by eagle, » Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:05 pm
HIGHGARDEN
tawnyrose: queen, molly, she/her. tags: open
merlinsong: herbalist, tom, he/him. tags: greenday
indentmerlinsong led his apprentice through the gathering until they found a spot to settle among the other healers from many other clans. over so many moons, merlinsong had come to get to know many of the other medicine cats, so his attention was piqued when a stranger approached him, and he smiled warmly at the other tom. "hello, it's very nice to meet you. i don't believe i've ever heard of pillarclan. you'd have to tell me all about it," he greeted openly. he nudged solsticepaw gently, shooing his apprentice away. "go on and allow us to talk without you hovering there, solsticepaw. don't let us bore you," he urged, grinning when solsticepaw huffed dramatically. when she had gone, merlinsong turned his attention back to greenday. "now, then, it's nice to meet you. i'm merlinsong, and my apprentice and i are from highgarden."
solsticepaw: herbalist's thorn, molly, she/her. tags: open
otterfur: knight, tom, he/him. tags: fadedsun
indentotterfur felt so at home with fadedsun, and he was momentarily overcome with the feeling of warmth, resonating within him as a type of home that he had never felt before. he beamed broadly and swished his tail across the ground. "of course," otterfur murmured, feeling suddenly shy. "i think you're an amazing cat, fadedsun, and anyone could see that. you're kind, you care about your clan, you have a great sense of humor, and i really am so grateful that we became friends," he said, feeling his pelt flush as the truth spilled out of his mouth. he ducked his head to lap at his chest fur before his eyes widened and he looked up at fadedsun again. "thank you, that's really kind of you to say." otterfur shuffled his paws and straightened up. "i just want to be good for my clan, to be there for my clanmates and my friends."
mapleshadow: rose, molly, she/her. tags: brindlebirch
indentmapleshadow flashed a small, gentle smile and nodded his acknowledgement to brindlebirch's comments. it warmed her heart to know that the queen considered her a friend as well, and mapleshadow reveled contently in their companionship. "that must be hard, i can't imagine. i've never thought of it that way," she admitted. "i've seen a few of my clanmates grow closer after spending time in the nursery, especially when the kits become friends and grow up together, but we don't have any permanent queens in highgarden," she continued. "i can't imagine how that must feel for you, i'm sorry. but i know what you mean. i've never really felt like i fit in with a lot of my clanmates. like our personalities just don't fit together so well. but i do consider you a friend, and i'm grateful for our meeting, even if it was pretty recent."
katara: rose, molly, she/her. tags: cedarbranch
indenthollandmarch puffed out his chest proudly as katara sighed pleasantly when cedarbranch nuzzled against her. "cougarstrike's definitely going to miss me," hollandmarch said, finally settling down across from katara and cedarbranch. "but now it means that i'll be able to go on patrols. and katara said that i might even see you on patrols if they go near vagaryclan. so, don't worry, i'll be around to bother you instead."
indentkatara purred affectionately. "i told him that i'd even help him set up a den by the border, so he'd never have to miss seeing you on a patrol." hollandmarch nodded enthusiastically to katara's soft laugh. "but i also figured that now he might have a chance to visit you in vagaryclan sometime, if you're not as busy. i'm sure tawnyrose wouldn't mind if riverstar didn't have a problem with it."
hollandmarch: knight, tom, he/him. tags: cedarbranch
- see katara -
ferretwhisker: rose, molly, she/her. tags: nightfur and wolftail
indentferretwhisker purred warmly when nightfur rushed towards her. she nuzzled his cheek gently and allowed herself to lean companionably against him, offering momentary comfort. "i'm so glad you're alright too, i don't know what i'd do if something happened to you," ferretwhisker admitted before her attention was turned back towards wolftail. "hello, sorry to interrupt. my name's ferretwhisker, from highgarden. it's very nice to meet you. i hope you're enjoying the gathering so far?"
quakestone: rose, molly, she/her. tags: oiseaupaw
indentquakestone couldn't help but laugh bashfully at oiseaupaw's reaction, and she ducked her head for a moment to keep from flushing. "i'm sure you'll get it really soon!" quakestone said, nudging her friend gently, meaning to encourage him. "besides, leafbare is a tough time for everyone. the weather is already getting too cold for one of my sisters. she's like my mom - they have really short fur - and she keeps shivering on the dawn patrols," she said before shrugging. "honestly, between you and me, the early patrols are almost enough for me to miss waking up for training."
stagscorch: knight, tom, he/him. tags: open for ladybird
EVERGREEN PARK
squirrelflash: pathfinder, molly, she/her. tags: open
cade: pioneer, tom, he/him. tags: open
finn: pioneer, tom, he/him. tags: forestfire
indentfinn joined the gathering with his usual energy, calling after his sister to follow him, though he knew it was only a matter of time before they lost one another in the tide of the gathering. even still, he knew that vixen was more than capable of taking care of herself, and he knew that cade would likely round them up when squirrelflash decided that it was time for them to return home. however, finn didn't expect for another cat to cross directly into his path, and he bowled directly into them, sending him sprawling sideways, but his blue eyes turned immediately to the ginger cat. "i'm so, so sorry, friend, let me help you," finn said, immediately scrambling to his paws and going to help nudge the other cat up. "i really hope you aren't one of those super-scary warriors, huh? cade said that he'd claw my ears if i started a fight by accident, and i'd really hate to have shredded ears, that doesn't seem like it would be so fun."
vixen: pioneer, molly, she/her. tags: emeraldchin
indentvixen watched through narrowed eyes as her brother took off through the gathering, racing away and tearing up the ground as he went. she sighed, knowing it would only be a matter of time until cade came dragging finn back and squirrelflash in tow. the last thing their little clan needed was to return back home with an upset cade and a bedraggled finn. so, after waiting several moments without hearing any immediate shouting, vixen decided that she was free to go about her own business, and that was when she happened upon a pretty calico, and she moved over towards her. "it's really nice, huh? i've never seen so many cats before. it's just... it's really crazy to think how many of us clan cats are out there, and it makes me wonder how many of us would ever cross paths without the gatherings."