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[Luscinia]

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Swiftclan has resided in the city for a long time, far longer than any of the elders, or the elders before, or even the elders before could remember. The lights, the stench, the constant sounds, and the rough asphalt underneath their paws is all that the clan knows. Their paws are calloused from the many moons walking on the rough ground, which was frosty cold during Leafbare, and unbearably hot during Greenleaf. Yet, kits have always been told stories of vast lands filled with colorful flowers and trees taller than they could image, places with large holes in the ground filled with clean water and a seemingly endless supply of prey. Prey that wasn't just pigeons, rats, or twoleg scraps, but birds capable of complex songs, speedy rabbits, and bouncy squirrels. The ground below their paws wouldn't be made out of harsh stone, but soft dirt and tickling grasses. It's an ideal land established in Swiftclan's mind from a young age, but one the clan never dreamed of settling out of fear of change. That is, not until the great plague struck the clan.

About six moons ago, cats began to fall ill. They would become feverish, froth at the mouth, and vomit until the mysterious disease claimed them a couple of sunrises and sunsets later. With the number of clan cats beginning to decline, cats began to suggest leaving the land behind and finding the place described in the stories passed down. The leader was hesitant until Starclan sent the leader and the medicine cat a message: the sickness ends where stone turns to dirt. Now the clan is preparing to leave the land that they've known for so long, and are considering taking outsiders with them, to both increase their numbers and to hopefully save them from the plague as well.
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[Luscinia]

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[Luscinia]

17 males. 15 females. 32 total.

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the leader. [1/1]
→ Rubblestar | Tom | 44 moons | Luscinia | Shorthaired grey tabby with green eyes

the deputy. [1/1]
→ Heatherthorn | She-cat | 37 moons | wildsight,, | Shorthaired brown tabby with amber eyes

the medicine cat. [1/1]
→ Minteyes | She-cat | 20 moons | KittyandCat | Shorthaired white cat with green eyes

the medicine cat's apprentice. [1/1]
→ Hollowpaw | She-cat | 11 moons | White Night Fantasy | Medium-haired dilute tortoiseshell with blind amber eyes

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the warriors. [14/∞]
→ Soottail | She-cat | 52 moons | KittyandCat | Shorthaired ginger and white tabby with blue eyes
→ Blossompool | She-cat | 44 moons | Luscinia | Shorthaired brown tabby with green eyes
→ Horizonseeker | Tom | 40 moons | White Night Fantasy | Shorthaired grey tabby with green eyes
→ Newtstorm | Tom | 40 moons | eleutheromania | Shorthaired lilac point cat with blue eyes
→ Dustfall | Tom | 37 moons | wildsight,, | Shorthaired brown tabby with yellow eyes
→ Brindleflame | She-cat | 35 moons | Luscinia | Shorthaired tortoiseshell with yellow eyes
→ Shadefrost | Tom | 29 moons | Maplejay | Shorthaired white cat with blue eyes
→ Flamespirit | Tom | 26 moons | Zyn | Longhaired ginger tabby with amber eyes
→ Shadowwhisper | She-cat | 24 moons | Zyn | Longhaired black cat with yellow eyes
→ Creamflower | She-cat | 23 moons | Animals65 | Longhaired seal-pointed cat with blue eyes
→ Moosewish | She-cat | 21 moons | KittyandCat | Shorthaired chocolate point cat with blue eyes
→ Spiderheart | Tom | 20 moons | Luscinia | Shorthaired black and white cat with amber eyes

the apprentices. [5/∞]
→ Glowpaw | Tom | 11 moons | White Night Fantasy | Shorthaired dark grey tabby with brown eyes
→ Shinepaw | She-cat | 11 moons | White Night Fantasy | Shorthaired dilute calico with green eyes
→ Otterpaw | Tom | 11 moons | Maplejay | Shorthaired golden tabby with blue eyes
→ Foxpaw | Tom | 9 moons | wildsight,, | Shorthaired russet cat with amber eyes
→ Nettlepaw | She-cat | 9 moons | wildsight,, | Medium-haired grey and cream cat with amber eyes

