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Post by Flamey on Jun 27, 2010 7:23:16 GMT -5
Flamestar nodded, surprised by the brilliance of the idea. Sure, it was a little harder than stalking your prey, but it would definitely work for those cats who had fur like her's. And the prey would look front and back, but it would never think to look up. "Brilliant." he said. Though the cats would have to practice to land exactly on top of the prey, or somewhere nearby, it was better than having the prey run away before they even got close. "I'll tell the other cats about it once we get back to camp, and then you could show them how to do it." he said. With a flick of his tail, he turned back to the direction of camp and started walking. [/size]
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Post by *-*Riku*-* on Jun 27, 2010 19:54:33 GMT -5
Lunapaw's tail curled up over her back in pleasure that she had impressed the clan leader- She still had a little trouble believing this was her Clan now, but she had not told Flamestar that the move she had shown him was also her old Clan's key to a secret battle technique. Though, she didn't know that either, so... nothing lost, nothing gained, I suppose. Lunapaw felt a little smug to have shown up Midnightpaw three times in the same day. Not only had she caught prey on her first time out hunting as a clan cat, She had also impressed the clan leader, as well as her own mentor, and had contributed a new hunting technique that the whole of BlazeClan could benefit from.
She picked up her mouse and her squirrel and followed her mentor back to the camp, flicking her tail back and forth as she walked like a metronome, to display how happy she was. When they reached the camp, she dropped her prey in the fresh-kill pile and looked at her mentor. "Can we do some battle practice now?" She asked, eagerly.
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Post by Flamey on Jun 28, 2010 8:55:42 GMT -5
Blackmist felt pride for his apprentice as he picked up his own prey and followed the clan leader back to camp. A few warriors looked up and stopped what they were doing to see who the new arrivals were, but their eyes lingered for just a second or two before they returned to what they were doing. Dropping his catch at the fresh-kill pile, he turned back to Lunapaw, not much surprised by her eagerness anymore. Nevertheless, he was still happy to have had such a willing apprentice, especially when it was his first time as a mentor. "Come on then." he said, once again leaving camp and heading cak towards the field of blaze plants. "Now, pretend I'm a trespasser from another clan. what would you do?" he asked, once they got there.
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Post by *-*Riku*-* on Jun 28, 2010 9:13:03 GMT -5
Lunapaw followed him back out to the field of blaze plants and screwed up her face in a mock hiss of hostility when he asked her this. Without warning, she pounced, attempting to bowl him over onto his side so that she could pin him down, though her smaller size made this almost impossible. "Who are you, and what are you doing on BlazeClan Territory?" She hissed. Pretending to look fierce, she was a VERY good actress. (*Waits for Fallen to kill us all.* XD)
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Post by Fallentear || on Jul 18, 2010 22:51:38 GMT -5
ooc- Okay, screw my fancy posts for right now. They take too long, and I really need to catch up to you guys. xD
I feel sooo bad for not being here for so long. I just graduated from high school, so things have been busy with enjoying my newfound freedom, and trying to find a job and all that... T.T
ic- Midnightpaw watched Lunapaw pounce on her mentor, snarling fiercely like a true Blazeclan warrior. 'Man, this one's a real hot coal,' Midnightpaw thought to himself, reading the anger in her eyes. She would be an enemy the other clans would not want when she was older, that's for sure. Stepping forward, the black tom cleared his throat. "Not to interrupt or anything... but wouldn't we inquire as to their reasons for trespassing first? Let's say a medicine cat came bearing a message, or a wandering youngster had strayed over the border. Wouldn't clawing their ears off be quite rash?" Midnightpaw smiled a little. He knew this was battle practice, and the technicalities didn't matter at present- they were simply here to practice battle moves. But he couldn't help but obnoxiously point out Lunapaw's rushed moves. He cast her a small smirk, twitching his whiskers cheekily before turning back to Flamestar, awaiting instruction for his own battle training.
The truth was, he had heard all about fighting from his mother, and plenty from Sinpaw and Deathpaw. The moves and the strategies were something he was well aware of. But he had never actually fought another cat before. And as with hunting, he was anxious that he would need a bit of practice. 'Hopefully not,' he thought to himself. 'I don't want to make a fool out of myself in front of Lunapaw, after she's already shown me up once.' Midnightpaw bunched his shoulder muscles, in case Flamestar decided on using the element of surprise, as Lunapaw had with Blackmist. His indigo eyes were fixed on Flamestar, waiting for his directions.
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Post by *-*Riku*-* on Jul 27, 2010 16:31:30 GMT -5
Lunapaw turned her head to look at Midnightpaw, relaxing her hold on Blackmist. She broke out of character when he asked her that, so the gleam of amusement leapt back into her sparkling blue eyes. "It never hurts to be on your guard! Of course I would never attack a young or weak cat, but since 7 times out of 10, the intruder's going to be a strong rogue, or another clan warrior, attacking first puts you in the advantage of surprise." She replied, Her lack of attention made her almost completely vulnerable to Blackmist's comeback, if he decided to attack her. Lunapaw couldn't help that though, Midnightpaw had distracted her, which was actually, a really easy feat for Lunapaw when she was young. It wouldn't when she grew older.
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