private IMPENDING WAR დ PINEPAW

[iciclefang]

"Today is your first day of battle training." Iciclefang's voice is clipped, her tail held high behind her. Despite her cool exterior, there's almost a bounce of excitement in her step, and she yearns to feel the burn in her limbs at the end of a long training session. She gives Pinepaw a meaningful look through pale blue eyes. "Just know I will not be going easy on you, and I expect you to do the same." She smiles — it's dry, small, but full of memory she cannot shake. "My own mentor would cuff my ear if he were still here, but today we will leave our claws sheathed. That will not always be the case."

She sifts her paws, feeling the sandy earth between the pads. She flicks her mottled tail out behind her, using it for balance as she assumes a defensive crouch. "This is the easiest way to defend yourself if you see a cat coming for you. Keep your belly low to the ground and unexposed." Her gaze is steely. "Never leave your belly open. Is that understood? It's the softest place on our bodies, and if it gets clawed too badly, it could mean your death."

Iciclefang demonstrates the crouch, anchoring herself to the ground with her claws. "The harder it is for a cat to bowl you over, the better. If they do manage to get you on your back, what do you think you do?" She stares intently at her daughter.

『 out of character. 』 ✧･ﾟ:* 『 about. 』

• ooc: @Pinepaw ⭒
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• Iciclekit . Iciclepaw . Iciclefang, she/her w/ feminine terms.
  — "speech", thoughts, attack
  — 26 moons old, ages realistically on the 17th.
  — mentored by Smokestar ; mentoring Pinepaw ; previously mentored Cicadaflight
  — riverclan lead warrior. mudpelt x icesparkle, gen 2.
  — former mate to Stormywing ; current mate to no one.
  — penned by Marquette.
  
  
  sh tortoiseshell and white she-cat with ice-blue eyes. confident, capable, proud, dry, conceited, condescending, distrustful.

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[Pinefrost]

-ˋˏ ༻ ❆༺ ˎˊ- Pinepaw wonders if it's excitement or nerves that make her paws buzz as she looks up to Iciclefang, blinking rapidly as her mentor explains they will be battle training today. Her mothers warning comes as no surprise to Pinepaw, the lead warriors high expectations and unrelenting teaching style one of the many reasons being assigned as her apprentice had been a dream come true. Pinepaw knew her mother would help her reach true success, be the absolute best that Pinepaw could be. "Not goin'sy. Got it." The younger tortoiseshell assures with an eager grin.
Dilated pupils drop with her mothers stance, taking in the way her shoulders flexed, how wide apart her paws were. Pinepaw liked to think if there was one advantage she had against her sleeker clanmates, it'd be the inability to knock her down, sturdy her frame had been called.
Subconsciously, as her mother explains the risk of an exposed belly, Pinepaw feels her own legs widen slightly, bending to get her belly lower to the sand like her mothers. The question churns over in the young apprentices mind, trying to imagine being knocked over, like when she'd roughhouse with her littermates.
What do I think I should do?
"Uhm… use my hindlegs to protect my belly?" It's a half-guess, go for their eyes was most likely not the answer here, right? There's a small flicker of apprehension in the girl's chest as she waits for her mothers gaze to change.

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── AND I BEG TO BE TESTED ⋅ ࿏ ⋅ BY GODDESSES RESTING ──┐‎

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  PINEPAW ✩ she/her, apprentice of riverclan, 6 moons.
  ⭃ stocky, coarse-furred tortoiseshell she-cat with large, white dipped forepaws, a white tail tip and muzzle. Honey hued optics take the shape of almonds.
  ⭃ apprenticed to Iciclefang.
  ⭃ daughter of Iciclefang && Stormywing ࿏ sister to Cragpaw && Crabpaw
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Noor ↛ @toyangel on discord, feel free to dm for plots.

