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Post by berrypaw on Dec 2, 2006 13:19:04 GMT -5
Darkpelt walked into Fallen Trees, carefully picking her way between the jumbled trunks toward the center. This had been her favorite place to come as an apprentice and she knew it like the back of her paw. I hope Singingpaw likes it here, she thought. It's certainly one of the best places to train. Darkpelt reached one of the open spaces between the huge tree trunks and stopped. She sat, washing a paw as she waited for her new apprentice.
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 3, 2006 10:00:51 GMT -5
Singingpaw raced into the area, dodging fallen logs as she went." Hi!!" She meowed to Darkpelt." What are doing today??"
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 3, 2006 14:25:45 GMT -5
Darkpelt stopped licking her paw and smiled. "Hello," she meowed. Standing, she stretched her front paws out in front of her for a moment, then pulled them back. "Well, I was planning to start teaching you to hunt. How does that sound?"
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 6, 2006 18:27:10 GMT -5
" Alright!" Singingpaw cheerfully meowed. She kneaded the ground in excitement with her blue-gray paws, anticipation racing through her veins
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 7, 2006 21:03:40 GMT -5
Darkpelt smiled, seeing her apprentice's excitement and feeling her own. "Okay. First of all, you need to know the three ways to find prey: Scent, Sight, and Sound. Different ways work better with different prey, but that is something that is very difficult to teach. It's much better to learn about that as you go along, with trial and error." Darkpelt grinned, remembering her own apprenticeship. "But mostly error at first. So, which would you like to learn about first?"
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 7, 2006 21:53:59 GMT -5
" How about scent??" meowed Singingpaw.
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 8, 2006 19:04:57 GMT -5
Darkpelt nodded. "Okay. First of all, tell me what you smell. Just...anything. Try to separate individual scents from the whole."
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 8, 2006 20:48:54 GMT -5
" I smell pine trees" meowed Singingpaw
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 9, 2006 12:19:05 GMT -5
Darkpelt nodded. "Good, anything else? I know the pine scent is pretty overwhelming, but see if you can get past it to smell something fainter."
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 10, 2006 17:02:32 GMT -5
"I can smell the camp..." meowed Singingpaw
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 12, 2006 19:39:59 GMT -5
Darkpelt nodded. "That's good. Anything else? Something...alive, maybe?"
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 12, 2006 21:09:57 GMT -5
" well, I smell a sweet smell" Singingpaw meowed
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 14, 2006 18:10:12 GMT -5
"Sweet like prey?" Darkpelt prompted, wondering if Singingpaw had picked up on the mouse the older cat could smell under the trees nearby.
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Post by shadowkit on Dec 14, 2006 19:05:15 GMT -5
" yeah..." meowed Singingpaw
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Post by berrypaw on Dec 16, 2006 13:03:53 GMT -5
Darkpelt nodded, smiling. "Good, you're right. There's a mouse nearby. Now, the second step is to see if you can hear the mouse. Listen as hard as you can. Try to pick up on different sounds and identify them."
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