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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 10, 2024 21:04:06 GMT -5
"It's just like something out of a kit tale..." Willownose mewed tersely. Of course the Dark Forest would try to get revenge through Spiritstar's living son - and they succeeded. "What pointless loss. All of it. Why can't the Dark Forest rot in their stupid swamp for good?" she vented. "All we want is to serve SkyClan as honorable warriors, not stomp all over the forest with power over everyone. It's all greed." "I hope Nettlesting is happier wherever he's gone, really." Firefang nodded in agreement. "It wouldn't do us any good for him to sit around camp or force him to fight when he clearly wanted to go. His father must be outside of the Clans." he flicked his tail absentmindedly. "But I don't see that makes much of a difference." “Greed and arrogance breeds obsession. And weakness.” Redspring scoffed, boldly lifting her chin as she decided. “The Dark Forest were defeated then, we’ll defeat them again, just like our parents did.” She assured, remembering her mother and father’s bravery all those moons ago. “We’re not kits and apprentices under Robinstar’s claws anymore. And if they want a fight, they’ll get a fight. That, I swear my life on.” “I guess we should have noticed when he willingly passed Twigpaw’s mentorship on. He had no regret in his voice. I don’t think he ever wanted to be a mentor, let alone continue being a Warrior.” Buzzardfall shook her head. “And cats like that, they can’t handle a life like ours. He must have known that when Spiritstar and Silvercloud were brought back dead…” |
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Post by Frozen on Sept 10, 2024 21:58:46 GMT -5
"You're right. They failed once. The fact that they've spent moons brooding in the shadows over the same goal changes nothing. We'll just stop them again." Willownose agreed with a snort. "We owe it to our parents, to SkyClan, and to those who didn't survive their grab for power." She spotted a robin chirping on a tree branch above. "Speaking of robins..."
Firefang hummed in consideration. "To be fair, no cat should have to witness their leader and senior warrior being brought back dead. But I've never seen a cat turn down being a mentor before." he wondered. "That was probably a sign we should've noticed."
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 12, 2024 20:05:43 GMT -5
"You're right. They failed once. The fact that they've spent moons brooding in the shadows over the same goal changes nothing. We'll just stop them again." Willownose agreed with a snort. "We owe it to our parents, to SkyClan, and to those who didn't survive their grab for power." She spotted a robin chirping on a tree branch above. "Speaking of robins..." Firefang hummed in consideration. "To be fair, no cat should have to witness their leader and senior warrior being brought back dead. But I've never seen a cat turn down being a mentor before." he wondered. "That was probably a sign we should've noticed." “Robin? All I see is our next prey.” Redspring smirked up at the tree, before she flicked an ear. “Let’s do a flushing maneuver. I’ll climb the tree over there, you climb the robin’s tree, once it flies over to my tree, I’ll snag it.” She decided quickly. “Apparently he hadn’t been doing all that well for Twigpaw from the start. Spiritstar put too much faith in him and he failed Twigpaw. No wonder Twigpaw responded so angrily.” Buzzardfall shook her head sadly before she admitted. “Mentoring Firescorch was a privilege, and we were very different but I wouldn’t have asked for a better apprentice, ya know?” |
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Post by Frozen on Sept 12, 2024 22:00:38 GMT -5
"Right! Let's bring this juicy prey back to camp for someone. It'll only help." Willownose moved to scale the base of the robin's tree, finding it as natural as ever. She craned her head to see how far along Redspring was in the other tree. For a brief moment, she felt herself forgetting their troubles in camp. It was nice to hunt with her, just as they usually did.
Firefang shook his head in dismay. "Twigpaw deserves a mentor that can do him right. I won't deny that, and I'd never let Fallstone down like that." he said. "I'm happy that you had a great experience with Firescorch. Has he been well?"
