Cattail Pond

[RedHead]

Originally Posted by Beau

@RedHead
Houndpaw gave a quiet chuckle and followed Ternsky with his habitual tail flick. “Well, I’ll do my best- I’d never forgive myself for missing out on your method.” He was greatly interested in seeing the she-cat’s personal tactic and overall pleased at her teasing tone. At least some cats hereabouts had a sense of humor. The tom padded over beside her and sat on the bank, already checking to see if his shadow was on the water. He’d not told Ternsky, he now realized, but Houndpaw was already fairly adept at fishing. That’s what he’d been doing when-
A shudder ran through the brown tom and he thrust his head away, physically turning away from the memory that threatened to crush him anew. He couldn’t think about that now.

"Alright so since this is a hunting patrol and yada yada, means we actually have to bring back prey. Think you can manage that?" Ternsky turned her head towards Houndpaw to gauge his reaction to her words, eyes widening in surprise as he seemed to flinch away from her. "I'm not gonna hurt ya, geez. Us wild cats aren't all what the stories say, y'know." The black-furred she-cat stared at her apprentice for a moment longer, confusion littering her features, before turning back towards the pond, eyes narrowing as she awaited for a fish to swim near the surface. Soon enough, one did appear, and Ternsky lashed out a paw, swiping the silvery creature onto the bank with one fell swoop, before leaning down and giving it a killing bite. Turning back to Houndpaw, the warrior gave a flick of her tail towards the pond. "Now you try. If you fail, I suppose I'll have to give you further instruction. On the most basic fish-hunting technique."

[Spiderfrost]

Originally Posted by Bluepetal

"Hmmm," Harepaw ran under Brightwhisker's legs, and barricaded into Brightwhisker's fore legs, hoping it would make him fall.

Just as soon as Harepaw ran under him and knocked into his legs did the tom actually topple over with surprise. Landing on his side, the warrior stayed put to give his apprentice time to figure out his next ploy.

[Star child]

Originally Posted by Spiderfrost

Just as soon as Harepaw ran under him and knocked into his legs did the tom actually topple over with surprise. Landing on his side, the warrior stayed put to give his apprentice time to figure out his next ploy.

Harepaw then dived at Brightwhisker, but didn't attack him. Instead, e pretended that he was eating Brightwhisker. "Num num num."

[dionysus]

Originally Posted by RedHead

"Alright so since this is a hunting patrol and yada yada, means we actually have to bring back prey. Think you can manage that?" Ternsky turned her head towards Houndpaw to gauge his reaction to her words, eyes widening in surprise as he seemed to flinch away from her. "I'm not gonna hurt ya, geez. Us wild cats aren't all what the stories say, y'know." The black-furred she-cat stared at her apprentice for a moment longer, confusion littering her features, before turning back towards the pond, eyes narrowing as she awaited for a fish to swim near the surface. Soon enough, one did appear, and Ternsky lashed out a paw, swiping the silvery creature onto the bank with one fell swoop, before leaning down and giving it a killing bite. Turning back to Houndpaw, the warrior gave a flick of her tail towards the pond. "Now you try. If you fail, I suppose I'll have to give you further instruction. On the most basic fish-hunting technique."

Houndpaw frowned at himself for reacting physically to his thoughts. It was never a good idea to let oneself act out thoughts- especially traumatic ones. Trying to play it off, the brown tom flicked his green eyes back to Ternsky and offered a smirk, forcing the pain in his eyes to melt away into humor. “My bad, sometimes I forget y’all ain’t gonna turn on your own. Guess it comes from experience with too many backstabbin rogues.” The excuse fell flat even to his own ears; he was usually better at lying but the memories still had him shaken up. Houndpaw watched Ternsky flash a paw into the water and nodded at her with a grin. “I think I got it.” Turning his attention to the pond before them, he waited for a near enough flash and thrust his paw into the water, scooping a fish out and sending it in an arc onto the bank. Swiftly, he dispatched it with a paw to keep it from flopping back into the water and turned to grin at Ternsky. “You’re a mighty good teacher there, T.”

[Spiderfrost]

Originally Posted by Bluepetal

Harepaw then dived at Brightwhisker, but didn't attack him. Instead, e pretended that he was eating Brightwhisker. "Num num num."

The warrior laughed at Harepaws antics and pushed him away so he could get up.

"You did good with the advice I gave you. Maybe we'll see how you fair with more instinctual actions rather than plotting your actions." he hummed. "You ready for another round or you need a break?"

