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Curious attraction, a cheerful distraction [Spotted/Ember] Jan 10, 2016 6:30:07 GMT

Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 6:30:07 GMT

feel the light

shining in the night

The sun was shining, the wind was crisp with new-leaf. Everything seemed pretty peaceful, and it was quiet in the camp. Not to say that no one was doing anything- just that most everybody was out on patrol, hunting, or quietly attending to their own business within the camp. Sure there were the general background noises of typical clan life... but as it was, it was simply quiet. And that kinda bothered Emberpaw. He liked noise and activity, and he liked it when it was clear that there was stuff happening, especially if he was the one doing something. Being new to the apprentice thing, he still had wildly untrue expectations of the position, which the current absence of his Mentor was currently disrupting. His tail twitched and his claws kneaded the soft dirt under his feet.

Not having anything to do was new to him, honestly. His uncaring days of kithood were over, and even if they weren't, most of the kits he knew were apprentices now, and his siblings were... Well, anyway, boredom wasn't a thing he was familiar with, and it being such a nice day only added to his desire for activity. What kind of apprentice has his first official day as an apprentice spent in camp?! Shouldn't he be out hunting, or learning the territory? Whiskers twitched and he began to pace, occasionally batting at some feathers that had fallen off of someone's lunch. Should he go and find Eaglestrike? No, he was probably on patrol or doing something important for Rosestar.

Finally he couldn't take it anymore, and he took to padding through the camp, asking around if there was anything he could help with or something he could do, but the general consensus was 'No, not really. We've got everything covered.', so he was left to return to his kneaded spot of dirt and wait until Eaglestrike appeared to take him training. At least, that was the plan, until he caught sight of a rather twitchy apprentice that he faintly recognized as Spottedpaw. Though Emberpaw wasn't sure if she just finished doing something or if she had been there the whole time before he spotted her. Quietly snickering at himself for the internal pun, he decided to go and try and strike up a conversation.

Happily approaching the she-cat, the young tom recalled that they were about the same age, though she had become an apprentice before him so she was clearly older. If his mentor couldn't be around to teach him stuff, then he might as well start making himself familiar with his fellow apprentices! And honestly, he was curious to know why she looked so jittery. Maybe she was as bored as he was.

With a friendly wave of his tail and bent ears swiveling towards her, he gave a cheerful greeting.

"Hi there, Spottedpaw! What're you up to?"

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Curious attraction, a cheerful distraction [Spotted/Ember] Jan 10, 2016 6:55:39 GMT

Post by alee on Jan 10, 2016 6:55:39 GMT

Spottedpaw missed being a kitten.

Maybe it was the general carefree lifestyle that she so desired once again - apprenticeship was a big adjustment from lazing about in the Nursery, after all. Not to mention that she didn't have any particular skill sets, or noticeable talents; she hadn't been in training for long and already she'd failed to impress superiors, or surpass even the newest wave of young cats to flood the den. She was - in many respects - quite the failure, though that honestly wasn't what bothered her at this very moment.

It was much more likely that Spottedpaw was, as usual, fretting about her sister. Blossompaw was out with her mentor on a hunting patrol - a patrol that she'd been refused to join. Such was incredibly stressful for the young she-cat, whom liked to know every movement and where about of her sibling - not to mention that, as if to add salt to the wound, that stupid Webpaw was accompanying her. A burble of frustration bubbled deep in her stomach and she couldn't help clawing up a clump of dirt, imagining her sharp tips were tearing through the tomcat's fur.

"Hi there, Spottedpaw! What're you up to?"

The voice startled her from her questionable daydreams, and at once she leaped upward, her muscles twitching and eyes as wide as saucers. She looked almost like a terrified mouse, staring up at Emberpaw; though she was older than the tomcat, she was rather small by comparison, and had the build of a five-moon old kitten.

Spottedpaw wasn't exactly...friends with anyone per se. How could she be, when most of her time was spent stalking her sis? But she had 'duties' as her mentor had called them, and apparently she had to let Blossompaw 'live her own life.' She wanted to growl at that.

Meeting Emberpaw's gaze, the jittery she-cat almost had to look away immediately after. She was...socially awkward to say the least. "Hello," she meowed quickly, in her surprisingly deep voice; "I'm waiting for Blossompaw to return. She's with Webpaw. I know he's trying to seduce her. I can't let that happen." Though her sentences were clipped and short, she spoke with rapid, urgent speed as if every word could be her last.

