CaC - Roleplay thread - Calling all cats,Calling all clans -

[cloudy days]

CloudClan
Cats Attending:Cloudstar, Cloudyspots, Meadowfern.

Cloudstar
Tags: None (open)
Skystar ran through the territory, fresh night air greeting him as he dashed past. Close behind him was Cloudyspots, looking excited and Meadowfern, slightly behind but very happy. The trio had high spirits for their first gathering, an event they did not want to miss. Skystar tried not to show it, but he couldn't wait. As the three cats came towards the gathering place, Skystar opened his eyes wide and gasped.
"There are so many clans!" He muttered to Meadowfern and Cloudyspots. He saw that the leaders were on a rock, so he pounded away to join them.

Skystar at once loved the view from the gathering rock. He could see the star's beauty properly, and he felt as free as a bird. There was great warmth in his gaze. He had always loved to see the magical night sky, and with the moon shining above him, he truly felt free. Suddenly, he was brought down to Earth again when some cats trooped past the rock, and Cloudyspots sat down in the throng of medicine cats. No wonder Cloudyspots had loved to climb the HighBirch. He understood her completely, and saw her gaze was slightly envious. Then he looked around him and saw many cats chatting, and decided he'd better make some conversation and gain some allies.

Cloudyspots
Tags: Asphodelface
Cloudyspots slowly entered the clearing, relishing in every step. She was sucked into the crowd at once. She sniffed the air, and caught the aroma of herbs near the gathering rock, so she settled down. Enviously, she looked up at the gathering rock and saw her brother loving the view. She did too, and was lost in the beautiful sky. Then she blinked again, and looked around. Suddenly, she saw a tom nearby, and her whiskers twitched as she looked at him for a moment. Her eyes grew bright, but she quickly looked away as he started to turn his head. Then she looked back, and smiled to herself.

Meadowfern
Tags: None (open)
Meadowfern entered the gathering place, happy but nervous. There was so many cats! She looked around and saw a group of queens, so she shuffled towards them. New scents filled her nose, and she smiled to herself.

[Chamrosh]

Gustclan
Cats attending: Heronstar F, Chubtail M, Harrierpelt M, Osierfang, Firepath, Martinwhisker, Merlinpaw, Cicelypaw, Ploverpaw


