Sighing, she began trotting with the kit in her jaws. Leaving Mistripple with a flick of her tail as a good bye. Back to camp she went with Mousekit dangling in her jaws.
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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)

Originally Posted by RedHead (Post 692601) "Alright so since this is a hunting patrol and yada yada, means we actually have to bring back prey. Think you can manage that?" Ternsky turned her head towards Houndpaw to gauge his reaction to her words, eyes widening in surprise as he seemed to flinch away from her. "I'm not gonna hurt ya, geez. Us wild cats aren't all what the stories say, y'know." The black-furred she-cat stared at her apprentice for a moment longer, confusion littering her features, before turning back towards the pond, eyes narrowing as she awaited for a fish to swim near the surface. Soon enough, one did appear, and Ternsky lashed out a paw, swiping the silvery creature onto the bank with one fell swoop, before leaning down and giving it a killing bite. Turning back to Houndpaw, the warrior gave a flick of her tail towards the pond. "Now you try. If you fail, I suppose I'll have to give you further instruction. On the most basic fish-hunting technique."

Houndpaw frowned at himself for reacting physically to his thoughts. It was never a good idea to let oneself act out thoughts- especially traumatic ones. Trying to play it off, the brown tom flicked his green eyes back to Ternsky and offered a smirk, forcing the pain in his eyes to melt away into humor. “My bad, sometimes I forget y’all ain’t gonna turn on your own. Guess it comes from experience with too many backstabbin rogues.” The excuse fell flat even to his own ears; he was usually better at lying but the memories still had him shaken up. Houndpaw watched Ternsky flash a paw into the water and nodded at her with a grin. “I think I got it.” Turning his attention to the pond before them, he waited for a near enough flash and thrust his paw into the water, scooping a fish out and sending it in an arc onto the bank. Swiftly, he dispatched it with a paw to keep it from flopping back into the water and turned to grin at Ternsky. “You’re a mighty good teacher there, T.”

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.

Originally Posted by Queenie (Post 694191) Lightpaw furrowed her brow thinking about the clans. It was a lot to keep track of in the first day. Windclan smells like rabbits. Thunderclan smells like trees. Shadowclan smells musky, and especially be weary of them. Borders were important and because they kept peace, but somehow it seemed to confuse things more. And Wormbite would tell Lightpaw what he wanted out of life later. She was neatly stacking every factoid she had learned that day in its own spot when Wormbite had mentioned moving to Cattail Pond. She knew this was in Riverclan territory so she assumed they wouldn't be learning that much more. Her head might explode otherwise! That wasn't to say she wasn't enjoying herself she just had a lot to think about later in her den. One more stop, she told herself. "I would be delighted!" Lightpaw mewed. @x ghostie

Originally Posted by Zero to Hero (Post 695263) Coastpaw watched in interest as Splashfury seemingly hooked a fish out of water with no effort at all, his blue eyes widening in admiration. "That was cool," He complimented. keeping his voice to a whisper as to not scare the fish away. "You made it look so easy." The marbled tabby drew closer to the water, staring into the crystal clear depths. "So, you just wait and stay really still until a fish is close enough to grab it with your claws?"