- Sep 26, 2023
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RIVERCLAN
APPRENTICE
THREE MOONS
BLIND IN BOTH EYES
BIOGRAPHY AND TAGS
APPRENTICED TO PIKESPLASH
PLAYED BY SHEOGORATH
The water is cold, bitter as it bites through his thick fur to nip skin. Whiskers sparkle with crystalline droplets, fur tugged by the river's firm current. Nettlepaw has spent the morning practicing his swimming skills. He has ducked his head beneath the waves to learn how to hold his breath for longer. He has pushed off the bank after memorizing the direction of the wind, allowing him to find his way back to RiverClan's shore no matter where he might be. He has dove to the bottom of the river, where deft paws have gathered stones and shells, all for the purpose of practice. He has tried to train himself in entering and leaving the water gracefully, so as to create barely a sound. But perhaps most importantly, he has learned something entirely new.
Nettlepaw's blindness was not total, his vision did not swim in complete shadow. On a clear day, when the sky was bright, he could easily tell which way was up, and which way was down. The difference between light and darkness was perfectly clear, even if his ability to make out shapes was near impossible. So, crouching on the bottom of the river, still close to shore that he is not so deep, he has discovered that, when peering up, he can see shadow against the sky. A cat that is fishing, for example, creates a blurry figure of black against the frame of the sunlight. Naturally, Nettlepaw could not pass up the opportunity to do something with this newfound knowledge. It was an opportunity for practice, for training, and something that would need to be done before the river turned to ice, as his clan-mates have claimed it would.
So, when he sees a RiverClan cat fishing on the bank not far away, he puts his plans into action. Huddling behind a half sunken log, he quietly slips into the water, and dives beneath the waves. Wedging his paws between stones and branches, and any other debris he can feel, Nettlepaw keeps close to the bottom, as he slithers like a fish toward the shadowy figure of the RiverClan cat above. Just beneath them, he braces his back legs against the floor of the shining river, and then, after a moment of preparation, and as his lungs began to burn in demanding protest, the apprentice pushes himself up toward the surface with as much strength as his young paws could manage. He bursts from the water in an explosion of droplets, wrapping his front-paws around the neck of his clan-mate before kicking against the shore with his back legs to drag them into the water.
A surprise attack, but... a friendly one. There were no claws or teeth or blood drenched tides. Just an apprentice practicing a new skill against a, perhaps, unwitting and entirely shocked clan-mate. He releases his grip then, satisfied for now.
((mentor ping - @PIKESPLASH and any riverclan cat (except kits lol) can be the cat Nettle surprise attacked if you want.))
Nettlepaw's blindness was not total, his vision did not swim in complete shadow. On a clear day, when the sky was bright, he could easily tell which way was up, and which way was down. The difference between light and darkness was perfectly clear, even if his ability to make out shapes was near impossible. So, crouching on the bottom of the river, still close to shore that he is not so deep, he has discovered that, when peering up, he can see shadow against the sky. A cat that is fishing, for example, creates a blurry figure of black against the frame of the sunlight. Naturally, Nettlepaw could not pass up the opportunity to do something with this newfound knowledge. It was an opportunity for practice, for training, and something that would need to be done before the river turned to ice, as his clan-mates have claimed it would.
So, when he sees a RiverClan cat fishing on the bank not far away, he puts his plans into action. Huddling behind a half sunken log, he quietly slips into the water, and dives beneath the waves. Wedging his paws between stones and branches, and any other debris he can feel, Nettlepaw keeps close to the bottom, as he slithers like a fish toward the shadowy figure of the RiverClan cat above. Just beneath them, he braces his back legs against the floor of the shining river, and then, after a moment of preparation, and as his lungs began to burn in demanding protest, the apprentice pushes himself up toward the surface with as much strength as his young paws could manage. He bursts from the water in an explosion of droplets, wrapping his front-paws around the neck of his clan-mate before kicking against the shore with his back legs to drag them into the water.
A surprise attack, but... a friendly one. There were no claws or teeth or blood drenched tides. Just an apprentice practicing a new skill against a, perhaps, unwitting and entirely shocked clan-mate. He releases his grip then, satisfied for now.
((mentor ping - @PIKESPLASH and any riverclan cat (except kits lol) can be the cat Nettle surprise attacked if you want.))
