Day Trip! [P]

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Now Shadowpaw had seen some of the borders but those were ones that the Twolegs took away from them. So she needed to do more of them. It wasn't that big of a deal all things considered. While talking with Wisppaw about training the grey blue cat spotted Rookfire, then looked to Shadowpaw, whispering something to her. She nodded and with that Wisppaw walked up to the enforcer.

"Rookfire. Take us to the borders." He said firmly. Then Shadowpaw walked up with an annoyed look.

"He means, can you please take us to see the borders. He needs to see them all... I uh, would like a refresher." She sly asked to join in, hoping that she wouldn't be too much of a bother. All it was, was walking around and talking anyways. Two frogs with one paw and all that.

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ROOKFIRE
[ he/him | shadowclan enforcer | purrks ]
⤷ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ mid 20s | large & lean ˗ ★
~ the eclipse ~

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man it seemed like rookfire was either getting bloody popular or shadowclan and wisppaw just considered him an easy choice but rookfire stood none the less. it was also sort of odd that shadowpaw and wisppaw appeared to be pretty much connected at the hip, but for one, he didnt know anything about them and two, he couldnt really care less about their business as long as they kept up their training and followed rules.

wisppaws original approach had the former medic furrowing his brows, staring intently until shadowpaw corrected the other apprentice, earning herself a simple "better"

"just the borders or all of the territory?" the enforcer questioned with a sideways nod, signalling for them to walk alongside him out of the confines of camp.

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"The borders and landmarks if thats ok." Shadowpaw said taking the lead when she saw Wisppaw open his mouth. It already seemed like Rookfire didn't like his blunt demandingness and the two of them needed this to become warriors. Wisppaw hadn't pissed off a warrior off enough yet to have them get left behind but Shadowpaw didn't want to risk it.

"Landsmarks... Borders..." Wisppaw sighed. He was going to bite Shadowpaw later this was for certain. Yet it seemed like her methods worked well enough. Alright, he wasn't going to bite his only friend this time.

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[alec]

ROOKFIRE
[ he/him | shadowclan enforcer | purrks ]
⤷ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ mid 20s | large & lean ˗ ★
~ the eclipse ~

✧˖ °. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁‧₊˚ ☾. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁˖°✧

one the three had reached the territory, rookfire slowed from a trot to a walk in order to briefly introduce the territory. they would repeat that process each time they reached a new piece of the territory, slowing down to make sure the apprentices had time to soak up the visuals and explanation.

GENERAL TERRITORY

rookfire cleared his throat, not even bothering to stop for this one.
"nothing special here, just the general territory. that means little more than that there arent any special landmarks that'd require its own name. you can hunt or gather herbs here, the forest stays dense and dark, often foggy early in the day" he explained with little preparation, simply letting the words flow and latching onto the next best topic that appeared relevant to him.


EVERGREEN GROTTO

they moved further into the forest, large conifer trees stopping the sun from reaching much of the soil and keeping the temperature at an all time cool. rookfire wasnt bothered by the cold anymore, not since his first leafbare in shadowclan anyway. spent lonely and cold resting atop the twisting roots of the medicine dens large tree. somewhere under his paws, if he really thought about it and the cold nipped at his concious, he could almost hear dawnstars steps as she paced the tunnel prior to declaring the space fit to be their camp.

the group slowly shifted from hardpacked and needle covered to mostly rocky before the trees cleared up into a small clearing. it was almost close enough to smell the outskirts before even taking a step into the roughly circular space flooded in sunshine. "evergreen grotto. you can probably smell the outskirts from here, we'll walk the border in a moment" better than practically feeling thunderclan breathe down your neck.

"while prey isnt hard to come across here, its often small so the evergreen grotto is preferred for herb gathering. a wide variety of herbs can grow here due to the varied soil and sun exposure. watch your step" rookfire padded towards the small cave in the center, tail waving absentmindedly behind him. "theres moss and ivy down here, big enough to take shelter as well"

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The two apprentice's nodded at this information. It seemed like Shadowpaw was much more in awe of the territory than any of the other cats in this group, though she was excellent at finding wonder in anything.

"Herbs..." Wisppaw muttered to himself as he took a mental note to himself. Both of them took a moment to sniff the air near the mark off towards the outskirt. There was weird scents that had cats as an underlining scent but it was covered by an indescribable smell. Well, other than the rare scent that smelt of twoleg and cat. Although it was all old.

When it came time to get to the cave, Shadowpaw's eyes went wide in worry. "Uh, Mr Rookfire, how do we know if there aren't snakes down there...?" Shadowpaw never seen a snake but they sounded horrible by how some cats described them. Little did she remember was that the cats telling her of them were queen when she was just a wee tuft of discarded fur.

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[alec]

ROOKFIRE
[ he/him | shadowclan enforcer | purrks ]
⤷ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ mid 20s | large & lean ˗ ★
~ the “devil” ~

✧˖ °. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁‧₊˚ ☾. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁˖°✧

rookfires maw split into a grin at the question, "you dont" but, he wasnt that cruel. the enforcer pushed past shadowpaw to approach the small cave again, slipping down until he sat hunched over in the small part of the tunnel that had not yet crumpled under the weight of stone. "nothing but spiders and moss"
shaking stray moisture from his pelt, he returned, "seriously, we dont get many snakes here, you dont have to worry" and with that they moved on.


DAWNING WOODS

as the forest cleared, leaving larger and larger spaces between the individual trees, rookfires eyes flicked towards the two apprentices "this part is a bit more dangerous" his maw opened to taste the air, he continued on into the territory. but the air was clear of any predators, while he couldnt entirely disregard the dangers, he knew to be safe for the moment.

"the dawning woods have been a part of our territory for about one season cycle, following the loss of the icy heartlands" stars had it really been almost an entire season cycle? he was getting old. no longer the scrawny apprentice that had sat at the border for almost an entire day before lostspark approached him.

"theres lots of prey around, but large predators frequent it as well. owls, foxes, the works"


DARKWATER MIRE

the closer they got to the marshy wetlands signalling the darkwater mire the more rookfire was pondering his options; tell them what happened and make them reject any possible swim training later on or hope they would never venture close enough to be caught.
"perhaps one of you remembers the ban on darkwater mire during late leaf fall, its generally safe here, lots of berry bushes, birds n squirrels but you should keep away from the water. my former mentor came out here, followed by two traitors. they attacked her and all three ultimately disappeared without a trace.. we suspect its something in the water."

a pity really, despite the mud, rookfire had quite liked the mire. now that it was tinted with the memory of a death... two deaths. fogwatcher shouldnt be forgotten so quickly, especially not when the sight of crimson tainted snow still flashed in front of his inner eye sometimes.

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