.[[Chromatic Fades xx//Bluffpaw's training]].

[.feather//oceana.]

xx.//Across these highways and dead-end roads.]]

A pale blue gaze scanned the horizon for a sign of approach. Atop a rock a young tawny tom was seated, bitterly awaiting the arrival of his mentor. Training was something Bluffpaw knew he would detest since the moment he heard of it in the nursery as a young kit. What is the purpose of training anyway? Everyone dies, so why not make dying easier? Why should you learn to fight back and prolong the inevitable?

xx.//You wandered down for somewhere new.]]

The thought of his mentor, some loony eager to train a nice little apprentice to make themselves look better among their warrior buddies, disgusted him. Bluffpaw supported the idea of live and learn. He believed it would be far more effective if apprentices were just turned loose and then the rest would be up to nature. They would have to learn to hunt and do all of the things that a mentor would teach them to survive anyways.

xx.//And you traveled lightly, just the air inside.]]

Over a ridge he spotted a cat approaching. He only knew the name of the cat that was to mentor him, but nothing more. Bluffpaw unsheathed his claws in defense and jumped down behind the large boulder. For all he knew it could be some nasty rogue or a mountain lion. From this far away it was hard to tell. Bluffpaw knew one thing for sure; he was going to hate this.

xx.//Was all you'd take to carry on your way.]]

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Hawkfrost grimaced. He was given his first apprentice, and was already starting to hate it. 'Now my time is consumed by a whiney brat.' He thought. He saw his apprentice travel off the large stone and hid behind it. 'What is he doing?' He thought incredulously. Not liking him, but not wanting to scare him, he called, "Bluffpaw? Are you out there?"

[.feather//oceana.]

xx.//Hoping you'd lessen to the end.]]

The bronze tom padded out from behind the rock, sheathed his claws and stood firmly in place. So this must be Hawkfrost. His pale blue orbs narrowed into slits as his mentor approached. "What do you think?" he murrowed sarcastically and without much emotion. Great, I get stuck with some idiot. What kind of warrior doesn't know how to scent an apprentice? Bluffpaw turned away and settled back down atop the rock. He liked the idea of being higher than someone who was technically supposed to be in charge of him. "Are you sure you should be a warrior?" Bluffpaw sneered.

xx.//Cause after all, those frames filled the wall.]]

[dove]

Hawkfrost hissed, his eyes narrowing. "Are you sure you want to mess with me?" He was bigger than Bluffpaw, but he felt so stupid at the moment, 'Here I am, arguing with my apprentice.' "And I knew it was you." He added in an undertone.

[.feather//oceana.]

xx.//When you ripped them down.]]

Bluffpaw gave a sarcastic eye raise. "Really," he meowed coldly. The tawny tom knew it would be stupid to pick a fight with a grown warrior when he had just became an apprentice.
"So what are you going to do, stand here and argue with me all day? Or would you like to waste my time in some other way? Perhaps teaching me some of that mousebrained nonsense that's in the Warrior Code?" he snickered. Bluffpaw knew very well that he was being rude and disrespectful, he had no care though. They could punish him however they liked, it didn't make a difference to him.

xx.//After all, the music will fall.]]

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[dove]

Hawkfrost hissed, and tensed himself. Somewhere though, in the back of his mind, he heard his mother's voice. 'Calm down, and sooth yourself.' It had repeated in his head often enough. He started to shake his head, not out of ignorance, but as if distracting himself.
He finally looked up, his ice-blue eyes calm, and emotionless. "Let's go practice your hunting." He mewed, no expressison shown. He turned, and swiftly loped away, expecting his apprentice to keep up with him.

[.feather//oceana.]

xx.//Scattered on the ground.]]

Bluffpaw snorted and rolled his eyes. He decided he'd humor Hawkfrost for a while. "Fine," he scoffed following Hawkfrost reluctantly. The young tom dragged his feet heavily over pine covered earth, hoping to startle any prey that may be lurking in the undergrowth. Bluffpaw decided that if he had to do this 'training' nonsense, he would at least make some fun come out of it.

xx.//You ended up back where you began.]]

[dove]

Hawkfrost grew irritated very quickly. "Do you know how not to stomp around like a giant?" He asked, sounding bored, infact, he really was bored. he turned to face his apprentice, "Why don't we go find somewhere to practice your fighting?" He smiled, his eyes gleaming maliciously.

[.feather//oceana.]

xx.//And you couldn't find a face you knew.]]

Bluffpaw narrowed his eyes into narrow slits. "I'll stomp around like a giant if I want to!" he spat, not caring what the consequences would be. "Maybe it's not my fault that the prey won't come out. Maybe it smells you coming and it just runs and hides!" Bluffpaw snickered, full of self satisfaction. "What's the point in battling anyway, we all die," he added with a tone of pessimism.

xx.//And you were hoping you could always go back.]]

ooc:Is pessimism even a word? XD

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OOC: XD I think so! haha


BIC: Hawkfrost sat down, looking at his apprentice thoughtfully. "If a fox were to attack, right here and then, would you run away?" He asked. He was a rebelious cat but was not pessimistic.