Originally Posted by RedHead (Post 693234) The black she-cat's ears flicked in surprise at Houndpaw's words, her orange eyes widening significantly. "Alright um, hold that thought right there, we're going to talk about that at some point got it? Good." That sentence was signs of trauma, and Ternsky wasn't going to have no traumatized, grown warrior-apprentice if she could help it. But they were on a patrol, and alas, duty calls. But she would bring that subject back up, sooner or later. She watched as Houndpaw skillfully pulled a fish from the water, her eyes narrowing slightly. The tom had all the right positioning down, and the focus in his gaze let the young warrior know that he'd probably done this before. Countless times. No cat was just that good at fishing on their first try. Even if she was an excellent teacher, which she was, but Houndpaw was still beyond the skill level most beginning cats showed. "Not sure if it's my teaching buddy-boy. Something tells me you've fished before."

Houndpaw flicked an ear at Ternsky’s statement, hearing the hint of concern in her voice. She definitely suspected that something was up, which was bad, but at least he would have some time to distance himself from the memories. If she brought it up later, he’d be prepared to offer his lie and he wouldn’t have fresh memories tripping him up.
The brown tom chuckled as Ternsky called him out for clearly knowing how to fish and he nodded, humor flashing in his yellow eyes. “You caught me there. I used to live beside rather a large lake so fishin was quite the past time for me and my boy,” Damn. Apparently Houndpaw couldn’t speak about fishing without mentioning Redwood- something that was really, really bad. The mere thought of his son made him want to jump into the pond before him and let the water take him. He couldn’t keep thinking about him. Not to mention the fact that the last thing he wanted was for this clan to know about his family. There would be no escaping his past if everyone knew about it. All he needed was the sight of those pitying eyes and he’d fall of the deep end for sure. Houndpaw couldn’t do anything, though, but act nonchalant- like nothing had happened. At least he didn’t since this time.

Originally Posted by WhiteStripes (Post 688083) "Don't be sorry, you did way better than I expected! I'm very impressed, I have dropped fish more times than I can count," Whitestripe was very impressed, he wasn't the best fisher, and his apprentice was doing great, "It can be very hard to hold on to fish. You injured that one, see how it hasn't gone very far?" Whitestripe gestured with his tail to the fish, "Now... lets see, ummm.... " Whitestripe launched himself into the pond after the fish. He meant to cautch it, but ended up sending it to Ringpaw, and getting water in his nose. @Rose Child (Gay Bean)

Ringpaw blinked as Whitestripe reassured her, and when he launched himself into the pond, the water splashed down on her, soaking her from head to toe. She gasped and closed her eyes as water streamed down her face, and she blinked rapidly to get the stuff out of her eyes. She shook out her pelt, ripples running through her.

When the fish swam back towards her to escape Whitestripe, Ringpaw almost missed it, but managed to lunge forward and scoop it up just in time with her paw, where it lay on the mossy ground beside the pond, gasping for breath as it flopped around. Ringpaw laughed with delight, realising she was actually having fun. She put her paw on the fish and carefully cut its gills with her claws, and the trout stilled. The molly glanced to where Whitestripe was swimming towards her, and she giggled when she saw how soaked her mentor was.

"I guess we both got a good soaking, huh?" she laughed, then began to groom herself down, licking the water out of her mottled pelt.

Originally Posted by Zero to Hero (Post 692951) (I'll quote you here in the cattail pond so it's easier. Also, thanks for all the patience!) Coastpaw listened respectfully as Splashfury explained her plan. "Yeah, I've got the basics but haven't really practiced for a while so it'd be best to start from scratch in learning how," He meowed, following along to the cattail pond. The tom stood to the side, waiting and watching for her to show him the first main way to fish. He had seen this before, but again it was such a long time ago he wasn't sure if he remembered all the details correctly. As he waited, he was briefly distracted by the silver flashes of the fish swimming in the pond, but quickly focused back in once she began her move.

Originally Posted by Rose Child (Gay Bean) (Post 693641) Ringpaw blinked as Whitestripe reassured her, and when he launched himself into the pond, the water splashed down on her, soaking her from head to toe. She gasped and closed her eyes as water streamed down her face, and she blinked rapidly to get the stuff out of her eyes. She shook out her pelt, ripples running through her. When the fish swam back towards her to escape Whitestripe, Ringpaw almost missed it, but managed to lunge forward and scoop it up just in time with her paw, where it lay on the mossy ground beside the pond, gasping for breath as it flopped around. Ringpaw laughed with delight, realising she was actually having fun. She put her paw on the fish and carefully cut its gills with her claws, and the trout stilled. The molly glanced to where Whitestripe was swimming towards her, and she giggled when she saw how soaked her mentor was. "I guess we both got a good soaking, huh?" she laughed, then began to groom herself down, licking the water out of her mottled pelt.