Traitors Of The Past | Warriors | Open and Accepting

[believe-hwu]

𝙱 𝚁 𝙸 𝚂 𝚃 𝙻 𝙴 𝙶 𝙻 𝙰 𝚁 𝙴 ! !
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xx[43 moons] [warrior] [tom] [mentors; brownpaw] [assigned mate; silentstar] [location; camp] [mood; neutral]
xx [mentions; border patrol] [tags; icestorm, stoatheart, thistleheart, yarrowsplash]
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His attention had already been on the leader, albeit not as obvious as it was now, his head craning to look up at her as she began to list off patrols. Surely, she would be picking a deputy before moonhigh like tradition. Bristleglare gave his daughter a brief glance as she was practically bouncing up to the rest of her hunting patrol, and he headed for the camp entrance to wait for the rest of his patrol.

𝙶 𝚁 𝙰 𝚈 𝙵 𝙰 𝙽 𝙶 ! !
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xx[27 moons] [warrior] [tom] [mentors; n/a] [assigned mate; fernpatch (npc)] [interest; stoatheart soon] [location; camp] [mood; neutral]
xx [mentions; lightpaw] [tags; open]
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The gray point had just returned from a short outing, carrying a robin in his jaws, he wasn't out for long though. He was a little distracted, thinking about Lightpaw and how he chose to be a medicine cat apprentice. Grayfang hoped his son would do good, though he worried that it might be too much responsibility.

𝚂 𝚆 𝙴 𝙴 𝚃 𝙲 𝙻 𝙾 𝚄 𝙳 ! !
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xx[19 moons] [warrior] [she-cat] [mentors; n/a] [interest; open] [location; camp] [mood; neutral]
xx [mentions; hunting patrol] [tags; ravenberry, rosefall, duststorm]
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Her ears perked up at the sound of her name, her gaze flickering between the her patrol leader, Ravenberry, and the rest of the cats chosen for patrols. She couldn't help but smile, she quite liked the older she-cat's kits, it was too bad neither of them were selected to be with them. Although Sweetcloud wasn't sure if the others felt the same, she practically bounced all the way to Ravenberry herself, though she stood off to the side, not wanting to interrupt her time with Ivyhope & Thistleheart.

𝙻 𝙸 𝙶 𝙷 𝚃 𝙿 𝙰 𝚆 ! !
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xx[6 moons] [medicine apprentice] [tom] [mentor; appledawn] [interest; open] [location; camp] [mood; nervous]
xx [mentions; appledawn, aurorapaw] [tags; appledawn, aurorapaw]
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The small lilac point flinched at the sound of the other medicine cat apprentice speaking his name, not having expected it in the least, but he nodded to her question. A moment later, Appledawn returned to the den, and he moved to look at her, taking a moment to look at the herbs for a moment longer. Before he could get a word out, his mentor was gone again, and he let out the breath he hadn't realized he was holding. Turning to Aurorapaw, he spoke out loud for the first time that morning, hoping she wouldn't notice the small shaking from him. "We should get going, huh." His words were quiet however, Lightpaw looked up to the both of them very much.

[star star.]

xxxxxRAVENBERRY.
xxxxxxx✧ ⋯ warrior ⋯ she-cat ⋯ assigned mate: none ⋯ tagged: thistleheart, duststorm, sweetcloud, patrol ⋯ mentions: silentstar, rosefall, milkpaw, sweetcloud
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Silentstar’s call shifts Ravenberry’s attention to the leader. At the call of her own name, Ravenberry flicks an ear in surprise. She takes a heartbeat to digest that information - hunting patrol near the training grounds with Sweetcloud, Duststorm, and Rosefall - and then stands to her paws at the sane time as Thistleheart, who was called for the border patrol.

“Be safe,” she tells him quietly, and dips her head as he responds and pads off toward his patrol leader. She twitches an ear at the sound of soft pawsteps, and Ravenberry shifts her attention to see Duststorm approaching her. The younger warrior sits down next to Ravenberry, who blinks back some unintelligible emotion, and then finds herself sitting back down as well. She scans the clearing for the other two members of her patrol, belatedly realizing that Rosefall would have her apprentice...

Ah, right; Dustcloud is still next to her.

Ravenberry glances at her fellow warrior from the corner of her eye, tail flicking as she thinks over her next course of action, before finally deciding to try and break the silence. "Hopefully this should be a straight-forward patrol," she mews, looking around the clearing again as she realizes the only cat she hasn't seen yet is Milkpaw. "Prey should be running good." She supposes that sending the apprentices with their mentors is a smart idea, as that means not a lot of cats will be in or near the training hollow - less noise makes for better hunting. She narrows her eyes as she thinks. Hunting directly at the training grounds probably won't work the best, so it'd probably be better to split up just before getting to the grounds.

