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i▬( leader )
i▬kestrelflight, 48m, tom
↳ has not yet travelled to moonpool to receive lives
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i▬( deputy )
i▬alias, age, gender
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i▬( healers )
i▬addercloud, 31m, molly
flickerfoot, 26m, molly
twitchwhisker, 13m, molly ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( healer apprentices )
i▬alias, age, gender
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i▬( warriors )
i▬redhawk, 48m, molly
duckwater, 53m, tom
flurrywind, 31m, tom
mudflank, 32m, tom
canarysong, 21m, tom
tortoisecreek, 42m, molly
sheepnose, 20m, molly
fawnspot, 18m, molly
stagleap, 35m, tom
birchfang, 24m, tom
neptune, 16m, tom
saturn, 16m, tom
beetlenose, 31m, tom
skygaze, 15m, tom
frostbite, 14m, molly
turtlepatch, 14m, molly
sealskip, 14m, tom
heavypad, 13m, tom
bubblewish, 13m, molly
treespirit, 13m, tom
owlnotch, 12m, tom ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( apprentices )
i▬moosepaw, 10m, tom
stumpypaw, 7m, molly
basilpaw, 7m, tom
hiccuppaw, 7m, molly
pigeonpaw, 7m, molly
salmonpaw, 6m, tom
copperpaw, 6m, molly
sproutpaw, 6m, molly
jackdawpaw, 6m, tom
porcupinepaw, 6m, tom
softpaw, 6m, molly ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( nursery helpers )
i▬hollystem, 28m, molly
flowergale, 13m, tom
lilacsky, 35m, molly
↳ due now ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( queens )
i▬tansypatch, 33m, molly
skunkberry, 21m, molly ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( kits )
i▬coralkit, 2m, molly
batkit, 2m, molly
↳ blind ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( the wise )
i▬alias, age, gender
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i▬( notes )
i▬twitchwhisker has a nervous tic
owlnotch has a notch in his ear
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i▬( mentors & apprentices )
i▬birch & poppy, 4s // hunting, running, tracking, en-
durance
mud & moose, 4s // strategy, climbing, stealth, speed
red & robin, 1s // fighting
kestrel & stumpy, 1s // swimming
duck & basil, 1s // balance
stag & hiccup, 1s // endurance
tortoise & pigeon, 1s // speed
fawn & salmon, 0s // skills
beetle & copper, 0s // skills
flurry & sprout, 0s // skills
canary & jackdaw, 0s // skills
neptune & porcupine, 0s // skills
saturn & soft, 0s // skills
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i▬( deceased )
i▬slatestar, 42m, weakness / drowning
palesun, 45m, drowning ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
i▬( families )
i▬unknown & unknown // kestrel & red
red & swift // carp & sky
unknown & unknown // twitch & tree
unknown & unknown // flower, heavy, & bubble
duck & tortoise // clover & seal
kestrel & tansy // apple, stumpy, basil, hiccup, &
pigeon
adder & pale // swallow, salmon, & copper
unknown & unknown // sprout, & jackdaw
unknown & unknown // porcupine & soft
skunk & sheep // surrogate ; mud // mole
stag & holly // coral
beetle & lilac // unborn
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( borders )— - n = honestclan, n/e = c-
osmoclan, e = brambleclan, s/e = pud-
dleclan, s = moleclan, s/w = the barn,
w = cliffclan, n/w = drizzleclan
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i▬( allies )— - brambleclan, drizzl-
i▬eclan, swiftclan, ravenclan
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(statistics: 22 toms, 22 mollies, 44 total // 08 servings needed // next visit to moonpool is 05/03/18 // archive )— -
(fresh kill pile: 9 hares, 7 mice, 7 birds, 6 shrews, 8 stoats, 10 small fish ;; 103 servings )— -
(medicine store: 1 chervil, 2 borage leaves, 2 raspberry leaves, 2 burdock root, 1 juniper berry, 4 catmint, 1 goatweed, 4 lovage, 1 cobweb, 3 bindweed, 1 rosemary, 2 honey, 1 mouse bile, 2 dandelions, 1 feverfew, 3 ragwort leaves, 1 stinging nettle, 2 cob nuts, 3 lavender, 1 ivy leaf, 2 watermint, 1 celandine, 1 sorrel, 1 lungwort, 1 marigold, 1 yarrow, 1 tansy )— -
servings per piece ;; hares // 3 servings | mice // 1 servings | birds // 3 servings | shrews // 1 servings | stoats // 2 servings | small fish // 2 servings
ixxx▬last moon.
i▬a wail broke through the blanket of fog that curled low over the mistclan camp, tendrils of misty substance reaching down and carassing the mourning cats, as if in reassurance. leafcurl's cry of despair had been the first to break the silence, and if one listened closely they could hear the choked sobbing of palesun and addercloud, salmonkit and copperkit hunched beside palesun; and further back, only his green eyes visible from the darkness of his den, slatestar bit back his grief. one of their kits, swallowkit - the kit belonged to all three of them, really, for addercloud was the surrogate that birthed swallowkit and palesun and slatestar reared him - had been taken by the illness, now in the paws of starclan.
