♣♧ ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 ♤♠ Warriors RP O&A

[greatwoman]

RippleClan

Silverheart | Female | 26 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: Vixenpaw | Crush: Lionwind | Tags: Vixenpaw, Lionwind, Pikepaw | Mentions:

Silverheart stopped and thought for a minute. She was a bit surprised that Lionwind was letting her pick where the apprentices would hunt. She looked directly at Lionwind and said "How about we start near the stepping stones? Then they can work their way upstream away from the AshClan border?" She was uneasy at the thought of the young apprentices hunting close to the AshClan border, so she tried to pick a part of the territory that was unburned yet far away from the border. Silverheart glanced at Pikepaw and Vixenpaw to see their reactions.

Foxstrike | Male | 12 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: | Crush: open | Tags: Troutwhisker, Willowpaw, Ravenfeather | Mentions: Shellstar, Lionwind, AshClan patrol

Foxstrike's attention was drawn away from Ravenfeather by the appearance of an AshClan patrol coming over the rise. They were probably the border patrol, coming to see what the disturbance was. He didn't notice the falling raindrops until they were large and coming down fast, and his pelt was quickly soaked through. His hackles rose despite his drenched pelt. The fast approaching patrol made him uneasy. With tensions so high, it wouldn't take much for a fight to break out, and now that the rain had washed Rainwatcher's scent off of RippleClan territory, she could say whatever she wanted and her clanmates would believe her over RippleClan cats. He felt Willowpaw step closer to him. He turned his head towards her, without taking his eyes from the AshClan cats, and whispered "Don't worry. Troutwhisker won't want to fight when we're this badly outnumbered. If they do attack, you run back to camp as fast as you can and get Shellstar or Lionwind to send another patrol." He glanced at her to see that she understood. She looked a lot smaller than usual, with her fur slicked down by rain, but she was shivering a bit and he could see her fur bristling despite the rain. He couldn't tell if she was scared, angry, or cold, but he hoped she would be able to keep her head if a fight broke out. He glanced at Troutwhisker so see if he was going to give them any orders, but he was staring at the approaching AshClan patrol, flexing his claws into the ground, pelt bristling. Foxstrike turned his attention back over the border and watched as the patrol came closer.

Alderpelt | Male | 26 moons | Medicine Cat Apprentice | Mentor: Rainwatcher | Crush: Forbidden | Tags: Open | Mentions: Rainwatcher

Alderpelt had left camp early in the morning to search for herbs in the burned part of the forest. He wanted to see if any of the useful plants would grow back after the fire. So far he had found a small patch of borage on the edge of the burned area, and a patch of what smelled like coltsfoot growing further into the damaged forest. He thanked StarClan that the small patch of Catmint that grew on their territory hadn't burned, without that they could be very vulnerable to disease. He stopped and looked up towards the sky. The clouds were darkening fast, and he could smell rain on the air. He picked up the small bundle of horsetail and juniper that he had picked elsewhere and bounded back to camp. He didn't mind the rain, but he didn't want the leaves he had collected to get wet, otherwise they would take days to dry. He stepped into the camp and saw that the camp had come to life while he was gone. He passed several clanmates on his way to the medicine den, but he didn't stop to talk. He trotted over to the medicine den and ducked inside as he felt the first few drops of rain fall on his fur. Rainwatcher was not in the den, but Alderpelt didn't mind working in solace. He laid out his bundle and began stripping the leaves from the stem, and sorting them into piles.

Outside the Clans

Jesper | Female | 8 moons | Outsider | Mentor | Crush: open | Tags: Oliver | Mentions:

Jesper woke gently at Oliver's prodding. She purred and looked up at him, and with a yawn she said, "Good morning dad. It smells like rain!" She stood up and stretched, and touched her nose to father's. Even three moons after her death, Jesper couldn't help but think about greeting her mother too. Some mornings she caught herself looking around for her mother before remembering that she wasn't here. She could see sorrow in her father's eyes and knew he was thinking of Octavia too. The little family had been split apart forever, but Jesper was happy that she still had her father. The two had grown even closer than before, and she thought they made a pretty good team. She pulled away from him and purred. The rain had started up, but it didn't really bother her. "Where do you think we should go today?" She gave a little bounce as she spoke, readying herself for a day of exploring and searching for food. Every day they had to travel a little farther from home to find enough food for both of them, and Jesper pushed away the thought that they might have to move somewhere else to be closer to food. She didn't want to leave the den she was born in, even if it was a pile of rubble now. And if they moved, that would mean leaving behind her mother, and Jesper couldn't bear the thought of that.

