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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 1, 2017 22:00:37 GMT -5
"Even with three other cats out in the open with another fox? It could easily trail its way back with another killer. We can't risk it grouping with another fox." Specter kept her gaze locked onto the opposing fox. "Fine, fine," Elmheart gave in. "We attack it then. But we aren't going to kill it. On top of it being cruel, we'd need backup. Unless you want to die today. Foxes are to much to handle with only the two of us." As if sensing what they were talking about, the fox bounded forward, teeth snapping. |
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FifthRootNull
I'm older now. One year closer to responsibilities.
Pronouns: He/Him/Five/Null/Concept
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Post by FifthRootNull on Jun 1, 2017 22:21:13 GMT -5
"Got it-- oh dung!" Since Specter had her eyes locked onto the fox the entire time, she dodged with decent timing, and avoided the vixen's jaws (although she clipped her paw on a nearby twig). She quickly jumped at the fox's flank, claws pointed straight ahead.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 3, 2017 0:13:28 GMT -5
broken "Yes," Dayscar watched the fox. It was much farther downriver now, but it was getting closer to the bank. It would probably manage to get out of the water near the border. She scanned the two drenched warriors. They looked tired, but unharmed. "We'll send a patrol to make sure that Mangepelt made it all the way out of the territory later." She turned sharply and signaled with her tail for the warriors to follow, "The vixen is close to camp and Elmheart and Specter need our help." She picked up a brisk pace as she headed back the way she came. In almost an afterthought, she added in a relieved voice, "I'm glad you two are in one piece." "It was a close thing a couple of times," admitted Hickoryfoot. She looked over at Mosswing. "We need to help my brother and Specter." She bounded after the deputy, fur on end. Their roles were reversed now and she was the one hurrying to his rescue. She darted a look behind her at the fox in the river, but it seemed to still be having a lot of trouble with the current. |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 3, 2017 0:16:47 GMT -5
"Got it-- oh dung!" Since Specter had her eyes locked onto the fox the entire time, she dodged with decent timing, and avoided the vixen's jaws (although she clipped her paw on a nearby twig). She quickly jumped at the fox's flank, claws pointed straight ahead. "Ah!" gasped Elmheart, dodging backwards and striking out at the fox's muzzle. "Looks like she made up our minds for us!" His claws drew dark streaks of red over the vixen's left eye. "Oh StarClan, I hope that Hickoryfoot and Mosswing are okay. I don't think we'll be able to help any time soon." The fox twisted and tried to snap at Specter again. |
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FifthRootNull
I'm older now. One year closer to responsibilities.
Pronouns: He/Him/Five/Null/Concept
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Post by FifthRootNull on Jun 3, 2017 0:46:12 GMT -5
After managing to stab and jostle her claws into the vixen's flank, Specter swiftly jumped back, the fox's teeth only getting her front-right leg. "I hope they're okay too, but we need to worry about this immediate problem more!" She attempted to dash under the fox and slash at its front legs.
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Post by Owlmoon on Jun 3, 2017 11:50:03 GMT -5
Owlmoon grimaced. "I'll be fine." From the pain, she guessed that she'd broken her leg. Gritting her teeth she repeated her words, trying to convince herself that they were true. "I'll be fine."
- Owlmoon
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 3, 2017 18:03:24 GMT -5
After managing to stab and jostle her claws into the vixen's flank, Specter swiftly jumped back, the fox's teeth only getting her front-right leg. "I hope they're okay too, but we need to worry about this immediate problem more!" She attempted to dash under the fox and slash at its front legs. The fox seemed to be trying to keep up with two cats attacking her. Finally, she just ignored the damage Elmheart was doing and focused all of her attention on trying to catch Specter in her jaws. "Look over here, mangepelt!" Elmheart growl, trying to get the vixen's attention by clawing her side, but no use. Instead, the fox batted a large paw at Specter. |
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Post by Sparrow on Jun 3, 2017 20:53:25 GMT -5
"It was a close thing a couple of times," admitted Hickoryfoot. She looked over at Mosswing. "We need to help my brother and Specter." She bounded after the deputy, fur on end. Their roles were reversed now and she was the one hurrying to his rescue. She darted a look behind her at the fox in the river, but it seemed to still be having a lot of trouble with the current. Dayscar raced across the plank and led the way to where she'd left her clanmates. As she neared them, she could hear hissing and the snap of the fox's teeth. So they hadn't been able to avoid a fight... Dayscar couldn't spare the energy to be surprised. Expecting queens did tend to be more territorial and combative. Fear that they'd come too late to help tried to crawl up her spine, but Dayscar unsheathed her claws with a hiss. No, this fox would not be taking any cats to Starclan today. They were close to camp. If anyone was injured, they could be tended to. Trees whipped past and the stench of fox filled the air again. The fox's turned back entered view. With a caterwaul, Dayscar sprang forward, landing on the fox's back. She snapped her teeth around the fox's ear and yanked back, gripping the fox's back with her claws. This jerked the fox's head back against its will. The vixen let out a shrieking yelp and yanked back in the opposite direction, trying to free its ear. Dayscar was lifted off the fox's back and through the air in an arc, landing heavily on her side between Specter and Elmheart with a bloody chunk of the fox's ear still clenched in her teeth. The fox, now missing part of its ear, snarled and looked even wilder with anger than before. |
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Post by Owlmoon on Jun 5, 2017 9:20:10 GMT -5
Owlmoon gritted her teeth and attempted to put some weight on her leg. "Ow!" The effort caused extreme pain. It was definitely broken. She flattened her ears. Stupid leg! Now I'm stuck here, helpless!
