy leaves. When it seemed she'd made enough laps around to give the apprentice a better idea of her movements, she paused and sat upright, her eyes resting on the apprentice. "Want to give it a try again?"

Minnowpaw / with the border patrol
Practically unable to remain still, Minnowpaw continued to bounce along aside the patrol, pausing now and again to gaze around wildly at the stretch of territory visible to them. She'd barely caught the fact they were on a border patrol specifically but was looking forward to it no less, perhaps somehow more in the naive belief she could take on an enemy no problem. "Do you think we'll run into an enemy cat? Maybe a fox!?" she exclaimed with all the thrill of a cat who had never once seen combat, her body dropping to the ground while her bottom wiggled behind her as if ready to pounce on an invisible enemy.

Lightingwhisper: Border patrol

Lightingwhisper briefly glances back at Minnowpaw amused by the young cats enthusiasm. She considered encouraging the young cat, but for once figured she might as well be the responsible one. "I suggest some basic battle training before you even attempt to go up against a fox."