i▬leafcurl's wail had been for his mate, the tall and lanky darkmask, who had been killed by rogues that morning. leafcurl's head was bowed over darkmask's body, his shoulders shaking and eyes small slits. he had fought the rogues with a vengeance, having seen darkmask on the ground, bloody, but it had not been enough, had not been fast enough, for darkmask was already dead.
i▬the medicine cats were all mourning for mousewillow, too - twitchwhisker, having just been promoted from apprentice to medicine cat, felt rather conflicted. excitement at becoming a medicine cat sparked in her, but sadness crushed it down, recalling the times when she and mousewillow had gone herb hunting or helped with kittings.
i▬kestrelflight had his chin tucked against tansypatch's forehead, his eyes shut tightly and his ears curled to lay flat against the arch of his skull. applekit was dead, and there was nothing he could have done about it, but sadness still tugged at him nonetheless, and he could feel tansypatch shaking against him, robinpaw curled in the crook between her paws, with stumpypaw butting her head solemnly against kestrelflight's shoulder in reassurance ( she had never been particularly affectionate, choosing instead to show her love with light cuffs over the ear or headbutts such as this one ). basilpaw sniffed lightly, his flank pressed against hiccuppaw's, drawing a swift tongue over her ear with gratitude for her support, though she needed it just as much as he, her ears flat. pigeonpaw had retreated, heaving up her breakfast, her stomach churning and heart heavy with the loss of her favorite playmate.
i▬while death raged fiercely across one part of camp, new life was blooming in the other, kits finally getting their bearings, teetering around on unsteady legs, soft mewling for help when they fell onto their sides, swollen tummies full of milk. coralkit, the longest-furred of them all, looked as if she'd been electrocuted, her fur standing wildly in all directions as she pounced on smallkit, the runt of hollystem's litter, his tiny features screwed up with concentration as he shoved at coralkit. sparkkit was chasing a stray butterfly, but got distracted by the mist that curled down from above, and instead chose to paw at that, watching it disperse under his touch.
i▬and, finally, there was batkit, sheepnose and skunkberry's pride and joy. the small molly had the same markings as skunkberry, but sheepnose still felt a swell of happiness each time she looked at her kit.
i▬batkit acted somewhat odd, though - she didn't like playing with the other kits, for she was often the one that they pinned down, and, when spoken to, her eyes roamed, as if she were refusing to make eye contact. no matter; sheepnose and skunkberry loved her nonetheless.
i▬the mist that settled low upon the camp was a thick blanket of obscurity that blocked the cats eyes from the trouble that lay ahead; for a rolling wall of blue-purple clouds pressed closer and closer, wind making the trees shudder with anticipation.
i▬this moon.
the camp was flooding. cats raced to and fro, kits clasped between teeth and held high above the belly-deep water that was not receding. rain still poured down, lightning flashing and thunder groaning. wind howled ominously in the distance, the forest ravaged by the hurricane.
i▬sheepnose hoisted batkit high above the water, the tiny molly wailing with fright, ears pressed against her head as sheepnose bounded through the mixture of rain and mud and stray moss that drifted past, ripped from the various dens. the low-lying camp had never been prepared for a storm, could only handle a small amount of rain before the ground was all mud, but this, this was nothing like the cats had ever seen before. sheepnose cringed away from a large branch that had skidded down the slope from the forest, and scrambled her way up the rise, her paws sinking ankle-deep in mud as she dashed towards the overhanging trees on the higher land that protected from the flood. skunkberry was there, and as sheepnose grew closer she reached out and took batkit from her, but spared a moment to draw a quick lick of appreciation over her ear.
i▬eclipseheart, bearclaw, ferretface, and beestream were hunched over, further away from the various cats that had escaped the flood; they kept their distance to protect against infecting the other felines. slatestar was nowhere to be found.
i▬kestrelflight reappeared from within the turmoil of the rain that came down in sheets. he carried a small orange tomkit, swallowkit, with tansypatch following close behind, salmonkit clutched between her jaws. their own litter, robinpaw, stumpypaw, hiccuppaw, pigeonpaw, and basilpaw, trudged behind them, struggling against the wind. basilpaw was soaked to the bone, but copperkit squirmed in his grasp, while pigeonpaw had sproutkit held tightly in her mouth. as kestrelflight deposited swallowkit beside hollystem, the other nursery helpers, and the queens who had clustered together, seeking reassurance, he lifted his head, water streaming in rivulets across his face. “where’s slatestar?” he asked sharply, whirling around in search of the leader. when he didn't see him, he turned on basilpaw. "don't go anywhere," he demanded. "keep them safe." kestrelflight jabbed his tail in the direction of basilpaw's siblings, and the apprentice nodded solemnly. kestrelflight drew a swift lick over his head, brushing against tansypatch reassuringly as he delved back into the panic of the hurricane.
