[Poprock]

With a simple nod of thanks from Maplemouse the two were of, padding towards the training grounds without any hesitation with a little extra pep in her step. That was... easier than she expected, but very welcome. No nonsense, no time to waste. Not even a poorly timed dad joke like a certain someone.

Maplemouse wondered if her former caretaker and Pineblossom would have gotten along.

Ah, so Pineblossom wanted to see what she was working with. Well, she was about to be extremely disappointed. Maplemouse blinked once at the hornet before nodding. Suddenly the energy from before was gone - replaced with something more... blegh. This wasn't going to be pretty.

An unsure bap. Unless Pineblossom was slow as a snail - or wanted the feather light touch to land - Maplemouse was simply just swatting at air. What else was fighting if not bapping each other really hard?

Her face did not show the immense embarrassment she felt, but anyone could see the way her tail thrashed around behind her. She was acting like a fool!!! She had to try again, show Pineblossom that no, Maplemouse wasn't a complete failure.

"That was... a joke." To sell her totally hilarious "joke", Maplemouse did something she has never done. She smiled. Or... what she thought was a smile. It stretched slowly across her maw; the ends of her lips creeping upwards like a ghostly presence was pulling them itself. Her green and blue eyes widened... because thats what smiling did to your eyes right???? She had no clue. Hopefully she wasn't looking like a snake who had just stumbled upon a mouse party.

Then came her second attempt. After backing up a few paces, the tortie charged. Her plan after? Uh. Well. Who knows? Charging at your opponent and knocking them over seemed like a good plan??? Maybe???

@Fenrir LOL