W a r r i o r D o g s || WindPack

[Tordier]

Dunlinfur
27 Moons
Aidi
WindPack
Medicine Dog
With Songbreeze and Cloudtuft

He looked over his shoulder at Cloudtuft when he heard the white moor-runner's voice. Dunlinfur appreciated a genuine thanks as much as the next dog, but he felt little in the way of pride at the moment. There was simply far too much wrong for him to be glad about what was right. Honestly, he struggled to come up with what he wanted to say. Part of Dunlinfur wanted to be forgiving, understanding, believe the best of Cloudtuft. Part him wanted to knock her upside the head and drag her back to camp in his teeth. Well, that last bit was an exaggeration, but he still got the feeling she failed to see just how serious her transgression was.
Songbreeze spoke first, and it seemed she was more of the forgiving mindset. That did make sense, considering her history as a trouble-maker, but that only made it easier for Dunlinfur to find himself playing "bad cop" instead.
"Yeah. What were you thinking, Cloudtuft?!"
He started out a little more angry-sounding than he actually meant to. Perhaps the pent-up frustration he had been holding in was getting the better of him. Dunlinfur sighed, clearly disappointed, and lowered his volume as he continued.
"You've broken the Warrior Code, caused completely unnecessary tension with ShadowPack, put yer packmates in danger, and made all'a WindClan look terrible! Do you understand that? We're gonna be dealin' with this for moons!"
As Dunlinfur finished, he found himself feeling terribly heavy and tired. His head drooped and his tail hung limply, like he was absolutely defeated. In truth, he felt helpless. There was nothing he could do to change the past, and he did not like the future he was looking at.
"We were worried about you, Cloudtuft. And I thought better of you than to act like this."

[qerrat]

Songbreeze

Female | Moorrunner | 13 moons | Apprentice: None| Location: Shadowpack border | Mate/crush: Open | Tags: Dunlinfur, Cloudtuft
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Songbreeze listened to Dunlinfur's scolding, knowing perfectly well that he was right. Velvetstar was not known for mercy, and she found herself angrily thinking of Riverpack and Skypack. Just because some of them were evil doesn't mean all of them were! I mean, Bristlestar was in Shadowpack and was dealing with them! Really, then, isn't Shadowpack as 'evil' as Riverpack and Skypack? Songbreeze sighed. If Shadowpack suddenly set it in their heads to drive them out of the forest as well, she wondered what would happen. Suddenly, it would be two packs against three quite angry ones. Not a pretty picture. "We should be getting back. The others will be worrying about us," Songbreeze said finally, her voice tense. She has just realized that they hadn't asked or told anyone back at camp where they were going.

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[Tordier]

Dunlinfur
27 Moons
Aidi
WindPack
Medicine Dog
With Songbreeze and Cloudtuft

Songbreeze had a point, and Dunlinfur was ready to move. He felt better now that had gotten his feelings off of his chest. It was really a lot of tension that had been thrust upon him unexpectedly. At the start of his quest to find Cloudtuft, he had never expected it to take so long or be as complicated as it turned out to have been. Hopefully no one was worried back at camp, but it would be best to hurry up and get home to everyone else. Dunlinfur was done with running around in the dark, and he was suddenly aware of the gnawing pit of hunger in his stomach. He could not remember the last time he had eaten.
"Let's just go home." Dunlinfur nodded.
Then, he started walking towards camp, slowly for a few steps, but he picked up his pace as he moved. Even after sunset, the flat moorlands offered little in the way of obstacles, so he did not need to see where he was going very well at all in order to move quickly without tripping. As far as Dunlinfur was concerned, he wanted to end this trip as quickly as possible so that he could eat something. It took several minutes of pondering before he remembered that the last time he had eaten was some breakfast that morning.

[qerrat]

Songbreeze

Female | Moorrunner | 13 moons | Apprentice: None| Location: Shadowpack border | Mate/crush: Open | Tags: Dunlinfur, Cloudtuft
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Songbreeze followed Dunlinfur back to camp, her head reeling with the events that just happened. Dunlinfur and I just went into Shadowpack and made it out alive. Is that a miracle or what? She glanced back at Cloudtuft, and thought grimly, definitely a miracle. At last Song could make out a few dogs moving in the dark, and exhaled in relief. They were home. An unchecked smile crawled onto her face. This would be a fun story to tell younger dogs in later years to come.

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[Queen of flames]

Patchpaw
male dog - dalmatian/Saluki mix - crush: open - mentor: Cloudtuft - tags: Spottedpaw, open

He walked deeper into the forest, listening to the voices, flicking his ears back at his sister "No it's not that late yet, are you a chicken? We're not even catching anything yet" he answered her question. He looked over at her "then go back to camp if you're too scared, I go myself" he said to her annoyed.