- Owlmoon
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FifthRootNull
I'm older now. One year closer to responsibilities.
Pronouns: He/Him/Five/Null/Concept
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Post by FifthRootNull on Jun 5, 2017 9:42:24 GMT -5
The vixen's claw landed square on Specter's left shoulder, leaving a sizable gash and making her stumble back in pain. Can we really not do this? It was then that she saw Dayscar bravely assault the fox, him landing between herself and Elmheart.
"Dayscar! Are you okay?" Specter's voice displayed worry.
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Post by broken on Jun 5, 2017 14:45:32 GMT -5
(Sorry guys! I should be back for the rest of today, but tomorrow I'll be gone until later.) Owlmoon SparrowBrokenpaw was still standing next to her brother, taking the opportunity to claw at the fox as the leader was currently distracting it and helping Owlmoon at the same time. The little apprentice jumped out of the was of its jaws, but was soon knocked down by its outstretched paw. The apprentice stood up, rocking back and forth slightly. Hollowstar cursed softly, blocking the fox from getting to the warrior, but he was also worried about the apprentices. He hoped that the patrol that was in the forest would return soon to help them. He growled, nipping at the fox's tail. It growled in pain and advanced, turning away from the apprentices. The leader side-stepped it, looking past toward the apprentices. "If you're able to, follow me! We're heading out of camp!" Rainflight was already gathering plenty of herbs, though he slowly bounded over towards Owlmoon, hoping to be undetected by the fox. -- mintedstar/fur, sparrow, FifthRootNullAs soon as Mosswing spotted the fox, a low hiss rose in her throat. "We need to drive it out of our territory! We don't want it getting back to camp," she looked over at Hickoryfoot for a moment, then began circling the fox, though she kept her distance a bit until it dared to try to hurt anyone else. |
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Post by Owlmoon on Jun 5, 2017 19:01:00 GMT -5
Owlmoon noticed Rainflight coming towards her. Wincing in pain, she dragged herself forward to meet him. She wanted to be the least burdening for everycat as possible.
- Owlmoon
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Post by broken on Jun 5, 2017 19:18:25 GMT -5
OwlmoonRainflight dropped the bundle of herbs on the ground as he was close enough to Owlmoon. "Don't move," he told her, examining the warrior's pelt. He frowned, looking at her for a moment before beginning to chew up some comfrey. "You already know, don't you?" He asked her softly, gesturing toward her twisted leg. He then put the chewed herbs on her leg, wrapping some cobweb over it to keep it in place. He then tried to nudge her up. "Here, rest against my shoulder, I'll help you to the medicine cat den. Try not to put pressure on that leg."
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 5, 2017 20:11:58 GMT -5
Elmheart's head jerked up. "Dayscar!" he said in surprise. Then his voice lightened, happy to have backup. "Dayscar!"
He slashed at the vixen's flank again. "What happened to Mosswing and Hickoryfoot?" he asked in worry. Then he caught Mosswing's words and smiled, breathing a sigh of relief.
Hickoryfoot raised at the fox, jumping at the last second to land on the vixen's back. "Happy to help, brother dear!" she crowed.
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Post by Owlmoon on Jun 6, 2017 6:58:06 GMT -5
Owlmoon nodded obediently, her sad gaze cast downward. "Okay." She made herself stay as still as possible while Rainflight applied the herbs.
