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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 15:10:29 GMT -5
Feather bounced into camp. She nodded at Cenra's statement. "Should I tell her that you would like something with Ember or flame? " she asked her companion after she set down her moss.
Willow had been following Cenra and Feather keeping downwind of them as the went back to camp. She hid in bushes a little while from camp as she watched cats leave from the camp and the two she followed entered in. She decided to follow them once the other cats were gone. "Hello?"she called out her voice chattering. She was just 6 moons old and had woken up to her mother gone with no scent trail to follow.
Moleshade gave Melonburr a weird look and then walked in the direction he had pointed in. "Hello" is someone there" she asked before spotting Cherry move on from the bush.
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Abbey Champion
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 18, 2021 15:21:55 GMT -5
Cenra was about to offer to just come along but then nodded. "Sure, thank you" she meowed with a nod. "In the meantime I can make some more nests with our moss." She looked up when she heard Willow call out. How had this cat found their camp? Cenra kept her eyes on the newcomer but decided to wait if anyone of the others would approach her.
Brightpaw turned to look at the cat that had just called out. Instead of waiting to see what the other cats would do he jumped to his paws and bounded over to this newcomer. As he got closer he noticed that Willow wasn't much older than he was, probably even younger. "Hey there!" His greeting was friendly and he didn't show much uneasiness. This cat didn't seem like a threat and if she was he felt he was more than capable of dealing with her.
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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 15:28:56 GMT -5
Feather nodded and picked her way toward Silverrose. "Hey Silverrose? I've got some ideas for you." She said as she sat below the leader.
Willow looked frightened as Brightpaw came up to her. She fluffed up and hissed. "What is this place and who are all these cats? Where is my Mom" she cried out tears filling her eyes.
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Golden Deer Leader
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Post by Ember34 on Nov 18, 2021 15:34:17 GMT -5
Cherry scented at the air looking for prey. Her ear flicked when she caught the scent of two other cats. She passed briefly looking around, but relaxed when she didn't catch sight of the two.
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Post by Mother Dark on Nov 18, 2021 15:40:23 GMT -5
Silverrose looked down as Feather came up to her. "Yes Feather? What is it?" Sje looked up when she heard a hello from a small voice bit saw Brightpaw had it covered. She turned back to Feather.
Melonburr trotted along after the caught s glimpse of Cherry. He tried to find some way to get ahead of her as to not scare her. He looked at Moleshade as she was older and wiser.
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 18, 2021 15:42:02 GMT -5
Brightpaw took a step back, surprised at Willow's hostile reaction. But upon realizing that she was looking for her mother he stepped towards her again, trying to make himself look unthreatening. "I'm sorry I startled you," he meowed. He gestured towards the cats around them with his tail. "These are my clanmates and they won't hurt you either. And this is our camp." He wasn't sure if this kit would know what a clan was or if she understood what he meant by camp. But for now he just wanted her to know that no one here would harm her. Then he shook his head and meowed "I can't tell you where your mom is though, I'm afraid. I don't know her and I haven't scented anyone who it could be. But maybe we can help you find her?"
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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 15:44:32 GMT -5
Moleshade looked at Melonburr beofre taking off running. She sprinted in the same direction Cherry was going and after a little bit she turned to cut her off facing her directly. "Who are you?" She asked sternly but not unkindly.
Feather looked at Willow and Brightpaw before returning Silverrose's gaze. I was hoping that Feather could he the last part of my name. That I could get a new first part. And Cenra likes the idea of having Ember or Flame as part of her name." She said quickly.
Willow started to cry as Brightpaw talked gently to her. "I don't know what you're talking about." She whimpered. "I can't find a scent trail for where she went either" she cried out all the hostility going out of her. She collapsed on the ground ugly crying and spittingm
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 18, 2021 16:05:50 GMT -5
Brightpaw let out a soft purr as he sat down next to Willow and, after a moment of hesitation, gently ran his tail across her back. For a moment he just sat there, hoping to give her some time to calm down a little, and glanced at the others in camp. "It'll be fine," he then meowed quietly, trying to sound optimistic. "We are clancats. Do you know what that means? We can find any scent, no matter how well it's hidden. I'm sure if I ask our leader will send out some cats to find your mother for you. Don't worry, we could never abandon a kit who's looking for her mom." Part of him felt that is was wrong to give this cat false hope but he just couldn't stand back and watch her cry. And maybe there really was a chance of finding her mother. It seemed incredibly unlikely but maybe he didn't have to lie to her after all. "Oh, and do you have a name? You probably don't want me to call you 'kit'."
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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 16:11:05 GMT -5
Willow sputtered and coughed and hacked as the snot built up in her throat from crying so hard. She shivered as Brightpaw ran his tail over her back. "W-W-willow" she said between racking coughs.
