Cliff Clan (closed to new joiners)

Flicking his tail, Tangle pounced, sinking his teeth into the mouse’s small body. The scent of mouse masked the scent of mostly everything around him, and so he didn’t notice Wolf until the tom with right in front of him. He gave a quick gasp of alarm and stepped back, but flattened his shoulder fur as he recognized the gray and white tom. Dropping his mouse, he mewed, “Oh, Wolf. You startled me. I caught us a bit of breakfast, unless you’re feeling something different?”

Primrosedawn nodded in agreement. Sleep was one of those things that you could never get enough of. “I slept well myself, thanks. Would you like to start the day with some hunting before patrols are assigned?” Her paws were itching to do something and she didn’t want to wait any longer to be out of camp.

Tangle shook out his fur and nodded. “Then I’ll finish this off,” he mewed, settling down on the cold ground and digging in. Once it was gone, he looked up at his friend. “I was just exploring down here, I figure you’re doing the same?” He knew Wolf didn’t like it down here, but it was always a wonder that he followed Tangle into the canyon.

Primrosedawn tilted her head and looked back into camp. “I’m sure Bonestar will send a few patrols out anyway. Let’s go ourselves.” She stood and flicked her tail against the gray tom’s shoulder. “Where should we hunt?” She asked as she led the way down toward the pool in front of the camp.

Tangle nodded his head, flicking his ear as his friend walked away. He could understand why Wolf would want to stay by his side when he was down here, but he figured there was more to the story. The brown tabby tom shook his thoughts away and turned to pad closer to the border. Giving his friend space as he hunted.

Primrosedawn nodded and changed their course slightly so they were heading west. “No, I don’t, which was why I was asking,” she chuckled, opening her mouth to taste the air. “How’s Littlesky doing?” She wasn’t coming up with much to say, which was rare, but she still tried her best in conversation.

Tangle stopped just a few paw steps from the border, sniffing the air. He could faintly smell Wolf behind him, but almost everything was overpowered by the Cliffclan scent markers. Slowly and hesitantly, he took a small step inside the border, ears and eyes wide open for any unexpected movement. He wouldn’t be chased back before he felt satisfied, though he didn’t really know what he was even looking for. There was just something about this place that popped and drew him in.

Primrosedawn tilted her head at the scent of prey, rabbit. She nodded her head toward before responding in a low voice. “I don’t know. I like knowing what’s going on in the clan and I haven’t talked to him in a while.” The yellow she-cat bent into a crouch and whispered, “You wanna go around back to scare it?”

Tangle followed down a path that led further into the territory, but also toward the edge of the canyon. He hoped he wouldn't be detected by a large patrol; that wouldn't end well. He thought momentarily of going back to Wolf, but he knew that the gray and white tom would have questions that the brown tabby probably couldn't answer.

Primrosedawn stayed silent until she heard the thud of rabbit feet fleeing toward her. Wriggling her haunches, she prepared to pounce as it charged toward her. Then, right before it raced past her, she stuck her paw in its path. The rabbit tripped over it and landed on its back. Swiftly, the yellow tabby trapped it under her paws and killed it in one bite to the throat. She picked her head up in triumph and padded toward Ashenleaf.

Cherrypetal rose from her nest, and padded over to the tom. "Yeah I could always use a few more herbs. " She padded out of her den and into the camp clearing below, the tuxedo shecat's odd eyes glistening in the dark. "Should we go get whoever else was named for the patrol? "

(I have two other loner characters who are 6 moons old, any chance someones is open to bump into carolina? And ember I'll put your characters up soon)

Tangle with Wolf
Tangle paused by a short tree to wait, unsure what he was waiting for. He took to cleaning his shoulder fur but kept his ears perked for signs of trouble.

Primrosedawn with Ashenleaf
Primrosedawn grinned through the mouthful of rabbit fluff and padded toward a thicket of brambles to hind the prey. Then, she followed behind Ashenleaf as they continued their search for prey.

