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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 16:11:04 GMT -5
Pepper gave a nod as she looked at each of the cats and made sure to remember which name went with which face.
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 16:20:00 GMT -5
Troutpaw thought for moment before replying. "No burns. It seems.to be smoke inhalation but it's severe and he can barely walk, even with his brother's help." Specklecreek nodded. "Very good. I think the herbs I have with me will be enough. Take me to him." She picked up her bundle of herbs again, ready to follow her apprentice. |
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 16:21:26 GMT -5
When Shellstream looked at him, Deadpath winced. Now, he really had to talk to her. He swallowed down his nervousness and did his best to look confident in walking up to her. "Hey, Shellstream." Deadpath's voice cracked when he reached her and he almost winced again. Why did he have to be so deformed? She'd never like if him he couldn't get past it.
"It was there time." Ottermask mewed softly. "StarClan determined that we no longer needed them and allowed them into StarClan's hunting grounds. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten by the Clan and they can live on in our memories."
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 16:26:50 GMT -5
The tom nodded and began to lead the way toward where Eelshock had helped Ashfaith lay down. The tom was breathing heavily, his breath rattling in his chest and a slight cough erupting down amd then from his chest.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 16:32:21 GMT -5
Eelshock looked up when he spotted Troutpaw returning with Specklecreek. He hoped they could help.
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 16:35:15 GMT -5
Specklecreek dropped her bundle of herbs next to Ashfaith. She gently put a paw on his chest, feeling the cough as it rattled in his lungs. A quick visual scan showed that Troutpaw had been correct, Ashfaith wasn't burned. "How long has he been like this?" she asked no one in particular.
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 16:39:24 GMT -5
Troutpaw merely shrugged his shoulders as he didn't have an answer for the she-cat. "I have no idea."
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 16:39:48 GMT -5
Eelshock flattened his ears at the medicine cat's question, he glanced at his brother than Troutpaw. "Uh...since before he and Ottermask got back?"
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 17:00:58 GMT -5
Specklecreek flicked her ears. "No matter" she sighed "It's not a big deal but if he goes too long like this he could have lasting damage." She rummaged through her herb bundle and pulled out some juniper berries, tansy, and ginger. Pushing them towards Troutpaw she collected honey on her paw and began to feed it to the unconscious tom. "Chew those up and see if you can get him to swallow them." she instructed.
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 17:04:19 GMT -5
The medicine cat apprentice immediately began to chew the herbs up before using a single paw to part Ashfaith's jaws and the other to slide the pulp inside. He massaged the gray tom's throat softly until he finally felt them swallow.
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 17:11:45 GMT -5
Specklecreek nodded at her apprentice's technique. "Very good." she praised. "That's all we can do for the time being. Let's get him closer to the rest of my herbs in case something goes wrong." She turned to Eelshock "Will you help Troutpaw and I carry him?"
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 17:11:51 GMT -5
When Shellstream looked at him, Deadpath winced. Now, he really had to talk to her. He swallowed down his nervousness and did his best to look confident in walking up to her. "Hey, Shellstream." Deadpath's voice cracked when he reached her and he almost winced again. Why did he have to be so deformed? She'd never like if him he couldn't get past it. "It was there time." Ottermask mewed softly. "StarClan determined that we no longer needed them and allowed them into StarClan's hunting grounds. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten by the Clan and they can live on in our memories." Mintkit's eyes grew saddened, and she kicked a piece of hay lightly with her paw. She didn't want Starclan to take all of the Warriors that had played with her. She could tell though, that her father cared a lot about them, and she looked up at him. "Where do they go, when they get to Starclan? Are there really everyone's families all up there?" She asked. |
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Post by Frozen on May 11, 2020 20:42:37 GMT -5
When Shellstream looked at him, Deadpath winced. Now, he really had to talk to her. He swallowed down his nervousness and did his best to look confident in walking up to her. "Hey, Shellstream." Deadpath's voice cracked when he reached her and he almost winced again. Why did he have to be so deformed? She'd never like if him he couldn't get past it. "It was there time." Ottermask mewed softly. "StarClan determined that we no longer needed them and allowed them into StarClan's hunting grounds. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten by the Clan and they can live on in our memories." "Deadpath! I'm glad you're okay," Shellstream nodded, meaning what she said entirely. She had worried about him as they traveled to the barn, thinking of the many ways things could go wrong. "I hope everyone else is okay, too..." |
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 21:30:57 GMT -5
Eelshock nodded curtly to Specklecreek. he stood up to help. "Of course."
