RiverClan Training Island

[ciitrus--fruitz]

Originally Posted by Zero

Coastbreeze gave the smaller tom a reassuring tap with his tail. "No need to be nervous!" He meowed with a small laugh. "I sucked when I first started battle training, so there's definitely no judgment here. Practice makes perfect, so no holding back because you think you're gonna do something silly. And, who knows, maybe you'll teach me something new from this." The tom sat back on his haunches. "Deal?"

Mosspaw musters a small smile through his anxiety. "Uh, yeah, let's do it," he says, trying to appear confident. The truth was, he was an awfully squeamish cat, and he was scared of getting hurt. He stood a little ways back from his mentor, preparing for the training fight. "Uh, so what do we do first?"

[Zero]

Originally Posted by mellifluentCurator

Mosspaw musters a small smile through his anxiety. "Uh, yeah, let's do it," he says, trying to appear confident. The truth was, he was an awfully squeamish cat, and he was scared of getting hurt. He stood a little ways back from his mentor, preparing for the training fight. "Uh, so what do we do first?"

Coastbreeze was honestly stumped at his question. He hadn't actually thought this far ahead in his 'training plan' for Mosspaw. He opened his maw and then shut it once more. "Er, oh!" He thought back to his own training, taking a page from Splashfury's book. "I want to see what you've got, so let's do a quick little spar. Nothing too crazy, claws always sheathed. We won't be hurting each other, so no worries, okay?" He was beginning to catch on that Mosspaw liked that little bit of reassurance. "You take offensive and I'll do defensive."

[ciitrus--fruitz]

Originally Posted by Zero

Coastbreeze was honestly stumped at his question. He hadn't actually thought this far ahead in his 'training plan' for Mosspaw. He opened his maw and then shut it once more. "Er, oh!" He thought back to his own training, taking a page from Splashfury's book. "I want to see what you've got, so let's do a quick little spar. Nothing too crazy, claws always sheathed. We won't be hurting each other, so no worries, okay?" He was beginning to catch on that Mosspaw liked that little bit of reassurance. "You take offensive and I'll do defensive."

"Alright, I'll try," he says, looking over his mentor. He honestly has no clue where to start, so he takes some time to assess the situation. He's not too far from Coastbreeze, but the other tom is obscured by some reeds. Mosspaw considers running around to try and get him from behind, but no, that wouldn't work, he's not fast enough. He decides to rush in towards his mentor's side, aiming for some sort of headbutt thing.

[Zero]

Originally Posted by mellifluentCurator

"Alright, I'll try," he says, looking over his mentor. He honestly has no clue where to start, so he takes some time to assess the situation. He's not too far from Coastbreeze, but the other tom is obscured by some reeds. Mosspaw considers running around to try and get him from behind, but no, that wouldn't work, he's not fast enough. He decides to rush in towards his mentor's side, aiming for some sort of headbutt thing.

Coastbreeze got to his paws at Mosspaw's confirmation, preparing himself for the mock scuffle. He peered through the reeds, watching Mosspaw, wondering what his first move would be.
The tom smiled as Mosspaw took a direct approach to attack by rushing him. However, the apprentice likely wasn't looking where he was aiming by lowering his head for a headbutt, so the warrior jumped to the side to avoid it. "Eyes on the target," He meowed. "Especially when they know you're coming for them! Don't give them an easy way out." He nodded his head for Mosspaw to try again.

[dino.]

[ @Arie ]

Goosefury paused at the bank of the river, tail flicking back and forth as he peered across the water at the training island. It wasn’t too far away, and although he was a little nervous about having to swim out there, it wasn’t himself he was worried about. He was worried about Eelpaw. His apprentice had her tail wound tightly around his hind leg, and he spared a glance down at her. “If you can’t swim, I can carry you on my back,” he offered. “It’s not too far out, but it can be kind of deep there in the middle. You gonna be all right?”

