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Estellaria
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[#52319]
Who

Hollyclaw, Ashpaw

What

Training

Where

Around the Swamp side of the Nearswamp

Day

6

It wasn't too early in the morning and it wasn't too late (at least not to Hollyclaw), but now that she'd brought Ashpaw out to the swamps, she felt dissatisfied with the decision. Why, she had no idea. There was nothing wrong with the area as far as she could tell. Maybe she was getting ahead of herself, but she had been a mentor for a few moons now and Ashpaw wasn't a slacker in her opinion.

Looking out into across the marshland, Hollyclaw spotted some waterfowl in the distance. They were minding their business, as birds did when there were no immediate threats around. After a slow tail swish of consideration, Hollyclaw tilted her head towards Ashpaw and meowed, "Tell me what you know of ducks and other marshbirds."


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

 
Posted : 26 February 2024 8:50 pm
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Ashpaw followed his mentor carefully, doing all he could to keep his footing solid and secure. He really was too old to do anything so stupid as falling to a swamp he didn’t mean to be in.

His gaze followed his mentors’ as she spoke. The birds on the water were too far away for hunting. ”Ducks float. And dive. It makes them hard to catch because they prefer the water to the land.” Ashpaw gave it a bit more consideration. ”The birds that wade at least stay in by the shore. But the really big ones can be dangerous.” His mind drifted to stories told by elders about the times when massive Herons stalked the swamps and swallowed kits whole.


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Ashcloud ♂ Apprentice of ShadowClan
Loot ♀ Weaver of Tales
Prudence ♀ Wanderer of Whitehart
Rowanglade ♀ Medicine Cat of WindClan
Savagefox ⚥ Warrior of ThunderClan
Stormpaw ♀ Apprentice of RiverClan
Uther ♂ The Once and Future King

 
Posted : 28 February 2024 8:46 pm
Estellaria
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Fair assessment, Hollyclaw thought and nodded strongly.
 
"Correct, very dangerous. They've even taken the lives of leaders before. In my opinion, every tale about them is cautionary, even the ones in which our Clan triumphs."
 
They didn't need any more stories of birds hunting cats... but she also hadn't brought them out there just to talk about dangers.
 
"We're resourceful, not fox-brained," she meowed with an unsubtle amount of smugness on behalf of ShadowClan, then got back on topic. "You're right about the ducks," she continued, "but water isn't the only thing that makes them hard to hunt. What else do you notice?"

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

 
Posted : 2 March 2024 7:50 pm
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His eyes narrowed as he considered the question. Ashpaw couldn’t help but be concerned that it was a trick question. What else was there to notice about ducks? They were a little on the big side, but not so much so that it would be more difficult than any other prey that size. But maybe…

”There’s more than one?” Ashpaw wasn’t able to keep the question from his voice.


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Ashcloud ♂ Apprentice of ShadowClan
Loot ♀ Weaver of Tales
Prudence ♀ Wanderer of Whitehart
Rowanglade ♀ Medicine Cat of WindClan
Savagefox ⚥ Warrior of ThunderClan
Stormpaw ♀ Apprentice of RiverClan
Uther ♂ The Once and Future King

 
Posted : 3 March 2024 5:04 pm
Estellaria
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Hollyclaw nodded again. "Exactly. Birds being in a flock isn't unique, but these ones test your skills much more than a flock of smaller birds on land." Annoyingly so sometimes...
 
"When he was my mentor, Dawnflurry used to tell me that if you can hunt a duck, you can hunt just about anything." It had taken her some time to understand what he really meant by that, but Hollyclaw couldn't say that he was entirely exaggerating with that claim.
 
"And one duck can feed many cats," she went on, "so with that in mind, how do you think a warrior would hunt them?"

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

 
Posted : 4 March 2024 9:38 pm
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