Sand Dunes
Date: 05/02/2011
By: Hare
"Afraid of you?" he asked. "I'm not afraid of you. I'm sure you were my first friend here in this Pride. Of course I trust you..." he trailed off. For a second he was silent before continuing. "Who are you talking about?" His ears flicked back to Rockpelt who may or may not of still been standing there.
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Date: 05/03/2011
By: Quailtail
"My kits...Blossom and Runner." She looked at him. "But, you jumped and pulled away...you seemed so...so..." She was at a loss of words. She didn't know what to do...just...she wished she could see them again.
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Date: 05/05/2011
By: Hare
He blinked a few times and then looked at his paws, not sure what to tell her. "I'm a little scared," he confessed. "But not of you. Only of my past. It haunts me. It's always in my dreams, flashes, others seem just like them." His eyes flashed with fear for a moment, but it faded away. He looked up at Qualtail. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like I can never trust another cat again, like they'll just instantly turn on me some time and... hurt me or something." His tail flicked.
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Date: 05/06/2011
By: Quailtail
"I would never..." she began, then paused, swivling her ears behind her. Then, a scent filled her scent glands. It, it was almost familiar, but it was soaked with LightningPride, so she wasn't sure. But, it smelled exactly like she remembered. "Hurt you..." She trailed off, turning to look into the pine trees. She thought she saw green orbs looking at her, but when she blinked, they were gone.
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Date: 05/06/2011
By: Hare
He sighed. When Qualtail felt bad it almost made him feel as bad, why was that happening? His long tail flicked behind him and shrugged his shoulders, trying to stay away from the sunject now. "Why don't we go back to camp?" he suggestd. "It's getting late and Eagelspirit is probably getting worried, or hungry." He turned to pick up the prey.
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Date: 05/08/2011
By: Quailtail
"Alright." she sighed, realived to let the conversation slip away. She realized all they had caught was a lizard. "You can say you caught it." She meowed, smiling. "Eaglespirit would be impressed." She quickly started to pad toward camp, glancing back every few moments to check on him.
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Date: 05/08/2011
By: Hare
"Okay!" he meowed happily and picked it up quickly. He was trying to sound happy for Qualtail's sake, but he also felt somewhat worried about her. His paws going fast, he raced after her, the lizard dangling from his mouth. "Thanks," he meowed through the prey and continued to camp.
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Date: 04/28/2011
By: Rockpelt
Subject: hunt
Rockpelt padded into the dunes...a couple of mice in his jaws..."It's getting late...we should go back..."
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Date: 04/29/2011
By: Quailtail
Her eyes grew wide. "Oh Hare, it's okay." She wrapped her tail around him, pulling him closer. His scent filled her scent glands and she sighed calmly. He was so small and innocent. Whatever they had done, it had been horrible. When Rockpelt came up behind, she jumped and looked at him. "You can go on ahead I guess." She looked at Hare. "Enless you want to go back?" She began to think of Blossom and Runner. Her eyes swelled with tears. She missed them so much, but they were long gone.
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Date: 04/29/2011
By: Hare
He felt a touch and jumped back away from the other cat. For a second she looked like a different cat to him, his heart was pounding when he thought about his memories. Then his vision cleared and he looked at Qualtail and Rockpelt. He shook his head and tried to make the fur on his shoulders lie flat, but he knewi t was helpless. He glanced around, his blue eyes wide before he slowly padded back over. "I haven't caught anything," he meowed, staring at the mice Rockpelt had caught.
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Small Water Pool
Date: 07/06/2011
By: Eaglespirit
Subject: Moss
The brown she-cat slipped back in, leading Hare and Scarslash over to the small pool. She droppedthe cactus flowers she's been carrying and stuck her paw into the pool, feeling the moss squish underneath. She unsheathed her claws and hooked up the strips before yanking them out, trying to keep as much water as possible. She lightly rolled it up and stuck it under her chin before picking up her flowers again and instructing them to do the same. "Except, you two switch prey, it'll be easier for Hare to carry the lizzard."
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Date: 07/09/2011
By: Scarslash
He gave Hare the lizzard and took the hen.
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Date: 07/11/2011
By: Hare
Hare dropped the han for Scarslash to take before he picked up the lizard. Then he turned to Eaglespirit and picked up one of the strips of moss. He rolled it up with a paw and placed it under his chein, just as the leader had. Then he stood, waiting for her to lead them back to camp.
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Date: 07/12/2011
By: Eaglespirit
She watched as they traded prey and then as Hare lifted the moss from the ground and rolled it under his chin, just as she had instructed. "Good," she mewed through the cactus flowers. "Now, Scarslash, pick up some of the moss and follow us back to camp," she mewed before turning and padding off. She was smiling to herself, suddenly feeling like a real leader. The special cat that had power over the clan, and lead them, she actually lead them.
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Date: 07/13/2011
By: Hare
Hare tightened his grip on the lizard as he headed back to camp behind Eaglespirit. The tom flicked his tail towards Scarslash as he went and tried to balance the moss under his chin. It slipped more and more with every step so he had to pause to push it back up with his paw.
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Date: 06/15/2011
By: Eaglespirit
A dark brown she-cat with lighter brown splotches slipped up to the small pool, dark golden eyes reflecting in the puddle of water. She glanced around, there were small rocks planted around the pool, where a few spots of moss grew occasionally. She flicked her tail to the rest of the hunting party as she scratched some off. "You all hunt, I'll be collecting some water for us to bring back to camp," she informed them. They needed water just as much as they needed foods, except that the water was harder to get.
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Date: 06/16/2011
By: Scarslash
He looked at their leader, dipping his head. "Can do Eaglespirit." Then he went out into the forest to get some prey.