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the queens [1/2]
→ Orchidblossom | She-cat | 36 moons | White Night Fantasy | Longhaired dilute tortoiseshell tabby with green eyes

the kits [depends on queens]
→ Rumblekit | Tom | 5 moons | White Night Fantasy | Shorthaired black and white cat with blue eyes

the elders [2/3]
→ Sunwhisker | Tom | 69 moons | KittyandCat | Longhaired light ginger tabby with blue eyes
→ Froststorm | Tom | 52 moons | Luscinia | Shorthaired grey and white cat with blind blue eyes

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the rogues [1/2]
→ Dusk | Tom | 8 moons | Zyn | Longhaired black and white cat with green eyes

the loners [3/4]
→ Nirvana | She-cat | 63 moons | eleutheromania | Shorthaired brown and seal pointed cat with green eyes
→ Copper | Tom | 38 moons | Luscinia | Longhaired ginger tabby with green eyes
→ Comet | Tom | 21 moons | Zyn | Silver and white tabby maine coon with amber eyes | [res. prefix 'grey']

the kittypets [3/4]
→ Makalu | Tom | 31 moons | wildsight,, | Snow bengal cat with blue eyes
→ Duchess | She-cat | 29 moons | Luscinia | Brown bengal cat with green eyes | [res. prefix 'shell']
→ Lake | She-cat | 26 moons | sorellabac | Medium-haired lilac point cat with blue eyes

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[Luscinia]

[ ♫ - Mentoring | → likes them | ↔ like each other | ✿ mates | ✗ ex-mates ]

Minteyes ♫ Hollowpaw
Heatherthorn ♫ Glowpaw
Blossompool ♫ Shinepaw
Newtstorm ♫ Otterpaw
Horizonseeker ♫ Foxpaw
Flamespirit ♫ Nettlepaw

Rubblestar & Blossompool are siblings
Orchidblossom is the aunt/adoptive mother of Rumblekit
Hollowpaw, Glowpaw, & Shinepaw are siblings
Rumblekit is the nephew of Hollowpaw, Glowpaw, & Shinepaw
Heatherthorn & Dustfall are siblings
Foxpaw & Nettlepaw are siblings
Flamespirit & Shadowwhisper are half-siblings

[Luscinia]

The Current Season: Beginning of Newleaf

The Current Weather: Cold and rainy, puddles flood the streets

Prey: Rats, mice, pigeons, cockroaches, twoleg food scraps

Threats: Animal traps, raccoons, foxes, dogs, twolegs, poison

[Luscinia]

res. if ever needed

[Luscinia]

R U B B L E S T A R
◆ Tom ◆ 44 moons ◆ Leader ◆ Heterosexual ◆ No Crush/Mate ◆ No Apprentice ◆
→ Tags; Open

Every night for the past several sunsets and sunrises, Rubblestar heard the same whispering, giving the same phrase. It sounded like multiple voices, some he recognized, some he didn't. "The sickness ends where stone turns to dirt." The words he memorized and held onto. They felt more and more urgent the longer he waited. He just didn't know how to tell the clan. He was concerned by the possible tension it could create among the clan, the last thing the clan needed during a time that required unity. He could only hope that the clan would hold onto Starclan's words as tightly as he felt like he did now. He took a deep breath, and gazed out of his den, watching the rainfall on top of his slowly stirring clanmates. Today. Today is the day. He mentally told himself, feeling his heart jump with anxiety every time he repeated the words under his breath.

B L O S S O M P O O L
◆ She-Cat ◆ 44 moons ◆ Warrior ◆ Homosexual ◆ No Crush/Mate ◆ Mentoring Shinepaw ◆
→ Tags; Open

Blossompool carefully repeated her morning routine, as she did every time she rose up from her nest. She carefully groomed out the nest scraps from her short brown fur, tidying herself up, and taking her time doing proper stretches. Without this routine, she was convinced she wouldn't be able to function during the day. She sucked in a deep breath before she stepped out into the rain, scanning the camp. She didn't see many cats up quite yet. The deputy wasn't up, nor her brother, or her apprentice, Shinepaw. How boring. Instead of sitting down and letting herself be subject to the cold rain, she walked laps around the camp, though it just looked like bored pacing to an outsider.