[razzberry]

𝐴 𝑆 𝐻 𝐶 𝐿 𝐴 𝑁 ─────
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⋯⋯⋯⋯ ❝ EGRETCROWN ❞

ashclan deputy ‣ 36 moons ‣ molly ‣ apprentice: nightingalepaw ‣ crush: tinybear ‣ tags: lilyleaf, craketooth, rosethunder, juniperblaze, nightingalepaw, duckflight, pigeonpaw, lavenderrain, tawnystrike

Hazel eyes flitted from the furry bodies of her lean companions as a good number heeded her call for patrols and gathered, anticipation sparked behind their eyes. Despite the recent changes that the cats, from all the former clans, had to adapt to Egretcrown was confident that they would be able to put aside their differences and personal feelings for the short period of time for patrols. She often worried that this was her biggest flaw, that she had a tendency to put faith in the wrong cats under the wrong circumstances but the white molly had to believe it would turn out that way if she really wanted it to be. "Alright," she cleared her throat as her golden eyes scanned the crowd for the cat's she was looking for. "Lilyleaf I'd like you lead a hunting patrol, take Craketooth and Rosethunder with you. Juniperblaze, you'll be with Nightingalepaw and I for a border patrol" the deputy paused for a brief second as she mulled over her options for a final patrol, settling to a decision within seconds upon spotting the cat's in question. "Duckflight, Pigeonpaw and Lavenderrain you three can carry out another border patrol out by the moor. That being said, although you have assigned patrols don't hesitate to hunt if you have the opportunity. The more food we can bring back the better, we have a lot of mouths to feed now but we also have the ability to bring in that much more prey" Egretcrown finished with a final nod. She trusted that if anyone had any objections with the setup they would bring it to her attention, though fortunately for her that didn't happen very often.

With the dismissal of her clan mates who broke off to go about their duties, Egretcrown's gaze slid towards where she had spotted the pelt of a much senior warrior she was beginning to recognize almost immediately. Tawnystrike was not a hard cat to miss, at least not for Egretcrown who had begun to commit her white pelt and calico markings to memory. In all honesty the molly had always had a seemingly innocent admiration for Tawnystrike, after all she had been the former leader of Marshclan and had done a fine job from the loyalty and admiration she could see from her remaining clan mates. "Juniperblaze" she called to the tomcat who was a short distance away, "I'll be back in just a second" and with that she ambled off towards the elder's den where the former Marschclan leader stood in the entrance. As she neared the older molly she slowed her pace peering past Tawnystrike's head to see who she was talking to. "Tawnystrike - good morning. I wanted to see if you'd like to join Juniperblaze, Nightingalepaw and I on a border patrol. Or if you have another engagement here in camp, that's alright too" the longhaired feline politely offered. She thought that if anything, surely Tawnystrike would want out of camp even if only for a short relieve.

── a large, svelte maine coon with a white longhaired pelt and light hazel eyes

⋯⋯⋯⋯ ❝ LAKEPAW ❞

ashclan apprentice ‣ 11 moons ‣ molly ‣ mentor: tinybear ‣ crush: to be rosethunder ‣ tags: tinybear, rosethunder ‣ mentions: egretcrown, nightingalepaw

The molly's eyes flicked over to where her sister's pelt stood when the call for patrols rang out while she was mid-conversation with her mentor. Cats began to gather for the patrols and as Lakepaw watched, Rosethunder trotted past in all his, at times, annoying confidence. Though she had to admit his confidence was quite attractive, and it was hard to deny that he had been one of the cats she was most fond of as apprentices. Lakepaw brought her attention back to Tinybear as the fluffy black warrior seemed to stumble over his words when he mentioned Egretcrown. A wry smirk played at the molly's maw as a mischievous idea crossed her mind. It wasn't very often that she got the opportunity to tease her mentor but it appeared as though the mere mention of her older sister's name was enough to for him to put his paw in his mouth. "Well I had hoped to train with Nightingalepaw, but it looks like Egretcrown's taking him on a patrol. I could have showed off at least a liittle in front of her. She always praises Nightingalepaw right in front of me but forgets to give her own sister praise sometimes. She was even just speaking really highly of you the other day!" she broke off after her last words and refrained from glancing sideways at her mentor, hoping Tinybear's curiosity got the better of him and he took the bait.

── a long legged, lean blue maine coon with large amber eyes

⋯⋯⋯⋯ ❝ CRAKETOOTH ❞

ashclan warrior ‣ 12 moons ‣ tom ‣ apprentice: -- ‣ crush: open ‣ tags: rosethunder

It seemed that he had slithered from the den at just the right time, in time to hear the deputy whizzing through names for more patrols. Craketooth caught sight of his brother who had supposedly spotted him emerging from the den quite late and beckoned him over to which he complied. The broadly built tom trudged over to his sibling and took up the space at his side as they listened to Egretcrown speak. He was surprised but also grateful when it turned out that he'd been put on Lilyleaf's patrol with his brother. It wasn't often that he got to patrol with him as a warrior as of just yet. "I'm surprised the other two patrols aren't back yet. Nightbreeze's and Smoketail's" he muttered to his brother once Egretcrown dismissed everyone. He wasn't complaining about being sent on a patrol he just found it odd and potentially even overkill to have that many warriors out of camp at once. Thought he was sure the dawn patrol would be returning any second.

