Spring Fishing [training, tagged]

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HOW MANY YEARS

I KNOW I'LL BEAR

i found something

IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE

THORNSTRIPE. 34M. WILLOWCLAN.

Before Rosepaw, Thornstripe hadn't participated much in the way of training the younger generation. One's first few ideas of the 'ideal' mentor likely wouldn't have been the lazy WillowClan molly, but she actually quite liked apprentices and it gave her something to get up and do each day. Training a younger cat helped fill that void she felt where she had been robbed of any offspring. Of course, Rosepaw wasn't her kit, but it didn't stop her from conjuring the sentiment in her mind.

With new-leaf now upon the Clans, temperatures were beginning a steady rise and prey was returning to the territories. She thought it wise to capitalize on the fresh abundance of food by teaching the younger cat how to catch it before it all disappeared again. But stalking and pouncing on prey wasn't really Thornstripe's style, and she didn't feel the need to teach a 9 moon apprentice how to pounce on a mouse.

Instead, she made her way to the lake. Often she came on her own just for self-reflection and to be alone, but today her hideaway became their training grounds. The water wasn't painfully cold anymore and so she decided it was a fine day for fishing.

"Have you caught fish before?" she questioned, settling down neatly by the water's edge and curling her tail over her front paws. She was still very proper, even if she wasn't one of the highest of WillowClan's standing anymore. "I can teach you if I must, and please, just say it if you need help. Now's not the time to show off; blundering around in the water will only scare the fish."

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Rosepaw * The Charmer * To Dance

Rosepaw was quite shocked that his own mentor was out for the day and appointed Thornstripe for training for the day. This was going to be something interesting just like the time he spent with Brookepaw made him feel fuzzy on the inside. Such a cutie pie but he to focus on training and not her for now. The ginger tom was well trained when came to the field of hunting but tracking was the best skill. A skill he could be happy about. A purr rumped in his chest. She has quite a lovely voice. Roseepaw nodded himself. "I have but I am not the best at it." He tone seem almost sarcastic and a little flirty, "If you know a better technique than my mentor's. please do show it."

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HOW MANY YEARS

I KNOW I'LL BEAR

i found something

IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE

THORNSTRIPE. 34M. WILLOWCLAN.

Thornstripe glossed over the flirty note to the apprentice's voice, her gaze instead fixating on the water. Scanning the surface, she could make out the silhouettes of fish through the lake's ripples. She shuffled a bit closer to the water's edge before her claws slid out and she raised her paw to strike.


"Watch closely," Thornstripe instructed, her stare on the water unwavering. "Do not sink your claws in until after the fish is wholly out of the water. If it bleeds in the lake, the fish won't come back."


She made a downard arc motion with the paw, then, twisting it around an imaginary object: a fish. "First scoop the fish out, and then properly grab it once it's in the air. If you move fast enough, it will be too stunned to react."


With that, she darted forward suddenly, her paw cupping one of the slippery creatures and lifting it out of the water. Her claws sunk in, then, preventing the fish from wriggling out of her grasp. She twisted around to slam it on the pebbles they sat on and, with a swift bite to the fish's head, finished the job. It lay limp on the rocky lake bed, tail still twitching as its eyes glazed over.


She turned back to the apprentice then. "Fish are stupid. They will come back in a moment. Try now."

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Rosepaw * The Charmer * To Dance

Rosepaw was stood to watch closely and so he did. She sure is nice she-cat and pretty too. He listened to her words despite his eyes being "prize". If catch something her Brookepaw maybe she wouldn't hate him so much and he could get some point with her. It was an excellent plan indeed that he up on the fly. "I understand completely, Thornstripe." He grinned unleashing his claws walked to water's edge. He stared down at water watching and wait. Now!  Angling his paw his paw to the side to a better grip his scoop up the fish into his mouth and the lovely cat did pin it the rock and bit it quickly to subdue it. However, compared to fish Thornstripe had it wasn't much smaller and well...pathetic. "Well, that was good hunting if I do say myself." 

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HOW MANY YEARS

I KNOW I'LL BEAR

i found something

IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE

THORNSTRIPE. 34M. WILLOWCLAN.

Thornstripe almost purred with amusement as he stepped forward to try what she'd shown him. Rosepaw seemed eager enough, she supposed. He was definitely confident and cool, traits that, she noted, would translate well into the WillowClan lifestyle. He wasn't her apprentice, but she figured he had a bright future, and was pleased to have contributed to it even if only a little.


"Great job," she purred as he pulled his own catch from the water. She watched in silence as he nipped at it, finishing the kill and adding a second fish to what would hopefully be a substantial pile by the time they were done. "Let's try to get some more before we head back. Queens will soon fill the nursery; we'll want a stockpile by then." Her voice was tainted by a hint of morning mentioning the nursery, but she clearly didn't dwell on it, turning back to the water.


