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Originally Posted by Rowan

DARKPAW
Posts: 8 | Male
Purrks: None
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In the clearing they finally reached the sun looked nice and warm on its patch. Luckily for himself, he hadn’t learned any hunting. He hadn’t learned much of anything, other than learning how to get some sense knocked into himself, or some fear? More of that than anything. He carefully watched as the medicine cat apprentice instructed him on how to crouch, stalk, and pounce. It appeared…easy enough? Hopefully at least, looks were deceiving. He learned that lesson.

He followed what RookFire did, crouching low, keeping his tail above the ground. His footwork may be a bit sloppy, his body a bit too high, but not horrid. Plenty of room for improvement of course. Now he had to try and…kill. It’s okay…he could do it. It’s just a piece of prey, of course…yeah, yeah that was it. Wait- he should confirm his crouch is correct first, right? “Is this…good?” he questioned.


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ROOKFIRE
[ he/him | shadowclan medicine cat app | purrks ]
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rookfire didnt pay much mind to what darkpaw was up to, besides executing the moves the medicine cat apprentice and former enforcer had instructed, as per usual. cats he didnt care about rarely enjoyed more attention than the bare minimum required for social interactions and the sharp edge of scepticism, almost bordering on fear, rookfire felt hard to shake. every little move, shift in expression or the way they held themselves, it was mostly subconcious after all so how did it matter? the medic wasnt exactly known for rationality and a gift in healthily experiencing emotions so who was he to question the way he observed the world around.
back to darkpaw, the apprentice did what he was told, crouching down low enough to probably fly under the radar in most forest-y environments and taking care to keep his tail off the ground. "good enough for th' start. ya can go a wee bit lower but that'll come with practice" the larger feline confirmed neutrally.

"once ya get close 'nough to yer prey, ya can leap at it n deliver yer killin' bite" rookfire had sunk back into a hunters crouch, sneaking forward a few steps before stilling briefly and leaping at a twig on the ground. "avoids startlin' it by accidentally disturbin' leaves or grass" he explained, nudging the twig to the side half heartedly without taking his eyes off the dark furred apprentice.
pale claws extracted from greyish white paws, piercing the soft pine needle covered soil and grass as the large tom strode back towards the apprentice where he delivered a slight nudge to darkpaw by use of his striped tail.
"get huntin'"