She said a lot of words, but Coldpaw wasn't really listening as his attention was on fixing his pelt. He was tired of being out here in these ... Damn-ing Woods that served only as a reminder of his weakness.
There was a spot he couldn't quite reach either - no! this wasn't an invite for Mentor to help - and he let out an involuntary growl. "Let's just go, Mentor."
He'd start to head back, stopping every now and then to impulsively groom.
Palequiver's paws remained fixed even as she itched to groom him herself in light of his apparent frustration, but she couldn't. Wouldn't. She refused to risk aggravating his delicate constitution further, and that low throb in her tail was a razor-sharp reminder that he could handle himself.
Rising once again to walk back to camp, Palequiver relented, appeasement hanging like glass, "As you wish, my dearie. Come along, then."
⋆⁺‧₊☽The Glowing Shadow☾₊‧⁺⋆
☆-Blackjaw-☆
[He/Him]
{23 Moons}
~Straight~
"They told me all of my cages were mental"
─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
Blackjaw walked along with the rest of the patrol to the woods, watching as the trees grew more sparce. It was pretty here, Blackjaw had to admit that. The tom turned his head at Rookfire's words, nodding as he spoke. It was smart. StarClan forbid they run into a fox, even worse, a coyote. Although the patrol was large enough and strong enough with two enforcers there.
"Maybe Rookfire and I could go one way, Hawkbite and Venompaw could go the other?, the tom suggested. Keeping the Enforcer Commander with the apprentice would surely be the best option out of the 3 warriors.
rookfire mind had wandered, to his last patrol specifically, still trying to figure out how mushroompaw had managed to disappear into thin air. it wasnt even just him! magpiecove was right there. with a shake of his head, he let the thought go, giving hawkbite a nod, silver eyes scanning the older toms face for any sign that he had a problem with their arrangement. some cats didnt like to stick back, he hadnt liked being put under another cats patrol but to be fair, he had been able to taste the suspicion in the air.
venompaw showed sooner rather than later as well and rookfire stood back up, only mildly irritated by the apprentices screeching.
the enforcer led the group out into the territory, only stopping once they reached their destination. the dawning woods were more open, meaning he'd be able to see his patrol mates over a longer distance, but came with the downside of a possible predator attack. "try to stay with at least one other cat at all times n never leave shouting distance" rookfire ordered, though his voice carried more calculated calm than the usual aggression underlying orders coming from him. "venompaw do you know how to hunt yet?"
Hawkbite followed the patrol into the Dawning Woods, tail swished with each step. His gaze was focused on their surroundings, unintentionally making sure they were safe and no intruders had been by recently. The Commander would only turn his head as Rookfire spoke, asking about Venompaw's training. It was a valid question, although Blackjaw had suggested the teams. Well, he wouldn't comment on that. He'd simply stare towards Rookfire, waiting for the patrol lead to decide their decisions.
Err... He'd found Rockjaw's casual ways a little confusing, but this cat wasn't like anycat he was used to dealing with. "Erm, for a herb patrol," he nodded toward Sleepysunrise. He supposed their fur was quite similar, wasn't it? And he supposed flowers were... Nice. Newtbelly wasn't exactly used to spending much of his time admiring such things, though, he could be sometimes caught looking out at the view on an early morning hunt. No matter though - he blinked, a little thrown off. Where was this apprentice? It didn't look like she was coming. Well, time waits for nocat, he supposed. "Alright, let's head out. Perhaps Shadowpaw's sound asleep." Honestly, what was going on with the clan's youth? Where was the work ethic?
He huffed, leading the way into territory. If Pumpkintoes didn't know she was being called for a patrol, perhaps she hadn't heard Sleepysunrise's instructions? "We're looking for Daisy and uprooted Dandelion. She said daisy's, ummmm..." He paused, trying his darnedest to remember it. Herb descriptions were not something he was good with. "Ah! Daisy has lots of white petals, with a flat yellow centre. Whilst Dandelion is flat and round, lots of tiny petals... And hollow stems, she said?" He explained, a little confused about the hollow stem concept. He supposed he'd understand better when he found it. If he failed, though, Pumpkintoes seemed enthusiastic about flowers - perhaps she knew a bit? Soon enough, they arrived at the woods, and it was time to get searching. "Aight, you know the drill," he dismissed the warrior with a tail flick, certain she knew what she was doing.
