[ripvanmarston]

I'm picking my own!
new prey:
1 FP = rat, squirrel
2 FP = crow, iguana, possum
3 FP = gila monster, jackrabbit
4 FP = armadillo
5 FP = vulture, eagle, condor, hawk
new predators:
rattlesnake, mountain lion, coyote
Would you like your current inventory converted to the new prey list? n/a

[Vivika]

✦ TREECLAN !!

x⊰ kazin ✦ archive ✦ last post ⊱

and the universe seemed to echo that same truth.

it was in the whisper of strength from the pines—those stately sentinels rooted in the earth, untouched by the ripple of time and crowned with the dust of a thousand stars and the silken touch of moonlight.

it was in the current of direction from the winds—a spirit-guide of memory and timeless wisdom. and at her breath, the scents of home surrounded him—the fragrance of spring florals and the raspy song of meadow grass, the warmth of fireside gatherings, the tender touch of his beloved’s paw against his.

it was in the courage of woodland critters, who faced each dawn and every dusk with chittering chatter and a new song. they never knew if each day, each moment or even if that very hour would be their last, but they didn’t falter. for every night, the nightingales still sung of sunrises. and every night, the chipmunks chittered as they tucked their little ones in for bed. and every night, the squirrels still raised their fists as if they had a generation-long vendetta against him.

tonight, one even graced him with a delicate gift. a gift that bounced off his head and nearly shattered upon stone, but a gift the same. (+1fp egg, +2fp songbird, +2fp songbird, +2fp chipmunk)

“you good?” stormbranch. and it was as if all the universe was captured in that one gentle gaze. in that medley of indigo and violet and glacial blues that bloomed with the mystery of galaxies and the wisdom of all-seeing stars. a gaze that whispered those same eternal words back to him. the same words whispered over and over and over, a pattern imprinted into the essence of earth, water, rock and air, a pattern braided into the tapestry of time and space.

strength, direction, courage. you’re not alone, hemlockstar, and you never have been.

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⊰ patrol status updates ⊱

• one free explore post remaining
  
• all patrollers gained +0% hunger
  
• no health changes c:

⊰ xp earnings (death opt in/out) ⊱…………………………

• +65xp for writing, +10xp for patrol sent
• +7xp for prey, +10xp for wahoo's first task
⊰ findings ⊱

• +1fp egg, +2fp chipmunk
  
• +2fp songbird, +2fp songbird
• +2fp (your choice) from wahoo!

⊰ level totals ⊱

• +92xp → level 1 (95/200xp)


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⊰ notes; n/a! <3
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[Vivika]

✦ CATS OF THE DESERT !!

xxx⊰ whovian5eva ✦ clan archive ✦ user's last post ⊱

in the ink of the night, the sands and stars collided.

and in the twist and turn and tumble of midnight gales, furzetuft was a traveler. a sailor navigating the rust of rogue sands by the light of stars burning blue-white in a faraway sea of their own. a part of her craved the warmth of the healer’s burrow, the sanctuary and hospitality of a clan who had taken her in, tended to her as if she was a part of their world. the heartbeat of home lingered at that clan, an ache that seemed to burn deeper than her still-healing scars as she wandered.

yet, a secret smile curved on her lips. they had shown her kindness and she had shown them something of her own as well. a postcard from her travels. an underwater realm of shining glass domes and statues crafted of coral and the gold of ancient shipwrecks. framed in the background, forests of sun-kissed kelp undulated to the hum of a distant song. a parting gift from her to them. (+1 common edit from furzetuft)

the ghost of wind-swept sand whispered against the dunes. with each step, the sands erased her meandering path until no trace of her journey remained. like them, she was a ghost—a spirit wandering through time, through seasons, through life. her touch wandered over the callouses of a wooden carving in her satchel. up and over the tiny spines upon its back, along the knobby tip of its claws, and flitting about the flared frills around its ears.

tucking a loose curl from her eyes, she folded a tiny sachet in the carving’s open mouth and set the woody reptilian down in the sands. the fragrance of herbs and spices bloomed, adrift in the night air, as she started back the way she had come.

at dawn, perhaps a little trio of apprentices would find her little gift—another lizard, but this one a brilliant blue-white as if forged from the dying embers of stars. (+50 stardust from wahoo’s third task, +1 mallow leaves, +1 horsetail, +1 bright-eye)

