Cats of the Meadow (WC rp started)

[Queen of flames]

EAGLEDAWN | male | Clan guard | apprentice- | Crush- | tags: open

He was being up at night guarding the camp, he liked to do night shifts, but was always so tired in the mornings, and in the morning it was sometimes hard to sleep when the others awakened. Of course, he could be used to that already, but maybe not enough, blad he was another day found a place near the cleaning, but in a hidden place. He stretched his legs and looked over to the fresh-kill pile, he was a little bit hungry but decided to take a nap before eating.

NEWTSPARK | female | warrior | apprentice- | Crush- | tags: open

She sat near the warrior's den grooming her multicolored pelt and watched the cleaning to spot the deputy or a leader. She did see Sunstar in the distance with a few other cats, but the deputy was nowhere yet to be seen. She was a little bit bored at the moment, so she was waiting for any kind of morning patrols to happen.

ICEPAW | female | apprentice | mentor-| crush Dewpaw | tags: open

The white odd eyed she-cat woke up at her nest. Shaking her head a little bit as she stood up to yawn. She blinked her eyes as she looked over to the two apprentices there speaking to each other, she didn't see Dewpaw yet, but maybe the young tom was already out. She stretched her legs a little bit as she walked past the two and entered the den entrance facing the sun shining at the cleaning.

[The Fallen Soldier]

GreyWhiskers
She-cat/Camp/Tags:Open

GreyWhiskers gently shakes herself awake. "Good morning to the day" She says sleepily, to no one in particular. Dragging herself out of her little nest she slowly makes her way to the centre of camp, greeting everyone she passes, till she finds Stormsky and sits patiently not too far from her to await the days instructions.

DawnPaw

She-Cat/Camp/Tags:Open

Dawnpaw jumps swiftly out of her nest once she has awoken. "Shoot the days already begun, I won't have time for my normal run" she mutters to herself as she hurriedly exits the secluded are her nest is in. In her rushing around to find her mentor Softpetal, Dawnpaw crashes into Strawberrypaw, right in front of Eeriepaw. "Sorry, sorry" She hurriedly says, before stopping in her tracks and taking a deep, big breath to calm herself.

StormSky

She-Cat/Camp/Tags:Open{GreyWhiskers}

StormSky sits in a central area of camp, awaiting the clan guards and warriors to rouse from their sleeps and gather for the days instructions. Sitting with her eyes closed in the sun she smells GreyWhiskers approach and flicks an ear in her direction as a greeting, knowing that she won't speak to her very much. StormSky prefers it that way though, shes had a long, deep rooted dislike for GreyWhiskers for a while now, long enough to forget why she even has that dislike in the first place.

[Rae'tia]

Scorchfrost
❝The Frozen Burn❞
gender; male age; 42m rank; clan guard sexuality; Homosex-Demi-rom
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mentions; Sparkflare tagged; Open

indentation He felt his face harden as Sparkflare came into view, his younger brother was thankfully carrying some good catches. So at least the tom had been productive. But there's no way to know what else he's been productive at. Scorchfrost sighed with an internal huff. Resisting the urge to shake his head, the large black smoke tom yawned, jaw stretching wide. He shook out his fur and made a few faces in an attempt to stay awake a little while longer.

Lilysplash
❝The River Flow❞
gender; female age; 35m rank; queen sexuality; Heterosex-demirom
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mentions; none tagged; Open

indentationAfter a moment on indecision, the chubby she-cat picked out a nicely sized pigeon to eat. Waddling over to a nice place without any shade so she could sun herself while she ate, the feline purred softly. It took a few moments to get herself into a comfortable position, but it wasn't long before she was able to relax and begin de-feathering her meal. Maybe some of these could be shared among the clan? I'll get one of the apprentices to gather these up and spread them out nicely amongst the nests later. The heavily expecting she-cat took her time, lowly purring when she was finally able to take the first bite of her meal.

