ShadowClan Territory

[Reptilian Cabinets]

"Ok, SwiftPaw, would you like to go somewhere separate to hunt?" BlackSwift asked, mellowing out his attitude 'He's only an apprentice.' he kept reminding himself in his head. BlackSwift tasted the air for anything or anyone nearby. 'Hmm, only a few mice.' BlackSwift thought to himself. He dropped into a hunting crouch, lightly flicking his tail tip, BlackSwift snuck towards the warm scent, "Gotcha." he mumbled under his breath. BlackSwift leaped forwards, his pounce was clumsy and the mouse got away. He chased it, attempting to claw at the prey item. The mouse barely escaped with it's life. "Mouse dung!" he cursed, kicking the wet land as he walked back embarrassed. 'An apprentice can do better than that!' BlackSwift thought his green eyes gleaming with embarrassment. @Greenleap @Elementals

[Puddle~]

Originally Posted by Elementals

Mouseleap looked at his crouch and meowed, "Pretty good, put more weight on your hind legs until you jump. Once you believe you found a comfortable crouch, we can move onto your springs. Then we will set to catch prey."

"Oh, okay," Ribbitpaw mewed, shifting his weight a little more onto his hind legs. Making slight adjustments as he went along, the young tom finally found a more comfortable stance. "Alright, I think I got it." He looked up at his mentor, awaiting some further instructions. All seemed to be going smoothly so far. Hopefully the entire hunting process would be just as simple and easy as this first basic step.

[Greenleap]

Originally Posted by WarriorsAndHorses

"Ok, SwiftPaw, would you like to go somewhere separate to hunt?" BlackSwift asked, mellowing out his attitude 'He's only an apprentice.' he kept reminding himself in his head. BlackSwift tasted the air for anything or anyone nearby. 'Hmm, only a few mice.' BlackSwift thought to himself. He dropped into a hunting crouch, lightly flicking his tail tip, BlackSwift snuck towards the warm scent, "Gotcha." he mumbled under his breath. BlackSwift leaped forwards, his pounce was clumsy and the mouse got away. He chased it, attempting to claw at the prey item. The mouse barely escaped with it's life. "Mouse dung!" he cursed, kicking the wet land as he walked back embarrassed. 'An apprentice can do better than that!' BlackSwift thought his green eyes gleaming with embarrassment. @Greenleap @Elementals

That was close, almost had 'em!" He encouraged. He wanted an actual bond with his mentor this time around! "Should I try now?" He asked, quickly tasting the air after. He could still smell some mice, but a bit farther away this time.

[Reptilian Cabinets]

"Thanks," BlackSwift paused to taste the air "There are some mice down there." he pointed his tail towards a rustling bush. @Greenleap

[Greenleap]

Originally Posted by WarriorsAndHorses

"Thanks," BlackSwift paused to taste the air "There are some mice down there." he pointed his tail towards a rustling bush. @Greenleap

He squinted, made sure he wasn't upwind, crouched, and... Leap! He catch it by the tail, but he still got it! He bit it's spine and then picked up the limp mouse. "How was that?"

[Sweetie]

(Please, please, please, please forgive me for taking so long)

Foxwhiperer was impressed at Magpiepaw's determination to prove himself to the dark crimson tom. Silver eyes watched as the younger tom launched himself at the tree and pulled himself up to the lowest branch. Not too bad for this runt. He thought to himself before speaking. "It's okay to not push yourself too much on your first time. Other than that I am pleased to see that you are trying." Rolling his shoulders back to loosen the tension he felt in his muscles. Long, hooked claws still dug into the tree the tom took one look behind him to make sure that nothing was in his way. Putting all of his power into his lower half of the body the warrior launched himself off the tree and twisted his body in mid-air to land on his feet. Once on the ground, he looked up to his apprentice who was not too high off the ground. "Okay Magpiepaw this is what you are going to do. Put all of your jumping power into your hind legs and jump straight forward. Keep your body straight as possible before landing. When landing on the ground try to even out the weight so your paws don't take all of the force when they hit the dirt." A part of the dark crimson warrior felt like he might need to climb up the tree his apprentice was on and carry him back down. But the other side had hope that the younger tom understood what he meant and would get down on his own.

[Reptilian Cabinets]

Originally Posted by Greenleap

He squinted, made sure he wasn't upwind, crouched, and... Leap! He catch it by the tail, but he still got it! He bit it's spine and then picked up the limp mouse. "How was that?"