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⊰ patrol status updates ⊱

• all patrollers gained +10% hunger
  
• no health changes c:
  
• no sickness <3

⊰ xp earnings (death opt in/out) ⊱

• +200xp for writing, +20xp for patrol sent
• +6xp for herbs, +20xp for wahoo's first task
• +30xp for npc quest
⊰ findings ⊱

• +1 mallow leaves, +1 horsetail,
  
• +1 bright-eye, +2fp (your choice)
  from wahoo, +50 stardust, +1 c edit

⊰ level totals ⊱

• +276xp → level 8 (1215/1000xp)
  → level 9 (215/1200xp)


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congrats! you've reached level nine and earned an additional +5fp (your choice), +4 herbs (your choice), +1 un myo and +1 rare edit!

⊰ notes; n/a! <3
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[LOSTINUNKNOWN]

Astron
Last Explore Post: N/A. | Last Response Received: N/A.

(Intended to be written as the patrol preceding this. Apologies for any errors.).

Keen strokes of warming dawn born upon the very crest of the horizon languidly trickled through the darkened tufts of fur binding Flicker Of A Towhee's pelt as she sedately pressed herself forth through the snow clusters of foliage sown along the territory beyond Astron territory and subsequently past Owl In Thick Forest, the keen loches of stirring amber encompassing her gaze astutely fixating solely upon the expanse afore the two with each comprehensive pawstep whereupon she pressed herself onward through the abundant brumal layer coating the ground settled beneath in lacking shiver whilst the unions of interwoven muscle and sinew pertaining to her being tautening subtly beneath the sheer weight of chill trickling through her pelt, her breathing steadily expiring in low rhythms of concentration - spurred in vaporized bursts upon the crest of her sandpaper-woven tongue - with every beat she abided by her alert disposition. She silently inbreathed the thickened suffuse billowing in streams of crisp herb and drowned scent borne upon Boreas' frigid embrace into the avoli of her lungs in direct juxtaposition to the idle complaints of Owl scarcely comprehended by her, as dutifully sworn to his ego as she was to her loathe for him.

Towhee abruptly halted the firm anatomy of her darkened paws atop the permanence of the root belonging to the oak settled along the farthest portion of Astron territory at the nascent of a faint susurration resonating within the frost-sheened bushes merely a glorified expanse beside them, tilting her head as to acquaint herself to the noise and subsequently earning a complaint from Owl:

"What, by the Gods aloft, are you doing?" Owl questioned, an insufferable annoyance bleeding into his tone. "It's windy, Towhee. The noise came from that, not-"

"Shut it." Towhee firmly interjected, struggling to perceive the origin of the noise due to her lack thereof in ears. "Wind doesn't shift the needles of a fir to that extent."

Owl growled, the white tufts duly embellishing the summit of his tail shifting. "When did you become an expert in the wind?"

"When did you?" Towhee retorted.

"When the Gods cla-" Owl began, cutting himself off as the viridescent of his irises settled upon the physique of a silky brown-furred animal - akin to them both in size, of a foreign triangular head shape, and bearing the mark of a throat patch - unveiling itself from the foliage.

The taut culimations of muscles binding Towhee's being constrained themselves further against the very seams of her pelt whilst the distinctive bathes of adrenaline swiftly saturated her in its fury, her pupils mechanically dilating in consequence of such and the acuminated arcs of her weathered claws unshealthing from their idle locus despite the inital freeze her form initially took, a hiss harshly vibrating against her throat. It was under the same flood of adrenaline Owl resolved himself into pivoting upon his head and darting himself back from which they came, to which Towhee mustered out between sporadic torrents of breath:

"Hare-hearted!"

[496 words ]

━ cats on patrol
Flicker Of A Towhee | She/her | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N

Owl In Thick Forest | He/him | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N

━ custom predators / prey
12/12/24.

━ level 0
experience: 0

━ inventory items used
N/A.

━ active / monthly tasks:
1: Encountered foreign creature (pine marten).

━ opted in to death?
This is the first of three free posts.

━ inventory
prey | 1 FP | x0
prey | 2 FP | x0
prey | 2 FP | x0
prey | 3 FP | x0
prey | 3 FP | x0
prey | 4 FP | x0

herb | x0
herb | x0
herb | x0

[Polluux.]

𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⬧︎
First Exploration Post | Last response received (redid entire lore and stuff but tried to still match sort of with the last recived response!)

