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[sforzando.]

Amendment
Username: zevran.
Link to Clan: snowclan
Change: changed username from 'vos.' to 'zevran.'

[ataraxic_gone]

Level Up!
Username: dewly_noted
Link to Clan: beachclan
Current Level: level 23
Completed Tasks:
[ Amber / AspenPaw Draw art of 2 characters
[ FurzeHeart [h] / BlossomCreek [p] ] Created a personality/history for 2 cats
[ 38 - kittypets / 39 - proven ] Write 2 scenes of your choice

[persona]

Amendment
Username: persona
Link to Clan: SkyClan, COGV
Change: Nightjar is moving to COGV

[Shuurock]

Level Up!
Username: Shuurock
Link to Clan: Tidalclan
Current Level: 0
Completed Tasks:
» Get your founder
» Make a thread
» Describe your clan's territory (100+ words) (Main page of clan page)

[kamelgirl]

Level Up!
Username: kamelgirl
Link to Clan: rimeclan
Current Level: 4 -> 5
Completed Tasks:
► Describe a clan tradition [200 words]
► Write about or draw a scene of a clan meeting << i'm assuming we can reuse writing from the event, is that alright?
► Write about or draw a scene of your choice

[opti-mism]

Level Up!
Username: opti-mism
Link to Clan: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=4125837&p=126751504#p126001778
Current Level: 2
Completed Tasks: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=4125837&p=126751482#p126751482 (all in same post)
► Describe your clan (100 words)
► Give your leader a history (200 words)
► Leader meeting a new clan member

[ataraxic_gone]

Level Up!
Username: dewly_noted
Link to Clan: beachclan
Current Level: level 24
Completed Tasks:
[ FurzeHeart / Amber ] Draw art of 2 characters
[ Aspen [h] / BraveCreek [p] ] Created a personality/history for 2 cats
[ 40 - grandma / 41 - hand me down ] Write 2 scenes of your choice

[SurgeFire]

Completed Challenge
Username: SurgeFire
Link to Clan: AsterClan // The Fallen Kingdom
Challenge Title: Hero vs Villain Challenge
Link to Challenge: i'm going to cry

[SurgeFire]

Story/Scene Submission
Username: SurgeFire
Link to Clan: AsterClan // The Fallen Kingdom
Link to Cat: Avocet

Scene/Story:

regrets, I had a few.
but then again, too few to mention.
i did what I had to do,
and saw it through without exception.
i planned each charted course,
each careful step along the by way.
but more, much more then this...
i did it my way.
===

"I have no more words for you. You died as you lived, blood-soaked and with unnecessary violence," Heronwatcher mewed, before stepping back.
He was not a Clan cat anymore; his fierce words suggesting otherwise, spoken with his hatred with anything Clan-related; but she had pleaded to stay with him for a moment before they would take him away.

It wasn't as if she particularly cared about him; he'd done far too much to earn any sort of empathy. It was more of what she, herself, had done - she was a murderer, and the blood was on her own claws.
She killed her own brother.


"I... I didn't mean to," she whispered, noting the horrid feeling of blood dripping down her claws, as she stepped back. She'd done her damage, and done it well - he said nothing; she doubted he could even speak, with the injury she inflicted on his neck.
He only stumbled back.
His expression was one of surprise; he couldn't ever have expected she would have won. After all, all his training must have been for something...

...no.
Everything he did went to waste. Every word he spoke went for an empty cause; nothing he had ever done had a positive outcome, and it all came crashing down.
"...why," he only could mutter; before he stumbled back; Heronwatcher noted another cat behind him - was it Stoneskip? - and he stopped in that moment, and collapsed before her... before the rest.


"I have no more family."
She paused, blinking back tears; a dream of hers was always to be normal, to have something stable - and she could never have that again.
She saw a glimpse of two kits playing; in a moment she saw them as herself and her own brother - once upon a time, before going into the world, facing its cruelties, she had been like them.
"...but did I ever need it? I wanted, but I could never have that..."

