RiverClan Floodstone

[shaae_26]

"palehound! brightdream!" Firepaw chanted

[Rani]

Hmm yes, today was a kind day, a bright day, and would be cemented as so forever in Sunsetbloom in a crystalline silver as Palehound was named warrior. Even if they werent very close (yet ever yet, the large molly was already determined to not let such a treasure pass her by and only be a fading dream in her life) the warrior already considered her a friend and a beautiful soul besides so this wonderful moment for her was special. Palehound deserved this after all this time as an apprentice and the actions she took that were already more then on par with many a warrior. A beaming grin and a happy loud purr broke through her chest as bright and loud Sunsetbloom cheered for both the new warriors. Because of course it was a special and wonderful day for Brightdream to be celebrated and the brown and white mollys favor for her friend did nothing to change that.
"Brightdream! Palehound! Brightdream! Palehound! Brightdream! Palehound!"
Still her voice softened still purr rumbled and so warm.
"Congratulations you more then earned this and your name is a beautiful that fits your soul perfectly."
Even if the molly didnt hear it Sunsetbloom more then meant it.

[Willie Warf]

Stonefoot stuck his head out of the med den, calling out the warriors new names.

[Singing Jay]

Goldenpaw chanted the new warriors' names just like the others but she couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

Lilyfrost raised her muzzle and, though a little quietly mewed the newly made warriors' names

[Ziera]

// Rani

Snakeheart’s touch caged him without warning and his words—however compassionately meant—were like claws thrusting into Storm’s open wounds, twisting. Agonizing. The tabby's heart pounded loud in his ears and it was all he could do not to rip himself away - closeness once accepted now violently rejected, an unexpected overstepping of boundaries. But...no.

Stormtalon berated himself in a rarer slip of frustration. When did you become so fragile? No. He refused to let these irrational, torturesome instincts usurp the control of his mind, strong as they might be. Snake...earned more from him than that. The medicine cat saved his damned life, mopped up Storm's lifeblood and sealed his skin (whether being saved was a mercy or a curse was up for debate) - even offered to bury Brightpaw to spare Stormtalon from the harrowing experience. An offer that would never have been accepted in a million moons, but still. One that spoke volumes to Storm in terms of loyalty and dare he say friendship.

It ended in an impasse. Storm would not flinch from Snake, but he wouldn’t ease into the younger tom, either; instead he focused on existing from one second to the next. Unlooping cords of despair from around his neck.

Oh. Kestrelstar’s voice rang out with the new warrior names, Palehound and Brightdream, and Storm realized he missed every moment in between. He retained his calm demeanor but couldn’t quite bring himself to shout out the titles.

“I think,” Stormtalon said beneath the streamstone din, “that you’re getting better at reading me.” Not that he thought it was particularly difficult. He simply wasn't accustomed to others caring enough to try (and in turn didn't care whether they did or not.) “I don’t like it.” The medicine cat could interpret that however he wished. Whether he took it with a dose of Storm’s usual deadpan humor—grim as it might be in the current context—or just as a blatant fact, neither perspective was entirely wrong.

Stormtalon adjusted their position with careful, precise movement, not pulling away but inserting just enough space to think and breathe. As if to say: I don't want you this close, but I don't necessarily want you gone. He didn't apologize for Vixenkit's death, knowing the words would be hollow. In the end the best he could scrounge up was simple but honest: “I wish it wasn't something you could understand.” Perhaps Snakeheart would dig deeper and hear all the words Storm failed to dislodge from his throat.

For a brief second, the very tip of his tail rested on Snakeheart’s shoulder. An acknowledgement. And then? Stormtalon turned, slipped away from the clan meeting to bury himself in something, anything that might drown out the rising volume of his thoughts.

[elswhere]

Cloverberry
"Palehound! Brightdream! Palehound! Brightdream!" The tortie tom yowled the young warriors names[, they deserved it!

Darksun

The tom gave a soft smile, he felt queasy and super hungry, even after he just ate. But he still chanted the cats names, happy for the two.

