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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 14:36:02 GMT -5
MottledBug came back into camp with a little brown toad hanging limply from her mouth. It was muddy and the taste made her curl her tongue back into the furthest corner of her mouth to escape it.
She set it on the slight dip in the ground that was supposed to be the kill pile. There was nothing there.
Nothing but the toad.
She went to the ferns that were the warrior's den and waited.
Waited to see if any cat was actually hungry enough to eat the toad.
WildKit left the nursery and looked around. The five moon old kit sniffed the air, then hesitated. She sniffed again, and her eyes bugged. She bounded excitedly over to the kill pile, calling to another few nursery kits,
"TumbleKit! JeweledKit! WailKit! DappledKit! ScubaKit! MudKit! Everybody... LOOK!" A bunch of kits scrambled out of the nursery to surround and stare at the toad.
"It's a frog! ON THE KILL PILE!" This caused a stirr with the kits. They were all just as excited as WildKit.
"Who wants to take the first bite??" One of the kits asked loudly.
A fuzzy cream kit stepped forward, sniffing the toad. Then it opened it's mouth widely and took as big a mouthful as it could manage.
The kit seemed to have mostly taken a bite of the mud that coated the toad, but it also must have gotten a big of frog meat because it paused only to swallow before going for another bite.
The kits dug in.
=Half a day later=
MottledBug relaxed her intense watching of the nursery. The kits had LIKED the taste. None of them were complaining of bellyaches either. Toad were *smirk* okay to eat. And they were everywhere. She'd sworn she'd seen one that was about a square foot in every direction earlier today, so if the clan adjusted to catching toads, they could probably survive off them. But "toad" might have been a small gator, too.
She set out of camp, calling to a few cats she noticed on the way out to join her. ((Anyone??))
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Post by WolfMoon on Aug 15, 2008 16:17:51 GMT -5
LossDream followed Mottledbug wanting to hunt. Her kits would be okay for a while without her. She liked the taste of frog and she wanted to get out of camp. She twitched her tail as she followed the cat out of camp.
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Post by ~Stormy~ on Aug 15, 2008 17:22:50 GMT -5
RagingKit smirked and crouched, unsheathing his claws. He secretly followed his mother, staying in the brush or long grass. He pricked his ears listening to conversation. He ducked if his mother looked his way. He licked his lips and scurried on.
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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 18:20:01 GMT -5
"No, no, RagingKit! Bad! BAD!" WildKit, one of the oldest kits that could easily be mistaken for a young apprentice, picked RagingKit up by his scruff and carried him, barely able to support the other kit in her jaws, back to the nursery.
"You know it's against the warrior code for kits to leave camp." She set him down beside one of the queens, who would watch over all of the kits to make sure they didnt leave the nursery, seeing as it was almost sunset.
MottledBug blinked as she scented LossDream behind her.
"Do you want to explore the far end of the territory??"
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Post by ~Stormy~ on Aug 15, 2008 18:24:28 GMT -5
RagingKit lashed his tail. "I was only following my mother." He meowed.
DappledKit bounded after WildKit, not looking as big. DappledKit wasn't very tall... but her features showed she was about 6 moons.
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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 18:28:08 GMT -5
The oldest kits, WildKit and DappledKit, settled just outside the nursery, where the queen in charge could keep her eyes on them.
"When will we be apprentices, I wonder...?"
WildKit had asked to be the medicine cat apprentice and her wish had been granted. She just didnt see herself becoming a warrior...
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Post by ~Stormy~ on Aug 15, 2008 18:33:57 GMT -5
DappledKit shrugged. "I hope soon." She meowed. "So what are you going to do as medicine cat? It doesn't sound bad... but i want to have a mate and kits." She meowed.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Aug 15, 2008 18:50:13 GMT -5
NorthFrost joined the group silently. He might as well come along. But he kept queit and his eyes narrowed, looking straight ahead. He wasn't the most talkative cat. Or the nicest.
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Post by ~*Demon*~ on Aug 15, 2008 20:10:47 GMT -5
WaveringPaw followe dher Mentor NorthFrost with a tentative step. her eyes were very scared at the thought of going somewhere without her big brother to protect her, she huddled close to her mentor, not quite touching him, but not very far away either.....
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Aug 15, 2008 20:18:04 GMT -5
NorthFrost glanced down at his apprentice and stifled a sigh. That's right. EverStar had given him an apprentice. "We'll practice hunting out there, munchkin." he meowed gruffly.
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Post by $~Swifty~$ on Aug 15, 2008 20:33:04 GMT -5
Blazekit joined Wildkit and Dappledkit. He was 6 moons ready to be an apprentice, but he looked older. He was pretty big for his age, and you could already tell he would be a pretty good fight, with some practice. Following him was his first cousin Eternalkit. She was also 6 moons, but she looked really fragile.... especially next to Blazekit. She looked tentativelly at the other two kits, with wide innocent clear blue eyes. "What's going on?" Blazekit asked cheerily
Dawnkit ran up and plopped down beside her sister Dappledkit completely at ease. "Hi Wildkit, Dappledkit, Blazekit, Eternalkit" She acknowledged
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Post by ~Stormy~ on Aug 15, 2008 20:44:25 GMT -5
DappledKit shrugged. "Not much really." She meowed then looked at her sister. "Hey DawnKit." She meowed.
