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[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: Smokenose Bramblestream | Crush: Open! | Location: Near border with Skypack | Tags: Bramblestream

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Reedpaw followed her, absorbed in his own thoughts. Smokenose is surely dead by now. What are they doing about it? Are they looking for us? Will they be able to find us? He nearly bumped into Bramble stream when she stopped, and was only to glad to curl up in the thickets. "It's amazing," he said, sighing in relief. Laying down had never felt so good. "I'm just gonna go to sleep, I think. My poor wet head is too tired for any more rivers for today." Reedpaw smiled through half-closed eyes, feeling sleep snagging at his brain.
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[kilimanjaro]

= B R A M B L E S T R E A M =
sex; female age;25 moons rank; warrior breed; spaniel mix location; near sky pack tags; Reedpaw

Bramblestream grinned as she crawled into the thickets beside the young pup. He sounded water-logged and exhausted. The spaniel warrior gave Reedpaw a couple of motherly licks on the ear before settling down herself. She curled into as tight of a ball as she could to keep warm. It seemed only seconds passed before she was asleep.

[Owlcat]

Froststar

( ♂ ) - ( English Cream ) - ( Alpha ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 30 moons old ) - ( No romance ) - ( Tags: Mossbrook )

Froststar got quiet, thinking about what to do. "There's no reason to send more dogs to find the apprentices. We would just be putting more dogs in danger. I trust Bramblestream enough to realize to turn back if finding them no longer seems possible. We will carry Smokenose into the center of the camp, to pay our respects properly, and allow and dog that wants to pay vigil to him." He was about to head back into his den, until he realized something. Pausing, he dipped his head in acknowledgement, "Thank you for consulting me first."

[Hush]

Mossbrook- ♀
14 moons - Bernadoodle
RiverPack - Warrior
Romance: open - Location: Leader’s Drn
Tags: Froststar

The curly haired she-dog nodded at his orders. “I will move him and tell the others of your orders.” She said before turning, pausing herself as she went to leave. “If Bramblestream doesn’t return by sun up would you like to send a patrol out to search?” She asked, wanting to be prepared for the coming dawn, knowing the situation was already dire and time would only worsen it.

[RogueRunner]

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W I L D P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Rottweiler/Newfoundland mix ) - ( Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 7 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Froststar ) - ( Bisexual ) - ( Crush: Reedpaw ) - ( Tags: Sunfur )
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Her head dropped as the old dog's words failed to satisfy her and she was tempted to say something like, Enemies are just enemies; I will NEVER treat them like allies, but she knew better. Additionally, as he began spouting his obligatory advice about being a warrior, something changed in him that almost made her sniffle. He blinked a couple of times, eyes glazing over, and looked off into the distance. He then played it off as if he hadn't been talking about an important, inherently depressing topic. Actually...Wildpaw didn't think he was playing it off. It seemed to her more like he had just forgotten he'd been speaking at all. It was so...sad.

Wildpaw swallowed, unable to look at the elder any longer. He was going on about taking her hunting with this goofy little smile on his old face, which was an offer that, if she was being honest with herself, didn't sound especially tempting, given that she had cried and all but broken down in front of him. It certainly didn't help that he was probably like ten times her age; she doubted she could hold any kind of decent conversation with him - not that she was in the mood to try to to begin with. When she looked back at his cloudy eyes and dopey grin, though, she couldn't bring herself to do anything but smile weakly into the darkness and say: "Y-yeah, yeah... Goodnight, Sunfur." With that, she stood and trotted off to the apprentices' den. Her pace had slowed to a pitiful drag by the time she reached its side, and she knew why. Once she stepped in, she'd be facing a grief-stricken Reedpaw. He had to have heard the news by now! Would he hate her for avoiding telling him? She sighed before stepping, heavily, into the den. She blinked hard to adjust to the lack of lighting, saying before she even saw the other apprentice, "Reedpaw...I'm so sorry. For, well...everything. I -" She cut off as her gaze raised to nothing. He wasn't there? Wildpaw glanced around in confusion, searching for her fellow apprentice.

