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

[Gravis Cordis]

Doepaw
//Belgian Turvuren\\
//Female•Skypack•Apprentice•8 moons•Tags : Lupinpaw\\

Doepaw continued to examine her surroundings and just when she was about to give up,
get up, and go on a walk, Lupinpaw showed up, saving her from boredom. Lupinpaw was one of Doepaw's favorite dogs in Skypack. Not only because he accepted her as part of the pack, but generally, he was fun to talk to and he always had some way to bring fun to the table. Grinning, Doepaw dipped her narrow head in greeting to the older apprentice, her multi-colored, fluffy tail beginning to wag slowly across the ground. "Hi Lupinpaw." The large, mostly red and black dog followed her denmate's gaze and ended up staring up at the clouds again.
"What're you up to today? Is Nightfire taking you out to train?"
Doepaw kept her pointed ears pricked, listening to the natural sounds of the oak forest around them, always trying to discern the normal noises from unnatural sounds. It was a habit she'd picked picked up after her former pack, and family, had been snatched by twolegs a few moons ago.

[qerrat]

Lupinpaw
Australian Cattle Dog | Male | Apprentice | Skypack | 10 moons | Mentor: Nightfire| Heterosexual | Mate/crush: open | Tags: Doepaw
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Lupinpaw shrugged, now studying a cloud shaped a bit like an old toad. "Dunno, she's busy." He turned away from the toad-cloud, and faced Doepaw, excited to share the bit of gossip he'd been overhearing all morning. "Did you hear? This Riverpacker, some sort of medicine dog, trespassed on our borders last night! They brought her into camp, and were going to let Blizzardstar say what to do with her. She was hurt, I guess, so they couldn't send her back."

[Gravis Cordis]

Doepaw
//Belgian Turvuren\\
//Female•Skypack•Apprentice•8 moons•Tags : Lupinpaw\\

Doepaw nodded silently at Lupinpaw's dismissal of Nightfire as she observed a vaguely leaf-shaped cloud as it scuttled along overhead. At Lupinpaw's announcement, the younger apprentice leveled her gaze on him, excitement sparking in her dark brown eyes at the mention of the Riverpack Medicine dog.
"I did hear something about that. I could smell her Riverpack scent when I woke up this morning too!"
Doepaw glanced at the medicine dog den for a moment, something akin to curiosity in her eyes.
"Have you talked to her yet? I wonder what happened..."
The reddish/black apprentice wagged her tail and shifted from paw to paw. She'd not met any pack dogs outside of Skypack yet, so the prospect of meeting a Riverpacker was super exciting! Doepaw had only recently been taught about the other packs and the code all packs followed and had been nervous, yet dying to meet a non Skypacker since.

[qerrat]

Lupinpaw
Australian Cattle Dog | Male | Apprentice | Skypack | 10 moons | Mentor: Nightfire| Heterosexual | Mate/crush: open | Tags: Doepaw
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Lupinpaw shrugged, turning back to the clouds. "I wanted to, but I was in some hot water with Nightfire yesterday, so I thought I'd wait. I dunno where she slept, anyways, so I'll ask around later." He inhaled the fresh, sweet smell of the grass around them, the fresh, crisp air of Newleaf. He paused for a second, mulling over thoughts at random, before looking back at Doepaw, excited. "The gathering's coming up soon, ya know. I hope Nightfire lets me go..."

[Gravis Cordis]

Doepaw
//Belgian Turvuren\\
//Female•Skypack•Apprentice•8 moons•Tags : Lupinpaw\\

"Yeah, that was probably for the best..."
Doepaw allowed her thoughts to take her somewhere much happier and felt the fur along her back bristle in excitement at the mention of the upcoming gathering. She'd only recently turned 6 moons old, having been just shy of acceptable age when she joined Skypack so if Blizzardstar decided to take her, it would be her first gathering! The red/black apprentice looked at Lupinpaw, her eyes wide.
"I hope so too! If Blizzardstar let's me go, I want to have a friend by my side for my first gathering!"
At the thought of going to the gathering, Doepaw's excitement turned sour, curdling more into distress than anything else. What if the other apprentices don't like her? What if she says something wrong, or somehow makes a fool of herself?

[qerrat]

Lupinpaw
Australian Cattle Dog | Male | Apprentice | Skypack | 10 moons | Mentor: Nightfire| Heterosexual | Mate/crush: open | Tags: Doepaw
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Lupinpaw smiled again, though he was still staring dreamily at a cloud that looked much like a deer. "Blizzardstar'll let you go. That's one upside of being such a small pack; nearly everyone can go to gatherings." He, personally, quite liked the gatherings, seeing the other apprentices, and, if he was totally honest, beating them in their jumping challenges. It seemed that other dogs were quite impressed at Skypack's reputation to climbing trees. Lupinpaw had shown a nosy apprentice, a moon younger than him, how easy it was, and was quite pleased with himself. "It'll be fun, don't worry. Everyone's nervous the first time, that's just how it works. You'll be fine."

[Gravis Cordis]

Doepaw
//Belgian Turvuren\\
//Female•Skypack•Apprentice•8 moons•Tags : Lupinpaw\\

Doepaw smiled softly, appreciating Lupinpaw's words of encouragement. "You make a good point I guess..."
The younger apprentice trailed off and fixed her gaze back on the clouds overhead. There was one that moved about in the rough shape of a tooth but in a few seconds, however, it broke apart into random shapes. Something snapped in Doepaw and she groaned slightly, allowing her ears to pin back against her head,
"Ugh! I don't know how much longer I can wait to finally do something! I feel so useless sitting around camp doing absolutely nothing!" She huffed and swished her tail, feeling more than a little aggravated from being cooped up in the camp for the past few days.

