Gustclan
Number of Cats: 8 (2 of which are kits)
|3F|5M|
Food Consumption: 3
Visit to Moonpool: Not visited this week
Shellkit sat silently watching a spider crawl up a wall. He was trying to work out how its legs worked. It must be weird to be a spider. When he looked closely, he was sure that the spider had tiny hairs on her feet. He could imagine tiny hairs on the pads of his paws, and imagine being able to walk wherever he liked- currently up the entrance to his mother’s den.
“Come on, let’s go and play!” Droserakit called again.
Shellkit kept staring at the spider. Eight little legs. How weird it had to be to be a spider, with two legs for each of his own and no tail, and to make your nest through your mouth. He kept staring even as his brother batted the spider down to get his attention. Shellkit only looked down slowly to see where the spider had gone.
“Why do you keep spending so long looking at bugs?”
Shellkit hesitated for a while, and spoke slowly, deliberately, as he always did. “I think they’re interesting. They’re very different from us.”
Droserakit tried to pounce his brother to play fight, but Shellkit started mewling, looking scared, not knowing how to respond.
If Heronstar was honest, she worried for Shellkit, not sure what was in his head that made him act so differently to his brother. But Shellkit seemed to be genuinely sweet. He tried to rearrange the nest a few days before and utterly failed, and had brought Harrierpelt a gift of a tiny bit of two leg cloth. “Droserakit, don’t pounce on your brother unless he wants you to.”
“But mum! How are we going to learn to be warriors?!”
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“Harrierpelt, can we talk?”
Harrierpelt looked at the grey molly again, surprised she was back already. “About what?”
Boulderdash huffed awkwardly, bracing herself for how awkward this might become soon. Chubtail had tried to run her mood through logically, but she knew that she wasn’t going to feel okay, really, until she’d actually worked out what was going on. “Um, earlier, when you said “not now” ‘bout being mates, did ya mean not ever or…”
Harrierpelt looked at her like she’d just decided to eat a live mouse. “Of course not. I meant later. It would be risky to have another set of kits ready to run around camp before Shellkit and Droserakit are even apprenticed.”
Boulderdash seemed to somehow both relax and perk up at the same time; relieved that it hadn’t been an outright rejection, and happy to have some idea why he’d initially said no. “But after they’re apprenticed?”
“Either early enough that Heronstar knows not to assign you as their mentor or after they’re made warriors.”
“I’d rather it be the first of those.” Harrierpelt nodded at her, which she took to be agreement. “But you’re willing to be mates, ri’, in time?” Harrierpelt nodded again, and Boulderdash gave him her most genuine and lopsided smile.
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“There was a rogue scent on the border during our patrol, near the edge of the territory.” Chubtail informed his mate.
It was awkward being deputy while the leader, his mate, was a queen. He was almost forced to act entirely as leader himself anywhere which wasn’t camp. Chubtail supposed it was a good practice, and good experience, but it was still unfamiliar. He was happier as just deputy, rather than having to work as both deputy and leader. Next time they had kits, he would make sure he had an understudy.
His apprehension about taking on two roles wasn’t helped by Droserakit choosing this moment to start trying to catch the tip of his tail. Clearly Shellkit hadn’t started to show interests in playing with him yet, though Chubtail noticed that Droserakit always seemed to be close to his brother, and right now, Shellkit was curled up against Heronstar, sleeping, almost like a tiny version of her now his points were starting to show.
“If it’s a lone rogue, you should be okay with just yourself and Myrtleclaw. Make sure that Boulderdash and Argusheart are nearby, so they can keep an eye out for the rogue if they try moving further into our territory.” As Chubtail listened, he also played with his son. Multitasking was probably going to be a vital skill for him in the future.
[Boulderdash and Harrierpelt become mates]
(No kits yet- and I did mean that to be ridiculously awkward between them~)
[Chubtail and Myrtleclaw search for the loner]
[Boulderdash and Argusheart go hunting]
[Harrierpelt stays at camp, in case the kits become sick]
[Shellkit and Droserakit are a month old; Heronstar stays at camp with the kits]
[Gustclan consumes the rest of the big fish and a squirrel – 3 portions]
Leader:
Heronstar | 47 | Female *
Lives: ★★★★★★★★★
↪ Point long-furred molly with blue eyes
Deputy:
Chubtail | 43 | Male
↪ Brown tabby tom with white patches and yellow eyes
** Carries point
Medicine Cat:
Harrierpelt | 22 | Male
↪ Long-furred dark-grey tom with amber eyes
Warriors:
Boulderdash | 38 | Female
↪ Slender grey tabby molly with green eyes
Myrtleclaw | 34 | Male
↪ Long furred pale grey tabby tom with golden eyes
Argusheart | 39 | Female
↪ Chocolate/Dark tortoiseshell molly with pale green eyes
Name | Age | Gender
Apprentices:
Name | Age | Gender
Name | Age | Gender
Queens:
Heronstar | 47 | Female | ••
↪ Point long-furred molly with blue eyes
Name | Age | Gender | •
Kits:
Shellkit | 1 | Male
↪ White tom kit with grey point and blue eyes
Droserakit | 1 | Male
↪ Tabby brownish-red tom kit with blue eyes
** Carries point
Name | Age | Gender
Elders:
Name | Age | Gender
Name | Age | Gender
Ally Clans:
Clan Name | Username
Clan Name | Username
Enemy Clans
Clan Name | Username
Clan Name | Username
Borders
North East | Mostly Lake | Forestclan | Simonpet
North West | Mostly Lake | Clan Name | Username
East | Road + Stream | Clan Name | Username
South | Road | Wrenclan | Raven Walker
West | Hills | Clan Name | Username
Medicine Store
Borage Leaves (1) | Brings down fevers, improves milk
Burdock Root (1) | Helps cure rat bites (infection, pain)
Catmint (1) | Remedy for green/whitecough
Cobweb (1) | Slow bleeding. Binds broken bones.
Comfrey (1) | Repairs broken bones, sooths wounds.
Helps wrenched claws. Eases itches, inflammation and
stiffness. Helps burns.
Feverfew (2) | Reduces body temperature, heals aches
and pains, esp. headaches.
Honey (1) | Soothes infections, helps damaged throats
and swallowing, soothes coughing, gives energy.
Ragwort (1) | Reduces joint ache, keeps up strength
Tansy (1) | Cures coughs, cure wounds and poisons.
Stops cats from getting greencough. Soothes throats
Watermint (1) | Reduces bellyache
Herb | Usage
Fresh-Kill Pile:
Frogs | x0 | 1 serving
Mice | x3 | 1 serving
Squirrels | x1 | 2 servings
Rabbits | x0 | 2 servings
Big Fish | x0 | 3 servings
Hares | x0 | 3 servings
Mentors:
Mentor | Apprentice | No. of training sessions | Moves
Mentor | Apprentice | No. of training sessions | Moves
Deceased Cats:
Cat Name | Cause of Death
Cat Name | Cause of Death
Family:
Heronstar and Chubtail | Shellkit and Droserakit;
Boulderdash and Harrierpelt | (No kits for a little while!)
Name and Name | Kits