B R I N D L E F L A M E
◆ She-Cat ◆ 35 moons ◆ Warrior ◆ Bisexual ◆ No Crush/Mate ◆ No Apprentice ◆
→ Tags; Open

Brindleflame heard some rainfall and some stirring of the clanmates around her. She briefly raised her head to take it all in, opening only one eye as she did, keeping the other one shut. Was it really worth it to get up right now? No, not to her. She felt no shame as she lowered her head back down and closed her eyes again, nestling back down into her nest. It was too cozy to leave her spot at the moment. She would stay in her nest all day if she had a choice- she hated the rain, and she hated the cold. The dryness of the den and the warmth of her nest was far more appealing.

S P I D E R H E A R T
◆ Tom ◆ 20 moons ◆ Warrior ◆ Bisexual ◆ No Crush/Mate ◆ No Apprentice ◆
→ Tags; Open

Spiderheart woke up early this morning, just as he did most mornings. He never was a fan of the idea of "sleeping in." He worried he might miss something exciting if he just snoozed through most of the morning. Not many cats were up yet. The quiet only added to his restlessness. He craved social interaction and made a decision to approach the first cat who left any of the dens around. Being friendly with one's clanmates never hurt anyone, not even if they're one of the more grumpy cats, like Blossompool. In the meantime, he found a spot within the alleyway that the clan called camp, and sat there, despite the fact it provided no shelter from the rain. He was soaked within minutes, but he waited patiently, his stunning amber eyes watching for movement.

F R O S T S T O R M
◆ Tom ◆ 52 moons ◆ Elder [Retired Early] ◆ Heterosexual ◆ No Crush/Mate ◆
→ Tags; Open

Froststorm almost out of habit woke up when he heard the sounds of cats shuffling around outside. Ever since he lost his eyesight, he became much more tuned into his hearing. He couldn't help but feel a sting of jealousy for his clanmates. If life had gone as planned, he would've been a warrior for many, many more moons. He terribly missed the feeling of busy, no matter how stressful it was, he felt as though he had a purpose. At the very, very least, he seemed to be a sort of inspiration to the medicine cat's apprentice, Hollowpaw. That's all he could do at this point. He had to be strong and he had to adapt to hardship. But with rumors going around that the clan might be relocated, he couldn't help but worry. Would he be a burden on their travels? Would it just be better if he stayed behind? His ears flattened back against his head as he found himself drifting deep into anxiety-filled thoughts.

C O P P E R
◆ Tom ◆ 38 moons ◆ Loner ◆ Bisexual ◆ No Crush/Mate ◆
→ Tags; Open

Copper's senses were flooded as he slowly awoke from his sleep. He slept on top of a wooden pallet with a flat slab of cardboard on top and covered by a long sheet of tin. He could hear the steady fall of raindrops against the tin over his head. He let out a groan of annoyance, raising to sit, head nearly touching the tin "roof" of his makeshift den. He hated getting wet with a fiery passion. It took his long fur so long to get dry, and not to make things better, Leafbare's cold temperature still clung on into the beginning of Newleaf. Yet, he was compelled to move when his stomach growled loudly. Tentatively, he set one paw out of the den after another, until he was already almost completely soaked. His green eyes flicked upwards, glaring at the heavy grey clouds that loomed in the sky.
He padded onwards, toward the old, rusty chainlink fence in the back of the alleyway. He pushed through a hole within it, sucking in his breath to avoid an unwanted cut from the sharp edges. This side had fewer twolegs following the paths, which would make it far easier to find prey. Rubbish tended to be his very last resort, as even though it was easier to scavenge, he'd seen many cats fall ill from it. Especially recently.

D U C H E S S
◆ She-Cat ◆ 29 moons ◆ Kittypet ◆ Heterosexual ◆ Mate of Makalu ◆
→ Tags; Makalu

Duchess was perched on the window, her tail curled neatly around herself as her vibrant light green eyes gazed thoughtfully out the window. She was pregnant, no doubt. She hadn't been for long, but she could start to feel a change in her body. She watched the movements outside. Rain poured from the sky, splattering into puddles, big, shiny monsters, the different twolegs rushing, all following monotone stone paths in different directions. Their feet caused splashes all around. There was some greenery, not a lot. Some small trees and flowers planted in pots. She always had a fascination with the outside world, but it was a world she was never able to explore. She only had brief experiences of the outdoors through her travel crate, when going to cat shows or the vet. She shuddered at the thought of going to the vet. She tried to keep her occasional nausea hidden so that her twolegs wouldn't take her there.
Eventually, she grew restless and stretched out her stiff limbs as she stood up. Her ears swiveled as her eyes scanned the flat for any signs of her mate, Makalu. She leaped down from the window perch, slowly walking around in search for her partner.