── stocky, big boned silver tabby with minimal white splashes and hazel eyes

𝑅 𝐼 𝑃 𝑃 𝐿 𝐸 𝐶 𝐿 𝐴 𝑁 ───
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⋯⋯⋯⋯ ❝ FURZESTREAM ❞

rippleclan warrior ‣ 23 moons ‣ molly ‣ apprentice: -- ‣ crush: shellstar (former), littlestream ‣ tags: littlestream

The molly stifled a light chuckle as she watched an almost frantic looking Littlestream shoot up out of his nest as if she'd woken him with a splash of ice water. "Don't worry, you're not late for anything. Thanks to me I guess" her toned held a teasing tint to it as she offered the tomcat a playful smile, hopefully to calm the nerves that seemed to be wringing him tight. "Maplepaw hasn't gotten into any trouble either. Well, that I know of at least. Fruitshine wants you and Maplepaw to join us for a patrol actually" the fluffy calico meowed as she batted a small moss ball with a round paw.

── a very fluffy, thick-furred calico with piercing green eyes

⋯⋯⋯⋯ ❝ PIKEPAW ❞

rippleclan apprentice ‣ 9 moons ‣ tom ‣ mentor: lionwind ‣ crush: open ‣ tags: lionwind, silverheart, vixenpaw

Rising to his paws as he waited the response or rather, comeback, from Vixenpaw the lanky apprentice batted at his friend's tail as she brushed it against the short hair on his shoulder. Like he had expected, there was never a dull moment when the two came together. "Yeah...the best at coming in second" Pikepaw snickered with a playful bat to Vixenpaw's ear. He glanced towards the two warriors as they mulled over the options for them to train and when Silverheart suggested beginning at the Stepping Stones before moving upstream, Pikepaw's ears perked up and he nodded his head determinedly.

── a rather tall, lanky brown ticked tabby with light green eyes

[Queen of flames]

Lavenderrain
Ashclan (formerly Leafclan) - young warrior - female - apprentice: n/a - crush: open
tags: Mistrunner, Lilyleaf
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She walked to the fresh-kill pile, where there were not too many choices to make, but still, she wanted to find the best and largest prey to the queen. She watched the preys, flicking her ears over to the deputy when her name was being mentioned for another border patrol 'oh I need to pick my prey to Mistrunner fast, I don't want them to wait for me' she thought herself, noticing the large, but skinny squirrel at the pile 'there...' she thought. She picked it up and carried it into the nursery "I bought you something, I hope you like squirrels" she meowed to her. She looked at Lilyleaf who also were mentioned leading a hunting patrol "Well it seems we both are needed now" she meowed to the warrior.

Nightingalepaw
Ashclan - apprentice - male - mentor: Egretcrown - crush: open
tags: Egretcrown, Juniperblaze, Tawnystrike
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He watched after his friend Amberpaw, taking his bite of the prey they were planning to share just a moment ago, but now it was all his. Thought could he have enough time to eat it, as his mentor was organizing some patrols where he was being involved too 'just my luck, I need to eat this fast' he thought swallowing more larger bites so the prey could not last too long. He took his very last bite and swallowed it before took his leave toward his mentor and Juniperblaze 'I see I am the only apprentice on this patrol? oh ou well' he thought.

Fruitshine
Rippleclan - warrior - male - apprentice: n/a - crush: open
tags: Furzestream
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He gave the younger warrior a smile "thank you" he meowed to her watching after as she walked to find Littlestream. He didn't really know why he picked the tom, but at first, he thought to get the warriors without any apprentices to train with, but there were not many here, so he decided to go for the ones who didn't seem to have any plans with their apprentices yet. Of course, Maplepaw could join them too if Littlestream so wanted to he didn't really mind.

Pineappleblaze
Rippleclan - young warrior - female - apprentice: n/a - crush: open
tags: Creamflower, Nettleriver
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She gave the older warrior a smile "That's great thank you, now if we could get your apprentice if you want her to join us of course?" she meowed to her. Her eyes landed on Creamflower, which seemed to wait for them patiently then around the camp to see Nettleriver's apprentice Splashpaw.

Ouroboros
loner - male - crush: open
tags: Erebus, open
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posting later

Erebus
loner - female - crush: open
Tags: Ouroboros, open
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posting later.

[Animals65]

Creamflower nods and follows Pineappleblaze towards Nettleriver and Splashpaw, smiling. She waits to hear their answers after hearing Pineappleblaze offering them to join.

[selasphorys]

➤▸𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟◂
AshClan Warrior (former MarshClan) | ♂ | 43 mns | Apprentice: | Crush: | RippleClan-AshClan Border
Tags: Sunmuzzle, Patchcloud, Specklethorn, Amberpaw, Squirrelpaw, Ravenfeather, Troutwhisker, Foxstrike, Willowpaw.