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Post by Mother Dark on Nov 18, 2021 16:18:04 GMT -5
Melonburr took off after Moleshade surprised at how fast the small she-cat could go. He caught up to her as she turned and started toward where they had seen Cherry.
Silverrose nodded. "I plan to give everyone their names tonight and hopefully figure out mentors for my neice and nephews." She reported from her place in the tree.
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 18, 2021 16:26:18 GMT -5
Brightpaw nodded with a quiet hum. "Alright, Willow," he meowed, keeping his tone friendly. He did feel a little overwhelmed with this crying kit whose mother seemed to have vanished in thin air but he wasn't going to back out now. "I'm Brightpaw. Can you tell me a little about your mother, Willow? Maybe her name? Does she look like you or does she have different fur?" He supposed that whoever this mother was, she wasn't one of the cats here or Willow would have recognized her by now. As for what had happened to Willow's mother, Brightpaw didn't like any of the options he could think of. Nothing he was going to say in front of this kit though. For now he was just going to act like she was still somewhere out there, just waiting to be found and reunited with her daughter. It was what he wanted to belief anyway.
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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 17:52:29 GMT -5
Willow huffed and puffed as she tried to catch her breath and tears continued down her face. "Her name is Flora. She's a calico too. But without the gray patches." She muttered. She curled into a ball and continued to cry.
Feather nodded. "Okay. I'm going to help Cenra set up some nests." She said and bounced away. She stopped short of Cenra and unrolled her ball of moss. She took a heap of it over to the medicine den and layed it out in a circular shape for Ratwhisper.
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Golden Deer Leader
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Post by Ember34 on Nov 18, 2021 18:24:43 GMT -5
Cherry backed up a bit, as she eyed the other cautiously before she relaxed. "Hello," she greeted with a smile. The two didn't seem threatening to her so she saw no need to be weary of them. The she cat sat back a bit and licked at her paw, swiping it across her face.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 18, 2021 18:27:58 GMT -5
"Seems you do know a thing or two." Ratwhisper mewed. Once he left the camp, he looks around for a moment before heading in a certain direction. He had spotted a field on their way to the camp and figured they would find some goldenrod there. "We will definitely need catmint before it gets cold."
Badgertooth leaves camp and scents the air. He could smell some mice and birds up head and he heads in that direction. He walked in silence for a few minutes before finally speaking up. "This territory is nice." He remarked.
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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 18:45:22 GMT -5
Moleshade had stopped running as she approached the new cat. When she saw the cat sit down she sat too. A tail-length or two away. "Hello I'm Moleshade and this is Melonburr." Said the small older cat. She too licked her paw but she set hers back down on the ground. "We mean you no harm but this is now Roseclan territory. You can join us if you would like or you can move away." She knew id sounded harsh but those were clan rules.
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 18, 2021 18:51:47 GMT -5
Brightpaw's gaze swept over the present cats but, as expected, no one here really matched Willow's description. He had also never heard the name Flora before. But maybe one of the former loners knew something? He considered walking over to Snow and Apple or maybe to Feather and Cenra to ask them but he didn't want to leave Willow who seemed too upset to be left alone at the moment. "Alright, now that's something for us to go on," he told her. "I'm sure we can track her down with that." The easiest way would be to follow Willow's scent to where she lived and try to start looking for Flora from there. Brightpaw suppressed a sigh. He really shouldn't be doing this, convincing this kit that they could find her mother. But he couldn't stop himself from saying "We'll find your mother for you, Willow, I promise. And until then you can stay at our camp and share our fresh-kill. It's much safer here and Silverrose won't say no to letting you stay here." Well, at least not all of it was a lie. Roseclan would surely welcome Willow.
Cenra looked up from her work when Feather approached and shot her a small grin. Then she grabbed some more moss and moved on to the next den to make some more nests.
(Alright, getting pretty late here. Good night, guys!)
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Post by Ivy on Nov 18, 2021 18:57:57 GMT -5
(Good night Pine)
Willow sniffled and shook her head. "I'm not hungry" she said grumpily. She just wanted Flora. She huffed and sat up looking around. Then she started to cry again.
Feather bounced around she looked at the apprentice's den and realized no one but the apprentices would fit in there. She hummed and danced around as she went back to get more moss.
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Post by Mother Dark on Nov 18, 2021 19:29:48 GMT -5
Melonburr grimaced at Moleshade's bluntness. But je couldn't figure out a better way to phrase it. He just sat down and waited for the new cat's answer.
