♔ 𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑛 ♔ [ᴏᴘᴇɴ & ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛɪɴɢ]

[tūī]

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Lightpaw's eyes lit up as he turned to see his mentor. She was one of the only cats in the clan who could communicate with him like he was normal. He nodded at her words then signed back, 'I am fine, sleep was good, I would love to train. Something new sounds great!' He smiled back, his tail flicking in excitment. Yes! I can't wait to train... a new skill set too! He tilted his head, then quickly signed, 'oh! I need to go bury the mouse's bones.' He was quite loyal to StarClan, and would never forgive himself if he forgot to. He picked them up in his jaw and flicked his tail to show where he was going. He rushed into the bushes and dug up the soil, dropping the bones in he buried it back up. He then rushed back to his mentor.

[Yuroshi]

Dawnpounce
Molly - 20 Moons - Warrior - Affectionate - Lightpaw

Dawnpounce couldn’t stop her purr as she watched her, in her opinion, adorable apprentice hurry about to do his duty to Starclan.
“Alright- we have a few options today. The past two moons we’ve mostly been working on getting to know your strengths and weaknesses, and ironing out your ability to move silently. Your ability to create and read minute body languages is a skill that can be deadly if honed well. But today, I figured I’d give you a taste of something new... I’ve watched you hunt, chase, climb, and helped you improve those skills. Certainly there is more to be done- but you are also not even fully grown yet. Time is something you have lots of. Recent events have given me an idea... apprentices learn much during their time, but there is one thing that warriors forget.”
Here she stopped to level her apprentice with a wicked grin as she led him out of the heart of their camp.
“The ability to work together, surely, but more than that... the ability to lead. We are all taught to follow the directions of our leaders, or deputies. But as has been shown, sometimes our leaders aren’t who we expect them to be. One day, you might be in a situation where there is no one else to guide you, but other who must be guided. In those times... you must lead, Lightpaw.”
She tapped him on the chest to emphasize her point at the end, eyes sparkling. She’d been getting increasingly more passionate as she spoke, signing any words she could, or at least the same meaning. She gave him some time to absorb (and respond, should he deign to) before continuing on with her plan.
“So, Lightpaw. Today we will work as a team- to stalk and chase particularly elusive prey, if that is what you wish, or to stalk and flank ‘predators..’”
She’d stopped speaking out loud completely by the last sentence, signing that the predators would be the hunting party that would soon emerge, or perhaps another mentor apprentice team.
“The difference is that today, the strategy and order we do these in will be completely up to you. So tell me,” she purred out as she sat primly, “what would you have me do?”

[harbinger]

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xxxxxcloudbelly smiled upon hearing that larkwhisper and warblersnow had planned on heading out anyway. guess it won't take much to convince larkwhisper, after all, he thought, relieved. some cats insisted on wallowing in their own misery for moons on end; it was encouraging to see larkwhisper still willing to be involved in daily activities. "perfect, then!" cloudbelly replied, tail waving cheerfully. "so, anybody need a minute, or are we ready to go now?" as he spoke, he took a step towards the camp entrance, and glanced at the others to see if they were ready or not.

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[ tom | forty-six m | medicine cat | in camp | tagged: sage ]

xxxxxhe was just beginning to lick his paw and swipe it over his ears a few times as a bundle of gray and white fur rushed towards him. stormwatcher lowered his paw back to the ground, eyes turning towards his apprentice as she greeted him. sagepaw looked a bit ruffled, if he was being honest. perhaps she felt like she was "late." they didn't have any majorly pressing issues to attend to, though, so stormwatcher decided not to give her too hard of a time. "finally rolled out of your nest, i see," he commented dryly, whiskers twitching. his gaze grew somber a moment later, though, as he spotted velvetstar coming down from her den in the distance. he knew the last few days had put sagepaw a bit on edge, just like many of the rest of them. "how are you this morning?" stormwatcher asked her, tone taking on a more serious edge. he wasn't the type to worry about others in a fussy manner, but it was his duty to ensure that everyone was at least alright.