Breathing in the cool morning air and stretching his legs for once, Smoketail had set out from camp in relatively good spirits. Egretcrown had finally let them go hunt by the stream, with some other AshClan cats of course. A damp day like this one promised plentiful frogs on the banks. As his friend talked, Smoketail even offered a few quips of his own now and then. He still kept his ears pricked and eyes alert. The wary tom caught sight of the clouds before Sunmuzzle did, quickening his stride in response. While a light drizzle could make it easier to hunt amphibians, a violent storm meant danger.

His suspicions were well-founded. As rain began to pour from the darkened sky, weighing down his thick pelt, Smoketail caught the voices of multiple cats by the stream. He followed after Sunmuzzle as the younger tom raced to the border, though he proceeded with much more caution. He could already feel the grass growing slick beneath his feet. MarshClan cats knew too well the dangers of uncertain terrain and rushing water. The warrior squinted through the sheets of rain as he approached, making out Ravenfeather and a small RippleClan patrol. An electric tension charged the air, warning of more than just thunder. One misspoken taunt could instigate an attack. One misplaced pawstep could send a cat skidding down the riverbank. “Stay back, no sudden movements,” Smoketail growled at the rest of his patrol, directed at the apprentices in particular. He didn’t turn around to see if they listened. If Amberpaw valued his life, he would obey. Instead, he kept his gaze trained on the RippleClan patrol, watching their every movement. In this sodden soil, he oddly enough felt more in control. As if he were leading a patrol back in his home marshes again.

Smoketail suddenly realized how threatening it must seem to have such a large party of enemy cats advance toward the border. Though Troutwhisker's snarl had every hair on his pelt bristling, he shoved aside his misgivings and kept his composure. The black-furred tom dipped his head curtly, first to the AshClan medicine cat and then to the RippleClan cats across the stream. “We mean no harm,” he called over the thudding downpour, his gruff voice for once free of derision. Known more for his barbed silence than honeyed tongue, Smoketail was never one for diplomacy. He could only hope that Sunmuzzle or one of the others would back him up. Though whether he spoke for any of the other AshClan cats was up for debate. ‘We’ meant nothing. “Please, sheath your claws and explain what happened.”

[A m n e s i a]

➳ 𝓜𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓡𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓻
xxxxFemale/31 moons/Panromantic Demisexual
xxxxAshClan Queen(Formerly of LeafClan)
xxxxCrushes; MoonBeam, JuniperBlaze/Mate; DustCloud No Mate
xxxxtags 》LavenderRain, LilyLeaf

MistRunner watched JuniperBlaze leave to pick her something from the pile and she couldn't help but feel bad for making the young warrior get something for her, she still had working legs after all and sitting around was just making her miss her warrior duties maybe I could go on a walk later, I don't know how much more laying around I can take she thought before turning her head to LilyLeaf.
"I hope you're right, no" She corrected herself "I know you're right, though I think I might take a walk at least. Being stuck in the camp all day is starting to drive me crazy" she joked, though it was her own fault for staying in camp so much as a part of her had been hesitant to leave it as if a former StormClan cat would attack her the moment she stepped out. She thought about the offer a bit longer and then spoke "well, if you insist, I guess I wouldn't mind. thank you" she seemed a little embarrassed for accepting the offer after all.
Her gaze soon returned to LavenderRain who was walking back with a squirrel hanging from her mouth and smiled "Thank you" she spoke, taking the squirrel before hearing the two had to leave. She felt a tad disappointed but it was hidden by her usual smile "Well, you two better be off then, I don't want to be the reason the patrols are taking so long to set out"
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➳ 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓟𝓪𝔀
xxxxMale/10 moons/Biromantic Graysexual
xxxxAshClan Medicine cat apprentice/Mentor; RavenFeather
xxxxNo Crush
xxxxtags 》Open

The tom was already wide awake, distracting himself with neatly sorting the herbs within the medicine cats den as he had woken up after his mentor had already left. He was a tad bit hesitant to leave the den, aware of his brother still within the camp and he didn't have the energy to deal with him at the moment. HarePaw grimaced at his thought What kind of brother am I? purposely avoiding AmberPaw just because....why is it so difficult to connect with him? siblings are suppose to be close aren't they?
He waved his tail as if using it to brush his thoughts away turning his complete attention to the herbs he was sorting.

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➳ 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶
xxxxMale/24 moons/Bisexual
xxxxRippleClan Warrior/Apprentice; MaplePaw
xxxxNo Crush(To be FurzeStream)/No Mate
xxxxtags 》FurzeStream

The teasing tone of the she-cat made him calm a bit and a shy smile spread on his face "Well, thank you for wake-waking me up then. With MaplePaw, I wouldn't put it pas-past him to get in trouble even in the morning" He sighed, his apprentice was certainly a pawful especially with his interesting way of solving problems, he wasn't a bad cat but he seemed to pay no mind to the limits when they got in the way Hopefully he'll eventually calm a bit, thinking outside the box isn't necessarily a bad thing but defying authority certainly is he thought.
"Sounds good" His gaze traveled away from FurzeStream when he caught sight of his apprentice near the fresh kill pile, he figured he should grab the apprentice before he starts eating as to not keep FurzeStream and FruitShine waiting "I'll quick grab MaplePaw and we can set out" He spoke and began heading towards his apprentice.
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➳ 𝓢𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓟𝓪𝔀
xxxxFemale/8 moons/Pansexual
xxxxRippleClan Apprentice/Mentor; NettleRiver
xxxxCrushes; MaplePaw (To be VixenPaw)
xxxxtags 》MaplePaw

