Anyone For A Hunt? (open)

[lilybolt]

Cliffstone's eyes shot open, and he bolted upright in his nest. He had a feeling he was in terrible danger, but looking around the familiar warriors den, he knew it must have been a dream. He had that dream often. One where he awoke feeling frightened and threatened, but could not remember for the life of him why. He never knew what the dream was, the memory of it was impossible to hold onto. The tom yawned sleepily. The other downside to that dream was that every time he had it, he woke up feeling completely not rested. Cliffstone sniffed the air. It smelled like a nice enough day, and it was not chilly, so the sun would already be up...he stretched for a brief moment, before padding to the den's entrance, and looking about the camp. Most of its members were already awake and moving around. Cliffstone decided he had better make himself useful, so he padded to the center of camp and looked around for stuff to do. The fresh kill was in low supply. "Anyone want to go hunting with me?" Cliffstone meowed.

[rainshadow]

Rainshadow trotted over to Cliffstone. "I will she meowed, eagerly wanting something to do.

[lilybolt]

Cliffstone smiled at Rainshadow, glad that he had found a companion. "Lets go!" he meowed, not wanting to waste any time. The tom trotted out of camp and into the territory he knew and loved. The air was thick with many smells. He distinguished marsh, reed, pine, and tons of prey. He smiled to himself. It was looking like they had a great chance of catching a lot. He looked back to make sure that Rainshadow was following.

OOC: Rainshaodw. You will probably need to make longer posts. At least four sentences please. Just to add to the story you know?

[rainshadow]

(Yeah I know, I just got a message about that, I will) Rainshadow bounded after Cliffstone, her pelt glowing with a chesnut tint from the sun glinting off her fur. She scented varieties of prey. Squirrel, mouse, vole and even snakes. Rainshadow had never liked snakes, the way they wriggled even after you had killed then, and their slimey appearence. She imagined herself catching a nice mouse instead. She quickly loped through the undergrowth after Cliffstone and into Shadowclan hunting grounds.

[lilybolt]

Pleased to see Rainshadow right behind him, Cliffstone turned his attention to the task at paw. He inhaled deeply, allowing the myriad of smells to fill his mouth. This time however, he sought a certain scent. Whatever scent was closest. Right now that scent belonged to a wood pigeon, pecking around for seeds. The tom dropped into a hunter's crouch and crept up on the bird. It was over quickly for the creature, and Cliffstonre turned around to face his friend, large feathery lump dangling from his jaws. "Where to first?" he asked Rainshadow, realizing they hadn't agreed to hunt here...

[Barketh]

[Tell me if I'm intruding, and I'll leave. =)]

[maroon]Tail dangling over the edge of a sycamore, the frosty white she-cat watched the two hunters, blue eyes emotionless. Tilting her head slightly, she eyed the bird dangling from the tom's jaws, and she felt her stomach turn hungrily. Forcing back her appetite, she stood up, balancing nimbly before leaping from the edge of the branch to the ground. Luckily it wasn't high up. Then again, the idea of falling didn't really bother her.
Remember what Hawktail told you...
Narrowing her eyes slightly at the thought of how her friend had interrupted her attempted scuicide, she sighed before padding over to the small patrol.
"Cliffstone, Rainshadow. Would it be alright if I joined you two? I don't really have much else to do anyway."
She meowed, blue eyes flickering at the scent of fresh-kill. Though she could feel her stomach roaring to be fed after having not eaten at all the last day, she reminded herself that she'd rather starve then get kicked out for breaking the Warrior Code.
Jaywing thought briefly of Icewreath and Fernpelt and what her siblings were doing at the moment, but she brushed the needless thinking aside. Hunting was what was important now; not her kin.

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[lilybolt]

OOC: No. Not intruding. The more the better! =)

Cliffstone smelled the scent of another cat, and right at that moment Jaywing appeared behind them. Thinking she must have been in a tree, he was impressed by her near silent landing. "I don't mind if you hunt with us. Do you Raindshadow?" the tom meowed. He looked back at his companion. While he waited for her answer, the male cat turned his eyes to Jaywing. Her stomach grumbled, and her eyes looked a little distant, as if her thoughts were elsewhere. However, in the blink of his eye, the distance vanished and he had to wonder if he had not simply imagined it....

OOC: Sorry that one is so short...

[rainshadow]

Rainshadow congradulated Cliffstone on his catch, envying him as he managed to catch prey before they had even decided where to hunt. She jumped as she turned to suddenly see Jaywing behind them. Hearing Cliffstone's question she replied, "Of course I don't mind! You are welcome to join us Jaywing." She glanced at Jaywing, flicking her tail in greeting. Rainshadow drank in the smell of soon-to-be-fresh-kill. "So where shall we start hunting?" she asked, loping forward to catch up with Cliffstone.

