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Post by mapletail on Jan 21, 2010 18:04:35 GMT -5
Streampaw waited for Oceanheart to come. It was her real first training session! I can't wait! I wonder what he will teach me? This is going to be so much fun! She couldn't stay still and she landed right on Oceanhearts paw. Oops! Streampaw said as she backed away. Hi Oceanheart! What are we going to do today?
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Post by Kiako on Jan 22, 2010 20:49:37 GMT -5
Oceanheart chuckled, shaking his head at Streampaw's exuberance. He sat down and rotated the paw, ridding himself of the slight pain easily. "That's fine. energy is good. You sure won't be this enthusiastic tomorrow, when you're sore all over." he said. Even while he was talking with Streampaw, Oceanheart's eyes, ears and nose were on the alert. He was waiting for the perfect moment, when some small animal could come quietly creeping through the ferns. He had decided last night, while planning this training session, the best way to start would be a demonstration. Not only would it impress on his apprentice all that she had to learn in order to become a warrior, but it would also cut back on the complaining that he was sure to face whenever they started working on endless drills. The sputtering breeze trickled through the ferns, bringing not a trace of animal scent. Downwind, however, he heard the sound of skittering claws, but they were to far away as of yet. "Today we are going to start teaching you how to hunt. I don't expect you to catch anything today, but you'll get the basics, and tomorrow we'll go on a hunting patrol. Sound good?" he tacked on to the end, afraid that, after all of his carefull planning and preparation, everything would still go wrong. In fact, it was harder to say who was more nervous about the first training session, Streampaw or Oceanheart.
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Post by mapletail on Jan 26, 2010 18:26:09 GMT -5
"Ok! I will catch something though, you just wait and see!" Streampaw said to Oceanheart. "I'm going to catch a mouse!" She fell into step beside Oceanheart so she could see everything that he did. I hope i do everthing right though. She thought to herself. Then Streampaw shook her head, as to clear all the thoughts from it, and listened carefully to what he had to say.
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Post by Kiako on Feb 2, 2010 20:37:30 GMT -5
Oceanheart twitched his whiskers in ameusment. Hopefully, Streampaw's faith won't let her down. Disapointment was the worst to steal a young apprentices motavation. "Let me show you how it's done." Oceanheart whispered, angling his ears to better hear the claws that were skittering closer. He started to circle around the animal with silent feet, trying to work his way around the bush that blocked the two cats from the sound. As he edged around the vegitation, keeping close to the leaves to avoid discovery, his prey slowly came into view. A largish mouse. Rational thought was taken over by cultivated instinct. Step. Shift weight. Ease forward. Crouch low into the ground. Tense muscles. And... spring. At the last moment, the mouse looked up at the tomcat bearing down on him, alerted by the rushing sound Oceanheart made through the air. He tried to dodge, but it was all for naught. Oceanheart neatly stuck his claw through the mouse, killing it instantly. "Well, what do you think?" he asked his eager apprentice. "Ready?"
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Post by mapletail on Feb 7, 2010 8:49:14 GMT -5
Streampaw watched in amazement as Oceanheart creeped towards the mouse. This is so cool! she thought as he pounced. "Yes! I'm ready!" she said as she jumped around in a circle. "Am i going to catch a mouse to?" I hope i make Oceanheart proud! I will catch something!
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Post by Kiako on Feb 14, 2010 22:09:25 GMT -5
"Probably not today." Oceanheart answered. He licked his claw clean of blood, then pushed the mouse towards Streampaw. "Here. Eat. You're going to need the energy." He could vivedly remeber his first training session, he was about ready to collapse by the end of it. Now the Oceanheart had finished showing off, he was ready to put Streampaw through some drills. First, they would run a little bit, to get the blood flowing. After that, they would move towards learning how to walk quietly, staying crouched down to avoid detection. Near the end, if Streapaw was ready, he would start trying to get Streampaw to be aware of everything, using all of her sences. Oceanheart was optimisic that they would make it this far, judging by Streampaw's enthusiasm.
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Post by mapletail on Feb 16, 2010 9:11:07 GMT -5
"Oh, ok. Maybe I'll catch one the next time we go hunting. You think so?" Streampaw crouched and started to eat the mouse. Yum! this mouse is good! As she ate she wondered what would be next. Today is going to be so much fun! Streampaw looked down at the mouse she thought Oh! I almost forgot! "Hey, Oceanheat! Do you want some of the mouse?"
