This cat, Willowtail, made it seem so less scary. It was nice to know that at least one cat didn't expect her to be brave. "Well, I guess I'm not so alone in disliking water then..... I nearly drowned in a shallow pool when I was younger." Starrypaw shuddered just to think of it.
Willowtail's ears perked. "Our stories are similar. Your never alone in your fears. Were expected to be tough and we have to act like it, but all on the inside we've all cried. We've all grieve." Willowtail mewed, her eyes filling with mild pain and grief and she seemed to think about something, admitting softly, "I myself lost some important cats to me recently... I want to swim better because of it." Willowptail purred gently
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Willowtail's ears perked. "Our stories are similar. Your never alone in your fears. Were expected to be tough and we have to act like it, but all on the inside we've all cried. We've all grieve." Willowtail mewed, her eyes filling with mild pain and grief and she seemed to think about something, admitting softly, "I myself lost some important cats to me recently... I want to swim better because of it." Willowptail purred gently
Starrypaw just listened.
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I am currently on summer hiatus, will make it as semi as possible so if am not answering for a long while, that is the reason why! Looking forward to being back full time, which is not happening until school starts up again. Will miss you all, have an amazing time! (mumbles 'lucky' under her breath)
Willowtail gave the apprentice a small look of sorry as she turned her head away, getting a bit emotional as she brought up the memories. Giving a small snif Willowtail mewed, "Sorry...... moral of the story uhm... it's ok to be afraid of any and everything. We can all fight through it togther." Willowtail finished, "Sorry if that was cheesy."
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purrks ; the collector , herbal knowledge t2
she / they . riverclan
16 moons . missing back leg
tags ; @taillow - dusklion
trigger warnings for this post: none
cobwebfern let out an exhale, rubbing sleep from her eyes with a front paw. even a whole night of sleep after her vigil (in the corner of the warrior's sleeping spot, she couldn't find a place she wanted to sleep next to anyone she liked) she was still extremely exhausted. plus she was sleeping on top of a rock. there weren't extra nests she could sleep in, anyways. the mountains were very uncomfortable, she had decided, and she did not like them at all.
with a loud sigh, cobwebfern slunk out of the den and over to dusklion. ' hey. ' she murmured, bumping her head to her former mentor's softly. ' how's it going? we haven't really talked since the meeting where i was named warrior. i kinda missed you.. ' she trailed off, a little embarassed.
DUSKLION
she/her | riverclan deputy | 30 moons go with the flow, rapid recovery, beefed up t3, mind reader
Today was... admittedly a lazy day. Sleep tugged at the deputy as she parted her jaws in a massive yawn from where she lounged on a rock at the edge of the camp. Patrols would need to go out at some point, but right now she didn't feel much like barking orders at any cat and risking potential backlash, especially after the blowout with the queens in camp. So for the moment Dusklion was content, tail flicking lazily below her.
Looking over as Cobs approached her, a grin grew on her face. Part of her frowned briefly. She had thought the younger warrior would want to put her nest next to hers, but so far she had been sleeping elsewhere. Not that the deputy could blame her - these mountains weren't home, after all - but it still felt... odd. "Hey yourself, kid," she purred in greeting, returning the affectionate bump of her head. The realization that they hadn't talked much sank her heart like stones, and Dusklion glanced at her paws. That was partly her fault, what with being so busy. "Sorry 'bout that... feel like I've been runnin' my paws ragged ever since we got here to make sure the Clan stays safe..." ...That, and she had quite a bit to make up for still. The Clan didn't trust her, that much the deputy knew.
Shrugging off such thoughts though the deputy glanced back at Cobs with a grin. "Hows warrior life treatin' you, though? You go out 'n explore the territory yet?"
Duskleaf was still coughing a bit when Brokenstream dived into the water, except this time everything went perfectly. When the golden tom emerged, he was holding a carp. "Nice catch!" He couldn’t help but shout out. "A carp, isn’t that what you were after?" He did remember Brokenstream saying that he wanted carp.
[Duskleaf rolls a….2, yep Dyno still hates him XD]
Seeing his chance to even the score, Duskleaf dived into the water after a giant salmon, but he miscalculated its position and ended up landing in an empty part of the river, frightening the salmon away. Emerging from the water with nothing except dripping water, he shook some water from his fur before coming over to sit next to Brokenstream. "Looks like you're still ahead then…but not for long!" He purred playfully.
@JellyCat (Sorry this took so long! Had a really long drive yesterday that I wasn’t expecting!)
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Salamanderkit, for all her restlessness, is a rapt audience for Splashleap's explanation. She...well, to be frank, she hadn't actually thought that fighting required a lot of thinking. After all, she never thinks about much when she's attacking a mossball or cuffing another kit's ears, but it must be different for warriors. That's not a very comforting thought; Salamanderkit knows she isn't very clever. At least, not as clever as some other kits her age. Does cleverness and hard thinking make you better at fighting?
Oh...she really hopes not.
"Do you have to think a lot when you're fighting?" Salamanderkit asks, rearing back on her hindpaws and batting at the air. She's not made a move against Splashleap yet, not officially—she's just looking between the speckled backs of her paws and the face of the warrior in front of her, trying to understand how she'll have to turn Splashleap's neat trick against her. "'Cause I don't wanna do that. I think I'm just gonna be really big and win that way. Is that okay?"
It's not, both for obvious reasons and also because Salamanderkit isn't destined to be nearly as large as she imagines, but she's got this spur-of-the-moment fantasy where Splashleap validates her little plan. Sure kiddo! Actually, thinking is always optional and lots of great fighters win their battles by just always being the biggest and meanest. Everybody knows those guys are winners.
It's a beautiful dream.
She aims an almost shy swat at Splashleap's whiskers. The play is: Salamanderkit's going to try and mess with her whiskers some, and then attempt to aim another harmless swat at her leg, a la Splashleap's earlier maneuver. It's all very halting and obvious, though. The kitten all but broadcasts her intentions by very obviously staring wherever she's going to reach. Baby steps.
Okay, so Riftpaw was…a little blunt. Duskleaf wasn’t really bothered much by this since he used to be a little bit blunt himself. "Now we can go find somewhere and start training." Duskleaf responded, turning to leave, he beckoned with his tail for both apprentices to follow. "Because of RiverClan's current situation, we'll start with battle training. After that I don’t mind doing whatever you'd want to learn, but right now I want to at least know you can defend yourselves." He said as he walked. "I'll try to make it fun though." He told them, he felt that training should be enjoyable as apprentices would be more interested that way.
@IDIOTICBEAN101 @JellyCat (Once you’ve both responded, I’ll set up a private thread for training!)
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Willowtail gave the apprentice a small look of sorry as she turned her head away, getting a bit emotional as she brought up the memories. Giving a small snif Willowtail mewed, "Sorry...... moral of the story uhm... it's ok to be afraid of any and everything. We can all fight through it togther." Willowtail finished, "Sorry if that was cheesy."
"No big deal...." Starrypaw said softly. "I'm glad that I don't seem to be the only one who doesn't fit it."
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I am currently on summer hiatus, will make it as semi as possible so if am not answering for a long while, that is the reason why! Looking forward to being back full time, which is not happening until school starts up again. Will miss you all, have an amazing time! (mumbles 'lucky' under her breath)
Re: RiverClan Camp
