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When I think about going back to school I want to EAT my own SOCKS
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Post by ☾ αятємιѕ ☽ on Jul 9, 2017 17:18:56 GMT -5
--Sandstripe
Sandstripe glanced at Greywind, stunned by the royal guard's kindness. She laughed bitterly and scraped up the last of her herbs. "I have no chance. If Stoneheart doesn't wake up, Thunderheart will have me executed in the name of vengeance. If Stoneheart does wake up . . ." she shook her head. "He won't care about our past. He'll only care about making an example of me."
--Thunderheart & Stoneheart ((this is going to be long bc I just want to get it out of the way and get Stoneheart caught up on events lol))
Thunderheart realized he had left Stoneheart unguarded. He bolted for the royal tower, into the chamber where Stoneheart and Dewfern were talking. "Stoneheart," he gasped. "You're awake."
Stoneheart smiled faintly. "I hope the castle hasn't fallen apart without me."
"Sandstripe poisoned you!" Thunderheart blurted out.
Stoneheart's smiled faded. His eyes narrowed into a dangerous glower. "What."
"The herbs--she--and I--I thought you dead, so I--"
"Did you kill her?"
"No, I--"
"Why not?"
Thunderheart faltered. "I . . . she didn't tell me until I threatened to open the rat's nest--"
"You what?" Stoneheart stood up, baring his teeth. "Are you insane? You would endanger my entire kingdom just to find one killer?"
Thunderheart shrunk down. "I was panicked! I didn't know how many were involved, and no one would come forward . . ."
"You idiot! It doesn't matter if someone tried to assassinate the king if I don't even have a kingdom to rule over! You're lucky they didn't start a rebellion against you for this!"
"I . . . I was trying to do what you would do . . ."
"So even when you try to act like someone else you fail," Stoneheart growled.
Thunderheart flattened his ears and looked at the ground. ". . . They want a trial. They want Sandstripe to be judged fairly. I think that we have to do it. To make up for what I did."
Stoneheart lowered his tail and stared at Thunderheart. "What? A trail? We don't have trials. She must be executed."
"The castle wants a part in deciding whether or not she's guilty. They want it to be fair. They want to know that we're not out of control."
Stoneheart sat down and curled his tail over his feet. He was silent for a long time. ". . . Fine then," he said at length. "We will pick one cat from each rank, and they will hear the trail. They will discuss their opinions with the priests. But at the end of it, I decide what happens. Dewfern, you will stay here. You don't need to witness this."
Thunderheart opened his mouth and looked at Dewfern, considering telling his brother that Dewfern had already seen everything and should probably be allowed on the trial. But, wanting to avoid anymore insults, he closed his mouth and slipped out of the room, going to gather the cats who were necessary for the trial.
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Post by Bloodrose on Jul 9, 2017 17:33:18 GMT -5
((I honestly don't even know if I like Thunderheart or not bc sometimes I feel bad for him but other times I wanna punch him in his face 😂))
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 9, 2017 17:34:10 GMT -5
- - Dewfern
Dewfern felt a pang of sympathy for her uncle as he ran off. He had made mistakes (really mousebrained mistakes), but she couldn't help but feel sorry for the way her father talked down to him. The way he talked down to her. "Um... I already know. Everything about this." The princess turned her gaze down at her paws. "I kind of... Saw it all..?" She fidgeted her white paws, but kept her gaze to them, not wanting to see her father's reaction at all. "So. You know."
(Also, same.)