"And what if I am?" She spoke with a mischievous grin before pretending to be offended by his words "I'm shocked you of all cats would think I would be a well behaved apprentice" She spoke and placed one of her paws dramatically on her chest. Her eyes caught sight of LittleStream approaching them and her paw lowered, a small groan left her mouth as she knew what it meant. She wanted to spend more time with MaplePaw but she guessed that'd have to wait "LittleStream's coming to ruin the fun" She muttered to the tom.
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➳ 𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓹
xxxxFemale/42 moons/Bisexual
xxxxStray(Former KittyPet)
xxxxNo Crush/No Mate
xxxxtags 》open

The brown she-cat was still fast asleep in her makeshift nest near the ashes of the twoleg's nest she once called home, feel free to wake her up.

[SilentMelody]

𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫
( ♀ ) - ( 70 moons ) - ( leader ) - ( Ashclan ) - ( apprentice: none ) - ( bi ) - ( crush: open ) - ( tags: open )
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She tipped her head up to look at the skies, seeing dark clouds forming. Within moments, a drizzle started. Snowstar paid no mind to the light raindrops that soon grew heavier. Although her belief in Starclan was strained, she took this as a sign. There was tension in the air, and it wasn't just from the sudden change in humidity and weather. In her bones, Snowstar felt like something was going to happen. Nothing that she necessarily planned, but everything was coming into place.

𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫
( ♂ ) - ( 35 moons ) - ( warrior ) - ( Ashclan ) - ( apprentice: Lakepaw ) - ( pan ) - ( crush: Egretcrown ) - ( tags: Lakepaw )
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It only took a few words from Lakepaw about a certain she-cat for him to become flustered again. "Oh, she did? I mean, um... I suppose we could ask to train with Egretcrown and Nightingalepaw once they're done with patrols. Unless you'd like to join them on patrol?" Tinybear offered, trying his best not to ramble. He wasn't sure exactly what Lakepaw wanted, but she seemed to be hinting very heavily. When she looked away from him, an idea sparked in his head. Now it was his turn for giving lots of clues. He nudged her shoulder with his own and purred encouragingly, "Don't worry about your sister, though. I'm sure she's incredibly proud of you. But she might just be a bit too busy with the rest of the clan to notice how well you're doing in your training. In fact... you're almost of age... so I could maybe say something to her."

𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐰
( ♂ ) - ( 10 moons ) - ( apprentice ) - ( Ashclan ) - ( mentor: Patchcloud ) - ( straight ) - ( crush: Meadowpaw ) - ( tags: patrols )
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The group of cats had already set off into the territory, the dark clouds overhead opening up to pour rain on them. He shook off droplets as they landed on his ears and grumbled to himself. "I swear if we don't catch any prey and I didn't even get to eat..." Amberpaw muttered. His thoughts were disrupted when the cats ahead halted and stared at the Rippleclan cats over the border. At the sound of snarling, he unsheathed his claws with his hackles raised. He rolled his eyes at Smoketail's warning. If fighting broke out, Amberpaw would take the chance to lash out at anyone. He turned his gaze to Patchcloud, noting that she seemed uneasy and focusing on her sister Specklethorn who was bristling with wild eyes. She was snarling louder than the Rippleclan cat, spitting threats and curses at them. Amberpaw had never seen her like this. Deciding to join in, he shouted, "Hey, you pieces of fox-dung! What are you doing so close to our border? We don't want you mangy flea-pelts around here!"

𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦
( ♀ ) - ( 40 moons ) - ( warrior ) - ( Rippleclan ) - ( apprentice: Hawkpaw ) - ( bi ) - ( crush: eventually Shadowheart ) - ( tags: Hawkpaw )
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"Of course! I agree with you, I think we could all use some brushing up on our fighting moves. Why don't we head out now?" she asked and nodded her head in the direction of the exit to camp. Although she wasn't violent, Cinderdream's loyalty ran deep and she knew that fighting skills were important to Rippleclan's safety... especially at times like these. When she went on patrols or into the territory, she was always alert and watching the borders. She'd need to have her guard up this afternoon, even with Hawkpaw. Cinderdream started padding out of the camp, allowing her apprentice to fall into step beside her. "Perhaps another pair will be in the training hollow, and we can work with them. Although I'm sure you can fight me perfectly fine."

𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐰
( ♂ ) - ( 9 moons ) - ( apprentice ) - ( Rippleclan ) - ( mentor: Littlestream ) - ( straight ) - ( crushes: Vixenpaw & Splashpaw ) - ( tags: Splashpaw )
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"You're right, you're definitely not well-behaved. Especially when you're stuck with me," he joked and placed himself into a playful crouch, his tail-tip waving. Maplepaw shifted back into a sitting position at the sound of her groan and cocked his head to one side, seeing that her gaze had moved past him. Oh, great, he thought, a little downtrodden that their time together was most likely being cut short. Maplepaw huffed and glanced over his shoulder to see his mentor padding over, coming from the direction of Furzestream and Fruitshine. He turned his head back to Splashpaw and offered an easy-going smile, saying, "It looks like he's been spending his time with other cats, anyways. I'm sure this won't take long. Maybe you can join us, for whatever he's got planned?" Maplepaw stood up to greet his mentor and purred warmly. Although he didn't usually show this behavior to Littlestream, he figured it couldn't hurt sucking up a little bit to get what he wanted. Not that he had to do much of it in the first place. "Good morning, Littlestream! Before you tell me what we're going to do, is there any chance Splashpaw can join us? Nettleriver hasn't come to fetch her yet."

𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐭
( ♂ ) - ( 3 moons ) - ( kit ) - ( Rippleclan ) - ( mother: Shadowheart ) - ( questioning ) - ( crush: none ) - ( tags: Shadowheart, Shellstar )
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"Thank you, Mommy. I'm gonna be a good warrior and protect you!" he purred, feeling more invigorated and enthusiastic at his mother's compliment. In the back of his mind, Wolverinekit knew he'd still have to wait but her words made him feel more confident. The two older cats started murmuring to each other, and his attention dwindled quickly. Within seconds, Wolverinekit was batting at Shellstar's tail-tip and moving it from the safe place wrapped around his paws. However, his attention was moved again when the leader began speaking to him and spinning the tales of the warrior code. He sat back and listened, his eyes wide with fear and excitement. Kits were killed? "Wow... that's terrible! I think I understand now. Eventually, I can protect my mommy... I mean, Shadowheart... but right now, she has to protect me."

𝐕𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫
( ♀ ) - ( 36 moons ) - ( rogue ) - ( pan ) - ( crush: open ) - ( tags: open )
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(writing later for her)

[greatwoman]

RippleClan

Silverheart | Female | 26 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: Vixenpaw | Crush: Lionwind | Tags: Vixenpaw, Lionwind, Pikepaw | Mentions:

Silverheart began to move towards the camp entrance. She beckoned with her tail for the others to follow her. "Come on, let's get to it!" She said excitedly. She was happy about the friendly competition that had sparked between Vixenpaw and Pikepaw, plus she was eager to see how the apprentices would fare in the competition. As she padded towards the camp entrance, she felt raindrops fall onto her pelt. "Fox dung! The rain will make all the prey take to their dens." She turned to the others. "Do you still want to have a competition? The rain will make it hard for anyone to find prey out there." She glanced to Pikepaw and Vixenpaw to see what their thoughts were. If they still want to try, it would be good experience to try and hunt in the rain, but it wouldn't be a very fair competition for who was the better hunter. It would come down to who has better luck finding prey brave enough to wander outside it's den in the rain.


Foxstrike | Male | 12 moons | Warrior | Apprentice: | Crush: open | Tags: Troutwhisker, Willowpaw, Ravenfeather | Mentions: Shellstar, Lionwind, AshClan patrol

Foxstrike took a step forward with a glance at Troutwhisker. He opened his mouth to reply to Smoketail, trying to ignore Amberpaw's comments, but the antagonistic Troutwhisker beat him to it. It seemed the apprentice's comments had made him even angrier. He started aggressively telling the AshClan cats about Ravenfeather crossing the border, and Foxstrike became uncomfortable. Did Troutwhisker want a fight this badly? Yes, crossing the border is a big deal, but the AshClan cats were reasonable and Smoketail seemed almost friendly when they came up to the border. But Troutwhisker was set on starting a fight, it seemed. What he was so angry about, Foxstrike had no idea. Foxstrike stepped closer to Troutwhisker and muttered to him, "Troutwhisker! Come on, calm down. We can calmly talk this through" But the angry tom didn't seem to hear. Foxstrike watched as the AshClan cats' hackles rose, and a few began snarling angrily. Foxstrike's eyes widened as Troutwhisker jumped up on the fallen log. What was he thinking? "Troutwhisker! Come back!" Foxstrike called, but still the tom ignored him. Foxstrike turned towards the AshClan patrol, dreading their response to Troutwhisker's clear act of aggression.

