❝ creekclan ― ☁ // open & accepting

[azhefa.]

─── // ♛ ❜ // ＥＭＢＥＲＨＡＺＥ ── // i. female ii. 38 moons iii. warrior iv. no apprentice v. single vi. form
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as expected, the tom hissed and growled his warnings, but doesn't attack. she didn't really think he would, but knew she could outrun him if he tried. their game of snarky banter and sass goes back many moons and has yet to change. and neither has his retorts. impressive as always. emberhaze gives another snort, this time with a bit more humor and turns her head just enough to make a show of rolling her coppery eyes at the leader. "how terrifying," she says in a sarcastically fearful tone, as if this was the first time he'd threaten to drown her in the creek. "hard thing to do when i'm a better swimmer then you." her tone was rather amused now at the memories of him attempting to swim as apprentices. he's never been a good swimmer. emberhaze rolls her eyes again when he mentions the barriers, but this time privately, though her sass hasn't changed. "you're very good at stating the obvious, you know that?" but they didn't need to change the barriers, they needed to change their camp. no matter what they put in in front of the water, it will only rise higher and higher. she decides to voice this, though badgerstar should already be thinking it. "we need a better camp, not more barriers, the water will only get higher and there's only so high we can go." hopefully they will be moved away by the time the floods get worse, a hill perhaps or somewhere higher upstream where there's no risk of the floods touching them.

location; forest [patrol] x mentions; duskthicket, cherrycloud x tags; badgerstar

[way]

𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛xx [tags; cherrycloud, emberhaze, duskthicket]

i. tom ii. 36 moons iii. leader iv. loc; territory


"and you're really good at asking to get your ears clawed off," badgerstar snapped back with a lash of his tail, although he hardly noticed his whiskers twitching in amusement at emberhaze's implication that badgerstar had always been a terrible swimmer compared to her. he shook his head, though, remembering that there were more important matters to be tended to. he listened to emberhaze's suggestion, but then froze as she suggested moving camp to somewhere else. he whipped his head toward her, eyes narrowed. "move camp? i would ask if you have bees in your brain, but i think we all know the answer to that!" the black and white leader exclaimed. creekclan's home was beside the creek - and the creek hadn't even reached any of the dens yet. "we have nowhere else to go that's suitable to hold all of our warriors," badgerstar argued, impatience rising in his throat. "not to mention all of the nests, medicine, and fresh-kill that we would have to move." he growled, green eyes flitting toward the territory past emberhaze. "besides, we don't know what dangers could be lurking out there. at least we know our camp is secure." he added, feeling the inexplicable sensation of anxiety - as though something terrible was going to happen soon - wash over his pelt like the rain falling from the sky.

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𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚋𝚎𝚎xx [tags; nightpaw, cedarwatch, morningfern]

i. she-cat ii. 36 moons iii. warrior iv. loc; territory


honeybee watched nightpaw's black pelt slink behind the push, and prayed to starclan that the apprentice would successfully scare the bird toward honeybee. then, to honeybee's relief, she spotted the thrush frantically flap its wings and leap from the bush. the weight of the rain on its feathers kept it grounded, though, and it practically collided into honeybee. unsheathing her claws, honeybee pounced toward the thrush, hooking it cleanly into her claws and bringing it to the ground. with the bird pinned, honeybee swiftly leaned down and nipped it's neck, killing it and feeling it go limp in her paw. she released her grip and beckoned nightpaw to join her. "wonderful job, nightpaw, we make a great team!" honeybee beamed. "go grab the mouse that you caught earlier, and we'll go meet up with the others." she told nightpaw

[clemen]

NightPaw

Female - Crush: TimberPaw - tags: the patrol

NightPaw watched as the thrush was about to go
right into honeybees claws. Yes! Honeybee had
killed the thrush in one swift strike. “We do make
a good team.” NightPaw said in agreeement. “Ok
I’ll go grab my mouse.” She replied. She trotted
over to the shallow hole where she dropped the mouse
she picked it up and then when back to her mentor.
“We should probably get going on the patrol now”
NightPaw said as she felt so grateful that starclan had
blessed them with this hunt. Her mouth was drooling
on how good the prey smelt. She couldn’t wait to get
back to camp and show TimberPaw this! Oh and the rest
of the clan of course. She glanced over to see the rest of
the patrol waiting for them.

[azhefa.]

