alphabet soup [O]

Stormwatcher was less than thrilled to put it mildly that he got stuck on another hunting patrol... didnt the high ranks remember he had 2 of his own apprentices!? He was even more grumpy than usual as he plotted along behind the patrol.

Foxpaw was out in the lead and Stormwatcher while he did have a protective nature of all appretnices was fine letting his younger patrol mate go on ahead... what was gonna happen anyways? They were deep in skyclan land.

He was muttering to himself quietly sulking and seething a bit in self pity that he had to do all these patrols.

By the time he had actually caught up to the yongster, he was halfway up some tree on a climb after a squirrel.

Stormwatcher stood near the trees base in case the squirrel outflanked his hunting partner and went back down the tree so that he could catch it there. He squinted upwards sheidling his eyes with a front paw from the sun above.

What in stars was this apprentice doing anyhow? He had plain overshot things. Stormwatcher watched him turning to try and go back down. Yea that made sense.

Then he jumped??

Stormwatcher stared - well that did NOT make sense. He had that sensation hit him where you are watching an accident but can't do anything to stop it, everything appeared to slow down as he watched the apprentice tumble down.

catch a branch... come on come on! his mind yelled.


As Foxpaw thudded into a lower branch Stormwatcher stood there frozen a second or two longer before letting out a long exhale from his chest. His heart still beating a mile a minute. That was a much closer call than he would have liked to admit... Wolfstar would have his tail if he let an appretnice get hurt out here, and he would be pretty upset with himself too, as gruff and grumpy as he was, he did have a soft spot for apprentices.

He wasnt really sure what to do... let Foxpaw get up and shake it off on his own?? Ask if he was okay?? Would that hurt the youngsters pride?

"erm... ouch ... well that sucks" he managed to meow. He laid his ears back a bit biting at his tongue, sympathy had never been his strong suit.

"you will walk it off no worries" he meowed hoping that would indeed be the case.

His logic was at least somewhat sound, he wasnt going to panic and make Foxpaw feel worse about it... he had figured play it off like it was as minor a thing as pulling a claw on something. That way the appretnice wouldnt feel bad about anything... But he had no idea what he was supposed to do after watching a clanmate almost go splat against the forest floor. Any worse and the crows would be having Foxpaw for dinner tonight.

He rubbed his head with a front paw, he had a major headache, just watching the close call was enough to make him stressed out, he couldnt imagine what poor foxpaw felt right about now.

This was not how he expected today to go

The member 'downfive' has done the following action : Dice roll

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'Hunting Dice' : 9

Mistypaw was quick to pad up behind Stormwatcher, looking up at Foxpaw. “Ooh, Asterpaw’s gonna love hearing about this!” she called teasingly. Not that she hadn’t fallen earlier today, but nobody needed to know that. “I bet you’ll end up the last of us to be a warrior!” Her tone was simply playful mockery, the barbed words normal teasing to her. She turned back to her own hunting.

Not rolling because Nerd is exhausted and Misty doesn’t need the req.

Snowpaw was as quiet as the thing he was named after. His bristled at the sight of the falling Foxpaw, his eyes wide, but no sound could come out. To his relief, the other apprentice seemed fine. "Walk it off" Stormwatcher suggested. Was that all you could do after falling from a tree? Snowpaw's ears flicked. He supposed without a medicine cat, that really was the only viable option.

He closed in on a quail he watched dart into a bush, hoping it didn't notice him.

Snowpaw attempted to catch a bird! He was [SUCCESSFUL!] -2EP

His claws shot through the bush like a flash of lightning and decapitated the bird. The quail was dead before it hit the ground. Still quietly, Snowpaw picked up his catch and looked for a spot to hide it for later.

The member 'Tara' has done the following action : Dice roll

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'Hunting Dice' : 4