Ridiculing Squirrels [border training]

[Undertaker]

@NinjaBloss @birdie @Caspian @Katlike @Shade. [setting this up in a private thread so no one feels rushed and posts are easier to keep up with.]

With little to nothing eventful having gone on at WindClan and RiverClan's borders, Dawnstar led her patrol through the chilly forest towards Herondive Hollow, the border that laid between ShadowClan and ThunderClan. The sun was setting earlier with the cold weather in play casting ShadowClan's already dark and dreary forest into near blackness even though it was still twilight. The cold didn't bother the muscular feline in the slightest, her pelt was thick enough to fight off any attempt to chill her.

Dawnstar parted her maw and breathed in the scents ahead of her as they reached the span of the forest where the pine trees changed into tall bare trees with low branches. The trees in ThunderClan's forest seemed to be losing their leaves leaving their forest bare and naked. It wasn't as bad as WindClan's moor, but Dawnstar didn't see how they could live in such a forest. ShadowClan's pine trees lost their needles, but they never shed them like ThunderClan's forest did their leaves.

The leader paused about a tail length from the invisible scent line and waited to make sure that she had the entirety of her patrol before speaking. "This is ThunderClan's border, if I had to judge them I'd say they're the weakest link among the four clans. They lack RiverClan's numbers and arrogance and WindClan's tenacity and leadership. They're quite boring in all actuality, they do like to bark a lot. They'll yap your ears off if given the chance, but when push comes to shove they cower and find every excuse in the code to play the victim. They don't deserve the name of ThunderClan if you asked me." Dawnstar told the apprentices, waiting to see if they were any questions from the apprentices or if Vixensnarl or Whiteshine had anything to add before she continued as usual.

[Shade.]

Fridge was ready to kick butt! The little apprentice, untrained and all, was a rather awkward communicator and preferred to speak with her claws sometimes. She also wanted to make her grandmother proud. Heck, make her regret making Roanpaw her apprentice amd not her. Frigidpaw bristlet like an angry horse-grooming brush.

[Rose]

Larkpaw
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Skipping amiably along at the back of the group with probably a show of too much enthusiasm, Larkpaw didn't let it escape her notice that the closer she and her patrolmates (was this considered a patrol in Clan terms?) got to ThunderClan's border, the trees began thickening out, and the lovely, earthy smell of pine needles was replaced by... yuck, what was that? Damp squirrel?

Halting in her steps as Dawnstar stopped, Lark sheepishly, semi-consciously registered that perhaps she'd been a little too energetic. But what could she say? Larkpaw had been getting bored lazing about in camp just because her mentor Foxshade hadn't cared to show his face for training sessions. Well, on the bright side, she wasn't in camp anymore, so there was that.

Grey-brown ears swiveled in Dawnstar's direction as the colossal leader began to speak, and Lark found her amber gaze straying to the sky as she mutely listened. ThunderClan; Worst of the four Clans. Not in brute force or strength in numbers, but apparently they were puny. And cowards. Hmm, sounded like someone she knew. Her mother had certainly been a coward. Perhaps not puny, but a coward and a bully ready to play victim nonetheless. A smirk lifted the corner of Larkpaw's mouth, but still she remained silent.

[ @Undertaker - Dawnstar / @NinjaBloss - Vixensnarl / @birdie - Roanpaw / @Caspian - Whiteshine / @Shade. - Frigidpaw | This definitely isn't overly late, shhhh ]

[Ian]

Vixensnarl padded behind Dawnstar with her fur slightly fluffed up, though she shamelessly used the larger molly as a shield against the chilly wind. Once they made it to the border, she stepped forward so she was beside Dawnstar instead of behind her. A glance towards Frigidpaw showed that the apprentice seemed ready for a fight, and the Enforcer's lip quirked upwards in amusement.

"ThunderClan's specific skill is climbing, though I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know how to do that anymore with how pathetic they've been lately. I don't have much to add about fighting them, but if you don't want to kill one, you'll probably have to take it easy. They're not that strong," Vixensnarl mewed with a hint of amusement in her tone.

@Undertaker @Shade. @birdie @Caspian @Kat [I forgot about this, so sorry!]

[Caspian]

Originally Posted by NinjaBloss

Vixensnarl padded behind Dawnstar with her fur slightly fluffed up, though she shamelessly used the larger molly as a shield against the chilly wind. Once they made it to the border, she stepped forward so she was beside Dawnstar instead of behind her. A glance towards Frigidpaw showed that the apprentice seemed ready for a fight, and the Enforcer's lip quirked upwards in amusement.

"ThunderClan's specific skill is climbing, though I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know how to do that anymore with how pathetic they've been lately. I don't have much to add about fighting them, but if you don't want to kill one, you'll probably have to take it easy. They're not that strong," Vixensnarl mewed with a hint of amusement in her tone.

@Undertaker @Shade. @birdie @Caspian @Kat [I forgot about this, so sorry!]

Whiteshine burst into laughter, “They would die against a rabbit!” she said, “Oh, I’m a thunderclan cat and- AAHHHH A RABBIT HELP ME!!” she said in mock fear

[taillow]

Roanpaw
So far nothing of interest had occurred on this little outing - which Roanpaw found rather exhausting. At his grandmother's hip like always, opposite his aunt, he padded dutifully along with his green eyes fixated on the path ahead. The trees around him seemed to be changing, resembling more barren ones than the thick pines he was used to. His fur fluffed up a little against the cold but soon relaxed - the chill actually felt nice the longer he let it linger.

ThunderClan was the worst, hmm? At least, that's what Dawnstar had just stated, with Vixensnarl echoing her. He glanced only at his mentor, watching as she spoke. Weak. He turned his gaze back over to the forest on the other side of the border. A sudden voice jolted his head over to its source and he took notice of Whiteshine. Mocking ThunderClan... Green eyes observant as ever he stared at the cat blankly before looking to Vixensnarl, and finally Dawnstar. "Weak." As if to enforce these words Roanpaw unsheathed his claws and clawed up some dirt, tossing it easily over the scent markers with a snarl.

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