─── // ♛ ❜ // ＥＭＢＥＲＨＡＺＥ ── // i. female ii. 38 moons iii. warrior iv. no apprentice v. single vi. form
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threats as always. though one day he may actually act upon them if she pushes too far. emberhaze flattens her ears when he reacts poorly to her suggestion of moving camp, not much of a surprise, but she had at least hoped he'd be more open minded. the she-cat stops as well when he freezes and growls his retort, shaking her head with a roll of her eyes. knowing this argument will probably take a while, she looks to duskthicket and cherrycloud before motioning down the path with her head. "you two go on ahead, try to keep to the path so this rain doesn't get you lost," she orders rather sharply, her annoyance at badgerstar directing a little towards the other toms. "start yowling if you find anything worth the trouble."

once the other two toms were down the path and out of earshot, emberhaze lays into the leader. she hadn't wanted to do so in front of others since it would only make the tom puff up and act worse to defend himself in the eyes of the clan. "we have no where else to go because you refuse to accept the fact that the creek will overflow and flood the dens within a moon's time," she hisses back angrily, her pent up frustration with poor hunting and constantly being wet leaking out in her words. "if you would have let someone scout for a better campsite weeks ago when we realized the rain won't stop, we wouldn't be in this wet mess!" the she-cat shakes out her soaked ruddy pelt to make a point, spraying a bit of water onto the ground though it's replaced quickly with the falling rain. emberhaze knows how intimidating and unnerving it was to leave the territory, she was born outside of it, but also knows there has to be a better place for the clan. she shakes her head at his mention of all the stuff they'd have to move and the dangers they could be facing out in the wilderness. "there's plenty of warriors fit enough to haul whatever buzzardfeather has stored away and carry the nests, the only one i would worry about is featherbrooke since she's due to labor in the next few moons," she explains, hoping the tom was actually listening to her even if just a little. "those kits will be helpless to the creek should it flood our camp."

emberhaze huffs a sigh and shakes her head at badgerstar, not really understanding why he's so against leaving in favor of a safer, dryer place. "we can make a new camp just as secure, we have more warriors now then the first cats that settle here." she tries to read the leader's expression, but it's difficult with the rain dripping onto their faces. emberhaze lashes her tail a bit and paces away only to turn back to badgerstar rather quickly. "what if i go out scouting, alone? i've been outside the clan and i remember some places from my kithood i think i can find again," the idea of exploring was rather exhilarating, but also quite intimidating since she'll be alone, if only for a while. "the predators that we fear can't climb trees like i can and i can hunt for myself in this rain unlike many of the other warriors." the ruddy-furred she-cat sits before the leader and curls her once bushy tail around her paws, a rather pleased expression on her face. "i'm the best chance we have at finding a new home before the creek reaches the dens." though she's not totally confident in her abilities, emberhaze is willing to risk her life to save her clan mates from a frigid, watery grave.

location; forest [patrol] x mentions; xx x tags; badgerstar, duskthicket, cherrycloud > just badgerstar

[daisylin]

- Snowstrike
tom ⋆ bisexual ⋆ interest ; hhoneybee ⋆ location ; territory w/ cranepaw ⋆ apprentice ; cranepaw ⋆ tags ; badgerstar, emberhaze, patrol

"She isn't wrong." Snowstrike mewed as he approached the patrol, appearing from the shadows from the dripping rain. It was getting heavier, making everything foggy and deep in darkness, "After I checked the creek this morning, I'm giving it three days until it floods over it's banks and then it'll be free range to our camp. If you don't listen to us, Badgerstar, we'll all drown. We don't have nine lives like you." His ears were bent back, his bi colored eyes staring at the big tom before him. The patrol surrounding him seemed just as irritated as the warriors back home, "It's our home, yes. But you should favor the safety of your clan over being comfortable. None of us are comfortable! The rain is becoming suffocating!" His pelt tried to prickle, but it was so heavy with rain that it barely moved. He stepped forward, maw opened in a hiss as he sided with Emberhaze, "I'll go with her if I have to. I trust Brittlebounce with Cranepaw if that's needed."

[azhefa.]