Ravenberry glances over as she hears another set of pawsteps, spotting Sweetcloud nearby. She blinks a simple hello at the young warrior. For what it's worth, she appreciates her - from her understanding (and seeing them around camp), Sweetcloud seems to be a cat her kits were fond of. She clears her throat. "Once Rosefall and Milkpaw join us, we can head out."

xxxxxIVYHOPE.
xxxxxxx✧ ⋯ warrior ⋯ she-cat ⋯ assigned mate: n/a ⋯ tagged: patrol (ashfall, patchslash, frostflame) ⋯ mentions: patrol, silentstar
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last post here.
tl;dr: ivyhope follows the patrol out to the river & asks frostflame if they're sticking with fishing for their hunting patrol.

xxxxxTHISTLEHEART.
xxxxxxx✧ ⋯ warrior ⋯ tom ⋯ assigned mate: n/a ⋯ tagged: ravenberry, stoatheart, yarrowsplash ⋯ mentions: silentstar, patrol
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last post here.
tl;dr: thistleheart meets with patrol & converses with stoatheart. he follows yarrowsplash out of the camp

[Spiritstar3]

Frostflame- m (fixed)- 29 moons- warrior- trainee: Sunpaw- Blazestreak x Gail: Cloudfeather, Duststorm, Ella- homoromantic; Icestorm and Eveningdusk- assigned mate: Stoatheart- Tags: Ivyhope, Patchslash, Ashfall, Ghostpaw

The white and red tabby male saw Eveningdusk, and felt his heart beat begin to speed up. He then quickly looked away, afraid if the leader saw that she'd know something was up. Frostflame had an assigned mate, so he had to be careful here. He knew he'd have to have a relationship in secret. That just seemed the most likely way of things. "Good morning," he said to Ashfall, as well as the other two.

Blinking, he glanced to the she cat, as she asked if they'd only be hunting fish. "No, if you see any animals coming to get a drink, you can try and catch them. Some rabbits or birds will probably come to the river to drink." He glanced to the others again for a small moment. He glanced around for his own apprentice, and sighed a bit...He said "I...we need to wait a moment, Sunpaw isn't out here yet." Silentstar hadn't said any of the apprentice names...but they needed training. Therefore, he was going to bring Sunpaw with him, if she got out here...

Duststorm- f- 29 moons- warrior- Blazestreak x Gail: Cloudfeather, Ella, Frostflame- pan; Ashfall- assigned mate: Viperheart- kits- Tags: Ashfall-> Ravenberry, Sweetcloud, Rosefall

The silver tabby and white she cat saw Ashfall look over at her in a soft way, and her tail whipped back and forth. "Have...have a good day, stay safe!" she called to him, but the others also, really. She nodded to herself a bit, then shook her head and headed off to her group.

Now, she sat beside Ravenberry, and glanced around for a small moment. She noticed when the other cat looked at her, and she nodded at her. She purred a small sound when the other she cat sat down. She glanced around again for a couple times, then back to Ravenberry. She tilted her head a bit, as she looked at the other she cat. She nodded and said "I believe it will, and if prey is running good we should get a decent amount." She looked around yet again. Sweetcloud approaches and Ravenberry speaks, so Dustcloud nods and says "Okay."

Ghostpaw (Ghostpelt)- m- 8 moons- apprentice- mentor: Patchslash- homosexual; Jaypaw maybe, Milkpaw- (adoptive) Browning x Cocoa (kittypets), Brownpaw- Tags: Patchslash, Frostflame, Ivyhope, Ashfall

The white furred young one hurried over to his mentor, asking "Patchslash, am i... supposed to go along? Silentstar didn't say any of the apprentice names...I mean, I assume I should go with you since you're my mentor. I don't want to get in trouble because she didn't say any of the apprentices names, though."

He stopped talking as he suddenly felt stupid, because they were apprentices. Of course they were meant to go, even if their names hadn't been said. Still, the doubt continued to linger in his mind. He really didn't want to make a mistake, really didn't want to get in trouble.

He noticed one of the cats looking at him, and tilted his head a bit.

He nodded to her, then glanced to the other cats gathered there as well.

Brownpaw- (Brownwing)- f- 10 moons- apprentice- mentor: Bristleglare- pan; Blazepaw- Browning x Cocoa, Ghostpaw- Tags: Bristleglare, Icestorm, Stoatheart, Thistleheart, Yarrowsplash

The brown furred young one walked over as she saw her mentor.
He'd been assigned to patrol with some of the others, but she also saw Yarrowsplash. Shaking her head, she said "Good morning, Bristleglare." She then glanced to the others, and dipped her head to them. "Good morning," she said to all the other cats as well. She then looked to her mentor once more, wondering if they were heading out yet or not.