xxxxIt was a hard choice working out who to take to the gathering. Myrtleclaw had to stay behind, because he was essentially third in command and someone needed to continue managing camp. However, it was indisputable that bringing Ploverpaw along to the gathering would be highly useful for his own growth into a vaguely effective warrior. She may have been the apprentice's mother, but she was just as willing as anyone else to recognise when he was just being far too cautious about everything, and that this was likely to make him a weak or useless warrior in time (painful as it was to think that about your own offspring; Heronstar felt a literal stab through her heart when she considered the idea of her own kits being useless to the clan she had founded). If he could see that most cats were, in fact, not terrifying murder machines, it would do him tremendous good.
xxxxBecause Ploverpaw was going, it would be unfair if Cicelypaw didn't, and her pressuring him to be a vaguely decent guide for her couldn't hurt in getting him some exposure to other cats. Firepath had been volunteered to come by merit of him firstly seeming to have good mentorly qualities, and of it seeming valuable to Heronstar that he get some practice being a mentor; someone needed to mentor for all the new kits that were likely to arrive in Gustclan in the near future.
xxxxMerlinpaw was nearly a warrior (in all but maturity), and hopefully being knocked down a peg or two by warriors who could show him the issues with his own arrogance would help (and maybe even make him a suitable candidate to become a warrior soon); Osierfang was their only hope of keeping him under control. She dreaded to think what the repercussions of bringing him would be if she weren't there.
xxxxMartinwhisker had been brought for similar reasoning as Firepath, but also because he would really need to be involved at a gathering before she felt he would be a good choice for mentoring, and goodness did they need to be prepared to have a lot of potential mentors around.
xxxxSometimes Heronstar wondered whether every leader put this much thought into all their actions,
or whether she was just wasting her time when she did. It didn't help that Langoustinepaw and Vendacepaw had protested about how the younger apprentices had been able to go to a gathering before they had ("That's because I have a very important job for you; you're going to be helping Argusheart look after the kits, and I think they could use some light- light! I do not expect to come back to the smoldering remains of the nursery- entertainment."), that Sparrowfoot had wanted to bring Nettleflower along,
now they were both apprentices, or that Droseratail had wanted to get revenge on the warrior who had slashed his brother (and been unofficially grounded from gatherings).
xxxxSorting out the gathering party from Gustclan was a surprisingly stressful affair. She was hoping that her choices wouldn't make the gathering stressful, too. Heronstar stopped the group of Gustclan cats just before they reached the clearing, and spoke in the quietest voice she was sure they would all hear, giving her briefing for what was going on (which none of its subjects would hopefully realise was something she was doing just for the first time with them).
xxxx"Merlinpaw, I want your best behaviour. No pointless bragging, in case you're called out on it. You would never be able to live down the embarrassment. Cicelypaw, stay with your brother or a warrior, and if you think you've got lost, stand still so we can find you faster. Ploverpaw, actually try to interact with others, or it'll be a very boring evening for the both of you. Cicelypaw, I am sure, is very willing to give you the necessary encouragement."
xxxxShe gave all the apprentices (even Cicelypaw for a moment before realising it was pointless) a firm look, a sort of warning that they were indeed going to follow her instructions, and then she quickly spun around, tail high in the air, trying to look like she hadn't just had to brief her apprentices on how to behave, and lead the Gustclan party into the clearing properly.
xxxxAs usual, they were late. Why would that be a surprise by this point? Heronstar didn't even bother jumping up to the high rock, she was sure she wouldn't fit, and so headed towards the other leaders still hanging around on ground level.

[Heronstar is open]

xxxxChubtail was (for once) far more concerned about the risks of Heronstar's decisions than she was. Bringing Merlinpaw and their own kits was clearly a recipe for disaster, however she justified it to herself. They'd probably be picking up the pieces of their apprentices later in the night. Trying to keep his mind focused on being a deputy and on not falling into dad-mode was going to take a lot of effort.

[Chubtail is open]

xxxxHe felt almost a little dirty as he approached the other medicine cats. Sure, Heronstar had said that he could, in theory, actually have kits of his own if there still weren't any medicine cat apprentices around, but he had just acted on that without asking strict permission. And here were a load of cats who Starclan were openly communicating to who could maybe, therefore, work out why he probably looked a bit uncomfortable despite his best efforts.
xxxxHarrierpelt did his best not to look guilty as he approached the others.

[Harrierpelt is open]

xxxxOsierfang had chuckled at Merlinpaw's assertions that he never bragged (spoken under his breath) as they neared the other cats in the clearing. She was still smiling to herself as she made her way over to the other warriors, but, more importantly, she was keeping an eye out for Merlinpaw so she could step in in the case of the inevitable stupidity he was about to get himself in for.

[Osierfang is open]

xxxxAllowing himself to be volunteered for this was clearly a terrible idea. Even as he walked over to the warriors area, he was having to fight down the strength of his heartbeat. Firepath had a feeling he probably looked like a mother duck right now, with two apprentices trailing close behind him (one of them trying to force the other not to).
xxxx"Cicelypaw, don't scratch Ploverpaw, especially don't scratch my legs when you try to scratch Ploverpaw." Had become a terrifyingly frequent thing to hear from him as they travelled from Gustclan. Cicelypaw was likely to be the worst fighter in the history of any clan. He hoped Heronstar hadn't yet got round to teaching her about fighting - or in her case, how to keep her claws out of anyone's business during a battle. Firepath's new catchphrase had already found a use just walking across the clearing to join the warriors, but he followed it now too. "You may think that following a warrior around a gathering is safer than any other option, Ploverpaw, but bear in mind you're walking into a crowd of cats who have been trained how to fight and kil-" Ploverpaw was gone from beside his leg before he even finished the word, pushing Cicelypaw away from the warriors, Cicelypaw begging him to stop pushing her and to just hurry up...
xxxxFirepath kept a watchful eye on the apprentices as he continued walking to join the other warriors.