Daisy and dandelion, daisy and dandelion... He scoured the area, looking high and low. Lots of grass, lots of trees, was that borage? Certainly not what he was looking for. Something yellow, something white, hmmm... He skirted round a bush, then saw them. A little crowd of white flowers. That had to be daisies... Right? He sniffed them - smelt... Flowery? Ugh, what was he doing? White petals, check. Yellow centres, check. Long stems, long enough right? He plucked three of them, leaving the rest. Hopefully he could find dandelion next.
[+3 Daisy]
Next up, dandelion. Yellow flowers. He walked on, just seeing more daisies. It must be the season for them. Some green leaves, some nettles.... Nothing he was after... Oh! His eyes were drawn to the base of a tree, where a few yellow flowers grew - was that them? He came closer, investigating them. Hm, they were kind of flat. Plus, they had so many petals that they looked fluffy - so that had to qualify as lots of petals. The stems, though. He gave them a prod. Hm. Then, he pressed the stem backward, and into the tree a bit - and if flattened, as if squashed. Ah! Hollow! Perfect, Now he just needed to uproot them, without doing any damage. He began to dig around them, as he had with borage, attempting to be careful as possible. These seemed quite delicate, but soon enough he found the brown root, looking far less delicate. So, he grabbed, and gently pulled. Two dandelions. A sigh of relief left him. He grasped the stems in his mouth, and trailed back to where the two arrived.
Perhaps Shadowpaw's hearing was going the way of the dodo for she didn't seem to hear any of the patrol calls till a disgruntled warrior told her off. Well whatever she got the information she needed anyways. So she quickly ran off to catch up with her group technically this could be counted as an apprentice running out on their own but she was going to a spot where a known group was, who could be pissy about that?
Oh her run in the dawning woods she unfortunately tripped and tasted dirt. Annoyed she sat up and wiped dirt off of her face before seeing she landed right in front of a bunch of dandelions. These things really popped up during newleaf huh! So with glee she pulled up the plants and continued to find her patrol mates. "Look what I found!" She gleefully said.
Venompaw padded energetically after her patrol, gait barely restrained to a decent speed. Carelessly, she had a brief look around before Rookfire's voice dragged back her attention. Teams of two?? Ughhhh! She could hold her own! Though she wasn't sure about them...fine, if Rookfire was really going to be a scaredy cat suppose she would be nice and go along with it to put his nerves at rest.
Could she hunt?! The braided tabby's ears laid back at the audacity of the question. "Duh!! Course I can, I'm not a kit!" Venompaw rolled her eyes. Did he think her not capable? Maybe he thought her mentor was responsible for her lack of hunting skill which she DID NOT LACK!!! The paw would def tell Newt bout dat, he'd be pissed!
Ths apprentice just flicked her forked tail in irritation at Blackjaw's suggestion. Could they just get on with it instead of hanging about!? "Whatever, I'll go with him then!" Hawkbite seemed the chillest anyways. Already bounding away a few feet, looking back at the enforcer commander with a bit more eagerness. "C'mon then Hawkbitey!! Let's go catch something proper cool! Like a fox of somethin'!!!"
rookfire gave a non commital hum at venompaws reply. hadnt she been a tom just last week? perhaps rookfire was mixing her up with another cat but he could swear there was a venompaw with similar colours that was a tom.. the way she declared her ability to hunt was nothing if not kit like but he didnt have anything to gain from commenting on it so he wouldnt. venompaw moved towards hawkbite, hawkbite didnt comment on it and there was no reasonable excuse to change anything about this even if he had wanted to.
"ight lets go blackjaw" the enforcer mewed with a flick of his tail, already moving deeper into the territory with his head low. he'd keep an eye out of hawkbite and venompaw, but for now, the tom followed the familiar scent of bird. the trees seemed to shift around him like they had eyes. an odd feeling. probably due to his less than pleasant experience here last season cycle.
the wind was blowing in its face, carrying the scent of cat. before any of the four could express concern, or even notice anything wrong, a large coyote, rail thin and already salivating at the possibility of its next meal, appeared out of the brush. without a moment to spare, the predator launched itself at hawkbite, jaws snapping shut with a hollow ring right next to the commander. the patrol wasnt yet to properly split up, almost like a certain writer had decided itd make more sense like this.
the wind was blowing in its face, carrying the scent of cat. before any of the four could express concern, or even notice anything wrong, a large coyote, rail thin and already salivating at the possibility of its next meal appeared out of the brush. without a moment to spare, the predator launched itself at hawkbite, jaws snapping cut with a hollow ring next to the commander. the patrol wasnt yet to properly split up, almost like a certain writer had decided itd make more sense like this.