Alderpelt | Male | 26 moons | Medicine Cat Apprentice | Mentor: Rainwatcher | Crush: Forbidden | Tags: Open | Mentions: Rainwatcher

Alderpelt finished sorting his herbs and sighed in relief. They had good stock of everything they could need for now. He turned and stepped out of the den, and as he stuck his head out, a raindrop fell on his nose. He snorted and shook his head, and stepped out into the clearing. He saw plenty of his clanmates out and about, but Rainwatcher was nowhere to be seen. He figured she was out collecting herbs, though what she could be looking for escaped him since they seemed to have a full stock. He sighed and headed for the nursery to check on Wolverinekit. She probably had a good reason for being out, she didn't need anyone's permission. As he neared the nursery, he spotted Shellstar sitting nearby, and he seemed to be speaking to Shadowheart and her energetic kit. Alderpelt chuckled to himself and as he approached he began to purr. "Good morning Shellstar. Shadowheart, Wolverinekit" He glanced at Shellstar. "Sorry if I'm interrupting. Shellstar, I want to speak with you if you're not busy" Alderpelt looked down at the young tom batting at Shellstar's tail. He seemed happy and healthy. "Practicing hunting, are we? That's good, but don't tear up your leader's tail" He snagged a clump of moss and rolled it into a ball before batting it past the kit. "Here! Practice on that instead" he said with laughter in his voice.

Outside the Clans

Jesper | Female | 8 moons | Outsider | Mentor | Crush: open | Tags: Oliver | Mentions:

Jesper woke gently at Oliver's prodding. She purred and looked up at him, and with a yawn she said, "Good morning dad. It smells like rain!" She stood up and stretched, and touched her nose to father's. Even three moons after her death, Jesper couldn't help but think about greeting her mother too. Some mornings she caught herself looking around for her mother before remembering that she wasn't here. She could see sorrow in her father's eyes and knew he was thinking of Octavia too. The little family had been split apart forever, but Jesper was happy that she still had her father. The two had grown even closer than before, and she thought they made a pretty good team. She pulled away from him and purred. The rain had started up, but it didn't really bother her. "Where do you think we should go today?" She gave a little bounce as she spoke, readying herself for a day of exploring and searching for food. Every day they had to travel a little farther from home to find enough food for both of them, and Jesper pushed away the thought that they might have to move somewhere else to be closer to food. She didn't want to leave the den she was born in, even if it was a pile of rubble now. And if they moved, that would mean leaving behind her mother, and Jesper couldn't bear the thought of that.

[C a s]

OOC Announcement: Skipping to the next day, as a fresh start to check interest. <3 Both Clans will be finishing their vigil for Troutwhisker (Ripple), Specklethorn, and Patchcloud (Ash).

𝔸𝕤𝕙ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕟

⌠♙⌡→ 𝒯𝒶𝓌𝓃𝓎𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓀𝑒 → 98 mns | ♀ | Apprentice: | Mate: Ryestar | Tags:

"Ａｎｄ Ｉ ｄｏｎ＇ｔ ｍｉｎｄ ｉｆ

T a w n y s t r i k e peered out of the warriors’ den. In the center of camp, those who were closest to them were still sitting vigil for the two young queen’s who had not survived the flash flood that had killed not only them, but a RippleClan warrior, who had started the feud. The calico queen’s tail lashed in frustration. This senseless fighting needs to come to an end. Perhaps if tensions weren’t so high, this fight never would have happened.

The once-powerful cat’s eyes flicked to the ginger pelt at the edge of the vigil. Her son, Sunmuzzle, was sitting near the queens’ bodies with a somber look, his normally bright eyes drained. She hadn’t understood at first why Sunmuzzle wanted to sit up for the fallen AshClan warriors, those that had helped in the destruction of the other Clans - but soon she realized that her son was right, and that these were fallen warriors that had served their Clan fearlessly to the end. I cannot let this force hatred for my fellow warriors, she’d reminded herself, and had spent several hours by her son’s side. She knew there was no changing the sense of responsibility he felt for having been on the patrol that saw them lose to the river’s rushing water.

ｗｅ ｔｅｌｌ ｙｏｕｒ ｍａｍａ ｈｏｗ Ｉ ｆｅｅｌ."

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⌠☀⌡→ 𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓂𝓊𝓏𝓏𝓁𝑒 → 28 mns | ♂ | Apprentice: | Mate/Crush: | Tags:

"𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐?

G o l d e n eyes dull, Sunmuzzle sat near the bodies of his fallen Clanmates. The three warriors had stormed fiercely onto the fallen log that connected the Clan territories, not realizing the hazard its bark was becoming under the downpour. Slick with rain, it took only a few blows for both warriors to tumble into the water, Patchcloud leaping after her sister. Sunmuzzle’s eyes squeezed shut as the image of her head disappearing under the water clouded his mind.

The tabby curled his tail tightly around his paws and resigned to wait. He’d promised himself he would not leave their bodies until the time came for them to be buried.

𝚆𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚜."

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⌠❦⌡→ 𝐼𝓋𝓎𝒹𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓁𝑒 → 39 mns | ♀ | Apprentice: Kestrelpaw | Mate: Moonbeam (formerly) | Tags:

"𝐼'𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒,

I v y d a p p l e leaned down to touch her nose to Specklethorn's ear, then Patchcloud's. She had rejoined the vigil close to dawn to honor her fallen former StormClan warriors, but now, as is the usual with a warrior's life, it was time to move on. There was still work to be done, and it stopped for nobody.

