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Estellaria
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[#52679]
Who

Thornstrike and Mistypaw

What

Training

Where

South Field area

Day

22

Thornstrike refused to let the cold slow their steps. They padded against the wind as a brief breeze blew through the area, but some of it was blocked by foliage once Thornstrike reached a sandy area not unlike the one Coldgaze had a group of warriors and apprentices training in earlier that moon.

"We're starting with sparring," the calico told Mistypaw once they found an acceptable spot. "Do you feel like you're struggling with anything in particular?"


PCs:
Hollyclaw, Warrior of ShadowClan
Sunpool, Warrior of ShadowClan
Dawnflurry, Deputy of ShadowClan
Mistyleaf, Warrior of ThunderClan
Thornstrike, Warrior of RiverClan
Shadesleek, Warrior of WindClan
Morgan, Royal Scion of Camelot
Duke, Rogue vigilante
 
NPCs:
Hawkfeather, Elder of ShadowClan
Nettlesky, Warrior of RiverClan
Ceridwen, Last Princess of Camelot

 
Posted : 24 February 2025 1:22 pm
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Mistypaw followed in her mentor's wake, ears flattened against the breeze as the made their way through the South Field to a sandy spot where the next phase of her training would start. She hated the cold, but she had learned as a kit that complaining about it didn't change a thing.

Hearing her mentor's question, Mistypaw thought a moment before replying. "From the bit of sparring I've done with the other apprentices, the only thing I still feel like I'm still lacking in is strength. I can remember the things you've taught me well enough and I enjoy the lessons you've been teaching me- it's just doing some of them is what I've been having difficulty with."

The young lilac tabby she-cat hated to admit said weakness, but since her mentor asked and was supposed to help support her and aide her, she felt it right to be truthful. Her ears remained flat as she remembered that she hadn't been born in the clan. In fact, she was often reminded of it. Was she really the weak because of it? Was she really at that big of a disadvantage due to it?


 
Posted : 27 February 2025 5:02 am
Estellaria
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That's it? thought Thornstrike with a flicking tail-tip. Just strength?
 
"Good," the warrior meowed, "but be specific. Do you mean bodily strength? Because that isn't everything. There'll always be someone or something stronger than you."
 
Thornstrike began to move as if they meant to circle Mistypaw.
 
"What really matters—" they stopped once the wind was at their back, "—is how you use what you have."
 
Annoying as it was to have the wind blowing their fur the wrong way, it was better to move with than against, and with it, Thornstrike rushed forward and aimed a softpawed but still intentionally firm blow at Mistypaw's foreleg.

PCs:
Hollyclaw, Warrior of ShadowClan
Sunpool, Warrior of ShadowClan
Dawnflurry, Deputy of ShadowClan
Mistyleaf, Warrior of ThunderClan
Thornstrike, Warrior of RiverClan
Shadesleek, Warrior of WindClan
Morgan, Royal Scion of Camelot
Duke, Rogue vigilante
 
NPCs:
Hawkfeather, Elder of ShadowClan
Nettlesky, Warrior of RiverClan
Ceridwen, Last Princess of Camelot

 
Posted : 2 March 2025 5:10 pm