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Post by Violetstar on May 15, 2005 10:39:35 GMT -5
A large rat smelled some seeds behind some plants and began digging around, hoping for a sattisfying meal.  ***OOC: For some info on this thread, see the bottom post of Warrior Code |
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Post by shifteye on May 25, 2005 20:46:44 GMT -5
Shifteye entered the marsh and soon smelled the rat and heard his shuffling in the plants. She instinctively ducked to a crouch and waited for Runepaw to do the same.
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Post by runepaw on May 25, 2005 20:50:25 GMT -5
Runepaw had hunted before, though his mother had died when he was young, and he hadn't had much experience with it. He smelled the rat as well and lowered himself to the ground, mimicing Shifteye.
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Post by shifteye on May 25, 2005 20:56:29 GMT -5
"Do you know anything about hunting rats or mice?" She said softly to her apprentice so as not to startle the rat. There were a distance away, but she didn't want to scare it off.
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Post by runepaw on May 25, 2005 21:00:03 GMT -5
"A little bit. I've had to hunt by myself for a while, but I'm not all that great at it yet. No one has been around to teach me or anything." He kept his eyes in the direction of the rat.
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Post by shifteye on May 25, 2005 21:08:25 GMT -5
"Rats and mice sense you by your footsteps through the ground. Keep your weight out of your paws when you hunt them. Now... go ahead and try to kill it..." She waited to see how he would handle the situation, but also was ready to go after the rat if he scared it off. Shifteye knew that they both probably could use some freshkill, even if they had to share the rat between them.
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Post by runepaw on May 25, 2005 21:16:44 GMT -5
He focused all of his weight to his haunches and slowly took a few steps forward. After pinpointing his prey, he rushed forward and pawed the now retreating rat, making it stumble. One quick bite killed it instantly. A very proud Runepaw brought the rat back to his mentor.
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Post by shifteye on May 25, 2005 21:19:44 GMT -5
Shifteye purred loudly. "Well done, well done! Normally, as part of the Warrior code you would take this back to the camp and place it in the freshkill pile. Since it is just us in the clan we cna take it back and you can eat it now. Warriors never eat before their Clan. If caught eating freshkill before taking it back to the camp, the offending cat is usually reprimended." Shifteye glared at him to make sure she got her point across.
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Post by runepaw on May 25, 2005 21:25:16 GMT -5
Runepaw nodded. Having a fresh rat in his mouth was only teasing his stomach, and he wanted to get back to camp to eat. He dropped it, though, and repeated her words to show her that he understood. "Don't eat until the Clan has eaten first."
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Post by shifteye on May 25, 2005 21:27:15 GMT -5
She purred her approval and motioned for him to pick up the rat again as she turned back toawrds camp.
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Post by runepaw on May 25, 2005 21:28:54 GMT -5
He picked up the rat once more and trotted off after Shifteye.
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