Lynxpaw with Dovepaw and Coldclaws
Lynxpaw kept his eyes closed and allowed himself to be dragged a bit by the Dark Forest apprentice. He wasn't sure how far they would be going and was a bit relieved when they stopped short. Feeling paws digging into his side, he squirmed and fought to get up. The golden tabby gave a loud yowl and twisted to bite into the she-cat's tail. He bit down hard and pulled, allowing him the chance to hop up and face her.
(Not sure if you wanted to write another post for this before Lynxpaw was woken up, but I'll repost it anyway. nimble)

Birchcloud with Ivyspirit
Birchcloud pulled his head from the apprentices' den as he heard paw steps approaching. His eyes landed on Ivyspirit as the silver tom padded toward him. "Hello, Ivyspirit. How are you this morning?"

Ferret
Ferret lay on the cliff edge once more, watching the brown tabby as he wandered close to the clan border once again. Why does he risk his life to bother cats who clearly don't tolerate outsiders? she asked herself, shaking her head in disbelief. The world was much bigger than a single canyon and it already held so many cats. Why doesn't he just find territory elsewhere? There has to be better hunting grounds somewhere. Flicking her tail, she gave a heavy sigh before standing and padding away to find some breakfast.
(Ferret is open if you wanted to have one of your loners run into her, nimble)

Shortsun and her adopted kits
Shortsun stretched her front legs out, careful not to bump the tiny bodies at her side. She had slowly grown used to the needy mews of the loner kits she had found and was quite fond of them. Just the other day, she had managed to find out their names, and she had changed them so they fit the traditions of the clan. Firekit was the solid gray one, his previous name having fit perfectly into the traditions. But the gray and white kit's name, Lucifer, had made Shortsun think a bit. She had eventually come up with Stonekit and the two seemed to be fitting right in. Softly, the ginger she-cat nosed each in turn as they shifted in their sleep, hoping to get them up and playing in the sunlight.

i have to head off to work but ill post up some replies rn, and on my break ill try and hop on to respond then)
Newtwing-camp clearing-with Willowpaw
Newtwing spotted Willowpaw in the camp clearing. She stretched as she rose to her paws and made her way over. "Good morning Willowpaw," she greeted the ginger tabby. "Did you have a nice rest?" The tortie she cat sat down, wrapping her tail around her paws. "I know it is still fairly early, but what would you be in the mood to learn today?"

Ivyspirit-apprentice cave entrance-with Birchcloud
Ivyspirit nodded his head in greeting. "Good morning Birchcloud," he replied. "I am doing fine so far. How about you?" The silver tabby figured he would get formalities out of the way before informing the warrior of Bonestar's request to attend the patrol.

Wolf-Cliffclan territory-with Tangle
Wolf soon saw Tangle. Approaching the tom he called out. "What brings you here," he asked him. He felt his friend didn't have an answer as the tom, didn't ever really have an answer when he asked him why he enjoys the valley so much.

Newtwing gave a small chuckle. "Of course I can teach you how to defend yourself in battle. It is something important to know," she said, hoping to assure her apprentice. She smiled at Willowpaw. "Go grab some breakfast and when you finish we can head out if you would like?"

Willowpaw nodded and ran off to get a large mouse from the freshkill pile. She then came back and sat down with it. "Would you like some?" She offered after she set it on the ground and took a small bite.

Just got off work I'll post up replies when I ger home and have my laptop)

"I'm not super hungry and don't want it to go to waste." Willowpaw said shyly. She took a small bite and pushed the mouse closer to her mentor. She chewed the bite thoughfully and then swallowed it. "Did you want to become a mentor?" She asked quietly

Willowpaw nodded. "I guess thats what I'm worried about one day for myself. How will I ever be a good enough warrior to train someone else?" She took another bite of the mouse and looked up hopefully at Newtwing.

(Never too young to start with self doubt)

"Okay." Willowpaw said taking a final bite of the mouse and pushing it to Newtwing. She was nervous about becoming a warrior but that was moons away anyway. "Thanks" she added when her mentor said she thought she would make a great mentor one day. "Maybe being worried about it means you're going to be better at it because you care." She mused aloud after swallowing hard.