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 12, 2024 22:37:22 GMT -5
"Right! Let's bring this juicy prey back to camp for someone. It'll only help." Willownose moved to scale the base of the robin's tree, finding it as natural as ever. She craned her head to see how far along Redspring was in the other tree. For a brief moment, she felt herself forgetting their troubles in camp. It was nice to hunt with her, just as they usually did. Firefang shook his head in dismay. "Twigpaw deserves a mentor that can do him right. I won't deny that, and I'd never let Fallstone down like that." he said. "I'm happy that you had a great experience with Firescorch. Has he been well?" Redspring slipped silently up the tree, moons of training making her climbing second nature. She eyed Willownose, winking to her once she was in position. With a quiet wave of her tail, she signaled for her closest friend to start the team hunt. “He’s been…” Buzzardfall hesitated, eyes flashing with conflict as she admitted. “I think he’s been okay. He’s not one to share his feelings, but I could tell that Frostyfoot’s banishment affected him more than one might think. Knowing his parents were once breaking the Code, maybe it worried him.” She shook her head. “Cometblaze has proved himself a Skyclan Warrior now. And Firescorch earned his name, I know first paw he has. I just never want him feeling like how Echowing felt, or… responding the way she did.” She grimaced. |
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Post by Frozen on Sept 13, 2024 23:15:00 GMT -5
Willownose narrowed her eyes in focus once she had the signal and slipped onto the branch. Once she had balance on the branch, she crept forward and began to make the branch rise and fall slightly with her movement. The robin tilted its head around in acknowledgement and began to fly toward Redspring's tree.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Firefang murmured. The tom rested his tail on Buzzardfall's back in comfort. "You're very keen to notice his feelings. He doesn't seem like a cat who would share them openly. I think we've all been affected by what's happened..." he sighed. "You're right. Anything we can do to help makes a difference."
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 14, 2024 14:42:50 GMT -5
Willownose narrowed her eyes in focus once she had the signal and slipped onto the branch. Once she had balance on the branch, she crept forward and began to make the branch rise and fall slightly with her movement. The robin tilted its head around in acknowledgement and began to fly toward Redspring's tree. "I'm sorry to hear that." Firefang murmured. The tom rested his tail on Buzzardfall's back in comfort. "You're very keen to notice his feelings. He doesn't seem like a cat who would share them openly. I think we've all been affected by what's happened..." he sighed. "You're right. Anything we can do to help makes a difference." Redspring bunched her legs, a powerful leap sending her upwards as the robin tried to fly to the branch right above her. She managed to grasp it in her jaws as she landed on the branch, her claws digging in. With one paw, she held down the bird and killed it quickly. Thanking Starclan for the catch, she called down. “There’s one. Easy as can be. Though, we’ve done this countless times.” She smirked. Buzzardfall felt her heart flutter at Firefang’s assurances, warmed by the tom’s kind words. She chuckled. “I know that I can trust you. We did train our apprentices together most of the time. You know, I really liked being a mentor with you. Seeing you train Fallstone was impressive. I wanted to be as good at it as you were.” She blinked, a bit shy for a moment. |
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Post by Frozen on Sept 23, 2024 20:37:48 GMT -5
"Nicely done," Willownose smirked back. She licked her chops at the idea of eating the catch, though she knew there were many other cats who needed it more. "Let's see what else we can find."
Firefang smiled at the compliment. Buzzardfall's words had given him joy, and he reminisced on their time together as mentors fondly. "Really? I didn't think I was anything special..." he mewed sheepishly.
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 23, 2024 21:00:24 GMT -5
"Nicely done," Willownose smirked back. She licked her chops at the idea of eating the catch, though she knew there were many other cats who needed it more. "Let's see what else we can find." Firefang smiled at the compliment. Buzzardfall's words had given him joy, and he reminisced on their time together as mentors fondly. "Really? I didn't think I was anything special..." he mewed sheepishly. “Maybe we could try the cliff crevices. The mice hide out there.” Redspring offered, knowing that it was easier too to flush out the mice and wait for them to run into their paws. That, and she wanted to climb up and survey the territory for any prey-maulers, if any decided to come into Skyclan. “That’s because you’re humble.” Buzzardfall humored, nudging Firefang’s shoulder with her own before she offered a playful grin. “I should compliment you more. It’s fun to see you fluster.” She teased. |
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Post by Frozen on Sept 23, 2024 21:39:21 GMT -5
Willownose flicked her ear in consideration. "We can try that. I wonder if anyone has been there recently." she agreed, springing down from her branch back onto the ground. "Might be a good time to scout the territory."
"Huh? Hey!" Firefang seemed to fluster on command, not expecting her compliments to go further. He could feel the tips of his ears burn as he regained his composure. "You're honest if anything else... we really are comfortable around each other, aren't we?"
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 23, 2024 22:21:46 GMT -5
“It’s like you read my mind.” Redspring rumbled, her purr rusty yet knowing as she nearly laughed at Willownose’s suggestion. There was a reason Redspring adored her so much. The red she-cat moved to bury their catch, before she looked up at the nearby cliffs. She offered. “First one to the top wins?”
