Cattail Pond

[wren]

Originally Posted by Exis

Beastgrowl's head turned slowly to Lemondrop. He was out of it, fully and totally out of it. He held up a paw or tried to, it only got a hair off the ground before he couldn't anymore. His thoughts both raging and nonexistent at the same time. he tried to speak but instead, he just didn't. He couldn't function anymore.

After a couple of minutes, he managed to amble to the water and sink in. He felt the grip that'd been on him release.

Lemondrop
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Lemondrop grew painfully quiet as Beastgrowls gaze lifted from the waters surface back to her face. Something about the sudden silence was upsetting.. she didn’t like it. While she knew beast wasn’t much of a talker it felt suddenly so.. dangerous that he wasn’t speaking now. She followed his gaze back to the waters surface.. he was in some kind of trance.

As he ambled forward and lowered himself into the water she felt herself screw her lips tightly together. She hesitated asking his name again.. she wanted words. Anything that would reassure her that he suddenly wasn’t just completely gone. She took a few steps after him watching his back and the weight of gravity was lifted and he looked so free and light.

“Beast...”

[Exis]

Originally Posted by wren

Lemondrop
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Lemondrop grew painfully quiet as Beastgrowls gaze lifted from the waters surface back to her face. Something about the sudden silence was upsetting.. she didn’t like it. While she knew beast wasn’t much of a talker it felt suddenly so.. dangerous that he wasn’t speaking now. She followed his gaze back to the waters surface.. he was in some kind of trance.

As he ambled forward and lowered himself into the water she felt herself screw her lips tightly together. She hesitated asking his name again.. she wanted words. Anything that would reassure her that he suddenly wasn’t just completely gone. She took a few steps after him watching his back and the weight of gravity was lifted and he looked so free and light.

“Beast...”

Beastgrowl turned to Lemondrop and offered an unsure smile. It was the best he could muster but it was something. "Sorry..." he said in a voice less than a whisper. There was so much more he wanted to say but that was all that he could force out of his mouth. This was supposed to be Lemondrops time in the stars. He looked at her, feeling bad for the fact that he'd basically just ruined her night. His eyes betray his sorrow and he nodded toward the water, gesturing that they should at least swim.

[wren]

Originally Posted by Exis

Beastgrowl turned to Lemondrop and offered an unsure smile. It was the best he could muster but it was something. "Sorry..." he said in a voice less than a whisper. There was so much more he wanted to say but that was all that he could force out of his mouth. This was supposed to be Lemondrops time in the stars. He looked at her, feeling bad for the fact that he'd basically just ruined her night. His eyes betray his sorrow and he nodded toward the water, gesturing that they should at least swim.

Lemondrop
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Lemondrop watched him for a moment her eyes glinting with some sort of lost feeling.. she didn’t have anything to say. She enjoyed the control of everything and somehow now she’d lost all kinds of understanding, all kinds of grasp on anything she felt at a time she could fix.

“Don’t apologize beasty.” she whispered quietly at a loss for anything else.

She took a few unsure steps towards the water and gently inched her way into the cold water. It was dark and unforgiving.. seeping right through fur in a stinging way. She was a fair bit shorter than beast and thus was balancing on her hind paws and gently paddling her front paws to keep her head above the water. It felt less like an exciting event and more so.. a digging event. She wanted to know what was on his mind.. wanted to know what was going through his head now. “Whats going on in that head of yours..”

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Angelique

Heronflight let out a laugh when snow went flying off his pelt. A few pieces landed on her fur. The molly got into a hunters crouch in the snow and stalked towards him before trying to pounce on him in a playful way. Hey that would be a good move for a cat with white fur. It would sure work on the enemy.

Blizzardsky let himself get pounced on by Heronflight and tried to kick up some snow at her as he went down into the snow, god he was having so much fun laughing with her in the snow, it almost made him forget his dead mother and missing mother, and stopped worrying completely about Petuniafire just disappearing,

[Puddle~]

Originally Posted by Bread

→˚₊·* Duckbounce

Here they were again; off to go training.

The tabby led the way to Cattail Pond, every once in a while looking behind to check if Baypaw was still there. They said they wanted to go fishing when they were at the Streamstone, so that's what they were doing here!... If it wasn't obvious. As they arrived, Duckbounce giggled. She recalled the time she'd caught a leaf instead of a fish. You couldn't blame her, though. The shadow of the leaf looked just like a fish! It was even her first time fishing back then.

Wasting no time, the warrior padded up to the water. "Alright, let's get right to it! First, get into a relaxed yet attentive position right at the waterline." The molly tapped the water with her paw a few times while waiting for Baypaw.

‧₊˚┊ @Puddle~

Baypaw bounced excitedly behind their mentor all the way to Cattail Pond. This was one of the last bits of training they needed before they were ready to take their warrior assessment, so they couldn't wait to get it over with.

The last time they'd been all the way out to Cattail Pond was for swimming lessons as a kit, so it'd been... quite a few moons at least. By the time they reached the edge of the pond, they could see little fishies swimming around throughout the shallow waters. But suddenly, Duckbounce randomly began tapping the water and the ripples scared all the fish away! "Hey! All the fish just swam away! Come back here!" they yelled loudly as they raced over to the other side of the pond, where the fish had relocated.

After a few more moments spent intrigued by the little fish swimming all around, they looked back up at their mentor. "So, how do I actually catch these things?" In their head, it had seemed like an easy enough task, but after watching the fish get scared off by the slightest ripples, they weren't so sure anymore.

[Witchy Madelaine]

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango

Blizzardsky let himself get pounced on by Heronflight and tried to kick up some snow at her as he went down into the snow, god he was having so much fun laughing with her in the snow, it almost made him forget his dead mother and missing mother, and stopped worrying completely about Petuniafire just disappearing,

Heronflight quickly jumped off and ran off a bit before returning. Her pelt was covered in snow. She hadn't had this much fun for a long time. That showed she was spending her time alive again being happy when everything shouldn't be. Somebody needed to stay positive and she was that somebody. She poked her paw at him. "Race you back to camp!", she meowed before speeding off.

[Akira]

Toadpounce led the group to the pond, eyes scanning the area for prey. Seeing nothing, he opened his jaws, taking in the scents of the area. "Got anything?" He asked after a few moments, turning to his companions.
@Fawnhearted @Starfall

[Fawnhearted]

Originally Posted by Kyrieknight

Toadpounce led the group to the pond, eyes scanning the area for prey. Seeing nothing, he opened his jaws, taking in the scents of the area. "Got anything?" He asked after a few moments, turning to his companions.
@Fawnhearted @Starfall

Mistpaw inhaled the smells around her. "Watervole", she hissed through gritted teeth as she angled her tail towards a bush by the creek. She turned to her mentor, wondering if she should stalk it or wait.

[Akira]

Originally Posted by Fawnhearted

Mistpaw inhaled the smells around her. "Watervole", she hissed through gritted teeth as she angled her tail towards a bush by the creek. She turned to her mentor, wondering if she should stalk it or wait.

"Go for it," Toadpounce said with a nod. He kept a close eye on Mistpaw, in case something happened.

[teddy.]

The journey had been long! Tiring. Exhuasting. But... here they were. Bumblebelly felt like a young warrior again; a glint in his eyes, a pep in his step, and a stranger to these territories again. The charocal tabby hummed as he paused at the pound, glancing back to his brother with a smile.

"Are... you sure? You don't want to come home with me?" He could feel the tears threatening to emegere; finally he finds family and... now they were going to be separate again. It stung like a bee sting.

@Zesty Mango @wnder