Mistpaw nodded. "In Phoenixclan every apprentice took a turn helping collect herbs. In our last moon of training we were supposed to take a couple days each and help the medicine cat fufill all their duties so we could help them when something bad happened." He teared up a little thinking about his old clan. He spotted an Oak tree and climbed it finding a branch with a couple of big leaves he carefully pulled them off and let thwm fall to the ground. Je climbed down grabbed them and returned to Ratwhisper's side.
Petalpaw murmured her agreement about the territory. She scented a vole and headed off toward it. Carefully she picked her way through the grass and pounced landing square on it. She grabbed it up and trotted back to Badgertooth.
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Golden Deer Leader
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Post by Ember34 on Nov 19, 2021 0:03:24 GMT -5
Cherry listened to the other cat speak. Territory? Roseclan? She thought to herself. "Oh I'm Cherry," she said when she realized the other had said their names. "I would like to check it out if that's alright." She hadn't seen it first hand, just tumors that other rogues would share.
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 19, 2021 3:13:24 GMT -5
Brightpaw nodded. "That's fine. No one's forcing you. But if you feel like it go grab something," he meowed lightly. He sat up and looked at the cats, trying to catch Storm's eye. Then he took a few steps towards the grey tom, not wanting to stray too far from Willow. Thankfully Storm seemed to understand this and slowly came over to him. Quietly Brightpaw gave him a quick summary of what the kit had told him and then trotted back to her. "Just leave this to Silverrose," he assured her. "She knows how to send out patrols to cover as much ground as possible."
Storm watched his clanmates for a while when he noticed Brightpaw staring at him He padded over to the apprentice who began to tell him about the newcomer and what she was doing here. For a moment he wasn't sure what Brightpaw expected him to do with that information but when the younger cat glanced at Silverrose he understood. With a nod he turned around and walked over to the clanleader. "Silverrose? Can I speak to you for a moment? It's about the new kit," he called up to her.
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Post by Mother Dark on Nov 19, 2021 11:23:40 GMT -5
Silverrose had been watching Brightpaw and the newcomer judging that he had it pretty under control. Until she saw him eye Storm and Storm came over to her. "Yes? What about her?" She asked jumping down to face Storm directly.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 19, 2021 11:50:06 GMT -5
"Nice catch." Badgertooth mewed nodding his head to Petalpaw. He opens his mouth to scent the air and smells a mouse. He crouches down and slowly makes his way towards the roots of a tree. He waits for a little bit before leaping forward and uses his paws to pin the mouse down and bites it's neck killing it.
Ratwhisper silently nods his head as he listened to Mistpaw speak. He felt sorry for the young tom and hoped he would be happy in the new clan. "Great work." He says before moving forward.
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 19, 2021 12:09:53 GMT -5
"It looks like this kit, Willow, is looking for her mother," Storm said. "A calico like her but without the gray patches. Apparently Willow has been alone since morning and hasn't found her mother's scent yet." He briefly glanced at Willow and Brightpaw. "I guess Brightpaw is wondering if some of us could look for this cat called Flora. Willow really misses her."
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Post by Mother Dark on Nov 19, 2021 13:21:05 GMT -5
Petalpaw grinned. She watched as Basgertooth disappeared and waited for him to come back.
Mistpaw smiled at the praise. "I try my best. Even if my best isn't always that good." He said. He felt a little self-conscious about himself but knew the medicine cat meant his praise. He carried the two leaves looking for herbs. He spotted a goldenrod plant with its bright yellow flowers and pointed it out.
Silverrose nodded. "We don't want to send too many cats out at once but maybe you and Apple can go looking for her." The leader felt for the young cat but worried she had been abandoned. "If you can't find a trace of her then we will take Willow in. She looks about 6 moons old to me but I'm sure she could tell us."
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Post by Ivy on Nov 19, 2021 13:29:53 GMT -5
Cherry listened to the other cat speak. Territory? Roseclan? She thought to herself. "Oh I'm Cherry," she said when she realized the other had said their names. "I would like to check it out if that's alright." She hadn't seen it first hand, just tumors that other rogues would share. "We can take you back to camp with us. As long as you promise not to cause any trouble." Moleshade said. She flicked her tail and stood ready to lead the two back to camp. "We should probably try to hunt on the way back. Willow's lip quivered and she continued to cry. She watched Brightpaw talk to Storm and then Storm walk off to talk to a she-cat. "How how old are you?" She asked Brightpaw when she had started to run out of tears. She still shook but the tears just wouldn't come. Feather finished setting up nests and settled down outside of the warriors den. There was still a ball of moss left so she took it and rolled it into the apprentice den. Then she looked over at Cenra. |
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 20, 2021 8:44:11 GMT -5
Storm grimaced at the thought of him and Apple not being able to find that kit's mother but nodded. "Well, I just hope we can find that Flora. I'd hate to tell that poor kit that her mother has died or flat out abandoned her," he meowed with an uneasy look in his eyes. "Alright, I'll go and tell Apple." He dipped his head and padded over to Apple and Snow. "Do you mind if I borrow Apple for a moment?" He meowed to Snow. "Silverrose suggested that he and I could go out and see if we can find some trace of Willow's mother." He flicked his tail in the direction where the kit sat so they'd know what he was talking about.
