[training] Every day's the same, every day's exactly the same

[seeingstars]

Daywhisper ♥ She / Her ♥ Windclan warrior ♥ 37+ moons

{ Applepaw rabbit hunting }

Eurgh, It was getting harder and harder every single day to get up and go about doing her day-to-day tasks, but she HAD to. She couldn't let her apprentices down, it was bad enough she'd started neglecting both of her apprentices to work on her kids' training trying to spend as much time with them as possible before this new pregnancy blew everything up.

She sighed heavily, slowly pushing herself to her paws from her nest, she blinked the sleep from her eyes. The pale she-cat yawned and stretched, her swollen stomach brushing the ground gently, a frustrated sigh escaped her maw. This was getting annoying, but she was still passing it off as just her winter coat coming in.

Daywhisper slowly made her way out of the den, she should start with Applepaw, she hadn't seen them all that much since their last training session. The large Windclan warrior cleared her throat "Applepaw? you around? If so want to practice some rabbit hunting?" She called out, her green gaze scanning the camp for any sign of her apprentice.

{ @Dolomedes }

[Dolomedes]

Applepaw
"The apple of your eye!"
|| Any Pronouns | WC Apprentice | ~9 Moons ||

Applepaw skipped right on over, as he may have or may have not been stalking the warriors den, about to come in and bother Wispy about doing something today. And normally, the russet apprentice would have no qualms in doing so at all, having learned that Wispy actually cared about his training and stuff, but lately there's been something off about Wispybut he hasn't been on top of it enough to really figure out what that was exactly. He wasn't really looking though, if it was something that needed a Apple's knowing, then Wispy would've told him, simple as that.

"Wispy! G'morning, Wispy! How're you? Also! Yes, yes yes! I would very much so like to go rabbit huntin', sounds like a whole lot o' fun."

[ @seeingstars - Wispy ]

[seeingstars]

Daywhisper ♥ She / Her ♥ Windclan warrior ♥ 37+ moons

Daywhisper smiled softly at the nickname, she couldn't think of anything past 'Apps' and that sounded... kinda stupid...didn’t it? maybe? She'd think of something better later perhaps... She padded toward the camp entrance, waiting for Applepaw to follow. Once she was there the chubby Windclan warrior padded out of camp and into the territory, with that, she began the lesson.

"Rabbit hunting was my favourite part of training when I was an apprentice!" She said with a gentle purr before continuing.

"First of all, like all hunting, it's best to stay upwind of your prey. It will likely hear you before it sees you, so make sure to be quiet and careful where you step.”

The large warrior’s ears perked and her jaw parted as she searched for some kind of scent.

[ Rolled a 7 ]

She didn’t smell anything yet, hmm… What should she do now? The Windclan she-cat padded off in a different direction, slowing to make sure Apple was following. ”Stars i can’t wait for Leaf-bare to be over- prey’s been scarce and I can’t say i’m too fond of the cold either” Daywhisper said with a laugh, her tail gently swayed behind her as she lifted her nose to the air again.

[ Rolled a 11 ]

Aha! Rabbit! Perfect!

”This way” The she-cat whispered, dropping into a crouch. She sniffed at the air leading the way to the rabbit. She saw it, shifting to keep herself and Applepaw downwind of it. Daywhisper shot a grin toward Apple before speaking ”I want you to try to get this one” she said in a hushed tone.

{ @Dolomedes }

[Dolomedes]

Applepaw
@seeingstars

Applepaw nodded along as she followed behind Daywhisper, being careful to keep as quiet as she could while Wispy was actively looking for something but laughing along when it seemed nothing would be found. "True, though I don't think I made the Leafbare as much as your usual warrior, I like the snow. Lots of fun games to be had you can't have any other time of year, but the scarce prey does worry me." But she explained that to Wispy on one of their first trips out into the territory. Finally, though, they did manage to find themselves a rabbit and Applepaw swiftly fell into following what Daywhisper told them and also what they knew of regular hunting.

Applepaw nodded and slowly started towards the rabbit, being careful of the shifting breeze to keep downwind as well as possible. With the way of the moor though, it was common for the winds to change completely suddenly, at least depending on where you were in the territory. She was maybe two tail-lengths away when the rabbit shoot up, ears flicking everywhich way before it scattered, shooting down the moor and towards a field that likely held its burrow. Eyes widening in shock for a second before she sprung forward after the rabbit.

Pushing into her Windclan genetic's, long limped and built for speed, the russet apprentice was able to make a desperate leap forward, pushing her hind paws off of the slight hill to jump down the way and hopefully land in front of the rabbit. That.... did not happen... turns out jumping down hill while running full speed was a recipe to send yourself rolling paws over head the rest of the way down until you finally land with a thump against the flattened out ground. Oh... owchie... "Got the... Got the rabbit." The poor creature had gotten tangled between Applepaw's paws and came tumbling down with her and was stunned and crushed enough for her to give the killing bite to its neck.