WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Brilliance]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

Mothfeather did believe that Lynxtalon was a good hunter. He had taught her after all, he was the reason that she had caught the rabbit and the squirrel in the first place. Not her own mentor. But despite fully believing in his skills, Mothfeather was not going to let him win easily. "Go ahead and try!" she purred confidently. The fluffy calico sat down on her haunches to watch as the tom hunted. His technique was good, she noticed as she quietly took notes, and at least until it wasn't. The long-legged tom had completely missed the prey. Mothfeather sprinted out towards him as he spoke. It so counts. she thought as she leaped towards him. "It doesn't matter anyway because I caught you!" It was a kittish thing to say, but she didn't care. The she-cat landed next to him and place a paw on him as if to say 'see, I caught you.' "Oh, and by the way, that totally counted."

(sorry, shortish)

Lynxtalon glanced up at Mothfeather since he was viewing her upside down, and when she placed her paw on him, the tom snorted, but he ended up accidentally sneezing from the snow and debris combined and the invisible particles floating into his nose. The tom wasn't deterred as he idly pawed at Mothfeather with sheathed nails, playfully. ''It doesn't count because, I mean, look at the snow! It's so slippery!'' He accused, only to narrow his eyes and roll onto his stomach to look up at the she cat with a smirk crossing his features. Lynxtalon never minded being kittish because he was almost like a kit at heart still. He liked playing around, and he haven't played with Mothfeather and starclan-knows-how-long! She was his best friend after all, so there was nothing wrong with participating in a fun game every once in a while, no matter how old they were. It occurred to Lynxtalon that down the line, the both of them would have mates and kits of their own -- and where would the room be to play around like old times? So, he was going to embrace this, ''But, this totally counts,'' The tom flashed forward to hit the she cat on her flank with his tail as he started to run away from and entice a game of chase between them.

[Branch of Life]

Originally Posted by Hopekitt

"I was talking to my friend. How was I supposed to know a rude, undisciplined kit was going to throw a mossball to the back of my head?" she replied, glaring at the kit. it seemed like nowadays no kits learned manners. it was a subject left untaught by their mothers, apparently, because this kit was so impolite it angered her. "and who's going around saying you've got good reflexes? it doesn't take any use of reflexes to throw one small mossball that a kit like you could hardly hold in your paws."

Jaytail looked up at the sudden commotion. “What is going on over there?! Sheerkit? Did you cause this nice warrior to become angry?” The Queen asked. Knowing that Sheerkit would probably lie to her she turned her head to the molly and meowed “I want eer what was it?-” She tried to remember the She-cats name when she remembered “Oh right Spiritshadow to tell me first.” She meowed her full attention on Spiritshadow. “You may start.”

[panchiko]

Originally Posted by Branch of Life

Jaytail looked up at the sudden commotion. “What is going on over there?! Sheerkit? Did you cause this nice warrior to become angry?” The Queen asked. Knowing that Sheerkit would probably lie to her she turned her head to the molly and meowed “I want eer what was it?-” She tried to remember the She-cats name when she remembered “Oh right Spiritshadow to tell me first.” She meowed her full attention on Spiritshadow. “You may start.”

Spiritshadow nodded at the kit, opening her mouth to speak. "This young'un here hit me in the back of the head with a mossball, then told me that it's not his fault that he has better reflexes than a quote unquote old cate like me." Glaring at the kit, she turned to face Jaytail, wondering what her judgement would be. Jaytail would probably want to hear her kit's side of the story, but Spiritshadow was pretty impatient at the moment and wasn't having it. The female sat down, tail wrapped around her paws, looking from the kit to Jaytail, from Jaytail to the kit. Speaking of, she didn't know the name of the kit. Perhaps that was an issue.

[Crystalwhisker]

Originally Posted by Hopekitt

Spiritshadow laughed, then sniffed the air intently. "mm, not really, though the wind's picking up the smell of rabbit off over there," she said, nodding in the direction of the scent. her paws itched to go run after it, but she waited patiently for a response from her brother, using much of her self-control. the female wasn't used to having to wait for someone else while hunting, since usually during hunting patrols she kept off to the side and found her own prey; though she managed to be exceedingly social nonetheless. "wanna go chase it?" she inquired, her whiskers twitching.

"I just want to tell you, you don't have to wait for me and I'll get the mouse before you." He said running towards the direction the mouse went.

