Tempestclan: The Wild and Restless Open

Honeypaw / with Lakepaw and Ashstrike
With thoughts of being in trouble leaving his mind for the time being, Honeypaw quietly followed the warrior and came to a pause in the clearing where training tended to occur. Although, perhaps he wasn't exactly aware of that given he hadn't exactly left camp to train until this moment. Nevertheless, he was excited to start, though nervous with the reality of how little he knew. He watched attentively as Ashstrike demonstrated the hunter's crouch, eyes wide and studious as he did his best to take note of every movement and every instruction.
With how quickly Lakepaw attempted the crouch, the Cinnamon tabby waited a moment longer, observing his brother for a moment longer as if to glean what he could from his performance as well. However, when he felt confident enough, Honeypaw dropped into a crouch as well, almost losing his footing for a just a moment before readjusting his weight and paw positions. Raising his tail, albeit perhaps a bit too high, he began to crawl forward, thoguh there was a hesitency to his pawsteps.

Sparrowheart / with Sunpaw
The tabby warrior was relieved to see the younger cat at least seem to calm down some, a mentor's duty did not consist only of training but also adapting to the needs of their apprentice. Thats what Sparrowheart liked to think at least, after all, it was easy to bark out orders and expectations but it was harder to connect with another cat and provide the necessary support to succeed.
"You'll be able to do the same with time, it just takes practice. Even the best warriors were once kits and apprentices that could barely walk straight." she purred in a playful manner, hoping that reality alone might give the young cat more confidence. After all, no one started out a perfect warrior, and even those with more skill early on than others were far from flawless.
Sparrowheart had sat back down with her tail flicked neatly over her paws as she observed the young cat try again to accomplish the hunter's crouch. Her expression betrayed nothing but a silent interest in the young cat's technique but soon she nodded slowly, tentatively. It wasn't perfect but it was progress. "We'll certainly have to work on your balance." she began thoughtfully but seemed to perk up as she continued speaking, "But there's improvement from your last attempt."

Minnowpaw / Border Patrol
Minnowpaw seemed to deflate a bit at the common sense shot her way by Lightingwhisper, though not enough to lessen her enthusiasm. However it was Quailpaw's comment that earned a sharp snort. "Would not..! I could take on a fox no problem, and I could definitely send you running back to camp squealing like a kit!" she retorted indignately, her tail lashing behind her as she turned up her nose at the older apprentice. Could she actually take on the larger apprentice? Absolutely not, but that wasn't stopping the prideful cat from saying otherwise. Then again, she'd really set herself up to be the butt of the joke, her enthusiasm from the very beginning hardly doing much to display any form of maturity. It wasn't surprising that the adults had joined in on the joke at her expense, and perhaps it was this humility that had the young cat simmering down in embarrassement.

Quailpaw(border patrol)

Quailpaw nodded in response to Birchfoot's rebuke. But he purred with amusement at Birchfoot's joke. 'You couldn't do that!' Quailpaw retorted in indignation to Minnowpaw. He thought that despite Minnowpaw's big words, she would have a lot more trouble taking him on.

Honeypaw / With Lakepaw and Ashstrike
There was no doubt the young tom was nervous, but some tension seemed to release from his muscles as he received instruction, taking even the less kind comment with dignity as he lowered his tail to a more acceptable position. He didn't feel as though he were doing particularly well, but he was hopeful that he could gain a better understanding for what he should have been doing regardless. Even so, he couldn't help but shoot his brother a sympathetic glance, after all, being called a lumbering badger was a fairly embarrassing metaphor before responding to the warrior in gratitude.

Sparrowheart / With Sunpaw
The renewed delight from the young apprentice inevitably brought the warrior a fair amount of joy as well, glad to see the little she-cat's spirit had not been irrepairably dampered by earlier mistakes. Learning was a process after all. "You may not catch anything your first few times..." she began thoughtfully in response before rolling her shoulders with a pleased smirk, "It's quite a jump from the crouch to the pounce, but you will need the paws on practice to truly learn how to accomplish it. Let's begin by having you find us another mouse first."

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Ashstrike nodded at the two apprentices before spinning around to find a couple of leaves, picking them up once he did so and placing them so they were in front of the two toms, a fair way apart. "Alongside the hunting crouch, you'll need to stalk, pounce and kill your prey." He paused flicking his ear "Treat these leaves as mice, I want to see you attempt to catch them before I show you how, so I can see what you currently know. We'll be practicing these moves for this session." He sat down in front of the rock again "Begin."

(if anyone has anyone open for Mallardblaze and Longstorm, let me know!)

