ShadowClan Training Cliffs

[X Boy]

Originally Posted by Zesha

★ Loonfeather ★

He could understand the young tom looking up to his father. Loonfeather had done the same with his adoptive father, wanting to grow up to be a great warrior. Hopefully Snarlpaw would get his wish and be like his dad—though perhaps he could learn to be a tad bit nicer. Pushing the thought aside, Loonfeather rolled his shoulders and said, “Alright, let’s see how you do when it’s another cat coming at you.”

The tom darted out head first at Snarlpaw, but at the last second changed directions to get beside him and lashed out a sheathed paw at his legs. He wanted to see how quickly the apprentice could recover from being tricked or if he had noticed the shift in his stance.

(I feel you, I’m so bad at RPing mean characters lol. Practice makes perfect though?)

Snarlpaw sidestepped when he was comming head first, and when he noticed the paw striking his legs he leapt up, feeling it graze his pads. He was just BARELY fast enough. That needed work.
(lol.)

[carmen]

@duskfire1
Falconfeather found this all rather embarrassing. She had missed Ryepaw, which actually was a shock. The brown tabby had been so determined that it was going to work, that he wouldn't be fast enough, that . Really, the part that made her want to hide her head with shame, is that she went easy on him and it allowed him to escape. For an untrained apprentice, he was really good. Much better than she had expected. And it was frankly just as embarrassing as one would think. To nearly be bested by an apprentice was unfortunate. At least the cliffs were pretty much empty. No one was close enough to watch her fail. Falconfeather blinked out the thoughts. Shut up brain. You already had your fun. Fun. Yeah, freaking her out was fun.

She hadn't fallen yet. And she wouldn't fall again. All her stress came from an imagined mistake that hadn't yet occurred. Of course, it was a mistake that could easily happen, but she had been given enough time to think of a better way to escape from failure. She could feel his weight shifting in the air, but she had jumped too high to just roll out of the way. It was a pain to be stuck in such a way. But Falconfeather wasn't a vain idiot who thought they could get out of everything. No. She knew there was no way she wasn't going to get hit, but that didn't mean she would let it screw her up. Loosening up her paws and legs, she concentrated on evening out her weight, so that when he landed on her back she would be able to land without falling. Falling. Immediately she did the best she could to dropping to the ground. If Ryepaw landed on her back, she'd roll onto the side, leaving him to be smushed under her weight.

Please work.

[Zesha]

Originally Posted by Jaxson

Snarlpaw sidestepped when he was comming head first, and when he noticed the paw striking his legs he leapt up, feeling it graze his pads. He was just BARELY fast enough. That needed work.
(lol.)

★ Loonfeather ★

Loonfeather grinned at his apprentice. "Quick footwork like that will keep you out of trouble in battle." He then proceeded to show the young apprentice a few more tricks that cats like to try just so he'd know what to watch out for. By then he was starting to get tired and was sure Snarlpaw's muscles would be starting to get sore.

"You've done well today, so we'll end it there. Perhaps tomorrow we can work on hunting. Sometimes you can even use hunting techniques to sneak up on unsuspecting intruders."

(I'm taking about a 2-3 week hiatus so I wanted to go on and end the learning session there. <3 I'll let you know when I'm back!)

[X Boy]

Originally Posted by Zesha

★ Loonfeather ★

Loonfeather grinned at his apprentice. "Quick footwork like that will keep you out of trouble in battle." He then proceeded to show the young apprentice a few more tricks that cats like to try just so he'd know what to watch out for. By then he was starting to get tired and was sure Snarlpaw's muscles would be starting to get sore.

"You've done well today, so we'll end it there. Perhaps tomorrow we can work on hunting. Sometimes you can even use hunting techniques to sneak up on unsuspecting intruders."

(I'm taking about a 2-3 week hiatus so I wanted to go on and end the learning session there. <3 I'll let you know when I'm back!)

(k)
Snarlpaw nodded. "You're better than I thought." He mewed with a chuckle.