She noted her reflection in the water, but peered through it to view more fish. Their numbers were waning but they had prey to hunt yet. She lunged forward, scooping another out and ending it in similar fashion to the previous two catches. "Watch for a moment before you strike. Find the biggest fish; aim for that one."

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Rosepaw grinned at Thornstripe compliment. At least someone sees my skills for how they are. The ginger tom felt a need wave of pride in him. "Why, thank Thornstripe. You're too kind."   He tossed the fish over to the pile. There would many we that comes from."Indeed all the queen into feast after that long and terrible drought and Leafbare." He waited for turn back to the water looking for juicy large fish. "I bet I can even find a bigger fish faster than you." All is fair in love and war. 

Rosepaw

Just sharing one little smile
can change someone's whole world.

MADE BY PHANTOM OF ADOX

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HOW MANY YEARS

I KNOW I'LL BEAR

i found something

IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE

THORNSTRIPE. 34M. WILLOWCLAN.

Thornstripe frowned slightly. It had been a terrible leaf-bare, and a part of her felt a twinge of sadness in hearing the tom comment on it and the drought. Apprentices were too young to be fixating on the cruel season, and that he could so casually talk about the Clan's suffering although he were a seasoned warrior... bothered her, though she didn't voice it. It was just a shame fall kits grew up used to the cold.


She was certainly amused, however, by his challenge. A purr rumbled from her throat and her tail perked up cheerily. "A contest, hmm?" she tilted her head curiously. "Sure, if it will help you remember what you've learned. If you do well I'll make sure your mentor knows."


Thornstripe nodded towards the water, motioning for him to step up to the lake's edge. "Alright, Rosepaw, give it your all."

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Rosepaw * The Charmer * To Dance

Rosepaw nodded there was no way he was going to mess up. Any comment and praise would do him and as the mother in Starclan. Maybe even he could become warrior faster than he hoped he would be. That would be wonderful and maybe chase a pretty she-cat eye. "The prepare to bested."  He focuses on his task at hand wait until he saw a large silhouette in swim ran past him.  He dove his head into the head with great gusto pulled the fish out. He was weight and larger than he thought. It almost slipped out of his out his jaws but the tom wouldn't have any of it. He killed it with a simple bite to the neck and added it to pile. "I love to see you beat that.Hehe."

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HOW MANY YEARS

I KNOW I'LL BEAR

i found something

IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE

THORNSTRIPE. 34M. WILLOWCLAN.

Thornstripe watched the young tom snatch a fish out of the water, twitching her whiskers while she judged his display. He still had work to do to perfect the technique, she critiqued, but he was on his way. She purred, pleased, as he pulled a second fish out of the water. It was bigger than his first catch and though she was silent, she was impressed. More than impressed, however, she was confident in the plan she'd hatched while Rosepaw made his attempt.


Gracefully she stood and stepped towards the water's edge, though she prowled along the shoreline for a moment to put some distance between herself and the spot they'd been fishing in. Too many catches and they'd stop coming back, so she followed them along the lake.

Thornstripe stopped abruptly and gazed into the water. She dipped her paws in first, slowly wading in, careful not to let the water ripple too much. When she could feel the cold lake lapping at her belly she stopped, waiting for a moment, before pushing up onto her hind legs; a moment later, seeing a fish, she crashed down into the lake on top of it. A moment later, she unsubmerged with a fish dangling from her jaws.

Her pelt was drenched now, but the molly didn't seem to care. Thornstripe had never been one to pay much mind to WillowClan's standards of appearance. What mattered, to her, was that she had a fat fish in her mouth. She dropped it atop the pile before shaking violently to dry her pelt, much like a dog that'd just dragged itself out of the river. When the water droplets stopped flying, she flicked her tail and uttered an amused "Checkmate."

She let out a mrrrow of amusement, eyes gleaming for a moment with a light they didn't often catch. She'd had fun. "If you're not afraid of getting your pelt wet, the bigger fish are in the lake," she chuckled. "You can try if you want. But I think I've won."

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Rosepaw * The Charmer * To Dance

Rosepaw sighed slightly upset to be shown up by a warrior or she-cat in general. He needed to grow as a whole and this was the best way he could however with all these fish were fed the clan well and he would get praise such an act. He stood proud and tall with a gentle yet satiated smile on face. There is always next time. "I admit defeat, Thornstripe." He purred, "Good show thou. I'll my share of fish back to camp now." He placed the large fish on and smaller in jaws. He bowed before leaving with gusto.

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