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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Mar 25, 2007 18:58:02 GMT -5
OOC: Okay. *Waits*
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 1, 2007 11:38:57 GMT -5
OOC- you're right! She IS the biggest kittypet on Earth! It hurts...lol Leaf rolled her eyes slightly, but made sure Nutmeg didn't see. Okay. You have many things to work on. Like everything, she thought to herself. First off, you can't creep up on the mouse 'till you're right next to it then bring your paw down on it. You have to creep up until you're at a leaping distance, which varies depending on how big you are. For you it's a couple tail-lengths or so. Leaf paused, letting the information sink in. Anyways, you leap when you're close enough, and you leap without stepping on a twig like you did earlier. You should be silent, and you should pounce on its back and bite into its neck, like this. Leaf waved her tail at an oblivious mouse and dropped into a crouch, sneaking up on the mouse. Suddenly she pounced, dispatching the prey with a quick swipe to its skull. See? Once you get it, it's easy!ooc-done! Sorry |
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 1, 2007 11:39:16 GMT -5
Leaf rolled her eyes slightly, but made sure Nutmeg didn't see. Okay. You have many things to work on. Like everything, she thought to herself. First off, you can't creep up on the mouse 'till you're right next to it then bring your paw down on it. You have to creep up until you're at a leaping distance, which varies depending on how big you are. For you it's a couple tail-lengths or so. Leaf paused, letting the information sink in. Anyways, you leap when you're close enough, and you leap without stepping on a twig like you did earlier. You should be silent, and you should pounce on its back and bite into its neck, like this. Leaf waved her tail at an oblivious mouse and dropped into a crouch, sneaking up on the mouse. Suddenly she pounced, dispatching the prey with a quick swipe to its skull. See? Once you get it, it's easy!
ooc-done! Sorry
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 1, 2007 11:39:34 GMT -5
I reposted it as you can tell....idk why lol
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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Apr 1, 2007 17:11:37 GMT -5
Nutmeg's round eyes followed Leaf's every movement, but, instead of enlightened, she was just more confused. "Um... I don't think I'll ever be able to do that," she said sadly.
OOC: What'll happen is that she'll eventually learn... but then she might go back to her kittypet place, though continuing to visit Leaf.
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 1, 2007 18:13:05 GMT -5
OOC- nooo! Leaf wants to adopt her! *Leaf looks at Cindy with big, HUGE puppy eyes even though she's a cat*
Actually, that would be a good idea...
Leaf sighed. This was a bit annoying, though she was determined to help. She set the dead fresh-kill on her private pile--which she would probably now be sharing with Nutmeg. Then she turned around and told the kit, Okay. I want to see you try again. Just try to catch...she looked around. Then she waved her tail at a vole. That. Just sneak up on it and jump, without sound.
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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Apr 2, 2007 23:01:02 GMT -5
Nutmeg nodded. She snuck up to it, feeling very unsure of her own technique. She looked at the distance between her and the vole, and judged it was time to leap. The slight error in calculations made her fall short, but, as the vole began to race to it's burrow-like home, she scrabbled forward and whacked it with a little paw. Stunned, it stopped momentarily. She bit it on the back, expecting a clean kill like Leaf had so easily accomplished. But the stupid thing wouldn't die! Finally, drained and blood-covered, the rodent stopped twitching. Nutmeg had to admit that, though she finally caught something, it didn't look to appitizing.
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 3, 2007 11:16:50 GMT -5
Leaf chuckled a bit as the little kit leapt and missed the vole, and began to laugh louder as she slammed a paw against it, stunning the creature. Nutmeg tried to kill the vole fast, but she didn't know where to bite, so she had to wait until it died of blood loss. Leaf shook her head, amused. Well...you have the sneaking part right. The leaping...almost. You just need to make sure you're the right length away. Considering how small you are compared to me, I don't think we have the same leaping distance....and as for the killing, watch. She padded up to the dead vole and bent over it, smelling blood. You have to bite it in a certain place...like crack the spine, where it'll die instantly. Or you could grab it over its scruff, where there's a big blood vessel and it'll also die instantly. Another way to kill it quickly is to hid it over the head, like this. She whacked a large paw over the head of the already dead creature. Get it? You're beginning to master hunting, she added.
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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Apr 3, 2007 13:28:24 GMT -5
As Leaf began to speak, Nutmeg, looked up. Her orbs shone wit curiousity and eagerness. She was looking her new mentor right in the eyes, taking in every single word. As the kill was demonstrated, and the leap explained, images of herself actually doing such a good job, being so successful, flashed through Nutmeg's mind. She was excited to learn and, for the first time, completely sure of herself. Maybe a bit of the warrior in her was starting to shine through. Who but StarClan knows these things?