[Firepath is open]

xxxxMartinwhisker had never been to a gathering before, not since joining Gustclan, not since becoming a warrior in his clan that had broken down many moons back, and not as an apprentice. He jolly well wasn't going to be telling Firepath that he had less experience at gatherings than the newly named warrior. As if to prove his point, he walked right into the crowd of warriors (while Firepath stayed milling near the edge), tail high to show his (fake) confidence, and started speaking to the first unoccupied cat he found.

[Martinwhisker is open]

xxxxPff, what pointless bragging? What bragging? It wasn't bragging if you really were
awesome, amazing, and frankly, now he thought of it, devilishly handsome too. If you had to lie to make it the case (and Merlinpaw would assure anyone that he wasn't lying), then it was bragging. Merlinpaw, of course, did not brag. Of course. He just... wouldn't be telling the best of his stories to all the other apprentices.
xxxxAfter all, it wouldn't make sense for other clans to know exactly what they were up against when they messed with Gustclan. It made sense to have some points about his brilliance kept secret.
xxxxMerlinpaw positively strutted up to the group of apprentices, trying to almost personify the idea of "fashionably late" to a set of cultures which had probably never even heard of it.

[Merlinpaw is open]

xxxx"Stop shoving me, and just move yourself, I know you can go faster!" Cicelypaw was long since fed up of her brother's stupid patronising protectiveness, but for all intents and purposes, he was her eyes (a rubbish pair of eyes), and she was scared (though she would never admit it) of getting lost in the woods and encountering another dog and it finishing off the work it had started on her tail... She wasn't going to be trying to ditch him unless it proved necessary for the sake of relieving boredom and thus maintaining sanity. "Or do you like being scratched?"
xxxxEven though Cicelypaw was terrible at actually aiming her blow, Ploverpaw didn't, so he stopped his stupid head-butting and actually did his job of guiding her in his own stupendously over-cautious way.

[Cicelypaw and Ploverpaw are open]

OoC: Martinwhisker and Osierfang are both open for forbidden relationships, though I suck at writing romantic things, so if you want to take either of them up with that, you have been warned about my skills for RP-ing them together. But they're open.
Hope this is all okay...

[maplefoxie]

ᴄʜᴇʀʀʏᴄʟᴀɴ
||Cats attending: Lilystar||

||Tags; Oakstar, Skystar||
From atop the gathering rock Lilystar swore she could see the whole world, she looked back at Oakstar, signaling with her tail to get the other leader so they could talk about their new future status as allies. Glancing around, she noticed another leader that didn't really have as large of a clan as some of the other leaders, who were clearly in a conversation of their own. Quietly and hesitantly she approached Skystar, calling out quietly as soon as she was close enough, "Hello, I'm Lilystar, leader of... uh.... Cherryclan" She hesitated on her last words, was she really a leader without a clan?, she looked back again, hoping Oakstar would come so the three of them could have a pleasant conversation of their own, hopefully.

[dyingdinorat]

||Oakstar||Tags: Lilystar, Stormstar
Where was Lilystar going?! Confused, Oakstar started following Lilystar. Lilystar was now talking to Stormstar, so Oakstar approached cautiously.
“I have to ask you something,” she told Lilystar. “Should I leave now, though? You look busy.”
Oakstar didn't notice her clan separating to go talk to other cats, and Creampaw... Wandering away.

[Ember!]

Gorseclan
Cats attending: Orchidstar, Batwing, Charredfern, Hareflight, Cinderfall, Blossomstep, Greydusk, Newtcall
Forbidden romance?: Newtcall

•Orchidstar is currently atop the leader's rock, watching the stars and moon above.

Orchidstar tags: Open! (Leaders)

•Batwing is with the deputies, shivering like a madman. He hates leafbare.

