[Arie]

Originally Posted by Beau

This kit was speaking a mile a minute and Cormorantglide just wanted to sleep. He slitted his eye and glared at the kid as she bounced around, really not in the mood to deal with a kit. Perhaps he was being a bit harsh but he just wanted to nap! Yet... Cormorantglide didn’t want to turn into a grouchy elder already.

Sighing, Corm pulled himself to his paws, dragging his tail away from her greedy paws and tucking it behind him to avoid anymore abuse. He had to clock his head to see her fully with his one functional eye, but once he had her in his amber gaze he paused and thought about what to do. It appeared that the kit wasn’t going anywhere until she got what she wanted, but Cormorantglide was not about to teach her how to climb a tree- that was dangerous and he would rather not have her mother come after him.

“Alright, Swallowkit, fine. I can teach you a few battle moves.”

WoooooooH! She was going to learn something! Battle moves! Oh she was going to do so good at them! And she would be able to show them off to Kestrel and become an apprentice AND a warrior before everyone else! "Woooh! Can you teach me how to beat a badger? So you know.... I dont have to sit and watch my family get eaten all over again? Cause you know, they got eaten by badgers! All except for me! and my brothers! Sister got her neck snapped and then eaten! Swallowed whole! Like my name! Except I'm named for the bird and not the action. But yes, mother and father got eaten too! Just like crunch crunch. Have you ever heard the sounds of bones snapping? Its not a nice sound." But nevertheless she went for his paws, first putting herself in a crouch rump sticking up and wriggling before she pounced on his paws. Swallowkit was going to be the greatest warrior! Swallowkit the Great!

Originally Posted by Redtalon

“I wasn’t in the way! You were aiming for me, mousebrain.”

Kestrelkit looked quite devastated after his sister’s comment about beating him. Utterly, completely crestfallen. Hadn’t he had the idea to climb the rock—the tree—first? How did Swallowkit manage it?

“If you beat me, it’s only because that dusty old elder wouldn’t stop talking my ears off earlier,” Kestrel grumbled in the she-kit’s direction without looking. His eyes were back on the rock. Ah—tree.

Imagining the rock was a big, leafy tree was the only way to practice. No trees actually grew inside camp, and inside camp was the only place Kestrel was allowed to be. Not that he paid much attention to rules. The little calico tom liked the way other kits watched him with wide eyes, equal parts surprised and impressed, when he broke a new one. It was worth the punishment every time. Even so! Before sneaking out, Kestrelkit had to practice climbing, so he could get it right the first time he tried to scale a real tree.

“If you climbed it already, it shouldn’t be hard,” he taunted. “You first.”

This was more of a ‘let my younger kit sister try it before me as an experiment’ than anything else.

"NO! I beat you fair and square! We both know I'm better at climbing than you are! Look at all my floof! It helps me stick to the rock. You've got none sooooo, I'm obviously better! Get that through your nicely thick skull!" Did Swallowkit just insult and compliment her brother in one? Yeah. And she was proud of it and she'd done so much good! Doing her own small little happiness dance on her paws and turning around in a pirouette she returned back to facing Kestrelkit. "And that grumpy old elder was a nice elder! We need to go visit them again! Maybe we can get treats if we behave nicely! Yes! Treats!" But then Kestrel wanted her to go first? Oh sure she could do! She could go first! And she was totally on board this was great. Letting out a high pitched happy squeal she stood on her tippy toes as she fluffed up her fur, the spikes appearing among her spine and she made herself a lot larger. That would surely help with the traction on the rock tree wouldn't it? "AHHHH EEEEEE" and off she charged towards it jumping and leaping for it but only resulted in banging her head somewhat on the rock. But it didn't matter! She'd gotten a foothold and with her paws secure she dragged herself to the top. "LOOK! I did it!" and she was dizzy as hell. But SHE'D DONE IT!