[RogueRunner]

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N I G H T F I R E
( ♀ ) - ( Border Collie/Siberian Husky mix ) - ( Beta ) - ( SkyPack ) - ( 30 moons old ) - ( Apprentice: Lupinpaw ) - ( Asexual ) - ( No romance ) - ( Tags: Bramblestream, Reedpaw )
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"Well, that wouldn't be of your concern. Additionally, I don't think it would be in your Pack's best interest to initiate conflict over a dead apprentice, and I'm certain that Froststar will both realize that and accept it." Her jaws snapped shut dismissively as she finished speaking. When she stood, she found that she wouldn't move. Turning away from the dogs, she could only take one step, eyes narrowing. Why was she doing this? She knew it would be wiser to just kill these two. They were both helpless, as she'd easily proven, and she could send their bodies downstream; if RiverPack tried to accuse SkyPack, they couldn't possibly have enough evidence to retaliate. SkyPack could easily say they'd been devoured by that wretched bear. But logic wasn't what clouded her judgement as she flicked her curled tail at the outsiders, beckoning them, while she started to lead the way around the cliff, into the night.

Despite that she hadn't slept for the whole night, she felt very much awake. How could she sleep? Not only were they two intruders and a clear danger if they told their Pack of what supposedly happened to Foxpaw, but they somehow instilled a pity in her so strong that she couldn't bring herself to do what needed to be done. Hesitantly, she stepped to the side, giving them a clear view of the open woods looming before them, where the trees actually parted enough to let them see through and into the daylight. "This route will take significantly longer to traverse than it took you with the alternative, but, so long as you go straight, a bear encounter is highly unlikely. Should you run into her regardless, I suggest assuming a defensive posture lacking aggression instead of what I'm deducing you actually did, which is flee. Bears have no quarrel with dogs, nor do they view them as prey; state that you're unafraid, but don't challenge them, and they have no reason to pick a fight." She clamped her mouth to avoid continuing, glancing off into the forest so she could avoid staring that sad, scared apprentice in the eye.

[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: Azurepaw, Dappleheart, Quickleap )
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Her eyes blinked open, crusty and feeling torturously heavy. Of course, she hadn't had much sleep last night, given...where she was, where even the bliss of rest couldn't alleviate her worries. They'd let her live, sure, and sleep (as much as she could, anyways), but would they let her leave? She hadn't gotten the chance to speak with any "Blizzardstar" yet, but... Noticing with a jolt of pleasant surprise that there was no longer any dogs guarding her, she stood, knees shaking, and started creeping through the grass of the camp while doing her best to keep her bad leg dangling in the air. She kept herself low to the ground, in case any dog approached. What would she even say if they did? She didn't want to give them the "My Pack will take revenge!" excuse; this poor Pack looked like it had enough to worry about, and she didn't want to bring her own family into it, either. She was on her own. But when hadn't she been? As she made her way into the direction of her own scent, a far more potent, metallic stench overtook her senses. Her head perked in alertness and swiveled in the direction of what she could only assume was the medicine den as she inhaled. Blood. That Dappleheart dog still hadn't been treated by a medicine dog? This was absurd!

Still, no dog seemed to be around; it was like they were too short on members to guard a hostage, as crazy as that seemed to the red apprentice. She could probably get away from the territory, unnoticed, with just a bit of extra pressure on her lame leg. But... Her eyes traveled back to the medicine den. Was that she-dog in pain? It was only thorns, and they had only been embedded for a day. Logically, she were probably fine.

She's probably dying to infection already.

It didn't matter what she thought, however, because she was already approaching the entrance on swift, light feet. She tried to descend gracefully, but, the second her paw hit the uneven tunnel leading down, it slipped. Her entire body swung over and forward, over her clumsy forepaw, tumbling down against rocky soil. It took all of her effort to not land on her broken leg; instead, she took the full force to her flank, the rib jabbing painfully into ground. Gritting her teeth, Foxpaw forced herself to her three good paws - and immediately cringed, cowering low, as she noticed that that dog she'd met yesterday, Quickleap, and another that looked young enough to be an apprentice were in the den, too. Despite her fear, she couldn't help but give a concerned bark as she noticed what hung from Quickleap's teeth. "Y-you're not going to press that directly into the wound, are you?" Nervously, Foxpaw looked over at the injured one, Dappleheart, instinctively trying to gauge the severity of her injury from where Foxpaw was huddled into the ground several dog-lengths away.

[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; Sky pack tags; Reedpaw, Nightfire

Bramblestream gave Reedpaw a small lick on the head before turning to face the husky. "We will see you soon," she said before turning her back on the stranger and beginning her long limp toward home. It would feel eternal and undoubtedly, she would die before the two ever got to River Pack territory. Her leg was throbbing and her flesh felt burning hot around where the bear had grabbed her. Despite her own injuries, she couldn't help but feel the worst for Reedpaw. His mentor was dead and his good friend, Foxpaw, was supposedly dead. Now it was likely that Bramblestream would die too. Hopefully they would make it back before Star Pack took her though.