- Jul 26, 2022
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// Feel free to have your apprentice be the one who fell from the branch, or the one who helped Butterfly catch them! Please make these an apprentice, not a kit, as I don't want Butterfly getting in trouble for climbing with a kit LOL
Although leaf-bare has been brutal so far, the young tortoiseshell is blessed with a thick pelt to protect her from the elements. Even still, she trembles upon the branch she's lounging on, teeth chattering. She's half-tempted to retreat to the apprentice's den, to call it a day and sink into her nest and try to keep warm. But her denmates are here, and she's trying to fit in. Sure, she has friends, but how close can she really be to them if she takes any excuse to run off? So, she crouches here, clinging to the lowest branch on the tree that many other apprentices are hanging out on or around (it's the highest she can manage to go). They're talking about what their mentors taught them earlier in the day, and through her shivering Butterflypaw is listening politely. She's having fun - that's new for her. Usually, these social scenarios make her too anxious to even speak. But oh, she just laughed at someone's joke and she feels so normal! She's about to open her own jaws, perhaps throw out a joke of her own, when-
SNAP!
A yelp quickly follows the sound and she looks up to see one of her peers falling along with a broken branch. A dead branch - Blazestar told her to look out for those! She gasps, but instead of cowering or freezing, she lunges. Teeth fasten into the apprentice's scruff as they fall by her branch, her claws sinking into the bark to keep her steady while a forepaw reaches out to try and snatch the cat across their torso. Fortunately, the apprentice on the branch next to hers had the same idea and when she looks up, she sees them helping her to pull their denmate to safety.
Although leaf-bare has been brutal so far, the young tortoiseshell is blessed with a thick pelt to protect her from the elements. Even still, she trembles upon the branch she's lounging on, teeth chattering. She's half-tempted to retreat to the apprentice's den, to call it a day and sink into her nest and try to keep warm. But her denmates are here, and she's trying to fit in. Sure, she has friends, but how close can she really be to them if she takes any excuse to run off? So, she crouches here, clinging to the lowest branch on the tree that many other apprentices are hanging out on or around (it's the highest she can manage to go). They're talking about what their mentors taught them earlier in the day, and through her shivering Butterflypaw is listening politely. She's having fun - that's new for her. Usually, these social scenarios make her too anxious to even speak. But oh, she just laughed at someone's joke and she feels so normal! She's about to open her own jaws, perhaps throw out a joke of her own, when-
SNAP!
A yelp quickly follows the sound and she looks up to see one of her peers falling along with a broken branch. A dead branch - Blazestar told her to look out for those! She gasps, but instead of cowering or freezing, she lunges. Teeth fasten into the apprentice's scruff as they fall by her branch, her claws sinking into the bark to keep her steady while a forepaw reaches out to try and snatch the cat across their torso. Fortunately, the apprentice on the branch next to hers had the same idea and when she looks up, she sees them helping her to pull their denmate to safety.