Willow's Rise

[shaae_26]

 

Originally Posted by Sp00k3z

Yip titled his head. ¨Why is everyone mad at me? Did I do something?¨ Yip looked confused.

Originally Posted by jupiter

☁︎ Cloudyflight ☁︎


Of course. The moment she was out of the protection camp, some pampered little ass would decide to come. The three legged molly raised her head, turning her gaunt, hollow face to look at the small kittypet. Her fangs bared weakly, and even though she was clearly in no state to do any damage (or even stand up, from the looks of it) she still looked fairly fierce, and her dull blue eyes narrowed. Her voice was debilitated and empty, but had an underlining tone of hostility to it. "I don't see how that's any of your goddamn business, rat. " Why was it any business what she was doing? This cat had the audacity to come onto her territory, approach her in their burial grounds, and ask her what she was doing?! Hell no.

The molly definitely had things under control, but she asked relieved (wouldn't admit it, but she was) when Redstalk and Hailhawk both showed up. She was asked to stand up, if she could, and the molly didn't really want to see if she could. If she tried, and failed... In front of Clanmates, cats she had to see every day... It would be humiliating. She noticed Hailhawk standing protectively in front of her, the skeletal tripod looked up at him, listening to his words only partially.

I can't. I can't leave them. I can't walk. For the love of God just let me freeze to death. Thoughts raced through her head, and she stared numbly at him for a few moments. She looked over at Redstalk, who the kittypet was now introducing itself to. Biting down hard, she struggled fraily to her paws, matter fur bristling in challenge to the kittypet, warning it to stay silent or he would lose his ears. But, lucky her, while her three remaining legs shook and looked very unstable, she was able to stay up. For now. She felt like a structure of twigs, just moments away from collapsing. "I can't leave them." She wheezed, finally realizing her mistake. Maybe she should have known that being pulled away from her mate before she was ready- again, would be hard. The thought of leaving then again before she was ready made her single hind leg shake, and she fell backwards into a sitting position, skeletal figure shaking as she breathed in and out heavily.

Originally Posted by birdie

Leopardkit
She really shouldn't be out of camp. But with everything that had happened, all of the weird feelings and buzzing felt suffocating so there she was tumbling out of camp once again. Noises could be heard nearby and Leopardkit easily followed them, her somewhat larger ears picking them up easily. Tiny paws traversed the frosted ground, doing their best against a rather strong gust of wind that aimed to knock her off her feet. But she prevailed and soon enough came up to a patch of undergrowth.

Before her stretched a large, tall tree. Pale green eyes going wide the young kitten craned her neck to see it. Woah, that was a big tree. Lowering her gaze to the scene around her she noticed a snarling cat approaching another cat who was wearing something around their neck. Another bigger cat was standing in front of a really skinny cat. Hmm. Confusion twisted onto their face as she hurried over to the skeleton of a cat. Oh stars! Her legs! Did she know she was missing her leg?? Eyes widening the young kit forgot all about the rest of the scene and bounded over to the skeleton of a warrior, lifting one paw to poke her gently.

"Psst," she whispered, trying to keep her voice a whisper but it was still sort of loud, "your leg. Did you know you're missing your leg???" Concern was evident in her face as she pointed towards the stump where a leg was suppose to be. At least, Leopardkit had always seen cats have two legs back there. Then, an idea came to her and a smile crept onto her face. "I can help you find it if you want! I helped Cinderpaw find plants awhile ago, and I think I'm pretty good at finding things." Pride replaced the concern; if she was on the case, this cat would have her leg back in no time!

[ @jupiter @KN1GHTH4WKS @Sp00k3z @Prevail - mainly for Cloudyflight since that is the only cat Leopard interacted with but mentioning everyone here just incase ]

Originally Posted by Sp00k3z

The kittypet growled. Not like a cat- but like a dog? ¨Im just trying to be friendly. I don't see the problem.¨ He shook his ruffled fur. And Growled again.

Originally Posted by Flea

Mistylight
@Sp00k3z @jupiter @Prevail @KN1GHTH4WKS @birdie

A calm walk through the forest led her to eventually getting to Willow's Rise. The older molly had planned to sit a little under the willow for a bit and think, but as she got there, it seemed she wasn't alone. Cloudyflight was lying still on the ground, though it was easy to miss the white and grey molly among the snow patches. But something that struck Mistylight was how fragile and broken the other warrior looked. She had noticed Cloudy looking weak before, but had assumed they would eventually get better, once a little time had passed after the large number of deaths Thunderclan had endured.

