Smallpines

[Finpaw]

@wnder @Falco @Slinky

After meeting up with his mentor and the rest of their patrol at camp, Pikepaw followed their lead out to the ThunderClan border. This was the first time he’d ever traveled so far out of camp before, but he couldn’t muster much more than the barest twinge of interest in the unfamiliar surroundings. As far as he was concerned, it was just a lot more of the same: trees, reeds, water, bushes, open spaces, and more water. Territory was territory and that was it. Kits’ obsession with escaping camp to see more of it was always beyond him.

Back to the task at hand, however, Pikepaw could now catch the - very old, very faint - scent of unfamiliar cats up ahead, which he could only assume meant the border was just up ahead. It was time to focus on why they were here.

“What do we do when we get there?” he asked, to whoever would answer.

(( Oh geez, I completely forgot about the patrol notice, whoops;;! If any of y’all have the time today / tomorrow, perhaps we could try to just speed through it in a few posts? And don’t worry about staying around to finish it / responding if you can’t, I’ll be here all day for whoever else is and we can probably wrap it up on our own by the 6th. Unless it’d be easier to just scrap it ofc ))

[Ramen Noodles]

“Try to smell other cats from other clans” Riverpad meowed to Pikepaw.

[duckie]

Aspensky
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Not seeing the second of the assigned warriors step forward, Aspensky climbed to his paws and made his way over to join the pair of apprentices. He would help lead the way out into the territory and towards the border, occasionally glancing back to check if Spiritedleap was trying to catch up. They were moving at a fairly slow pace so if they wanted to join, they could.

"We mark the border with our scent," he meowed in response to Pikepaw, "And keep an eye out for any trespassers. Pretty simple, really."

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Sorrelpaw
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The tortoisehell molly padded along beside the others without much enthusiasm. She could only hope there were some trespasser or something at the border, or else this would be a terrible boring trip. She didn't even see the point in marking the borders so frequently anyway. How did a bit of strong scent deter anyone?

"So, what, we just rub against some bushes or something and call it a day?" she asked, raising a brow.

[ I don't think Slinky is,, active so i'm just gonna throw aspen in here to get this finished before tomorrow. We can just rush through it real quick / not worry about the prompt @Slinky @Falco @Finpaw ]

[Ramen Noodles]

(So I was correct right?) @wnder

[Finpaw]

@wnder @Falco

“Easy enough,” Pikepaw replied to Aspensky, with a glance at the other apprentice next to him. And boring enough, he added to himself. Her unenthusiastic demeanor for the patrol reminded him of how he was with.. basically everything. He appreciated that she’d then asked her question before he might’ve had to, since it saved him from having to bother with it.

Finally reaching the border, Pikepaw quickly noticed a stand-alone pine tree that positively reeked of RiverClan scent. Not as much as camp dens or what he imagined a freshly marked border was like, of course, but still distinctly stronger than anywhere else they’d passed in the territory. This must be one of the things they'd have to mark.

Remembering his mentor’s words on what to do when they got there, he tipped his head back and took a few long, deep breaths.

“I think I can smell them. Kinda musky and weird, like how mice from the woods are.” Pikepaw flicked an ear in Riverpad’s direction, but didn’t turn back to face him as he spoke. “Not as strong as our scent being here right now, though. Is that ThunderClan?”

[Ramen Noodles]

“Huh weird.”, Riverpad meowed to himself then said, “Hey Aspensky do you smell that?”.
( @wnder I didn’t know where to go with it so I’m leaving it up to you. And when I said do you smell that I was thinking maybe you smelled the same thing I did but I wasn’t exactly sure what I should make it be.)

[Confuzzled.Lynx]

[ @RussetShade ]

Black paws padded over the ground next to the border of ThunderClan and RiverClan. The tom stopped, listening and scenting for any other cats. Only the pawsteps of Dovepaw could now be heard, her fresh scent strong and flooding his senses. "This is the ThunderClan and RiverClan border, or Small Pines if you please" Dogflame informed the molly. "Buckstar is the leader of ThunderClan, Glidingfeather is the Deputy" the warrior continued.

[~Berry~]

Dovepaw nodded
Dogflame are apprentices aloud to go on walks only in are territory? @Lynxpaw

[Confuzzled.Lynx]

[ @RussetShade ]

The tom shook his head. "Apprentices must always be with a warrior when they are not in the camp" Dogflame explained to the she-cat. His black ears searched for any sound that didn't come from them, copper eyes alert. "Let's keep walking onto ShadowClan ..."

[~Berry~]

Dovepaw followed him teying to stay by his side. @Lynxpaw