- Owlmoon
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Post by Sparrow on Jun 6, 2017 10:59:47 GMT -5
Dayscar laid there for a moment, stunned. She could hear Specter asking something, but couldn't make out the words. Forcing a painful gasp, Dayscar brought some air back into her lungs, which subdued the ringing in her ears. She made a vague grunting noise in response to whatever Specter had said and rolled unsteadily back to her paws, blinking away the pain. She took a step back to refocus on the vixen and smirked at Hickoryfoot's cheer. The fox didn't stand a chance against a full patrol.
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For a moment Bogpaw tried to puzzle out Hollowstar's command. Leave camp? While there was a fox? Then it clicked: the fox would follow them out. Bogpaw nodded at Hollowstar and nudged Brokenpaw before darting around the fox to follow their leader. He taunted the fox over his shoulder, "Come and get me Wormear!"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 20:59:27 GMT -5
((I'm going to try and squeeze myself in here ;; im so sorry i missed so much again ahh )
Snailpaw had been in the medicine cat den when the fox attacked the patrol, but the little apprentice knew something was happened at the sounds of battle and pain not far off. Scared, she'd stayed huddled and going through herbs in the stores, making a list of what they had and didn't have, as well at what was wilted. She worried for her litter-mates, who were most definitely on the patrol that was fighting. Inhaling shakily, she squeezed out of the store and popped her head out of the medicine cat den, looking for any sign of her mentor Rainflight.
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Post by broken on Jun 6, 2017 21:59:28 GMT -5
lime. OwlmoonRainflight was slowly helping Owlmoon back toward the den, careful to help her keep from using her injured leg too much. He eventually pushed through the mossy enterance and led the warrior to one of the nests. "Snailpaw, get over here and help me check Owlmoon the rest of the way. She might also need some marigold and some poppy seeds," he said, looking off in her direction for a moment. - Sparrow, FifthRootNull, mintedstar/furMosswing was still staring at the fox, but quickly removed her gaze to look over at the rest of the patrol. With a patrol like this, the animal would surely retreat soon. She turned back towards the creature, claws unsheathed. - Sparrow Hollowstar nodded as he burst through the camp enterance, leading the way out into the forest and unknowingly towards the other patrol. He glanced back to check to see how far the fox was, but also to see if the apprentices were keeping up. "We're headed for the border!" Brokenpaw had followed after her brother. It felt strange leaving camp, but it did make sense since they had to lead the fox out, and luckily it was following them. "O-okay!" She called back to the leader, panting a bit. She then quickly looked at her brother, shaking her head some at his teasing.
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FifthRootNull
I'm older now. One year closer to responsibilities.
Pronouns: He/Him/Five/Null/Concept
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Post by FifthRootNull on Jun 6, 2017 22:44:37 GMT -5
Specter, attempting to ignore her body screaming in pain, looked over the crowd of Clanmates surrounding the vixen. They all look... confident! Just a moment ago, she feared that the fox would kill the two of them that were there. Now, five cats were striking fear into the predator. She smirked and regained her stance, once again staring the fox dead in the eyes.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 7, 2017 0:10:12 GMT -5
The vixen finally gave up. She shook until Hickoryfoot was forced of her back and then bolted away, toward the border. Elmheart chased after her, clawing at her flank and tail. Hickoryfoot, slightly stunned by being thrown off, waited a few seconds before joining in the case.
"Out of our territory," she growled, half cheerfully.
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FifthRootNull
I'm older now. One year closer to responsibilities.
Pronouns: He/Him/Five/Null/Concept
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Post by FifthRootNull on Jun 7, 2017 9:08:57 GMT -5
Specter watched the vixen bolt away for a few seconds, then joined in on the chase herself. She tried to move fast, since she still had an open wound and didn't need any more blood leaving her body. "Out of here," she cried out.
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Post by Owlmoon on Jun 7, 2017 14:53:06 GMT -5
Owlmoon limped on. Most of her weight was being supported by Rainflight's shoulder. She looked over her shoulder at the battle. Her mouth ran dry. Specter shouldn't be fighting a fox for us! The rogue she-cat's fur had a wound in it, streaming blood. The thought made Owlmoon self-conciously think of her own wound, and she struggled to keep herself looking defiant, rather than in pain.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 21:36:18 GMT -5
Snailpaw nodded silently, turning around and disappearing into the den, scrambling back out in a moment with a small herb bundle. She ran up to Owlmoon and her mentor, already looking over the injured warrior's pelt with wide eyes Dropping the bundle of marigold and poppy seeds at Rainflight's paws, the apprentice kept from looking behind them at the battle.
