W a r r i o r D o g s || RiverPack

[RogueRunner]

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( ♀ ) - ( Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ) - ( Medicine Dog Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 8 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Inkfeather ) - ( Demisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Wildpaw )
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She simply watched in silence as Wildpaw waded into the stream, thinking of everything that could go wrong. Her breath caught in her throat when Wildpaw reached the deepest section of the water, severe enough that she couldn't stand in it. Foxpaw's eyes continuously shifted from the apprentices to the roaring water, and she swallowed. She stifled a whimper before asking Froststar, with disguised nervousness, "Are you certain this is such a good idea, Alpha?"

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W I L D P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Rottweiler/Newfoundland mix ) - ( Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 7 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Froststar ) - ( Bisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Foxpaw )
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Wildpaw couldn't help but beam at her mentor, pleased with an opportunity to prove herself. She raised a brow and gave Reedpaw a playful smile, asking in an overly-chivalrous voice, "Shall we?" She turned and waded into the stream, feeling its full force slam into her legs. She was powerful enough to stand like this without too much trouble, but the problem was that the tree was on a higher level than she, on all fours, was. She'd need to rise up to press it backwards so that it wouldn't fall when Reedpaw grabbed it. She crossed to the side with the tree, gasping quietly in surprise when she found that the middle region was deep enough for her to need to swim, and settled in front of her target. She took a deep breath as she reared up onto her hindlegs and dug her mighty forepaws into the base of the tree, shoving it backwards. Her hindlegs shivered in fatigue with the task of holding up the bulk of her hefty frame, but she managed to turn her head, grunting, "Please get a move on, Reedpaw."

[Queen of flames]

Inkfeather
male - dalmatian - medicine dog - Foxpaw (kind of) - crush: open - tags: open

He made his way to the camp, caring the herbs he was being found so far, dropping them into the healer's den so he could check them later on. Now he needed to get back to bring his hunted preys back as well, there was too much for him to carry at the same time so he needed to do some compromises and taking the herbs first seemed wiser for him. He gave a quick look around the peaceful camp, before leaving it again, walking toward the part of the forest where he hides his catches.

[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: WillowWhisper | Crush: Goldenpaw | Location: Going towards northern border | Tags: FrostStar, Wildpaw, Foxpaw

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Reedpaw smiled at Wildpaw when she thanked him, and then when Froststar gave his approval, Reedpaw waited for Wildpaw to get into position. He watched her wading out, her legs standing firm against the powerful current. He watched Wildpaw now approaching the deepest part, swimming against the current. She put her front paws up at the top to hold it, and told him to hurry and grab the hive. Reedpaw backed up a few paces, then launched himself forwards, landing lightly on Wildpaw's back. Reedpaw felt himself teeter back and forth. Oh, no, you don't. Reedpaw reached up, rising slowly onto his back legs, then grabbed it in his mouth. Whoa, heavier than expected... Reedpaw, immediately upon grabbing the hive, leaped back onto the bank without having even turned fully around. He dropped it onto the soft, cool grass, then turned around, watching Wildpaw. "Got it, Wildpaw!" he barked.

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[RogueRunner]

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F O X P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ) - ( Medicine Dog Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 8 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Inkfeather ) - ( Demisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Wildpaw )
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Her nerve getting the better of her, she called to the other two apprentices, "Hey, are you sure that Wildpaw can hold all of that -" Before she even finished her sentence, Reedpaw had already leaped and landed not-so-gracefully atop Wildpaw's back. Foxpaw's ears pinned fearfully against her head as Reedpaw wobbled, but he seemed unafraid as he grabbed the hive and leaped to safety. They actually did it! Her relief, along with joy, was so great that she hardly took notice of Wildpaw falling back into the stream. "Oh my gosh!" Foxpaw exclaimed as she bolted to meet Wildpaw, who was carrying the hive, back on Foxpaw's side of the stream. "You two actually did it. Thank you both!" She quickly forced herself to relax and inspected the find. She flinched as a bee landed on her nose, but it was an excellent haul, nonetheless, containing even more pure honey than she'd anticipated.