She had stopped once spotting Cloudyflight, but another cat appeared as she was approaching - a kittypet, of course - and like moths to a flame, two other warriors were there to confront the trespasser. Arriving to the situation, Mistylight dipped her head to Hailhawk and Redstalk in a little greeting, before gently stroking her tail over Cloudyflight's shoulders. She heard what they said, and her heart seemed to break into pieces when she listened. "Cloudyflight; dear." Her voice was soft, even compared to her usual tone, but she didn't have time to continue before. Leopardkit? What on earth was a kit doing here? Though their eagerness to help was cute, they really shouldn't be outside camp, especially during the winter when preditors and rogues would be hungrier and therefore bolder than ever. OK, she would have a talk with the kit later.

The rogue hissed at Cloudyflight, and Misty shifted to be a little bit more between the two and her blue gaze settled on the intruder. "You need to leave." Her voice was stern; authoritative. "I can smell the twolegs on you, so I understand if you didn't register our scent markers, but you need to understand that you can't be on our territory as we can't allow that. Leave or we will have to make you, and for the love of the stars, keep your hissing away from our clanmates."

Originally Posted by Prevail

REDSTALK
Hi Birdie Lmao
Hey Flea! Nice weather huh?

POSTING ORDER FROM NOW ON (This begins after H4wks posts!)
- @jupiter
- @Sp00k3z
- @Prevail
- @KN1GHTH4WKS
- @birdie
- @Flea

The warrior felt a wave of relief As Hailhawk showed up to the scene. Clearly more focused on Cloudyflight,The was good. ‘Get her out of here for now…then she can mourn later. When I get this go dung off the territory.’ The red and white cat flicked their tail at Hailhawk as a way to thank the other warrior. Redstalk padded towards the kitty pet,now standing infront of them. Teeth bared at the black cat. “I don’t give a flying Fox tooth what your name is,I really don’t care who are you. You came here onto Thunderclan territory and have the nerve to ask a warrior what she was doing.” Redstalks words filled to brim with venom. Their yellow eyes locked onto the collared cat.

Redstalk was pissed,They dug their claws into the earth before they slashed towards the direction of the cats ears. Lunging forwards with the intention to knock them over and hit the black ears. The bicolored cat wasting no time to try and make their move on the intruder. They snarled,Ear pinned back as they attacked. Hopefully this guy would get the damn lesson and leave,if not then do be it. A kits mew filled Redstalks ears,The voice of Leopardkit. ‘Hailhawk you better get them both out of here.’ “Hailhawk! Remove them both,if you can. If not,We can carry Cloudyflight back to camp after this. I want her sent into Sundusts den immediately after this,Also please escort Leopardkit along too. I’m sure Sundust wouldn’t mind-” They spoke louder than normal,Incase the older warrior could hear them over the sudden battle. Mistylight showed up next,A welcome sight to The warrior. Redstalk would have to thank them both after this whole thing. If this guy would just LEAVE the territory then this wouldn’t have happened,but it was chill now,they were handling it currently.

Hailhawk turned to the kittypet. "If you have a brain, use it and keep yourself out of this!" He snapped at the kittypet. "Maybe get lost while you're at it." He muttered. Then he turned to Cloudyflight. He saw her struggle to stand up, and then fall back down. He sighed. He was a large and strong tom and he knew he could probably carry her on his back, back to camp. He wasn't sure if she would oblige though. "We need to get you out of here. I can take you back home if you can get on my back." He told her soothingly. He licked her gently behind the ear in an attempt to relax her. He hoped she'd appreciate the gesture and not take it as weird or harshly, as the two barely knew eachother

[poppy]

☁︎ Cloudyflight ☁︎
▸ @Sp00k3z @Prevail @KN1GHTH4WKS @birdie @Flea ◂

Not long after she had fallen back into a sitting position, a lot happened at once. Most notably, the two tomcats snarled words at the kittypet weren't noticed at all by Cloudyflight as a problem seemed to introduce itself. A kit. How the hell did Leopardkit sneak out of camp unnoticed? Cloudy looked down at the kitten, as she squeaked about, wondering if Cloudy knew that her leg was missing and if she needed help finding it.

Seeing the kit, interacting with the kit, was just reminding her of the family that she and Brightpath could have had. She pushed it away deep into the corner of her mind, not wanting to add another reason why she wanted to join her love in the stars. "It's okay, it wasn't a very good leg." Truthfully, it wasn't. It was a twisted, broken limp useless thing. "I bet you're a very good finder, but I don't really miss my leg. Thank you for offering, though." Her dry, raspy voice was probably anything but comforting or convincing but she couldn't do anything about it.