[Queen of flames]

Patchslash - male - warrior - arranged mate; open - apprentice; Ghostpaw - crush; open
tags; Hunting patrol, Frostflame, Ashfall, Ivyhope, Ghostpaw, Sunpaw

He looked at the Silentstar when the tortoiseshell mentioned the cats coming to which patrols, not so surprised to be one of them. He looked to his apprentice Ghostpaw "If you ever want to become a warrior you could join as many patrols as you can...but I am not stopping you, if you do want to join this one or not" he said to him.

He looked to the others with a sight "We can't all fish at the river, we may not catch anything if we do" he said to Ivyhope. He looked at the patrol leader "I have not seen Sunpaw, if she is not joining then, we better go without her" he meowed.


Rosefall - female - warrior - arranged mate; Whiteflame - apprentice; Milkpaw - crush; open
tags; Whiteflame - Hunting patrol, Ravenberry, Sweetcloud, Duststorm

She nodded to her mate with a smile "I know..." she meowed to him but was stopped by the leader's call of the patrols. She took a deep sight when she heard her name there with many others "Well, I guess I am needed in a patrol, see you later then Whiteflame" she meowed to him with a little disappointment.

She looked around for her apprentice Milkpaw, but she didn't seem to find the younger cat. She walked to the patrol which seemed to be already formed up there "Sorry for the wait Ravenberry, but Milkpaw is not coming" she said to the she-cat.

Eveningdusk - male - warrior - arranged mate; open - apprentice; open- crush; Frostflame
tags; open

The tortoiseshell tom left the warrior nest to settle down under a shadowed place, which could not be shadowed for long as the sun moved as the day went forward. He was not so sure about what to think of his arranged mate, he felt like he could not give her what she wanted and plus for that, he may not even be that interested in females. He kept that in secret though as he felt like it could be bad if someone found it out, especially when there were only female and male arranged mates to be done. He lowered his head and took his paws over his face 'I can't never give her what she wants, no love, no kits...I hope this does not violate her zest for life' he thought to himself as he thought of his arranged mate.

Icestorm - male - warrior - arranged mate; Silverfur - apprentice; open - crush; Silverfur
tags; Border patrol, Yarrowsplash, Stoatheart, Thistleheart, Bristleglare, Brownpaw

He looked after Silverfur with a heavy sight- He shook his head as he heard his name being mentioned within Yarrowsplash's patrol. He didn't have an apprentice to deal with so he didn't need to look for anyone, he could just go with the patrol. He walked over to the Yarrowsplash and followed him out of the camp.

Aurorapaw - female - med.cat apprentice - mentor; Appledawn - crush; Sweetcloud
tags; Lightpaw, Appledawn, Whiteflame

She didn't have time to respond to the younger medicine cat apprentice when their mentor showed up to them to speak. She shook her head a bit as she looked to her mentor for a moment then to Lightpaw, she followed the older she-cat asking one of the leftover warriors to accompany them at the search. She looked to him with a nod before turned back to Appledawn "so what herbs are we looking at?" she asked her.

Blazepaw - female - apprentice - mentor; Viperheart - crush; open
tags; open

The red tabby was curling at her nest, half sleeping as the voices of her den mates were already being heard by her and for now she just tried to ignore them. She was not ready for the day just yet and wanted to stay in her nest a little bit longer. Her mentor or any other mentors from the other apprentices were not rushed to the den yet likely making sleeping impossible.

[Nyverria]

Silentstar
〖Female〗〖Leader〗〖38 m〗
〖Assigned Mate: Bristleglare〗
〖Mentions: Here〗
〖Location: Clan Camp〗
〖Tags: Clan, Open〗

Silentstar's gaze darted around the camp as she watched the patrols she just assigned gather up and readied to head out of the camp. Flicking her tail, the mottled she-cat made her way over to the fresh-kill pile as she browsed the options she had. The molly's mind spun from thought to thought to thought... her main concern was naming a new deputy before moon-high. A few candidates crossed her mind.. Ravenberry, Duststorm... there were so many good candidates. Snapping out of her thoughts once more, the molly decided to pick up a mouse from the fresh-kill pile.

Silentstar slinked back in her den to really be left alone for the most part. The mottled molly would return from the darkness of her den after her meal soon.. she just needed time to think. After a bit passing by, the she-cat brought the remains of her meal back up and buried the bones just beside the base of the roots of the great tree. The molly leaped back up top of the great tree to get a better view of her clan and to see where she could possibly step in to help. Silentstar had made up her mind on choosing a warrior to become the next deputy of Morningclan and she only hoped that this cat would be willing to take up the responsibilities of running a clan.

