★ Upon Miracledance gaining her second and third apprentices, I have written out another training guide that will detail many of the little interactions that I will not be able to get to entirely oops. She has an... Interesting style of teaching and a unique skillset, offering both a variety of opportunities in their apprenticeships! This will be quite similar to her last training project, as Miracledance isn't one to break habit if it's already gone well. ★ ★ Table of contents: ★ 0.0 Introduction and Table of Contents 1.0 Basic topics 2.0 Unique topics 3.0 Teaching style 4.0 Closing 1.0 .............................. BASIC TOPICS................... Sunfishpaw will be taught nearly all of the essential topics that are needed to become a warrior, except for fighting. Detailed below is a chart of how well Miracledance will be able to teach said skill based on her own knowlege: Hunting: ★★★☆☆ Tracking: ★★★★★ Combat: ☆☆☆☆☆ * Swimming: ★☆☆☆☆ (She tends to avoid water) Water combat: ☆☆☆☆☆ * Advanced battle moves: ☆☆☆☆☆ * Balance and Coordination: ★☆☆☆☆ (CH) Survival Skills: ★★★★★ Clan History: ★★★★☆ Afterlives: ★★★☆☆ Climbing: ★★★☆☆ Animal Safety: ★★★★★ Stealth: ★★★★★ Other clans: ★★★☆☆ Territories: ★★★★★ Basic first aid: ★★☆☆☆ Emotional intelligence: ★★☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆ - Will not be taught. ★☆☆☆☆ - Taught poorly ★★☆☆☆ - Taught okay-ish ★★★☆☆ - Taught averagely ★★★★☆ - Taught well ★★★★★ - Masterfully taught * She will not teach battle skills by demonstration. She will explain the concept of it to her but being currently unable to fight (due to her own inexperience) she will encourage her to seek out additional training on battle from others. (And any other topic! She's super supportive of the idea of acquiring knowledge by any alternative means and expects her to develop her own interests and pursuits) This is just how well she will /teach/ these topics, to clarify, and will not completely reflect Sunfishpaw's eventual skills. Whether or not it also is applied by him is up to you! 2.0 ............................UNIQUE TOPICS................... Miracledance also has some unique skills that she has mastered that she will also teach him. These are more situational and less universally applied, and therefore unique topics. ★ She is fluent in Russian and will be teaching basic vocabulary and training-related commands, including conversational essentials. How fluent they eventually become by the end of their training is up to you! ★ She will teach her the art of finding solid information and being able to hold intelligent debates by seeing both sides of an argument. ★ She will teach him in-depth about the nature and landscapes of The Vast Planes from her various excursions, about all of the hazards and little-known secrets about the land. She will also take them on excursions to see the territories and species every once in a while. ★ She will teach skills of observation, masking scent, and evading dangerous circumstances through nonconfrontational and clever means. ★ She will also teach her to practice strategic thinking, going through encounters mentally and thinking of solutions in a tactical fashion. ★ She will instruct her on how to perform certain bird calls (Within realistic cat limitations, no perfect copies) using patterns of chitters, trills, and purrs. 3.0 ..........................TEACHING STYLE................... Due to Miracledance's own apprenticeship experience, she will have slightly different expectations of Sunfishpaw. ★ Miracledance expects Sunfishpaw to be able to find his own interests, to seek knowledge about said pursuits on their own, and to carve out her own path in life. She wants him to grow to be independent and driven with goals. ★ While not strict, she expects skills to be practiced outside of sessions and for her to keep up with her schedule. If they fall behind, she may scramble to reassemble a new schedule and will be a little less patient in the future. ★ Miracledance will try to eliminate bias in her teaching, allowing him to form her own opinions about leadership, clans, and views while having facts from all sides. She also won't make her own personal views known as she feels that it would interfere. She will also discourage Sunfishpaw from being involved with any radical views for fear of tensions between clans in the current climate between them. +
★ She will try to get to know her on a personal level, as she knows that befriending him will make training easier for the both of them. She sees them almost as a wildlife study excursion, taking mental notes about his character and learning as much as she can about him through interaction. She's had an apprentice before, and is at this point a fairly experienced teacher, but will always try and alanyze the current situation before making assumptions. ★ In the past Miracledance was highly strict on where her apprentice was allowed to be at any given time, but as she's worked through her own trauma, she has loosed the reins on that rule. Now, Sunfishpaw is allowed to be anywhere within immediate earshot of camp from the very beginning of training alone, and anywhere beyond when accompanied by herself. ★ Miracledance will use Russian words from time to time in her lessons, but also outside of them. She will give them various titles and nicknames in Russian (Which you can choose if you'd like! I won't write the extras down or anything, it's assumed oorp) but she'll mostly just use Ученик "uchenik" (Student/Apprentice) (As she did with her previous apprentice, Fourthfrolic) or рыба "ryba" (Fish) to refer to her. She may also use Russian when relaying sensitive information (which will be very uncommon, since there will rarely be a time when she will and is already wary of her standing in Thunderclan with the drama.) ★ While being level-headed and patient most of the time, Miracledance doesn't do well with chaos. If Sunfishpaw becomes rambunctious or otherwise derails a lesson and isn't able to be stopped with a simple request, she'll quickly get overwhelmed and will be much more likely to snap or shut down altogether. ★ She'll try and regularly include their interests into her training regimen to keep him engaged in her lessons and to reinforce any goals he may have. 4.0 .............................. CLOSING................................. As always, I've left it open-ended so that there's room for creative liberties and additions to be made as seen fit. Any changes/suggestions are absolutely welcome (Sunfishpaw is your character, after all! Their apprenticeship should be whatever works best for his arc :D) And please let me know if you have any questions!! I'm excited to see what kinds of adventures the two get up to in the future! Song: A Kindling of Sorts -- The Oh Hellos