[Maplejay]

otterpaw
tom / apprentice / mentor: newtstorm / homosexual / feeling: anxious / tags: spiderheart

for hours, the ginger-coated tom had been staring at the cement wall of the alleyway. he had woken up in the dead of the night, jolted awake by his worries. otterpaw was a naturally anxiety-prone cat, but the recent outbreak of sickness and rumors of a move were making him even more uneasy. so he crouched in the shadows until the sun rose, light barely peaking through the dark clouds, until he could make out the silhouette of a clanmate in the center of the camp. he scented the air, just like his mentor newtstorm had showed him, but was unable to detect which of his clanmate's was also awake at this early hour.

otterpaw crept out from his den, uneasily stepping into the drizzling conditions. his introverted tendencies were momentarily over-ridden by his uneasiness, he felt even more vulnerable being alone.


shadefrost
tom / warrior / heterosexual / feeling: awake / tags: brindleflame, blossompool

the large, pale-coated tom was stirred awake by blossompool's movement. there was no falling back to sleep for this high energy tom. he stretched his long limbs before rising to his paws, noticing brindleflame stirring nearby. crouching back down momentarily, shadefrost gave his paws a few licks.

"prey won't catch itself." shadefrost murmured to brindleflame, a playful but daring tone in the young tom's voice. "come on, lazy."

shadefrost's icy blue gaze continued to stay focused on the lump of cat which was brindleflame before he saw movement around camp, blossompool pacing, and rose to his paws, intrigued. he wondered if blossompool, being the leader's sister and all, knew anything about the rumors. he hadn't seen blossompool and rubblestar interact in quite some time, but who knows. shadefrost's tail lashed as he made his way into the rain, his white pelt soaking instantly, and approached blossompool.

[sorellabac]

☁.𝕃𝕒𝕜𝕖

26moons ~ she-cat ~ ♀ ~ kittypet ~ location: apartment ~ tags: open

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Lake stretched on a bright red carpet, restless from being stuck inside. Once it started raining, her housefolk closed every possible exit, leaving her confined to the apartment. The kittypet jumped onto a chair, staring out the window. Even though it was raining, Lake would still rather be outside than wait here. She could feel how cold it was outside just by putting her paw to the window, but that didn't matter. It had already been an hour and her housefolk were nowhere to be seen. Noticing a small gap beneath the window, Lake realized this could be her chance to escape. As she batted at the window, attempting to get it to move it slid up a bit, almost enough for her to squeeze out. Lake ducked under the window and tried to get out, her back legs pushing against the chair until she finally popped out of the apartment, landing on the balcony. The rain wasn't pouring too hard, meaning she could probably find something to do before her housefolk got back. The kittypet jumped onto a ladder, carefully descending towards the ground, not wanting to slip from such a tall height. As she neared the bottom, Lake hopped off the ladder, ready to explore the city.

[eleutheromania]

Newtstorm
tom ☐ 40 moons ☐ warrior ☐ apprentice: otterpaw ☐ location: camp ☐ tags: none

the tom was grooming his light-colored pelt as he had been awake for quite some time. the cold temperatures weren't something he liked as he finished up and made his way towards the pile of prey within the camp. he sifted through it until he found a rather plump pigeon. pulling it from its spot in the pile, he sat down and began to pluck at the feathers, spitting them out a few at a time as he disliked mouthfuls of them when he was trying to eat. satisfied with his work, the tom bit into the prey, though not warm, it still provided him with a rather pleasant taste. as he ate, he glanced around, looking for his apprentice in the alley that they called their camp, searching for the frame of the younger tom.

Nirvana
molly ☐ 63 moons ☐ loner ☐ location: alley ☐ tags: none

the loner was stretched out in a box, enjoying the drier material while the rain began to dampen the top. she was pretty quiet until she heard a door opening and bell chime. scrambling up, she watched as the two-leg made his way to the dumpster and threw in some scraps for the morning. stomach growling, the female moved forward with grace as she hopped up and worked through the trash once the two-leg had disappeared back inside. sighing with relief, she pulled out a half-eaten fish, along with an uncooked fish head. grabbing her scraps, she returned to her box and scarfed down her breakfast, she definitely wouldn't be sharing it with anyone.