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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 7, 2023 19:42:11 GMT -5
Jadefeather motioned for Firepaw to follow her, mewing quickly. "Okay, so. We'll start on the ground here. We're going to look mostly for birds. Twolegplace is practically swarming with them sometimes, like Featherfoot said." She nodded, looking down at the apprentice.
Featherfoot led Tigerpaw calmly through the edge of the Twolegplace, mewing. "This will be a good lesson for you. You'll typically find mice and other prey wherever twoleg crowfood is. See those shiny things?" He motioned to one of the garbage cans next to one of the nests. "That's a good place to start."
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Post by Foxstar26 on Mar 7, 2023 20:15:55 GMT -5
Greaser moved along the wall, hurrying to where he thought he could cut off the cat. He slowed, peaking around a corner to see a cat he didn’t recognize moving down the alley. Perfect.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Mar 8, 2023 1:55:36 GMT -5
oop I forgot Silvercloud didn't have claws ) Willowsong nodded, "I hope we don't run into any, from what I've heard all they want to do is talk. They don't have any hunting skills or fighting skills." she replied, wrinkling her nose at the thought. Her eyes darted from side to side as they continued to walk through the twolegplace. She frowned, feeling like there were too many new scents around her to make out anything clearly. "Can you smell any prey? There's just a lot of unfamiliar scents around." Skyflight flicked her tail, unbothered either way. "Sure, whatever leads to more prey." Skyflight was obviously tense as she walked through the ally, her face curling in disgust at the scent of the carrion in the nearby alley. "We're not gonna eat rats like Shadowclan are we?" (It's an easy thing to forget lol) Silvercloud flicked her ear as she looked back at Skyflight. The other warrior did have her sympathies for Skyflight's uneasiness with this place. "When it comes to this place, you take what you can get."
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Post by Frozen on Mar 8, 2023 14:20:07 GMT -5
(*cough*cough* technically all this time has still occurred in one moon xD *cough*cough*) Ottermask listened quietly to Earthstar and Owlwhisker. His brow furrowed at the thought of Jaguar still being out there or anyone encroaching on their territory. "Every time I'm out on border patrol, we check the Fourtrees scent markings. ShadowClan marks in the same places each time. They haven't moved them any further into our territory." He looked at Earthstar. "Perhaps Cedarstar is keeping to his word and will return Fourtrees at the next gatherings? RiverClan doesn't need that territory and with this unknown creature within our borders. We might not want to instigate conflict with another Clan." (time paradox haha) Earthstar lashed his tail. "I think ShadowClan knows they're pushing their luck with Fourtrees. However, I'd be surprised if a leader willingly gave up territory when it only benefits them." he mewed. "Lightningstar would never give us Sunningrocks if we asked, so who can say what Cedarstar will do at the next gathering? You are right that RiverClan does not need Fourtrees, but what about the other Clans? Perhaps if we all make an argument, we could get ShadowClan to stand down without starting a fight." he suggested.