Ashfall
〖Male〗〖Warrior〗〖32 m〗
〖Mentions: Icestorm, Silentstar〗
〖Location: Patrol〗
〖Tags: Frostflame,
xPatchslash, Ivyhope, Ghostpaw〗

The grey tom dipped his head in greetings towards Ivyhope as she approached the small patrol. His left ear flicked as he heard Ghostpaw ask Patchslash a very silly question in his own opinion but Ashfall kept his maw shut. It was Patchslash's decision whether or not he brought along his apprentice. He listened to Ivyhope ask Frostflame a question and he did agree with attempting to catch other prey aside from fishing. Ashfall slightly frowned as the patrol began to slow down once more as to wait for yet another apprentice.

'The young ones seem a bit lazy.. that's not good for a thriving clan...' Ashfall thought to himself as he sat down and flicked his tail in annoyance. Apprentices are needing to come along with their mentors as it was and with these apprentices asking questions if they should come or not should be out of the question. The grey tom only huffed at these thoughts as his gaze turned away from the patrol and towards the direction of the river. It was quite a ways away with a halted patrol. Ashfall only hoped for Sunpaw to hurry and catch up.

Silverfur
〖Female〗〖Warrior〗〖32 m〗
〖Mentions: Here〗
〖Assigned Mate: Icestorm〗
〖Apprentice: Jaypaw〗
〖Location: Clan Camp〗
〖Tags: Jaypaw〗

The silver molly's thoughts were disrupted as Jaypaw came scrambling out of the den. She saw the young tom give her a sly smile while he nudged her chest. She couldn't stay mad at her adventurous little apprentice. Silverfur purred as she listened to the seal point tom tell her about his dreams and asked what they were doing for today. He may not like it but the silver she-cat would test his knowledge on the basics from when he was paired with her at his ceremony.

"Show me each of the tail signals for communicating to your peers silently." Silverfur mewed as she wrapped her fluffy tail around her paws. She wasn't going to take Jaypaw out of camp just yet until he memorized each tail position. It was a must know in her eyes as it would be crucial for war parties. Another thing would be practicing swipes on moss to grow Jaypaw's muscles as well for defending or attacking. The silver molly slightly tilted her head as her light green eyes watched the little seal point tom.

Whiteflame
〖Male〗〖Warrior〗〖46 m〗
〖Mentions: Silentstar〗
〖Assigned Mate: Rosefall〗
〖Location: Clan Camp〗
〖Tags: Appledawn〗

Whiteflame didn't really respond to Rosefall as she left to join her patrol. He still laid there in a little loaf as he watched the other cats gather up and leave the camp. As the tom stood up to stretch his limbs he was a little caught off guard as he heard a voice call out to him. He turned to see Appledawn as she dipped her head with greetings. The flame-point tom returned the respectful nod, "Good morning Appledawn." He listened to what exactly the medicine cat was asking and of course he would agree to helping her out.

"Of course, I'd love to help!" Whiteflame replied with a purr as he gave the pretty calico a slight smile. It would be nice to get out of camp again despite already returning to camp from a late night hunt. The tom couldn't really sleep much lately and he didn't really know why. Pushing those thoughts away, his ice blue eyes looked down at Appledawn and flicked his flame colored tail. "Lead the way." Whiteflame simply said as he readied to follow Appledawn.

[broken*]

✿. ── ❝ A P P L E D A W N ❞
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( 32 moons ) ( molly ) ( medicine cat ) ( apprentice: lightpaw, aurorapaw ) ( location: camp, forest ) ( tags: aurorapaw, lightpaw, whiteflame )
✿. ── ❝ shorthair calico w/ blue eyes. ❞


the calico was grateful that the warrior she had approached was willing to go with them out of camp; of course, knowing the type of tom that he was, she hadn't expected him to say no necessarily, but one couldn't be sure that he hadn't already made plans to do something else before she had asked him. if someone were to ask her why she had started wanting a warrior to accompany them whenever the medicine cats left the camp, she wouldn't necessarily have a clear answer for them. nothing in particular had happened to cause the change in her behavior, but there was an uncertainty that had sunk deep in her gut and just made her feel uncomfortable for some reason. "thank you whiteflame, much appreciated." she purred out to the handsome tom, before returning her attention to the two apprentices that had appeared behind her. "well, aurorapaw, we are nearly out of both burdock root and chervil. can one of you tell me what those two herbs look like, and the other tell me what they are used for." as she began speaking to them, she made her way out of the camp and into the forest.

