WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire - Page 4088

**duskfire1** · #**40871** February 5th, 2022, 10:52 PM

(activity post )

Duskfire stood, muscles stiff and face blank as he thought of Cloudsong.

**wolfie** · #**40872** February 5th, 2022, 11:13 PM

@Shade.
The oversized apprentice stared at Turtlepaw for an awkward period - not entirely being able to understand what he had said. Less of.. actually not knowing and more not believing it. Cowpaw didn't lift his paw up to quickly gesture an affectionate statement instead, he gave a happy squeak. Perhaps the tom wouldn't understand how much that just.. meant to Cowpaw. He leaned over to attempt a sign of gratefulness by nudging his nose against Turtlepaw's shoulder followed by a pleased rumble.

He watched Turtlepaw ponder, and this allowed Cowpaw to... drift into his thoughts. His gaze dancing away from his (new!!!!)) friend and into the sky. He stares fondly at the clouds until Turtlepaw pulls him back down to the ground. His mouth shaped into a o-shape before nodding. Yeah! Aaah, he hadn't quite ever thought about syllables. They weren't so important to him - he simply enjoyed combining words but.. Turtlepaw brought up a great point! He nods excitedly and begins to mouth the syllables.

Immediately he perks up once had finished. Merploom!! A very, very strange word - he couldn't exactly... tell Turtlepaw it. Perhaps if he knew Cowpaw's code - yes, yes, yet he was far from being up to sharing.. His face scrunched up into confusion until he achieved an idea.

He scooted closer and began to try and mouth merp.. and loom.. to Turtlepaw, doing his best to enunciate the syllables.

**Shade.** · #**40873** February 6th, 2022, 04:26 AM

@x ghostie

Turtlepaw was delighted at the adorable squeak and took it as a sign that Cowpaw was satisfied with his answer. He'd stumbled upon someone in the clan, though he could not remember who, as a kit and learnt this stuff from them. (I think their name was NPCpelt).

Turtlepaw appreciated the gesture of gratefulness. It always made him happy to see other cats happy. He grinned brightly. He knew his brother would not see the value of this skill had he been here but Turtlepaw knew it mattered because it made someone happy.

Now...regarding the words. Turtlepaw probably wasn't the best syllable giver since his lisp didn't even let him pronounce the word syllable correctly. But Cowpaw seemed satisfied with at least a few of them as Turtlepaw saw him mouth a word which, after some serious workings of his bug-filled brain, he concluded was merploom.
"Yef! Merplom doef found almoft like a real word!" he pointed out excitedly.

**versailles** · #**40874** February 6th, 2022, 06:38 AM

@Unfairyfied @Whisperingwishes //

➵ downywhisker | he/it

padding into the territory, downywhisker frowned slightly upon realizing that speckledpaw never showed up. an inconvenience, really. "try to catch as much as you can." he mewed, trying to keep it simple and short. he padded off in his own direction, jaws parted ever so slightly as he attempted to catch any scents. when he did, he fell into a crouch and stalked in the direction of it.

a thicket?

it slowed to a stop, long tail swishing to the side slowly. peering inside the bundle of branches, shifting of feathers made him narrow his eyes. birds - at least 4 from what he could see. while he was positive he couldnt catch them all, he was sure he could catch at least two. he leaned back on his haunches before leaping up and grasping one of the birds, ending its life with a quick nip to the neck. as the others chirped and flapped their wings with alarm, he managed to smack one down with his other paw and kill it too. the others had gotten away.

picking up the decent sized finches, downywhisker carried them a few pawsteps away, then buried them. now time to see if it could catch anymore prey. it looked around, creeping towards one of the few trees in the territory. from a distance, it observed the tree before going closer. he prodded at the snow and - a small burrow near one of the gnarly roots, most likely a vole one. it backed up, crouching down right outside the burrow, trying to keep as still as possible. when the vole hesitantly inched out, whiskers twitching wildly, he quickly snagged it and gave it a bite.

**corgigirl** · #**40875** February 6th, 2022, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuftdrawsanddoodles

[Hazelcloud, She/her]

@corgigirl

Hazelcloud's ears pricked up, "I hear it too, let's go!" She meowed. Excited knowing they would be able to catch at least one piece of prey, she began to trot towards where the scent was coming from, keeping her pawsteps light to avoid scaring the rabbit off

(Sorry for taking so long to respond!)

Honeystorm keep running following the faint, wind blown scent

(Sorry about the short response, I am using a phone right now so it's hard to type)

**Tuftdrawsanddoodles** · #**40876** February 6th, 2022, 09:17 AM

[Hazelcloud, She/her]

@corgigirl

Hazelcloud slowed as the scent grew strong and the rabbit was barely in sight through the mist. She lowered into a hunting crouch, focusing on the rabbit.

"You can catch it if you want" Hazelcloud whispered.

(No worries!)

**Silverfur & Co** · #**40877** February 6th, 2022, 10:20 AM

Leopardfire and Hazelclouud had went out to the moors to hunt following t he scent of prey. Finding a thicket that was full of prey lepoardfire droppped into her hunting crouch

@Tuftdrawsanddoodles

**Tuftdrawsanddoodles** · #**40878** February 6th, 2022, 10:30 AM

[Hazelcloud, She/her]

@Silverfur & Co

"Find anything?" Hazelcloud asked, still sniffing around. She glanced around, looking to see if there was any visible prey.

**Silverfur & Co** · #**40879** February 6th, 2022, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuftdrawsanddoodles

[Hazelcloud, She/her]

@Silverfur & Co

"Find anything?" Hazelcloud asked, still sniffing around. She glanced around, looking to see if there was any visible prey.

She nods waving her tail back and forth and caught a rabbit after swatting it and giving it the killing bite. She could smell there was more under that little tree like area that was a tunnel and she nods to it.

**Inconsistency** · #**40880** February 6th, 2022, 10:56 AM

[Sorry, I hadn't gotten mentioned!]

When the worst happened, Speckledpaw could only groan in protest. Patrols had been called and so had he. The tom had never been on one, so instead of potential embarrassment, he hid. His hiding spot, however, wasn't the best, and he had been found, scolded, and told to go. Luckily, he had followed behind the patrol, but just far enough to make them think he wasn't there. Growling, he padded forward more quickly when he heard the warrior, Downywhisker, talk.

Downywhisker had already started hunting, catching two birds and a vole; jealousy crept up his spine; he was a warrior; why was it his fault he had no idea how to hunt? Speckledpaw knew that he couldn't, and that was a major problem. His pride and shame got in the way of asking Downywhisker for help at first; an apprentice that couldn't hunt, how useless. Though he was ashamed and angry at how he was about to ask a warrior to help him hunt, he swallowed his pride and padded toward him, swiping his tail back and forth, growling and locking his eyes to the floor.

" Downywhisker? " He asked reluctantly, in a harsh, quiet voice. The gray tom wouldn't dare look at the tom, shame twisting his insides. " How-- do you hunt? " He growled, so quiet he barely heard himself. He had said the words with such delay that he hoped the warrior hadn't even paid any mind, but he would have to ask again if not. He couldn't go on this patrol with nothing to present when he came back to camp.