Substitute Teacher. [ Shadepaw, Dogpaw, Starrypaw Training ]

[Fade]

HOUNDHUNTER
Death: Reversed
Pronouns: Haunt/Hauntself || Massive black and white cat with heavy flank scarring, orange and green eyes.
Purrk: Beefed Up
[ ➥ MENTION(S): @sol. , @xavier. , @Rose ]

Dragging hauntself out of the warriors den. Training was lacking and that was clear enough by a lack of new warriors in the clan. Those two looked bored enough. Dogpaw. The one scarred by his own namesake and his sibling, something like that. Shadepaw and Dogpaw. Yeah, that was fine. Haunt calls towards them both. “Shadepaw. Dogpaw. Let’s go. No sitting.” Houndhunter didn’t say it a second time, already making haunt’s way to the camp entrance. They would either be repeating training or getting something absolutely brand new. Houndhunter had two things to mainly cover. Hunting training and Stealth. Anything else can be tacked on. Their mentors were slacking and it was embarrassing for them and the clan.

Hound hunter spotted another one of the apprentices of the clan, just before exiting the camp. “Starrypaw. Tag along. Your training.”

These three mentors were uh. the busy ass hell Medicine cat and A busy Enforcer, that other guy named something after a bird. Slacking was going to tolerates with haunt. Orange and Green eyes scanning the small bit of territory as they walked. Finally settling on a certain location for all of the children to be safe and yet a valid training area. Icy Heartlands, Houndhunter had freshly been through and it was fine.

The dark pine forest began to thin as the warrior lead the three cats to a small clearing. Stopping as haunt turned back to the cats that hopefully followed after at haunt’s call. “Start. We. Hunt.” Simple enough, the words coming out deeply and at a time of more of a command than statement.

[Rose]

Starrypaw
Post Count: 39/100
One With The Warren & Kitty Softpaws Purrk Active

"Adventure, adventure!" Starrypaw yelled excitedly, flouncing after Houndhunter as haunt invited her out on an expedition with .. Pip and Shader! Yay! “Whatcha gonna teach us, huh?” Starrypaw asked, hopping around her companions with too much energy and dropping into sloppy crouches every step of the way whenever she saw even a grass blade move. She barely waited for Houndhunter to reply. “Learn something new, yeah! This is gonna be soooo fun.” The black and white molly told haunt, grinning sidelong at Shadepaw and Dogpaw.

As they walked, Starrypaw shot Houndhunter a wide-eyed, curious look. “You have two different eyes.” She told haunt, voice solemn. “Did you ss-s-steal one from someone?” See! She was being considerate of the cats around her. She was asking haunt about hauntself. That was how manners worked, right?

Eventually, they reached Icy Heartlands ... and Starrypaw just stood there awkwardly, shooting Dogpaw and Shadepaw furitive glances as if they'd bestow the answers for all her questions upon her. “How do I... Erm.. hunt?” She asked sheepishly, dropping into a clumsy crouch. “Sir Bits never taught me. He was too busy, me thinks.”

[ @vampire - Houndhunter / @xavier. - Dogpaw / @sol. - Shadepaw ]

[xavier.]

• × | Dogpaw | × •
he/bark*
* Dogpaw isn't out to ANYONE about his bark pronouns. Please have your character only use he/him for now.
MIND READER : Inactive | Chill of death : Inactive | Ultimate Predator : Inactive

Dogpaw was bored.

This was stupid.

The apprentice already spent a good amount of time cleaning the elders den and couldn't find time to clean the other dens since they were almost always full. The golden sat in the clearing trying to scan the crowd for something he could do. Dogpaw then lifted his head as bark looked over at Houndhunter. The golden prince didn't need to be told twice as bark stood up and quickly went over to haunt but didn't speak a word. Dogpaws intrest then perked up more once bark realized he would be doing whatever Houndhunter had planned with barks sisters. Biological and force adopted. Dogpaw turned his head to Starrypaw and nodded at her.

Soon the group made it to icy heartlands. The apprentice turned barks attention to Houndhunter when haunt had started to speak again. Ah. Hunting. Dogpaw liked hunting if bark was being honest. Dogpaw was about to step away from the other two before stopping when Starrypaw mentioned how she didn't know how to hunt.

"You.. can't hunt?.. "

Dogpaw asked in a slow voice before bark looked over at Shadepaw.

| @vampire - Houndhunter; @Rose - Starrypaw; @sol. - Shadepaw |

[sol.]

SHADEPAW: AGATHA KITTY (ACTIVE)

There was a word for the place your soul was in a place that was not good but not bad. It reflected thr state of mind and well being of the cat. A limbo, it was called.

That was were Shadepaw's thought seemed to stray all the time during her moments to herself. Her slow training. The progression of those around her. Being left behind. She couldn't blame Nighthound, couldn't place Dawnstar, couldn't blame anyone but herself. It made her claws curl into the ground, holding onto the dirt that was her anchor. A limbo. A place where Starclan and the Dark Forest connected; there was only one cat she knew that never made it into either.

She was acutely aware of her name being called in a gruff voice. Short, flat tones, no nonsense. She got up out of instinct, trying to locate the cat whose voice had summoned her. Houndhunter?

Right, training. She made it to the warrior's side, noting with absenmindedness that her brother had been called to. She peered at him, a small light in her eyes brightening for a moment as she recognized him. She offered him a small nod, but said nothing. She nearly shivered again. That scar that distorted his face... it haunted her nightmates. She looked away as Dogpaw greeted Starrypaw. All the greetings for the not-sister, the cold shoulder to the one he was actually related to. Her claws itched and burned.

Starrypaw's shrillness voiced her concern, and it made her uncharacteristically annoyed at the apprentice. "No, Starrypaw," she said a little flatly, though her tone was not unkind or different from the one she normally spoke in. . "Some cats are just born with different eyes. No one's goin' around taking eyes from other cats."

She kept quiet on the walk to the Heartland, noticing her surroundings more. That skill seemed to pick itself into her brain more often; she noticed all kinds of details. Like the small moss on the trees, the little animal tracks in the dirt. It was her safe place, now.

She stood quietly as Houndhunter told them they'd begin with hunting. Starrypaw piped up, which made Dogpaw stare questioning at the younger of the three, while shoot a glance at Shadepaw. The white apprentice looked away and said nothing. She had remembered the first time Elmshadow had taught them to hunt. She remembered it all.

[ @vampire @Rose @xavier. - an angsty emo has been delivered to a thread near you]