- Dec 10, 2023
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(☼) he's been given the afternoon off from training, a gift he appreciates more than foxtail will ever know. it's a gorgeous day, sun bright in a cloudless sky, temperature not hot enough to down cats in their dens, but warm, with a fur-ruffling breeze that acts as a coolant. the river sparkles in midday light, chattering along over stones and sand, whispering through the roots of willow trees that line the bank. to have today free, is a gift pebblepaw could never have dreamt up. for splashpaw to have today free is even better.
sunlight ripples off of the water as pebblepaw leads his friend towards the shore, stomach contentedly full from a fish they'd just shared. the queens had been fed, elders too, and now they have all the time in the world. the snow-dusted tail twitches and flicks with little jolts of joy as the apprentice and his friend pad along familiar trails, pelts dappled by criss-crossing willow branches. he brushes against her in a brief expression of friendliness, offering her a smile. "how was your morning? is lakemoon a good mentor?" he imagines she is, with her being an original riverclanner and all that. strong and stern is how he sees her, though stricter now that lilybloom is gone. she's a good cat, a fine mentor for his friend. "foxtail and i were on a skyclan border patrol. not much happened, though."
they've reached the water's edge, where the river laps at its bank. small droplets of water bead upon white paws, and pebblepaw will test the temperature, tail flicking over his back as it appears warm and comfortable today. "feel like swimming?" he asks splashpaw, ember eyes meeting river blue, her expression sending a shiver down his spine. his stomach flips a little. odd... the fish he'd eaten hadn't seemed bad, and his companion hardly seems sick. brushing off the racing of his heart, he turns and bounds in to his broad shoulders before bending to briefly duck his head under. "c'mon!" he'll encourage, stepping back into the shallows. "you've really gotten the hang of swimming, you know. when ospreypaw yanked you under a bit ago you really held your own."
sunlight ripples off of the water as pebblepaw leads his friend towards the shore, stomach contentedly full from a fish they'd just shared. the queens had been fed, elders too, and now they have all the time in the world. the snow-dusted tail twitches and flicks with little jolts of joy as the apprentice and his friend pad along familiar trails, pelts dappled by criss-crossing willow branches. he brushes against her in a brief expression of friendliness, offering her a smile. "how was your morning? is lakemoon a good mentor?" he imagines she is, with her being an original riverclanner and all that. strong and stern is how he sees her, though stricter now that lilybloom is gone. she's a good cat, a fine mentor for his friend. "foxtail and i were on a skyclan border patrol. not much happened, though."
they've reached the water's edge, where the river laps at its bank. small droplets of water bead upon white paws, and pebblepaw will test the temperature, tail flicking over his back as it appears warm and comfortable today. "feel like swimming?" he asks splashpaw, ember eyes meeting river blue, her expression sending a shiver down his spine. his stomach flips a little. odd... the fish he'd eaten hadn't seemed bad, and his companion hardly seems sick. brushing off the racing of his heart, he turns and bounds in to his broad shoulders before bending to briefly duck his head under. "c'mon!" he'll encourage, stepping back into the shallows. "you've really gotten the hang of swimming, you know. when ospreypaw yanked you under a bit ago you really held your own."
- // @splashpaw <3 " #848DAE"
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PEBBLEPAW ☼ HE / HIM, APPRENTICE OF RIVERCLAN. MENTORED BY FOXTAIL. 8 MOONS OLD, PENNED BY LAVS