Whispering Wetlands

[gs29513]

Sooooo no Maplepaw. Her and Hollyhawk had been able to get the border marked decently well, so it wasn't a CRITICAL problem, but it was still unfortunate. The apprentice could have done with the experience, if nothing else. At least the young warrior came to investigate the frogs, awaking one of them with a paw. It made an escape into the swamp, in the process awaking the other one nestled in the mud near Deadmoon's paws. Now a bit prepared for the escape tactics it would employ, the molly was able to strike it with her paw.

Knocking it back onto firm ground, Deadmoon dragged her own paws from the mire before trying to pounce on it. Her first lunge was avoided by a frantic croak and hop, but her second strike managed to pin the frog down. Biting into it's strange, leathery skin, Deadmoon brought it down. She promptly dropped it again, because it was still covered in mud and frankly kind of disgusting. Thank you Starclan? I guess? she muttered, looking up at the sky. She wasn't terribly big into the whole thanking Starclan thing, so it was more sarcastic than anything else. Doubly so because frogs were nasty.
@SillyLittleCherry @seeingstars

[SillyLittleCherry]

Oh Starclan. Maplepaw was late! She ran to where her patrol was, panting. "I'm so sorry! I tripped over a root back there. It won't happen again!" She wouldn't be made a warrior if she was tripping over roots! Gah! She was so dumb.

"So, what did I miss?" It didn't look like much, but they had caught frogs. Ew! Who would even eat those in the clan? Probably some weird warrior. There were a lot of them these days. @gs29513 @seeingstars

[seeingstars]

Hollyhawk ♦ He / Him ♦ Windclan warrior ♦ 11+ moons

In all the excitement of seeing a new creature, he'd forgotten the whole point of this was to mark the borders- Right uh-

He nodded to Deadmoon, flashing an embarrassed smile before he made his way to mark his half of the border, meeting back with Deadmoon. he looked around, concern filling his gaze, where had Maplepaw gone? Hadn't she been with them? It's not like she was some helpless apprentice... but still-

He felt the need to make sure his sister's friend was safe

"Have... you seen Maplepaw? She was here a second ago- i could have sworn-" He said, furrowing his brows as he looked towards Deadmoon.

"We should take a quick look for her... just to make sure she's okay-" he murmured, frowning down at the ground before looking back up "Maybe she got lost or some-" He was cut off by Maple's voice, relief flooded through the Windclan warrior as he greeted her with a friend nod and a smile.

Hollyhawk looked back to Deadmoon "Well- With Maple here we could... maybe... hunt a little, I think I heard something a lil over there!" He said, pointing with his paw in the opposite direction that Maplepaw had come from, his tail gently swayed behind him. He figured they were out here anyway- might as well bring some prey home as well.

{ @SillyLittleCherry ♥ @gs29513 }

[gs29513]

Ah, so Maplepaw had made an appearance. Nice. It's fine she was trying SO HARD to be pleasant, stars above just.......leave a couple border marks while Hollyhawk and I do a bit of hunting. She wasn't terribly confident that she could get her paws on anything else, it might just be the frog, but she was going to at least give it a shot. Assuming that the new warrior would handle the rustling he'd pointed out, Deadmoon instead padded a bit farther along the border, the frog left behind.

She gave scenting the air a fair chance, but didn't come up with much. Another foray into the muck in search of frogs, perhaps? It was a rather nasty tactic, but she couldn't deny it had been successful. It took her a tad too long to identify a spot that held them, however, and this pair of amphibians were a bit more sprightly. Their escape was swift and kicked up mud in her face, leaving her spitting in annoyance. Yeah, no thank you. She was quite done with this whole patrol business, and ready to be back on proper dry land. Let's head back. I've had enough of wading around in this muck. she called, turning back towards camp and shaking her paws vigorously. @SillyLittleCherry @seeingstars