[kilimanjaro]

= B R A M B L E S T R E A M =
sex; female age;25 moons rank; warrior breed; spaniel mix location; forest outside sky pack tags; reedpaw

"Up, Reedpaw. We've gotta go," Bramblestream whispered nudging the apprentice with her muzzle. She had only been up for the better part of thirty minutes before she had heard something in the heavily wooded area nearby. "Reedpaw, come on," she said, tugging gently on the retriever's ear. He needed the rest after the long day yesterday but Bramblestream didn't want to be caught in strange territory any longer than she needed to. The musky scent of another creature grew closer and Bramblestream tucked her stumpy tail. She hadn't scented something like this before. It smelled large but Bramblestream didn't want to wait to find out. Cautiously, she crept from the makeshift den and did her best to pick up the quickly fading scent of Foxpaw. The medicine dog apprentice had obviously been very frightened based on how pungent her scent still was but Bramblestream didn't imagine she'd be able to keep the trail for much longer.

[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: Smokenose Bramblestream | Crush: Open! | Location: Near border with Skypack | Tags: Bramblestream

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Reepaw opened his eyes blearily, watching the blurred figure of Bramblestream leaving their makeshift camp. Then, the sound of rustling bushes. Heavy breathing. And a scent that most certainly wasn't dog. Reedpaw jumped up, and stumbled out of the bushes, the leaves and twigs tangling into his fur. He crouched low next to the older dog, glancing around nervously as she studied the scent. We were asleep for less than an hour, he thought anxiously. His shoulder felt much better, but stiff; definitely not good for a fight. Stupid fox, Reedpaw thought gloomily, trying to forestall the inevitable thought. At least it's probably not going to follow us. He couldn't not think it any longer. Smokenose is surely dead.
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[kilimanjaro]

= B R A M B L E S T R E A M =
sex; female age;25 moons rank; warrior breed; spaniel mix location; Near skypack tags; Reedpaw

Bramblestream flinched at a snapping branch in the woods nearby. Surely that wasn't what she thought it was. She had only heard elder's tales about the giant pup eating monsters and had never scented one herself. Her hackles rose instinctively as she crouched down next to Reedpaw. The scent of the creature changed as Bramblestream crept along Foxpaw's trail. It smelled bigger? No. There were more than one. She turned to Reedpaw quickly, "I think it's a mother bear and her cubs. We need to move quickly and quietly," she whispered. As low to the ground as she could get, Bramblestream padded along the trail, tail tucked and ears listening carefully.

[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: Smokenose Bramblestream | Crush: Open! | Location: Near border with Skypack | Tags: Bramblestream

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Reedpaw nodded, falling into his unnaturally low crouch. His small size and strangely angled shoulder blades helped with this; his belly nearly brushed the forest floor. Reedpaw followed her instinctively, breathing in the scent of the 'bear' and it's cubs. It sounded, indeed, huge. Far too big for any amount of dogs to take down without a serious fight or injury. The young apprentice was also pretty sure that if it found them there, they'd have to run for it. He glanced up at the dark looming trees, ears twitching nervously.
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[kilimanjaro]

= B R A M B L E S T R E A M =
sex; female age;25 moons rank; warrior breed; spaniel mix location; Near skypack tags; Reedpaw

Bramblestream moved quickly, looking around wildly to ensure the bear hadn't scented them yet. They were downwind so at least they had that going for them. Taking another paw step, something stung the bottom of her paw pad and the warrior let out a small yelp. "Ow ow ow," she whimpered picking up her paw. A good sized thorn had wedged itself in between her paw pads but she didn't have time to worry about that. The creature grunted several times and by the sound of the crunching branches, it was coming to investigate the source of the yelp. Bramblestream furiously tried to dig her teeth into her own paw to snag the thorn out. "Reedpaw, run," she whispered, her eyes flashing with terror. Though she had never met a bear before, the stories she had been told were enough for her to understand the immense danger of a bear. Trying her best to wiggle out the thorn, she stayed as low to the forest floor as she could. Starpack save us please, she thought. As soon as the thorn was out of her paw Bramblestream got to her paws and bolted, although the one paw was tender. There would be no use trying to fight this bear so the two dogs would have to outrun her. The rattling branches behind them told her that it was giving chase.