[alec]

ROOKFIRE
[ he/him | shadowclan warrior | early 20s ]
[ purrks ]

rookfire gave hawkbite a nod, choosing to linger for a bit before leaving without darkpaw, the apprentice still had time to catch up and he was pretty sure he had seen him in the clearing. "'right sir" he replied, keeping it short, and turned to pace until his assigned apprentice arrived. maw slightly agape, the warrior followed along the treeline, making note of the smells he could pick up from here. might as well get himself accustomed to hunting, it didnt really sound like dawnstar would be happy to let him near herbs again. curse whatever entity hated him enough to curse him to a live of hunting. boring, repetitive. sigh.
white tipped ear perked as darkpaw muttered an apology and turned his head to face him, claws extracting experimentally from his cooling paws.
"we're not really in the position ta' do trainin' on patrol. 'can help ya otherwise but we need prey first, alright?" rookfire gave a flick of his tail, signalling the apprentice to follow as he moved to follow the scent of squirrel he had picked up on during the brief wait.
as the scent grew stronger and rookfire lowered himself closer to the ground, he kept his ear pointed backwards, listening for the apprentice but expecting him to keep a bit of distance and look for his own prey. striped tail moving from side to side slowly, he pushed through the undergrowth quietly, eyes remaining fixed on the spot the squirrel was resting in. frosty grass poking through a thin layer of snow stood in stark contrast to the hard frozen earth the animal had scratched out of the ground. burrying..unburrying.. some sort of nut. well, he couldnt really see, but it was easy to make assumptions, and he wasnt really opposed to those. especially not if stood in regards to such a minute detail of his day. once the dark feline had gotten to a sensible distance, he sped up for a pace before leaping at the squirrel and making quick work of it. limp and with warmth draining from its system quickly, jaws had closed around the muddy ginger fur of its neck.

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