A Lesson In Honor [P]

[Fish]

Adderstrike
Determined ⋆ Loyal ⋆ Lawful Good ⋆ She/Her ⋆ Beefed Up T3
“One day I’ll be the greatest warrior of all the clans!”
@Dolomedes

So Adderstrike was not allowed to train apprentices yet, despite how much she felt the other way about that. Though no one never said anything about training kits! She would train the kits so well they might as well be half way done with this apprenticeship! Yet Adderstrike needed a victim and to be honest, she didn't know a single kit other than..

"Primrosekit!" Adderstrike sung out in a chipper tone, padding over to the kitten. "Would you like to learn some things about clan life before you become an apprentice?" She asked softly before sitting next to the kit. Adderstrike wondered what this kit would like to do, they seemed to shy from the one time she saw them to want to fight. How would she even teach a kit to fight? She was far too big now for play fights.

[Dolomedes]

Primrosekit
| He/him | RC Kit | Moons: 1 | Purrks: None |

Primrosekit looked up from his paw as he heard someone's approaching pawsteps. They squeaked slightly in alarm and wide eyes whipped over to the warrior. It was a warrior- but it was one that Primrosekit actually knew which was strange because he didn't know very many at all. It was Adderstrike. That was a scary name but the warrior behind wasn't very scary at all, she reminded him of mama. Especially now, that she was offering to give Primrosekit a lesson, Mama gave them lessons often. Usually about history, or stories. "H-Hi Adderstrike... That sounds nice.. Thank you." He spoke quietly as he always did and kind of shrunk into himself. His eyes moving from the warrior to the ground again. Adderstrike is nice. Good.

"I-I ras-was up to nothin' ...ans-anyways." The kit added on carefully. The shy tripod shuffled his three paws under him and then risked a glance back up towards Adderstrike before dropping it again. Being an apprentice sounds scary, being a warrior sounds even scarier. What if Primrosekit was too scared to be an apprentice and then Fadingstar kicks him out! The thought made him want to cry but he managed to keep tears away but he did sniffle a little bit. Primrosekit was such a crybaby.

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[Fish]

Adderstrike
Determined ⋆ Loyal ⋆ Lawful Good ⋆ She/Her ⋆ Beefed Up T3
“One day I’ll be the greatest warrior of all the clans!”
@Dolomedes

Adderstrike tilted her head when she heard the kit sniffle. Was he sick, or was he.. Was he crying? Not knowing why he was crying Adderstrike raced through her mind to think what she could do for him. Without much thought, Adderstrike bent down to give him a lick on the head before softly speaking to him. "Would you like to learn about the warriors code?" This would be a distraction and was a great idea to stop tears. Adderstrike couldn't take credit for it; she acted without thinking.

Now it had been a very long time since Adderstrike had heard the warrior code. Trees below, it was when she first saw 'snow' and it was Ripplepelt who told her this information. Oh how she missed Ripplepelt, all she could do was honor her in the only way Adderstrike knew how. To teach the young to be strong and noble! Now that was something that she could do well!

[Dolomedes]

Primrosekit
| He/him | RC Kit | Moons: 1 | Purrks: None |

Primrosekit felt kind of bad as the warrior took the time to lick at his head once more, though it reminded him of the lessons day with the loud lionheart, and that day wasn't so bad in the end even if it was a bit frightening for him. Well, what wasn't frightening for the kit. It helped him though, that was what mattered, Adderstrike was really kind. "Y-you're too nice... I'm just a c-crybaby, don't mind... You shou'd be called Addernice...or Adderkind... Much better than s-strike... you don't sound and act mean." Though with the offer of being taught the warriors code, Primrosekit's attention was caught up on learning once more. Oh, that sounded interesting, maybe knowing the warrior's code will make being an apprentice and warrior less scary and that meant less tears which meant less worried Adderkind.

"Learmin' that sounds nice. Mama gives stories and lessons. You're very nice, like mama." The kit added, this was honestly the most that he's ever spoken to be entirely honest with the weird twolegs watching his inner thoughts behind a screen. Wait what-

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[Fish]

Adderstrike
Determined ⋆ Loyal ⋆ Lawful Good ⋆ She/Her ⋆ Beefed Up T3
“One day I’ll be the greatest warrior of all the clans!”
@Dolomedes

Adderstrike let out a soft hum with a sweet smile as she thought about those names. She was trying her best not to squeal at how cute that all was. It also it added to her list of nicknames consisting of; Adds. Cute, but a very disappointingly short list. "You can call me any of those if you'd like that's fine with me. Strike is more to show off how powerful I am—And maybe energetic?" She tilted her head before showing off her growing muscles. "This is all to say, Addernicekindstrike will always protect you!" She then recollected herself and got back into a sitting position before curling her tail around Primrosekit "Its ok to cry Primrosekit. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't, it will only end up hurting you in the end."