The silver molly padded towards the apprentice's den. She poked her head into the burrow, letting her eyes adjust to the dark for a moment before spotting her apprentice's pelt. "Kestrelpaw, are you awake?"

𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼'𝓂 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽."

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⌠🌩⌡→ 𝑅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝓉𝒽𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 → 12 mns | ♂ | Apprentice: | Crush: Lakepaw | Tags: Craketooth

"ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔬 ℑ 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢,

T h e large brown tabby was still asleep, snoring every so slightly. In his dreams, Rosethunder was racing the moor. Prey was still plentiful and it was full of life - a luxury the Clan had not seen in awhile. A hare sprang in front of him, and he was hot on its heels, but never close enough to pounce. His chest was heaving and he thought his limbs were aching, but he wasn’t sure if he could really feel it, so he pushed on.

In reality, the tom’s paws were twitching wildly. His hind leg shot out, his paw landing sharply square on Craketooth’s shoulder.

𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔪𝔢."

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ℝ𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕝𝕖ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕟

⌠♆⌡→ 𝒮𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇 → 42 mns | ♂ | Apprentice: | Mate: Furzestream (formerly) | Tags: Willowpaw

"𝕊𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕟𝕠𝕨,

“ S l e e p well, brother,” Shellstar murmured, trailing a lick across Troutwhisker’s head. The tom’s body was cold now, his fur feeling almost fake, despite his Clanmates sharing tongues with him all night. Now, the tawny-colored tom rose to his paws. He nudged the smaller gray frame beside him, and was almost alarmed when she didn’t move, but a moment later he saw Willowpaw’s green eyes flicker open. The dilute calico looked small and frail next to the body of her mentor, hardly more alive than he was.

“It’s almost time,” he murmured softly, giving his niece a comforting lick across the shoulder. Shellstar then padded towards his den. The big tom made his way up the rocks to his perch, where he settled with his tail wrapped around his paws. Soon, his Clanmates would all be awake, and they would send their fallen comrade to his final resting place.

𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥."

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⌠☘⌡→ 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓅𝒶𝓌 → 8 mns | ♀ | Mentor: Troutwhisker | Mate/Crush: | Tags: Shellstar

"𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓷' 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵, 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓭;

W i l l o w p a w hadn’t moved a muscle since sundown. She had curled at her mentor’s side, careful to leave plenty of room for his grieving mate, and had groomed his fur clean of all the river muck. An overwhelming sense of guilt prickled inside of the quiet she-cat. Thoughts of “why didn’t I do anything?” and “why hadn’t I fought with him?” dove through her brain like claws the entire night, leaving her emotionally exhausted by the time Shellstar nudged her.

For a moment, Willowpaw wasn’t sure she had the courage to face any cat, but her eyes flashed open. In her uncle’s, she saw nothing but empathy, and Willowpaw realized that this really was the life of a warrior - how many cats had her uncle buried? Is this how it felt when he buried his brother, and his brother’s mate? A chill ran up her spine as the leader padded off, and Willowpaw knew that it was a warrior’s way of life to watch their Clanmates die and then continue with their duties. Loyalty to the Clan came before emotions, and the revelation broke the tiny she-cat’s heart. But it gave her strength, just as equally. “Your death won’t be in vain,” Willowpaw murmured, touching her nose to her mentor’s shoulder, just as she’d done the day he’d been assigned to her. Troutwhisker, I promise you that I’ll serve RippleClan to the best of my ability! I’ll make you proud!

𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓹𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓬𝓮 - 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓬𝓮."

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𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕤

⌠☨⌡→ 𝒪𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇 → 38 mns | ♂ | Mentor/Apprentice: | Mate: Octavia | Tags: Jesper

"𝕆𝕙, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 -

O l i v e r ’ s stomach rumbled, and the black-and-white tom curled tighter around himself. Yesterday’s storm had made the shaky hunter even less successful than usual; he and Jesper had only managed to eat carrion, and the blue-eyed tom had hardly been able to stomach it. Now, though, with the hunger waking him and realizing the sun had risen, Oliver rolled onto his side and yawned. It was time to wake up - today had to make up for the day before. He promised himself that Jesper would never go hungry, but with the tom’s inability to take care of them, he feared that she would have to suffer. I’d beg someone to teach me how to find prey, the tom thought bitterly.

𝕀 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀, 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕕𝕖."

[Animals65]

Creamflower lays beside Troutwhisker's body, saddened by the loss of her mate in an unnecessary battle. "May you find good hunting in StarClan." she whispered sorrowfully. "I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you when you went on the patrol! I should have said something to get to be with you one last time!" She gets up and gives a nod to Shellstar before padding away towards the fresh-kill pile to get something to eat, grabbing a fish. Knowing that Troutwhisker would want her to move on instead of moping about it, she finds a spot in the clearing and lays down to eat her fish, savoring the delicious taste.