⋆⁺‧₊☽The Glowing Shadow☾₊‧⁺⋆
☆-Blackjaw-☆
[He/Him]
{23 Moons}
~Straight~
"They told me all of my cages were mental"
Just a Scratch [ACTIVE]
─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
Blackjaw took notice of Venompaw's indignant tail flick, rolling his eyes. No they couldn't just go yet. They had to have a game plan. Especially with all the predators that lurked around these areas. Blackjaw's attention was turned to Rookfire when the enforcer spoke to him, beckoning him to follow the tom.
Pungent. The smell was pungent. Something was here. Not something good either. The scent was lost as the wind picked up, unfortunately so, as the tom didn't know what it was. Before he could even utter a word to Rookfire, the source of the stench made it's grand entrance.
A coyote. Mere bones under a raggedy pelt, with a hungered gaze and a salivating maw. The group hadn't split yet, thank StarClan, but this beast was not the predator he was used too. Yet, he would NOT have a repeat of that blasted fox pup. The white tom got into a defensive position, snarling at the beast. He didn't wait for any signal before lunging at the creature. He rammed into it's side, hoping to throw it off balance a bit so the rest of the patrol could tear into it. The tom then proceeded to bite down on the coyote's hind leg, tearing away fur from it's side as he raked his claws across it.
It was pitiful how skinny the dog was, really. Blackjaw bit down to bone, without much of an effort, the beast howling in pain while it snapped its head back to nip at the tom. Blackjaw hadn't much time to react before he felt a searing pain in his front leg, his snow white fur, covered in blood. He held on as well as he could, despite the coyote tugging at his front leg, sending pain shooting up his arm. "Gah.. you filthy flea pelted mangy mutt," he snarled, releasing the beasts leg and lunging with his good arm at it's face, claws extended, fully intending on ripping an eye out.
PumpkinToes trilled happily as they left camp, nodding along to newtbelly's explanation, not that he could see her nods under the bushes she kept crawling under every sound sending her back to bushy safety.
she could almost smell the Dandelions before they arrived, not really but that didn't stop her from wondering off once they came to a stop. Flicking her ears to newtbelly's words as she followed a particularly earthy scent, oh lovely dandelion, where is you~ looking so pretty and yellow, if the rabbit got to you before me again I'll have rabbit for supper, lightningstrike would love rabbit yes
She kept a eye on the sunnier spots amidst the forest floor where dandelion liked it best, Greenleaf was barely a pawstep away and the forest was a beautiful example of it, PumpkinToes couldn't help but sigh happily, the leaves and grass instead of sticks and mud, prey and flowers instead of cold week old mouse and dried up herbs, yes Greenleaf was her favorite time.
She blinked herself out of such lovely thoughts, it wasn't the time to happily frolic, no no she had to gather lovely flowers for sleepysunrise. ahh wonderful, lovely sleepysunrise
She kept to the sunny spots as she looked for the herbs, sorting through other less useful yellow and white wild flowers for a while,
[D20=3] dandelion
[D20=18] daisy ↴
[D6=6]
turning a tree she did find a white flower patch among the ferns, swaying tenderly like little clouds on a green leafy sky.
Her tail flicked upwards in satisfaction at the sight, gingerly biting off as many mature stems as she could, six stems in total the others would be left to grow more she noted the place and picked up the flowers looking pleased at her bounty before setting off, i can't carry much more but if PumpkinToes finds dandelion the others could carry some, yes surely my new pelt freind would help carry some
She thought to herself with certainly as she circled back to where newtbelly was.
[+6 Daisy]
as she did her ears flicked, a voice? Oh a apprentice! Showing off some lovely dandelion too! "Ooh what a lovely bunch of dandelion the apprentice finds, i have found daisy but not much else"
PumpkinToes set her own bunch down as she thoughtfully looked over shadowpaws bundle, a good day for flowers she thought.
Yes it definitely was.
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