BORED TO DEATH // swimming lessons

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    daisyfrost’s ear infection was an echo of the past. the memory only resurfaced when she passed by the river on patrols, but recently a stronger memory had taken over the trauma of her waterlogged ears: bittersweet snippets of her time as a riverclan cat. she didn’t have many friends and she was still miserable, but it was a more comfortable kind of miserable. she supposed nostalgia haunted cats with even the worst pasts.


    out of sentimentality or spite or maybe both, the cream she-cat found herself tracing the riverbank on skyclan’s side of the water, longingly watching the waves lap at the shore. before she realized what she was doing, she dipped one paw into the shallows, then two, then splashed until the water licked at her underbelly. fuck an ear infection, she wouldn’t let her fear hold her back from doing the things she enjoyed anymore.


    some rustling in the distance caught her attention and her icy visionaries zeroed in on a passing skyclan patrol. at first she felt embarrassed; skyclan cats were tree-climbers, not swimmers. but immediately after, she didn’t care anymore. she was tired of being pressured to conform to normalcy, and she was sure others felt the same. perhaps they’d like a break too. “hey guys, any of y’all want to learn how to swim?” she called out, attempting to inject some level of cheerfulness into her often unenthusiastic voice.


    Tree climbers indeed. That was the expectation. To clamber up trees and leap from a branch safely. That was simply how they raised.

    Same as Riverclan swimmers or Windclan runners.


    Just how things were.


    Though Shim could certainly see the value in multiple skills. It would certainly be a surprise to see a bunch of Skyclanners able to swim with ease. Well, maybe not with ease, but better than most of the forest clans, if that was worth much.

    He couldn't understand the idea Daisyfrost had, of going back to a place that made you feel so bad, reminded you of things long gone. Maybe it was just because of his spiteful nature, one that made him deny and push away all that had been.


    Still, the white tom gave the cream she-cat a small look of curiosity when she spoke to their patrol. Part of him wanted to tell her they weren't fish-faces here.
    But he was too lazy for that today.


    "Sure, teach us how to be slimy water runners," as kind as one would get from him.


    GhDyMMu.gif Swimming! Psh, she already knew how to do that! Well she had seen others do it but that was the same thing, right? Rainpaw remembered when the Riverclanners had came to stay for a bit and a lot of them shared details on staying afloat in the water. But she had never tested it out for herself and this would be a great chance to try, since if she started drowning they would save her. The young medicine cat apprentice padded over excitingly, ignoring Shimmerpaw's silly words. She would be better than them if they weren't willing to give it a chance, "I could use a refresher!" .

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    ― Ivykit was out of practice with most skills - being away from home for so long could do that to one... not to mention she'd vanished as an untrained kitten. Focusing on making her way over to the blurry figures that were gathering to join in on the swimming lessons, the she-cat paused for a moment, her yellow gaze thoughtful. "i suppose it couldn't hurt to learn.. she'd say softly, even though her instincts had her on edge as she approached the water. As someone who relied on instincts more than anything, it was hard to do something her body was so set against.


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    Addercloud would hover nearby. He wasn't big on swimming, even if he didn't have to deal with injuries to his face. He'd rather leave the lesson to the younger cats, preferring to hang back in case anyone needed help in any way. Mostly, of course, he just wanted to keep watch - as well as he could whilst temporarily blind - over Rainpaw and his sister, Ivykit.

    Curling his thick tail over his paws, he'd perk his ears to listen, but would keep silent.




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    Pinewood did not like the idea of learning new things. Mostly because he didn't like making a fool of himself and trying to do something he was most likely going to be awful at was a good way to do exactly that. Plus, he knew his awkwardly short legs would make him a bad swimmer, just that same as they made him bad at everything else. He was only here because Addercloud was. With an almost irritated huff, the dark brown tom would slide into a seat beside his brother, ears flickering nervously. "You know, swimming is a good way to drown." He states to no one in particular, the obvious fact laced with a bit of sarcastic attitude. He didn't mean to be rude, but sometimes his paranoia and inability to act normally in social situations made him come across as irritable.

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    she could feel the prejudice coming off them in waves. as someone who never thought twice about intermingling with the other clans, it was...annoying to see her clanmates so close-minded. what was so wrong about being a “slimy water runner?” riverclan had their ways of life, just like skyclan had theirs. neither way was wrong, just uniquely suited to each clan’s needs. being nationalistic only inhibited progress, but daisyfrost didn’t know how to explain that, so she simply ignored her clanmate’s skeptical comments.


    at least they weren’t completely opposed to learning how to swim, even if they were hesitant and looked pretty much terrified. the cream warrior turned to pinewood with a sideways smile. “actually if you learn how to swim, you can avoid drowning,” she pointed out, then looked at the others again. they still looked unsure. “even my fat ass learned to swim and i ain’t even from riverclan! it’s really not that hard. come on and step into the shallow part, i promise it won’t drag you away.”


    HNfzwXn.gif Rainpaw gave a friendly brush with her tail against Addercloud's back. To let her know that she was there, since their eyesight still wasn't the best. Her eyes then looked back to the warrior who was giving this lesson. The apprentice seemed to be the first to step forward and flew into the swallow part of the water, creating a bit of a splash. "Oops." she giggled a bit, enjoying the cooling feeling on her paws.

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    Really, it only came down to Shim being an asshole.
    Riverclanners were slimy river runners just the same as Skyclanners were stupid squirrel tree climbers. There was no bias in his insults.
    Well, obviously some, but that was the way the clans were.
    The idea of everyone getting alone had long since been something even their ancestors scoffed at.


    The white tom hissed at Rainpaw's clumsy splash.
    "Watch it!"
    A low grumble caught in his throat as he slipped into the water as Daisyfrost instructed, at the very least the shallows let his paws brush the ground.
    "Now what?"


    Orchardkit was not supposed to be outside of camp, but she was bored. At the sound of people approaching, the kitten wanted to hide so she wasn't caught. But instead, she heard the open invitation to learn how to swim. The white kitten curled her lip up in disgust. Were they all heathens here? "Why in the world would you want to get your fur wet?" the kitten said quite loudly, punctuating her sentence with a roll of her eyes. She firmly planted her butt onto the ground away from the river. How disgusting!

    HNfzwXn.gif The medicine cat apprentice just giggled some more at Shimmerpaw's grumbles. Sure, the water weighed down her fur but she was having too much fun to really be bothered. Maybe she should have been a Riverclanner, ha. Rainpaw heard the kit and quickly flickered their eyes onto them. It was scary to think they were out alone but at least they were near clan mates to protect them now. She lowered her belly to get it soaking before charging out of the water, making a splash yet again. The feline ran towards the white kitten, "What do you mean, Orchardkit? You don't want a hug from your buddy Rainpaw?" she would try to get close to make them think she was going to get them wet with the water dripping off her dark fur.

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    Orchardkit sat there, nose stuck in the air at the peasants ruining their fur. Her ears swiveled to catch the conversation, though she tried to look disgusted and uninterested. When Rainpaw launched herself into the water, splashing those around her, then launched out of the water, the kitten gave an alarmed look at her. Orchardkit squealed, running into the territory to avoid the water. "Noooo!"