Buzzardfall giggled at his fluster, before she hummed thoughtfully. “Yeah, I guess so! Really, admittedly, there aren’t many cats I’m super close with. I like everybody, but… you know, the kind of thing Redspring and Willownose have, or like. Starlingdust and Bluewing, that intense bond? I don’t really have that. But!” She looked at Firefang, bold yet honest. “I could see you being that kind of cat for me… if you want to!” She added quickly.
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Post by Frozen on Sept 24, 2024 21:58:42 GMT -5
Willownose looked at Redspring fondly. "Of course. We wouldn't be so close if we didn't think the same way! Race you!" she laughed, immediately taking off for the nearby cliffs. Being out here, running to the cliffs like a WindClan cat... it felt so freeing.
Firefang looked at her with surprise. Did she really mean that? "Really? Because, to be honest... I've felt like I like everyone too, you know. But nobody really caught my eye before." Despite his words, she HAD managed to fluster him. "Is that something you would want?"
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 25, 2024 16:59:27 GMT -5
Willownose looked at Redspring fondly. "Of course. We wouldn't be so close if we didn't think the same way! Race you!" she laughed, immediately taking off for the nearby cliffs. Being out here, running to the cliffs like a WindClan cat... it felt so freeing. Firefang looked at her with surprise. Did she really mean that? "Really? Because, to be honest... I've felt like I like everyone too, you know. But nobody really caught my eye before." Despite his words, she HAD managed to fluster him. "Is that something you would want?" Redspring bolted after Willownose with a gleam of challenge and delight in her eyes. Even in the midst of such awful tragedy, she was grateful that she had Willownose, and Ashfeather here with her. She leaped up a few ledges, powerful legs springing her forwards. She snickered. “If you can keep up, sure!” “I’d like that!” Buzzardfall nodded quickly, surprised by how sure her own voice sounded. She gave the tom a humored chuckle. “I’m always looking for good company. And, well. Who knows where it could go? But, I think that makes it exciting.” She purred. |
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Post by Frozen on Sept 25, 2024 22:10:20 GMT -5
"I can always keep up!" Willownose called as Redspring gained on her through taking the ledges. She sprang onto her own set of ledges, graceful and quick. Now would be a bad time to slip and injure herself.
Firefang almost couldn't believe Buzzardfall's open sincerity. It honestly made him uneasy - everyone around them was feeling such despair... was now a good time for this? He self-consciously looked around. "Um... hold on, Buzzardfall. Not to say I'm not curious, but... do you think we should take it a bit slow, with everything going on?"
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Post by Moonblazer on Sept 25, 2024 22:44:35 GMT -5
"I can always keep up!" Willownose called as Redspring gained on her through taking the ledges. She sprang onto her own set of ledges, graceful and quick. Now would be a bad time to slip and injure herself. Firefang almost couldn't believe Buzzardfall's open sincerity. It honestly made him uneasy - everyone around them was feeling such despair... was now a good time for this? He self-consciously looked around. "Um... hold on, Buzzardfall. Not to say I'm not curious, but... do you think we should take it a bit slow, with everything going on?" “Oh can you?” Redspring called, springing from one ledge to the next. She glanced down, only to startle lightly at how close Willownose was to passing her to the top. She grunted. “You’re not messing around!” Buzzardfall now became the flustered one, a surge of guilt running through her as she startled back a step. She righted herself with a quick cough, nodding quickly. “Oh! You’re right, I didn’t mean to come off as… well, I mean, not during…” She trailed off, looking away for a long moment before she mewed meekly. “Just, uh. Forget what I said. Sorry, that… sorry!” She shuffled, suddenly feeling a hot wave of shame. He was right. This couldn’t have been a worse time to let her feelings overtake her awareness. She felt an urge to flee from him now, surely having embarrassed him. |
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 14, 2024 12:14:58 GMT -5
(Gonna be updating the Front Page a bit! If anyone wants anything added to their characters, please let me know!)
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Post by Scarfur on Oct 14, 2024 14:35:01 GMT -5
(Spiderbite is the current Medicine Cat now, Lavendersky is basically an elder XD She's hanging on by a really thin thread.)
(I dunno if you want to put that in plots, but Spiderbite ran off to try and drag Cliffheart back before she dies. So currently the clan is both leaderless, and medicine catless. Lavendersky is not physically capable of aiding ailing cats, only able to give advice.)