Sparkflare
❝The Flame❞
gender; male age; 27m rank; warrior sexuality; pansex-demirom
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mentions; Scorchfrost tagged; Softpetal

indentation It wasn't necessarily a long trip back to camp, but it was a boring one. Passing by his older brother on his way into camp, the toms wasn't exactly looking where he was going when someone ran into him. Like always these days, his first reaction was anger, jaw clenching around his jaw full of prey his head swung around eyes narrowed thunderously. Only for him to nearly choke as Softpetal came into sight, a sigh leaving him. "It's fine," he mumbled half-heartedly, ears flushing with heat. Shaking out his coat, the tom set the two Thrushes and mouse down so he could speak clearly. "You seem quite out of sorts this morning, Softpetal... Are you alright?" Sparkflare asked, minorly concerned.

[GrimmRatt]

Softpetal
she/her - Healer - Tags:Sparkflare, Lilysplash

Softpetal sighed. "Yeah, im just a bit stressed." But it only took a second for her dark expression to fade. As she glanced at Lilysplash and then back to Sparkflare. She liked Sparkflare. Ofcourse she wouldnt admit it to anyone but she wouldnt mind hanging around with him. And ofcourse it was his siter and she was expecting.
"Hey, would you like to come with me while i check up on Lilysplash and her kits?" She smiled warmly at the tom.

[Poppycorn222]

Autumnleaves
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- She-cat - 28 Moons - Warrior -
- Crush:Open - Tags:Open -

Autumnleaves entered camp, two mice dangling from her jaws. She had went out hunting earlier in the day, and was bringing back her catch. Dropping the prey onto the fresh kill pile, she picked up a smaller sparrow and settled down to eat. It was getting rather late, and she knew she should be sleeping, but Autumnleaves doubted she'd be able to sleep at all. She plucked the feathers from the sparrow in front of her paws, laying them neatly to the side incase someone would want them for their nest later on, and began to dig into her meal.

Eeriepaw
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- She-cat - 10 Moons - Apprentice -
- Crush:Open - Tags:Strawberrypaw-

Eeriepaw sighed, hearing out the apprentice in front of her. Leaving camp did sound fun. . .but she usually did so on her own, in an attempt to escape from the loud, bustling camp and her annoying clanmates. "Well, if you're going to sneak out, I don't know why you'd want to hunt, there's no point in that. Exploring is what you do when you leave camp at night. You go to forget all the things that go with clan life." She mewed, standing up and heading out of the den. With a quick glance around, she flicked her tail for Strawberrypaw to follow her. "C'mon, I can get us out of here without getting caught, you just have to be quiet."


Hollytangle
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- Tom - 34 Moons - Warrior -
- Crush:Open - Tags:Sunstar -

Hollytangle sighed as the leader spoke, his ears pinning to the side of his head. He had worried it was something like this that was bothering the pretty molly and his thoughts had just been confirmed. He wrapped his tail around her, looking up at the ceiling of the den."You have no reason to fear that the clan won't trust you, Sunstar. You're a strong, and kind leader, you're just what we need right now," his mew filled the quiet that was lingering in the den after Sunstar had spoken. "There's no need for you to follow directly in Meadowstar's footprint. . . make one of your own, Sunstar. Carve your own legacy for the clan to remember moons from now. It's what Meadowstar would want." Hollytangle glanced over at her once again, giving a soft smile and a twitch of his whiskers, "You're your own cat, don't forget that."

[GrimmRatt]

Sunstar
She/her - Leader - Tags: Hollytangle
"I- I know of course. I'm just worried that the clan may be angry about choice of deputy. Or the changes I'm making. I don't want my clan against me." She shook her head. It was so stressful. Sunstar would have never taken the deputy position if she knew this was the way she'd feel thusly. The light of the Sun which she was named after flooded into her den. It reflected and blended into her fur. Meadowstar had beloved her connection and similarity to the sun was a sigh from starclan, a sign she was powerful enough to lead.

Strawberrypaw
He/They - apprentice - Tags: Eeriepaw
The apprentice nodded happily and stood up. He was practically bouncing. Of course Strawberrypaw knew The black cat would rather be without him. He just loved the company of the other cats in his generation. Non of the warriors understood his fascination of the woods that bordered the territory. Many times he'd been scolded for asking questions or straying to far. Some part of him longed to see the other side. The mountains his mother had spoke of. Or even other cats.

[Rae'tia]

Scorchfrost
❝The Frozen Burn❞
gender; male age; 42m rank; clan guard sexuality; Homosex-Demi-rom
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mentions; Eagledawn tagged; Open

indentation Peeking into camp the dark tom sighed and relaxed when he noticed that Eagledawn another Clan Guard was up and about. About time. Getting to his paws, the large tom padded into camp and headed straight for the prey pile, eagerly licking his jaws. Swiping a hare the black feline took it over to a shady area in camp and plopped down. Though Scorchfrost was quite ravenous, the black and silver tom was intent on savoring his meal and ate slowly. A low and rough purr rumbled up his throat from his chest, his eyes half closed with contentment.

Lilysplash
❝The River Flow❞
gender; female age; 35m rank; queen sexuality; Heterosex-demirom
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mentions; none tagged; Open

indentationShe'd always found the process of de-feathering her feathered meals to be quite a tedious and lengthy process, but very much worth it if she could add the feathers to nests. Purring low in her throat as she slowly ate, the she-cat laid her head on her paws. Her eyes were closed as she soaked up the sun, relaxing and eating. Bite. Chew. Swallow. Repeat.

Sparkflare
❝The Flame❞
gender; male age; 27m rank; warrior sexuality; pansex-demirom
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mentions; Lilysplash tagged; Softpetal

indentation The ginger feline blinked at Softpetal's proposal before tilting head head slightly in thought. After a few heartbeats, the tabby nodded and mewed, "Sure, but I should go put these on the prey pile first." Using one large paw to point at the Thrushes and mouse. Sparkflare smiled, as he glanced over at his pseudo-sister finding her comping down on a pigeon. Tail curling with content, the tom purred as his emerald green gaze returned to Softpetal.

[GrimmRatt]

Softpetal
she/her - Healer - Tags:Sparkflare, Lilysplash
Softpetal nodded and gave the bigger warrior a chance to put his fresh kill down. She chatted happily to the big grey tom. She was beaming. Honestly, she hadn't even expected Sparkflare to tag along with her. A warrior had better things to do. Then they both paced over to Lilysplash. It had only just occurred to her that maybe she should have brought something in case the expecting queen was in pain. She made a low noise at her incompetence. "Fox dung!" She shook her head. "Ill get it if Lilysplash says she needs it." The medicine cat muttered under her breath as they reached the queen.
"Hi Lilysplash! I trust your well?" She smiled and sat next to the expectant queen.

[Poppycorn222]

Autumnleaves
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- She-cat - 28 Moons - Warrior -
- Crush:Open - Tags:Open -

Autumnleaves entered camp, two mice dangling from her jaws. She had went out hunting earlier in the day, and was bringing back her catch. Dropping the prey onto the fresh kill pile, she picked up a smaller sparrow and settled down to eat. It was getting rather late, and she knew she should be sleeping, but Autumnleaves doubted she'd be able to sleep at all. She plucked the feathers from the sparrow in front of her paws, laying them neatly to the side incase someone would want them for their nest later on, and began to dig into her meal.

Eeriepaw
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- She-cat - 10 Moons - Apprentice -
- Crush:Open - Tags:Strawberrypaw-

Eeriepaw slipped towards the back of camp, her dark fur blending in with the shadows. As she moved, she made sure to keep her pace as to not get caught, but also so Strawberrypaw could keep up, she didn't need him falling behind and getting them both caught. As soon as she wriggled underneath a weak area in the clan's camp, she shook her fur out, stretching her front paws with a large yawn. "That's the easiest way to get out of camp, but it's also one of the easiest spots to get caught sneaking out if the warrior on watch is paying attention, so be careful." The she-cat flicked her tail, turning away from Strawberrypaw and trotting away from camp. "Well, I got you out. Happy?"


Hollytangle
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- Tom - 34 Moons - Warrior -
- Crush:Open - Tags:Sunstar -

"Just because the clan may not agree with your choices all the time, doesn't mean we don't support you as our leader." Hollytangle mewed, watching the sun shine through the den and hit Sunstar's fur. She really was a gorgeous cat, even he had to admit that. "And if you're so worried about your choice in deputy, you can always change your mind. You have the authority to do so, if you think someone else would be a better fit, then you have the right to make that choice. It's your clan now, after all." The tom offered her a gentle look, trying to show her that no matter what he would be here for her. "I'm here for you, Sunstar, you can always lean on me."

[Alpha*]

(Thank you, is anyone free?)

FallenRains

The silver spectre slips out of the trees and into the grass; most cats don't hunt there and the prey is both plentiful and fat. It makes for easy hunting with his erm... challenged... hunting skills. Warm morning light floods across his pelt, drying the dew, and causing him to steam. The effect isn't uncommon, but it definitely isn't entirely welcome - there'd already been talk amongst a few cats that he's wasn't actually numbered among the living. Ah well.

Padding towards camp he watches a bird flit through the sky on some sort of errand. Did it have little ones?

Whiskers twitch and the warrior quickens his pace, he's almost there and he is starving, the large rabbit nearly crushing him under its weight, and jaws aching from the combined swinging of the mouse and chipmunk he'd also caught, he doesn't quicken by much. FallenRains heads into camp - flicking his ears in greeting to EagleDawn, and quickly drops the former two kills before wriggling from under the rabbit, and leaving it on the kill pile.

It's actually a larger than usual pile and his eyes glow with pleasure when he selects a nice sized vole to eat. He settles beside the warriors den and begins to eat.

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Moss

The tiny calico kit is limping, somehow she and her mama had ended up in a river. And somehow she and mama got out. Only mama isn't breathing well, and they're both covered in mud, dripping water. Where are they? She opens her mouth to ask when her mama coughs harshly again - like she'd been doing for the past moon. What's wrong with mama? A shiver runs through the kits' pelt and she doesn't dare go near her mama. Mama said to keep up with her, but to not get close. Something about her getting a cough too. Not too long after her mama falls - and doesn't get up again. That breathing is labored, and the shivers subside until her mama looks at Moss with cloudy eyes, "I think I'm going to go swim Mossy." Says her mama, "I'm so hot."

How can mama be hot? Moss is freezing! "Mama wait -" protests the kit, but the calico patched adult cat ignores her plea.

"You stay here Moss, since youre cold still." Is ordered by her mama, and the kit nods obediently. Where would she go? Theyre lost! Mamas' voice is strange, and she's getting back into the water! They'd just got out too, and it's the middle if the night. "I'm going to cool off."

The kit shivers again, "Mama, is it fun? Are you cool now Mama?" Again her mama pays no mind, wading further into the water, dunking herself to 'cool' off, mud eddying about before its washed away. "Mama that's so far!" Cries Moss, her heterochromia eyes welling with emotion, and fear of the dark "please Mama come back!" Her mama starts to cough again and her footing is loosened... and suddenly the mother cat is pulled under the water. She's rushed downstream....

Moss stays. Mama said to stay.

The tiny kit curls up on the bank, falls asleep as the sun rises. Mama would come back, wouldn't she? And Moss has to stay, else, how would her mama find her? She sleeps even though her belly rumbles, even with the mud caked to her fur and even when the suns' warmth finally dries the mud and she starts to warm a bit. Under the top layer of dried river mud the rest is still wet. "Mama!" Is cried in her sleep, tears welling in her eyes.

Two days pass on the river bank inside the clans' territory, and the kit stays in the same spot. Mama said to stay, and Moss has to stay. Farther down the river the water logged form of a she-cat washes ashore.