i▬kestrelflight was keeping a mental checklist; his kin was all safe, along with tansypatch, the kits were all with the rest of the cats ( he saw eaglefrost and fawnspot sprint by him with jackdawkit and porcupine kit, and a few moments later, beetlenose, neptune, saturn, and twitchwhisker trotted by, clutching the last four inhabitants of the nursery in their jaws. the panicked mothers followed close behind, though lilacsky had been one of the first to be ushered out of the den, with her swollen belly carrying precious cargo ). there was addercloud, urging the mourning leafcurl fowards, with redhawk behind her, shoving owlpaw lightly. kestrelflight locked eyes with his sister, and she dipped her head lightly in recognition before she angled her attention back to owlpaw. flickerfoot dashed by, carrying herbs, and duckwater and shrikethorn were assisting her, bundles of delicate leaves clutched in their jaws. flurrywind and mudflank were attempting to save the waterlogged prey, though they abandoned the effort quickly, choosing instead to help smaller cats through the muck.
i▬kestrelflight's eyes alighted upon a silvery-blue tomcat, perched atop the flatrock, who was facing a pale feline. "come on, slatestar," palesun urged, tugging hard at the larger tom's scruff. "palesun, i can't - " slatestar wheezed out, his illness making him weak, unable to trudge through the flood. he locked eyes with kestrelflight, who stood, panic-stricken, in belly-deep water. kestrelflight realized suddenly that slatestar's eyes were dim, his ears lowered. "you have to go," slatestar addressed kestrelflight. he knew that palesun wouldn't leave his side, and so now he spoke to his deputy. "keep them safe. find somewhere new to settle." his yellow eyes were hard, despite the grief that was palpable in his tone. "i'm staying," palesun declared firmly, laying beside slatestar, their pelts pressed against one another. "i know," slatestar rumbled, though he seemed dismal at the thought, the idea that his mate would be dying too, though there were no words that he could use to convince palesun otherwise.
i▬slatestar looked at kestrelflight again. "you'll be a great leader," he told him. there was a pause. "keep our kits safe." ( kestrelflight was one of few cats who knew about the mateship between slatestar and palesun , and their kits, addercloud being the surrogate ). another moment of silence before palesun spoke up. "tell twitchwhisker that i've always been proud of her. she'll make a wonderful medicine cat." kestrelflight dipped his head low, and slatestar drew a swift, reassuring tongue over the crest of his forehead. "may starclan guide your path."
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i▬lightning crested down from the sky above, illuminating the eyes that peered from the forest, expectant. when a single silhouette appeared, head down, a murmur rushed across the waiting felines, grief tugging at their hearts. slatestar had been the rock of mistclan, the founder who had begun everything, but now - now he was gone.
i▬- - -
i▬shaky, his paws unsteady on the ground, kestrelflight led the variety of cats through the forest, stepping over tree roots and flinching as large droplets of rain dripped their way through the leafy canopy and made their way onto his head. tansypatch was beside him, her silent support making him feel incrementally better.
i▬addercloud was lingering beside lilacsky, concern for her pregnancy washing away any uncertainty about the need to find a new camp.
i▬for now, though, the former clan of mistclan would travel until their bones grew weary, until the rain stopped and the water receded and they alighted upon their new home.
[ mistclan's camp is destroyed by a hurricane. they are forced to relocate. ]
[ mistclan heads through the mountains, to the seaside beyond, though they do know know what lies ahead. ]
[ a large number of mistclan cats are lost in the confusion. ]
[ slatestar and palesun both drown. ]
[ lilacsky gives birth; addercloud and flickerfoot assist her. ]
[ twitchwhisker searches for herbs. ]
[ redhawk, duckwater, flurrywind, mudflank, canarysong, and tortoisecreek scout ahead, doubling as a border patrol ]
[ sheepnose, fawnspot, stagleap, birchfang, neptune, and saturn scout ahead, doubling as a border patrol ]
[ owlpaw has become owlnotch ]
[ salmonkit becomes salmonpaw, copperkit becomes copperpaw, sproutkit becomes sproutpaw, jackdawkit becomes jackdawpaw, porcupinekit becomes porcupinepaw, softkit becomes softpaw ]
[ all mentors train their apprentices how to scout ]
[ mistclan consumes x8 servings ]
( as of now, mistclan is travelling )
( as of my next post, mistclan will settle into their new territory & receive their new clan name !! they will be known as brineclan & will have a beachfront territory. expect a description ! )
( since i'm basically starting a ' ' new clan, ' ' i'm only recording deaths that occur from now on !! so all deaths listed are "brineclan" deaths. )
( prey will change, i'll update that on my next post too !! )
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