(Oh, Nightsky is probably already dead at this point, just never rped it. She's older than Lavendersky)
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 14, 2024 16:00:35 GMT -5
(Spiderbite is the current Medicine Cat now, Lavendersky is basically an elder XD She's hanging on by a really thin thread.) (I dunno if you want to put that in plots, but Spiderbite ran off to try and drag Cliffheart back before she dies. So currently the clan is both leaderless, and medicine catless. Lavendersky is not physically capable of aiding ailing cats, only able to give advice.) (Oh, Nightsky is probably already dead at this point, just never rped it. She's older than Lavendersky) (I added Spiderbite going to Shadowclan to the news, but I’ll pop it into the plot section as Lavendersky’s Final Wish. Good points! As for Nightsky, would you like to say she died from the poisoned prey?) |
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Post by Scarfur on Oct 14, 2024 20:06:15 GMT -5
(That works for me. Kinda funny to me actually, reformed Dark Forest kitty taken out by bad prey!)
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 14, 2024 20:08:19 GMT -5
(Poor Spiderbite, lost his mama now too ;.; RIP Queen Nightsky, I loved your name)
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Post by Scarfur on Oct 14, 2024 20:12:38 GMT -5
(He still has his three siblings! If I remember *And am not dead from work* I can rp those three.)
(If prey didn't get her, age probably did. But now she gets to be with Whitesand again! The tom that died before seeing his kits, lost to the evils his mate left behind.)
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 14, 2024 21:10:51 GMT -5
Yeee! I remember those three. And good to know they’re reunited! :3 )
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Post by Scarfur on Oct 26, 2024 18:51:13 GMT -5
Lavendersky tipped her head some, an ear twitched as she listened to the wind. No, I refuse to heed your call. You can pester me all you want Starclan, my furry tail is remaining right here. She hissed in thought. She struggled to get to her paws, but only fell back into her nest instead. While Spiderbite was gone, she had gotten more than an earful from his siblings trying to take care of her in his place. She found them to all be annoying pests. At least Sandspirit's insistent babbling kept her awake.
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 26, 2024 19:42:14 GMT -5
Lavendersky tipped her head some, an ear twitched as she listened to the wind. No, I refuse to heed your call. You can pester me all you want Starclan, my furry tail is remaining right here. She hissed in thought. She struggled to get to her paws, but only fell back into her nest instead. While Spiderbite was gone, she had gotten more than an earful from his siblings trying to take care of her in his place. She found them to all be annoying pests. At least Sandspirit's insistent babbling kept her awake. Basilpaw paced slowly outside the medicine den. When he had seen Spiderbite's siblings coming in, he couldn't help but wander towards the den he had stayed in just a few days ago, when Spiritstar... no. Not Spiritstar. Someone else. It had to be, no matter how crazy he knew he sounded, had threatened him to silence. He slipped meekly into the den, voice quiet as he begged Sandspirit. "Is... is she doing okay?..." |
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Post by Frozen on Oct 26, 2024 22:04:41 GMT -5
"I can always keep up!" Willownose called as Redspring gained on her through taking the ledges. She sprang onto her own set of ledges, graceful and quick. Now would be a bad time to slip and injure herself. Firefang almost couldn't believe Buzzardfall's open sincerity. It honestly made him uneasy - everyone around them was feeling such despair... was now a good time for this? He self-consciously looked around. "Um... hold on, Buzzardfall. Not to say I'm not curious, but... do you think we should take it a bit slow, with everything going on?" “Oh can you?” Redspring called, springing from one ledge to the next. She glanced down, only to startle lightly at how close Willownose was to passing her to the top. She grunted. “You’re not messing around!” Buzzardfall now became the flustered one, a surge of guilt running through her as she startled back a step. She righted herself with a quick cough, nodding quickly. “Oh! You’re right, I didn’t mean to come off as… well, I mean, not during…” She trailed off, looking away for a long moment before she mewed meekly. “Just, uh. Forget what I said. Sorry, that… sorry!” She shuffled, suddenly feeling a hot wave of shame. He was right. This couldn’t have been a worse time to let her feelings overtake her awareness. She felt an urge to flee from him now, surely having embarrassed him. Willownose closed the gap between her and Redspring right as they reached the top. She gave a huff and regained her footing, looking back at the she-cat with a victorious smirk. "I never mess around when it comes to my climbing and jumping skills. What kind of SkyClan cat would I be?" "No! Buzzardfall, wait." Firefang quickly added, taking a step forward. "Please don't feel bad. I know you didn't mean that. But I do think we should take things slow." he consoled. He didn't want her to run away from him in guilt! "That's all. SkyClan needs us, you know?" |
