Soaringpaw's Battle Training [P]

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Heroneye
| she/her | RiverClan | Lionheart |

[ Heroneye rolled a one out of ten. ]

Heroneye should have been expecting the attack (it made a kind of sense that the front paw blow would come first), but she was unable to react properly. By the time she began her attempt at a dodge, Soaringpaw was there, and she'd caught the full force of the attack. She let out a hiss and immediately regretted it. Hissing in battle wasn't particularly noteworthy, but this wasn't a real battle. It felt too serious, like she was genuinely becoming frustrated. Of course, she shouldn't be upset; Soaringpaw landing attacks was supposed to be the exact outcome she'd been working towards. This wasn't about Heroneye.

[ Heroneye rolled a seven out of ten. ]

No matter, though. Heroneye regained her concentration just as Soaringpaw was gearing up to get out another attack. She saw the apprentice come up beside her and attempt to leap onto her back. Heroneye felt Soaringpaw's paws for a heartbeat as she dodged away, those paws not managing to get a grip in time.

Seeing as Soaringpaw may have lost her balance after that, Heroneye would rebound towards the apprentice and aim a blow at her side, trying to knock her over (not too harshly, she hoped).

In a strange way, sparring was almost harder than a real battle. In a real battle, Heroneye would know exactly how much strength or effort to put into her attacks: all of it. Here, though, the line was a little more obscured. Obviously this wasn't a real battle, and the last thing she would want would be to actually hurt an apprentice. At the same time, though, she wouldn't want to go too easy on the apprentice and give her a false sense of security, or at least give the impression that Heroneye was patronizing her. Hopefully, she was doing this right...

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Soaringpaw
RC Apprentice. She/Her. 9 Moons
Agatha Kitty, Just a Scratch

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post 24

Soaringpaw didn't actually expect the blow from her paw to hit Heroneye that well. The hiss that came out wasn't too expected, but it wasn't that surprising either. The apprentice assumes this is a glimpse of what to expect in a real battle. Either way, she'll probably be hearing way more hissing in an actual battlefield. But when the older she regained her concentration in time, she knew her plan won't work. How did the distraction hit but the main attack didn't? Just barely. Just barely. She could've landed the move had she been faster. She could've

[Rolled 7 / 10]

Heroneye's prediction ended up being right. The dodging had her paws land back onto the ground rather unprepared. This was when Soaringpaw realized Heroneye would most likely use this as a moment to get the upper footing and counter her in someway. The moment she landed she used her paws to push herself away from where Heroneye stood, while trying to fling a small bit of dirt at her to hopefully buy some time..wherever the dirt hit. The blow itself did manage to hit Soaringpaw, though she didn't fully lose her balance yet. She got lucky this time, it seems. But really, she'd rather get lucky during a real fight than training.

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