Get on up (p)

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 (Duskrise)

Palewing padded out of the warrior's den. It was late at night, but she was awake. And bored. I don't want to wake a warrior, I know I'll get yelled at. She looked around the camp, stopping when her eyes reached the apprentice den. Maybe some apprentice can't sleep. Walking over to the familiar den, she hesitantly poked her head in. "Hello?"

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw had been asleep.

However, he was a light sleeper. That was his secret for getting up in the morning. He woke easily, so when a warrior poked her head in and called out for someone... He lifted his head up. Slightly sleepy, he still managed a slight smile in the warrior's general direction. He couldn't see her too clearly, but he could smell her and make out a color. Kind of. He could tell she was some sort of pale-ish color.

Not all that helpful really. "Eh... Yeah?" He murmured back, somehow still managing to sound friendly despite being half asleep still.

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Palewing grinned as she got a reply. It wasn't snappy, either, which is what she'd been expecting. Trying to find the source of the voice, her eyes rested on a dark-furred apprentice. Was that who had answered her? She couldn't tell, but kept her eyes on him anyway as she responded. "You should totally get up and come out here, whoever you are."

She backed out of the den and sat down, hoping for the apprentice to emerge. They sounded friendly. Or maybe just sleepy. Either way, this was an opportunity for a friend.

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw yawned.

"Sounds fantastic...!" He murmured. He shakily got to his paws. He was still half-asleep, so he swayed slightly. Although, it wasn't too major that he'd collapse at any moment. He tentatively placed his paws one after the other, soon he outside the den. He gave a friendly, small smile to the warrior who had asked him to come out.

"Neh... Wha's your name?" He asked, still sounding somewhat sleepy.

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Palewing grinned as the sleepy cat greeted her. "Hello! You sound tired. Don't be tired. That's lame." She scowled and settled down on the ground. "Are you mad because I woke you up? Heh, sorry about that. Anyway, my name is Palewing! Who're you?" Her scowl faded and a smile reappeared.

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw's drowsy eyelids blinked slowly.

"Eh?" He mumbled. "Pullwing? That's a name. Think... Think 'Pale' would be a biit better..." He hadn't realized he'd misheard her. "Nnh? Nah... Not mad... Being mad is not cool.... And eh.... I'll be fine..." He yawned. "Laterer. M'name's D'skpow...." He started to nod off, swaying to side.

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Palewing scoffed. "You sleepy tomcat!" She trotted over and tried to push him over with a paw. "Wake up! I said my name was Palewing!" She frowned and sat down. "So, your name is Diskpow? Wow, that's an odd name. What's a disk? And why is it 'pow' instead of 'paw'?" She tilted her head and started giggling. "Are you fully awake yet? Can you even understand what I'm saying?"

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw fell onto his side with no protest whatsoever.

"'S'not Diskp'w.... It'sa... Duhhskpahhhw...." He yawned again. He slowly got to his paws again. "Eh... S'like fift'h percent.... Awake... Ah' underst'nd liek.... S'rt of..." Suddenly he sharply fell forwards, face first onto the hard ground. "OWW!!" He screeched as he shot up and shook his face around, as if it would help the fact that his face had just collided with the ground. At least, he was awake now.

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Palewing laughed as he fell on his face. "Sweet! You're awake now!" She started skipping around the tom. "Now, let's do something! Wanna go out to the territory? Oooh, we could go for a swim!" She got down to his height, her amber eyes wide. "Let's go, Diskpow! Unless you have any better ideas."

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw finally calmed down, despite the pain in his face still lingering slightly.

Still, he managed a wide grin that a perfectly awake him would have. His tail wiggled excitedly, watching Palewing bounce around him. "Let's go on then Pullwing!" He meowed excitedly, going along with her little name game. As she crouched down to his height, he stood up on his toes to make himself taller up to her height. "A stroll sounds absolutely fantastic!" 

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Palewing purred bounced up. "Alright then! Follow me!" She skipped out of the camp and headed for the stream. As she did, she turned to see if Duskpaw was following. "So Diskpow, tell me about yourself."

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw grinned again, watching Palewing skip away.

He bounced after her in leaps and bounds. They both made it to the stream, then Palewing turned around and asked about him. He gave a grin. "Well, Pullwing... I'm almost a warrior and without a single idea about what my warrior name would be!" He meowed somewhat excitedly. Though, he was always somewhat confused on why cats, adults and apprentices alike, always thought he would've had an idea by now.

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"Really? Oooh. Well, there's lots of things that could go with your name!" She slowed to a trot as they reached the water. "There's Diskbreeze, Diskwind, Diskflower..." Palewing laughed. "Disk is a weird name." She gave him a wink and bent down to lap some water. She wondered if fish were out to catch, then realized how late it was. The fish must be sleeping. We won't be able to catch anything. Then she paused. Wait, fish don't sleep, do they? The confused warrior made a face sat up slowly. "Diskpow, do fish sleep?"

[Duskrise]

Duskpaw nodded at all of Palewing's suggestions.

He looked down at the stream. He thought the water rather pretty. A reflective substance... Shimmering on top of darkness. He thought it was rather nice and somewhat symbolic. Like the sky. He wondered if the stream would teach him anything. Then he looked back up at Palewing. "Well Pullwing... Your name is pretty weird too, but those names just sound off." He admitted.

However, he had confidence his name that would be chosen would fit him perfectly. He had faith. He watched the warrior lap at the water and ask him a question. He stared at the water. "... Probably? If I stayed awake all the time, I'd probably collapse eventually." He replied.

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Palewing didn't respond to him until her question was answered. "But, have you ever seen a fish sleep? Because if they do, night would be a good time to catch some." She hopped over the water to the other side and readied her paw. "Now let's see..."

Within moments, her paw shot into the water and came back out with a trout. The she-cat grinned and threw it across the stream. "You can have it. I think I was right- the water seems packed with fish!"