Spottedpaw
female dog - dalmatian/ Saluki mix - crush: open - mentor: Berrybounce - tags: Patchpaw, open

She flicked her ears and looked the forest around them "It's getting late Patchpaw, we could get back to the camp? The forest is very dark in night times maybe we get lost?" she said to him nervously. Narrowing her eyes at his words "I am not a chicken, just being realistic, we're walked for some time now, do you even know where we're going?" she asked at him.

[Owlcat]

Whiteleg

( ♀ ) - ( Saluki Whippet Cross ) - ( Elder ) - ( Windpack ) - ( 156 moons old ) - ( No romance ) - ( Tags: Songbreeze, Dulinfur, Cloudtuft)

She heard dogs coming into her camp and tried to pin-point who they were, straining her old eyes. She hoped it was Patchpaw and Spottedpaw. She whined, frustrated at still not being able to see who came into the camp. She was tired, and cold. Yet she still had no bedding. She slowly got up wincing at her hunger and her stiff joints. She started to slowly walk to the shadowy figures, still straining her ears and eyes to try and figure out who they were. She sighed as she realized it was Songbreeze and two others that she had forgotten the names of. "Songbreeze! Patchpaw and Spottedpaw are still not back yet, and I still don't have any bedding! No one has even bothered to get me any food either!" She tried her best to sound angry, but in truth she was worried about the apprentices. She again also felt extremely tired, and very needy at the time. Normally she would be alseep before it was even night-fall.

(I hope this isn't going to be an average day for Whiteleg, she'll be dead by fall if it is! I'm not sure if she can handle this much stress.)

[qerrat]

Songbreeze

Female | Moorrunner | 13 moons | Apprentice: None| Location: Shadowpack border | Mate/crush: Open | Tags: Dunlinfur, Cloudtuft, Whiteleg
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Songbreeze sighed tiredly as Whiteleg complained about her bedding. Yes, so that's what you worry about, she thought irritably, then sighed again. She didn't know what had just happened, and they had neglected to tell her. "I'm sorry, Whiteleg, no, we haven't seen Spottedpaw or Patchpaw. I would get you some myself, but Dunlinfur, Cloudtuft and I need to see Stagstar. It's urgent." Songbreeze almost felt appalled at herself; she wasn't normally so polite. Huh, maybe I'm going through a 'change of heart' or whatever. Song internally rolled her eyes at herself. It was highly unlikely an over-night change had come over her.

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[Owlcat]

Whiteleg

( ♀ ) - ( Saluki Whippet Cross ) - ( Elder ) - ( Windpack ) - ( 156 moons old ) - ( No romance ) - ( Tags: Songbreeze, Dulinfur, Cloudtuft)

Whiteleg growled in protest. "What could possibly be so urgent that you neglect your clan elder?! What could you possibly be needing from Stagstar that is more important than my health, and the well-care of your clan-mates?! Why do all three of you even have to go?! One is enough. You do realize that I have asked Stagstar to gather me bedding this morning and he still hasn't done it? Do you realize that I asked Patchpaw, and Spottedpaw to get me bedding, and they still haven't returned with it? Is my small errand doomed to never be completed? Am I just supposed to go without sleep for all of eternity until some mouse-dung mutt finally shows up with my bedding?"

[qerrat]

Songbreeze

Female | Moorrunner | 13 moons | Apprentice: None| Location: Shadowpack border | Mate/crush: Open | Tags: Dunlinfur, Cloudtuft, Whiteleg
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Sonbreeze felt the stress clawing at her. The worry and anger with Cloudtuft, irritation with Whiteleg, all the emotions she had been holding in throughout the day seemed to gush out in one sentence. "Cloudtuft ran into Shadowpack territory, caught a dear, and a patrol found her!" It had come out as a yell. Song took a deep breath, then with forced calm, told Whiteleg exactly why seeing Stagstar was more important than bedding. "Cloudtuft chased a deer, knowingly, into Shadowpack territory, and ran in so deep that she went past their camp before stopping. A patrol found her dragging the deer slowly through their territory, and stopped her, naturally. If Dunlinfur and I weren't there..." Songbreeze broke off, feeling the urgency of telling Stagstar rubbing off on her. "Where is Stagstar? I feel like this is a bit more important than usual."

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[Tordier]

Dunlinfur
27 Moons
Aidi
WindPack
Medicine Dog
With Songbreeze, Cloudtuft, and Whiteleg

Dunlinfur hoped that Whiteleg would accept that she would have to wait a moment, but the elder was insistent. He understood, sort of. It sounded like she had been rather ignored all day and it was wearing on the poor, old thing. However, Songbreeze was right that their current business truly was more urgent than an elder's bedding, no longer how long the chore was taking to complete. With that in mind, Dunlinfur decided he would "take one for the team".
"Go ahead, Songbreeze. It'll only take one of us, after all. Call me if ya need me, though. Ok?"
With that, he turned to Whiteleg.
"I'm sorry fer all the trouble. Those apprentices will get a talking-to. I'll make sure of it, now let's get you settled in, hm?"
He hesitated just long enough to cast a glance at Songbreeze over his fluffy shoulder and wag his tail, encouraging her to go on without him. He had this.