Sunkissed Creek

[HerbalTea]

Originally Posted by Luminous

Hawkcatcher

The large warrior hadn't taught herself a new skill in quite some time. Of course, she made sure to keep her skills sharp and train and practice regularly, but those were the same things she'd always known. And perhaps it was her having two apprentices again after going a couple of months without any, but she had decided to see if she teach herself to fish. Sure, it wasn't the most useful talent, since when prey was scarce the waters would also have frozen over. That and few would enjoy the taste of fish, but it would be a new skill to add and perhaps teach one of her apprentices in the future. Besides, something in her missed training to learn something new. She wouldn't have any teacher, but she had hardly had one during her apprenticeship anyway.

Settling down beside the creek, Hawkcatcher began to search for fish within the flowing waters.

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[Roaringmoon, THC Warrior. They/Them]

Roaringmoon, boredom starting to kick in noticed Hawkcatcher..trying tofish?!UGH, really. Fish?!.Angrily, they stomped over, parting their maw to speak before closing it. ‘Wait, that's a good idea, if there's a prey shortage in Greenleaf… Calming down, they.spoke “I think your supposed to cause a wound in their fishy-fur thing (scales), like we would with land prey but don't quote me on that.Wasn't Riverclan.born.”.

[Luminous]

Hawkcatcher
Ultimate Predator

Tattered ears twitched ever so slightly at the sound of stomping paws, but the large warrior's gaze was still fixed on the stream at her paws, scanning for other movements. And there it was, the slightest flick of something darker than the rest of the waters, and Hawkcatchers paw struck down. Claws cut through the water, but even though her aim was usually on point and she had predicted the fish's movements perfectly like always, it looked like the reflections in the water betrayed the eye of the fish's location, and her paw swished past it.

Then Roaringmoon, whom she had ignored until now, was beside her, and Hawkcatcher allowed an ear to angle towards them as she glanced in their direction without moving her head. She hardly had the energy to have someone try and argue with her, but luckily the other warrior seemed to have thought better than to start with her.

She looked down at the waters again. Another movement within the creek, and this time Hawkcatcher took into account that the water would attempt and trick her, changing her aim accordingly, and cleanly scooping the fish out of the water, pressing it to the ground before giving it a bite like she would with any other prey.
"Hm, the killing isn't the problem, catching them is."

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@HerbalTea

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Neo]
Rogue
Just a Scratch

Oh, what a shame. Honestly. An innocent soul taken from a life.

Well, that's what a normal feline would say. Neo, on the other hand, stared blankly down at the body of the apprentice. He even lifted a paw out and prodded the body. It was still warm. Ick. Not his kill, not his problem. Simple.

His bicolored eyes moved to glance around at the scenery. He'd probably get going before-

"YOU."

A growl rumbled from his throat as he whipped around to face the clan cat. A welcomed surprise stood before him instead. Neo's eyes rested on the familiar figure of that Tree kid. "You had me for a moment," Neo would grumble irritably as she approached and examined the body. His voice was too low for eavesdroppers to pick up on. A practice Tree and he had mastered over their sessions.

Now, he had to follow their dance. Neo stood rigid, bristling aggressively as they exchanged quiet words and hisses as the claims that he did it came; all which he denied. Then, she picked up the scent of another loner and excused him. He was almost offended she thought he'd leave such a mess here. His kills and fights were much neater than this, Tree should know better. She was his trainee afterall.

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[Treetiger] | Trees Friend
​ThunderClan Warrior
Silver Tongue | Hulk SMASH

Treetiger could smell the corpse before she could smell Neo. The scent of blood drowned out all else until she caught a glimpse of the dark feline standing over the body of Mushroompaw. "YOU." Treetiger would snap, bristling in her spot. Despite their established relationship, she couldn't let ease droppers assume this. She had to appear hostile and ready to fight. Neo was very aware of this strategy.

"You killed him? Sloppy," the Bengal would hiss before his claims of denial were backed up by the wafting scent of another loner. For once she could take his word for it. He wasn't lying, eh? Odd one from her trainer. "Best run," Treetiger fake threatened him, only to be greeted by amused glimmers in his eyes. He knew she wouldn't do anything unless she had to put on a show for her clanmates again.

A short chase followed suit. Just until he was over the border and disappeared into the brush.

No one would know. No one could know.
She'd have to come back and find him later.

Treetiger returned to the body. A mixture of a strange female and Neo's scent lingered on Mushroompaw's body. She'd have to scope out the strange female sometime. Perhaps Neo would help find a lead on it.

Treetiger grabbed the back of Mushroompaws scruff, beginning to drag him back to the camp.

@ChaosBringer. - Mushroompaw + unknown loner

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Neo]
Rogue
Just a Scratch

Ohhh, he was overly confident. One day, it'd bite him in the ass. Today, wouldn't be that day though, so, Neo would strut back over the border once Treetiger was gone. He knew there was a search party on the way. He didn't have to be a part of the clans to predict what was about to happen.

He needed another sniff of this other loner lingering around anyway. There could only be one loner tormenting the clans, and that was him. The black and white tom stalked over to the crime scene, purposefully rubbing against trees and brush as he approached. He made sure his scent stuck, he knew it'd piss them off. Maybe distract them momentarily while he made his escape.

Neo got a decent whiff of the feline's scent then backed away. Time to track them down. His ears would tickle at the sound of a patrol lurking around. So, doing what he did best, he turned and disappeared. He took a path away from where his scent was strongest, dodging undergrowth as he disappeared towards the border.

[Neo has exited the area officially, leaving a strong scent of himself but not covering up the scent of the loner that did kill Mushroom]
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