twilightclan | cats of the witching hour | update!

Florasky sighed, and looked at the sky. "I know, I wonder where Shiningsoul is, and Palecloud and-" She trailed off, hearing thunder roar. She frowned, and looked around, flattening her ears as a small downpour began. "Well, I am gonna go try to at least find Shiningcloud, knowing him he's off some where collecting flowers again..." she said, and walked into the forest.

Shadestar watched the rain, and walked out, her fur clenching to her skin. "3 moons almost as leader, and everything seems normal again..." She said, her eyes reflecting the falling water droplets, almost like an icy mirror of a dark blue ocean. She sighed, and closed her eyes, thinking of the next best step for her clan.

Stormdash grinned as the rain began to pour, rain was like a friend to her. She was Stormdash after all, and she oddly liked the feeling of water. She grinned and looked around, some cats seemed skiddish, and she just wanted to laugh at such thoughts.

(Nah Hazel, your good, go ahead and RP :3 )

(I thought the storm picked up after the patrol had gone a ways away....? Realistically, it wouldn't make much sense for them to go very far if it was already pouring....in my head anyways. So...with that in mind I'm going to hold off on the whole raining deal for a bit. Prey is important, but staying safe more so.)

Cinderstorm nodded in agreement. "Let's go before it starts raining. The prey should have the same idea, so hopefully they're out scrambling and not paying much attention to any cats trying to catch a bite to eat." With a wave of her tail, she turned and headed out of camp. She glanced back, calling over her shoulder. "We'll head for the dreadwash. We can hunt and watch the rising water at the same time and manage two threats at once!" At least it made sense in her head. She hoped if any of the patrol disagreed, they'd pipe up. Although it was a pleasure to see Pricklepaw keeping up with everyone. She'd gotten stronger and stronger and that could only lead to good things for the she-cat.

Palecloud ran over in a panicked rush. He wanted to be part of the hunting patrol before the storm had come through. They needed as many cats to catch and carry prey as possible in case this rain lasted more than one day. "W-wait for me! I'm coming!!"

(Erm. OK then)

Smokepatch nodded, her paws kneading into the soft ground. She wanted to help out her clan, but she was becoming uncomfortable with the weather moving in so quickly. As Palecloud skirted in next to her she nodded vigorously.
"I like your enthusiasm- let's finish this as soon as possible so I can get warm in my best!" She meowed, gesturing with her tail towards the camp entrance.

Twistedpath noted Dustsongs awkward gate, the black medicine cat had slipped out of her den this morning, her own bad leg aching, but determined to go and eat something before her day started. The she cat had been eating a mouse when she saw him and she sighed, getting up slowly and returning to her den, grabbing the poultice she was going to use for herself and limping over to Dustsong.
"For your joints." She mewed quietly, not quite looking at him.
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Cloudypaw just woke up, feeling the soreness in her muscles and some scratches on her pelt, but felt alive. The white she cat glanced around, eyes glittering with excitement as she made her way out of the den, wondering what she would learn the next time she fell asleep. She was improving greatly, able to take on cats at her level, and was able to not fail horrifically when taking on some of the other Dark forest cats. Did she get her tail kicked often? Yes. But she was still able to hold her own, which was more than she could have done before hand.

Breezewhisper keeps close to Noisepaw and wondered how far they would go.

Cinderstorm's eyes narrowed as a clap of thunder followed a flash of lightning. She glanced back. The dreadwash was closer to them than camp was. "We'll do what we can before it starts to actually rain." She called out over another rumble. She nodded towards a large tree. "Stick to pairs and when it starts coming down, we'll meet back at that tree and head back together. Alright?" She motioned Pricklepaw to follow her before heading into the swamp.

(So, when they return to meet back up one or more pairs will be missing and so the others will head out to look. The flood picks up and they all end up in different spots, but still on the wrong side of the dreadwash. So not only do they have to find each other, but they have to find a path around the water. Yay or nay?)

Smokepatch sniffed, her pelt beginning to feel heavy with wetness. She wasn't afraid of storms by any means, and she didn't mind getting wet, but she did start to feel like something might be... Off.

"Well, I don't see why all of us couldn't cover enough ground by sunhigh.." she meowed, trailing off. With the dark clouds overhead it was starting to be difficult to even tell where the sun was- the landscape was all just a mottled gray, mist starting to make the landscape obscured.

She turned her good eye behind her, searching for Noisepaw "I guess the two of us could go search for some frogs and toads? There's bound to be lots of them out in this weather"

Cinderstorm plunged a paw into the roots of the dead plant and fished around. There was a bit of movement and a frog burst out and went hopping straight for Pricklepaw. "Catch it." Although there probably wasn't a need to say it, she did so anyways out of habit.

Snowfawn scoured the territory until she finally found who she was looking for. The only cat she ever really went out of her way to find. "Yellowclaw!" She hurried over to him. Her silver pelt was fluffed up and her eyes were wide. Luckily there wasn't anyone else around. Snowfawn wasn't in any mood to deal with anyone else. "A patrol went out hunting and I'm worried about them. Come watch with me?"

Once satisfied that she'd scared out all the prey, Cinderstorm pulled her paw back out. At least they'g gotten something. Her ears twitched as she debated whether or not to take it with them. Finally, she just picked it up and headed further along a path, making sure to keep Pricklepaw and the meeting tree in her sights.

Snowfawn nodded. She turned on her heels and bounded towards Starclan's territory over the dreadwash. Her whiskers twitched in worry. "They're separating." She shook her head and pressed closer to him. Her tail quivered. "They shouldn't...."

(Guess it depends on if people want there to be an issue with the groups finding each other. Lol. Whatever works. They're getting lost either way and things are picking up so I'll probably sit back and let everyone else respond when they get on and then we can continue.)

Ivypaw's ears flattened when the sky just seemed to release all the water it'd been holding on to. His pelt clung to his sides and he backed up into the bushes to give him some cover from the storm. He didn't feel it was worth it to make a dash for the apprentice's den. Although he wouldn't say he was scared of large storms, they did make his heart skip a beat with every clap of thunder and lightning. It reminded him of when he was little. Even so, it didn't affect him to where his ability to work in the storm changed.

Tigerkit huddled closer to the warmth and Juniperfrost curled around her kits lovingly. "Sh. It'll be alright." Tigerkit's eyes were wide. The noises were new and unwelcome. They made his tiny body quiver each time they came.

Lol)