[Barketh]

[Thanks =)]

[maroon]The she-cat gave a small smile before nodding her head in polite appreciation.
If any of these cats had been a lot older than me, they wouldn't have been so willing.
She thought with a slight grudge to her mind. However, her eyes didn't betray her thoughts, and she glanced up at the sky. It was still light out, so they would have plenty of time to bring in prey.
"Well then, did you two have any specific destination in mind?"
She meowed, looking back at the two warriors she had joined.

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[lilybolt]

Cliffstone thought of the marsh, and the image of his brother flashed through his mind. "I don't feel like hunting next to the marsh today..." he meowed, trying to keep his tone casual. In truth, he never felt like hunting near the marsh. He had needed to as an apprentice, but now as a warrior, the necessity of the manner had gone, and he was glad for it. He still had nightmares about that place, and the pain he had endured there as a kit... Cliffstone pushed thoughts of his brother from his mind and returned his attention to his fellow warriors, alive and in front of him. "How about near the giant pine?" he asked, thinking of a large pine not far from where they were....

[rainshadow]

Rainshadow didn't feel like hunting at the marsh either. She was afriad they'd run into some snakes, as that is a popular place for them. "That sounds good, not too far away." Rainshadow commented. Her long legs enabled her to catch squirrels easily, maybe she could find a squirrel nest in the pine tree, she thought as she strolled on through the woods with the two other warriors. She gazed at Cliffstone as she walked through the unusually tall grass. As she watched him, she stumbled on a log, falling face-first on the damp forest floor. Feeling embarassed, she quickly picked herself up and licked down the ruffled fur on her back. She stared at the ground, making sure not to look back at Cliffstone and Jaywing, knowing they were probably laughing at her.

[Barketh]

[maroon]Blinking, Jaywing stopped walking as she stared at the she-cat. Flicking one ear, she couldn't help but smile at her clanmate.
"You really should be more careful Rainshadow."
She meowed, looking in the direction of the Giant Pine.
Trees. They're fun to climb... I suppose. Maybe I could try falling off of one... No, my tail would automatically balance me... Hmmm.....
As she pictured her brother trying to climb a tree, she couldn't help but let out an unexpected laugh as she imagined the clumsy tom falling headfirst to the ground.

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[rainshadow]

"Uhhh yeah your right...., Rainshadow desperatley tried to make up an excuse, "This grass...its just so..long and thick....that I didn't......see it?" Rainshadow accidentily raised her voice at the end, making it into a question. She walked on quickly towards the very large pine, hopefully full of squirrels for her to torment. Maybe I should have been a medicine cat, Rainshadow thought, I could have saved myself all this humiliation. Rainshadow scented squirrel as the hunting party neared the tree. Well maybe I could atleast bring home a bit of prey for the clan, Rainshadow said, so softly that no cat could hear, as she bounded up the tall tree and onto a branch to search for squirrels.

[lilybolt]

Cliffstone caught Rainshadow's eye, but just as he did so, she had a nasty fall. she got up, looking embarrassed and mumbling about the grass. Jaywing told her to be careful, in a sort of drawling meow. Cliffstone gave Rainshadow a comforting smile, but didn't think she saw. The she-cat just leaped up into the branches of the pine. Cliffstone made his way around the root system, sniffing for things to hunt. The smell of mouse was heavy here, probably dozens came to this spot each day...Before long the tom had caught one. He buried it for later smiling.

OOC: Sorry this is short.

[rainshadow]

Rainshadow jumped onto a higher branch a spotted a squirrel a few limbs up. She used her tail to balance her on the high tree as she quietly made her way up towards the squirrel. She leaped up to the final branch and quickly charged at the squirrel, having no place to go, it cowered down to the edge of the branch. Rainshadow snatched it up and killed it with a quick blow to the spinal cord. She hopped down the branches as if the tree was a large staircase. Clawing her way down the trunk of the huge pine, she finally reached the soft green ground, digging a hole immediatley and burying her catch. Now that she had caught a squirrel, she decided to move on to birds. As she wandered around the pine, She tested the air for any trace of bird. She quickly picked up the smell of raven, following it to a tree stump. She hid behind a bush, scanning the area to figure out a way of catching the large bird. She inched her way out from behind the bush, her paws moving silently across the soft moss-covered forest floor. When had neared it enough to attack, she sprang up in the air and landed on top of the bird. The raven was as big as her, if not bigger. She struggled to claw the bird's neck. Just as she was about to deliver the finishing blow, one of it's talons csraped down her underside. Rainshadow growled in rage, using up all her strength to finally take the life from the huge black bird. She grabbed it by the neck, attempting to drag it back to the two other warriors. The blood from the wound dribbled down her legs and off of her stomach. Rainshadow was determined to bring the raven back to her clan, so she ignored the throbbing pain in her underbelly.