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[iciclefang]

Her daughter slurs her words, but Iciclefang hears them perfectly: an affirmation. She doesn't expect her mentor to go easy on her, and she won't either. Pinepaw drops into a simulacra of her mother's defensive crouch; her shoulders, wider than Iciclefang's already, are broadened, her haunches staunchly apart, all claws dug into the sand. Iciclefang's eyes narrow, impressed. "Yes, yes. Good. Anchor yourself to the earth and put all your weight into your chest and hindlegs. The claws that come for you will hurt, but those wounds will heal. The ones scoring your belly will not." She rights herself, slipping closer to Pinepaw to inspect her form. "Your belly is guarded. Good. Now —"

"Uhm... use my hindlegs to protect my belly?" Pinepaw's mother nods, approval shining in her blue eyes. "Yes. We will demonstrate that before the end of today. But you'll use all the strength in your hindlegs you have and your back claws to protect the soft parts of your body."

Speaking of.

She smiles. It's cold and devoid of mirth. I've been caught like this before, little one. It's your turn to learn the hard way.

Iciclefang swings a paw toward Pinepaw's throat, claws sheathed; she aims to bruise the flesh but no further. If she successfully knocks her daughter aside or winds her, she will stand over her and mew, "And how well did that serve you there? How would you guard that place next time?" Her lip quivers, whiskers trembling with the movement. "And imagine if my claws had been out! You'd be dead where you lay."

『 out of character. 』 ✧･ﾟ:* 『 about. 』

• ooc: —
• 
• Iciclekit . Iciclepaw . Iciclefang, she/her w/ feminine terms.
  — "speech", thoughts, attack
  — 26 moons old, ages realistically on the 17th.
  — mentored by Smokestar ; mentoring Pinepaw ; previously mentored Cicadaflight
  — riverclan lead warrior. mudpelt x icesparkle, gen 2.
  — former mate to Stormywing ; current mate to no one.
  — penned by Marquette.
  
  
  sh tortoiseshell and white she-cat with ice-blue eyes. confident, capable, proud, dry, conceited, condescending, distrustful.

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[Pinefrost]

-ˋˏ ༻ ❆༺ ˎˊ- Yes. Good. The words of affirmation are electric, and Pinepaw eagerly abides by her mothers instructions, adjusting her weight so that her hindlegs are just about rooted into the ground. Nodding with each sentence, until the gesture of understanding was beginning to feel repetitive and the apprentice forces herself to stop.

All of my strength in my hindlegs. Pinepaw burns the information into her brain. Despite the way her golden gaze was glued to her mother, the smack comes too quick for Pinepaw to react in time, and in a blink there's a sharp pain in her throat. Thanks to her rooted stance, the initial blow doesn't tip her over, but her shock and burst of coughing does. Pinepaw teeters before she falls, snowy forepaw rubbing against her throat when Iciclefang comes to stand above her, stunned honey blinking to face the larger tortoiseshells cold blue.

Instantly, the soothing forepaw falls away as Pinepaw reminds herself this is exactly what would make her as great of a warrior as her mother was. How could she guard her throat at the same time as her belly? She swallows, and it's sore. "I don't know." Pinepaw finally, reluctantly admits. Her eyes squint closer together as she would attempt to roll herself over and back to her paws, facing her mother properly. Beads of sand falling from her fur like granulated rain. The spot where she had been hit still burns, inside and out, but Pinepaw would try her best to turn the pain into drive. It's difficult.

The hit to her windpipe had been humbling, but as Iciclefang would explain the point behind it Pinepaw would fall back into her previous stance, though with less sole focus on her hindelegs, ready to adjust to what Iciclefang says. She is ready to learn, and desperate to show it. "Le'me try again. I wanna try'gan"

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── AND I BEG TO BE TESTED ⋅ ࿏ ⋅ BY GODDESSES RESTING ──┐‎

• 

• 
  PINEPAW ✩ she/her, apprentice of riverclan, 6 moons.
  ⭃ stocky, coarse-furred tortoiseshell she-cat with large, white dipped forepaws, a white tail tip and muzzle. Honey hued optics take the shape of almonds.
  ⭃ apprenticed to Iciclefang.
  ⭃ daughter of Iciclefang && Stormywing ࿏ sister to Cragpaw && Crabpaw
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Noor ↛ @toyangel on discord, feel free to dm for plots.

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