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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 8, 2023 14:45:45 GMT -5
(*cough*cough* technically all this time has still occurred in one moon xD *cough*cough*) Ottermask listened quietly to Earthstar and Owlwhisker. His brow furrowed at the thought of Jaguar still being out there or anyone encroaching on their territory. "Every time I'm out on border patrol, we check the Fourtrees scent markings. ShadowClan marks in the same places each time. They haven't moved them any further into our territory." He looked at Earthstar. "Perhaps Cedarstar is keeping to his word and will return Fourtrees at the next gatherings? RiverClan doesn't need that territory and with this unknown creature within our borders. We might not want to instigate conflict with another Clan." (time paradox haha) Earthstar lashed his tail. "I think ShadowClan knows they're pushing their luck with Fourtrees. However, I'd be surprised if a leader willingly gave up territory when it only benefits them." he mewed. "Lightningstar would never give us Sunningrocks if we asked, so who can say what Cedarstar will do at the next gathering? You are right that RiverClan does not need Fourtrees, but what about the other Clans? Perhaps if we all make an argument, we could get ShadowClan to stand down without starting a fight." he suggested. “Another thing that took me a while to understand, but isn’t Fourtrees sacred to all the Clans equally? Could like, Windclan per say, claim the Moonstone if they wanted to claim Highstones as theirs? And do you think Starclan has gotten mad about this Fourtrees business?” Owlwhisker asked curiously, having not been around to witness yet just how powerful Starclan and the Dark Forest could be. Stories were all he knew, but he did believe in both places and in Starclan’s right to sacred land as well.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Mar 8, 2023 15:50:11 GMT -5
"StarClan didn't cover the moon when Cedarstar claimed Fourtrees at the gathering." Ottermask spoke thoughtfully. "And do you remember what ShadowClan looked like? The fire started in their territory and I bet Cedarstar lost a life to it. He just became leader to and to lose a life so quickly." He shook his head. "I believe ShadowClan needs the territory for the prey. Cedarstar said he'd give it back at the next gathering. If we don't hold him to his word, what does that say about us?"
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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 8, 2023 16:24:19 GMT -5
"StarClan didn't cover the moon when Cedarstar claimed Fourtrees at the gathering." Ottermask spoke thoughtfully. "And do you remember what ShadowClan looked like? The fire started in their territory and I bet Cedarstar lost a life to it. He just became leader to and to lose a life so quickly." He shook his head. "I believe ShadowClan needs the territory for the prey. Cedarstar said he'd give it back at the next gathering. If we don't hold him to his word, what does that say about us?" “That’s true. They did look awful… all those burns, and so many cats just… gone.” Owlwhisker admitted, eyes dropping as he remembered the gathering. “Nobody deserved that fire. No clan, no cat.”
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Mar 9, 2023 12:10:03 GMT -5
"We were fortunate." Ottermask nodded in agreement with Owlwhisker. "Fires don't effect our territory much, but if a flood happened..." He trailed off with a shake of his head. Looking up, Ottermask nodded to a fenceline a few houses down. He perked up when he saw it. "That's Shimmer's garden. Hopefully, she's outside today."
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Post by Willow on Mar 9, 2023 15:52:39 GMT -5
Skyflight was about to say something else when a rat appeared in front of them, scurrying past with a piece of carrion in it's mouth. She stood open-mouthed as she watched, it was much bigger than any of the rats she had ever seen. She looked at Silvercloud with uncertainty, "Should we try to catch that?"
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Post by Icefire15 on Mar 9, 2023 16:01:27 GMT -5
Thunder/Sky:
Ghostscreech paused, taking a moment to scent the air. He flicked his ear and looked towards a fence a couple of tail lengths away and nodded towards it, “There are a couple of birds in that garden.” He said, looking back at Willowsong, “Don’t worry, you’ll get used to the new scents soon.”
Firepaw hurried after Jadefeather, his eyes taking in the new sights as quickly as he could. He turned his attention to Jadefeather as she spoke and gave a silent nod, trying to scent any birds. It was difficult with all of the new and unfamiliar scents. “Um… I think there are some over there.” He said quietly, pointing his nose.
City:
Echo paused suddenly, her eyes narrowing as she thought that she had seen something move just up ahead of her. She felt the fur along her shoulders start to bristle, not liking the feeling she was getting.
Chaos scraped his claws along the cement, icy eyes glaring at the unknown cat in their territory. He looked back at Greaser, waiting for his signal.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Mar 9, 2023 16:20:30 GMT -5
Skyflight was about to say something else when a rat appeared in front of them, scurrying past with a piece of carrion in it's mouth. She stood open-mouthed as she watched, it was much bigger than any of the rats she had ever seen. She looked at Silvercloud with uncertainty, "Should we try to catch that?" "Of course, bird-brain! Let's go!" Silvercloud darted after the rat. Bold of it to come out so freely. It made her wonder if this part of the twoleggedplace wasn't claimed yet. She nodded off to the side. "Try to flank it."
