[ population: 033 • male : 013 • female : 019 • non binary : 001 ] [ servings : 06 ]
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❝ 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘉𝘖𝘋𝘠 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞𝘌𝘋 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘈𝘓𝘓 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 ── 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍'𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐓 ❞
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SWANDUST
the long hair molly was pleasantly surprised that brightflower, heathernose, sheepfur, and arrowfang had all come into the nursery. despite it being crowded, she could finally leave her pesky kits behind. all ten of them, including the three fosters that had attached to swandust’s mate bearspirit like ticks to an elder. she left camp in a hurry, followed by bearspirit and meadowstar; the only other two cats who cared to participate in the dawn patrol. the three cats patrolled quietly, each keeping their own distance, though she could feel bearspirit’s eyes digging a hole into her shoulders. a sharp putrid scent hit their noses and swandust hissed, stamping her claws into the ground. “toms! they always think they own the damn place.” she spat, watching as meadowstar inspected the scent line. “smells like trouble,” bearspirit commented, tail lashing wildly. “perhaps this is the tom eveningsong warned us about?” he offered. swandust wandered further across the scent line, coughing as the overwhelming scent of carcass rot hit her nose. scattered across the ground was gutted prey that looked more like roadkill, but what drew her attention was the deliberate actions of the scene. she looked down at the ground, an impressed look floating across her face. made out of tiny animal bones and splattered with blood, a single word was formed: BONE.
SERPENTTONGUE
serpenttongue crouched over the hilly moor, her ginger fur blending in with the stark yellow grass. she took one perfectly balanced step forward, her eyes watching a yellow belly starling. just as she was about to leap, a wave of nausea came over her and she leaned over and vomited onto the grass. she glanced around to see if anyone else in the patrol had seen her, her eyes locking with an impatient cinderfall. however, his eyes softened when they landed on her, his intolerance seemingly aimed at the young rushthroat, who was making enough noise to scare every piece of prey on the island away. nettlefoot hurried away from the enthusiastic ginger tom, though rushthroat paid no attention and went off exploring on his own. suddenly alone, cinderfall approached the hissy serpenttongue carefully. “i don’t want your pity,” she growled, though inside, she felt as shriveled as an old berry. only, no potent berry could cure her illness. “you’re sick, we should go back to camp and let honeytail look at you,” the large silver tom meowed calmly (he hardly ever raised his voice, twitched his tail or whiskers, and was always so mellow). “no!” serpenttongue meowed loudly, before clearing her throat and lowering her voice. “i’ve already been to honeytail.” she lied swiftly. cinderfall shook his head, sat down, and pressed his forehead to hers. it was a custom wiltedclan clique members often expressed to each other as a way of comfort, and serpenttongue couldn’t help but purr. it was the first time anyone had invited her into a clique. “you’re pregnant,” cinderfall whispered quietly, while serpenttongue only shriveled further into her emotions. “it’s okay. kits are a joy of life, and no mother should be ashamed to be expecting.” he soothed her gently. “it’s not that simple,” serpenttongue insisted, drawing away slightly from his touch. “the father is tunamouth, isn’t it?” cinderfall guessed, causing the indignant molly to stiffen. “don’t worry, i wouldn’t tell anyone. but there are those in wiltedclan whispering about your loyalty, serpenttongue.” forcing herself not to cry out, she said slowly, “i am loyal to my clan first, above anything else. but these kits are not a mistake, and i will never, ever let them think that.” cinderfall nodded, before shifting on his paws. “a part of wiltedclan’s customs is loyalty, above all else. we are apart of a clique now, and i will defend you against these rumors. and should you accept, i can claim these kits as my own. no one would dare question you if they had a cat they could believe was the father.” serpenttongue thought about her position as a well respected warrior; and of the kits in her belly, then of her beloved mate. she knew that if she was to protect all three of the things that meant the most to her - there was only one option. so she accepted cinderfall’s offer, before he left her to her own peace. only, she felt no comfort in the way the sun dipped below the horizon and painted the sky with a multitude of colors, because she could only think of the tom waiting for her on the other side of the lake. “oh tunamouth, what have we done?”
EVENINGSONG
eveningsong couldn’t sleep that night, tossing and turning. she wondered if it was because of brightflower’s anguished labor pain noises in the den over, or if it was because of what brightflower had told her.
you’re wrong. he will save it. what did that mean? was brightflower a traitor, and were they sheltering the future heirs of an evil tom that was likely determined to reprieve the island of its habitants, and if they didn’t, would that make them evil? she had told meadowstar of her more than unsettling conversation with brightflower, but the russian blue molly said they could hardly leave a laboring queen out on the island by herself. though she agreed, eveningsong was too heartbroken to consider the morales of the situation. sure, she might be forever doomed to the dark forest, but at least brightflower got what she deserved. but then, how could she think that, knowing her ex-lover had sacrificed herself to save her father whom eveningsong also loved dearly? the blue she-cat gave one final huff of frustration before leaving the dip in the field and padding toward the opening of the camp. snowtuft was on watch and shook her head at eveningsong. “sorry, but meadowstar said not to let anyone out during night. we’ve scented a strange animal we think is active at night, and until we understand it, she wants us safe.” the white molly explained, tapping the spot next to her, as if inviting the blue she-cat to talk. eveningsong purred softly, touching her forehead to snowtuft’s. “thank you,” she said. “i can’t sleep, knowing everything that’s happening.” she confessed quietly, careful not to wake the sleeping mulleinpaw, who was the only apprentice in the clan. the calico had fallen asleep only inches from snowtuft, and eveningsong could only imagine the stubborn molly begging to stay awake and keep watch with snowtuft. “yes, word has spread about the strange animal and bone’s presence on the island. everyone is weary, especially those that came from the city where bone reigns. he was ruthless - cruel - and even murdered some of their families in cold blood. how brightflower managed to concieve his kits...” snowtuft trailed off, stiffening as an ear splitting screech rang across the camp. “i suppose the kits are almost here,” eveningsong muttered, looking behind her. “if only they weren’t bone’s, we might celebrate their birth.”
