RiverClan Training Island - Page 237

**panchiko** · #**2361** November 12th, 2020, 11:32 PM

// @BILL.

“bold of you to assume my stamina won’t last all day! i’m just, like, this huge ball of stamina. never ending stamina. I Am Stamina. you can’t outstamina me. plus, i just gotta wait until your stamina runs out and then i can win - er, continue winning!” spiderpaw watched as lionstar did a leap looking thing and was confused for a second before realizing what he was trying to do. it was a bit late to dodge, and spiderpaw was sort of lost as to what to do. well, when you were lost, there was one thing you couldn’t go wrong with!

well, it could probably go very wrong, and spiderpaw wasn’t really sure what would actually happen as a result of her action, but … you never know until you try, right?? as they say- you only live once. bracing herself for any incoming pain, spiderpaw jumped straight into the air. just jumped. that’s it. a little hop. mid-jump, she changed her posture so that her back was very hittable, and lionstar had managed to swipe at it, but she’d hoped the force she’d put into her jump and the .. weird angle her back was in would either throw bigcatstarm off or hurt him a bit. who knows?? she was literally just throwing around random ideas.

**BEAR.** · #**2362** November 13th, 2020, 12:30 AM

Lionstar grunted when Spiderpaw jumped into him, throwing off his balance as he headed for the ground. The force wasn't enough to knock him completely off course but he did land wrong, feeling something pop in his paw as he stumbled to regain his footing.

Well, that hurt.

Doing his best to keep weight off his sore paw, he let out a short hiss and turned to face Spiderpaw again. As quickly as he could (albeit slightly slowed by his injury), he went for her hind-legs, aiming to knock them out from under her.

[ @hope ]

**gs29513** · #**2363** November 13th, 2020, 08:54 PM

His fur sleek as usual, since he wanted to look presentable, acceptable, Twigpaw padded up to his mentor with a quiet that more befitted a Shadowclan cat than a Riverclan cat. But that wasn't what his mind was fixated on. He just got rather slinky when he was thinking, keeping almost instinctively to himself. He had been running though the fairly meager collection of moves he knew, hoping they would be enough to make a decent showing to his mentor, to show how much he wanted to learn. He didn't really care WHEN it happened, he just cared that it HAPPENED. @Siren Bliss

**Puddle~** · #**2364** November 14th, 2020, 09:37 PM

@Trouble @Zesty Mango
{powerplaying was done with Zesty's permission}

BerryMentor? Oh right, she'd forgotten she'd allowed him to call her that. Perhaps she'd rethink that decision soon. It felt slightly strange. Thoughts aside, Berryscorch focused her attention on an incoming Ebonypaw. Given his lack of battle experience, it wasn't much of a challenge for her to predict a few of his moves, dodging the blow to her legs with a small hop. The tail attack also didn't quite work out, as she swept it out of the way before Ebonypaw stomped down. And when he tripped... well that was... interesting. There was definitely something up with this apprentice and tripping. He seemed to do it almost every time they did something.

"Not too shabby. Don't be too disappointed in yourself. You did fairly well for an inexperienced apprentice. Given it was your first time, and facing off against an experienced warrior too, I'd have been quite surprised if you were actually able to land any solid blows. But that doesn't mean I don't expect you to work hard today, okay?"

At the same time, she noticed Blizzardsky in the background, arriving to observe the training session. Hmm... the whole mentor shadowing thing had completely slipped her mind this time, hence, she'd forgotten to tell Blizzardsky to tag along. But apparently, he'd somehow figured out they were heading out for training on his own. At least he was here now. She could probably use him as a punching bag to demonstrate some of the moves.

"Anyways, let's move on to learning some basics. Blizzardsky, come sit here. She made sure Ebonypaw was watching before continuing. "Now, I'll be demonstrating the moves on Blizzardsky, and then I want you to mimic them on him too. Same deal as before, no claws or biting down too hard. This first move is the front paw blow."

"Raise a paw high into the air and bring it down on top of your opponent's head."With that said, she raised a forepaw as high as it could go, bringing it swiftly down onto the top Blizzardsky's skull with a clunk. That honestly might've hurt him a little, but she didn't care. Turning to Ebonypaw, she expectantly awaited his imitation of the move.

**panchiko** · #**2365** November 14th, 2020, 09:57 PM

spiderpaw basked in her glory for a hot second as her ‘spider technique™’ did.. something. that’d been the goal. it was a tiny victory, but!! hA! she could still silently gloat! a mini win was still a win!

taken aback by his hissing, spiderpaw hisssssssed back, elongating it intentionally. whatever he could do, spiderpaw was going to prove she could do longer. maybe she couldn't do everything better (yet), but she could try her paw at doing things longer. she was swept off her feet — literally — when he came at her hind-legs, losing her balance and falling painfully. she lay for a moment, breathing, before popping back up, wincing, and throwing herself at lionstar.

// @BILL.

**Madelaine** · #**2366** November 14th, 2020, 10:27 PM

[ @BILL.; ]

Tinypaw saw him aim the blow toward his shoulder and dipped his head down to miss the blow. He moved to the side fast, keeping his senses open in case Lionstar tried something else.

**Madelaine** · #**2367** November 14th, 2020, 10:55 PM

[ @gs29513; ]

Ashpool nodded, glad he wasn't upset. She had already planned what she was going to teach him. First she wanted to see how good his stance was. That was the first thing that all mentor should see before assuming they knew. "Show me your battle stance.", Ashpool meowed. She kept her glare on him to show she was actually here.

**BEAR.** · #**2368** November 15th, 2020, 02:44 AM

Lionstar hisssssssssssssssssssssssssed in response to her hiss, and gave her the chance to get back up on her paws. As she threw herself at him, he sidestepped, whipping out his paw to smack her in her neck as she passed.

His paw still hurt something terrible, but he was adamant on putting Spiderpaw in her place. Stinker.

[ @hope ]

**BEAR.** · #**2369** November 15th, 2020, 02:44 AM

"Well done!" Lionstar praised. But he didn't stop there, surging toward Tinypaw in pursuit as he sent a flurry of jabs toward his apprentice's shoulder and side.

Tinypaw could probably dodge most if not all of them, but honestly the goal was to keep him alert.

[ @Siren Bliss ]

**gs29513** · #**2370** November 15th, 2020, 01:22 PM

Show her his battle stance? He didn't really have an exact one, so he supposed that just meant.....how he would attack. His paws sliding almost automatically into position, from the fights he'd had in the nursery, Twigpaw lowered, his tail straight out behind him, weight mostly on his back legs to jump or dodge as needed, claws still sheathed but right on the verge of springing open, front legs and paws barely touching the ground, ready to move as soon as necessary. Which might be soon, or it might be a while later. His voice a little hesitant, worried it would be a bad stance, he mewed Is this good? looking up at his mentor. @Siren Bliss