❀ memorypaw's training guide

Instructions

╭─────── ⋅ ⋅ ─────── ❦ ─────── ⋅ ⋅ ───────╮ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀❝ ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ❞ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ─ ─ ─ ,, lullabytrill recently became a mentor, but i honestly have no idea what mentors are actually supposed to teach, so i thought i'd create this to organize things a bit better! if there are any mistakes, please lmk! also know that this is just a general training guide, and i will probably keep adding to it as i go <3 " ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ─ ─ ─ ⠀ ➤ training guide!! ⠀ ⠀ i. moon one ◦ basic summary of moon 1 ; in the first moon of training, there actually won't be much skill teaching. lullabytrill will focus mainly on going on walks and teaching memorypaw to look at nature from different perspectives. ⠀» other notes ; because memorypaw is lu's first apprentice, she will be more stressed out than usual because she wants to make sure em is having fun. she might be a bit more closed off. ◦ getting to know em! ⠀» lullabytrill will constantly be asking memorypaw questions about her interests and personal life, often being way too nosy about it. she has a thing for not realizing where cats' boundaries are, so unless em expresses her discomfort, she will likely continue to prod around in places she probably shouldn't ◦ the standard first territory tour ⠀» like all mentors, the first thing to kick off training is a territory tour! however, that itself is super boring, so lu will of course make it more exciting. for example, she might point out some of her favorite places that aren't necessarily important landmarks, but more like the places she likes. she might talk about her favorite tree to climb, or maybe her favorite bush to pass on walks. lull will encourage memorypaw to try and find the beauty in nature instead of just its outside looks. ◦ the warrior code ⠀» lullaby will briefly go over the warrior code, but being a troublemaker herself, she won't go into depth with them, and instead will focus on other, "more important" [ aka more fun ] things ⠀ ⠀ ii. moon two ◦ basic summary of moon 2 ; at the beginning, lullabytrill will take memorypaw out to do numerous things in a seemingly random order. for example, she might teach her some hunting one day, but then tree-climbing the next. the reason for this is so that she can see what em likes and doesn't like, and what her strengths and weaknesses are. once she determines them, she'll know what things to focus on. ⠀» other notes ; lu will be much more comfortable teaching this moon, but she might be a little more serious because the responsibility of being a mentor will finally get to her ◦ a little bit of everything ⠀» explained above ◦ hunting ⠀» lullabytrill will spend the rest of the moon teaching memorypaw the basic stance to catch prey, and different strategies of doing so. she will often take em out on walks and have her sniff out different types of prey, but most times won't ask her to try to catch them ◦ other activities ⠀» all throughout moon 2, lu will continuously encourage memorypaw to find her own interests and pursue them. she's all about living life to its fullest, and she will be very lenient about this part. if em says she wants to go out of camp to do something she likes doing, lull will most likely skip her training plans for the day and let her do it. ⠀ ⠀ iii. moon three ◦ basic summary ; lu will start to get more serious at this point because it's already around halfway. she will start waking memorypaw up at dawn until it's a regular thing because the atmosphere in the morning is certainly different from the evening or afternoon. she will teach memorypaw more skills, but only briefly go over the ones she thinks are less important than others ⠀» waking up at sunrise will hopefully become a tradition for the two, even after em becomes a warrior. again, lu really wants her to be able to notice the small details in nature, so she hopes memory will realize that the cost of waking up early to see the sunrise is worth it ◦ fighting ⠀» for the first half of the moon, lu will teach memorypaw some basic moves. however, because she wasn't the best at fighting as an apprentice, nor did she like it, she will not go into detail about it. lullabytrill believes there's always a solution that doesn't involve claws or teeth. however, that doesn't mean she's going to teach memorypaw to be peaceful and to stand down whenever there's conflict, though. lu will use different techniques to make sure memorypaw knows not to be the weak one in high-tension situations. ◦ swimming ⠀» again, lu won't be going into much detail with this skill either because she has such bad experiences with water. she will teach memory the basic movements and have her tread water in /very/ shallow water, but she will not go past that. ◦ tree climbing ⠀» lu will spend the majority of the moon on this because it's one of her favorite hobbies. she will start by teaching memorypaw how to jump high with lots of drills, since that's a fundamental part of tree climbing. [ cont below ]