❅. ── ❝ S T O A T H E A R T ❞
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( 23 moons ) ( female ) ( warrior ) ( apprentice: n/a )( location: camp ) ( tags: thistleheart, patrol )
❅. ── ❝ shorthair sepia colorpoint w/ blue eyes. ❞


she had never really had much of a chance to get to know the fluffy black tom now at her side; they just missed each other when it came to being apprentices, the perfect amount of moons between them, but she had nothing against the young warrior, having heard nothing but positive things about him. perhaps he was a bit quiet but seemed kind, and while she wasn't the most outgoing of cats herself, she didn't feel like spending an entire patrol simply walking by herself in silence. at his offer to continue talking to her as they walked, she couldn't help the small smile that found its way onto her muzzle as she nodded her head in agreement, following behind him as the patrol headed out into the forest. "i haven't been sleeping the greatest this past moon or two; my little brother jaypaw is an apprentice now and he seems to have a knack for finding himself trouble."

✭. ── ❝ J A Y P A W ❞
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( 8 moons ) ( tom ) ( apprentice ) ( mentor: silverfur ) ( location: camp ) ( tags: silverfur )
✭. ── ❝ mediumhair seal colorpoint w/ blue eyes. ❞


the small tom-cat couldn't help the way his ears flattened and a frown grew on his maw at his mentor's words, although he was quick to try and correct his expression. his mentor knew he hated such boring tasks, especially since his attention span often was taken away by other things. of course, logically he knew why such things like tail signals were important, it just didn't mean he had to like it. with a low sigh, he nodded his head with a lowly murmured "yes silverfur." he began by the tail signals that he could the most easily remember; stop, spread out, get down, follow me, stay behind me, and attack. after those though, he started to struggle a little bit remembering the remaining few. "how am i doing, silverfur?"

☾. ── ❝ Y A R R O W S P L A S H ❞
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( 45 moons ) ( tom ) ( warrior) ( apprentice: n/a )( location: camp ) ( tags: bristleglare, patrol )
☾. ── ❝ shorthair cream tabby w/ green eyes ❞


as he made his way into the forest outside of the clan, he looked back briefly to make sure everyone in his patrol was following him, nodding his head lightly pleased when he found they were. he found his attention briefly drawn by the fluffy grey tabby that was nearest to him; the two toms were only a few moons apart in age, had been apprentices as the same time, and he actually felt like they had relatively similar personalities, so it was far from the worst companion he could have. "good morning bristleglare." he couldn't help feeling a slight companionship with the other tom, having known that they were both among the lucky ones in the clan to have been placed in happy matings, although he couldn't imagine the pain of losing the love of his life the way bristleglare had.

at just about that moment, the tom's patrol arrived near the far border of the clan's land, as they had been ordered by the leader to patrol. deciding to check the sunning rocks around the river, as it would give him the opportunity to get a refreshing drink for the first time that morning. his green eyes widened farther than they ever had before in his life, his maw dropping open as a painful yowl escaped from him, piercing through the silence of the early morning hours; it sounded as though he had just been sliced open by a predator, but it was simply the pain of his heart being ripped out of his chest. lying there on the sunning rocks (her favorite place, known by many of the clan) lay the broken body of the love of his life. "paleglow!" he screeched out as he raced towards the fluffy body of his mate, soaked to the bone as though she had washed up from the river, with deep scratches along her throat. despite being the one in charge of the patrol, everything logical stopped working in his mind as he screamed for his patrolmates; "help, someone help!"

[star star.]

xxxxxRAVENBERRY.
xxxxxxx✧ ⋯ warrior ⋯ she-cat ⋯ assigned mate: none ⋯ tagged: thistleheart, duststorm, sweetcloud, rosefall, patrol ⋯ mentions: milkpaw
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Ravenberry's ear twitches in the direction of Duststorm. The warrior was right, of course: but again, it was still an if. (sometimes, she wishes she had her daughter's optimism.) But, considering that the weather was nice today and, so far, hunting had been good this season, she has no reason to doubt Duststorm's hope.

At Rosefall's arrival and comment about Milkpaw not coming, Ravenberry sighs and stands to her paws. "Have a conversation with him later, then," she says, tone flat. She glances around at her patrol and flicks her tail. "We're late enough starting anyway. Let's get going." With that, Ravenberry turns and heads out of camp, heading directly toward the training grounds.

xxxxxIVYHOPE.
xxxxxxx✧ ⋯ warrior ⋯ she-cat ⋯ assigned mate: n/a ⋯ tagged: patrol (ashfall, patchslash, frostflame) ⋯ mentions: sunpaw, patrol
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Ivyhope blinks at Frostflame as he answers her question, then nods. "Alright!" she says, smiling. That made enough sense - don't focus on the river, but catch whatever stops by it. Easy enough! She wasn't surprised that Frostflame wanted to wait until his apprentice came out - if she wasn't wrong, Sunpaw was close to being a warrior, so it would be pretty important for her to be on every patrol her mentor was on to make sure her training had been progressing properly.

