Ambushing a Hawk [p]

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[Hawkbite]
Enforcer Commander
Shadow Fiend | Agatha Kitty | Kitty Softpaws

"Sleepypaw!" Hawkbite called across the clearing. The young feline wanted to cash in her reward from his event with a private training session. She was particularly interested in ambush training, which he'd happily oblige. It wasn't a lesson he got to teach often since everyone seemed to come running for him for battle training. He didn't mind, but the occasional switch up was a nice breather for him.

This was the perfect time to do this type of training. Dusk was falling on them and soon nightfall, but he wanted to make sure she could work her way through the shadows before complete darkness. Hawkbite also wanted to make sure her tree climbing was adequate enough to get the jump on cats from above if she wanted to. That was personally his favorite thing to do.

"You wanted to get started with your ambush training, so let's head on out," he gestured for the small feline to follow after him once she was present.

@Estelle - Sleepypaw

[Estelle]

Hearing her name called across the clearing as dusk fell, Sleepypaw emerged from Miss Grandmama's den without complaint; she recognised the enforcer commander's voice, her words confirming that this was indeed what she had been waiting for: her lesson on ambushing. Her tail flicked behind her, approaching with quick steps and a dull expression, quick to join the enforcer's side. He was an enforcer and a commander - Miss Grandmama trusted him, and as such, she had to trust he wouldn't do wrong by her grandmother, and her training. Following without complaint, Sleepypaw remained alert as they walked through the dimming light, ready to begin this lesson.


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[Hawkbite]
Enforcer Commander
Shadow Fiend | Agatha Kitty | Kitty Softpaws

Once in the area he wanted, Hawkbite would lift his tail to signal a halt and turn to face Sleepypaw. So, this was the infamous daughter of Lostspark, eh? He'd give a quick study before nodding in silent approval about something unbeknownst to her. "Have you learned how to climb trees yet?" He'd inquire simply, flicking his tail to the canopy above them. The trees in their territory were very close together. It made it easy for cats to jump tree to tree and with the right training, you could do it silently as if it were second nature. Today, Sleepypaw would learn how to do that.

@Estelle - Sleepypaw

[Estelle]

Sleepypaw paused at the inquiry, thinking back to her lesson with Honeybite - or should she not? Timeline-wise her climbing lesson with Honeybite started shortly after Sleepypaw got apprenticed, but they haven't reached the actual learning part yet, and as such her rper - Estelle - does not know how to arrange this timeline. After all, Sleepypaw can't very well know something she hasn't yet learned in Rp, has she? Even if technically in this timeline she should already know it. As such, Sleepypaw will stare at Hawkbite in deep thought, before giving a subtle, incoherent answer in the of a slight shake of her head, perhaps, which must indicate that her learning how to climb has yet to be rped out. Her response was silent; if she already knew, she required a refresher - she hadn't much time to practice - if she didn't, she needed a lesson, but for the sake of continuity and with the blessing on the dice, may be a quick learner.


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[Hawkbite]
Enforcer Commander
Shadow Fiend | Agatha Kitty | Kitty Softpaws

Well, an answer was an answer he supposed. Hawkbite would gesture for the apprentice to sit at the base of a pine tree with him. "Well, let's just go over it briefly. Thankfully, we're cats. This is a pretty simple thing to master, you just have to build the muscle to do it fluently. That comes with time."

Hawkbite flexed his claws before his back legs would spring him upwards onto the trunk of the tree. With fluent movements, his claws hooked into the bark and brought up upwards to the some of the lower -- thick -- branches for him to sit on. "Now, you give it a shot," the Commander would speak, patting the branch beside him for her to take a seat on.

@Estelle

[Estelle]

Muscle, something she... Lacked, in a manner of speaking, she did not have much - if any - muscle to actually show off. But the young apprentice got through life and that must mean she had some strength to carry her own weight, mind you, she wasn't a brittle twig. At least not in truth, never mind the appearance.

Blue eyes focused on the commander without a word, focusing intently on hos movements as her kicked off with back legs and latched onto the tree with claws, climbing up with what she could only describe as surprising ease. She watched as Hawkbite seated himself on the lower, thicker branches of the tree, a brief hesitance shown through her lack of movement. Could she really do this?

...She had to, actually. She had to do this. She couldn't just sit by idly as those around her progressed with training, she needed to excel. This was a part of excelling, of reaching that goal. So, without further ado, Sleepypaw stepped up to the base of the same pine tree. She observed the bark, recalling the way Hawkbite had gotten up, tracing her path firstly with her gaze.

Then, it was time. A brief crouch turned into a jump upwards, claws narrowly digging into the bark as the sudden strain on her body pulled her down, but miraculously, Sleepypaw remained hanging on the base of the tree's bark, the nearest thing to the ground being her tail.

From there she reached out a front paw followed by a second one, which was then followed by one and two back paws, and repeat. Her movements were a lot slower and stockier than that of Hawkbite, courtesy of her lack of practice compared to his, but much to her own surprise she had yet to fall. The strain on her muscles was there, but somehow the young apprentice slowly managed to pull herself up towards the same branch Hawkbite was on, evidently hesitating a few moments as she tried to picture how to get onto the branch without falling off.

Her tail swayed a few heartbeats before she did, awkwardly making her way beside Hawkbite, claws digging into the bark so she wouldn't fall as she glanced down, a slight bit of hidden curiosity. What was next?


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