As the kittypet decided to get hostile and growled at her, claiming to only be trying to look friendly, Cloudyflight shifted her weight ever so slightly to hide Leopardkit from view, lip curling over to bear her teeth at the kittypet. "I would watch your mouth before you lose your ears." She snarled, gaunt face full of threat. But as another cat arrived on scene, she breathed in Mistylights scent. Not someone familiar and comforting, none of them were, but at least someone who gave her a small hint of a motherly comfort. She vaguely remembered Larkfrost stroking her back with her tail as a kit, and her heart leaped and broke at the same time. She thought again of Cindersky, who she hadn't opened up to but still had felt accepted. Comforted. Faintly like Mistylight now did.

But then Redstalk ordered Hailhawk to take her and Leopardkit back to camp and Cloudyflight to Sundust, and she inhaled sharply, neck fur bristling. She was NOT going to be carried. She couldn't. She was supposed to be strong and strong cats didn't get carried to camp. And the last time she had been in the care of medicine cats, she had lost a leg. By choice, but it still wasn't something she wanted to relive. The molly looked up at Hailhawk, as he said that essentially the fastest way to get back to camp was if he carried her on his back. Normally, she would refuse, obviously, but she realized that she wasn't really in any state to walk back to camp. The skeletal cat nodded, lowering her head. She stiffened slightly as he licked her ear- remembering Brightpath doing that on occasion, but said nothing.

[Spookez.]

Yip shook his head. ¨Guys, im sorry. I can tell that something happened over here. Ill should go on my way.¨ He smiled and flicked his tail in a friendly gesture. He scowled at Redstalk before turning around to leave.

@jupiter @Prevail @KN1GHTH4WKS @birdie @Spotty

[Wingnettle]

Sootfur (he/him)
Light grey tabby with blue/grey eyes



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Sootfur slowed his pace as the ancient willow came in sight. This was a place of peace, and he relished the silence that encircled the sacred place.
The gray tabby stopped again, his gray eyes scanning the leafless, twisted old trunk with its weeping branches brushing the ground.

"This... he announced with a whirl of his tail, ..is Willow's Rise. As you can see, it was named after this giant willow tree here... and after the use Thunderclan had chosen to make of it. This is the place where we bury our fallen warriors, and where we come to remember them." He guessed that Cindersky had been buried here as well, but other than that this place didn't hold any memory for him. He had no one to visit here.

He tried to concentrate hard and remember what other important information this place hold. He needed to getbetter at explanations, for the sake of Quietpaw's training.
"Uum.... other than that.. it's okay for cats to hunt around this area, if they like. But we prefer not violate the willow's space for other reasons, if it's not necessary."
I've never really stayed here. I don't know this place well myself, but...

"Well, we can move on if you're ready. Just give me a signal in that case."
Sootfur sat down, almost jumping back as he felt the icy ground on his fur. He waited patiently, determined to make sure Quietpaw had every tool she needed to make the best out of this tour.

[ @Willow_Tree ]

[Willow_Tree]

Originally Posted by Wingnettle

Sootfur (he/him)
Light grey tabby with blue/grey eyes



»»————-　☀︎︎　————-««

Sootfur slowed his pace as the ancient willow came in sight. This was a place of peace, and he relished the silence that encircled the sacred place.
The gray tabby stopped again, his gray eyes scanning the leafless, twisted old trunk with its weeping branches brushing the ground.

"This... he announced with a whirl of his tail, ..is Willow's Rise. As you can see, it was named after this giant willow tree here... and after the use Thunderclan had chosen to make of it. This is the place where we bury our fallen warriors, and where we come to remember them." He guessed that Cindersky had been buried here as well, but other than that this place didn't hold any memory for him. He had no one to visit here.

He tried to concentrate hard and remember what other important information this place hold. He needed to getbetter at explanations, for the sake of Quietpaw's training.
"Uum.... other than that.. it's okay for cats to hunt around this area, if they like. But we prefer not violate the willow's space for other reasons, if it's not necessary."
I've never really stayed here. I don't know this place well myself, but...

"Well, we can move on if you're ready. Just give me a signal in that case."
Sootfur sat down, almost jumping back as he felt the icy ground on his fur. He waited patiently, determined to make sure Quietpaw had every tool she needed to make the best out of this tour.

