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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 15:43:53 GMT -5
Harewhisker frowned deeply when Swiftstar moved away and he found himself thankful that Dashclaw didn't push the leader further. Harewhisker had found Swiftstar out on the moors before finding Dashclaw in the tunnels. There was no telling what the leader had gone through before Harewhisker found him. He turned to his mate and started grooming Frostpetal's pelt, his ears tilted back. He wasn't going to do it. He wasn't going to go over to his brother and talk to him. It wouldn't end well for either of them.
Dashclaw didn't look up at anyone. When Swiftstar walked away, he turned around and found a nice corner of Highstones to lay down in, away from everyone.
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 15:59:14 GMT -5
Frostpetal purred slightly as Harewhisker groomed her pelt, but her eyes followed Dashclaw. He looked miserable. Whatever had gone down between him and Swiftstar had not ended well for either of them. She was tempted to talk to Harewhisker about it, but held her tounge. Closing her eyes she leaned into her mate, wishing there was more she could do.
Swiftstar sat down near the entrance to Mothermouth and wrapped his tail around his paws. Another cough racked his body and he attempted to stifle it. Now wasn't the time for weakness.
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 16:03:31 GMT -5
Grasslight hesitated, having seen her mate move off by himself. Her paws itched to race after him, wanting to make sure he was alright, that he wasn’t injured. She swallowed, before weaving her way through the clan and towards the older warrior. Her ears fell a bit as she got closer.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 16:08:18 GMT -5
Harewhisker continued to groom his mate's pelt, trying to distract himself from his brother.
Dashclaw didn't notice Grasslight approaching. He laid with his back toward the Clan and his head on his paws, just staring at nothing.
(I would offer Hare to talk to Swift if you want, but I feel like that might be more a Blacktail or Fallowmeadow thing. )
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 16:26:26 GMT -5
Grasslight hesitated for a moment, before her care for him won over, and she sidled up to his side, mewing weakly.
“Oh, I thought I had...I thought I lost you too, for a moment there. Oh, Dashclaw, what happened?...Why are you over here?” She fretted, padding closer to him.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 16:35:02 GMT -5
Dashclaw couldn't get himself to turn his head and look at her. A bitter, sunken feeling had covered his heart. "I lost my way and a tunnel collapsed on my leg..." Repeating the story just drove home the shame. He had failed one too many times as a tunneler and now he would never get the chance to make his father proud.
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 16:38:03 GMT -5
((probably lol., but it's the thought that counts haha))
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on May 11, 2020 16:46:19 GMT -5
(XD)
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 16:48:39 GMT -5
I'm gonna wake up Stagpaw soon.
I also have Patchriver open to rp with.
Hey Willow. How do you wanna progress with Patch x Gold??))
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 17:08:40 GMT -5
Dashclaw couldn't get himself to turn his head and look at her. A bitter, sunken feeling had covered his heart. "I lost my way and a tunnel collapsed on my leg..." Repeating the story just drove home the shame. He had failed one too many times as a tunneler and now he would never get the chance to make his father proud. "You're alive." Grasslight murmured, her eyes gleaming with raw relief and emotion. "Even through that, you came back to me." She moved those last few steps, pressing her muzzle to his shoulders with a shaking breath. "Are you injured? Have you been checked over?...There's something else that's bothering you, isn't there?" She asked, not wanting to ask him directly yet though. Whatever Swiftstar had said, had hurt her mate deeply. |
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Post by Foxstar26 on May 11, 2020 17:16:43 GMT -5
I here)
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Post by Moonblazer on May 11, 2020 17:25:04 GMT -5
(Heyo Fox!)
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 17:53:35 GMT -5
patience Jekyll XD it's still the same day in the rp. We can have them interact again but it'd be a great way to build up their relationship further by working together when they're rebuilding the camp or something along those lines )
Eclipsesky nodded, glancing over at the apprentice to make sure he was still asleep. "Sagefoot brought him to me actually." he mewed, "She found him talking to himself, completely unaware of his wounds."
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 18:28:44 GMT -5
Silverspirit hummed softly to herself. "Poor Stagpaw...hopefully he'll recover." she stole another glance at the medicine cat, wishing she could read minds.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 18:39:47 GMT -5
Eclipsesky flicked his tail, looking back to her, some of his confidence returning. "Dawnshadow and I will take care of him. His burns will heal, he's young I doubt they'll even scar. He may need some guidance after the fire, but we will do our best to aid him in healing emotionally as well."
Fallowmeadow padded over to Swiftstar, dragging a hare behind her. "Lots of hunting patrols have gone out." she mewed dropping it in front of him. "You should be proud of your clan."