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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 21:19:52 GMT -5
"Who wants to play..." WildKit paused while waiting for a game to come to mind,
"Hunt the youngest kit?!" It was a game the older kits had made up. It was almost mean...
The youngest kit allowed out of the nursery had to be the prey and the older kits had to all stalk her or him and try to catch her or him. It involved lots of whacking and biting. The youngest kit(or kits!) had exactly till the count of ten to find a hiding place before all the other kits went searching for them.
And if the older kits wanted to play and the younger kits didnt, it was irrelement. Whether they wanted to play or not, the little kits would play if the big ones wanted to. Or else.
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Post by ~Stormy~ on Aug 15, 2008 21:24:31 GMT -5
(DappledKit is only 3 moons.... thats what swift says) She nodded. "Sounds fun." She smiled.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Aug 15, 2008 21:34:40 GMT -5
WilyPaw watched from the entrance of the apprentices den. This should be good. He thought, smirking. When he was a kit, he didn't have time to play games because he was constantly traveling with his brothers.
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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 21:56:59 GMT -5
When most of the kits agreed:
"Okay, whose the youngest here?" WildKit asked, gray eyes flicking about the kit group.
"DappledKit? You're about four or five. I'm five-and-a-half. ScubaKit? TumbleKit?"
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Post by WolfMoon on Aug 15, 2008 22:25:17 GMT -5
LossDream nodded to MottledBug and put her tail tip on WaveringPaw, "Its alright hun." She mewed being more conserned than her mentor.
Starkit stumbles out of the nursery his blind eyes showed no emotion. He could hear Wildkit and her friends. He never liked the game because they picked on him for being blind. His sister Seakit didn't like the game but she played it.
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Post by twia on Aug 15, 2008 22:27:58 GMT -5
Jewledkit looked at the other young kits, a malicious smile spread acrossed her face. "Swampkit is quite young." She searched out the young kit, only to find her standing proudly with her head facing straight up.
"I'm 3 moons, and I'll take you all on." Swampkit mewed, accepting the challenge with delight.
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Harppaw followed Mottledbug and Lossdream out of camp. "I'll hunt as well." She meowed, her eerie musical carring in all directions... making it seem as if she was a loud cat, but really she wasn't. Her voice just carried well, and far.
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Post by WolfMoon on Aug 15, 2008 22:30:43 GMT -5
LossDream nodded and kept walking.
Seakit mewed "I'll take you guys on too." She was good at running and hiding. "Just leave Starkit out of this, its not fair to him." She mewed quitely, not sure if she should have said anything. Starkit nodded his head in agreement hoping that they would leave him be.
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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 22:32:12 GMT -5
"All kits three moons and younger hide!!" WildKit mewed, eyes dark with the thought of catching the younger kits.
Only the very purest hearted of older kits didnt find delight in beating the little kits. WildKit obviously wasnt one of those kits...
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Post by WolfMoon on Aug 15, 2008 22:38:32 GMT -5
Starkit sat himself down and licked himself. Seakit raced away to hide in the dirt place and hide. She was very good at muffaling up her scent. She rolled in the nasty dirt and hid in the bushes behind the dirt place. Purfect camoflauge on her part.
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Post by twia on Aug 15, 2008 22:42:13 GMT -5
Jeweledkit chuckled darkly and allowed the kits to hide.
Swampkit rolled her eyes, then looked around for a good, murky spot to hide in. 'There!' She thought then wedged herself between some tall grass and a large stump. Mud covered her pelt, but she didn't care. Her muscles were tense... ready to spring.
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Post by Willowishness on Aug 15, 2008 22:45:13 GMT -5
"Eight! Nine! Ten! Ready or not, here we hunt!" MelonKit squealed, racing off to quickly pounce on poor TumbleKit and bite his ears. TumbleKit hadnt even been fast enough to find a hiding place...
WildKit sniffed hugely, trying to pick up a scent...
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Post by ~*Demon*~ on Aug 15, 2008 22:50:18 GMT -5
at LossDream's touch WaveringPaw jumped nearly out of her skin, her dark brown thin slick fur bristled, making her look like a porcupine that had been shaved. her eyes were wide as a screech came out of her throat, and into the air. her melodic voice wavered in the air, musical, with an eerie vibrato.
"WilyPaw!" FairyPaw ran up almost stumbling "Have you seen MistedPaw?! I can't find her!!!!!!" FairyPaw's eyes were wide, MistedPaw and her were gunna do some battle practice.....
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Post by twia on Aug 15, 2008 22:50:52 GMT -5
Jeweledkit scented the air carefully, "Come out, come out where ever you are..." She called sweetly. She concentrated on the young kits' scents, that's went she could pick up Seakit's scent. She followed it and noticed that the dirt was up turned, "Clever." She whispered, Seakit's scent became faint after that. Although Jeweledkit was able to follow it with ease, she was a good tracker. "GOTTCHA!" She growled then jumped on Seakit, using her claws to pin the little kit down.
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