Ottermask nodded and slowly eased himself down to lay down, his legs were starting to ache from exhaustion. "When they go to StarClan they go to the sky. Every star you see at night is one of our former ancestors. StarClan's hunting grounds are plentiful and there are no borders to separate the Clans, no one goes hungry and no one is in pain. All cats with the pure heart of a warrior go on to StarClan when it's their time and there we'll see our loved ones again. I'll see my own parents again when it is my turn."
Maskkit listened to his father with wide eyes. StarClan sounded like a great place!
Deadpath flicked his ear and glanced around the Clan, unable to answer that question--if it had been one. He cleared his throat and shuffled his paws before looking back at her. "Diamondheart wants us too..." When his voice started to fail, he cleared his throat and tried again. The first few words he spoke didn't make it out. "...hunting patrol."
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 21:34:43 GMT -5
Troutpaw grabbed the scruff of the larger tom and began to move him steadily over the herbs that Specklecreek and himself had saved from the fire. With Eelshock's help it didn't long and soon the gray tom was laying beside the herbs, his legs moving feebly and his breath a small rattle in his chest, a cough coming up now and then. "Specklecreek. I think the smoke has caused lasting damage to his lungs and breathing. His breath has a rattle and he's still coughing up wisps of smoke now and then."
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Post by Frozen on May 11, 2020 21:38:38 GMT -5
Shellstream listened, catching the end of his sentence. "Hunting patrol? All right... who else is going?" she asked.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 21:50:39 GMT -5
Eelshock remained at his brother's side, his tail twitching anxiously. He had no clue what the medicine cats were talking about, but he hoped they would be able to help his brother.
"Uh..." Deadpath's mind went blank when he looked her in the eye. Who else was on the patrol? Who else did Diamondheart tell him to bring? "U-Uh..." he shot a quick glance around the Clan, his heart skipping a pace faster that he just couldn't think of the simple names that Diamondheart had told him. "Oh!" He spotted Sharpthorn and the list came rushing back to him. "Shellstream, Sharpthorn, Shininglight, and Paleflower." After a moment, he flushed, realizing he said her name as well.
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 22:01:26 GMT -5
Eelshock nodded curtly to Specklecreek. he stood up to help. "Of course." Ottermask nodded and slowly eased himself down to lay down, his legs were starting to ache from exhaustion. "When they go to StarClan they go to the sky. Every star you see at night is one of our former ancestors. StarClan's hunting grounds are plentiful and there are no borders to separate the Clans, no one goes hungry and no one is in pain. All cats with the pure heart of a warrior go on to StarClan when it's their time and there we'll see our loved ones again. I'll see my own parents again when it is my turn." Maskkit listened to his father with wide eyes. StarClan sounded like a great place! Deadpath flicked his ear and glanced around the Clan, unable to answer that question--if it had been one. He cleared his throat and shuffled his paws before looking back at her. "Diamondheart wants us too..." When his voice started to fail, he cleared his throat and tried again. The first few words he spoke didn't make it out. "...hunting patrol." "You will one day see all of my kin, too." Smogstorm murmured, fondness and memories filling her mind as she glanced up towards the sky, before looking back at her family. "Your father is right. Starclan is said to be a wonderful place, where cats we love watch over us." "Oh..." Mintkit seemed to take in the words, looking up at her parents as she sat down on her haunches and asked. "Will I go there one day?" |
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 22:18:42 GMT -5
"Yes." Ottermask smiled softly at Mintkit. "If you train hard to be a good warrior and remain loyal to your Clan, you will go to StarClan someday as well. I just hope it isn't for a very long time. You've got so much to experience and life to live before you go to StarClan."
Maskkit blinked and tilted his head. "But if StarClan is so good, why can't we go there now?"
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 22:42:34 GMT -5
"To go to Starclan now is to miss out on the life that is laid before you. The life that you are given, to lead with courage and with wisdom. With selflessness." Smogstorm explained with a soft swish of her tail, leaning down to press her muzzle to her son and daughter's ears. "You should never go to Starclan before your father and I do." She decided.
