✫the morning after meraxis sneaky actions with the prey pile, she made sure to get up early that next morning, reporting to anyone that had asked her that she hadn't been able to get a good night's sleep, plagued by nightmares of the terrible things she had endured before coming to shenthais; no one second-guessed or questioned her. smaug decided to get up early alongside his mate so that she wasn't just wandering the camp alone, and the pair made their way towards the outdoor patio/balcony that lead into the area where the fresh-kill pile was located. if anyone asked, not that they did, the pair would just claim that they were laying in the warm morning sun together, but in reality they were keeping an eye on the teleri rushing to grab prey for the sindar before the elderly cats got too grumpy.
✫avalanchesplit being mourned by his large family. brightspot being horrified at what she witnessed.
✫meraxis catches gooseglare and amberpool heading out for an additional herb hunt, having a hard time collecting all of the things they need to stock the noldor den due to the cold weather. meraxis overhears them and offers to go with them as protection, as they are mentioning traveling a bit farther into the woods than normal in hunt of the herbs. the two toms gladly accept her offer, and the trio quickly make their way into the forest. meraxis mostly stays quiet, only cutting into the toms conversation when they mention struggling to find cobwebs lately; she exclaimed that she had been exploring the forest for fun and came across a large cave that had a bunch of cobwebs in it. the two noldors eagerly follow after her, although gooseglare is a bit uncertain but is encouraged by amberpool to trust the molly. meraxis stood guard at the entrance of the cave as the two toms went inside; at first she could hear their excited chattering as they began to collect from the mass of cobwebs.
meraxis paid attention to the way their voices slowly faded from her hearing, knowing that it meant the toms were going farther into the dark cave. meraxis forced herself to be patient as she waited for the inevitable sound of the two toms yowls, which pierced through the stillness of the air, causing the albino molly to smirk, grabbing a stiff stick and the oddly waxy grey rock she had placed in advance. meraxis entered the cave slowly, creeping along the side wall of the cave, sticking to the shadows, as she followed the screams of the two noldors. her purple eyes landed on the two older toms attempting to fight off the attacks of the great spider, a beast that the fire-drakes, her family of origin, had learned the dangers of and how to escape from. she waited until both of the toms were clearly severely injured, a fair amount of blood leaving them both, their bodies clearly weakened, before she jumped in.
meraxis allowed herself to get scratched up a bit, but made sure to avoid any major injuries, knowing the way that these great spiders moved and how they attacked, far better than an average clan cat. once she was sufficiently bloodied herself, she took note of how the two toms were barely able to stay on their feet, and she ducked around to where she had dropped her stick and rock. quickly striking the flint-stone in the way that her fire-drakes had been long-since taught, the sparks caught onto the stick she held in her mouth, causing a small fire to catch. in a moment, she raced towards the massive spider, its size comparable to several wolves together, but the beast immediately began backing up further into the darkness of the cave, its many eyes flashing as it screeched angrily at the fire in meraxis maw. the albino molly kept moving forward until the great spider finally turned and disappeared deeper into the cave before she turned towards the two toms laying on the floor.
amberpool hardly appeared to be breathing at this point in time, whereas gooseglare seemed to have a little more strength left in his bones, although not much. meraxis approached the pair, mumbling through the stick as she asked gooseglare if he could hold onto it in case the spider came back while she dragged amberpool out of the cave. the smokey tom nodded slightly, having a hard time getting any words out as he had a crushing would to his wind-pipe causing his breathing to be more difficult. the molly passed him the flaming stick before she grabbed amberpool by the scruff at the back of his neck, noting that the tom was hardly breathing and clearly unconscious. the albino molly dragged his larger form out into the sun, her purple eyes flashing up to ensure that gooseglare was pulling himself along the floor after them, noting the trail of blood that the two toms bodies caused.
"just stay still, both of you. i'll run to the camp and get help." meraxis purple eyes flashed between the two toms before turning around and racing into the trees. however, she stopped just inside of the treeline, turning back to watch the two toms struggle to breath, continuing to lose blood. meraxis waited until amberpool's breathing ceased, and gooseglare's breathing appeared to get tighter and rougher, before she turned back towards the camp and took off at a sprint. she started yelling as soon as she got within hearing distance of the camp, causing a plethora of clan-mates to come out from wherever they were, listening to her shrieks with wide eyes and uncertain gazes. all that they can make out is the names of the two noldors, monster, and attacked. that's enough for valentinestar and a group of warriors to follow meraxis as she turned around, heading back towards the two toms. unfortunately, by the time they arrive at the scene, both amberpool and gooseglare are no longer breathing, their bodies having finally given out due to the severe blood-loss.
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(♦request -)
-none atm
(♦consumption -)
-3 snakes, 5 small fish, 4 frogs, 2 voles.
(♦random news -)
-amberpool & gooseglare are both killed by a great spider; the clan mourns the loss of two of their older, more experienced noldors at this time. flybackpounce especially seems to have a hard time with this loss, as he had grown incredibly close to the stand-offish gooseglare since their time together as a mentor/apprentice.
(♦rank changes -)
-tempestpaw is ready to take her nandor assessment; if she passes, she'll become tempestgleam.
-dappledkit is 6 moons old & ready to be apprenticed! she becomes dappledpaw.
-moraineslip returns to the noldor den as her kits are apprenticed.
(♦family news -)
-prunedrop's gathering stud kits are due in 2 moons with kaki.
(♦herb hunting -)
-fernmist, moraineslip, flybackpounce, bonnetears, celebrían (seeking cobwebs specifically).
(♦resting -)
-koda rests for 3 of 3 moons.
-bellechirp rests for 1 of 1 moon.
-amoremist rests for 1 of 1 moon.
-snifflewhimper rests for 1 of 1 moon; there is no cobweb to aid in the healing, with the noldors searching for it specifically on their next patrol.
-lilydream rests for 1 of 1 moon & consumes x1 tansy.
-daisypaw rests for 1 of 1 moon.
(♦border patrols)
-willowdancer, skyshard, ratelhiss, bluesplatter, brunoststride, burntbark, cinderlegs, cinnamonwatcher, cirruswisp, crocsnap, currasowcrunch.
(goes after predator scented last reply)-sagescorch, fallstream, flickerstream, flickergaze, freesiagrin, gladiolusclaw, gainforage, hailstrike, hexfling, hollowheart, voronwë, houndhowl.
-valentinestar, boulderbite, tanglecurl, brunoststride, chiffon, chitonprance, cloudstep, desmodus, dewdrop, grainforage, gingerblaze, gravelfur.
-drogon, sightshatter, lilypaddrift, lore, lucius, magpietrill, parrotcry, obsidiancoat, osmiumbrittle, onyxspots, pufferspike, junglejump.
-lacestyle, lantanabud, tenderheart, marshtoes, skrunklefoot, pansyeyes, phirozashatter, primrosepelt, prunedrop, reedrustle, salmonslip, snakewhisker.
(♦hunting patrols)
-rookchirp, redswipe, aniseheat, barleycloud, cantaloupesplash, brightspot, dustflash, caribouglaze, cinnamontang, cerithmantle, daffodil.
-caigarbreeze, caldarium, silkshimmer, dandelionfloat, dovewish, dropcloud, fallowmoon, featherdown, ferret, frigidarium, frogspring, galasaunter.
-catalpapatch, whimbrelcaw, gypsysong, harethump, hickorywink, hookfang, hootwhisper, leila, macesight, moosestomp, mottledsplash, muscovycall.
-ghoststep, glacierlily, eöl, nutmegtooth, oliveclaw, orchidlush, birchglint, parsleybeam, tundrathaw, puddlesplash, ravencry, rasofreckle.
-violetblaze, poppymend, pepperflash, risewind, asterthought, shellcrack, snailpath, mistyeyes, solarstrike, teddycore, tearshatter, whirlflurry.
(♦training -)
-cookiepaw, spritepaw, charm, laurel, & dahliapaw train in any falmari skill.
-plumpaw & origin train in any nandor skill.
(♦trading -)
-n/a
(♦mod notes -)
-please don't kill anyone with this mark '✧' next to their name; preferably target only names in red for deaths.
-please don't give me any more pregnant queens or elders on patrols atm