Now it was time to tell him the warrior code but it would be her edited and improved version. Then she remembered the first one of the codes. How could she put that gently that it didn't upset Primrosekit too much? They were such a gentle soul. "Feel free to ask me any questions about the code if something I said didn't make sense ok? Here we go!!~" Adderstrike said before taking a deep breath to prepare herself
"You must defend your clan with all your might. You may have friends with cats in other clans but you must not let it effect you loyalties to this clan. There's a chance you might end up having to fight them if a battle ever breaks out between the clans." Maybe that was a little less depressing? She nixed the with your life part, she didn't want the kid to faint after all. She hoped that was the right choice to make, maybe when they were older she could add that bit in. If a kit needed to defend the clan then the clan had failed the kit.

"Rule two, you should keep yourself loyal to the clan and your clan alone. Although there may be a time when you think you want to hop clans know that clans don't like it if you keep hopping clans, as well it might be likely you can never come back to Riverclan. If the time comes, and I hope it never does, think hard on if you really want to do this.. If its worth losing all those you had known for something unknown." Could she have been lighter here too? Yes, but it was important to her to drill into how serious clan hopping was, and maybe she was a little biased against those who left Riverclan. Her back shivered at the thought of the one cat she thought she could have trusted.

"Third, borders must be respected. Borders are the lines that mark which land is owned by which clan. You wouldn't want another cat coming in your nest while your sleeping and pushing you out. The only time you can move the border is in times of great need.. Like when prey runs too scare, but don't worry about that for us. Moving water doesn't like to freeze and fish are plentiful for our clan!" Phew, Adderstrike was starting to get winded here! Maybe she should take a moment to ask the kitten if it was confused, also too much bold looks bad. Wait what was that? Maybe it was best to ask that question now, Adderstrike reasoned to herself.

"Do you have any questions so far? Sorry there is a lot to go over." Adderstrike was known to ramble when she had the chance and was hoping that she didn't put Primrosekit to sleep with all this.

[Dolomedes]

Primrosekit
| He/him | RC Kit | Moons: 1 | Purrks: None |

Primrosekit nodded at Adderkind's words but reminded quiet as the warrior began to walk the kit through the first of the warrior code which was already confusing. Though Adderkind had said that Primrosekit could ask any questions if he were to get confused at any time it still made him nervous and worried because he was only listening to the first of probably many codes and he was already confused by it but.... with how mean the other clans are, who would want to be friends anyways. If Primrosekit thought the warriors of Riverclan were scary they were no more than fellow kits when put up to warriors of other clans if mama's stories were good to go off which of course they were because... even though Primrosekit would.. kind of disagree ( Never out loud of course ) this place wasn't their proper home and that Thunder, Wind, and Shadow all threw them out!

"Wh....why would you wanna be friends.. o-or be with meanies? We're here becas' of 'em, right? Not home?" The kit murmured before quieting as the warrior jumped right into the next of the code which was also kind of confusing a little bit. It made sense kind of, that each clan had their own space. It sounded nice but the next mention didn't really make sense but did. "My sibs'... they kick me ou' of the nes of'en... but I guess I don' really like it." The kit added a bit confused but it was more commentary than it was anything like an actual question so the kit took a moment to ponder the rest of the three codes for any more questions that he may have but eventually shook his head.

"How many codes ar' there?"

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[Fish]

Adderstrike
Determined ⋆ Loyal ⋆ Lawful Good ⋆ She/Her ⋆ Beefed Up T3
“One day I’ll be the greatest warrior of all the clans!”
@Dolomedes

Adderstrike had to think on that one for a moment. She wasn't quite sure why someone would really want to be friends with other clan cats, but she could guess. "I've heard there have been times were clans were actually at peace with each other so that may be why." Adderstrike then leaned in to talk more seriously to the kit. "Yes, they were the ones that kicked us all out. Do not make friends with them, they had no sympathy for kits, like you, nor our elders. They cannot be trusted enough to be friends with." With that Adderstrike sat up straight again. "Be respectful but distant with other cats. They don't need to know more than what clan you are from. Even your name is too much." She was a bit of a hypocrite on that part, but if she knew what she knew back then, then Adderstrike would have held her name from the other cats. At least till she was a warrior.

Then it seemed like Primrosekit was getting tired of the codes. Maybe she could shorten this a bit, but then who else would tell this kit the code? Adderstrike had to go out and ask another cat for the code herself. "There's fifteen of them, I hope that isn't too much rambling.. I might be able to shorten it for you if you'd like? Some of them are just talking about high rank changes which can be skipped for now." Adderstrike thought it was just common knowledge how role changes were made. It seemed like every kit was playing clan leader after all. Ah teaching was a little bit more difficult that she thought about at first.

