Stop Sniffling.. (Tagged & Open)

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Dawnpaw shuffled in her nest. Today was just so cold.. Though it wasn't leafbare yet, the wind was blowing hard through the mountains. Time to get up and go through that hard coldness. She needed to get up to start training with her mentor -Brightfish-. That was the name right? She didn't know anymore. The names in this clan were so confusing she was starting to think they were just random names now... They most likely were. Dawnpaw snapped back to life as she hauled the skin, bones and fur called Dawnpaw out her nest. Sniffling she looked around starting to heave a bit. Dawnpaw Stop Sniffling..

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Brightfish padded into the clearing, the greencough wearing her out. Though she'd gotten herbs and was healing, she hadn't fully recovered yet. "Hello, Dawnpaw," she said tiredly. "Welcome to the first day of training. We'll start with a border patrol first, giving you a tour of the territories. Are you ready?"

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Dawnpaw's dilute green eyes observed her den closely. Flicking over to the bodies of other apprentices.  Sniffling harder she climbed out the den into the harsh clearing of her camp. Paws hitting the ground onto the dry and cool floor Dawnpaw sighed a cough rose into her throat. She was hit back into focus by the words of Brightfish. "Yes, yes I'm ready!" Energy seeping into her bones Dawnpaw purred. I will force today to be good!

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"Great, then." Brightfish gave herself a quick groom, coughing into her chest fur to muffle it. She didn't want her apprentice to think she was weak. "Okay, then. We'll check the borders first, and then we can get into hunting. Now, as we walk, do you have any questions? Ask them now, because later we'll be diving into training. Also, tell me, what do you already know or think you know about training?"

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Dawnpaw sighed eyes dull, she'd be tired quick. "Um I just have one question will we be tracking down stuff and the only thing I know is... Well we will be training in hunting and fighting right?" She wanted so badly not to screw up. What if this was battle?

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Brightfish stopped, holding up her tail to signal Dawnpaw to do the same. "All right, we've looked at the borders. Now, the training begins! We'll start with hunting, like I said.

""Hunting. It requires the basic crouch, which, by the way, is important everywhere-- you'll see later. The hunting crouch looks like this." Brightfish dropped down, low to the ground, her belly flat and her legs bent. "Look and observe. Notice how my stomach is quite flat. I'm also not too low; if you're at the point of lowness where you're lying down, then you'll just delay your reaction. I'll elaborate later. Now, get in the lowest position you can, while still feeling comfortable to stand up at any given moment. Again, you don't want to be too low to the ground, or you're just going to have a hard time getting up.

"Also, see how my tail is not curled, but not drooped to the ground? It's flat, in line with the rest of my body. My question for you is: why is that? Try to mimic my position."

OOC: If anything's unclear, just shout ^^

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Dawnpaw slowly tried to mimic her. Eyes sharp to studied Brightfish's tail extra closely. It felt quite weird not to have her long tail up. Making sure her belly fur didn't feel the ground Dawnpaw tried to hold it a sneeze but it came out strained and warped. Her dilute green eyes looked over the forest. Her trained nose sniffed lucky that she had a heightened skill in tracking.