RiverClan Skyridge

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Originally Posted by mareenakit

@implimm - [it's ok!]

Leopardpaw nodded. Some cats were so observant. He had no idea what was going on most of the time. He opened his mouth to respond, but shut it again when she said she just wanted to sit and listen. Great. He'd annoyed her. How many ways were there to drive off a cat?

He shook his head and listened as Lionstar announced the new medicine cat. Did that mean Snailswirl would be leaving? He didn't really know Snakepaw, but he sounded annoying. He hissed lightly as the other apprentice openly challenged the leader, narrowing his eyes. He nodded at Plumpaw's comment, catching the sarcasm in her voice. He wasn't all that excited either, but he was glad his name hadn't been called. "Yeah...think they know anything?" he looked skeptically at them.

[ again, sorry for the delay! flew internationally and now im home hi! ]

She wouldn't divulge anything to Leopardpaw just yet- Maybe never, who knew? About her disappointment in Lionstar's decision on Snakepaw, and moreso Snakepaw's response. It was hurtful to see something she'd quietly hoped for being treated as something so rotten by the designated individual. Hopefully, the new medicine cat apprentice's opinion on his new seat would change over time. At least then, Plumpaw could be glad.
"Nothing," she scoffs in response to her company. "They were only just called to be medicine cats. Lionstar will probably ask the other Clans for help, or if that other guy will pitch in. The last medicine cat." She didn't remember Fawnsqueak's name that very second, having other things on her mind. The she-cat shrugs. She didn't really care what they knew or didn't know.

"Almondspirit, Whiteberry, Silentheart!"
Plumpaw lifts her muzzle to say the names of her Clanmates loudly, participation in the chant coming without thought.

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Whiteberry looked up she smiled. She was a real warrior! She was! And now... Well.. Lionstar said that he hoped they would make her clan proud. A wash of guilt hit her pelt. She was excited. Half because well.. She was a warrior! And half because.. She would get to see Nightpaw.. She didn't deserve this! At all! How dare she? Stepping down she came up to Cardinalpaw. Can you believe it? I passed! And I'm a warrior! Oh.. Sorry.. I'm sure you'll become one to soon. She meowed. Her ears twitched a bit and she sat down. What announcement would be said next? She could tell that Lionstar was looking for some cat in particular.
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[ophelia]

@implimm - [ooh fun!]

Leopardpaw glanced at the she-cat out the corner of his eye. She didn't seem to care much about the skills of their new medicine cats. He, on the other hand, was very concerned. He might be a warrior soon, just like the ones who had been named today. What if there was a battle? The other clans wouldn't help them then. She mentioned Fawnsqueak, and he nodded, a tad more soothed. He would definitely help! Although he had resigned in the first place...

Leopardpaw joined Plumpaw in chanting, although he was a tad offbeat. As he finished, he looked down at his feet. That was embarrassing. Before the meeting could end, Leopardpaw asked Plumpaw, "Want to spar together? I could use some practice." He felt his face heat up. He was so bad at making friends! She probably thought he was flirting with her now. He looked at the ground in exasperation.

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Basilpaw cheered the names of the three new warriors, grinning broadly. She would probably go try and find Ottersplash sometime after the meeting, Basilpaw wanted to learn to actually hunt and stuff. She started glancing around the crowd, hoping they could set up a training session for soon. @Redtalon

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Quite frankly, she didn't give a damn.

Resignation turns into boredom. This meeting seemed as if it would continue even longer yet, although the new warriors had been named. And after a quick glance over the crowd, she could see no kits beaming with pride about to be made apprentices. So, what was next? Rather than wait on bated breath, the mau wanted something else to give her attention to.
"Spar?" Her eyes glide over Leopardpaw again as he turned his own visage away. Thinking about it, she needed the battle practice too. Lionstar would probably never give her a warrior's name if she didn't learn at least a few of their basic battle moves... Pressing her lips together in thought, Plumpaw appears to consider the invitation seriously and completely disregards the other apprentice's embarrassment.
"Yeah, sure, alright," she mumbles finally after a few heartbeats. "You could show me how to fight like a fish-face."
Her words were said teasingly, and a nasty smirk lay on her pale lips.
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[ophelia]

Leopardpaw looked up in surprise as she agreed. "R-really?" he asked in disbelief. But then she added another comment and he couldn't tell if she was serious or not. Or, he supposed, not serious or not, but mean or not. He decided to take it as a compliment. He was a proud RiverClan cat after all. "Uh, I-i guess," he stammered, a little caught off guard.

He looked back at his paws, trying to puzzle out this molly. She seemed shy when he first spoke to her, then sarcastic, then...insulting? Mocking? He let out a small sigh. Well, apparently he was sparring her now, so he'd figure it out eventually. Then he realized he was sparring a cat probably 7-10 moons older than him and kicked himself. Why hadn't he asked to hunt? Now he would be even more embarassed. He flattened his ears in distaste.
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[Rani]

He was still pitching a fit and sulking but that was no excuse to take it out on the new warriors during such a life changing moment for them. So Snakepaw took a break from his tearing to murmur out a "Good job you three." as he shook off a bit of shredded moss.

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Perhaps she had taken it too far with the last thing she'd said. Watching Leopardpaw move through his different thoughts and emotions, Plumpaw feels a worm of regret herself. She takes in a deep breath and then lets out a gusty sigh, turning away and tapping the sandy ground with her paw with a touch of impatience.
A moment passes where nothing is said between them, and then another. Then suddenly, she sighs again. Clearly it was now an effort to regain his attention.

"It was a joke."

Her words were now low, and blunt. And she hadn't looked at the tom again yet, either. But admitting what she'd intended to be obvious felt like pulling out a bothersome splinter at last, a relief from something she'd stuck herself in the backside with in the first place.
"If you changed your mind though, say."
Making friends was hard when she'd never really even gotten this far before.

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[ophelia]

@implimm

Leopardpaw now felt awkward. There were some silences that were comfortable, and this was not one of them. The other cat sighed a couple of times and he glanced up the second time, wondering if she was trying to get his attention. If not that would be even weirder. "Oh, okay," he said, "Cool."

His ears slowly popped back up. "I didn't change my mind," he said, offering her a shy smile. "So, um, how far along are you with training?" He hoped it wasn't too intrusive, or that he'd prodded at the fact she was on the older side for an apprentice. He was trying to make conversation, but that probably wasn't the best starter. He should probably stop talking.

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Well, at least she'd dragged them both over that awkward-as-hell hurdle. Now, it felt a little less difficult to speak to him.
The molly lifts a kitty brow at his inquiry and snorts. "Isn't that a loaded question," she says with another laugh. Well, at least it seemed they had some time to chat while others still congratulated the three new warriors before Lionstar proceeded. She wouldn't mind talking in this little window they had.
"I smell like nothing but fish and dirt now but I used to be ThunderClan," she tells Leopardpaw.
"I was fully trained, but there was a lot going on there and the last couple of things I needed, I hadn't gotten for moons. So here I am. RiverClan's entirely different though, than a Clan that relies solely on land. So I guess you could say technically, not that far at all. I haven't actually swam, I haven't pulled a single fish from the river, I think I might get credit for that play fight with WindClan by using skills I knew from ThunderClan..." Trailing off, Plumpaw wonders about what she could confidently say to this apprentice. "I know my way around though! At least... In the area between here and WindClan's border, haha."
After another moment, the molly flicks her tail. "How about you?"
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