[ @Willow_Tree ]

Quietpaw

Quietpaw caught up to her mentor as he stopped at their next destination. She looked up at the Willow tree with wide eyes, and took in their surroundings.
This place seems peaceful, and she liked it, it didn’t have a solemn feel to him though, especially when Sootfur explained more about this place. She nodded thoughtfully, at his explanation. She found the fact that hunting here was allowed but not encouraged pretty interesting, but it made sense considering that it was a burial ground. She couldn’t think of any questions right now, though she was certain she would think of some if she was able to explore the place more, but she was eager to get on with her training, so she nodded her head in response to his remark, eager to keep exploring.

[Jayvines]

~ Mistheart ~

White paws hopped through the snowy forest as Mistheart eagerly headed towards her newly appointed 'busy-spot'. While camp life was certainly busy enough, she liked coming out here to tidy up and poke her nose around when her clanmates weren't around to question her rather odd fascinations.

Humming to herself as she bounced into another snowbank, the small grey molly only paused a moment as the willow came into view. She would allow the dead a certain amount of respect, but seeing as she was cleaning up their 'forever-nests' she was pretty certain they'd be fine with her getting straight to work.

A quick shake fluffed up her fur and rid it of the bulk of the snowflakes from her frog-like trek through the forest (and it helped her to warm up too), and Mistheart began her rounds. Using her tail (and paws if the snow was slightly too heavy), she thoroughly swept clear each of the graves she could find. Didn't want her clanmates to get too cold... And besides, it looked much nicer when it was nice and even throughout the clearing.

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[Cinderspirit]

Duskhope padded up the hill, taking in the sights and sounds of the forest. They sighed, breathing in a lung full of cold leaf-bare air, though the tang of new shoots told them newleaf was not far away. As they crested the hill, they noticed a small fluffy grey she-cat scraping snow from the ground. The snow crunched loudly under their paws, startling a nearby bird, who flew away with a screech.
@Jayvines

[Jayvines]

 

Originally Posted by Cinderspirit

Duskhope padded up the hill, taking in the sights and sounds of the forest. They sighed, breathing in a lung full of cold leaf-bare air, though the tang of new shoots told them newleaf was not far away. As they crested the hill, they noticed a small fluffy grey she-cat scraping snow from the ground. The snow crunched loudly under their paws, startling a nearby bird, who flew away with a screech.
@Jayvines

~ Mistheart ~

As an unexpected *crunch* and the screech of a bird echoed through the previously silent clearing, the small, grey molly let out a startled chirp as she bounced up in place.

Frantically glancing around for the disturbance, her eyes quickly settled on another grey cat that... she was vaguely familiar with. She'd seen them around camp, but never really interacted with them.

"OH, um... Hello," she called out, paws still busy as she turned back to her self-appointed grave-keeping tasks. "Its uh... Nice and quiet today, don't you think?"

Stars, she was hopeless with small-talk. Paws crossed that this cat wouldn't mind too much.

[Cinderspirit]

Duskhope looked up, and nodded, "Very quiet." they agreed, "Like the forest is sleeping."
They shuffled their paws self consciously in the snow, pretending to be interested in how it got between their claws.
"Uhh... Wha- What are you doing?" @Jayvines

[Jayvines]

 

Originally Posted by Cinderspirit

Duskhope looked up, and nodded, "Very quiet." they agreed, "Like the forest is sleeping."
They shuffled their paws self consciously in the snow, pretending to be interested in how it got between their claws.
"Uhh... Wha- What are you doing?" @Jayvines

~ Mistheart ~

Like the forest was sleeping... Oh, she quite liked that notion. Snow covered the forest like a lovely soft nest for the trees, everything settled into stillness... Yes it certainly was like the forest had just settled in for a nice long nap.

Humming delightedly in agreement, Mistheart scooped the last bit of snow off the grave she had been working on before her clanmate inquired about her activities.

"Oh well, uh... I'm just tidying up Willow's Rise," she stated quietly, tail flicking off a few bits of snow that clung to her pelt before she moved to... what looked to be the next grave??? It was a bit hard to tell with all the snow. "I thought our clanmates might appreciate someone sprucing up their resting spots every now and then... And uh, besides--sometimes I find some nice cobwebs for Sundust to use!"

Another pause as she simply let her paws work; white toes pushing away the matching snow as she swept clear the spot. That was all she was doing really. Helping out cats who could no longer help themselves... and sometimes finding delightful little oddities to add to her collection or Sundust's herbs.

"Would you um... Would you like to help?"