Batwing tags: Open! (Deputies)

Charredfern limped a into the gathering at a fairly quick pace. They were late, again, and he couldn't shake the guilt that it was because of him and his faulty leg. He twitched it, whimpering a bit at the pain it caused, before returning it to its normal position, stiffly sitting by his side.
Charredfern glanced over to his normal spot at the medicine cat clearing, but decided against it, eyes scanning the main crowd instead for a friendly face. A bright ginger and white molly caught his eye, and he limped forward, smiling at her.
"Hello!" He chirped, slowly wagging his tail in a (hopefully) approachable way. "I'm Charredfern, the medicine cat of Gorseclan." He dipped his head slightly in greeting, and then grinned wider. "Very nice to meet you!"

Charredfern tags: Daisystorm

•Hareflight seems to be rather on the bored side, trotting around the clearing restlessly.

Hareflight tags: Open!

•Blossomstep is hanging around the edges of the clearing, calmly listening to everything around her.

Blossomstep tags: Open!

•Cinderfall seems nervous, sitting stiffly at the edge of the gathering, eyes flickering around warily.

Cinderfall tags: Open!

•Greydusk is walking around the gathering, grumbling to himself.

Greydusk tags: Open!

•Newtcall is leisurely padding around the gathering, watching all the different cats that pass by.

Newtcall tags: Open!

(Sorry for only the quick little things for the open cats, you'll get full replies if you talk to them, I swear. ^^;)

[scarecrowz]

Badgerclan!
Attending; Wolfmoon, Amberstar, Windflight

Amberstar
Tom / 35 Moons / Tags: Open
He looked around the area, Windflight and Wolfmoon separating from him, he noticed what seemed like leaders atop a rock, he quickly padded up to join them, he noticed a few leaders walking and others sitting in silence, he decided to try and introduce himself to the leaders. "Hello! I am Amberstar, leader of Badgerclan! Though my clan is small, We will grow as big as all of you!" he yowled proudly, hoping not to have annoyed any of the leaders.

Windflight
She-Cat / 28 Moons / Tags; Open

Windflight sat by herself, she noticed a few cats walk around the gathering, but she was too awkward to talk to them, she tried to talk to Wolfmoon for advice, but knew not to interrupt him with the other medicine cats, she began mumbling to herself.

Wolfmoon
Tom / 58 Moons / Tags; Open
Wolfmoon rolled his eyes as he sat with the medicine cats, it just felt strange to him, surrounded by cats who shared his abilities. He opened his jaws to try and start up a conversation with any of them, "Wolfmoon of Badgerclan.. nice to see some other medicine cats..well actually strange, but yeah.." he mewed, his big eyes scanning the area.

[Phina D Wolf]

Sweetstar glanced around a little nervously as he entered the gathering. His clan was new, and he was still rather wary of all the new cats. Never hurt to learn about your neighbors though.
[tagged: open]

[cloudy days]

CloudClan
Cats Attending:Cloudstar, Cloudyspots, Meadowfern.

Skystar
Tags: Lilystar of Cherryclan, Oakstar of Oakclan, Sweetstar of Swiftclan.
Skystar suddenly heard some mewing next to him, and turned to see a new leader upon the crowded rock. As she introduced herself, he heard the nervousness in her voice. He smiled sympathetically, knowing how she felt. However, he did not feel nervous with the sky above him, so he replied confidently, "I am Skystar of CloudClan, nice to meet you Lilystar," He saw another leader hovering nearby as if they were waiting for Lilystar. "Are you a new leader as well? This is my first gathering." His clover green eyes scanned her face for a moment. He really wanted to look up and see the stars again. "Sky's bright, isn't it?" He blurted out suddenly, followed by a stifled purr of amusement as he realized he couldn't help talking about the sky.

He then looked around and caught scent of one of the clans that bordered his, and decided to make as many allies as possible, especially with neighboring clans. He flicked his tail for Sweetstar to join him.