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☾ αятємιѕ ☽
When I think about going back to school I want to EAT my own SOCKS
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Post by ☾ αятємιѕ ☽ on Jul 9, 2017 17:49:08 GMT -5
(( Bloodrose same. Same. Me @ all of my ocs)) --Stoneheart Stoneheart scowled. "What do you mean, you saw it all?" --Thunderheart Thunderheart walked to the resting chambers. He tried to ignore the piercing stares he was met with upon his entrance. "Listen up," he said, but his voice lacked the conviction he had before his brother was awake. "We are going to have a trial to decide Sandstripe's fate. Stoneheart and I have picked seven cats to act as a jury. Littlesprings, Duskstorm, Lighttail, Skysong, Adderstripes, Wolfbite and Greywind. The rest of you may come and watch. We will meet at sun high in the Ancestor's Hall." He paused for a moment, as if there were something else he wanted to say. But he left without another word.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 9, 2017 17:57:44 GMT -5
- - Dewfern
Dewfern inhaled deeply, then exhaled as she said her next, nervous words. "You know what I mean." She met her father's gaze with wide blue eyes, silently praying that they could get through this. "I snuck out just before Thunderheart called everyone to the Rat's Nest, everyone got mad and started yelling..," she stopped for a moment, then added, "But then Sandstripe confessed, and everyone chased her until Greywind caught her. I saw everything, and I want to see how it ends." The she-cat curled her tail around her white paws tightly.
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Post by Bloodrose on Jul 9, 2017 18:02:34 GMT -5
Duskstorm sleepily blinked at him from where he lay curled up beneath Wolfbite's fluffy tail, his mentor narrowing his eyes with a sigh. He then looked at Duskstorm. 'For a cat who doesn't like to get involved in others affairs... you've certainly landed yourself in the thick of it.' '...so it seems.' Duskstorm softly replied. 'What will you do?' 'I'm going to try and get her banished.' 'Thrown out?' 'It's better than being killed. At least she'll have a fighting chance.'
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Jul 9, 2017 18:26:58 GMT -5
(Sorry for the confusion but Ripplestorm is just a normal guard)
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 9, 2017 18:28:48 GMT -5
(Sorry for the confusion but Ripplestorm is just a normal guard) (Ok! That's fine.)
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☾ αятємιѕ ☽
When I think about going back to school I want to EAT my own SOCKS
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Post by ☾ αятємιѕ ☽ on Jul 9, 2017 19:49:19 GMT -5
((This is my last post for tonight and then I'll be back the day after tomorrow))
--Stoneheart
"So you took advantage of my near death to break the one rule I have given to you?" Stoneheart curled his lip, then sighed heavily and looked away. "Forget it. I suppose that since you're our only option for a future ruler, you might as well come and see this trial. You'll need to start facing the harsh realities of being a ruler sooner or later. But this is just this once. You are not to leave the tower without my permission, understand? I don't want any conspirators to go after you too."
--Thunderheart
Thunderheart went to the gardens to deliver to news to the herbalists. He avoided any eye contact with Sandstripe and left with his head lowered. He looked defeated.
--Skysong
Skysong looked out at the sun. It wouldn't be long before the trial started. She closed her eyes and tried to shut out any sound, hoping to hear some glimmer of wisdom from the ancestors. Please help us reach a peaceful resolution, she prayed.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 9, 2017 20:08:16 GMT -5
- - Dewfern
"I-" Dewfern started, then became silent. She didn't want this future. Not in any way, shape, or form, but more than anything... The princess sighed and nodded as she acknowledged the simple fact that: she didn't want to have this conversation with her dad ever again. "O- Okay, Dad. I understand." Maybe Dewfern would be able to fight her father for this privilege another time, and maybe she would never be able to bring it up, but that time was definitely not now. Now, as she started to pad out of the room with a straight face, she thought about all the things she was suddenly losing. The feeling of grass under her paws, a future as a leader, Duskstorm- who had become the only cat she could now trust-, her favorite herbalist, and any remaining sense of freedom she had clung to for moons. But someday I know. I know it will get better. It will get.., she repeated this until she believed it as she came slowly down the stairs. Right now she had to focus on Sandstripe's trial.
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Post by Bloodrose on Jul 10, 2017 5:08:45 GMT -5
((Poor Dewfern))
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 8:39:31 GMT -5
Holy cow what have I missed.)