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Date: 06/16/2011
By: Hare
The tom-cat padded up behind his trainer-mentor. He had slowed behind them on the way. Now Hare dipped his head to Eaglespirit and slipped off in the same dirrection as Scarslash. Would it be hard to hunt in the dessert? Hare scented one of the mice-type creatures, so he crouched down and stared at it for a second. Did it see him? When he thought that his muscles tensed and he used the tension to spring himself forward. His back legs slipped on the sand and he hit the ground, thankfully sliding on that too. His claws barely reached the mouse, but he had caught it! He pulled it in, surprised to see it still alive. He dropped it, but caught it again and did as Qualtail had, nipped it's neck.
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Date: 06/17/2011
By: Eaglespirit
The leader nodded her head in agreement and continued to claw some moss of of the rocks as she had been doing, tossing the strips into the pool to let them soak. For a moment Eaglespirit turned to watch Hare and see how his hunting skills were coming along, then she tried to spot Scarslash to see if he would teach the younger cat a few other things. When she didn't spot him she turned back to her own task with a sigh and continued to soak the strips in the water. Maybe she would have a talk with Scarslash and teach him what it's like to be a mentor.
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Date: 06/17/2011
By: Scarslash
He returned with the lizard, an idea popping in his head. Maybe he had an idea on how he was supposed to mentor Hare. "Hey Hare!" he called after he made his catch. "Good catch, for one." He meowed with a smile, "And for two, why don't you come down with me, we'll have a go at some desert hen, okay? I want to see how you catch them." He flicked his tail, watching to see if Hare would come with him.
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Hunting in the Sun
Date: 06/30/2011
By: Scarslash
Subject: Sigh
He looked at Hare, feeling he couldn't do anything to cheer him up. "If that's what you think." he meowed, trotting over to his prey. (What did I catch again?) "We'll go help Eaglespirit too." Even though he resented doing this, he was willing to do it anyway. He was sure to make a bigger fool of himself, which was making him feel a little weird.
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Date: 07/01/2011
By: Hare
Hare got to his paws, grabbing the hen by the neck and lifting it off the ground, almost. It's feet were dangling down, making him trip over it, but he did his best as he approached Eaglespirit. Was he still going to be able to help? He sat, waiting for Eaglespirit to lead the way back.
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Date: 07/06/2011
By: Eaglespirit
She nodded her head, tail flicking once. She turned, leading the two back to the small pool where she had left her moss to sit. She knew she would need help carrying the stuff back. Of course, they had caught prey and she had flowers in her mouth, so she was trying already figure out a way to get everything back to camp. [I think you caught a lizzard.]
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Date: 06/17/2011
By: Scarslash
He sat down in the sand, facing Hare. "The hens are sleeping now with their young, it should be a little easier to catch them when their senses are weak." He flicked his tail toward a normal looking clump of bracken. "There's some in there, why don;t you have a go?"
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Date: 06/18/2011
By: Hare
He crouched down beside Scarslash looking everywhere that he pointed. The tom-cat spotted a few hens but he didn't see most of them until he actually started searching for them. He looked towards Scarslash and swallowed whenever he asked him to go get one. "Um, okay," he meowed, although he wasn't sure how to hunt them. the desert hens were a little taller, a little fatter and seemed more sensitive. What if he scared them all off? Slowly Hare kept himself barely off the ground, tail slashing through the air to try and calm himself as he got cloer and closer to the bracken. He squinted his eyes, finally spotting two hens sleeping. He slipped under one piece of the curved bracken before lunging forward, his paws over lapping one of the hens. He grabbed it's neck, watching helplessly as the other one got away. He began to back up, but a thorn scraped into his pelt and he tried not to screech as he ripped himself away. Hare made his way back to Scarslash, the hen hanging from his jaws. He dropped it. "There were no chicks in there."
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Date: 06/18/2011
By: Scarslash
"Nice catch." he meowed, smiling. "You seem a little unsure with yourself, is something wrong?" He cocked his head, the smile disappearing. "Am I making you uncomfortable? If I am, I'm a little iffy at the moment too...I'm sorry." He cleared his throught, waiting for the small tom to reply.
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Date: 06/18/2011
By: Hare
Hare shook his head, it wasn't exactly Scarslash that was worrying him... at the moment. It was actually the thought of hunting in the desert's, sandy ground, for the first time. He wasn't sure he could do it. Shouldn't he say that out loud. "I, um, I'm not very sure if i caught it right. There were two under there and I let one get away," he meowed, flicking his tail. At his old home he had caught three at a time.
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Date: 06/18/2011
By: Eaglespirit
The brown splotched she-cat made her way away from the small pool she had been at. Though she was done with that act of gathering for the Pride, now she had something else to do. The leader stopped beside a cactus, looking up at the tall, prickly plant. She was staring at the small pink flowers sticking to it. She raised up onto her hind legs, keeping her balance well from many moons of practice. She gently put her paws around the side and plucked it off, setting it beside herself before raising up again to do the same.
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Date: 06/23/2011
By: Hare
I give in! I'll post!] Hare turned to see Eaglespirit and he flicked his long tail in greeting. He tilted his head, watching what she was doing. What were the flowers good for? Suddenly he realized that all of the cacti were blooming flowers, that was a good thing, right? He turned his attention back to Scarslash, still waiting. Wasn't he going to say what he did wrong, if he did anything wrong? Or tell him he was good, but could do better? Or just teach him how to catch the hens?
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Date: 06/27/2011
By: Scarslash
"Hare, that was a good catch. You cant always catch two things at once. It's okay. You caught one, and that's what I was hopeing for." He looked at Eaglespirit, then back at his omega. He twitched his whiskers, standing up. "Is there anything you want to catch?"
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