[ti]Open[/ti]TO-BE PARTY

[silverfang218]

Fish never knows how he gets talked into big groups like this. Some to-be, he does not know who, has organized a herd of to-be preyhunters and to-be homeguards in a single big hunt. He’s following along at the back; Fish is never quite sure what to do with himself in large groups such as this; he usually just becomes nervous and stutters terribly when trying to talk or engage with so many cats. Best for him to just stay in the back and shut up.

His gaze floats between his companions. The fully grown guards tended to stay more towards the back and the sides, allowing the hunters take the lead while watching the group’s back and flanks. In a group of to-bes, however, Fish just saw chaos. Perhaps it’s the fact that he doesn’t know his companions all that well, but it just seemed like cats were everywhere and few knew where they were going.

The feeling of being an outcast, however, finally manages to get to him, and Fish walks up to a random to-be of the group. “H-hi.” He mumbles pathetically. Why can’t he even say hello without stuttering and making himself look like a complete idiot? Fish only wish he knew.

[gracelyn]

It was his greatest wish of the day not to be involved in this. He had hoped. Prayed. The first talks of the big to-be hunt had occurred a day or so ago, and Shadow had done his best pretending he heard nothing about it and staying as far away as possible from anyone who would ask him to be apart of it. Problem was, word got out about the big hunt and it seemed as though it was encouraged by some of the older prey hunters and home guards. A good experience they said. Go and join them Shadow, they said. Stop being lazy.

He wasn't lazy. Not really. He was ... existentially efficient. Totally just made that up. Breaking it down, he was efficient with his life - go the minimal, relax, enjoy life. But now he was trudging along with the rest of the group, trailing towards the back. At least he was promised a good catch to eat when they got back. Now all he had to do was get through this quietly, and rake in the rewards. Only ... he was now being approached and talked to by another to-be. " ... Hi. Having fun?" He replied in a drawl, completely bored.

[silverfang218]

“N-Not really.” Fish responds to Shadow’s bored question. He takes a breath and puts a lot of focus in his next words, trying to force his stutter to go away. “Guess I’d rather be ba-back at home.” He didn’t stutter that much; he did good. He lets a nervous chuckle, not sure if he should have expressed that particular sentiment. It’s not that Fish is lazy or even dislikes hunting, but the large group makes him more than uncomfortable. That, plus a large group such as this makes enough noise to scare away all the prey. Fish could do much better on his own.

“What about you?” Oh, no stutter. Fish must be feeling a bit more comfortable around this new cat. The tom’s tail flicks back and forth behind him, though he nearly trips over his own paws while he’s feeling all proud of himself for spitting out a sentence without stuttering. He saves it though, prancing a little bit to get his balance back without falling on his nose. He continues walking by Shadow’s side like nothing happened. No one saw that, Fish totally didn’t almost trip. Nope.

[americanfacepalm]

Wind shoved her face into their conversation like she did any other. "Puh-lease! Home is so stupidly boring like everywhere else we're stuck with those grown-up prey-hunters and home-guards. They are constantly nagging on us and telling us what we've done wrong. They never stop, and they hardly trust us to do anything!"

She looked up at the treetop, pausing to look smug. "We'll show them that we are more than capable of taking care of ourselves! We could even bring home something awesome. You guys have heard of them taking down owls, eagles, and other birds, right? I wanna get one!"

[Cosima]

FLIGHT OF RESTLESS [SPARROW] - -

Sparrow was assigned to assist in guarding today's hunting patrol. When she was chosen to guard, she began to strategize positions and insisted everyone stay on their guard in case of an emergency. The group consisted of mostly to-bes, along with an older cat or two, just in-case things didn't go as planned. However, that's what she and the other home-guards were there for, to protect and serve. Without home-guards to defend the tribe and their people, well, who knows what trouble they might be in?

She frowned, realizing that Fish, a timid tom-cat, was out of his spot. Matter of fact, no one was really in their spots, they appeared to be moping along and not wanting to be there. "I hope you all aren't tired. There's a lot of hunting to be done, and it's your responsibility to be feeding the tribe. No playing around, okay?" She insisted, side-eyeing a few to-bes she knew to be mischievous, particularly her brother, Snake.

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[chickenbatnana]

Snake padded along with the other young cats. He liked being in a group like this, it was chaotic, but in a fun way. Behind him walked some others talking. He didn't bother entering the conversation, that was until he heard the mention of eagles.

Snake's relation with eagles was... Something. He was a young apprentice, but he'd seen one. Most importantly, he'd heard stories about home-guard and prey-hunters working in groups to capture the beasts. They would return with paws-full of food and almost immediately received this invisible reputation boost.

He wanted that.

''Yeah! We have to catch an eagle!'' He said, lowering his pace to be with the cats in the back. ''Imagine it! We would probably go from to-be to full on prey-hunters and home-guard within a second!'' Snake held his head high, looking up above. ''How does one find an eagle...'' He said in a whisper, mostly to himself before hearing his sister's comment. ''Sparrow, we're gonna catch an eagle. Our responsibility will be filled for days!'' His voice sounded very confident. Like he was gonna catch one. They got a large group of both home-guard and prey-hunter to-bes. What could go wrong?