Her smile stays plastered on her face as Patchslash speaks, but it feels more strained. Yes. She does understand that now. It is fine and it is whatever, she will just hunt whatever she can find and probably just stick near the river, but not hunt for fish. She doesn't need more than one cat pointing that out to her, especially when she had just asked one cat, thank you very much. Verbally, she doesn't respond to Patchslash, but she nods instead. (she does also realize, a bit belatedly, how stupid her question could have sounded, especially to some of the more experienced warriors - which she was supposed to be soon! - but she'd already asked and been told two variants of no from two warriors. so, whatever, so be it.)

Ivyhope shifts on her paws a bit as the group waits for Sunpaw. She doesn't say anything in response to Patchslash's comment about leaving without Sunpaw - not her apprentice, after all - but she holds out onto the hope that the apprentice will show up before the patrol leaves camp.

xxxxxTHISTLEHEART.
xxxxxxx✧ ⋯ warrior ⋯ tom ⋯ assigned mate: n/a ⋯ tagged: stoatheart, yarrowsplash ⋯ mentions: paleglow, patrol
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Thistleheart finds himself a little relieved when Stoatheart nods and follows behind him. He did genuinely feel a bit bad - Yarrowsplash had left no time to fall behind, and Thistleheart didn't want to scramble to catch up, but he had wanted to continue the conversation. As Stoatheart speaks, talking about her younger brother and her concerns for him, he feels himself nodding along. He thinks back to his and Ivyhope's early days of apprenticeship, when his sister would coerce him into sneaking out at night with her to explore the territory. He didn't think bringing that up to Stoatheart would help her anxieties, so he keeps his mouth shut about that. "That's unfortunate," he says, flashing Stoatheart a sympathetic look. "I know that can be pretty stressful." Frankly, he has no idea whether Ravenberry found out about Ivyhope's late-night adventures and has no idea how she would have handled it. Probably not well.

He thinks for a moment, and then asks, "Do you remember what you were like as an apprentice?" he asks, curious. He knows Stoatheart was an apprentice around the time he was a kit - Thistleheart is sure that there was little to no overlap between their own apprenticeships - but he doesn't remember much of it. "Maybe this isn't the case for Jaypaw, but I know apprentices can be pretty curious. Especially since they're finally at the age they can leave camp."

Thistleheart pauses, letting himself think for a moment before he speaks again. He opens his mouth, about to speak, but is cut off by a sudden yowl from someone in the patrol. Thistleheart flounders for a moment, trying to understand where the noise came from and who it was, but his mind catches up when he looks forward to see Yarrowsplash crouched over something, yowling-

Oh great StarClan, he thinks, horror seeping into his bones. Thistleheart freezes mid-step, eyes wide, as Yarrowsplash's screams for help wash over him.

[Spiritstar3]

Frostflame- m (fixed)- 29 moons- warrior- trainee: Sunpaw- Blazestreak x Gail: Cloudfeather, Duststorm, Ella- homoromantic; Icestorm and Eveningdusk- assigned mate: Stoatheart- Tags: Ivyhope, Patchslash, Ashfall, (mentions: Yarrowsplash)

The white and red tabby male saw Eveningdusk, and felt his heart beat begin to speed up. He then quickly looked away, afraid if the leader saw that she'd know something was up. Frostflame had an assigned mate, so he had to be careful here. He knew he'd have to have a relationship in secret. That just seemed the most likely way of things.

Blinking, he sighed as he looked towards the apprentice den for a moment. He nodded at Patchslash, saying “You’re right.” He’d already seen Milkpaw’s mentor head off without Milkpaw. It seemed he wasn’t awake either, or had said he wasn’t going to go with that patrol. Frostflame shook his head some. He glanced at Ivyhope, saying “You’re fine to fish if you want. Fish have oils and fats that are good for the Queens.” He wasn’t actually sure they had any Queens right now, any pregnant or nursing she cats.

Still, he liked fish a lot, so he’d be happy to have some. He said “I’m going to catch a couple fish, because personally, I like to eat those.” He didn’t know how many of the others actually liked fish. It wasn’t like he watched every cat at mealtimes.

Shaking his head, he said “Let’s head out now. If Sunpaw gets up anytime soon, she’ll see us heading out, or she’ll ask Silentstar where we went. Otherwise…she’ll just stay here and do something. It seems like Milkpaw may have slept in too,” he mentioned. He led the way to the camp entrance, and stepped out. He then headed for the river, and looked back at the others. As they were walking, he suddenly became aware of something. He thought he heard a yowling from the direction of the river, and asked “Do you all hear that?’

