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Post by |g.O.l.d.Y| on Dec 8, 2007 2:17:26 GMT -5
Her elegant form was a great deal leaner than when she had first arrived to RiverClan and muscles had started to form under her thick cream and orange maine coon pelt. She retained her beauty during the moons she had spent in the wild, but her coat was a great deal more ragged than when she had been proudly groomed thrice a day in her old cat-showing life. Trimmed nails were now sharp and could easily slip out to be used, the same as her fangs kept hidden in her petite mug. But despite all these changes in appearance, she was still just as she had been before: a snobby, easily grossed-out show-cat. Far better than any cat she came across and full of herself beyond belief. She would never consider herself a true RiverClan warrior(or at least that's what she told herself), in her mind she was still the pampered kittypet that had been stolen from her home and saved then brought here.
No cat other than Phantomstar and Fieropaw had ever gained her respect or admiration, not even her mentor, Fawnstar. She had yet to spend much time with her, and didn't look forward to doing so. Since Phantomstar and Fieropaw's disappearance she didn't look forward to spending time with any cat. She just wanted to keep to herself and be fed by the hunters of her clan until she was taught how to hunt herself. Though she would never admit it, she was lonely without the companionship and reserved affection she had been given by Fieropaw. He was the only cat that had ever understood her, seeing as he had been from a home like herself, only leaving because she asked him to. Oh, how she missed him...and Phantomstar as well. He kept the elegance of all the amazing showcats she had come across, but still made one think he could kill with a single glance. Half the time she had been pretty sure he could.
A shudder went down her spine. She had been close to crying. It had been a long time since she'd last cried. She believed it had been when she was separated from her mother at five weeks, never to see the most loving figure in her life ever again. The man that took her raised her well, along with her sister and brother, as well as the other cat she had learned to call her sister. She smiled at their memories together, but then set her lips firm again. She mustn't dwell on the past. It would be impossible to find them again with all the frequent moving that they did and besides, she was probably already replaced. This was her life now, no matter how grotesque it may be. She sighed, a long, drawn out and weary sigh, as she looked down at the water at her paws. The last time she'd come here she was with Fiero...
She was doing it again. Enough was enough! She let loose a hiss and struck out her paw, replacing the image of herself with ripples. Her ears pricked up at that moment, hearing something more than the splash she'd made. She turned her head around, almost positive she saw an approaching figure.
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Post by |g.O.l.d.Y| on Dec 12, 2007 20:54:11 GMT -5
OOC: Did I make it too long or something? Anyone can reply...just as long as it isn't a one-liner, please.
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Post by STREAMY ?! on Dec 12, 2007 21:01:11 GMT -5
wayy too long. everyone's too lazy to make a post like that. *tut-tut* lol, jk. I'll try to reply ASAP--after I reply to all the threads I have w/ Cindems.
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Post by Azure on Dec 16, 2007 17:43:40 GMT -5
[/u] Forest-green eyes watched the apprentice for a distance. A dark brown head raised and her mouth opened to breath in the scents of the forest and the other cat. The warrior smiled when she realized it was another RiverClanner. A lithe brown form slowly padded up to the spot. When she got close to the RiverClanner she raised her tail in a greeting. The brown warrior stopped walking a few tail-lengths away. She sat down, her long tail wrapped around her darker paws. Hullo. She purred. Caught any good fish lately? She said with a friendly, calm voice.[/ul][/color][/size]
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 17, 2007 20:54:54 GMT -5
A silver, spotted-tabby tom walked out of the bushes with a fish firmly clamped in his jaws. "If haf." He tried to say through the fish. Spitting it out, he tried again, "I said, I have. I was taking it back to camp just now." Silvercloud paused (an event that doesnt happen often, and when it does, most cats relish it) and tilted his head one way. "Sorry, " he said, head still tilted, "was I interupting something?"
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Post by |g.O.l.d.Y| on Dec 18, 2007 19:39:27 GMT -5
As the she-cat approached she didn't bother to smell her for traces of RiverClan, instead she settled for giving her a few once-overs. Brown, lithe, and skinny. A clan cat, just like all the others she had come across. She returned the greeting by giving her tail a flick, staying seated and relaxed. Her long maine coon fur puffed out, but not in a way of intimidation, she was simply feeling the aftereffects of the cold water she had splashed upon herself and trying to dim them. Not a word was said until the other spoke, and at her words Destinypaw narrowed her eyes, taking offense. Was she making fun of her kittypet heritage?