===
i've loved,
i laughed and cried.
i've had my fill,
my share of losing...

Death? Yes

[SurgeFire]

Story/Scene Submission
Username: SurgeFire
Link to Clan: AsterClan
Link to Cat: Cormorantfang

Scene/Story:

sick 'cause I'm stuck on the wrong side of town
and sick 'cause I'm pulling but still sinking down
and sick 'cause I can't turn this whole thing around
and sick 'cause I'm too weak to hunt somebody down...
===

"Cormorantfang?"
It was the worried face of Quartz, the young cinnamon pointed apprentice.
"Why are you here?" Cormorantfang cut in, gruffly; his tail lashed in the direction of the herbs he had been stockpiling, and the few cats that had already found themselves in his den. Clearly Yarrowleaf was off somewhere, and this added to the smoke's worry - although he would hardly admit it. "I have work to do."
"I need you somewhere," he insisted, out of breath. "It's urgent."
Cormorantfang almost cut in with an objection, but sighed instead; he had a duty to do, and if Quartz was correct, somecat was in danger. "...show me."

"I could've sworn there was someone here -- they looked like Peardrop, I swear--" Quartz quickly muttered, sheepishly looking down; he'd just wasted Cormorant's time, hadn't he? "I'm sorry, I didn't mean--"
"...do you know how frustrating this is?" he snarled, coming face-to-face with the apprentice, who shrank back. "I have lives to look after. I have cats to care about. I don't care if you 'heard' something, never do this again!"
"...I'm sorr--"

He was cut off by a whirl of claws; the two, in their squabbling, hadn't heard the other rogues come in, ready to take their opportunity - Quartz was easily taken down by two - while he was much larger than average for his age, he was not ready to take them on, feebly attempting to fight back.
Cormorantfang only had one to worry about.
"Coward," he snarled, throwing the other cat aside after a quick tussle; they must have underestimated his strength, perhaps noting his healer status due to his scent.
He raced over to where the other apprentice was, time bought.

"Let go of him, you cowards!" he screeched, barreling into the group - managing to catch them by surprise. His only goal was to make sure he was safe.
"...Cormorantfang?" he groaned, attempting to step back up. "...why did you..."
"You're my Clanmate. I put my duties before my emotions."

It wasn't long until they were both plunged back into the fight; clearly outnumbered, but attempting to find their way out of the situation.


Quartz hated to reflect upon this part of his story. It was a quick exclamation - "Look out-- behind you!" but with Cormorant distracted, they managed to take the upper hand.
He was trapped.

What was behind him was the cliff.
A drop like that was certainly able to kill a cat, Quartz realized with a pang of fear; if he fell...
With his distraction, Quartz was trapped by the rogue; pinned, and he could only await the final blow...
...but it hadn't come.
He had a sneaking suspicion he was meant to watch what would happen next.

The other two advanced towards the smoke.
"...what are you doing?" he snarled quickly; he was noticeably afraid, for once out of the few times in his life. How was something so fierce reduced to something like... that? "Fight me. Y-- you-- you two, fight me!"
"Tell me, Clan scum. Are you afraid of heights?" the ginger tabby ringleader snarled in his face, staring the longhair down.

"...I never got to say goodbye," he finally choked; the two rogues pushed him back before he slipped; he gripped the ledge, clawing at the dirt and rocks desperately in some final way to prolong his life.

"I have friends-- I have cats I care about, and, and-- I have an apprentice, and I can't--" his mask failed him this time, and it hurt to see some cat as tough as him... reduced to this. "I can't leave him-- not like Dawn... I made my promise!" he choked, desperately holding on. "Help me!"

"You're only a stepping stone to our path to glory. You mean nothing else."
"--and will all that matter, if they can't find you?"

"Cormorantfang-- no! What are you doing?!" Quartz choked, struggling to get up; but to no avail.

There was one thing he was right about; they never did find him. [657]

===
sick 'cause this hammering litany of sins
is banging and burning I can't stand the din
sick 'cause the darkness keeps seeping on in
sick to be leaving my family and friends

Death? Yes