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Post by Kiako on Feb 21, 2010 22:39:01 GMT -5
Oceanheart was about to refse. After all, he had already had breakfast this morning. But it had been awhile since he had such an active day as this one. He would need to keep up his energy too, if he was trying to keep up with his energetic apprentice. "All right, I'll have a bite." he said, stepping forward and biting into the miniature flank of the mouse. He swallowed the still-warm meat, reflecting to himself that food was always better when it was fresh caught. He licked his whiskered more out of habit then actual need.
"Ready?" he asked once Streampaw was finished. "First, we're going to go to the plains around the Climbing Rocks. There's less distractions there, so you'll be able to work more easily. We're going to keep a fast pace, we need to get you in shape." Oceanheart was starting to speak fast with a combination of excitement and nerves. He left their meeting place at a brisk walk, a pace that a smaller cat like Streampaw would have to trot to keep up. As much as he was hoping to work his aprentice today, he didn't want her collapsing within the first segment.
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Post by mapletail on Feb 23, 2010 21:49:53 GMT -5
Streampaw stepped back so Oceanheart could eat some of the mouse. "Am i ready? Of course i am! Lets go! The Climbing Rocks sound like fun! What are we going to do there?" As Oceanheart set the pace she started to trot. I wonder what we will do. Oceanheart said I need to get into shape. Maybe I'll start running more. Than she thought of a question. "Hey Oceanheart?" Than she thought about it again. "Never mind." She kept trotting.
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Post by Kiako on Mar 10, 2010 18:32:26 GMT -5
Oceanheart looked curiously at his apprentice. He wondered vaugely what he wanted to ask about, but decided no to press the matter. If if was pressing enough, Streampaw would ask him later. Instead he leaped over the first few rocks the signaled thier approach to the hunting grounds Oceanheart had chosen. Once thier, he slid easily to a stop, breathing deeply but not gasping. The blood flowing through him and the crisp air through his lungs did so much more to wake Oceanheart up then anything else he had done this morning, and as a result he was less anxious about the training session. It would be fine, there was no sense in worrying about it so much, really.
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Post by mapletail on Mar 23, 2010 17:00:28 GMT -5
Streampaw saw Oceanheart look at her. So she ducked her head and followed him. Soon Oceanheart leaped over the rocks. As Streampaw jumped over the rocks she saw Oceanheart single that this is where we would hunt. So she stopped beside her mentor and was gasping for air. "How is he not tired?" Streampaw thought. "I guess I'll get use to it." She waited quietly and looked up at her mentor to tell her what to do.
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Post by Kiako on Apr 20, 2010 20:51:02 GMT -5
"All right." Oceanheart said, starting things briskly now that they had arrived. "Show me your hunter's croch." Having Streampaw start things out would give Oceanheart something to work with, at the very least, which was easier then trying to tell her without showing her. "Try to remember what I did back at the other place." He recomended, to give Streampaw something to work with. He settled down in a sitting position, watching Streampaw comfortably.
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Post by mapletail on May 28, 2010 9:33:01 GMT -5
Streampaw tried her hardest to get her hunter's crouch. Try to remember what I did back at the other place. Streampaw pictured in her mind what he had looked like when he hunted. Suddenly she remembered! She got into the hunter's crouch! She looked up at Oceanheart and said, "I did it! This is right, right?"
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Post by Kiako on May 29, 2010 23:08:09 GMT -5
Oceanheart chuckeled to himslef at his apprentece's... well, youth. By no means was he an old cat, but the death of his own mentor had forced him to abandon his childhood early on. It was... refreashing to know that innocence still existed, even if it wasn't his. "That's close. You want to keep your tail directly behind you, so it doesn't stick up and gives you plenty of balance." Oceanheart demonstrated with his own hunter's crouch, twitching his tail to draw attention to it. "We're going to try walking without making a noise." He announced once Streampaw had corrected her crouch. "Try keeping you weight evenly distributed, and pull with your front legs. It'll help. I'm going to close my eyes, and count to five in my head. If know where you are without looking, I get a point. If you can stay undetected, you get a point. Who over gets the most by the end of the day wins." Oceanheart had decided last night that incorperating a game into his lesson would make Streampaw able to concentrate in it longer, especially since he would be ahead starting the first couple of turns. It would give her something to strive for. Of course, staying in a hunter's crouch all day would mean that his apprentice would be sore tomorrow, but this way she would build muscle faster, too.
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