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xxxxxshe laughed as her brother finally engaged her in 'battle,' trying to batter his underbelly with her hind paws, as she'd seen a few apprentices practice in the past. swankit's giggles turned to surprised squeals as darkkit unsheathed his claws, though she didn't seem too hurt or upset by it yet, temporarily managing to hold him far enough back so that they didn't sink in far enough to draw blood. swankit then pushed upwards, doing her best to knock darkkit off his paws and pin him down.

[A m n e s i a]

DarkKit

Tom/4.5 moons/Kit/Tags: SwanKit

DarkKit hadn’t heard his mother’s words of warning about playing nice, that or he heard and just didn’t care. After all, real warriors wouldn’t back down from a challenge right? He used what his sister had stated earlier as an excuse to keep his claws out. He let out a soft grunt when SwanKit managed to pin him down, but he managed to move his legs and attempted to kick her off of him. He still thought of this as playing around and didn’t even realize how far he was taking this play fighting.

[Maplejay]

﹙♔﹚－－ 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟
she-cat / leader / pastel calico with green eyes / hetero / tags: featherthroat, riverpaw[mentioned]


as velvetstar scanned the clearing for her apprentice, she noticed one of the warriors approaching. the pastel calico molly dipped her head politely to featherthroat, her ears swiveling towards the molly as she asked velvetstar a simple question. though she probably would've said 'no' anyways due to the newness of the apprentice and the desire to get to know her better with minimal pressure, the leader couldn't find riverpaw. her scent was faint in the camp. she had already checked the apprentice den, and riverpaw's brother was visible, so she knew the new apprentice wasn't with him.

"she doesn't appear to be in camp. i'm going to go find her - it would be better off if her first training session didn't involve another apprentice. enjoy your training." the she-cat said promptly before turning and heading out of the camp, scenting the air for any trace of riverpaw.



﹙☼﹚－－ 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟
tom / warrior / tall pale ginger tabby with yellow-green eyes / bisexual / tags: cloudbelly, warblersnow, rosepaw

larkwhisper felt content as warblersnow agreed to come along, not even realizing he had basically volunteered warblersnow to join them. "ready." larkwhisper said simply, trotting a few paces to catch up to cloudbelly. he brushed his tail across cloudbelly's shoulder, a small sign of gratitude that he didn't feel comfortable enough to voice out loud. though no cat would say it, he knew the motives of his fellow clan-mates for questioning his plans and inviting him to go out with them. even rosepaw, who was sometimes a bit cold, seemed friendly today. he still felt embarrassed, but definitely grateful for the compassionate cats. these were the types of felines that made him so proud to be in dynastyclan.



﹙✬﹚－－ 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑧𝑒
she-cat / elder / fluffy grey she-cat with pale yellow eyes / hetero / tags: slowkit

upon hearing a questioning young voice, the she-cat scented the air. she recognized the scent of dovebelly and assumed this was one of her kits coming to disturb her peace. twilighthaze pondered whether or not to simply tell the kit to go away. of course that she-cat can't keep track of her kits. the elder thought, listening to the nearby conversation between dovebelly and kestreltail. i guess i might as well give this kit some good advice, since his mother is clearly too preoccupied.

"good warriors do what's best for their clan no matter the consequences." twilighthaze spoke sternly, crossing her front paws. "they stand up for what they believe in. they are strong, they put their clan first."


﹙❇﹚－－ 𝑑𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑦
she-cat / queen / slim white she-cat with blue eyes / bisexual / tags: her kits, kestreltail, sparrowkit

though distracted by kestreltail, dovebelly wanted to ensure sparrowkit knew he was welcome around her. she couldn't imagine what he was going through. "i'm here if you need anything." dovebelly said as the kit approached, hoping her kits would offer to include him in their play. she kept an eye on darkkit, hoping he wouldn't take their game any further. turning towards kestreltail, dovebelly began to think about the clan again and her worry returned. she let out a soft purr of gratitude for the rabbit.

"thank you so much." the white she-cat purred, taking a bite before replying to kestreltail. "i'm probably contributing to that tenseness.." dovebelly admitted with a bit of embarassment. "i just want what's best for the future of the clan, and my kits, so i'm not so sure about what velvetstar has planned..." dovebelly was very worried. but she didn't want to say this in front of kestreltail, or her kits.