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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 9, 2023 16:21:39 GMT -5
Thunder/Sky Patrol:
“Good scenting.” Jadefeather approved, her voice smooth with warmth and calm confidence. She instructed. “When birds fight over the seeds here, they’ll land on the ground to wait their turn. That’s when we can wait to jump for them.” She decided.
City:
Sparrow darted around a corner, glaring darkly. He didn’t know why he wanted to protect Echo so fiercely, but he knew that he needed to at least try. After all, she had been a good companion so far, and he had actually made a friend without driving her away.
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Post by Willow on Mar 9, 2023 16:36:25 GMT -5
Willowsong tasted the air again, focusing more on picking out bird scent from underneath everything layered top. She purred, delighted to find the scents. "Alright, let's get this over with." She blinked as she assessed the fence in front of her. Very carefully, she jumped. She landed clumsily on the top of the fence, managing to steady herself as she looked down at the twoleg garden.
Skyflight didn't say anything as she darted after Silvercloud, following the other she-cat's instructions. Careful of her surroundings, she moved to the rat's side and began to push in, causing the rat to become cornered by the alley walls.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Mar 9, 2023 19:54:13 GMT -5
Silvercloud chased the rat until they were able to corner it. Her fur was bristling as the rat around and screeched at them. "Careful, Skyflight. The rats here are fighters. Hate for you to get a nasty infection from a scratch or a bite. We won't hear the end of it from Spiderpaw if he has to use his herbs on us."
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Post by Willow on Mar 9, 2023 20:08:56 GMT -5
Skyflight flattened her ears, she wasn't used to her prey fighting back unless it was a hawk or falcon that they were hunting in a group. "Would have been good to know before we cornered it." she mewed gruffly before she leaped at the rat with a hiss. She tumbled with it, yowling as the rat tried to bite at her paws.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Mar 9, 2023 20:18:22 GMT -5
Silvercloud ran forward to help Skyflight, she went for the rat's back to pull it off Skyflight and immobolize it.
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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 10, 2023 10:40:44 GMT -5
"We were fortunate." Ottermask nodded in agreement with Owlwhisker. "Fires don't effect our territory much, but if a flood happened..." He trailed off with a shake of his head. Looking up, Ottermask nodded to a fenceline a few houses down. He perked up when he saw it. "That's Shimmer's garden. Hopefully, she's outside today." "Oh, that would be dreadful." Owlwhisker murmured, not enjoying the idea. He quickly perked up seeing the fenceline that Ottermask had stated was Shimmer's. Owlwhisker was intrigued to meet her, and he decided to ask Littleshadow if she knew Shimmer when he got back to camp. For now though, he purred. "It's a nice day to be out, so maybe we have a good chance. Does she come outside alot, or does she prefer to stay in with her twolegs?"
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Bisexual
lunapaw🐾
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If anyone knows of any good clans to join (that I'm not already active in) please message me! :)
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Post by lunapaw🐾 on Mar 10, 2023 14:34:13 GMT -5
Vixen
The she-cat made her way through the undergrowth on her haunches, following the scent of a rabbit which she had picked up on. She crept along until her prey came into sight, and she planned out how to take down her target. She leapt forward gracefully, swiping up the rabbit in her claws. She bit into its neck, ending its life quickly before she began to eat. She hadn't hunted for herself in a while, and felt the growl of her stomach grow stronger. She scarfed down the rabbit happily.
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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 10, 2023 15:30:35 GMT -5
Vixen
The she-cat made her way through the undergrowth on her haunches, following the scent of a rabbit which she had picked up on. She crept along until her prey came into sight, and she planned out how to take down her target. She leapt forward gracefully, swiping up the rabbit in her claws. She bit into its neck, ending its life quickly before she began to eat. She hadn't hunted for herself in a while, and felt the growl of her stomach grow stronger. She scarfed down the rabbit happily. (I got some cats open if you want some Twolegplace interaction!)