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new cats:
[ prancingriver, cinderfall, smallbird, snowtuft, and sheepfur are from readopts. ]
border patrols:
[ drizzlewish, merlinwing, prancingriver and cloversprig ]
[ nettlefoot, rushthroat, cinderfall and serpenttongue ]
hunting patrols:
[ meadowstar, bearspirit, snowtuft and mulleinpaw ]
[ ravenheart, blueflame, smallbird and siskingaze]
herb gathering:
[ honeytail ]
apprentice training:
[ bearspirit trains mulleinpaw in stealth ]
due dates
[ brightflower is due now. this is the father ]
[ sheepfur is due now. this is the father ]
[ arrowfang is due in one more moon ]
[ serpenttongue is due in two more moons ]
[ heathernose is due in two more moons ]
rank changes
[ all kits are ready to become apprentices.
twigkit → honeytail
bramblingkit → nettlefoot
skykit → ravenheart
crowkit → merlinwing
slipperykit → cloversprig
dovekit → snowtuft
hollowkit → siskingaze
pochardkit → cinderfall
tawnykit → rushthroat]
consumption of herbs and food:
[ the clan eats x2 salmon ] ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
001.] Meadowstar • 34m • ♀ • 9 lives
𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲
001.] Ravenheart • 34m • ♂
[Step-in deputy for Swandust]
𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭
001.] Honeytail • 30m • ♂
𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬
001.] Cinderfall • 46m • ♂
002.] Snowtuft • 20m • ♀
003.] Smallbird • 23m • nb
004.] Siskingaze • 23m • ♂
005.] Cloversprig • 23m • ♀
006.] Rushthroat • 27m • ♂
007.] Drizzlewish • 22m • ♀
008.] Bearspirit • 48m • ♂
009.] Nettlefoot • 28m • ♂
010.] Eveningsong • 42m • ♀
011.] Merlinwing • 48m • ♂
012.] Prancingriver • 32m • ♂
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
001.] Mulleinpaw • 10m • ♀
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬
001.] Swandust • 49m • ♀
002.] Brightflower • 51m • ♀
003.] Arrowfang • 54m • ♀
004.] Serpenttongue • 40m • ♀
005.] Heathernose • 23m • ♀
006.] Sheepfur • 27m • ♀
𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐬
001.] Bramblingkit • 5m • ♂ • grown
002.] Skykit • 5m • ♀ • grown
003.] Crowkit • 5m • ♂ • grown
004.] Slipperykit • 5m • ♀ • grown
005.] Twigkit • 5m • ♀ • grown
006.] Dovekit • 5m • ♀ • grown
007.] Tawnykit • 5m • ♀ • grown
008.] Sycamorekit • 5m • ♀ • grown
009.] Pochardkit • 5m • ♂ • grown
010.] Hollowkit • 5m • ♀ • grown
𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
001.] Furzepelt • 160m • ♂
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𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
N • Snakeclan • Bumbletear
W • Pineclan • deimos
S • The Arcane • noctem
E • KOSB • vivere!
NW • Clan Name • Username
NE • Steamclan • Katrione
SE • Clan Name • Username
SW • High Garden • eagle,
𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬
Steamclan • Katrione
Pineclan • deimos
𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬
Clan Name • Username
Clan Name • Username
𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞
Cobweb | used for | [x1]
Mouse bile | used for | [x1]
Oak leaves | used for | [x2]
Mallow leaves | used for | [x1]
Celadine | used for | [x1]
Lungwort | used for | [x1]
Feverfew | used for | [x1]
Catmint | used for | [x1]
Goldenrod | used for | [x1]
Alder | used for | [x1]
Dandelion | used for | [x1]
Catmint | used for | [x1]
Stick | used for | [x1]
𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐞
Crab • 1 serving • [x4]
Minnow • 1 serving • [x4]
Bass • 2 servings • [x6]
Trout • 2 servings • [x1]
Salmon• 3 servings • [x3]
Hare • 3 servings • [x4]
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
Bearspirit & Mulleinpaw
↪ swim. combat, hunt, climb
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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧
Applepelt • 36m • ♀
Jinglekit • 0m • ♂
Cedarkit • 0m • ♂
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭
Name • age • etc.
Name • age • etc.
𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Name • age • etc.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬
Bearspirit & Swandust
Serpenttongue & Tunamouth
» Steamclan, forbidden
Bearspirit & Applepelt
Heathernose & Nettlefoot
Arrowfang & Merlinwing
Sheepfur & Dodger
» Echoclan, forbidden
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬
Stormfur & Petaldance
indMeadowstar, Jayseed
Bearspirit & Swandust
indBrambling, Sky, Crow, Slippery,
indTwig, Hollow, Dove
Bearspirit & Applefur
indTawny, Pochard, Sycamore
Fotam [IN] & Mulleinflight [RC]
indMullein
Smallfoot & Furzepelt
indBrightflower
Merlinwing & Arrowfang
indDue in x1 moon
Brightflower & Bone
indDue now
Heathernose & Nettlefoot
indDue in x2 moon
Serpenttongue & Tunamouth
indDue in x2 moon
Sheepfur & Dodger
indDue now
𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬
Swandust, Ravenclan
Mulleinseed, Ravenclan
Siskingaze, Drizzleclan
Merlinwing, Basinclan
Arrowfang, Basinclan
Snowtuft, Fangclan
Cinderfall, Woodland
Smallbird, Swanclan
Sheepfur, Flowerclan