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 9:09:52 GMT -5
(Oh my gosh Dark okay here we go. Soooo basically Thunderheart gathered everyone to the Rat's Nest and started being all like 'guys I'm gonna do it' and the cats were like 'nooooo stop'. So then Sandstripe confessed and started running, then she got captured by Greywind, BUT THEN Duskstorm gave us a lovely idea in a speech that shut Thunderheart down: Cat trial for Sandstripe. So now Thunderheart is telling everyone to meet in the ancestors hall for it, a couple cats have been selected for the jury, it's gonna be lead by Skysong, and that's that. (Enjoy your hearty information soup))
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 9:11:45 GMT -5
(Oh my gosh Dark okay here we go. Soooo basically Thunderheart gathered everyone to the Rat's Nest and started being all like 'guys I'm gonna do it' and the cats were like 'nooooo stop'. So then Sandstripe confessed and started running, then she got captured by Greywind, BUT THEN Duskstorm gave us a lovely idea in a speech that shut Thunderheart down: Cat trial for Sandstripe. So now Thunderheart is telling everyone to meet in the ancestors hall for it, a couple cats have been selected for the jury, it's gonna be lead by Skysong, and that's that. (Enjoy your hearty information soup)) Dang okay well that's what I get for going on vacation and getting grounded.)
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 14:21:49 GMT -5
(Yeah, really. XD)
(I'm just gonna start gathering my characters in the hall............)
- - Lighttail
To say the least, Lighttail was... A little upset. Today just wasn't really going the way she had hoped, what with her former mentor going rogue and trying to kill the king. Now she had the chance be on the jury deciding Sandstripe's fate, but she wasn't sure what she would decide. On one paw, she was furious with her for letting Lighttail take the blame for putting poison in the king's herbs, but on the other paw... She was her old mentor. The she-cat found herself lost in this endless thought loop as she waited in the Ancestor's Hall, her tail coiling and uncoiling anxiously around her dusty, ginger paws.
- - Flamewhisker
Flamewhisker padded through the halls slowly, trying to take in the fresh air to sort of... Push the spiraling questions out of his head? He desperately wanted to know everything about all of this. Did Sandstripe really do it, or is she still lying? Is the king okay? Is anyone else involved? Apparently the air didn't work so well to empty his mind. The tom started to come to the Ancestor's Hall, feeling excitement course through his veins as he thought about the coming trial. And despite the constant buzzing of questions in his mind, one seemed to stick out among all others. Maybe I'll get a chance to protect the king from her! Because this was what he truly wanted more than anything.
- - Tawnyclaw
Tawnyclaw sat on the edge of the hall, waiting for the whole trial to start. In her mind she thought only about her and Honeyburr's plot to somehow start a bit of an uprising. She was a little shaken up as she watched a couple cats filter into the area for a traitor's trial. Maybe this was her future. She lashed her tail in frustration as she thought about the idea of her poisoning the king like that. Tawnyclaw would never have done it. She would have found a group to confront the royals and tell them to step down or something, not kill the guy. The orange and brown she-cat took a deep breath.
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 14:29:46 GMT -5
Honeyburr padded toward the Ancestor' s hall and thought about why they would all travel there. She would never do something so extravagant as this she would use logic to change the castle' s ruler not lying.
Waspbite trotted to find some pretty she-cat to sit by and bother as he endured the boring trial.
Rosebriar tip toed into the back of the hall and sat by the wall though she was disgusted that someone would try to kill the king she would never speak up.