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W I L D P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Rottweiler/Newfoundland mix ) - ( Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 7 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Froststar ) - ( Bisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Foxpaw )
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Her paws slid the slightest bit when Reedpaw landed on her back. Wildpaw gritted her fangs and forced them back into place, digging her nails into the trunk. He's no heavier than a salmon. This just might work! And it did work - Reedpaw got the hive much faster, in fact, than Wildpaw anticipated. The sudden shift in weight when he jumped off of her broke her delicate balance and one of her hindlegs buckled against the stream. She tumbled back down into the stream, though she quickly recovered and reemerged, shaking the water from her thick pelt. Embarrassment scorched her fur from the fall, but she redirected their attention by saying, "Nicely done, Reedpaw! You're a good teammate." Protectively, she yanked the hive away from him a bit. "Try not to taint this victory by getting stung a bunch, though." She then picked the heavy hive up in her jaws, walking back to their other two companions through a portion of the river she knew for a fact was shallow enough. She dropped the hive before a delighted Foxpaw and smiled at all of her patrolmates proudly.

[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: WillowWhisper | Crush: Goldenpaw | Location: Going towards northern border | Tags: FrostStar, Wildpaw, Foxpaw

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Reedpaw grinned cheerfully, and said, "That was fun! Hey, Foxpaw, mind sniffing out any more honey for us to retrieve?" He took a deep whiff of the honey. It smelled pretty good. It was fun, though. I'm just so glad that it went as smoothly as it did. He remembered the surge of panic he had felt when Wildpaw had lost her footing. Yes, they were very, very lucky.

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[RogueRunner]

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F O X P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ) - ( Medicine Dog Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 8 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Inkfeather ) - ( Demisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Wildpaw )
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"I'll let you know," Foxpaw replied passively to Reedpaw while testing how heavy the hive was. Realizing she wasn't going to be able to lift the whole thing, or carry anything else while she was, she stepped away from the group without a word to bring back a large stick and some laurel leaves. She took the stick's tip in her jaws, sharpening it with her teeth. Then, using her paws to steady the hive, she used the jagged end to stab into it and pry it open. She flinched again when bees swarmed out, but quickly got to work once they cleared, breaking off honeycombs to wrap in the laurel leaves. While gathering them, she looked up from what she was doing to comment, "I know I said that I didn't need honey, but still...thank you both anyways. You make a good team and I'm sure that this'll last a while."

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W I L D P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Rottweiler/Newfoundland mix ) - ( Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 7 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Froststar ) - ( Bisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Foxpaw )
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She smiled at Reedpaw's comment. Her stumpy tail twitched with contentment until Foxpaw suddenly padded off - again, with no explanation - but she didn't say anything because she expected that she would be back. Perhaps she was just getting something. Her suspicion was confirmed when she came back with a stick and some leaves to break and collect from the hive. At her praise at her own and Reedpaw's work, she felt another surge of warmth, but also fear. I hope he thinks so, too. She glanced at him before looking back at her mentor, and then towards the Northern border they were meant to be going towards. Anger burned suddenly and fiercely in her gut at the thought of those coyotes and then at herself for how much time she had just spent not driving those pests from RiverPack land. This had been quite the delay, but it had also been fun. She didn't want to chastise herself for just being a pup for once, especially if they had gotten something helpful out of it. Still, her next words nearly came out as a growl. "This was fun and all, but we should hurry up."

[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: WillowWhisper | Crush: Goldenpaw | Location: Going towards northern border | Tags: FrostStar, Wildpaw, Foxpaw

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Reedpaw smiled at Foxpaw's praise, knowing that she was more thankful than she was putting on. In response to Wildpaw, Reedpaw said, "I suppose so. Froststar?" At least Wildpaw seemed like she had had fun. But then, she also seemed angry with herself for the delay. I wonder if Foxpaw will go with us all the way to the border...