Last Edit: Jan 10, 2016 6:56:15 GMT by alee

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Curious attraction, a cheerful distraction [Spotted/Ember] Jan 10, 2016 8:22:45 GMT

Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 8:22:45 GMT

feel the light

shining in the night

Spottedpaw's reaction to his greeting both amused him and concerned him. Had he startled her? He hoped not. Though he was certain there wasn't anything to be startled by- after all he'd walked right up to her without trying to be quiet or anything... maybe she'd been thinking about something else. That seemed like a perfectly reasonable way to react then, if you were approached suddenly. And now that he made sense of that, it was his turn to look a little startled. Emberpaw was completely unprepared for her short bursts of sentences.

After a moment of silence, his head tipped to the side as he slowly blinked at her. Well that wasn't exactly the greeting he was expecting, but oh well! She seemed friendly enough, even if what she said made pretty much no sense at all to him. He knew Spottedpaw had a sister, and he remembered Webpaw, but what did 'seduce' mean, and why did she suspect Webpaw was going to do it to her sister? Was it like a prank or something? If that were the case then he could totally understand why she seemed anxious about it.

It reminded him of trying to keep Thistlepaw and Sweetkit from messing with each other- nothing ever good came from tricks. Sure you'd get a few laughs at first but then it'd turn into blaming and an upset sibling that was absolutely no fun to hang out with until they listened to what you had to say and stopped moping.

He flicked his tail decisively and nodded at her after a moment.

"If 'seduce' means what I think it means, then I think she'll be fine if they're with their mentors, so I wouldn't worry about it too much!"

He straightened, giving her a friendly nudge. He'd ask Eaglestrike what 'seduce' meant later, but for now he was completely confident it meant to play a joke or trick or something. Who knows, maybe Blossompaw would seduce Webpaw instead! That might cheer Spottedpaw up. It always made his siblings feel better when his father or mother did something to embarrass that day's offending prankster if they had gone too far.

At the moment, he made it his personal mission to help Spottedpaw feel better. Distract her to get her mind off of Webpaw and Blossompaw, that felt like the right thing to do. Otherwise he had the distinct sense that she'd continue clawing that poor piece of turf until they returned Starclan knew when.

"Besides, there's more fun things to do than worrying about your sister. There's not much you can do about it right now, right? So why don't we find somethin' to do while you wait for them to come back?"

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Curious attraction, a cheerful distraction [Spotted/Ember] Jan 10, 2016 8:49:17 GMT

Post by alee on Jan 10, 2016 8:49:17 GMT

"If 'seduce' means what I think it means, then I think she'll be fine if they're with their mentors, so I wouldn't worry about it too much!"

Spottedpaw's eyes widened even further at that. He was telling her not to fret about it? Something that serious? Oh no...no, no, no! Blossompaw was much too innocent; she needed to be protected from that flea-ridden Webpaw and his shady advances! Not to mention that her sister needed Spottedpaw as much as Spottedpaw needed her. They'd grown up as a close twosome after all and siblings always looked out for the other.

"How could you say that it doesn't matter?" she gasped, her tail lashing in barely suppressed irritation. "A-Are you insinuating that the mentors would approve of such sordid activity? You must be joking!" With a small sigh she ducked her head down and began to groom hurriedly at her chest fur, the simple act seeming to calm her frantically racing mind somewhat. "Apologies," she added, abruptly halting her grooming; "but you don't have any siblings, correct? You wouldn't understand." It took Spottedpaw a few moments to realize the true depth of her words; panic struck her chest, as piercing as the sharpest of rose thorns.

Memories swam before her vision, darting like tiny minnows within a river's depths. She'd been denmates with Emberpaw as a kitten, though she'd never exactly spoken to him - but she did distinctly remember two siblings of his, a mother also, a family bonded closely together by the binds of love and kinship.

"I'm sorry," she blurted, her dark pupils flicking about camp in an almost social anxiety attack. "I forgot about...well...you know." Vaguely she recalled tragedy striking camp twice, though she truthfully hadn't paid much attention. She never did to politics or recent events.

"Perhaps we should do something," she finally meowed abruptly, ears pinned flat in shame against her head. It wasn't as if she had a choice now, after spewing such nonsense - and maybe she could find Blossompaw on her way, and reprimand that foul-minded Webpaw about his ulterior motives. Such would be useful. "But you can lead. I'm...I'm not very good in the marshes."