"Better than I did." BlackSwift replied jokingly, "But really, you did good. You could have done a little better at grabbing the mouse, but... eh, I don't care about it that much." he turned his head to MouseLeap and her apprentice, "How did you two do?" BlackSwift asked, "I'm sure better than me!" he mewed 'Wow, I like making fun of myself!' he thought to himself quietly chuckling. When they replied he tasted the air again, though he didn't need to he did anyway, "A frog." he muttered. BlackSwift silently stalked the amphibian. The frog was sitting on a rock in a small stream that connected to the river in RiverClan territory. He crouched and pounced at from a different angle so it can't find him, this time BlackSwift caught the frog, it wasn't big but it was better than nothing! @Elementals @Puddle~

[nocturnal]

Originally Posted by RedHead

Lightbubble listened carefully, nodding along as he allowed his paws to air dry, lifting each one up every so often so the light breeze could catch his fur and the water droplets could each gently drip off of his paws.
As Fallenheart finished, the tomcat nodded with a smile. That was more than enough information, and he felt totally ready to go out and find this tom's perfect match. His soulmate, if you will. It seemed he was looking for something pretty basic, nothing too intense, but with small specification that Lightbubble would have to remember. "Okay well... that's plenty of information for me to work with, thanks!" Lightbubble meowed as he turned to start heading back to the camp, awaiting for Fallenheart to fall into step beside him. "Now there is one last question." Lightbubble's face took on a serious look. "Is there anyone you currently have a crush on? Because first and foremost, soulmate's hearts are drawn to each other. So if you have a crush on any cat, I would like to know so I can investigate them first." The cream tabby watched for Fallenheart's reaction, knowing that even if the tom didn't tell him who it was, he might still be able to catch if he had a crush in the first place.

Fallenheart one hundred percent agreed that mates - or soulmates, as Lightbubble called them - should be truly in love with each other. All of his preferences that the dark tabby had mentioned honestly didn't matter, assuming that he found a cat who loved him and who he could love back. But he had to answer, "No, no crushes here. I don't know of any cats who might be drawn to me, either." Fallenheart had never been the more social type when he had been a kit and apprentice. He'd grown much more talkative after being promoted to warrior, though. He felt that he needed to remind Lightbubble that he was only seventeen moons, but the dark tabby decided not to. After all, he knew of some cats that had met their soulmates as apprentices and got romantically involved with each other right after completing their training, waiting only until their relationship wouldn't break clan laws.

He was probably giving Lightbubble a hard time, with his specifications being so vague and not even having any leads. The tom wondered if Lightbubble had already found his soulmate. He knew almost nothing about the cream tabby, but he felt inclined to think of the other cat as his friend.

[Socks]

Originally Posted by RedHead

Lightbubble rolled his eyes at Littlepaw's question. This was another reason why he disliked kits, they were far too curious for his linking. "Well, you might get stuck, and I wouldn't risk tearing a claw to drag you out. Or you could fall and possibly snap a bone. Both result in getting dirty, so we're not doing climbing right now. Not until I know for sure you have some sense of balance and self-preservation." Lightbubble widened his eyes, leaning a bit closer to Littlepaw as his voice dropped down to a whisper. "You'd be surprised, but some cats legitimately don't have that sense. And I was sitting over here thinking it was instinctual. Clearly not."
Though at Littlepaw's next statement, Lightbubble let out a scoff. "Bluffing will not help you out here small child." He meowed, before dropping seamlessly into a hunting crouch, tail held slightly above the ground and weight shifted evenly. "Start with a crouch, and we'll go from there." Lightbubble meowed, straightening up and padding closer to his apprentice so he could force shifts in Littlepaw's stance once the tom did try out a hunting crouch for himself.

Thinking about snapping a bone made Littlepaw suck in a breath and grit his teeth. He wasn't unbalanced but he wasn't some chipmunk, either. His eyes glided over Lightbubble's stance when he crouched, trying to get a feel of his form before he straightened up again. "'s not a bluff." The colour point cat mumbled, taking a step back to demonstrate his own crouch. His first thoughts were of games he'd played with his littermates, where he'd leap on moss balls. That might be a good starting point. He lowered himself in a similar fashion to Lightbubble but something didn't feel right. It was awkward to hold this stance, with his hind legs bent below his stomach and tail curled above his back. He felt like he might topple forward like this but he didn't know how to disperse his weight currently.

[BEAR.]

After finding a dry spot to stash his bird, Falcondive continued his hunt away from the direction the patrol was in.

It did not take him long to fin d the scent of a lizard, track it, and dispatch it with a bit to the neck. Another piece of prey down.. he wished he could savor the blood more, it just did not strike him like the taste of cat blood did.