(Okay great! @hawy2581)

Mallardblaze & Longstorm ~ At camp

The two brothers sat side-by-side each other, each had taken a piece of prey from the pile and were enjoying their meal. Mallardblaze had taken a squirrel while Longstorm chose a small carp. Mallardblaze looked up from his fresh-kill at his brother's with a look of slight disgust who had just about polished his off. "Don't know how you can stand eating fish!" he remarked.

"Well, maybe if your fur wasn't as long as it was, you'd have a better time catching them and enjoying them," Longstorm teased, swatting his brother on the head playfully.

Honeypaw / With Lakepaw and Ashstrike
Honeypaw's eyes were wide and curious as the Warrior turned away, planting his bottom quietly on the ground as he waited to find out what was next for them. Even so, he couldn't help shooting a look towards Lakepaw, as if searching for some sign that the other tom knew what was coming next. Even so, it wasn't long until Ashstrike would answer that question himself, making it clear enough that they were moving onto the next step of a hunting crouch. Rather, the actual hunting part of it. The cinnamon tabby once more looked unsure but this time didn't wait for his brother to began, first dropping a bit clumsily into the crouch they'd just learned. An annoyed grunt escaped him, however, aware that he had been a bit clumsy yet again but he figured to try to redo that would just hold him back from trying the latter part of the task. He'd just have to get better at his muscle control in that regard.

Nevertheless, he was careful to keep his tail low, a bit awkwardly as he was still getting used to the balance aspect of the very specific movements he would need to grow more comfortable with. He only hoped he wouldn't continue to embarrass himself so openly as this training session went on. Honeypaw began the inevitable movement forward, flinching everytime a paw ore his tail bumped or landed on something noisy, burning in embarrassment by the time he actually attempted to make the jump. However, like much of the attempt up until this point, and as his 'battle training' early that morning had demonstrated, his balance failed him rather remarkably. Overshooting his pounce, he was scrabbling still mid-air as he landed a few pawsteps past his target, doing little more than kicking both dust and the leaf into the air.

Minnowpaw / With the Border Patrol
Minnowpaw snorted indignantly towards the other apprentice, hackles raising as if she just might try to take the other apprentice down a peg regardless of the odds being stacked against her. "Big words, I bet you're just afraid you'd get smacked off your perch, Quailpaw...!" she retorted with a sharp huff, tail lashing behind her as she all but ignored the older warriors in that moment.
"I guess it would be real embarrassing for the other apprentices to hear you got thwapped by a younger apprentice with no battle training, after all." She added with a hint of mockery to her tone as she turned up her nose in a fit of haughtiness not uncommon from the self-assured she-cat. She was absolutely trying to rile up the other apprentice, though that may have simply been the byproduct of her being riled up herself rather than intentional antagonism.

(Hey hey, I will have new starters up here soon when I’ve read up on everything!! I’ve been a little too overwhelmed to follow multiple storylines but I’m going to have some free time to catch up^^ )

(( I'm tragically unaware of larger events rn, so just drag me along like a petulant child for them skips when everyone else is good ))

( Hawkeyes258 whenever you want is fine by me!)

(Tagging peeps who haven't been here in a while) 

Gekko
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Mother Dark
moonclaw400 

(I'm ready, I will make a reply once the time skip is done so my characters won't get caught up in stories again)

Wolfstar: Camp Open 

Wolfstar laid on the porch enjoying the cool air. He was a little surprised that the clouds parted to allow the sun to finally shine through.  The storm from last week still shook him with how violent it seemed. For a moment, he wondered if the clan would be blown away by the strong winds.  The thunder alone seemed to rock the world with how loud it was. 


Sageflower: Camp Open 

Sageflower goes underneath the cabin to check on some of the herbs. Because of the storms, she had to move some of her herbs inside to protect them.  Since it was finally nice out, she wanted to check on what she needed and possibly take a small patrol out to fetch some more.   The storms made her worried about what leaf-bare had in store for them.


Lightingwhisper: Camp Open 

Lightingwhisper laid on one of the logs just relaxing as the sun warmed her fur.  She would go out and train Rosepaw later. Her apprentice was starting to get the hang of things.  She used the rainy days to get Rosepaw used to hunting and navigating the territory slippery terrain.  Although, Snowfeather did voice some concern when Rosepaw came home limping that one day.


Shadowblaze: Camp Open 

Shadowblaze was using one of the logs as a scratching post. 


Oakclaw: Camp Open 

Oakclaw still found it weird that he was no longer an apprentice.  She found himself hanging around Screechfang much to the older tom's dismay.  He considered getting a small patrol together to check the campgrounds.  


(Other open cats include Rainfur, Rosepaw, Snowfeather and a few rogues from the group)