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Lightpaw store at his mentor for a few seconds. Unsure what to do, he wasn't used to this. Me lead? I would never lead... He glanced around, then flicked his ears. By now the animals sureley would be coming out of their burrows. They would have to get them before the other animals hidden in the forest could. He looked back into Dawnpounce's eyes, then signed his reply. 'We should hunt before big animals come, and get good prey for the clan. If we do come across predators, we shouldn't interact with them, stay out of harm's way.' He smiled shyly, maybe this could be fun. 'Now let's go, the other day during a hunt, we crossed a clearing. I swear I smelt rabbit or something, but nobody would look at me, so I couldn't tell them!'

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Duck dug her claws into the soil, afraid to go any further. The overgrown grass reaching her thighs. She flattened her ears against her skull and carried forward, making sure to tell her brother about her concerns. "I swear I smelt something out there! It's not safe, let's go a different way. Come on!" She nudged her brother, her expression full with worry. Which was quickly replaced with fear as the two turned around. Her mouth gaped open, but she didn't have time to speak before the giant black and white creature charged at them. She jumped out of the way, looking up to see if her brother was okay. It charged again, this time at her alone. She let out a shriek and rushed for a nearby tree, it was quickly outrunning her. She dug her claws into the bark and launced up the tree. As she reached a branch she looked out to spot her brother, though the grass was blocking her view.

[Freg||FrogWithAnE]

Honeystep

She-cat-No crush/mate-tags; Duskstrike

Honeystep looked around the camp padding over to Duskstrike "Hello Duskstrike." She meowed, "What are you doing?" She sat as the molly picked things up moving the place to place. She tucked her paw carefully over her paws a tingle going up her leg as her tail brushed it slightly.

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FeatherThroat
She-Cat/26 moons/Warrior/Apprentice: SilverPaw/Tags: VelvetStar, SilverPaw

“Very well” she responded shortly and walked back over to her apprentice. She felt that maybe having another apprentice around could of actually eased the new apprentices nerves but she decided to keep her mouth shut for this one. She glanced at her apprentice and shook her head “sorry, Velvetstar believes that it would be best if RiverPaw trained by herself first. But you’ll get to talk to her once we’re done training” she stated and smiled softly.

Goose

Tom/9 moons/Loner/Sister: Duck/Tags: Duck

Goose had scented the badger as well and let out a soft hiss. He unsheathed his claws “get away from my sister!” He hissed and swiped at its legs. The badgers eyes were now on him and he quickly dodged away from a swipe of its claws. He knew he was no match for a badger but he also didn’t want to be stuck up in a tree the whole time. While he was debating what to do next he failed to notice the badgers second swipe. He let out a yowl of pain when it hit his shoulder, it’s sharp claws digging into his skin. He shook his head and quickly stood up. He decided that the tree was the best option and swerved around the badger before making his way up the tree “of course it had to be a badger. Now how to get out of this situation” he said said half talking to himself “maybe I should distract it and you get to safety away from here. We can meet back up later” he stated looking at his sister ignoring the searing pain located on his shoulder.

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Duck shook her head vigirously, "no, no, no no! Look at you... you're injured. There is absoloutley no way I'm leaving you to fight this badger alone!" She gave his shoulder a soft lick, getting rid of the blood. She sat down. "I-I can't leave you... I can't be alone." She frowned and looked down, the badger was shuffling through the grass. Unsure of their location, or it just couldn't see very well. "It must of just woken up, they are nocturnal. Maybe they can't see well in daylight... this could be out chance to run!" She glanced back at her brother and winced as she saw the injury. "Come, let's run and go find help. You can't survive like that." She nudged him softly. Then waited a moment, before bolting down the side oppisite to the badger. She glanced over her shoulder, it didn't notice!

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Goose

Tom/9 moons/Loner/Sister: Duck/Tags: Duck

Goose winced slightly when his sister licked his wound “Fair point, I probably wouldn’t be able to keep it distracted for long” He nodded at his sisters words about the animal not being able to see them well enough and let his sister run first. He watched the badger a few seconds more to make sure it didn’t notice her before he hopped down from the tree and ran after her. He stayed behind her Incase the badger saw or scented them but luckily that didn’t seem to happen.