[~Fierce~]

~Streampelt~
Streampelt listened to Kestrelstar's words as he gave the apprentices their new warrior names. Streampelt smiled and raised his head high. "Palehound! Brightdream!" He yowled with the rest of his clan. This was an exciting and very needed moment, with everything going on.

~Fiercepaw~
Fiercepaw flicked her ears as she listened to Kestrelstar's words. She wasn't that excited. She knew she should be, since they were new warriors, but she just couldn't bring herself to be kind and cheer for them. If just reminded her that she was the age of a warrior and she was still stuck as a dumb apprentice.

~Shykit~
Shykit was silently watching the apprentices while she listened to the leader's words. She flicked her ears as Kestrelstar gave them their warrior names. She flattened her ears a bit as the clan started chanting their names. She wanted to as well, but she couldn't. Instead, she just chanted inside her head. Palehound! Brightdream!

[Nixey]

~Dawnwhisper~
The cat watched and listened to the chanting. It wasn’t surprising, but all Dawnwhisper could seem to muster is a soft “Palehound! Brightdream!” in their quiet voice before closing their jaws.
~Reedpaw~
Excitement shimmered in the she-cats eyes as she peered at the newly made warriors “Brightdream! Palehound! Brightdream! Palehound!” she made sure to chant along with the clan, a purr rumbling.

[North]

~Mintflower~
"Palehound! Brightdream!" She called, as loud as she could without her voice beginning to sound strained with the effort. She wasn't exactly a very vocal member of the clan, but her enthusiasm when it came to ceremonies could rival even the most patriotic warriors'. She owed her life to Riverclan's kindness, had it not been for them taking her in all those moons ago she would certainly be dead. The very least she could do was show her support for her clanmates. Besides, it was a very good thing, apprentices becoming warriors! It showed Riverclan was doing well, and that was certainly a thing to celebrate.

[Mango]

Blizzardsky let out an extremely loud yowl,” PALEHOUND! PALEHOUND! PALEHOUND!” he was so proud of her he couldn’t express how proud he was of his friend after a couple seconds he realized he needed to cheer for the other apprentice,” Go Brightdream!” he called out a bit delayed with that one.

[carmen]

Puddle~

An apprentice? Was he kidding? Ugh. Dusksong padded over to Baypaw and glared at them. "I'm assuming you've already seen the territory, considering I'm your new mentor." She really didn't have time for this. "Listen, all I want to know is what training you need, so that I can be rid of you as soon as possible." She wasn't a kind cat, so why in the name of Starclan would she be nice to this apprentice? It just wasn't her. This would be an absolute pain, buit she would actually try with this one. At least they weren't new.

[duCky]

- Sparrowpool -
"Palehound! Brightdream!", Sparrowpool chanted, trying to sound enthusiastic. At least he hadn't talked much about thunderclan or riverclan yet.

- Duckspirit -
"Palehound! Brightdream!", Duckspirit chanted, full of excitement. He didn't have an apprentice of his own, but now they finally had new warriors!

[spade]

The chants that rose up around him, calling the new names of the warriors, brought the tiniest of grins to Kestrelstar's face. "Tonight you both will be sitting vigil as guards of the camp," he informed them with a nod before turning and scrambling back up to the Streamstone. Despite the fact that his paws were still shaking a bit, there were still a few things he needed to get out of the way before he could dismiss this meeting.

Glancing around at the gathered Clan below, Kestrelstar raised his tail again to bring their attention back and quiet down the cheering. "There are a few more things I would like to address," he began, taking a breath as he stepped forward. Silhouetted against the blue sky overhead he looked better than he had in days.

"First, we will be keeping Firefly Cove as a payment from ThunderClan for all the wrong they've done to us. There will be no more border fighting, no more verbal backlash from any of RiverClan against them. The purpose of the raid and the territory grab was to send a message; that RiverClan will not be trifled with. While it could've been approached better, I stand behind my decision to keep the territory and reinforce the scent markers so that ThunderClan know not to cross into it anymore." Yellow eyes watched for the reaction to the news. It would be mixed, he expected, though predicting exactly what would happen was impossible.