Mintkit looked up at her father with wide eyes, before she scampered closer to him and leaned up against him. He smelled funny, but underneath he smelled like he always did. "I don't want you to go to Starclan yet. I want you to be here, with me."
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 22:54:37 GMT -5
Ottermask purred deeply at his daughter's embrace. He gave her a few licks on the head. "I'm not going to StarClan any time soon. I have to watch you grow and become warriors all the forest will be proud of!"
Maskkit smiled when his mother licked his ears and he sat taller at his father's words.
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 23:01:30 GMT -5
"I'm going to be the best warrior in the clan!" Mintkit puffed her chest out proudly at her father's attention. "I'm already super strong at wrestling, and I bet I could beat you soon!" She challenged, her tail flicking wildly behind her.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 23:48:00 GMT -5
"Oh really?" Ottermask chuckled with a purr. He leaned forward and nudged her. "I would like to see that, Mintkit."
"I'm gonna be the best warrior in the Clan!" Maskkit bounced forward, flattening his ears in argument with his sister. "I'll be just as brave as father!"
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Post by VIXENCLAW on May 12, 2020 12:21:31 GMT -5
Paleflower moved to join the hunting patrol.
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Post by Moonblazer on May 12, 2020 13:27:30 GMT -5
"Oh really?" Ottermask chuckled with a purr. He leaned forward and nudged her. "I would like to see that, Mintkit." "I'm gonna be the best warrior in the Clan!" Maskkit bounced forward, flattening his ears in argument with his sister. "I'll be just as brave as father!" "Well, I could show you right now, if Maskkit would wrestle with me! But he says that you said something about Warriors not needed to wrestle to be strong." Mintkit stuck her tongue out at her brother, a playful glimmer in her eyes. |
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 12, 2020 13:35:35 GMT -5
Ottermask flicked his ear and his brow furrowed lightly with confusion. "Wrestling and training helps you become stronger in your skills. I didn't say--"
"You said it was more honorable to avoid a fight!" Maskkit piped up quickly, pouting at his sister.
"Oh." Ottermask smiled softly. "I see. Training isn't the kind of fight I was talking about, Maskkit. You must always train and work on your skills so you can defend yourself, but it's better to not have to need them. If you were to run into a ThunderClan patrol, it's better to keep things from coming to claws instead of incurring a battle."
Maskkit flicked his ear. "Oh..."
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Post by Frozen on May 12, 2020 13:45:37 GMT -5
Eelshock remained at his brother's side, his tail twitching anxiously. He had no clue what the medicine cats were talking about, but he hoped they would be able to help his brother. "Uh..." Deadpath's mind went blank when he looked her in the eye. Who else was on the patrol? Who else did Diamondheart tell him to bring? "U-Uh..." he shot a quick glance around the Clan, his heart skipping a pace faster that he just couldn't think of the simple names that Diamondheart had told him. "Oh!" He spotted Sharpthorn and the list came rushing back to him. "Shellstream, Sharpthorn, Shininglight, and Paleflower." After a moment, he flushed, realizing he said her name as well. Shellstream nodded hearing the names of the other cats. If she noticed Deadpath's slip up, she didn't make any indication of it. "Those are good choices. I hope we can find anything at all in these conditions." she spoke, standing with a stretch. She seemed preoccupied with something, not meeting Deadpath's eyes. |
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 12, 2020 13:51:34 GMT -5
Deadpath nodded stiffly at her reply and he looked up when Paleflower padded over to them. All they needed now was Sharpthorn and Shininglight "H-hey Paleflower," Deadpath squeaked in greeting.
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Post by Moonblazer on May 12, 2020 13:52:50 GMT -5
"See? I told you so! That means we can totally wrestle, right?" Mintkit perked up as she looked excitedly at her brother. The energetic little she-kit crouched a bit, as though desiring to wrestle right then and there.
Smogstorm rolled her eyes lightly at their energy and enthusiasm as she nudged Ottermask gently, keeping care to not hurt his burns. "Well, now you've done it. I can't understand Mintkit's obsession with wrestling." She teased.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 12, 2020 14:00:02 GMT -5
Maskkit flicked his ear, thinking over his father's words. He glanced at his sister and the way she was crouched before a smirk curled his lip. He pounced at her. "Gah!"
"They want to get stronger." Ottermask twitched his whiskers in amusement. "I used to be like that." Granted, his time in the nursery had been far darker than what his kits had now.
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