Brightpaw watched as Storm spoke with Silverrose and then to Apple. He allowed himself to smile a little at that. Maybe there wasn't much point in looking for Flora but he was glad that Silverrose was willing to send some cats to look for her anyway. Then he turned back to Willow. "Eight moons," he replied, looking somewhat proud. "Just four more moons and I will be a warrior." Though Willow probably wouldn't know what that meant. "What about you? You look like you're around my age. No younger than six moons, I bet."
Cenra finished setting up some more nests and then nodded to Feather. "Looks like we're mostly done," she meowed cheerfully as she walked over to the apprentice den. She briefly glanced at the new kit, looking both curious and a little concerned. "I wonder if she'll stay here. She doesn't look old enough to be wandering around on her own. Well, this den is big enough in that case."
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Nov 20, 2021 11:59:38 GMT -5
Badgertooth returns with his mouse and sets it down. "Let's keep going." He buries the mouse and continues looking for more prey. He could smell some birds nearby and twitches his nose. "I smell birds near by."
Ratwhisper walks over to the goldenrod and carefully uses his teeth and claws to collect the plant. He carefully places the plant down and wrinkles his nose. "I'll leave this here for now and we can collect it later."
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Post by Mother Dark on Nov 20, 2021 12:48:11 GMT -5
Snow nodded as she ate the prey. She was fine with Apple going to find the kits mother. She ate her fill and left the rest for when Apple got back.
Apple stood and finished chewing. "Let's go find her mother. She looks distraught." He started toward the camp entrance where he looked at the kit and took in her smell. "Its okay little one. I promise you are safe." He sniffed up the trial left from the kits scent.
Mistpaw nodded at Ratwhisper and then wandered off looking for another herb to collect. He was specifically looking for marigold. "We should get something to help with cracked paws. So many of is have been walking for so long. Silverrose had a thorn in her paw too but Icewhisper, the Thymeclan medicine cat, looked at it and removed it." He called.
"Great catch." Petalpaw said as Badgertooth reappeared with his mouse. She nodded and followed after him after setting her vole down in rhe same hole as the mouse. "Birds. I've only ever caught a single robin in my training." She said being honest about her level of hunting.
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Post by Ivy on Nov 20, 2021 12:57:58 GMT -5
Willow whimpered at Apple and Storm passed and Apple spoke to her. He didn't promise to find her mom the way Brightpaw did. "I'm 6 moons exactly." She said quietly. She ignored what he said about becoming a warrior because she didn't understand what that meant.
Feather looked sad for a long moment. "I wouldn't be surprised if her mother abandoned her. Its not uncommon around her to get them to where they might be able to survive and just leave." It was a very harsh reality and she hoped it wasn't true for this little one.
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Post by Pineclaw on Nov 20, 2021 15:29:47 GMT -5
Storm nodded at Apple's observation. But if Willow was this upset already she definitely wouldn't take it well if they came back with bad news. He quickly followed Apple, briefly pausing beside Willow to take her smell, and then followed her scent back to where she had come from. After a while he caught another scent and looked over to Apple to see if he had noticed it too. "I hope it will lead us to her," he muttered. "I'm not sure what to tell that kit if her mother's scent leads us somewhere else entirely."
Brightpaw briefly looked down at Apple's words. He hadn't missed how the tom didn't mention anything about finding Willow's mother. Not that he could blame him, Storm and Apple probably didn't really expect to find her and with good reason. At Willow's reply he smiled. She was old enough to be an apprentice herself. Had she been a clancat she would be learning how to hunt and fight, get to know the clan's territory and borders and many other things. "Not really a kit anymore, then," he meowed. "Still, you really shouldn't be all by yourself just yet." Against his better judgement he kept hoping that Storm and Apple would be able to find Flora. No cat liked losing their family, as he knew well enough. "I hope Storm and Apple will be back soon so you're finally with your mom again."
With a sigh Cenra nodded. Some cats were like that and she felt sorry for the kit. It made her all the more glad that she had decided to join Roseclan. No one here would abandon a kit. "It's so different from what the clans do," she said quietly. "I suppose Silverrose will allow her to stay if her mother really has abandoned her but it'll still be a painful realization for her."
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