[Arie]

-- @Slushie --

Okay. She could swim though. But... her skills were not perfect. But for some reason, she had the courage to... to try. She would attempt it and if she went drowning, well... Goosefury wouldn't let her drown. He wouldn't, she knew that. So, knowing that in order to keep himself from drowning and to rescue her if she did end up drowning he would need his leg; she released it slowly with her tail before gazing across the water to the ground they would be training on. Okay. She could do this. Maybe. "I can swim. I think so at least. So... I'm going to try." She liked the sound of that word. Trying. That was what she was going to do for the rest of her life. Try. Try to be a good warrior... try to find her family maybe. And hopefully, try not to be abandoned again. But... she'd said she was going to try so there was no other way than... like try. So walking to the bank she slowly slid into the water, finding her body going on auto pilot and easily keeping her up even despite the mild current. She did it! She was doing it! And wasn't dying. But she couldn't help but send a small worried glance Goosefury's way. He was coming right? He wasn't going to leave her out here by herself was he? But... but she had to make it to that island and so, constantly turning her head back and forth - to check that Goosefury was still there and not gone and to check where she was going - she slowly crawled up onto the bank before turning properly around and waiting for her mentor, yellow eyes watching his every move, rarely blinking fearful that he would disappear if she did so. Blinking made cats disappear. She'd experienced that before.

[duckie]

Originally Posted by Rainquail

Whooop!!
Another successful hit!
Cricketchirp jumped back to get away from any swipes Sootflare might go for while he was up close, but wasn't quick enough to escape his mentor's jaws as they reached for his scruff. He grunted a bit and wriggled, paws barely touching the ground at Sootflare's natural head height.
He only ever reached the top of the largest tom's shoulders if that.
He was, in all honesty, a very tiny cat.

Sootflare
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It was time to put this little sparring session to an end. With Cricketchirp's scruff in his maw, Sootflare threw the last of his energy into, frankly, chucking the smaller tom into the water surrounding the training island. It wasn't a terrible difficult effort, given Cricketshirp's smaller size but flinging any kind of weight like that was enough to send a cat stumbling and so Sootflare did, sending himself into the shallower waters.

[ minor powerplay done with rain's permission lol <3 cricket frisbee ]

[Leopardblaze]

Originally Posted by gs29513

Yay! Thank you! RUshpaw squealed, very, very VERY glad she wasn't going to be squashed. Not getting squashed was GOOD! And good was..........awesome! Yeah, that was about right. So, um, what do we do first? she asked.

The spotted warrior smirked at her excited apprentice before she started explaining what they would be doing. "First I want to see how quickly you can swipe at an enemy and avoid getting yourself hit. So with your claws sheathed I want you to try and swipe at my ears and I'm going to try to do the same, so you'll need to dodge my paws," Leopardblaze instructed, making sure to emphasize keeping her claws sheathed, she didn't want to have to take a preventable trip to see the medicine cat.

(Sorry it took me forever to answer, I've been extremely busy with things going on in my personal life)

[gs29513]

Oh! Fun! She got to hit her mentor! And practice not getting hit! Her claws somewhat involuntarily sliding out, Rushpaw quickly snapped them back in, hoping her mentor hadn't seen. She didn't want to claw Leopardblaze, no she did not. Firmly shoving the claws farther into their sheathes, she swung her paw at her mentor's ears, with as much force as she could muster. Then, in a bit of a preventative measure, she dropped to the ground, lying flat on her belly. Then, realizing just how squashed that could get her, she scooted backwards, her belly fur undoubtedly covered in dirt by now. A few tail-lengths away, she looked up, saw no squashing butts, and then stood up, with a little squeal of excitement. @Leopardblaze
(Totally fine! Everyone has stuff IRL)

[Leopardblaze]

Sparring with her apprentices' was always fun for the spotted she-cat, she loved seeing their skills progress over time. She ducked her head slightly, feeling Rushpaw's smaller paws sweep over her ears with some force and at the same time her paw flashed outwards, lightly batting at Rushpaw's ears before her apprentice dropped down and quickly moved backwards. Leopardblaze let out a purr, "That was good!"
@gs29513