[Dolomedes]

Primrosekit
| He/him | RC Kit | Moons: 2 | Purrks: None |

Primrosekit shook his head a bit, "N-no, I like lis'ening, I was jus' curious." The kit readjusted his paws under him as he thought about what Adderkind had said about the other clans. They were scary? Yes, very obviously so, though this place has only ever been his home so he didn't really know the difference, still it was rude to kick someone out of their own home, even Primrosekit could understand that. Primrosekit wasn't very good at making friends within his own clan, why would he try and talk to other, much meaner scarier ones. Though he made a note to listen to the fact that he should never try and talk to other clans, and to tell them nothing if he were to have to.

"H-high ran's... those are like Fa'ingsun right? Mama says I shouldn' trus' Fa'ingsun and Dus'lion. Tha' they aren't good high ran's." He recalled his mother's encounter with the pair of them, the deputy having yelled at mama and the other queens and then Fadingsun getting annoyed at mama after she snapped back. Mama taught them about standing up to other cats if they feel like things aren't being fair, though to be polite and not yell like mama just did. Though that sounds scary. Primrosekit didn't want to talk to someone only to tell them that Primrosekit thought they were being mean to him.

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[ Prim refers to Fadingstar as Fadingsun because Spiritbunny does to basically say that she doesn't accept him as her leader which bled over to her kits as well :3c Prim does not personally mean anything bad by it, just copying his mom. ]

[Fish]

Adderstrike
Determined ⋆ Loyal ⋆ Lawful Good ⋆ She/Her ⋆ Beefed Up T3
“One day I’ll be the greatest warrior of all the clans!”
@Oliver
[Baby isn't on the HR hype train like Adder was, oh no!]

Adderstrike nodded her head hearing this. What a sweet kit, she could understand just wanting to listen to another tell a story. She did like sitting around listening to meetings and that was just mini stories if you thought about it. Then the kit talked 'down' on their high ranks. She wondered if the kid came onto this on their own or if the other cats around the clan disrespecting their leaders brought this on. Well, in the end it didn't matter unless it turned for the worst. That and Adderstrike did have strong views of her own as a kit.

"Well... They are trying to get better and for that I think we should give them some credit. This clan, unfortunately, is a bit of a mess but that does make me want to skip to another code..." Adderstrike trailed off. "The word of the leader should be listened to unless it goes against the warrior code. In that case you should try to correct them to the right path."

With that Adderstrike leaned down to talk to Primrosekit at eye level. "And don't you worry, Adderkind is going to keep using her words till Fadingstar is on the best path forwards. I may not be a high rank but I will try my best to guide any of them to the code." With that Adderstrike sat back up right while she started to daydream a bit about if she was a deputy. Maybe one of these moons. The clan wouldn't be worse off if she became the deputy.

"With talking about high ranks and being out of order, maybe I should keep going on with that. When the leader dies, retires, is exile or for some reason cannot lead anymore, the deputy will take their place as the leader."

"A cat shouldn't be pick if they don't have an active pressence in the clan or the clan may suffer from a lack of guidence. Imagine if a deputy that barely cared to show their face around in the clan became the leader and kept the same trend? It wouldn't be good."

"If a deputy goes missing or can't do their job, within a moon they should be replaced with another warrior. An active one."

"A kit will become an apprentice when they reach the age of six moons, from that point they will be mentored under a warrior to train them in the ways of the clan. Once an apprentice is old enough and had learn all the required skills, they will become a warrior. On the night they are made a warrior they must sit out on a vigil for the entirety of it."

[Dolomedes]

Primrosekit
| He/him | RC Kit | Moons: 3 | Purrks: None |

Primrosekit tilted his head as he listened to Adderkind's words on the high ranks, and how they weren't not bad but they were trying. Or at least that's how Primrosekit was understanding it, but that made sense. Sometimes Primrosekit can be mean according to mama, but he doesn't mean to be, its just that his words come out wrong and then his siblings think it's rude. Maybe Fadingsun and Dusklion were the same way. Mama just thought they were being mean and rude but they aren't trying to be. They'll be nicer once Adderkind tells them how to be nicer like she is. "That... ma'es sense. I thin'." The kit murmured before quieting as Adderkind continued.

All that sounded on par with some of the stories that mama has told him and his siblings. The kitten nodded, "Mama says tha' there's been lotsa leaders and deps. Does that mean the've been gettin hurt a lot? Maybe Fadin'sun should have a... special warrior so he 'oesn't get hurt." Though came what was probably the not right thing to be the most nervous about but talking about leaders and deputies was a normal enough thing even for a kitten so small, mostly because of having a story teller for a parent, but hearing about having to be an apprentice was scary. What if he messes it up? What if he can't be an apprentice because of his leg? What if Adderkind doesn't like him because he can't be a warrior!? Because you can't be a warrior without being an apprentice, right? The kit's ears pinned and suddenly his mind was swirling about all the awful what ifs that could come from being an apprentice. He was happy to be a kit! Did Primrosekit really have to be an apprentice?

"D-do I have to be an app'en'ce? It sounds... scary."

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