[Undertaker]

[open]
[activity post]
The large tom sat near the cliff edge, peering down into the rocky depths below. He sank his claws in the ice-cold snow-covered earth before standing and padding back towards the center of the training cliffs. He was bored, just a bit. He was getting to the age where chasing tail wasn't more of a chore than anything. Wildwolf might have to take on an apprentice just to keep him busy. The hulking black cat took a seat near a crooked tree, wrapping his tail around his paws as he waited to see if there was anyone around worth sparring with. As lackadaisical as the gloom tom came off, slacking on fighting skills was terrible.

[Zesha]

Originally Posted by Jaxson

(k)
Snarlpaw nodded. "You're better than I thought." He mewed with a chuckle.

★ Loonfeather ★

Loonfeather laughed at that. "Glad to hear it."

[X Boy]

Originally Posted by Undertaker

[open]
[activity post]
The large tom sat near the cliff edge, peering down into the rocky depths below. He sank his claws in the ice-cold snow-covered earth before standing and padding back towards the center of the training cliffs. He was bored, just a bit. He was getting to the age where chasing tail wasn't more of a chore than anything. Wildwolf might have to take on an apprentice just to keep him busy. The hulking black cat took a seat near a crooked tree, wrapping his tail around his paws as he waited to see if there was anyone around worth sparring with. As lackadaisical as the gloom tom came off, slacking on fighting skills was terrible.

Snarlpaw's mentor hadn't been around, so he decided to go to the training cliffs to see if he could work with anyone else, when he spotted Wildwolf by himself. Perhaps the warrior would train him, or spar with him? They looked a bit alike, Snarlpaw being a large black tom apprentice, and Wildwolf be a large black tom warrrior, though Snarlpaw was quite spikey-furred.

"Want to train or spar?" Snarlpaw mewed with a nod to Wildwolf

[Nixey]

This would be fun. His first apprentice and she had hardly any training, no, correction, no training at all. Huffing softly, the tom paced around his apprentice as she took her position. Why would he evaluate her? There was no point to, not when this was her first lesson. Anything she learned as a kit was most likely not going to cut it in a battle, seeing as personally he had been wobbly at best on his paws as a kit. Reaching a paw out, Splotchleaf reached to adjust his apprentices front paws as he seemed to be debating about the positioning of them. Perhaps this was simply Splotchleafs head screwing with him, but just to be sure, he had to place her paws the way he had learned to place his. Splotchleaf remembered his mentor. Not fondly, but the tom did remember his mentor. Perhaps that was the whole point she had wanted, was for her to stick in his head like honey stuck on your tongue. Blinking a few times, the tom pulled himself from his thoughts as he paced around a few more times before realizing how close the two were still to the ledge. Careful, he had to be careful. He didn’t need his apprentice falling over on the first day of training. That would be a disaster.

Pacing back to her side, Splotchleaf had paused as he took in her form from the side. It wasn’t horrid, but it wasn’t the best he had seen. Then again, when was anyone ever the best? “It’s decent,” giving a soft meow of his thoughts out loud, Splotchleaf frowned before nodding in Juniperpaw direction. “Try and keep your balance, you’re in a defensive position, so I’m going to see how stable you are on your paws. Ready?” not awaiting a response, Splotchleaf had pulled himself up onto his back legs. He wasn’t there for long, however, as he did come back down and attempted to push his paws against Juniperpaws side. It was nothing like being slammed into and being tumbled across the ground, but hey, you gotta start small. He was willing to show her the paw placements if this didn’t go all too well on her end, as he remembered how hard it had been for him to place his awkwardly large paws down in the correct way only to be side slammed by his mentor. The breath had been knocked from his lungs for a good few seconds, but he understood, mostly, about why she had done it.

@Pheasantflight

[Kunaisoul]

{Jaypaw of ShadowClan}

The tom waited on the cliffs for some sort of warrior to train him. "Hello?" He asked. "Can someone give me a training lesson?" He asked. His fur stood on end. He wanted to grab a warrior by the neck and drag them over here.

[X Boy]

Sunsnarl took his so Snarlpaw out for training
Snarlpaw followed his dad