Determined to prove that she understood, Nutmeg eyed the lifeless vole. She put a silent paw down in a perfect little place between a dead leaf and a patch of dry grass. Her next step was equally soundless. She concentrated on every paw as she moved it and set it down. Not a noise could be heard to alert the still rodent, were it alive. She neared it, and remembered where she had been last time. She took one small step closer, wanting this demonstration to be completely flawless. Her hind paws pushed off the rocky ground, and a small thud resulted. Nutmeg's aim had been much better this time. She landed just in front of where she wanted to. This, actually, was a good thing as a living prey would have started running by now.
She decided to try the spine-breaking trick. With her paws, claws unsheathed, holding the still animal, she bent and sunk her teeth into the neck of the animal, and heard it's spine break. This was now a thrice-killed rodent, and much less appetizing for that fact. But, ignoring the icky looks, Nutmeg picked up the vole in her jaws and padded over to Leaf. She proudly dropped the limp thing at the paws of the loner that Nutmeg was starting to love like her own mother.
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 3, 2007 13:56:07 GMT -5
As she explained, the little kit watched the loner intently. Maybe Nutmeg would finally get it right.
Amber eyes trailed the small kit as she padded ever so quietly towards the dead creature. A brown head nodded in approval as Nutmeg kept moving, stealthy and calm. Nutmeg's gaze seemed to be glued to the poor, lifeless creature, while the loner's strong, amber gaze was attached to the small cat she considered her apprentice. Nutmeg was really doing well. Any cat could tell that she was now concentrating on what she was doing, unlike earlier, when she had been negative and had been sure she couldn't catch a thing. Soon she'd be ready to move on to more difficult tasks such as fighting. Though, the loner wasn't sure Nutmeg would ever be ready for that--unless she continued to concentrate like she was doing now. Her mind floated back to Nutmeg, who was leaping over the dead vole. Exactly where she should've, because by then, the prey would have fled and the kit would have caught it in the middle of its escape. The yellow eyes watched the kit as she dug her small, sharp teeth into the back of the twice-killed creature's neck, where its spine begun. A small crack was heard through the still air of the valley, and the tabby nodded again in approval. Nutmeg turned around and padded back, setting the now thrice-dead creature at the loner's brown paws. The golden eyes sparkled like the sun in pride. Nutmeg. That was...that was fantastic. I couldn't have done better myself at your age.
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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Apr 3, 2007 15:27:44 GMT -5
OOC: I've changed my mind.. She's going to stay with Leaf. That was the warrior coming through in her!
Nutmeg glowed with happiness as Leaf praised her. Her whole body almost shoke with excitement, and her little heart raced. Suddenly, she was so glad that she and Moontea had explored. This was a wonderful place to be, a wonderful thing to be doing, and a wonderful cat to be with. She looked up at the still bright sky, as noticed that it was almost sunset. This would be the time for her late afternoon nap back home, and she might be getting a nibble to eat. She'd be feeling tired, and be lying motionless on her little bed. But right now, somehow, her whole body was exhilerated, her senses were fine-tuned, she could hear every birdsong, smell every little mouse, see every detail in the surrounding landscape, and feel every rock and blade of new spring grass under her paws.
The little cat took a deep breath in, lost in a wonderous world of enjoying the simpleness and complexity of her new surrounding, her new home. This is where she belonged.
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 3, 2007 15:42:59 GMT -5
OOC-YAY!!!! *celebrates* Leaf watched the little cat as excitement visibly ran throughout her small body. She grinned in happiness for the kit. The tabby could tell that Nutmeg had finally felt the exhilaration of living in the wild and its contrast to the boring kittypet world. Nutmeg. How're you feeling? she asked, just to...half humor, half tease the little cat. OOC- yeah, bad post, but I don't feel up to typing that much....sorry.  |
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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Apr 3, 2007 15:46:06 GMT -5
Without thinking, Nutmeg replied: "Peaceful. Happy. Awake. I love it here." Her voice was dreamy, unfocused as her eyes trailed a bluebird which had started from a tree when a squirrel began to climb the trunk.
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Apr 3, 2007 15:49:09 GMT -5
The smile upon the tabby face grew wider, if that was even possible. I told you you would, Leaf mewed, looking around at the early sunset. This is better than kittypet life, better than Clan life--I feel extremely lucky when I look around me. She sighed. Now, would you like me to show you a special something as a reward for you?
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Post by //Cindy// l u n a on Apr 3, 2007 18:41:47 GMT -5
"Umm... Sure!" meowed Nutmeg, reluctant to tear herself away from the daydreaming, but eager to see more.
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