Duststorm- f- 29 moons- warrior- Blazestreak x Gail: Cloudfeather, Ella, Frostflame- pan; Ashfall- assigned mate: Viperheart- kits- Tags: Ravenberry, Sweetcloud, Rosefall

The silver tabby and white she cat watched as the others showed up. She was relieved, though that was short lived when it was announced Milkpaw wasn’t coming. Ravenberry didn’t sound happy about that…Duststorm shook her head, and glanced back a moment. Silentstar seemed to be caught up in thought. Duststorm wondered what that was about, but said nothing. She said “Okay,” to Ravenberry, then quickly followed the patrol leader. She glanced to Sweetcloud and Rosefall a moment, then kept walking.

Ghostpaw (Ghostpelt)- m- 8 moons- apprentice- mentor: Patchslash- homosexual; Jaypaw maybe, Milkpaw- (adoptive) Browning x Cocoa (kittypets), Brownpaw- Tags: Patchslash, Frostflame, Ivyhope, Ashfall (mentions: Yarrowsplash)

The white furred young one nodded at his mentor. “I’m…definitely coming then,” he said to Patchslash, then looked at the others. He winced a bit as two apprentices were mentioned…He’d seen Milkpaw in there, but hadn’t really seen Sunpaw. He assumed she must have been sleeping in there, though. She wasn’t out here, and now it seemed she’d be scolded later. Shaking his head, he followed after the others. As Frostflame spoke, Ghostpaw said “I…I think I hear it, it sounds like a cat in pain or anguish.”

Brownpaw- (Brownwing)- f- 10 moons- apprentice- mentor: Bristleglare- pan; Blazepaw- Browning x Cocoa, Ghostpaw- Tags: Bristleglare, Icestorm, Stoatheart, Thistleheart, Yarrowsplash

The brown furred young one glanced at her mentor. “Good morning Bristleglare,” she said to him, then glanced to the others that seemed to be on the patrol. She watched as Thistleheart and Stoatheart walked together. The two seemed to be conversing. She shook her head, and followed after the others. She listened as Yarrowsplash spoke to her mentor, then he left. She tilted her head a bit, and wondered where he was going. Thinking on it, she thought of Paleglow, whom hadn’t been seen in a bit. Just as she was thinking that, there came a yowl. She jumped and hissed a bit, glancing around wildly. She realized it was Yarrowsplash, and she said “Bristleglare! We have to go help Yarrowsplash!” as she heard the anguish in those yowls.

[believe-hwu]

𝙱 𝚁 𝙸 𝚂 𝚃 𝙻 𝙴 𝙶 𝙻 𝙰 𝚁 𝙴 ! !
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xx[43 moons] [warrior] [tom] [mentors; brownpaw] [assigned mate; silentstar] [location; camp] [mood; neutral]
xx [mentions; border patrol] [tags; icestorm, stoatheart, thistleheart, yarrowsplash]
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"Good morning, Brownpaw." His greeting was brief, though he was a bit proud to see his apprentice already here for the patrol. His attention was swift to the tom leading the patrol, and gave him a nod in response. "Good morning, Yarrowsplash." The two had led pretty similar lives so far, though Bristleglare would never wish the pain of losing a mate upon him. It didn't take long for the patrol to arrive at the sunning rocks as Silentstar requested, and he felt fear for his friend after hearing him yowl Paleglow's name in sheer terror. Bristleglare raced up to Yarrowsplash, not having heard Brownpaw speak at all, immediately checking over her. The wounds on her throat were obvious even with the water having washed most of it away, her eyes were glassy; she was already dead and he pressed his pelt against Yarrowsplash's without a word. "I'm sorry, Yarrowsplash." There was no saving her but this was a brutal way to pass, he could see it as a an accident if she had only drowned, but she had been attacked as well. Perhaps it was a rogue?

𝙶 𝚁 𝙰 𝚈 𝙵 𝙰 𝙽 𝙶 ! !
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xx[27 moons] [warrior] [tom] [mentors; n/a] [assigned mate; fernpatch (npc)] [interest; stoatheart soon] [location; camp] [mood; neutral]
xx [mentions; lightpaw] [tags; open]
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The gray point had just returned from a short outing, carrying a robin in his jaws, he wasn't out for long though. He was a little distracted, thinking about Lightpaw and how he chose to be a medicine cat apprentice. Grayfang hoped his son would do good, though he worried that it might be too much responsibility.