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 26, 2024 22:34:48 GMT -5
“Oh can you?” Redspring called, springing from one ledge to the next. She glanced down, only to startle lightly at how close Willownose was to passing her to the top. She grunted. “You’re not messing around!” Buzzardfall now became the flustered one, a surge of guilt running through her as she startled back a step. She righted herself with a quick cough, nodding quickly. “Oh! You’re right, I didn’t mean to come off as… well, I mean, not during…” She trailed off, looking away for a long moment before she mewed meekly. “Just, uh. Forget what I said. Sorry, that… sorry!” She shuffled, suddenly feeling a hot wave of shame. He was right. This couldn’t have been a worse time to let her feelings overtake her awareness. She felt an urge to flee from him now, surely having embarrassed him. Willownose closed the gap between her and Redspring right as they reached the top. She gave a huff and regained her footing, looking back at the she-cat with a victorious smirk. "I never mess around when it comes to my climbing and jumping skills. What kind of SkyClan cat would I be?" "No! Buzzardfall, wait." Firefang quickly added, taking a step forward. "Please don't feel bad. I know you didn't mean that. But I do think we should take things slow." he consoled. He didn't want her to run away from him in guilt! "That's all. SkyClan needs us, you know?" "A pretty rotten one, that's for sure. May as well just join Thunderclan and play pretend with your trees." Redspring scoffed with a smirk, before she looked down across the territory with a long and slow breath. "It always seems so peaceful up here, even when I know it's anything but down below. Soothing, in a way. Just for a little while." She admitted, terse yet honest per usual. Buzzardfall stopped, still warm with embarrassment as she nodded quickly. "Yeah, yeah, no, I get what you're saying. It's the right thing to do, really. I'm used to jumping headfirst into these things, so... this is new to me, but for you, that's worth it." She assured, looking up at Firefang as she pushed her embarrassment away. "I know. Skyclan does need us." |
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Post by Scarfur on Oct 27, 2024 13:50:11 GMT -5
Sandspirit looked towards Basilpaw, blue eyes mirroring those of her mother's as she looked back towards the depths of the den. Despite being a small cat, she turned to lead Basilpaw away, shaking her head, "She's dying, Basilpaw." Her normally bubbly voice was somber for once.
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 27, 2024 14:02:31 GMT -5
Sandspirit looked towards Basilpaw, blue eyes mirroring those of her mother's as she looked back towards the depths of the den. Despite being a small cat, she turned to lead Basilpaw away, shaking her head, "She's dying, Basilpaw." Her normally bubbly voice was somber for once. Basilpaw wilted painfully, his eyes round as he pleaded. “But… but, we just lost Spiritstar, and Silvercloud. Whitesun’s gone too! We can’t lose Lavendersky too, she… she’s always been here.” He mourned, padding in further into the den to try and get closer to the medicine cat. “I need to tell her something, uhm. Important. Do you think she’ll be able to understand me?” He asked, not knowing how far gone she was yet. |
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Post by Scarfur on Oct 27, 2024 14:12:12 GMT -5
Sandspirit shook her head, "Lavendersky has been around for many moons. Thankfully, we still have my brother, Spiderbite is just as much of Medicine Cat as Lavendersky." She meowed before glancing back. "She's there, but you might have to speak close to her, she can't hear very well anymore."
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 27, 2024 14:22:17 GMT -5
Sandspirit shook her head, "Lavendersky has been around for many moons. Thankfully, we still have my brother, Spiderbite is just as much of Medicine Cat as Lavendersky." She meowed before glancing back. "She's there, but you might have to speak close to her, she can't hear very well anymore." “I know. Spiderbite’s the best we have, I trust him.” Basilpaw nodded in understanding, before he mewed. “Thank you, Sandspirit.” He padded further into the den before he stopped right at Lavendersky’s side. Lowering himself down, he spoke close to her. “Lavendersky… Spiritstar, before she died, I heard what she said to you. All those things. But… I don’t think that was her. Is that true? I-I’m not crazy, am I?” He sniffled once, saddened. “I’m really going to miss you, when you go.” |
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