“Are you sure this is where you saw them?”

Magpie huffs and flicks an ear back towards his companions and snapped, “Of course! I don't get directions wrong.”

The largest feline let out a soft snort and jumped up onto a fallen log. “Years ago, a cat you saw once. By the way you dont even have the things this cat wanted, Magpie.” He said with a yawn and dropped onto his stomach on the log stretching his legs out and flicking his dark wings wide before tipping his head towards the youngest in their group.

Magpie stood straighter with a hiss and puffed his fur out, “Like you’ve never gotten anything wrong!” The monochrome tabby screeched in offense while Iblis huffed a laugh at his dramatics.

“Even if this is the wrong area, that doesn't mean we can't explore some. I'm getting tired of hiding away from everything.” A lighter furred tabby said, their gaze off in the trees as they listened to the other two bicker.

Iblis sighed and hauled himself up to his paws “Of course you’d be excited about wandering through a forest Samandriel.”

Samandriel turned his head and flashed a smile. “Oh yes! The trees are gorgeous this time of year and the snow is just lovely to look at with all these different crystalline forms. You never find anything this delicate within The Host.” He chirped, flicking out a paw to show off a small clump of snow which he held up towards the larger feline who just leaned his head away and scrunched his nose up in distaste behind his mask.

“Look, birds!” Samandriel exclaimed while jumping to his paws and shooting off into the woods as the other two just blinked and watched him run off.

Magpie turned his head towards Iblis “Do we follow him?”

“Yeah, he’d get himself stuck in a tree if we didn't.” The larger feline muttered jumping down off the log and trotting down the path Samandriel had knocked down in his flurry of chase.

“Oh please, don't wait up for me or anything, Iblis!” Magpie muttered, turning to follow after the other two, his tail lashing in annoyance.

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“Samandriel! Leave it alone you feather-brained sad excuse for an angel!” Iblis snapped as he stumbled from the brush and caught sight of the smaller feline halfway up a tree trying his best to do an impression of an ostrich stuck in a fence. A small light cherry red bird sat on a branch just staring at him curiously.

Samandriel yelped as he went tumbling from the branch and into the snow, his legs flailing wildly as he tumbled around for a moment before his head popped out from the snowbank with a large grin. “Iblis! Look at it, it’s red!” He yelled across the clearing before jumping out of the snow and shaking his fur out, prancing over with a wild smile as he spun and looked back up at the tree and bird.

The bird now sat preening its plumage ignoring the creatures below as another tumbled out of the brush.

“Why can’t you two slow down for a second? Not everyone is that fast.” Magpie hissed, turning to tug burrs and twigs from his fur with a huff as the other two glanced towards him in amusement.

Samandriel looked back at the bird, “I wonder what it’s called, the mortals give them all these beautiful names that seem to mean alot to them.” He mused, tipping his head as Magpie looked up and blinked.

“It’s a Cardinal, Sam. That one’s a male, cause it’s bright red. The females are brown.” He explained lifting a paw to gesture towards the bird as Samandriel turned towards him with excitement.

“Cardinal.. I wonder what the significance of that name is.” Iblis said with a hum and then turned towards Samandriel, “Next time you run off like that I’m leaving you in whatever mess you find yourself in.”

Samandriel blanched and stuttered out excuses as he jumped up to run after Iblis as Magpie threw his head back and laughed at his expression.

[ 684 words ]

-- cats on patrol
Magpie | he/they/it | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N
Samandriel | he/they | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N
Iblis | he/him | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N

-- custom predators / prey
N/A

-- level 0
experience: 21

-- items in inventory used
N/A

-- active quests: monthly task
1. Strange creature! [Cardinal]

-- opted in to death?
No

-- inventory
prey | 1 FP | x0
prey | 2 FP | x0
prey | 2 FP | x0
prey | 3 FP | x0
prey | 3 FP | x0
prey | 4 FP | x0

herb | x0
herb | x0
herb | x0

[Vivika]

✦ LABYRINTH OF THE LOST !!

xxxxxx⊰ beezhivez ✦ clan archive ✦ beezhivez's last post ⊱

the waters seemed to dissolve into madness.

bone white froth foamed on the pool’s surface. it fizzled and popped, before swelling—overflowing from the dip in the stone like the cauldron of a divine enchantress. their silken tendrils reached for him with a feral greed.