Basilwhisker sat and kept an eye on whatever royals might be there. He was happy that at least it was the king that they attempted to murder and not poor Dewfern.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 15:05:59 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw
Tawnyclaw spotted Honeyburr coming in and soon found herself padding toward her. "Hey," she greeted as she approached the she-cat. "What do you think of all this?" She sat down a pace of two away, then gestured to the scattered clump of cats that was growing by the minute for the strange trial. It was a little unprecedented, the idea of a fair trial for the castle, but she thought it was a step up.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 15:07:28 GMT -5
(Oh she'll be back tomorrow for the trial. But yeah, sorry. XD)
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 15:12:35 GMT -5
- - TawnyclawTawnyclaw spotted Honeyburr coming in and soon found herself padding toward her. "Hey," she greeted as she approached the she-cat. "What do you think of all this?" She sat down a pace of two away, then gestured to the scattered clump of cats that was growing by the minute for the strange trial. It was a little unprecedented, the idea of a fair trial for the castle, but she thought it was a step up. "It's crazy but it wasn't smart for her to do what she did." Honeyburr said her expression was fairly unreadable.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 15:52:42 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw
"Part of me thinks she did something... Kind of brave, but I think it's just too much. I can't decide if she's insane or just really... Misguided," she suggested with a small shrug. Tawnyclaw wasn't really sure if she believed that she was simply misguided, but lately everything seemed so confusing and dramatic she might be able to see how something could have gotten lost in the labyrinth of Sandstripe's assassinating brain.
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 15:57:02 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw"Part of me thinks she did something... Kind of brave, but I think it's just too much. I can't decide if she's insane or just really... Misguided," she suggested with a small shrug. Tawnyclaw wasn't really sure if she believed that she was simply misguided, but lately everything seemed so confusing and dramatic she might be able to see how something could have gotten lost in the labyrinth of Sandstripe's assassinating brain. "There could be a hundred better ways to do something like that at least. It was not anything respectable in the least." Honeyburr said shaking her head.
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Post by Bloodrose on Jul 10, 2017 16:22:51 GMT -5
Duskstorm silently entered the hall, his head held high, Wolfbite at his side. 'I hope this goes well.' Duskstorm breathed. 'I'll support your decisions, Duskstorm.' Wolfbite assured him, gently butting his head as they walked. Duskstorm took his place in the jury, giving off an air of strategic, intelligent calm. Wolfbite backed him up with his large presence, the two talking in hushed tones.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 17:20:05 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw
"Yeah. You're right," she mumbled, shaking off the doubt. "I have a feeling she's going to get executed. I mean, there's no way to avoid it, right?" Tawnyclaw's paws sort of gripped the stone as she found herself suddenly invested in the future of the trial. This is actually going to be kind of interesting, she thought with a suppressed hint of excitement.
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 17:28:08 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw"Yeah. You're right," she mumbled, shaking off the doubt. "I have a feeling she's going to get executed. I mean, there's no way to avoid it, right?" Tawnyclaw's paws sort of gripped the stone as she found herself suddenly invested in the future of the trial. This is actually going to be kind of interesting, she thought with a suppressed hint of excitement. "That would be quite dreadful but at least it won't be us with her blood on our paws." Honeyburr said. She was interested to see what would be unburied throughout the trial.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Jul 10, 2017 17:37:05 GMT -5
Hey)
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 18:59:40 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw
"I hope it doesn't come to that. Maybe they can just banish her so there's no blood at all. Though I don't know how well an herbalist like that would do in the Heath," she mewed, lifting a tawny paw up to lick it. Tawnyclaw pondered what the jury would decide. Quite a few of the cats on the jury were grumps, so the outcome could be... Well, she really didn't know.
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Post by Scartail48 on Jul 10, 2017 19:00:01 GMT -5
(Heyyyy)
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Post by Mother Dark on Jul 10, 2017 20:06:46 GMT -5
- - Tawnyclaw"I hope it doesn't come to that. Maybe they can just banish her so there's no blood at all. Though I don't know how well an herbalist like that would do in the Heath," she mewed, lifting a tawny paw up to lick it. Tawnyclaw pondered what the jury would decide. Quite a few of the cats on the jury were grumps, so the outcome could be... Well, she really didn't know. "We'll just have to see how it goes." Honeyburr said.
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