IF EVERYBODY HAD AN OCEAN ☆ TRAINING

[nyme]

WE'LL BUILD A FIRE IN YOUR EYES

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SALAMANDERPAW . 11 MOONS . SHE/HER . RIVERCLAN

Okay. Okay. Okay.

"OKAY!!"

She's going, she's got it, she's doing it. Doing this. Making this happen. That is, swimming. Salamanderpaw is going to swim. She is.

Has to.

It's hard (thouggh only at first) to pick who she'll bother for this. Willowtail is bound to be even more pregnant now than she was a while ago (maybe she's even popped—Salamanderpaw hasn't kept tabs but there are certainly more queens now than there had been previously...), so probably not her. Amberdusk had already seen her be absolutely useless around the water before but then they'd gone and died, so definitely not them. It can't be a totally new instructor, though, because for all that Salamanderpaw is motivated to just do this it's also kind of a sensitive matter and she's in no mood to embarass herself in front of a warrior who hasn't already seen her fail before.

So she looks for Caveclaw.

Caveclaw's cool. They're calm, they're not a loser, and they've already seen Salamanderpaw struggle once before, so she feels like a safe enough cat to struggle in front of again.

"CAVECLAW! RISE! RISE TO MY CHALLENGE!!" Salamanderpaw shouts, not at all interested in being patient or normal about this. The yelling just helps somehow.

@Idiotic.Bean101 ; CAVECLAW

[Idiotic.Bean101]

art by @/Marigoldwhisper
Caveclaw-She/They
34 Moons
PURRKS
Kitty Softpaws T2-Inactive
Killer Aptitude T1-Inactive
LionHeart


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Caveclaw was just in the clearing, maybe about to go out, well.
Until she heard her name get yelled, and to rise to a challenge.
Sounds like Salamanderpaw.

She should probably find out what she wants.

Caveclaw walks over to find Salamanderpaw.
"What's your challenge?" She asked in her usual tone.


@nyme

[nyme]

WE'LL BUILD A FIRE IN YOUR EYES

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ! ── ⋅ ⋅ ──

SALAMANDERPAW . 11 MOONS . SHE/HER . RIVERCLAN

"Okay so here's the deal."

Her tone's as bossy as ever but now she's having a really hard time looking straight at them and her ears have gone all flattened-out and obvious on her. Salamanderpaw is embarrassed. "I....can't swim. Still. And actually, I think maybe I hate the water. No, okay, I know that I do. But that doesn't matter because I'm a Riverclanner and we swim so I have to swim so you're gonna show me how to swim!"

A pause, a breath.

"If you're not, like, busy or whatever. That's it that's the challenge."

@Idiotic.Bean101 ; CAVECLAW

[Idiotic.Bean101]

art by @/Marigoldwhisper
Caveclaw-She/They
34 Moons
PURRKS
Kitty Softpaws T2-Inactive
Killer Aptitude T1-Inactive
LionHeart


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Caveclaw listens as Salamanderpaw tells her that she can't swim, and that she she hates the water, and that she needs to know how to swim anyway, so Caveclaw's going to teach her.
Honestly, some of that sounded all too familiar.

"Alright." Caveclaw replied "We'll head out."
Anywhere but where those otters they were recently told about were, honestly.

"I'm not a big water fan either." She said simply as she started leading the way out of camp.


@nyme

[nyme]

WE'LL BUILD A FIRE IN YOUR EYES

── ⋅ ⋅ ── ! ── ⋅ ⋅ ──

SALAMANDERPAW . 12 MOONS . SHE/HER . RIVERCLAN

"Whu—really? You're not?" She can't help it that her eyes go big and sparkly. Caveclaw's just like her for real. How cool is that? Tension that Salamanderpaw hadn't realized she'd been holding in her shoulders eases. Sure, this is still a little embarrassing, but it's so much better now, and that reminds her to walk with some swagger as she follows after the Lionheart.

"To credit, I totally didn't know that. Was it hard? Like, learning to swim, was it hard for you?"

@Idiotic.Bean101 ; CAVECLAW apologies for the bighugemassive delay, battled IRL hang-ups & then wanted to get her un-missing'd before continuing