a strangled gasp clawed its way up his throat. his blood sang—the notes of a dying songbird as the soul reaper's scythe swings through the harvest field. and like that bird, he remained, blood running thin upon the cracked earth of a harvest field and with nowhere to flee.

had he offended the god of the depths with his offering?

a shriek of laughter erupted, ricocheting off stone in a warbled echo. the grind of stone against stone groaned, a sound borne from the abyss. in a flare of light, a spray of water sputtered into the air, cerulean strands shot through with ribbons of liquid shadow. foam knotted into his curls and lances of water slashed at his toes. he braced himself, everything in him molten, slipping through his grasp—

the quiet roused him from his stupor first. a gentle hush that seemed to fill the stone expanse, breathing lifeforce into every crack and crevice with a creator’s hand. the brilliant glow had dimmed, the cerulean waters receding. shadows danced across the stone, skipping over the ancient runes and symbols, ones he hadn’t been able to read before.

yet now, the letters seemed electric. water slipped through the swoop and jagged edges of the symbol, pulsing with a strange, otherworldly energy. the meaning was there, blooming behind his mind’s eye, yet still just out of reach as if he were trying to pull logic from a dreamworld. he pressed a paw against the stone.

at his touch, something shifted beneath him, revealing a hidden compartment.

the smell of aged wood and ash drifted, along with the faintest hint of summer greens. overgrown moss swathed the proud arch of the chest, the faintest wink of iridescence inviting him closer. (+50 stardust for completing wahoo's third task, +1fp scraps, +1 death berries, +1 burdock root, +1 borage leaves)

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⊰ patrol status updates ⊱

• all patrollers gained +10% hunger
  
• no health changes c:
  
• no sickness <3

⊰ xp earnings (death opt in/out) ⊱

• +50xp for writing, +10xp for patrol sent
• +1xp for prey, +3xp for herbs, +10xp for
  wahoo's first task
⊰ findings ⊱

• +1fp scraps, +1 death berries,
  
• +1 burdock root, +1 borage leaves
• +2fp (your choice) from wahoo, +50 stardust

⊰ level totals ⊱

• +74xp → level 2 (179/300xp)


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⊰ notes; ahh, welcome back!! excited to see more of your lore around <3 make sure to fill in inch's pronouns in your next explore post, but everything looks fantastic!
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[Vivika]

✦ THE FORGOTTEN FARMYARD !!

xxxxxxx⊰ bingodingo03 ✦ clan archive ✦ bingodingo03's last post ⊱

a thunderous roar ripped past the gaping jaws of the alley.

exhaust fumes and the stench of burnt rubber seared the breeze, eclipsing the fragrance of sweet florals and clover. an awkward cough tickled her throat, but she held tight to her prize, the salty tang of mozzarella against her lips enough to convince her not to let this one go just yet.

like a ghost, she tiptoed closer to the end of the alley. a splash of steaming oil sloshed against the concrete, the ink-black droplets joining the larger pool in a weeping smile. a low rumble hummed, now distant, from the four-wheeled beast of black steel and clattering pistons. yet in its wake, it seemed to have left something behind. or maybe… maybe it had always been there?

shaking herself, she ventured a step closer.

daylight dappled the soft creams and printed jasmines of the neatly-folded paper bag. paper crinkled, a playful charm to the crisp sound, as the wind wended around and warped the thin fibres just around its hidden contents. everything about it seemed to tease her, to invite her closer, to peak inside. she traced the neat folds at the top, before teasing it open.

a medley of scents drifted. the fragrance of tea with all its rich, earthen scents and the crumbling remnants of a pastry. the taste of raspberry and iced sugar lingered in the air and a few wrapped mints shimmered at the bottom of the bag. (+1fp scraps, +1fp scraps, +1 chamomile, +1 wintergreen, +1 poppy seeds, +1 raspberry leaves)

taped to the sides of the bag, a manilla card stamped with a painted koi grinned, holding a little note: “looks like you found my calling card! i like cheese too c: have a treat, my friend! all courtesy of your new cheese-loving friend, wahoo!” (+1 uncommon edit and +75 stardust from wahoo’s tasks, +1 common myo)

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⊰ patrol status updates ⊱

• two free explore posts remaining
  
• all patrollers gained +0% hunger
  
• no health / sickness changes c:

⊰ xp earnings (death opt in/out) ⊱

• +25xp for writing, +10xp for patrol sent
• +2xp for prey, +4xp for herbs, +1xp for
  random myo find
⊰ findings ⊱

• +1fp scraps [x2], +1 chamomile, +1 poppy
  seeds, +1 raspberry leaves, +1 wintergreen
  
• +1 uncommon edit, +75 stardust, +1 c myo

⊰ level totals ⊱

• +42xp → level 0 (42/100xp)


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⊰ notes; n/a, welcome to explore!! i'm really loving your setting with the spooky farm && swamp ─ super excited to see more of you and your kitties around! c:
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[Vivika]

(artist credit ♡)

Howdy! I think I'll hang around 'ere and catch up on some fishing! You just never know what loot you'll
find around. I'm happy to share the goods, but how 'bout you complete a task or two first?

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1. Write an explore post where none of the cats actually do any hunting or foraging! Interpret this as you wish! [rewards: +10xp]

2. Send out a patrol of only green-eyed cats! If the patrollers have heterochromia, it should be green-green heterochromia (as in not mixed with another color like blue / brown / etc)! [rewards: +1fp (user’s choice]

3. Wahoo needs your help! For some reason that he doesn’t quite explain, he requires one of these herbs: +1 deathberries, +1 foxglove seeds, +1 holly berries, +1 deadly nightshade or +1 water hemlock. (Make sure to also remove the herb from your inventory and include it in the “inventory items used” section of your explore post.) [rewards: +50 stardust]

When you've completed a monthly task(s), please let a writer know as a note in your explore post to receive your prizes! These monthly tasks end at rollover over to February 1st (0:00 cs time). Find more details about monthly tasks in this post!

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(artist credit ♡)

"Would ya look at that? The sun's shinin', the birds are babblin' and the fish are out swimin'! Must mean greenleaf is startin'!"

#wahoomonthlytasks2025

[Anpu]

Falling Stars
Last Post Last Reply Clan Territory
Note: Jeez, it's been a while huh - like 5 months ;D... Apologies for any errors, trying to get back in the groove of exploring lol.

[1,475 words]

Welp, SwiftStar knew she messed up when she decided not to hunt, nor forage, and decided to go on an adventure instead.

The first error? Not memorizing exactly where every Oasis was. The sun was now high, and despite it being Greenleaf the Scorching Mesa sure did live up to it's name, and she very not very bemused by the sweat trickling down her fur, leaving it greasy and wet. Oh how she longed to hide back in her den within the crater, avoid the oppressing heat, and actually enjoy the day instead of wracking her brain for the nearest Oasis.

Wandering around, she ignored all the prey, knowing that she wouldn't be able to pursue for long. Her paw steps growing slower and more lethargic and her head lowered to look at the craggily ground.

"I'm doomed, aren't I" she mewled, rolling her head around, when suddenly she spotted it. Or rather, heard it. Her ears prickled and whirled around as she heard running water, close, very close. SwiftStar looked like a fool, ears spinning around eagerly until she finally figured out where exactly the water was, and promptly ran like a mouse out of claws in the direction where she heard the water coming from. And finally, peeking over a dune, she saw it. An oasis, one of the ones she'd stopped at on her journey to the fallen star. It was just as she remembered it, with plenty of ferns and a lot more water, just sitting in the middle of the Scorching Mesa. Like a haven in a rough world, but she spotted something. Well, she thought she did, there was movement but SwiftStar didn't see anything as she approached. The average sized she-cat approached the water pool, bowing her head to lap at the water. Face twisting in relief as her dry mouth was finally eased by the great drink.

SwiftStar's relaxation didn't last long, it never did, as she heard a twig snap and her head snapped up, swiveling towards where the noise came from. A nearby bush.

"Who's there?" she snarled "Show yourself" she stood up fully, hackles raised. When she heard a.. squeak? What was the deal with that? SwiftStar slowly stalked forward, the bush rustled and who came bolting out the other side but another cat! One which she'd never seen before, a gray cat. Or blue? No, gray, they were just covered in water, utterly sopping wet. It made the already small cat seem even smaller than what they probably were.

"Who are you?" Swift'Star chuffed

"I-uh.. Streaking'Sun?" the smaller cat mewled, pushed up against a larger, more woody bush.