Just as she was about to make a reply, her muscles tense and foreboding to the sharpness that her tone was sure to be, another cat answered instead of herself. This took her by surprise, for she had not expected another cat to come as well. She tensed, then paused to look him and breathe in his scent, feeling a small unexpected sense of security wash over her when she recognized RiverClan. She immediatly blocked it out and looked past his somewhat striking spotted coat to his eyes. He seemed...friendly, but friendly is as friendly does. All he had done was declare stupidity by trying to talk with a mouth full of fish.
She responded to his words with a bit more of a relaxed figure than when he had first approached, but her tone had a certain bitterness and sharpness to it. I don't know, are you? All I would have been saying was how I haven't. It would seem my mentor is currently lacking in the want to teach me how.
OOC: No offense to either of your cats. This is how Destinypaw is =] Strictly IC
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 19, 2007 18:12:49 GMT -5
The silver bengal tom tilted his head the other way. "You mean Fawnstar? Why not?" He ruffled his pelt, giving his soft, smooth fur a rippling effect, like a rosseted, silver puddle. When it smoothed, it gave off a faint irridescent glow, like warm frost; a feature common among bengals such as himself, but his seemed to have depth, as if all his cheerfulness and warmth was bursting through his pelt. "You're Destinypaw." It was halfway between a comment and a question, "I don't see why Fawnstar wouldn't want to mentor you. I mean, you seem fine to me."
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Post by |g.O.l.d.Y| on Dec 19, 2007 18:36:10 GMT -5
OOC: I'm like going all squealy over here, silvercloud! xD I'm obssessed with bengals, they're my favorite breed of cat, and silvers are just amazingly beautiful. They're so fun to describe in roleplay and you do it amazingly <333
She gave a quiet scoff when he asked why she wouldn't. It still amazed her how blindly the clans followed their leaders, especially when they were so new like Fawnstar. She'd known Phantomstar from when he was deputy, when he saved her from the river he had gained her respect and trust. What had Fawnstar done? Taken on the task of being her deputy then ignoring her. She wanted to hiss out her feelings for the she-cat that had replaced her dear mentor, taken on the nine lives leaders were promised, and made Phantomstar cease forever. Still, this tom had such a naive glow around him, she couldn't spit all that baggage out onto him. I was Phantomstar's apprentice, all Fawnstar's seemed to do was feel obligated to keep me a leader's apprentice and put me to the side. Not that I care. I just refuse to be blamed for not bring in my 'fair share' to the prey pile.
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 19, 2007 19:03:17 GMT -5
OOC: Thanks! Bengals are my favorite too (but I can't have any cats cause I have two dogs T-T).
"Maybe if she sees you've caught something, she'll start trainning you more, and cats will stop using you as a scapemouse, or something." He pushed the fish towards the she-cat, "Take this back to camp, and put it in the freshkill pile. Trust me, someone will notice." He sat down and curled his tail over his paws, both of which had tabby stripes, and turned his head to look at something in the distance, something only he could see. "It's not fair. You know, to be a figure head; part of the scenery. Something the other cats just pass, like they see it every day." Then he looked back at Destinypaw with a sparkle in his eyes. "My motto- 'Give others a reason to give you a second look.'" He purred, "Why else would I put cobwebs in the entrance to the warrior's den?"
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Post by |g.O.l.d.Y| on Dec 19, 2007 22:46:46 GMT -5
OOC: I'm just flat-out not allowed to have a cat, I already have 2 birds and my mom wants some horrible little toy breed dog. ewww...
Destinypaw cocked her head to the side, highly interested in what the bengal tom was now saying. She was speechless when he offered the fish to herself, feeling suddenly hot under her fur(not in the romantic way). Why was he being so nice to her? She had just met him! Suddenly, her old suspicion settled in. Maybe he planned to use this as blackmail later. Before she had time to really ponder it he was speaking again and she felt a small need to laugh at the ending. A smile crossed her mug for a few seconds before she hid it away again.
You're being really nice, she paused for a moment, searching his eyes for any hint of a plot behind what he was doing. All she saw was the same friendliness from before. It fustrated her. She wasn't used to this and she didn't know whether or not to trust it. But what happens if Fawnstar asks me to show her how I did it?