[Zero]

Originally Posted by Elementals

Splashfury nodded as she took notes in her head of what the marbled tabby already knew or had some ideas about. The hunter's crouch is one of the most important basics that you needed to learn in the forest. For Riverclan, if your fishing isn't rusty that will not be good for your survival. Splashfury created a plan and meowed, "Sounds like you know a bit so far, since you do have some ideas about the hunter's crouch then we can put the aside for now and focus on fishing since it's essential to Riverclan. I heard from your clanmates that you already know that the shadows of yourself will scare them away. From what I know of there are many ways to catch fish but the 2 main ones are the ones we will be focusing on. The first one I am going to help you with will be the one where you wait for a fish to come and at the perfect moment, you will unsheathe your claws and hook it. Let me show you an example." She gestured her tail to the shallow part of the Cattail pond since she wants to make sure that Coastpaw won't drown if he can't swim. If he does happen to fall in, she will show him how to swim and at the same time, she will probably have a mini heart attack. Killing 2 birds with one stone is not that easy as it sounds, she noted in her head, Make sure that Coastpaw will be in the fishing places where it is safe. (The next post will be in the Cattail pond once Coastpaw replies, take your time I am pretty active so no need to rush if you are pretty busy )

(I'll quote you here in the cattail pond so it's easier. Also, thanks for all the patience!)

Coastpaw listened respectfully as Splashfury explained her plan. "Yeah, I've got the basics but haven't really practiced for a while so it'd be best to start from scratch in learning how," He meowed, following along to the cattail pond. The tom stood to the side, waiting and watching for her to show him the first main way to fish. He had seen this before, but again it was such a long time ago he wasn't sure if he remembered all the details correctly. As he waited, he was briefly distracted by the silver flashes of the fish swimming in the pond, but quickly focused back in once she began her move.

[RedHead]

Originally Posted by Skye

"Of course, Spiralheart replied. "There's no current, like there would be in the river. A perfect place to start. Now. Watch me." She sat with her back to her apprentice, then stared into the water. She crouched low to the sand, to avoid casting a shadow, then shot out a paw and hooked a small fish by the gills. After killing it, she turned back to Flowerpaw. "Your turn."

Flowerpaw watched Spiralheart, eyes wide with surprise at the quick and flawless kill that her mentor performed. "You make it look so easy." She scoffed, but padded closer to the water anyways. She copied Spiralheart's crouch, already knowing you don't want to cast a shadow when hunting fish. watching the water, the calico awaited until she could see the flickering shadow of a fish, her heart pumping as she readied herself to strike. Once there was a slight ripple on the surface of the water, signifying the fish was close to the surface, Flowerpaw struck out a paw, claws extending and latching into the fish's scaly skin. She flicked it up onto the bank, where it wobbled around for a bit before she finished the kill, glancing up at Spiralheart. "I'm pretty sure I can try the river." She meowed, confident in her abilities after that lucky catch.

[tye]

"Lost? More like nose blind," he grumbled. "Come on, squirt. Stick close to me and let's ask these loners what they want." Greenfur trot over to the group, head low and ears flattened to get them running. Though craning his neck he saw little ones with them and that moment, the white tom flattened down his fur with a more settled expression. "Hey!" he shouted out to get there attention. "You're on Riverclan's turf. What's your business here?"
@:Grimm: @Silverclover

[RedHead]

Originally Posted by Beau

Houndpaw frowned at himself for reacting physically to his thoughts. It was never a good idea to let oneself act out thoughts- especially traumatic ones. Trying to play it off, the brown tom flicked his green eyes back to Ternsky and offered a smirk, forcing the pain in his eyes to melt away into humor. “My bad, sometimes I forget y’all ain’t gonna turn on your own. Guess it comes from experience with too many backstabbin rogues.” The excuse fell flat even to his own ears; he was usually better at lying but the memories still had him shaken up. Houndpaw watched Ternsky flash a paw into the water and nodded at her with a grin. “I think I got it.” Turning his attention to the pond before them, he waited for a near enough flash and thrust his paw into the water, scooping a fish out and sending it in an arc onto the bank. Swiftly, he dispatched it with a paw to keep it from flopping back into the water and turned to grin at Ternsky. “You’re a mighty good teacher there, T.”

The black she-cat's ears flicked in surprise at Houndpaw's words, her orange eyes widening significantly. "Alright um, hold that thought right there, we're going to talk about that at some point got it? Good." That sentence was signs of trauma, and Ternsky wasn't going to have no traumatized, grown warrior-apprentice if she could help it. But they were on a patrol, and alas, duty calls. But she would bring that subject back up, sooner or later.
She watched as Houndpaw skillfully pulled a fish from the water, her eyes narrowing slightly. The tom had all the right positioning down, and the focus in his gaze let the young warrior know that he'd probably done this before. Countless times. No cat was just that good at fishing on their first try. Even if she was an excellent teacher, which she was, but Houndpaw was still beyond the skill level most beginning cats showed. "Not sure if it's my teaching buddy-boy. Something tells me you've fished before."

[Silverclover]

Shhade pricked his ears looking at him before quickly getting up and blocking his siblings "We don't even know where 'here' is! What in the name of all that is holy is a riverclan?" he hissed being larger than his siblings made him look more grown than them. Moss tried to stick his head from curiousness while Clay crouched down terrified of what could happen

@vermin @:Grimm: