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Post by kiyuo on May 23, 2015 23:20:26 GMT -5
rosemoon Slipping out of the camp sometime after dusk was an easy affair; with her mentor sleeping along with the majority of the clan and the dusk patrols having left shortly before. Rosemoon was careful to use the back, and less visible part of the camp to avoid being spotted by any awake warriors or members of a returning patrol.
There wasn't much the apprentice of the medicine cat could do besides collecting any needed herbs to assure the stock was full - she just happened to make sure it was over the amount Foxtail required. Not being taken on hunting or border patrols didn't really dim Rosemoon's spirits as being in a group of her clanmates made her nervous, so she tended to sneak out to help the clan out.
Some days were border patrol and others were hunting, today was hunting as the fresh-kill pile was looking low and with new leaf here, some prey was bound to be plumped up by now. If not, that just meant more prey to catch to add.
A noise stopped the she-cat in her steps. Ears pricked forward, she slowly and carefully lowered her body to the ground as her eyes caught sight of a mouse scurrying among the grass only feet ahead. Muscles bunched, Rosemoon waited till, now. She lunged and even before the rodents' instinct to run kicked in, its spine was snapped between her teeth. Releasing the mouse, a quiet purr rumbled in her chest at seeing the mouse was indeed quite plump.
Picking it up, she carried it to the base of a tree and dug a hole to drop it in before covering it. The apprentice still had prey to catch before she felt fit to return to camp. | words;; 292 | tag;; Cryaotic // plateauwind | | notes;; n/a |
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Post by Cryaotic on May 24, 2015 9:34:12 GMT -5
 Plateauwind Warrior of Rainclan
Plateauwind slunk through the dimly lit forest, his golden eyes sweeping the landscape for any hints of movement. The small tom wasn't on a dusk patrol, yet he was struggling to sleep in the warrior's den. With the nights becoming warmer as newleaf progressed, he started to find that sleeping with his clan mates was becoming more and more stuffy than usual. In an attempt to cool off and do something productive, he had decided to go for a hunt.
Suddenly, some scuffling from just beyond the foliage caught the chestnut brown tom's attention.He drew a pink tongue over his maw, already imagining the taste of feathers or fur in his mouth. He lowered himself to the ground, his soft white belly fur just dragging over the leaves and grass. As he stalked forwards, he started wiggling his narrow hips in preparation for a pounce. But as he neared, he realized that the sounds that Plateauwind had heard were far too big to be prey. A fox, perhaps? An intruder? He shouldn't face it alone, but curiosity drew the tom forward...
A familiar scent washed over the warrior, definitely not an intruder or fox. And the smell of fresh-kill! he added silently to himself. Getting to his paws, he peeked through the ferns to see Rosemoon, the Rainclan medicine cat apprentice. "Rosemoon!" the tom called out with a friendly tone lacing his voice. He pushed the plants out the way with his paws as he made over to the she-cat. "What are you doing out here?" Plateauwind asked, a toothy grin splitting across his face as he did so.
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Post by kiyuo on May 24, 2015 10:26:58 GMT -5
rosemoon The fact that she didn't hear or smell the approach of a clanmate caused the sudden voice that almost caused the apprentice to jump out of her fur a bit more unnerving; thankfully the only sign of her having been startled was her puffed up tail and hackles standing slightly on end. Turning toward the tom, Rosemoon almost attempted to hide her freshly dug hole but realized how pointless that would be.
"Hello Plateauwind," here she dipped her head slightly in greeting to the warrior, "hunting. The fresh-kill pile is low so I thought I would help by hunting tonight." Setting her rump to rest against the ground before wrapping her tail around her paws, the medicine apprentice tilted her head at the small warrior. "What is your reasoning to be out here?"
Doing a quick scenting, assured her that the tom was the only one in the vicinity. And it confused her on why Plateuwind would be out this late with the knowledge that he had not been put on any of the night patrols. | words;; 176 | tag;; Cryaotic // plateauwind | | notes;; n/a |
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Post by Cryaotic on May 24, 2015 11:25:02 GMT -5
Plateauwind Warrior of Rainclan
Plateauwind glanced over to see the freshly turned earth where the medicine cat must have buried the freshkill that he had smelt. He flicked his ears in confusion, he didn't know the medicine cats hunted as well, they rarely even practiced their battle training. Besides, if Rosemoon were hungry, she was more than welcome to the pile back at camp. "Hunting?" He echoed, his head being held slightly at a tilt. "I'm sure the clan appreciates the favor, but you should focus more on your duties, right?" The light-brown tom ventured, his voice a little soft to make sure he didn't come across as rude.
Being caught up in his thoughts and uncertainty, he almost didn't register that Rosemoon had questions of her own. Plateauwind slowly flattened one of his ears, and gave an awkward chuckle of sorts. "Oh, I couldn't sleep very well. It's becoming a bit cramped in the warrior's den, you see." It wasn't a lie, but he decided it would be best not to mention that he had wanted a little time out of camp anyway. Seeing that she had rested, the petite tom delicately placed his hind down opposite her, as well. His vivid golden eyes were set on the medicine cat, but his ears swiveled to make out any sounds of potential prey, just in case.
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Post by kiyuo on May 31, 2015 20:53:14 GMT -5
rosemoon Her ears were close to pressing against her skull at the warriors comment. Though the tom's tone assured her that he was being nice about it, it still disheartened her to realize that he thought that way.
The she-cat opened her mouth to reply with a harsh statement but stopped and instead said, "Yes. That may be but the night brings no duties to attend and I am too awake to sleep." At least that wasn't a lie. Letting out a quiet purr at Plateauwind's words, her own coming out slow and multiple pauses. "With no duties to attend to this night, if you are alright with it, could we perhaps hunt together?"
Flicking her gray tipped tail at the buried mouse, "If you are up to it, you may have the mouse." It was a bit of a low blow to a possibly hungry clanmate but Rosemoon had the strange feeling of wanting a clanmate to be around. | words;; 157 | tag;; Cryaotic // plateauwind | | notes;; n/a |
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