Open Territory ONE MAN CIRCUS [climbing]

This thread takes place outside the clan's camp in its territory.

TORRIDPAW TORRIDPAW

✦ the jester
ThunderClan
Apprentice
4
1
Freshkill
50
Pronouns
he/they/she
Played by
foxlore
✦∘𓈒・ The day is chilly, a stiff breeze cutting through the territory and ruffling the already-scruffy tortoiseshell's coat until it fully stands on end in some places. They trail along behind their mentor, eyes half-lidded and almost bored as their mind races in search of a more interesting way to search for prey. Their eyes wander and eventually settle on a few branches high above, then to the patrol that's passing by not too far away. It's the perfect opportunity. The owl tree is a great arena for their performance, a stage for them to set their plan into motion. They want to prove themself capable, as an apprentice halfway to warrior age. Maybe they could make their father proud… or draw the attention of some of their peers. The first few feet of the tree are covered with ease, claws hooking into rough bark and pulling their weight up the trunk of the tree. They swear they can spot a pair of rounded yellow eyes set above a sharp beak on one of the branches high above their head, and that's the one that they set their sights on. That's their perch.

"Aha-!" His claws dig into bark and he hauls himself up to one of the higher branches at last, swaying off-balance for a few unsteady moments. Claws sink in deeper, anchoring themselves into bark. Once he's caught his balance, tail a tricolored banner fluttering behind in the wind, Torridpaw grins down at the territory below. "I bet no one else has ever climbed so high with such speed," he announces, pale chest puffed out with obvious pride. Like a bird he preens atop his perch, feathers ruffled but still glimmering in the afternoon sunlight. Gazing down, eyes bright and near-frantic with adrenaline rake across the backs of the patrol that now pass by below him. Within the group he spots an all-too-familiar dark tabby coat streaked in white, and his heart gives a dull little thump. Are you watching? Are you impressed? Entertained?

  • ooc: very obviously trying to impress @ASTERPAW but no need to wait
  • TORRIDPAW ✦∘𓈒・ he/she/they, apprentice of thunderclan
    longhaired tortoiseshell with high white and golden eyes.
    loud and bright, tries hard to be the best they can be at every task.
    peaceful or healing powerplay is allowed ; enjoys physical contact
    played by foxlore
 
Tenebrouspaw is not a part of Torridpaw's troupe - quite the opposite, in fact. Trembletuft, in his rare instances of pulling her out of camp this moon, allows her to attend to one patrol. A patrol that's going nowhere, doing nothing, and offers her just as much. She keeps her shoulders set and her tail lowered, but the entire time, she is fuming. In any case, this patrol happens to be with the very dark-coated moggy that Torridpaw seeks approval from. Unfortunately for her sibling, Tenebrouspaw isn't too keen on these things.

"If you fall, do I get your bed until your legs all heal?" She calls to him, squinting past the sunlight to see her predominantly white sibling. Her words are humorous in most ways, though they are edged with a sense of seriousness, still. That's just the molly she is. Nothing she'll ever do to change it. Her tail lashes as she wagers, "I bet I could race you up this tree and win, Torridpaw," a flash of a grin, "If you can make your way back down, of course."
 
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Webpaw had followed on this particular patrol for no particular reason, merely needing to get out of camp. It was sooo stifling lately, like a pall had settled over their Clan.

Her eyes followed Torridpaw as they raced up the tree in clear attempt to impress one of the other apprentices, and she scoffed under her breath. There's no way she would ever embarrass herself like that for a crush.

But she would take on a challenge to show up another apprentice. That, she would do in a heartbeat. When Tenebrouspaw started teasing the other apprentice, she grinned.

"Yeah, Torridpaw! If you really wanna back that up, we oughta race!"

ThunderClan Apprentice
10 moons || she/her
SPEECH || THOUGHTS