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Post by broken on Jun 8, 2017 10:52:13 GMT -5
FifthRootNull, Sparrow , mintedstar/fur Mosswing let out a hiss before chasing after the patrol and the fox, her claws still unsheathed in case it were to still attack. "Yes, get out!" She growled, slowing the pace a little as they all neared one of the borders. -- lime , Owlmoon Rainflight began cleaning some of the wounds, pausing to look over at his apprentice. "Can you please chew that into a pulp, then put it over the wounds that have been cleaned?" He asked, then pushed a leaf with a few poppy seeds on it towards the warrior. "And you, please chew on these. This will help you to get some rest."
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jun 8, 2017 14:16:25 GMT -5
broken FifthRootNull Sparrow Hickoryfoot was the last to stop chasing the fox. Her fur was still standing on end as she made her way back to the place her brother was sitting. "Two foxes," she noted. "Wonder if they were mates or something. But at least they are both out of our territory now." She seemed quite proud of herself.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 16:08:23 GMT -5
She nodded, bending down to start chewing the herb into pulp, before licking the poultice into the cleaned wounds, feeling Owlmoon move slightly as she presumably lapped up the poppy seeds. After doing that, she finally spoke up.
"Are Bogpaw and Brokenpaw alright?"
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Post by Sparrow on Jun 8, 2017 18:01:13 GMT -5
Bogpaw ran after Hollowstar, keeping close to the leader as the maddened fox pursued them out of camp.
"Where to now?" Bogpaw gasped.
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Dayscar sprang after the fox with an aggressive hiss, glad the vixen was smart enough to flee. They chased it to the closest border and Dayscar slowed down to watch it disappear. She stopped by Elmheart and once Hickoryfoot had returned, she turned her attention to her clanmates.
"Well done everyone. Let's get back to camp." Dayscar nodded at Specter, "And let's have Rainflight clean you up."
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Post by Owlmoon on Jun 9, 2017 6:15:51 GMT -5
Owlmoon flattened her pelt and held still to help things along. Small pains were felt when Rainflight pressed the poultice on, but she endured. Answering the apprentice's question she said, "They were fine when I last saw them." A new bubble of worry had burst in Owlmoon's mind. Her heart sank, guilt taking over. I left my Clanmates to fight alone. I left them to fight alone.
- Owlmoon
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FifthRootNull
I'm older now. One year closer to responsibilities.
Pronouns: He/Him/Five/Null/Concept
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Post by FifthRootNull on Jun 9, 2017 11:15:24 GMT -5
As the vixen went over the border, Specter gave one last strong hiss, before turning back and joining the group of cats. She chuckled at Dayscar's remark. "Hey, so long as I don't lose too much blood." While the injury wasn't bleeding as bad as it was when it first opened, a moderate amount of blood was still dribbling out, the fur under the gash being almost completely red.
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Post by broken on Jun 9, 2017 11:34:46 GMT -5
Sparrow"To the closest border! We're not going to cross the river. Keep up!" Hollowstar called after them, then glanced back at the fox. It wasn't too far off and it was getting closer. "We're going to have to fight it. We're close enough to the border now." He was hoping he'd run into the patrol, but that wasn't going to happen was it? The leader skidded to a halt and turned around sharply. He let out a loud hiss before clawing at the fox's face and biting one of its ears. Brokenpaw nodded and also turned around, standing next to the leader. She watched for a moment before joining in the fight. She was underneath the fox, trying to get to its belly, but also dodging its paws so she wouldn't get stepped on. -- FifthRootNull mintedstar/fur sparrow Mosswing stopped chasing the animal and nodded at the deputy's words, looking over the small patrol. "Yes, that sounds like a good idea," she meowed, looking at Specter now. "Do you need any help? You can lean on my shoulder if you need to." -- Owlmoon limeRainflight was listening to the cats talk, glancing toward the den's entrance. He could no longer hear any fighting, so he assumed that they drove the fox out of camp. At least he hoped. He moved back towards Owlmoon's back leg he treated earlier. "Don't worry, I'm sure everyone is just fine," he meows softly. "Snailpaw, be ready to treat more apprentices ad warriors."
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