𝚂 𝚆 𝙴 𝙴 𝚃 𝙲 𝙻 𝙾 𝚄 𝙳 ! !
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xx[19 moons] [warrior] [she-cat] [mentors; n/a] [interest; open] [location; camp] [mood; neutral]
xx [mentions; hunting patrol] [tags; ravenberry, rosefall, duststorm]
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She dipped her head in respect to the older she-cat, the smile evident on her expression. Sweetcloud glanced over at the other patrols as they swiftly left camp, it seemed they had already been prepared. Her ears perked at Rosefall's appearance, her gaze holding a bit of concern for the other's apprentice. "I hope he's not feeling sick or anything." She brushed her tail against Rosefall's pelt, hoping to comfort her a bit as Ravenberry led the way out of camp with ease.

𝙻 𝙸 𝙶 𝙷 𝚃 𝙿 𝙰 𝚆 ! !
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xx[6 moons] [medicine apprentice] [tom] [mentor; appledawn] [interest; open] [location; camp] [mood; nervous]
xx [mentions; appledawn, aurorapaw, whiteflame] [tags; appledawn, aurorapaw, whiteflame]
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He fell quiet as he began to follow the older apprentice out of the den, ever so slightly biting his tongue. So you won't answer me, but you'd answer Sweetcloud any time of the day, huh? Lightpaw followed closely behind, not missing the interactions between Whiteflame and his mentor but didn't say a word. As happy as he was to have Appledawn as his mentor, he was also incredibly nervous that he wouldn't make a good medicine cat if he got something wrong. "Ch-chervil, you chew the root for bellyaches? It smells sweet and it's really leafy." He attempted to explain, hoping that he didn't get this one mixed up at least.

[Queen of flames]

Patchslash - male - warrior - arranged mate; open - apprentice; Ghostpaw - crush; open
tags; Hunting patrol, Frostflame, Ashfall, Ivyhope, Ghostpaw, Sunpaw

He shook his head a bit "I don't mind fishing or eating fish, but the only bad thing about fish is how fast they get bad and the smell is very bad if they are too long in the sun" he mewoed with a sight. He looked around for a moment as he followed after the patrol leader and the others, his ears perking back and front as he left the camp.

Rosefall - female - warrior - arranged mate; Whiteflame - apprentice; Milkpaw - crush; open
tags; Whiteflame - Hunting patrol, Ravenberry, Sweetcloud, Duststorm

She sighed as she looked at Ravenberry "Of course, Yes I will check on him after the patrol I hope he is up by then...well he kind of had to as this will take some time for us to get back" she meowed to both Ravenberry and Sweetcloud as they both were talking about Milkpaw. Her eyes followed after her assigned mate for a moment as she saw him going with Appledawn and her apprentices likely to get some needed herbs. She shook her head a bit as she followed the patrol leader and a few of the other warriors "So any idea what or where are we going to hunt..." she asked the black she-cat.

Eveningdusk - male - warrior - arranged mate; open - apprentice; open- crush; Frostflame
tags; open

The tortoiseshell tom left the warrior nest to settle down under a shadowed place, which could not be shadowed for long as the sun moved as the day went forward. He was not so sure about what to think of his arranged mate, he felt like he could not give her what she wanted and plus for that, he may not even be that interested in females. He kept that in secret though as he felt like it could be bad if someone found it out, especially when there were only female and male arranged mates to be done. He lowered his head and took his paws over his face 'I can't never give her what she wants, no love, no kits...I hope this does not violate her zest for life' he thought to himself as he thought of his arranged mate.

Icestorm - male - warrior - arranged mate; Silverfur - apprentice; open - crush; Silverfur
tags; Border patrol, Yarrowsplash, Stoatheart, Thistleheart, Bristleglare, Brownpaw

He followed the patrol to the river, he was looking at the other side of the river and didn't actually see the warrior on the water before the patrol leader yelled at something. He flattered his ears back as he noticed the moveless warrior there "Is she dead?" he murmured rather silently.

Aurorapaw - female - med.cat apprentice - mentor; Appledawn - crush; Sweetcloud
tags; Lightpaw, Appledawn, Whiteflame

She waited for the younger apprentice to answer the question first, she was still a beginner for her older age, but still, she had time and she didn't want to be the reason Lightpaw could need to be stuck for too long as an apprentice, he was true clan cat anyway. She looked at her mentor for a moment, as Lightpaw mentioned the chervil she answered to the other asked herd "Burdock root is big a ruffled leaf, it's good for infected paws or sores" she responded gently.

Blazepaw - female - apprentice - mentor; Viperheart - crush; open
tags; Grayfang

She patiently waited for her mentor to arrive any time soon, but she didn't. As the patrols left one after another she started to feel impatient, so she decided to walk to the warriors' den to see if she could see her mentor there. Maybe she was just oversleeping or maybe she was not feeling so well, but she could not find her there, she turned away to walk to one of the warriors still lat the camp "Uh, Grayfang, sorry to bother you, but are you happened to see Viperheart this morning?" she asked the tom.