development What would you trade the pain for? - sneaking out

[STONEPAW]

Stonepaw was once again brushed off by Frogwatcher when asked to go train. Pawsteps wearing a deep trench in front of the apprentice den as he paced. Antsy. Anxious. The spring in his chest tightened, twisting his ribs. He didn't care that the sun was going down soon. ShadowClan needed to train during the dark anyway, didn't they? They weren't called ShadowClan for nothing. A festering bitterness at his easy dismissal again and again. It felt like they actively trained about once a week, at most. How was he supposed to be the best if his mentor wouldn't teach him? I have to do something, he thought.

He forced himself to sit instead of furthering the obvious pacing. He had to wait. He had to make sure no one suspected. He had to get out of there, he refused to lay around like his useless mentor. This was not the first time he's felt this way. Frogwatcher was a poor mentor, he merely had age on his side. "Experience" his tail. Time to get lazy, he thought. The sun washed the sky in a amber hue by the time he decided to finally stand once more. He tried as casually as he could to make his way to the camp entrance without drawing attention. He didn't have much of a plan, he hadn't been calm enough to make one. He didn't usually get so caught up in his emotions. Nearly three moons had gone by since he was made an apprentice and he felt behind. Whether he was or wasn't didn't matter, he wanted to be ahead.

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• He's "sneaking out" poorly. Whether he actually gets out and is confronted outside, or if he's caught within camp is up to whoever posts :P
  
  "speech"
  

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• STONEPAW ✩ he/him, apprentice of shadowclan, eight moons
  ⭃ pretty lilac with low white and blue eyes. very driven, wants to be the best, pushy. has built up a bit of muscle but is still agile.
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Twitchtail ↛ @iliawonders on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[Wormwatcher]

Wormwatcher's own anxieties drove him out of camp sometime in the late afternoon, he roamed the territory in an effort to shed his stress and only considers returning to camp once the sun begins to dip beneath the treeline. He would not return empty-pawed, he would not dare to appear to be slacking off. In his maw hangs moss he'd scraped from a rock which he hopes to deliver to Starlingheart. He hums hoarsely to himself as he saunters towards camp, eyes casted upwards towards the sky painted with the sun's waning light.

The crunch of dried nettles alert him to another's presence and he whips his attention downwards to see a young lilac tom. He spats the moss out and titters, "A little late to be out." His lip flinches upwards judgmentally into a harsh scowl as his head tips to the side quizzically. The blue tom truthfully sweeps his gaze to the camp entrance behind the apprentice and then back to Stonepaw. "A little late to be out on your own," he corrects. He notices an all too familiar rigidness in Stonepaw's body language- anxiety- and he huffs, setting his jaw.

"What's the matter?" His spindly tail curls in on his itself as awkwardness creeps up his spine. This is not my responsibility, Wormwatcher thinks as he considers just leaving the apprentice to his own devices, but he cares far too much to be so irresponsible. Sympathy softens his scowl to just a tight-lipped frown. He recalls sneaking out as an apprentice too, in an effort to seek the company of loneliness so that he could sort through his racing thoughts. "I can't let you just wander about but I could accompany you on a short walkabout..."

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆ shapes and colors are all i see

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  WORMWATCHER —— black/blue chimera with low white
  —— shadowclan warrior
  —— he/him ⋆ homosexual (closeted)
  —— 31 moons ⋆ ages every 10th

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[SALAMANDERSNAP]

The rustling of the thistles alerted her to the sound of her clanmates, rerouting her paws to work their way towards the pair. "Does your mentor know you're out here alone?" Meowing as she emerges from the shadows, she gives the young apprentice a judgmental scowl, ears flickering in response to Wormwatcher's offer of escorting him back to camp. Remaining silent, the warrior waits for his response, wondering what had caused him to sneak out of camp alone.

I AM THICK TAR ON THE INSIDE BURNING ☽｡⋆ DO YOU REMEMBER ME

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• SALAMANDERSNAP
  ↪ salamandersnap / cisgender female (she/her)
  ↪ 25 moons / ages realistically on the 19th
  ↪ shadowclan warrior
  ↪ lh black smoke
  ↪ "speech" / thoughts
  ↪ peaceful/healing actions may be powerplayed / attack in underline & @/account
  ↪ note: all thoughts/actions are based off ic opinions only !!
  ↪ penned by halimede
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[STONEPAW]

Stonepaw nearly jumped out of his skin upon being caught by Wormwatcher. His expectations were subverted by the question, "What's the matter?" leaving the warrior's maw. What's the matter? I have a useless, deadbeat mentor is the matter, he thought. He didn't say that, that would be borderline brainless. Didn't make it any less true. His hesitance in procuring a suitable answer was telling in itself, truly. "I wanted to train," he said dumbly. Not a lie, at least, but a piss poor excuse.

Salamandersnap's intrusion didn't startle him like Wormwatcher had. Once one shows up others aren't usually far behind. Her question struck a nerve, and he mumbled under his breath, "ha, my mentor doesn't give a rat's ass where I am,"

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  "speech"
  

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• STONEPAW ✩ he/him, apprentice of shadowclan, eight moons
  ⭃ pretty lilac with low white and blue eyes. very driven, wants to be the best, pushy. has built up a bit of muscle but is still agile.
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Twitchtail ↛ @iliawonders on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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