"Well, Streaking'Sun, why were you stalking me, huh?" Swift'Star asked, cocking her head as she sat next to the pool of water. The she cat could practically smell the fear coming from the smaller she-cat. That, and the scent of a wet cat, which she couldn't help but snicker at. Why would Streaking'Sun get herself in a position to fall into a body of water. It would've left her defenseless against predators and prey.

Streaking'Sun, meanwhile, she was shivering away, cold water and warm surroundings was not a very nice combination.

"I.. uh, well, rather. I didn't really know you..?" Streaking'Sun mumbled

"And?" SwiftStar asked

"Well.." Streaking'Sun trailed off, "I didn't really want a confrontation"

"I feel like this would've been better for you if you hadn't tried to hide. but regardless, where are you from? I haven't seen you anywhere around here. And trust me, I've met every cat from the Barrenfoot mountains to the Crow Caw Canyon." SwiftStar commented

"Oh, uh.. I'm not from around here" Streaking'Sun mumbled

"Really? Obviously, but where are you from?" Swift'Star chuffed, she did not trust this new, strange cat at all, especially because she looked. Odd, she was pretty small to start off, which raised the question as to how she'd made it this far in the Oasis. Plus, the weird orange streaks in the she cat's fur didn't exactly look. Well, didn't look normal, and she just had a flower in her fur, a perfectly preserved flower no less! There was no flowers within a good few canyons of here, and no flower Swift'Star had ever seen could stay perfectly preserved, not even wilt, on a journey like that.

"Well.. It's better if I show you" Streaking'Sun mumbled, then stood up and began to walk East, not looking back to see if Swift'Star would follow, since the she cat just assumed the other cat would follow along, since she was so curious about her. Which was exactly what Swift'Star did, trailing behind the strange cat to see where she came from.

The landscape shifted, the Scorching Mesa shifted into a dry grassland, where water was much easier to come across. The sun was dipping below the horizon behind them, leaving eerie shadows to crease across the land as the stars rose in the sky. There were flowers here, not many and definitely not the kind on Streaking'Sun's back, but flowers none the less.

"I've never seen this place before" Swift'Star mused

"I'm not surprised, no cat comes out here" Streaking'Sun commented

"Well, then why are you out here?" Swift'Star asked

"You'll see." Streaking'Sun promised, as the smaller cat kept on walking onwards. For someone much smaller who needed to walk more to go the same distance as Streaking'Sun she was going quite good. Swift'Star was starting to tire, while Streaking'Sun just kept going. They continued onwards, hopping over stones going through all sorts of rivers and streams, nudging their way through reeds. But the most unnerving of all? Hopping over small canyons, where the two ends of the goddess, Terra, were the closest they'd be for what was likely miles, maybe hundreds of them. Lucky enough for Swift'Star, Streaking'Sun seemed to know every trail and shortcut along the way, which made the taller she cat wonder how many times this cat had travelled these lands.

"How much farther?" Swift'Star inquired

"Close." Streaking'Sun promised

And that's when Swift'Star saw it, like a star over the horizon a small building came into view. A small barn it seemed, run down with what looked to be a rusty monster just plopped out front. Her hackles raised and she stared at the monster.

"Why are you heading towards that!" Swift'Star hissed

"Relax, it hasn't moved in my parents, nor their parents, lifetimes" Streaking'Sun chuckled

"It hasn't?" Swift'Star slowly stepped forward

"Yep, I don't think it'll move, ever for that matter." Streaking'Sun said. Swift'Star sighed with relief, she was growing fond of this particular she cat. The more time she spent with Streaking'Sun the less she wanted to leave the cat.

"This is where I was born, raised too" Streaking'Sun said, relaxed, the she cat wandered into the barn and hopped up on a hay bale that was probably older than both of the cats.

"But,, you have a clan name?" Swift'Star said "Where'd you get that from?"

"My mother's idea. I've never seen a cat that wasn't a part of my family" Streaking'Sun stated

"Oh. Was your mother a clan cat?" Swift'Star asked

"She used to be, she left for whatever reason." Streaking'Sun mewled and stretched out. Swift'Star hopped up on the haybale and sat close to Streaking'Sun, but maintained a respectable distance.

