MAKES ME JUST WANNA DRIVE ☆ SWIM

[CICADAFLIGHT]

" Your mother has taught you the basics of swimming, yes? " he mrrows, silently thanking Iciclefang for her exacting ways with her brood. @CRABPAW has already demonstrated the ability to keep himself afloat ( in some capacity, anyways ) for a brief period, and snared a silver minnow up—although his reluctance to make the killing bite had been . . . concerning, to say the least. No matter—he will learn to make it without hesitation, as any good warrior should ( for a moment, he thinks of a body thrashing under his claws—of water bubbling up beneath the surface, and then stilling ). Muscle ripples in his jaw, fish scales flashing under dark water, and then he forces it to settle into a line of resting displeasure.

" I will teach you diving one day, " Cicadaflight rasps as he stands with his apprentice at his side, the river rippling before them, dappled golden with the greenleaf sun. Crabpaw is bigger now, more prepared to face the world, and he ideally will not need to be saved from the water this time. " But for now, we'll just practice swimming. " He will not raise a drypaw apprentice—this is chief among his convictions upon receiving the ginger tom as his charge, not that he expects any self - respecting child of Iciclefang would dare to refuse the river's touch.

The water gives way easily under experienced paws, velvet ripples spreading where he sinks into the river. The muscles pulled taut in his shoulders swiftly loosen under the familiar touch and he sinks in until only the broad bridge of his muzzle and his tufted ears remain above the surface, bicolor eyes shaded by tufts of black curls.

OOC : No need to wait for Crabpaw to post!

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[CRABPAW]

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 His mentor—what a funny thing to say, Crabpaw thinks, because Cicadaflight was his mama’s apprentice before, and now Crabpaw is his apprentice—asks if he’s been taught to swim yet. Mossy eyes widen, and he responds with an enthusiastic nod. "Yeah! Swimming’s fun," he chirps out, his sunshine-splashed tail flickering behind him. He doesn’t understand why his mentor feels the need to ask, since his mama would have definitely been mad at him if he didn’t learn how to swim, just like she would be if he didn’t kill that fish. That’s why he did it—he had to.

Cicadaflight promises to teach him diving someday, which makes Crabpaw’s brows furrow with confusion. Diving, like going underwater on purpose? He’s seen Cicadaflight do it before, but he’s never really understood it. It seems kind of exciting, at least, to learn something new from his mentor… but for now, they’re just going to swim around. Cicadaflight sinks into the river slowly, gradually, sending ripples out in every direction across the water, but that’s not a very fun way to get into the river, is it? "Wait, wait, wait… watch this!" Without waiting for a response, the tricolored apprentice backs himself up until there’s a significant distance between him and the water’s edge. He crouches, and his hindquarters wiggle in preparation, and then sets off at a sprint toward the river. With a running start, it feels as though he could leap across the entire river. As soon as he feels the touch of water against his forepaws, he pushes off with his hind legs, and—he’s flying.

He only manages to tuck his hind legs up underneath his body, forelegs still extended as far as they’ll go. And then he lands in the water with a great crash, displaced water splashing outward where he lands. His head slips under the water along with the rest of his body, and for a moment he’s reminded of the time he had to be rescued during his swimming race against Cragpaw. This is different, though. He knows what to do… kind of. He kicks until his head breaches the water’s surface, and spits out the water that had found its way into his mouth. "Is that what diving is like?" He asks, casting a bright grin in his mentor’s direction. Diving sounds fun, but scary!

i will sail ˚𓆛˚｡ reach the other side

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• CRABPAW 𓆝 he/him, apprentice of riverclan
  𓆟 ginger and cream tabby with rippling white spotting and mossy green eyes. highly emotional and difficult to keep focused on one subject.
  𓆟 mentored by cicadaflight
  𓆟 son of iciclefang ; brother to cragpaw & pinepaw
  𓆟 peaceful and healing powerplay permitted
  𓆟 penned by foxlore

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[Magpiepaᴡ]

〔✦〕Swimming was second nature really to the young cat and watching that of a new apprentice dive in and splash around brought a sense of warmth to their chest. A new line of cats to swim with and it was rather exciting as it was their favorite hobby to do. They'd live in the water if they could but alas they werent a fish with no thoughts or duties, even if it was wished upon every night to one day be one. Magpiepaw shook themselves mentally and returned its gaze to the orange pelt of Crabpaw as he managed to break the surface of the water. Good! He was doing super well and it was impressive, as it remembers its first time swimming as being messy, near death defying in a way- but that might be an over exaggeration from what they remembered.

Still, the young black and white cat came up to stand with Cicadaflight and went to cheer on Crabpaw, but then seemed to falter with its words and decided to shrink back instead. Magpiepaw wanted to encourage the young cat but it felt out of place in a way, so they must remain quiet and let Cicadaflight praise their own apprentice. They didnt need it getting in the way or nothing, but seeing the fun and joy the swimming brough Crabpaw it couldnt help their next moves.

Magpiepaw slipped down into the water, making less of a splash than their orange counterpart, "Diving is way more fun that canon balls" It say with slight joy in their otherwise even tone and they move to stand in the more shallow parts away from the orange apprentice.

i am a lost boy ( neverland is home to lost boys ) //

• ooc. mentor tag @Hawkcloud “
  
• Magpiepaw —— Apprentice of Riverclan , mentored by Hawkcloud . NPC x NPC . littermate to Gladefrost and Frecklepaw ✦ penned by wolfie
  ✦ AFAB Agender Masculine / they/it/ze / 10 months & ages every 23ʳᵈ
  ✦ single / Demisexual Homoromantic(femme leaning) & polyamorous / open to romance
  ✦ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
  —— combat details here / battle notes
  
  ✦ “speech”, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
  ✦ biography — msg on discord for plots — toyhouse
  
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  a longhaired black and white cat with blue eyes. write a short description detailing appearance including necessary information.

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