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 19, 2007 23:12:02 GMT -5
OOC: I had a bird, and that was the initial reason not to get a cat. My 8-year old dog really isn't that bad, but then my other dog died, so we got a puppy- and that's when my cockatiel descided to croak T-T.
Silvercloud sat up straigter, and held his head up defiantly, "Well then, if she won't teach you to fish, then I will. Besides, if Fawnstar really isn't treating you the way she should, then I think you have every right to do this." Then he suddeny got a more serious look in his eyes, "Anyway, if you get caught, tell her it was my idea, I'll find a way to get her to listen." The rebelious gleem was back in his eyes.
Silvercloud wasn't entirely ignorant about this maine coon she-cat. He knew she used to be a kittypet, and used to be some twoleg show-thing. "Used to be." He told himself, "Though it seems most the cats in Riverclan ignore that fact." It was almost a little sad, but mostly frustrating, how the whole clan looked down on her and usually tried to pick at any of her faults, yet they did nothing to try and help her. Silvercloud wasn't about to stand by and watch practically the whole of Riverclan turn her into the "leader's apprentice".
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Post by Azure on Dec 20, 2007 12:47:51 GMT -5
[/u] Ottertail listened to the two cats' conversation. She yawned for a moment then looked at the bengal. Y' Know, she ain't gonna learn if you just give her the fish. No offence but why don't you just show her to begin with so if Fawnstar does ask her how she did she can just show her instead of lying or making herself look ignorant by saying she had someone caught it for her. She pointed out. Her forest green eyes narrowed. Her she stood up and streatched. Catching fish is easy...any kitty-pet can do it. She said with a smirk. She fixed her green gaze on Destinypaw and a faint glimmer of amusement shown in her eyes.[/color][/size][/ul] -I have two cats. A russian blue and a tabby tom. Sweet cats they are...untill they decide to use your stomach for a trampoline while your asleep. lol. Oh...and no offence to you for what Ottertail said, goldy, she just pointing out the obvious.-
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 20, 2007 16:23:19 GMT -5
Silvercloud winced slightly at Ottertail's comment. He knew right from the start the logical thing to do, but he chose not to. He was hoping to use the fish to make her more open and, maybe, just a little less hostile; now he just hoped that Destinypaw didn't think he was trying to set her up, or something.Once he had regained his posture, he spoke, "You're wrong, Ottertail, not just any kittypet can fish." He paused, and turned his head towards Destinypaw, "But any clan cat sure can." He smiled and winked at the apprentice, hoping she didn't take it the wrong way. "But you are right about giving the fish first," He replied, "That would be the logical thing to do- but ya know what?" The continued with a smile, "I'm just not really that famous for being logical. "Cause there are just somethings that can't be done, or even explained logically. Cause you know, sometimes you just have to climb a cliff, then close you're eyes- and leap! So, Ottertail, I ask you- will you leap with me?"
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Post by Azure on Dec 21, 2007 14:37:18 GMT -5
[/b] She ruffled her brown fur slightly and looked back at Silvercloud and sighed. But I'm sure Fawnstar will train the apprentice.....it's just been hard on her since the dissapearance of Phantomstar.....it's been hard on all of us. Just give her some time to get her duties on order and find the time before you 'leap' into something you can't 'leap' out of.[/color][/ul][/size]
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Post by .Whitey. on Dec 21, 2007 16:48:54 GMT -5
Moonflower padded out into the opening. You could get into trouble for it but I'm sure we wouldn't tell Fawnstar. Just make sure none of Silverclouds scent is on the fresh kill mewed the Senior warrior. It had only been a few moons since se'd had her kits but she was back on her feet again and now a Senior warrior. She'd been observing the brewing arguement from the saftey of the bracken. And I'm pretty positive Fawnstar wouldn't mind either me or one of the other warriors to give you a few lessons; it would really get my mind of not actually doing anything around camp...its time I got an apprentice so unless you wouldn't want me too I don't mind asking your mentor myself... she mewed half hoping that the reluctant apprentice would accept.
She had spent too long in the camp and was gett ing bored of waiting for someone to come along and talk to her. Her kits were now apprentices so she could only watch them grow up from a distance. Besides if you do decide to 'leap' into something as Ottertail says you might I would like someone to be there for you. she added smiling hping that she hadn't taken the request too far. OOC: Sorry for the intrusion I hope you don;t mind me in asking it seems you need someone to mentor Destinypaw; and it looks like Moonflower needs a temporary apprentice! If you don't mind (As i say Idm if you say no)
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