Last Edit: Jan 10, 2016 8:53:04 GMT by alee

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Curious attraction, a cheerful distraction [Spotted/Ember] Jan 20, 2016 22:19:13 GMT

Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2016 22:19:13 GMT

feel the light

shining in the night

Her reaction to his words were really quite the opposite of what Emberpaw expected. The outburst caught him by surprise and with a flip of his tail, his head canted to the side and looked at her with a look of sheer confusion. That wasn't what he meant at all! He just meant that their mentors would keep them from getting into shenanigans if it meant keeping them from their duties... maybe he should clarify.

"That's not what I-"

But she apparently wasn't listening, caught in her frantic thought processes as she was. Instead she just kept going and running over any comment he'd try to make in hopes of correcting what she thought he meant, stopping only for a moment to lick hurriedly at her chest fur. Maybe now he could...-

A thorn like ice pricked through his pelt and into his heart, ears pinning down flat to his skull. For once he was completely struck silent, finding that even if he wanted to speak, the words were stuck to his throat like sand. A wound still healing like that to be ripped open so carelessly wasn't something he was used to, and it took a long moment of silence between the two of them for him to recover.

Honestly he couldn't exactly blame her. What happened to his family hadn't exactly been something that was made into a big deal. Deaths by Thunderpath and Fox were just something Shadowclan cats had dealt with before. If she was in fact around the same as him he doubted many of the older Warriors would've told her all the gruesome details anyway.

Yeah, he'd just. Try and stick with that. It wasn't her fault, she was just worried about her sister, and if his siblings were still around then he'd probably feel the same.

After that span of silence, he shook out his pelt and stood a little straighter. Putting on his usual optimistic face, he nudged her with his nose softly. At least she had apologized, so it wasn't like she meant to bring that kind of thing up.

"It's okay... I'd probably feel the same if I were in your position."

He paused, stepping back to look her in the eyes.

"But just remember that no matter what Webpaw's intentions are or what your sister is doing right now... it's not like she's gone forever. At least you can still see her every day."

It was a sincere comment, the flicker in his gaze betraying just how difficult it was for him to completely brush off the sudden reminder of his losses, but he wouldn't let it keep him down. All that was done and past. Spottedpaw was here and now, and he felt the need to keep her from twisting into knots about her sister.

"C'mon, why don't we go take a walk outside of camp or something? It doesn't have to be the marshes."

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Curious attraction, a cheerful distraction [Spotted/Ember] Jan 22, 2016 0:05:49 GMT

Post by alee on Jan 22, 2016 0:05:49 GMT

For a heartbeat Spottedpaw was unsure on what Emberpaw's reaction would be; oh, why did cats have to be so hard to read? The minute social cues and careful weaving of conversation had never been her strong point, and she found herself treading on many a cat's paws with her blunt comments and unknowing harshness. Perhaps that was why she loved Blossompaw so dearly. Sometimes it felt like her sister was the only one whom understood her, and she found herself speaking unusually freely around her littermate. Oh, why did Webpaw have to jump in and ruin everything? She and Blossompaw had been just fine without him.

"It's okay... I'd probably feel the same if I were in your position."

His words came as a shock to the she-cat, and slowly she seemed to relax - at least, as much as this incredibly tense apprentice possibly could, anyway. With a small sigh she dipped her head in an apologetic nod, unsure exactly what to say as a comfort when she glimpsed a flash of pain spark across his countenance. As she mulled over possible attempts on how to rectify the situation, she caught Emberpaw's gaze and heard his kind words.
"But just remember that no matter
what Webpaw's intentions are or what your sister is doing right now...
it's not like she's gone forever. At least you can still see her every
day."
She frowned. That was...true. At least she slept close to Blossompaw in the apprentice's den, and at least her sister was around camp. Not a day went by when Spottedpaw hadn't at least glimpsed her littermate talking up a storm, or badgering at her mentor. Though that still didn't ease her panic about the sinister plans of her sister's boyfriend, it did somewhat appease her, and finally she seemed to calm.

"C'mon, why don't we go take a walk outside of camp or something? It doesn't have to be the marshes."
Maybe Blossompaw would be there? Looking reluctantly back at Camp, she finally forced a small nod. "...Fine. It's not like I've anything to do here." That was probably untrue; her mentor had actually ordered her to do some cleaning up of the elder's den, but Spottedpaw had already forgotten the solitary command from her constant worrying about her litter-mate. Arching her back in a rippling stretch, Spottedpaw bounded past Emberpaw and barely spared him a glance back. As twitchy and fast-paced as ever, of course. Pushing her way out of camp, she kept her ears pricked and eyes scouting wide for the slightest alert of her sister, but of course none came.