[panchiko]

Originally Posted by Greywind

"I just want to tell you, you don't have to wait for me and I'll get the mouse before you." He said running towards the direction the mouse went.

spiritshadow nodded appreciatively, then ran after her littermate. she quickened her pace, trying to find the right jog for her while not getting too out of breath. swiftly she caught up with her brother, but she was too out of breath to run up ahead of him. spiritshadow ran alongside him, flapping her tail around for no reason as if there was no tomorrow.

[stormblaze]

Originally Posted by MossFlower

"Well," the she-cat began, crossing her forepaws, "First we need to talk about fighting in general. When do you think it's appropriate to fight? And if you shouldn't fight, what do you do instead?" she queried. She liked her apprentice, who obeyed with bright eyes and an eager gait, and yet she could smell reluctance on him. It takes patience to obey even if he doesn't want to. He'll be a fine warrior.

Rowanpaw considered his mentor's words for a moment before answering with confidence.
"A warrior should fight when his clan is in danger, or when he is forced to defend himself." the apprentice nodded at his statement as he awaited a reply. Rowanpaw hoped he had impressed his mentor, for as much as he tried to be confident, he was anxious to make a good first impression on Torrentfeather. He already respected the older cat greatly.

[Calliecat]

Originally Posted by stormblaze

Rowanpaw considered his mentor's words for a moment before answering with confidence.
"A warrior should fight when his clan is in danger, or when he is forced to defend himself." the apprentice nodded at his statement as he awaited a reply. Rowanpaw hoped he had impressed his mentor, for as much as he tried to be confident, he was anxious to make a good first impression on Torrentfeather. He already respected the older cat greatly.

Torrentfeather flexed her claws in surprise, "Wow!" she exclaimed, "Wonderful. You're smarter than I'd assumed, hm? Alright, then. I thought I would have to explain, but I can see I do not. We can move on to training now," she trotted a few feet away, turning around to face her apprentice. "We'll start by giving you a bit of a warm-up. Sit back on your haunches like this." She sat back and lifted her forepaws toward her chest, tucking her elbows in and keeping her tail very still. Shuffling a bit, she pushed off with her hindlegs and landed neatly a few feet from where she'd been before, "And push off with your hindlegs. Try to extend your claws to provide some friction when you land. I'm going to teach you how to use your hindlegs to bluff - or possibly use - a defense mechanism. Got it?" she sat back and repeated the action again.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by canine

@Okapi

The black warrior saw the smirk and took it at as a good sign, then shifted her weight to a more comfortable position. He didn't seem to talk much, but who was she to judge? At least he wasn't running her off. Dawnsong took a few seconds to think through her day-- vaguely, she realized the day was already leaning toward late evening! "Well, um.. I guess the usual. I went on patrol for a while, then hunted for something to eat. That was that rabbit I was just eating, actually. And the hunt was very uneventful, soo..." she sighed deeply,"Nothing much, as you said." A very boring day, actually, she added to herself with distaste. She was beginning to hate normal days; they seemed like such a waste.

He nodded a little,” That’s how most of our days are, same old same old.” He replied. Maybe I should make a little proof that I like she-cats and make a move, I don’t hate her, I could settle down with her...

[Crystalwhisker]

Originally Posted by Hopekitt

spiritshadow nodded appreciatively, then ran after her littermate. she quickened her pace, trying to find the right jog for her while not getting too out of breath. swiftly she caught up with her brother, but she was too out of breath to run up ahead of him. spiritshadow ran alongside him, flapping her tail around for no reason as if there was no tomorrow.

He saw his sister run beside him he looked at her and smiled. He started to see the mouse and he started running faster towards it and he was out of breath where he couldn't run faster he slowed down to the pace his sister was going and hopped she had enough breath to catch the mouse.

[panchiko]

Originally Posted by Greywind

He saw his sister run beside him he looked at her and smiled. He started to see the mouse and he started running faster towards it and he was out of breath where he couldn't run faster he slowed down to the pace his sister was going and hopped she had enough breath to catch the mouse.

spiritshadow noticed her brother smiling and grinned back. as she watched him race ahead of her, the female received a random burst of energy; probably tied with her competitive spirit. waiting a few moments for him to slow down, she quickened her pace to a swift run, nearing the mouse. as the scent grew stronger, her stomach growled defiantly, though spiritshadow wasn't allowed to eat the fresh-kill according to the warrior code; it had to go to the fresh-kill pile first. "catch up, slowpoke," she said teasingly, winking at her littermate kindly. she stumbled slightly on her paws but caught herself fast, not allowing herself to be embarrassed by something as mere as a stumble.