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[Owlcat]

Froststar

( ♂ ) - ( English Cream ) - ( Alpha ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 30 moons old ) - ( No romance ) - ( Tags: Wildpaw, Reedpaw, Foxpaw )

Frostar watched as Reedpaw, and Wildpaw waded into the river and got the honey. He dug his claws into the soft ground, and got ready to spring if one of them were to get caught up in the current. Luckily they didn't, he ignored Foxpaw's comment and went to say "Good job." to them. He watched them as they congratulated each other too. "Wildpaw's right." He finally said, "we should get going." He started walking away, toward the direction that they originally planned to go, and left the rest of the patrol to follow.

[RogueRunner]

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F O X P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ) - ( Medicine Dog Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 8 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Inkfeather ) - ( Demisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Wildpaw )
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"I agree," Foxpaw said while breaking off the last chunk of honeycomb. She bound the two laurel leaves she had used to wrap the honeycombs in with one, sturdy branch, allowing her to balance the whole thing on her back like saddlebags. She then ran into the front of the group again, scanning frantically with her eyes and nose for more herbs or predators. She stopped before she got too far when it suddenly occurred to her that she was setting herself up to get yelled at again, but it was hard to bring herself to do and it made her wonder if it would've been better to just go scouting alone again instead of with a group. She didn't feel much safer with them than she did without them anyways, which had been her central motive for wanting to take another dog, and all they were doing was limiting her speed. Then again, she couldn't deny that her fellow apprentices had been incredibly useful in obtaining honey... Her outrageously bushy tail bristled up in alarm as her sharp senses detected movement before her. She whirled around and sprinted past her companions until she once again remembered that they were meant to be traveling together. She barked, her tone airy, "Something is up ahead."

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W I L D P A W
( ♀ ) - ( Rottweiler/Newfoundland mix ) - ( Apprentice ) - ( RiverPack ) - ( 7 moons old ) - ( Mentor: Froststar ) - ( Bisexual ) - ( No Romance ) - ( Tags: Froststar, Reedpaw, Foxpaw )
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She sighed in relief as Froststar led the patrol onward, but some anger lingered, and it was clear in the way she carried herself now. Her wispy ears were perked up and forwards. Her normally bright and round eyes had darkened and narrowed considerably. Her muscles were tensed and her footsteps were heavy. Wildpaw herself wasn't sure why she got into these moods, but she knew from experience that it was better to keep to herself when she felt them coming on. She dropped to the back of the group so that she wouldn't frighten the two smaller apprentices, assuming that her mentor wouldn't care because he knew Wildpaw better than they did. So focused was she on calming down that, when Foxpaw brushed against her as she bolted past the group, she was taken completely by surprise and she nearly snapped at her. "'Something?' What?" she asked, huffing in annoyance. Just then, she, too, noticed a rustling in the bushes. Barely thinking on it beforehand, she vaulted past the others, standing protectively in front of them as she assumed an aggressive posture. What stepped out was all too familiar: Scrawny, sharp, and as nasty as it was scheming in expression, a coyote. The young apprentice growled lowly and pounced immediately. The coyote yelped and doubled back through the bushes, tearing up grass as it was pursued with relentlessness that it clearly wasn't prepared for.

[qerrat]

Reedpaw

♂| Flat-Coated Retriever | 9 Moons | Mentor: WillowWhisper | Crush: Goldenpaw | Location: Going towards northern border | Tags: FrostStar, Wildpaw, Foxpaw

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Reedpaw followed Froststar and Foxpaw, noticing how Wildpaw waited for him to get ahead before starting to walk. Huh. I wonder what's up... he heard the rustling in the bushes seconds before Foxpaw pointed it out, and was nearly trampled when Wildpaw ran past him, and scared the coyote into running. Reedpaw ran to catch up with Froststar, and felt himself automatically tensing up and lowering his body closer to the grass, unconsciously preparing him for a fight.

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