Here to Relieve Your Boredom (Tagged)

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Blazepaw padded into the medicine cat den, struggling to drag a rather large bird behind her. Hopefully it would be a good surprise for Cedarpaw. She knew he got bored in here by himself, so Blazepaw had decided to relieve her friend of his boredom, at least for a few minutes. Unless he was busy, then she would leave, but even then he could still eat the bird.

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Cedarpaw was sorting herbs, as usual. He had started to become more neat and his den wasn't as messy as it was before. It was kinda boring, but it had to be done. Also, it had gotten a little more difficult after he lost the use of one of his back legs. However, he was slowly getting used to not being able to walk like all the other cats. He put the last herb where it was supposed to go and then turned around. It was startling to suddenly see someone in his den, but he quickly calmed down when he saw who it was.

"Blazepaw!" he exclaimed happily. It had been quite some time since someone had visited him. "Hi!" He was a grumpy cat, but he was never really mad around her. "Do you need anything? Are you hurt?" Since he wasn't good at making friends, the only cats that came into his den were injured or needed herbs. He didn't really think she needed any herbs, but he just wanted to make sure that his friend was okay.

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Blazepaw's eyes lit up when she saw her friend, especially since he seemed happy to see her. Then his initial reaction turned to concern, and Blazepaw couldn't help but laugh.

"No, Cedarpaw, you know I'm very careful," she mewed, laughing again at the sarcasm in her own voice. Blazepaw wasn't exactly one to pay attention, and she wa distracted very easily, and because of it, she was in the medicine den quite frequenty with scratches and bruises and sore paws and whatever else.

"Kidding," she added after a moment, then continued. "No, I just thought you might be bored, since I haven't seen anyone come in here recently, so I brought you something to eat, and if you're not busy, a bit of company," she explained, showing him the large bird she had dragged here.

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Cedarpaw smiled at his friends sarcasm. "I didn't think so, I was just checking," he mewed. Then he noticed the large bird that Blazepaw had brought him. "Wow! That's pretty big! Did you catch it yourself?" He hadn't eaten all day, and that bird looked tasty. "I'm not sure that I'll even be able to eat all of it! Are you hungry? Oh and thanks! Company sounds nice. I just finished sorting my herbs so I have lots of free time now!" For now, he had all the herbs he would need, so he didn't really need to go and gather any more. He didn't have any cats to take care of, either. 

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Blazepaw suddenly became quiet for once.

"Um, no, I didn't catch it. I'm still working on hunting," she mewed, embarrassed. After a moment, though, she was back to her normal bouncy demeanor.

"Well, I haven't eaten yet, so we can share it," Blazepaw suggested. "So how's everything here?" Blazepaw asked as she pulled off a wing to eat, plucking out a few feathers before she got bored and started eating. Of course, her impatience only resulted in Blazepaw having to spit out the feathers.

"Gross," she mewed, laughing.

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"That's okay! I'm sure you'll get better. Just keep practicing and you'll be able to catch something that is even bigger than this bird!" Cedarpaw mewed encouragingly. He didn't even know much about hunting. Suddenly, he became happy that he didn't have to kill the forest creatures. It just didn't seem right to him. He knew that he would starve to death if he didn't eat them, though.

"Okay! I don't want this big bird to go to waste!" he exclaimed. "Oh, everything is fine. I'm getting better at my organizing skills! An apprentice would be useful. but, I could never train an apprentice with the things I know now! Besides, I don't even have my full medicine cat name yet."

He pulled off the other wing and began to pluck some feathers. "Are you so hungry that you can't even pull out enough feathers?" he mewed jokingly. Once he had cleared a lot of the feathers, he bit into the bird's flesh. It had been awhile since he had eaten a bird, and it tasted delicious.

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"Absolutely starving," Blazepaw mewed dramatically, taking a huge bite of the bird, then spitting out more of the disgusting feathers.

"Um, okay, maybe I'm not quite that hungry," she mewed with a laugh, plucking out the remaining feathers before finishing off the wing.

"So, an apprentice, huh? Considering that already?" she asked. She paused for a moment, then added, "I remember before you said you wouldn't ever want an apprentice. You've come a long way," she mewed teasingly.

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"You're getting feathers all over my den!" Cedarpaw mewed jokingly. Sure, he was trying to keep his den clean, but the feathers would eventually be blown away by wind. 

"Hey! I could use some help! Everything is harder now that I can't use one of my legs!" he mewed defensively. but I guess it is true that I have come a long way. I used to hate being the medicine cat! Now I can't even imagine being a warrior!

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Blazepaw brushed aside a few of the feathers, trying to clean the mess she made, but it was a complete failure- it simply spread them across the den.

"Oops," she mewed, then moved on. "Hey, I thought I was very helpful," she mewed with a laugh, then noticed the feathers around the den. "On second thought, maybe I'm not very helpful. I'll clean this up," she mewed, hopping up and dodging around the den, collecting feathers.

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"You were! but it's not like you can just stay in here and help me every day. If I had an apprentice, they would be in the den, ready to help at any time," Cedarpaw mewed, smiling slightly as he watched Blazepaw pick up the feathers.

"I was kidding, you know!" he mewed with amusement. "You don't actually have to pick up all of those! Or I can help!"

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Blazepaw turned when he spoke to her, and her eyes suddenly shone, an idea popping into her head.

"I bet I can pick up more than you!" she mewed excitedly, spitting out the ones she already had. "With your missing leg and my clumsiness, it should be even," she added, not meaning it as an insult but simply saying the first thing that popped into her mind.