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Post by Willow on Mar 10, 2023 20:29:31 GMT -5
Silvercloud ran forward to help Skyflight, she went for the rat's back to pull it off Skyflight and immobolize it. Skyflight huffed out a quick thanks as Silvercloud pulled the rat off of her. She got to her paws and with the help of Silvercloud holding it down, delivered a final blow. "I don't think I like my prey being so feisty."
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lunapaw🐾
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Post by lunapaw🐾 on Mar 11, 2023 21:35:30 GMT -5
Vixen
The she-cat made her way through the undergrowth on her haunches, following the scent of a rabbit which she had picked up on. She crept along until her prey came into sight, and she planned out how to take down her target. She leapt forward gracefully, swiping up the rabbit in her claws. She bit into its neck, ending its life quickly before she began to eat. She hadn't hunted for herself in a while, and felt the growl of her stomach grow stronger. She scarfed down the rabbit happily. (I got some cats open if you want some Twolegplace interaction!) (I have Bear and Vixen open, I'm down for anything! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6575102/images/lNtnPuxeCzkaKMNYVXVv.gif) )
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Post by ripplewhisker on Mar 12, 2023 0:39:27 GMT -5
╔═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╗Mist╚═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╝A blue-gray pelt pounced out from behind a clump of ferns growing just outside the fence of a Twoleg garden. Unleashing a minute squeak, Mist had easily caught her next piece of prey for her to share with Pebble, her littermate. The fresh taste of blood was refreshing on her tongue, even better than water. It was a small mouse, hardly more than a few mouthfuls, but it was food-- solid, fresh, filling food. Pebble would be happy with it; knowing him, he 'd failed to catch anything at all. I wish he could hunt, Mist thought to herself as she padded back in his direction, placing herself between the fence and the forest boundary. I love him, but I won't be able to hunt for the both of us forever... Really, she shouldn't have needed to hunt for them both to begin with-- that had been Yvette's job. But she was gone and had been for some time. The Twolegs had killed her with their monsters and the kits had been forced to flee and care for themselves. It wasn't fair, but neither was life. To catch a few mice each day was the best that Mist could manage; she and Pebble would eat well enough, but that would be all they could manage. Well, she could manage.
Mist approached a clump of three bushes where they had formed a makeshift den. Pebble's grassy scent lingered in the air around their little den; she thought he must've stepped outside of it for a few minutes while she was gone. She padded inside and saw him moving around the pieces of cloth, moss, and plants that made up their nest.
"Back so soon?" he mewed quietly as he finished entwining a few yellow dandelions in their shared nest. "Thank you for hunting, Mist. It means a lot to me."
The she-kit placed the mouse on the ground and touched her nose to his muzzle. "Of course! I'd do anything for you," she purred. "You'll be able to hunt properly one of these days-- who knows, maybe we'll be able to get something other than a measly old mouse?"
Pebble sighed and his head hung. "You are kind, Mist, but there's no need to indulge me like that. I'm not sure that I'm meant to hunt."
Mist offered her brother a lick on his pelt. "Chin up-- we have each other, a place to sleep, and some food. That's all we really need, isn't it?"
The two young cats lay on the ground and nibbled on their mouse together in relative silence. It wasn't an easy life and it was hardly the kind of life that Mist wanted to live, but she was satisfied.
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Post by Moonblazer on Mar 12, 2023 14:58:52 GMT -5
(I got some cats open if you want some Twolegplace interaction!) (I have Bear and Vixen open, I'm down for anything! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6575102/images/lNtnPuxeCzkaKMNYVXVv.gif) ) (Sounds good! Would you like them to interact with the more mellow small Twolegplace cats, or be more involved in the more hardcore city cat gangs we have going on?)
