Lesson Zero [Tagged]

[Zaperex]

YOU'LL NEVER BE LOVED
TILL YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN

☼ AMBERKIT ☼

FIRECLAN| MALE | 4 MOONS

He was one of Boarbelly's seven kits. He was also his first, and the only of his litter. That had to mean something. But he couldn't afford to be complacent; sooner or later, the time would come for him to prove himself, and he would need to be a step above the rest.

This apprentice was gangly, legs too long for the rest of him. Nonetheless, he'd do. Amberkit took a quick step into the apprentice's path, a bright smile on his face. "Excuse me," he said, "did you just come back from training?" He assumed so, what else did apprentices do all day? "Would you mind teaching me something? Anything, whatever you like the best!" Perhaps a compliment would help. "I'm just asking because you look like you know a lot... Teach me to be an apprentice just like you!" 

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Foxpaw tag: Zaperex, | notes: Foxpaw was tired, he’d been out training with Wolfclaw for most of the day and, bless his great mentor, no had the rest of the day free to do… whatever it is apprentices do. Heck, he didn’t know, don’t judge him. Looking around for the familiar blobs of color that he had learned to identify as his siblings. Alas, they weren’t around or they weren’t close enough for him to see right or scent. Instead what crossed his path was smaller blob of color, it quickly came into focus as a kitten. One of Boarbelly’s kittens. Ah, this wasn’t how he expected to spend his free time. Foxpaw really didn’t dig compliments, they felt empty… unless they came from Cinderstar but that was already an impossible task. “Uh,” he said rather dumbly “why don’t you go catch mossballs or something?” Isn’t that what kits do? “You can pretend you’re hunting maybe.”

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[Zaperex]

YOU'LL NEVER BE LOVED
TILL YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN

☼ AMBERKIT ☼

FIRECLAN| MALE | 4 MOONS

Amberkit forced himself not to roll his eyes. "I'm not sure if that's very... educational. Unless that's what you do all day," he joked. He shouldn't have been surprised that an apprentice wouldn't want to waste his time on a kit. But this was important. He wracked his brain for a different approach.

"Is there something I could do in return? I could do your chores... or line your nest with feathers... do you miss getting first pick for prey?" He leaned in a little closer and gave the apprentice his best pleading look, tail lashing behind him. "I just want to learn. One move, come on. Please? And then I'll leave you alone, promise!"

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Foxpaw tag: Zaperex, | notes: Foxpaw squinted at the kit, were they usually this persistent? Oh gosh, was he like this when he was tiny too? Cinderstar forgive him if he was like that, gosh. Don’t you have siblings to bother? He didn’t say that instead he sighed, just teach him one thing and then he could go… do something else. “Alright,” he said looking at the kit with narrowed eyes, tail lashing behind him “how about the hunter’s crouch and a pounce?” That should be… easy enough, plus it wouldn’t involve Foxpaw actually doing much. “Find a piece of moss or something to use as a target and… and I’ll tell you what to do.”

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[Zaperex]

YOU'LL NEVER BE LOVED
TILL YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN

☼ AMBERKIT ☼

FIRECLAN| MALE | 4 MOONS

"Perfect!" he cried, folded ears perking up as best as they could. He race away to fetch a chunk of moss that'd been left laying about in the nursery. The apprentice hadn't even asked for repayment; persistence had been enough. Already, Amberkit had learned something useful.

"Thank you so much! I know you have better things to do, but it means a lot to me!" he said in a breath and a half, depositing the moss at the apprentice's feet. His gratefulness was genuine. Amberkit didn't have a right to this tom's time or his knowledge; to be given any of it was a kindness. He wouldn't forget it.

"Sorry, but what's your name? My name's Amberkit."

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Foxpaw tag: Zaperex, | notes: Foxpaw sat down and waited for the kit to come back, he wasn’t too sure how good of a teacher he could be but there was no harm in trying. Besides, it could be fun. Maybe, he wasn’t sure. “Yeah no problem,” he mewed when the kit came back into focus again, his tail lashed behind him. Foxpaw grabbed the moss and placed it a couple of steps away from the kit, a good pouncing distance. “My name is Foxpaw,” he replied walking back to Amberkit “pleased to meet you.” “Now, do a crouch and I can tell you what to- well, what to do better.” That’s how Wolfclaw taught him at least, do it and correct it.

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[Zaperex]

YOU'LL NEVER BE LOVED
TILL YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN

☼ AMBERKIT ☼

FIRECLAN| MALE | 4 MOONS

Amberkit gave a happy nod. Foxpaw. He'd remember the name.

His deep amber eyes narrowed in concentration as he crouched down, tail bobbing behind him as he found his balance. He leaned forward, depositing most of his weight into his forepaws, and spread his hind legs more to compensate. The position felt too stiff; he could tell something wasn't right about it. What if he spread out his front paws more? He did so, but it didn't feel better or worse, really. He looked to Foxpaw, hoping he hadn't messed up too bad. Just regular bad would be okay.

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Foxpaw tag: Zaperex, | notes: Foxpaw looked at the kit quietly, his head cocking to the side. He could see some mistakes right away but he waited a little bit for Amberkit to settle into his crouch. Tail twitching behind him the ginger apprentice got closer to inspect him better. “Ah, okay so,” the tom started squinting a little “you should put your weight on your haunches since that’s were you like get the strength to actually pounce,” Foxpaw’s ears flicked wondering how to properly word this “if your weight is forward then you’ll just fall on your face, yeah?” And boy had Foxpaw fallen on his face quite a few times, it seemed to be happening more lately but he was adjusting.

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[Zaperex]

YOU'LL NEVER BE LOVED
TILL YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN

☼ AMBERKIT ☼

FIRECLAN| MALE | 4 MOONS

Amberkit giggled lightly at the image. "I'll just crush prey with my face," he declared mischievously, before redistributing his weight to his haunches. He was surprised by how natural it felt. He had thought that since you caught prey with your front paws... well, never mind. He wiggled about a tiny bit, trying to memorize the feeling of the pose. He hadn't been trying to do it, but as he revised his crouch, his hind legs became tucked in closer to his body and his tail lowered until it hovered just above the ground, its tip twitching in anticipation. This felt about right. "Like this?"

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