Cloudyspots
Tags: Asphodelface of Pineclan, Wolfmoon of Badgerclan.
Cloudyspots gazed at the tom for a moment, before hearing another medicine cat mew something. She slowly made her way towards him, plumy tail high with confidence. "Hello Wolfmoon, I am Cloudyspots..." She began, confidence faltering. Her amber eyes nervously scanned his face. "Strange to be surrounded by other medicine cats isn't it?" She said, ears twitching as she heard conversation around her.

Meadowfern
Tags: Cinderfall of Gorseclan
Meadowfern scanned the clearing, eyes bright. She noticed a few cats not joining in the conversations like her. She walked up to one of them, and smiled softly. She was naturally kind, so she resolved to help. "Hi," She said quietly, like she knew the she-cat.

[Simonpet]

𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐍
Attending High Ranks: Honeystar, Birchnose, Crowcloud
Attending Low Ranks: Applenose, Dandeliontail, Hillfang, Nour, Patchcloud, Tipnose

Honeystar | tags: Morningstar of Caveclan (open to Hazestar)
Honeystar smiled. Indeed, new warriors were always a gift to the clan. "Patchcloud's the black-and-white tom with the calico molly over there," she said, motioning with a paw. "I think that this will be their second Gathering. Their littermates, Bramblingwhisker and Brightfang, remain home." She looked at Morningstar. "And what's the name of your new warrior? Are they here today?"

Birchnose | tags: Nightglow of Hopeclan
Birchnose wandered at the edge of the deputies' crowd, before finding a cat sitting alone on the outskirts of the crowd. She padded up to the other, who was revealed to be a molly according to her scent and sat down next to her. "Hello," she said politely. "I'm Birchnose of Forestclan. And you are?"

Crowcloud | tags: Crowpaw of Echoclan
Crowcloud stiffened. He had never heard of a leader losing all nine lives, although perhaps that was simply because Forestclan was still relatively young. "Oh," he said softly. "I'm sorry." And he truly was. While he didn't know Squirrelstar at all, he presumed that she had been a good leader. Possibly even had a blood family to mourn her. "May she rest in Starclan."

Applenose | tags: Cloudmask of Caveclan
Applenose smiled. "Heh. Fish," he said. "The river's frozen over but during newleaf and greenleaf, we've got fishers aplenty. What's the weather like for you?" he asked. "All we've got is snow." He wrinkled his nose a bit to show his distaste, although his smile stayed.

Dandeliontail | tags: Firepath of Gustclan
Dandeliontail noticed a tom from another clan walking towards the clearing, and he wondered if he should go meet the other. It was his first Gathering, and Daisywhisker had stayed back with Briarwhisker (who everyone was sure would become his mate soon), both to mourn and to let those who hadn't experienced the Gathering too many times go. Well, this was a time to meet those from other clans, the warrior thought, so why not?

Dandeliontail padded up to the tom, tail twitching with nervousness. "Umm, hello?" he said quietly. "I-I'm Dandeliontail of Forestclan. What's your name?"

Hillfang | tags: Juniperpelt of Pineclan
Hillfang gave out a quiet oof as she stumbled forward. She was about to give the other a piece of her mind when she saw the gray-and-white tom give a sheepish apology. She blushed. He was cute, and the way that he had apologized so quickly mollified her. "Don't worry," she said with a small laugh. "I get that enough from my own clanmates. Say, what's your name? I'm Hillfang. Hillfang of Forestclan."

Nour | tags: Blossomstep of Gorseclan
Nour had been wandering through the crowd, looking for someone to catch his eye. A molly who had been staying around the edges looked interesting, and he went over to talk to her.

"Hello," he said politely. "How are you this fine night?"

Patchcloud and Tipnose | tags: open

[Phina D Wolf]

Leaping up onto the rock, Sweetstar smiled cordially at all the leaders, "Hello everyone," He said, his voice rich and low, "I am Sweetstar of SwiftClan, who are you all?"
[tagged: Skystar, LillyStar, Oakstar]