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Post by Icefire15 on Mar 12, 2023 16:52:08 GMT -5
Thunder/Sky:
Ghostscreech waited until Willowsong had steadied herself before jumping up himself, taking a moment to steady himself as well. Once he was steady, he looked down into the twoleg garden. Seeing a couple of birds picking at the seeds scattered in the grass. He looked at Willowsong and gave a nod, jumping down lightly and hiding in the bushes and out of sight from the birds, dropping into a hunter’s crouch.
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Post by Willow on Mar 12, 2023 17:23:20 GMT -5
Willowsong waited until he was hidden in the bush before leaping down to join him. She purred quietly, it had been quite a while since she had seen so much prey in one spot. "Do you think we could leap out together and each go for one? I know once we make ourselves known the others will fly away."
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Post by Icefire15 on Mar 12, 2023 17:28:22 GMT -5
Ghostscreech gave a nod, looking over at Willowsong, “I think that’s a good idea. Do you know which one you want to go after?” He asked, eyeing a plump bluebird.
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Post by Willow on Mar 12, 2023 18:00:54 GMT -5
Willowsong dropped into a crouch beside him, flicking her tail as she locked eyes on a lone cardinal pecking away at the seeds a bit further away from the rest of the birds. "I'll take the cardinal. Just give the signal when you're ready." Willowsong stilled her breath and her tail, bracing herself for Ghostscreech's okay.
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Post by Willow on Mar 12, 2023 18:01:59 GMT -5
(Ripple, once they get back over the fence maybe you can have one of your characters come to ask them how they caught the birds or something ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6575102/images/lNtnPuxeCzkaKMNYVXVv.gif) )
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Post by ripplewhisker on Mar 12, 2023 18:17:29 GMT -5
╔═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╗
Pebble ╚═══━━━─── • ───━━━═══╝Upon finishing the mouse that he had shared with his sister, Pebble rose from his place on the small den's floor. "I think I want to take a walk outside," he said. "Who knows-- maybe I'd even be able to catch a mouse this time?" Though Pebble had been joking, Mist only looked at him with pity shining in her eyes like dimly lit stars. It struck him like a blow to the head to see her look at him that way. He dropped his gaze and started to move towards the entrance, but she put a paw on his tail. "Please, Pebble," she said gently. "You're always saying that we need to make a fuss about not being able to catch a few mice. I'm sure we'll get by. We always do, don't we?" He started to nod but then shook his head. "I can't rely on you forever, Mist. I can't. And I know that you'd be willing to, but we can't live like this forever. It's just going to get harder and harder to get those mice to feed the both of us, and eventually we won't have enough to eat. Then, what'll we do?" Mist held up her paws, the tips of which were still a little bloody from her kill. "We don't have to worry about that now. We can figure it out later." She rose and touched her nose to Pebble's muzzle. "If you want, though, we can try again." Pebble put his ears back and closed his eyes for a moment, letting his tail fall as he let his head droop slightly. Then, he gave his sister a quick nod. "Okay." The littermates padded outside, jaws open. Though he was hardly any kind of hunter, Pebble did have a strong sense of smell. The pungent, musky scent of mice was hardly something he would miss easily. After a few moments, he caught onto the scent of a mouse and began to follow it along the fence, stopping when the scent had disappeared and had been replaced by something else. Mist wrinkled her nose. "What is that?" "The forest," Pebble purred. "Well, cats that've been in the forest. Wasn't the scent of the forest wonderful?" "Yeah, mind that you forget the entire thing was on fire when we were there," she retorted. "Shh," he said. "I think I can hear them." He pressed his ear to the fence. "They're just on the other side-- one of them said something about a bird! We've never tasted bird!" "We should go," Mist growled. "We shouldn't trust cats we don't know." "We're just kits-- what could they do to us?" "We're just kits-- they could do anything that they wanted to." // I was actually writing this to set up for that, Willow . Good timing, yea?
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Post by Willow on Mar 12, 2023 18:29:48 GMT -5
great minds think alike ![:wink:](//storage.proboards.com/6575102/images/JMUW9rS6MTV2oO3BokRn.gif) )
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