─── // ♛ ❜ // ＥＭＢＥＲＨＡＺＥ ── // i. female ii. 38 moons iii. warrior iv. no apprentice v. single vi. form
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before badgerstar could even hiss or growl at her for speaking so openly and rather disrespectfully, someone decides to butt into their private conversation. emberhaze turns on the white tom with a furious hiss, teeth bared in anger. "who asked you to butt into this? clearly you have no sense in that mouse-brain of yours or else you would have stayed in camp where you are suppose to be," though snowstrike was trying to agree with her and be on her side, the she-cat doesn't need his support nor does she want any of it. her copper eyes flicked around and grew sparks as she finds snowstrike to be alone. "where's cranepaw? have you given up as a mentor already?" her tone was rather harsh and sharper then necessary, but the tom has brought it upon himself. he should have just stayed back at the camp where he was suppose to be training his apprentice. "if you're too incompetent to be a mentor then i will volunteer myself in your place at the next meeting." everyone knows emberhaze doesn't want to be a mentor, she has refused an apprentice ever since she became a warrior. something many frown upon and even look down on her for since it's the way of the warrior to pass on the skills and knowledge. the she-cat has her own reasons for refusing, ones she keeps to herself locked away from prying eyes. emberhaze scoffs at snowstrike's disrespectful words and offer to join her for the scouting mission she proposed. it always amused her when others tried to sass badgerstar like she does. they don't have the same dynamic and often get scars from such disrespect. "i suggest you watch yourself, little kit, you have no one to back you up here," she all but purrs in a rather unkind way, her gaze drifting to the brush around them. the others in the patrol were gone ahead at her orders, leaving the trio alone in the forest. should badgerstar decide to correct snowstrike's foolish lack of manners and crass, emberhaze will simply stand aside and wait for it to end. it was the tom's fault should he get punished.

location; forest [patrol] x mentions; others on patrol x tags; badgerstar, snowstrike

[way]

𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛xx [tags; cherrycloud, emberhaze, duskthicket, snowstrike, nightpaw]

i. tom ii. 36 moons iii. leader iv. loc; territory


badgerstar's green eyes glittered with irritation as snowstrike interrupted his conversation. "for once, i agree with emberhaze," he snapped to the white warrior. "this was not your conversation to butt in to. i'm aware of the danger, and i don't need you to tell me how to lead my clan." badgerstar growled to the tom, unsheathing his claws. "and you will not be accompanying anybody, anywhere. you have an apprentice that you're responsible for, and i will not have you laying that responsibility on some other cat to go on this mission," the long-furred tom continued. his eyes narrowed as he realized that it sounded like he had already subconsciously agreed to let emberhaze go.

turning to emberhaze, badgerstar let out a drawn-out sigh. "you can go, but you won't be going alone. let us go back to camp first and announce this to the rest of the clan," he muttered to emberhaze. then, a movement caught badgerstar's attention. turning, badgerstar spotted the hunting patrol that morningfern had been leading. upon closer inspection, he could see a rather proud nightpaw carrying prey. he remembered suddenly that nightpaw's time as an apprentice was just about over. badgerstar turned to emberhaze and snowstrike. "both of you, head back to camp. i'll be back shortly to address the clan," he instructed, beginning to pad toward nightpaw.

badgerstar approached the black apprentice. he knew that honeybee would be here somewhere, but the idea of speaking to his weak-minded, soft-hearted sister made him cringe. instead, he decided to speak only to nightpaw about this. "nightpaw, i see you managed to make a catch even in this terrible weather," badgerstar began gruffly. "creekclan needs warriors now more than ever.. i know you haven't had your warrior's assessment - but i think you've proven yourself to be one today. so, would you like to receive your warrior name today?" badgerstar inquired. he had worded it to make it sound meaningful and sentimental, but deep down badgerstar knew that all he wanted was more and more warriors; a bigger and stronger force to represent creekclan. even so, nightpaw seemed to have been in the apprentice's den for what seemed like a lifetime, and badgerstar was sure that nightpaw was more than ready to be a warrior.

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𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚋𝚎𝚎xx [tags; nightpaw, cedarwatch, morningfern]

i. she-cat ii. 36 moons iii. warrior iv. loc; territory


honeybee nodded to nightpaw and the two began padding back to the patrol. honeybee froze, though, when she saw badgerstar approach her apprentice. honeybee couldn't make out what they were speaking about, but with the way badgerstar kept glancing at nightpaw's freshly caught mouse, she could only assume it was something good. which, in badgerstar's case, was a rarity. leaving the two to speak, honeybee padded back to morningfern. she lay her thrush gently on the ground. "thank you, starclan, for this prey," honeybee murmured quietly to herself. then, glancing at morningfern's fresh catch, honeybee let out a purr. "hey, great catch, morningfern!" honeybee praised. then, jokingly, she added, "looks like we'll be allowed back in camp after all, hm?"