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 18:56:58 GMT -5
Silverspirit nodded, maintaining his eye contact "I know you will." She murmured, eyes lingering on him. "You must be hungry." she said suddenly. "Let me go get something for you."
Swiftstar sighed. "I made Dashclaw a moor runner again, and I don't think he's very happy with me." he said, pausing to cough a few times. "It's for the best for him and the whole clan, I know that, but I think it'll be awhile before he believes me. He laid down, not wanting to eat the rabbit if someone else in the clan needed it more.
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 18:59:24 GMT -5
Stagpaw shifted at last, his head raising up as he looked blurrily around. Remembering the events that had happened the tom's breath began to quicken and his eyes dilated as he went into a panic once more, sitting up and shaking his head as he tried to get the memories to leave him alone.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 19:01:08 GMT -5
Eclipsesky shot up as he heard the apprentice move around "Stagpaw! Calm down, you're okay! You're with me, we're at highstones. Everything is okay." he mewed, trying to replicate the soothing tone his mother had when he and his sister had been kits.
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 19:03:01 GMT -5
"No! The fire... it's everywhere! I have to find them! I have to save them!" The tom began to cry as he fought to spot some way to find and save his family, his mind throwing him to that day.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 19:06:40 GMT -5
Eclipsesky stood directly infront of the apprentice. Placing his paw on the top of his head as he tried to break through. "Stagpaw. Look at me." he mewed firmly. "The fire is no where near us. Your parents are in Starclan. They will protect you."
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 19:08:08 GMT -5
Stagpaw gazed around frantically for several more moments before he finally seemed to spot Eclipsesky and his eyes focused just barely.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 19:20:32 GMT -5
Fallowmeadow nudged the rabbit towards her mate more insistently. "Eat please, especially if you're still not going to see Eclipsesky. The clan has plenty. Dashclaw will come around. I understand him wanting to please his father though. You can't say he didn't try."
Eclipsesky got eye to eye with the apprentice, barely a feat being such a small tom, "Come on Stagpaw, you can do it. We're here for you. The fire is gone. You're safe. I'll take care of you."
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 19:23:33 GMT -5
Stagpaw slowly began to fall back into reality and his eyes focused on the face of Eclipsesky. "My family... I should've gone back for them." He burrowed his face into the other tom's chest and cried like he had never cried before, finally allowing his barriers to break and his emotions to come out into the open.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 19:26:29 GMT -5
Eclipsesky tensed, not expecting the apprentice to get so close to him. He looked over at Silverspirit is surprise but slowly relaxed, letting the apprentice mourn his parents. "You were young Stagpaw, there wasn't much you could've done."
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 19:28:18 GMT -5
"They told me to run and hide. I shouldn't have listened! I should've gone back to help them with my sisters!" His entire body was shaking as he cried.
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 19:30:59 GMT -5
Swiftstar begrudgingly took a bite of rabbit. "Fine, but you're sharing it with me." he muttered. "I know, he wants to please his father, but in all honesty his father is dead. He's not going to please him by making himself miserable. I'm not letting him put my warriors in danger." Swiftstar sighed. "I've decided to keep him a senior moor-runner. He's fantastic at what he does....when he's moor running."
Silverspirit watched the exchange between Stagpaw and Eclipsesky with wide eyes, unsure of what to do.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 19:36:17 GMT -5
Fallowmeadow took a small bit of the rabbit, "Dashclaw will see that you were doing the right thing. Maybe once he gets back into his usual moor runner routine he will realize what he's been missing."
Eclipsesky placed his tail on the apprentice's shoulder in comfort. "It's in the past Stagpaw, you are allowed to mourn the loss of your family, but you cannot change it."
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Post by Firebelly on May 11, 2020 19:42:03 GMT -5
Swiftstar nodded, coughing again. "Here's hoping" he sighed, taking another bite. "He accused me of caring for moor-runners more than tunnelers. I don't mean to come across that way...maybe I do."
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Post by Jekyll on May 11, 2020 19:47:54 GMT -5
Stagpaw continued cry, his body shaking fiercely as his cries turned to sobs. It took awhile until the tom began to calm down even a little and even longer still for his body to begin to relax. His breathing evened and it wasn't long after that when the tom fell into a fitful sleep.
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Post by Willow on May 11, 2020 20:06:41 GMT -5
Fallowmeadow sighed "You were... are a moor runner first and so am I, you may come across to have slight favoritism but your own son is a tunneler and you have always respected the art of tunneling. Dashclaw was most likely just mad and wanted you to know it."
Eclipsesky carefully moved away from the tom when he thought he was deep in sleep, he sighed looking over to Silverspirit, unsure what to say.
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