Quietpaw Stealth Training [p]

[Mica]

Mistlewhisker
ShadowClan Deputy
she/her | 44 moons
[Large black cat with a half white muzzle and a pale green eye]
Purrks: Killer Aptitude T3, Shadow Fiend [ACTIVE], Mind Reader
⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ The Chariot ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
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[Quietpaw - @Morrigan ]
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It seemed the Ark kits were approaching warriorhood. Mistlewhisker knew that the fishing training she had given Birdpaw was the apprentice's last training instance--she just needed her assessment. And, if she wasn't mistaken, the stealth training she was currently leading Quietpaw into the territory for was her last training instance as well. It was good to see the apprentices taking control of their own training and becoming ready for their names so soon. She recalled that Sleepysunrise had become a warrior very young--it must run in the family.

"Stealth with cats is similar with prey. You want to stalk quietly and be down wind. But a large part of stealth is using your surroundings to blend in." Mistlewhisker looked to Quietpaw, the dark feline matching her father. It wouldn't be difficult for Quietpaw to blend into anything, unless it started snowing of course. "It requires constant vigilance, but can become almost second-nature the longer you practice." To demonstrate, Mistlewhisker slipped into the shadows of a bush, becoming completely invisible for several heartbeats before reappearing behind Quietpaw from a different bush. She had just stalked in a half circle around her, but the effect was still cool.

"You must become the shadows, use them as a second pelt. We are ShadowClan for a reason--they bend to our will." The Deputy's eye glinted harshly in the sunlight. "Try sneaking from that bush--" she gestured to the one she had originally disappeared into, "--to that one." And then pointed to the one she came out of. "You may not succeed the first time, but I will give you more advice as you practice." She couldn't very well list it all out here; they'd just begun!