[gracelyn]

At least he could agree with the part about wanting to be back at home. Shadow paid little attention to the fact that Fish was stuttering, likely too lazy to take in such details. If he was stuttering, he was stuttering, no need to bring attention to the fact. "Yeah, it'd be nice to be home right now." Shadow agreed, a little more amicable now that he realized there were others that shared his sentiments. Raising an eyebrow as Fish tripped a little, Shadow didn't have time to say anything else before another cat jumped into their conversation rather rudely.

Was there something wrong with not being trusted to do anything? Shadow thought that was the best thing about being young - less responsibilities. Heck, even as a to-be, it was already too much work. What he would give to be a kitten again. He kept his mouth shut though, not wanting to bring more attention to himself. Maybe if he just stayed quiet long enough, they'd forget he was here and he could sneak away ... and come back when the hunt's over.

But his silence didn't last. The moment one of the other to-bes brought up the idea of bringing down an eagle, Shadow couldn't help himself. "Perfect, let's do that. All you have to do is offer yourself up as bait and we'll take it from there." He drawled, with no intention of actually doing any work himself.

[silverfang218]

Fish shies away from Wind and her criticism of his desire to be home. Definitely shouldn’t of said that one out loud, Fish, what are you doing… though Shadow seems to share his desire. “I’m n-not so good at ca-catching b-birds, but we c-can all t-try!” He responds to Wind’s desire to catch an eagle or owl. His stuttering is interrupted by Sparrow telling them not to play around. Fish responds with a mere nod; he isn’t really one to play around, anyways. There will likely be no trouble from Fish unless someone drags him into their trouble.

Fish’s ears twitch as Snake joins in on the desire to catch an eagle. The eagle hunting party is forming among the larger group of hunters; this totally isn’t going to go wrong at all, nope. “Where to find an eagle….” Fish echoes Snake, his pondering negating his nervous stuttering for the moment. It was a good question; the only way Fish can think of to catch an eagle is to use something or someone as bait (maybe by putting a fish in the middle of a field where an eagle can see it, or by having a small, young to-be such as Fish himself stand out there while hunters leap at the bird when it swoops down to take the bait). Honestly the idea doesn’t seem like a bad idea, granted that they use a fish or something instead of a cat for bait… but Fish would never say the idea out loud unless asked. He doesn’t think much of his own ideas.

But then Shadow echoes his thoughts and idea. Huh, maybe the idea is possible. “I-I mean… I c-could always go ca-catch some fi-fish-fish to use as bait. Or I c-could be bait…” This boy, this special little boy, doesn’t seem to have much self preservation now does he? He just wants to be helpful to his clanmates, in any way possible.

[Dofferz!]

Frog was a little not so excited to be tagging along with the rest of the other to-bes, but at the same exact time, he was a little excited to, you know... be tagging along with the rest of the other to-bes. His combination of very excited and not so excited canceled out to just make one normal state of excited. The only thing that was really tying him down were the cats in which he didn't seem to know too well yet. He was still relatively young and hadn't gone out of his way to befriend everybody in the clan just yet. No, not many of these to-bes were close to him at all. He really needed to change that, so he was glad to be tagging along.

But it would only help if he actually decided to talk to somebody. So of course, talk about eagles was the perfect time to chime in. "I wonder what an eagle tastes like? Do you think it tastes like a sparrow? What if it tasted like mouse!" a bird that tasted of mouse was too silly to think of in his opinion. Something like that couldn't possibly work out. Could it?

[Miss Tactical]

A fierce green gaze looked to each of the to-bes. Were they crazy? Wanting to catch an eagle. Talon sighed looking at all of them. Next to him was Doe, an avid prey hunter to-be. He looked at Doe for just a moment. If you couldn't beat them join them right? "Perhaps....aren't eagles a BIT dangerous to try and hunt...realistically...I mean...ugh..." Talon heard doe chuckle before narrowing his eyes ever so slightly. Talon wasn't a hunter, he had never been taught how, he did however know how to fight, or at least...was learning how to fight. He could probably help out if he wanted to. "Look I'll just guard you hunters on your crazy adventures for eagles." He gave his paw a swift lick before Doe chimed in her comment. Really...was she really insisting on Eagle Hunting as well?

This was something right up Does Alley! AN ADVENTURE! She followed the other To-bes without hesitation eagerly awaiting the plans. "Eagles LOVE FISH!" She chirped. She could feel Talons eyes bearing into her pelt. She didn't say anything else, but did hint that an Eagle would most likely be where forest met water. "I heard they like rocks and to be up high too, so I bet we could find an eagle near some cliffs if you REALLLLY want to find one!" Her tail was waving in the ear eagerly. This she-cat was certainly crazy but if they all brought home an eagle they would be eating for moons!