OakClan"Well, I didn't catch very much," Riverstripe admitted as he followed Weaselstripe out. "But it was nice to get out of camp for a little while, yeah. How did your hunt go with Blizzardclaw earlier?" As he padded along, he nodded a polite greeting to Dappleleaf.
Tigerblaze picked up the rotting scent mere seconds before he saw Jackdawpaw start to creep closer to the tunnel, where the smell was coming from. Quick as lightning, the golden warrior moved to block his apprentice from going any further. "Don't," he hissed, pushing the young tom in the opposite direction.
Splashpaw was following a little bit behind Tigerblaze and his apprentice, but her eyes widened a bit when she saw the older warrior jump in front of his apprentice and shove him back, away from the tunnel her denmate had started to approach. "What's going on?" she asked, but almost as soon as the question had left her mouth, a foul scent hit her. Immediately she recoiled, wrinkling her nose in disgust. "Urgh! What
is that?" It smelled like a pile of crowfood--a big pile of it.
EagleClanDarkpaw's irritation vanished when he realized Swiftbadger was only inviting them on patrol--well, more like commanding, from the tone of his voice. "Sure," he mewed plainly. As long as he wasn't left behind, he didn't care who he hunted with, be it one cat or a whole patrol.
"I'm sure he'd always welcome any extra paws you want to lend," Southstar meowed, giving the older tom a lick on the ear. "Hey, you ever thought about finding a nice she-cat, having kits?" he asked half-jokingly. "You may be retired, but you're not that old." Medicine cats were forbidden from having a mate or kits, but now that Russetswirl was retired from his medicine cat duties, it only made sense to Southstar that medicine cat rules no longer applied to him.
While Swiftbadger ran after Goldenrose and Darkpaw, Littleflower spotted Frostbriar and Cloverpaw in the clearing. Frostbriar seemed to have just gotten back from a hunt, while Cloverpaw was clearly bored. "Hey, Frostbriar, Cloverpaw!" she called. "Swiftbadger and I are leading a hunting patrol. Want to join us?"