[daisylin]

- snowstrike
tom / bisexual / interest ; honeybee / apprentice ; cranepaw / location ; territory / tags ; emberhaze, badgerstar

As the leader turned, Snowstrike narrowed his eyes into Emberhaze, "I'm not kit, I'm just as much as a warrior as you. And obviously there's a difference between us if I've been trusted to train an apprentice. And if you need to know about Cranepaw, she's off hunting and didn't want to be watched so I let her be. She's not even a few fox steps away from me. I'm capable and I was trying to side with you, not start a fight. I'm not giving up as a mentor, and you as any warrior should know a clan doesn't have secrets, Emberhaze. I may not be older than you, bu I'm close. We both have scars, so don't start with me or you'll have some more. Plus, I'm the one who's trusted with an apprentice to train. So maybe you should shut your own trap. And if you want to know, Emberhaze? I wasn't disrespecting our leader, I was simply giving my advice. How is your conversation supposed to be private if you're talking louder than the wolves who cry?" His eyes glared as he picked up his paws and went back into his forest. Before he even considered going back to camp by command, he was going to find Cranepaw and see what she managed to find. He loved the little apprentice and trained her as if she was his own. And he refused to be talked down by some little she-cat with an attitude. He shook out pelt, showing off to Emberhaze that he left the conversation without a scratch. He wasn't stupid.

[tyrannical]

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/one. nettlepaw two. twelve moons three. tom ─

─ location; camp ///─ tags; buzzardfeather

xxxxxxNettlepaw lets out an undignified snort, he had just heard the confirmation that the fuzzy vision wasn't simply a delusion that had settled into his mind and really he's more surprised. With his attitude towards what he does and his general lack of respect for Starclan he wonders why they even bothered with him, he was ungrateful and arrogant at times and they expect him to deal with visions. Something inside him said that the bitter apathy towards the striped creatures extended to his aptly named leader he saw parading around their camp and snapping at anyone even slightly out of line at sunup. The gentle look of disgust crossed his features for a heartbeat before it returned to a state of acute awareness. "Only Starclan knows what the leader of ours will bring to this clan." Deep breath in, deep breath out. Nettlepaw slunk closer to Buzzardfeather yet keeping his tone just as low as before, "Great Starclan, if that must not be him then I do not know what it is- a badger is somehow fitting." He knew better than to insult Badgerstar in his presence, "Then the rain is no coincidence either."

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/one. plumwillow two. thirty-one moons three. molly ─

─ location; camp ///─ tags; finchcloud - brittlebounce - badgerstar

xxxxxxThe sudden appearance of the seal-point deputy caught her off guard, her legs sliding halfway into a defensive pose before it clicked who was in front of her, straightening up and greeting him with a curt nod before relaxing back into a normal stance, her now dripping tail gently grazing the grass beneath her paws. A short acknowledgment of his request to join for patrol and she glanced around to note a couple of other warriors still grazing around the clearing, either trying to wait out the rain or organizing their own patrols. Padding a few tail-lengths behind the tom she sees where he seems to be headed.

xxxxxxShe brightly greets the warrior even with the harsh weather making everything seem a lot more dull than usual, she always enjoyed being around the fellow molly in her eyes a nice presence in the oftentimes quiet and monotonous clan life. Plumwillow liked to look past the rough edges of her clanmate and even if she got into trouble a lot she was still nice to be around. Her musings were cut short when a particularly large drop landed directly onto her face and in return she silently cursed at the seemingly constantly dark sky.

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Ｃｅｄａｒｗａｔｃｈ
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/one. cedarwatch two. thirty-five moons three. molly ─

─ location; territory ///─ tags; morningfern - honeybee - nightpaw

xxxxxxCedarwatch had no such luck pray wise, she gently huffed as she dug up the smallest of shrews from the underbrush, but it proved a feat as the water was only turning the ground below to mud. The lagged behind the patrol as she had much previously. It's not as if she was less talkative than normal but the frustration from the dwindling resources had left her cold and hungry and the only mildly successful hunt between the four of them wasn't enough to feed all those in the clan and she knew it. The sudden sight of the border patrol with Badgerstart nonetheless made her skid slightly in an attempt to slow down on the wet ground. She skirted around the apprentice and her leader, just trying to make her way to Morningfern and Honeybee, she had dubbed the small creature in her mouth her 'most pathetic catch of the leaf-bare', and it seemed to raise her spirits a little more. She quietly stopped a few tail-lengths from the two mollies, just a small break from trying to scout for anything that moved was a blessing, but she couldn't help but glance back at the talking pair.

[Stripe12]

B U Z Z A R D F E A T H E R
Female|Medicine cat|Medicine den|Tags: Nettlepaw

"It certainly isn't." Buzzardfeather sighed. She shivered at the thought of what would happen if Badgerstar heard of this. It would not be good at all. "We shouldn't share this with Badgerstar. However, perhaps we could share it with a few very trustworthy warriors. She paused to think. Who could they trust with this knowledge? "Emberhaze, Snowstrike, Morningfern, and maybe Nightpaw." She mumbled. Buzzardfeather looked back to her apprentice. Who do you think we can trust? She asked him. This was a serious matter, and she needed a second opinion. The creek could flood their camp any day now.