"Admittedly I haven't seen another cat for a few years too" Swift'Star commented

"Well, then we're in the same boat." Streaking'Sun said

"Yeah.. hah" Swift'Star said

"You're acting weird, you okay?" Streaking'Sun sat up with a yawn

"Just.. wondering." Swift'Star mumbled

"Wondering what?" Streaking'Sun asked, her head cocked as she looked into Swift'Star's eyes, maybe a little too friendly

"That flower, where is it from? I've never seen anything like it." Swift'Star asked, leaning over to look at the red and yellow flower.

"Oh, someone gave it to me. I was lost and a cat I didn't know gave it to me, then escorted me out of the woods." Streaking'Sun commented

"Really?" Swift'Star asked "Sounds like a blessed if you ask me."

"I'd bet, though I never got confirmation." The smaller she cat laughed "Come on, let me show you something"

"Okay," Swift'Star chuckled, hopping down from the haybale and trotting alongside of Streaking'Sun. Looking up at the sky, where the stars were brighter than usual. It was a beautiful, cloudless greenleaf. Swift'Star couldn't help but smile at how the day had turned out, Streaking'Sun guided Swift'Star to a feild of fireflies. Swift'Star sat near the edge, watching curiously as Streaking'Sun ran around, full of boundless energy. Swift'Star let the day fade into night, feeling the bliss that had finally stayed.

"Take it easy, tiger" Swift'Star teased, as the moon rose to it's high, and for once. Swift'Star didn't suspect anything bad would happen, the fluffy feeling in her chest soothing the cat into idle watching.

━ cats on patrol
Swift'Star | She/Her | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N
Streaking'Sun | She/Her | HP 100% | HUP 0% | Sick: N

━ custom predators / prey
N/A

━ level 0
experience: 68/100

━ inventory items used
N/A

━ active / monthly tasks:
Wahoo's Task #1: No hunting or foraging

━ opted in to death?
no

━ inventory
Bugs| 1 FP | x2
prey | 2 FP | x0
prey | 2 FP | x0
prey | 3 FP | x0
prey | 3 FP | x0
prey | 4 FP | x0

Watermint| x1
Borage Leaves| x1
Holly Leaves| x1
Chervil| x1
Burdock Root| x1
Sweet Sedge| x1

[Vivika]

✦ ASTRON !!

x⊰ lostinunknown ✦ archive ✦ last post ⊱

a hare-hearted coward he was not.

embers blazed upon owl's cheeks as the faint echo of his companion’s taunts drifted through swinging wild grass. around him, the field flowed, undulating in shimmering waves of gold and green, green and gold. their touch whispered against his cheeks, the whistling rasp of their laughter a balm to his stinging pride. for even if towhee were to see him now, she’d find only a silhouette in the tall grass. she wouldn’t see the roses in his cheeks, the breathless snare in his chest.

he just needed an excuse for his absence.

and perhaps the gods still smiled upon him. in the changing winds, the wild grasses’ dance parted to reveal another path. a path less trodden, still wild and restless with sprawls of weeds and knobby rootwork, yet lush with a different kind of gold. a gold from those who touched the morning star, whose wings were gilded with daylight’s glow. (+1fp bird egg, +1fp bird egg, +1 uncommon edit from completing wahoo’s first task)

“hello?” the cadence of steady footfalls wove through the grass, an unfamiliar rhythm to the steps. the stranger’s voice lilted, a songbird’s chime cracking on the final notes. “is anyone there? i’m furzetuft and i… i could use some help.”


⊰ furzetuft (an npc) requests the patrol's help! she's on a long journey and lost her supplies from bad weather! she's offering a trade─ the patrol's 2fp (any type / combination) in-exchange for something special of hers! does the patrol agree to the trade or decline? ⊱

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⊰ patrol status updates ⊱

• two free explore posts remaining
  
• all patrollers gained +0% hunger

⊰ xp earnings (death opt in/out) ⊱…………………………

• +30xp for writing, +10xp for patrol sent
• +2xp for prey
⊰ findings ⊱

• +1fp bird egg, +1fp bird egg
  
• +1 uncommon edit (from wahoo)

⊰ level totals ⊱

• +42xp → level 0 (42/100xp)


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⊰ notes; welcome to explore!! it's always lovely to see new faces around ─ i also love the dynamic between owl and towhee! c:

for the "opted-in for death" section of your explore post, make sure to also state "no" in the box as you aren't opted-in for death! if you would like to opt-in for death rolls (+ the bonuses that come with it), you'd have to do it manually by filling out the form here! let me know if you have any further questions or concerns at all <3
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