Clearing his throat, Kestrelstar continued. "I am ordering there to be absolutely no fighting at the border. Patrols that spot ThunderClan cats on the other side are to have no other interactions outside of civil greetings. If I hear word of any fighting, whether verbally or physically, the cat responsible will face punishment. If, and only if they cross the border are you allowed to defend your territory, your Clan."

The RiverClan leader then fell silent as he let this sink in, knowing that a few of the cats might get aggressive in pushing for a harsher punishment for ThunderClan. Truth be told, Kestrelstar felt as though RiverClan's message had been received loud and clear despite the results of the raid. Eveningstar was dead, killed at his claws - an act that the gray tabby still didn't and probably would never regret - as well as three of their warriors.

With that out of the way, it was onto a bit more serious matter, and Kestrelstar was still unsure how to approach it - and unsure of how to even get the message out. "Second. Prior to the raid, three of RiverClan's warriors were exiled. Another apprentice, Reedpaw, turned against myself and RiverClan to fight with ThunderClan. These cats are to be welcomed back if they are spotted on the territory. Report to me if you spot any of them. RiverClan... needs all the warriors we can get."

Kestrelstar sucked in a quick breath, knowing he was nearing the end of the meeting. "The last thing. I have noticed that a few apprentices have been at their training for quite awhile. In the upcoming days, I will be meeting with the apprentices I feel are close to becoming warriors. RiverClan needs new blood in our ranks, and I will not allow any slacking within our Clan. We are strong, we will not falter, and we will regrow ourselves so that ThunderClan, or any of the Clans, will ever mess with us again."

There wasn't much left to discuss, what with ceremonies done and no other plans coming up. With a nod of his head, Kestrelstar lept off the rock, giving a wave of his tail.

"This meeting is dismissed."


[ ATTENTION: If your cat fell victim to the Kestrelstar Leadership Administration Exile, you
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credit to @/Rani for the lawyer talk ^^]

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[Singing Jay]

Goldenpaw
Goldenpaw wasn't surprised by what Reedpaw had done, he had
always been a little... like someone who would do that. She wasn't
surprised but she still didn't like what the apprentice had done,
turning against YOUR OWN CLAN was one of the worst things you
could do in Goldenpaw's opinion, just leaving was better so

Lilyfrost
Lilyfrost looked towards her leader, a little saddened by his words,
she didn't like what they might had done but... so many of the clan-mates
had gone missing or exiled... or killed...

[Rxcket_p]

Willowvine


The she overheard from the nursery and giggled, curling her tail around her kits. "Deserved."

[North]

// Open \\
Mintflower listened politely as Kestrelstar spoke, her creamy figure a blue in amongst the crowd. Although she didn't approve of Kestrelstar entirely, her loyalties to Riverclan kept her compliant and quiet. She listened as he gave announcements, and was delighted when she didn't openly disagree with any of them. Making it punishable to argue with any Thunderclan cats was a good start; Mintflower was sick of violence and aggression. The clans should work together, shouldn't they? She new her opinions of clan morals were always in question by some cats who viewed her kittypet birth as disgusting and as a means of making her a lesser warrior. Her stuntedly grown legs didn't help their bias. But Mintflower knew better than to argue, and simply ignored them. She belonged in Riverclan and had fought to protect her clan. She knew if it came down to it she'd give her life, and for her, that was enough. Maybe Kestrelstar had turned a new leaf? Mintflower wouldn't get her hopes up either way. She remained in the edges of the crowd, listening as her leader finished his announcements.

[shaae_26]

Firepaw as happy the fighting was over.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe nods and looks at him before going on the patrol she was assigned

[Raven~]

Shinestone

Shinestone blinked. Kestrelstar was acting weird. First he exiles a bunch of cats, then says they can just come back? Would he just make up his mind? Shinestone sighed. Whatever was going on through his Brian, at least she could get back into the nursery. She ducked inside, willing to put that whole meeting out of her mind. For now, at least.

Palebrook

Was there something wrong with Kestrelstar? It was really hard to tell. His thought pattern seemed to be going back and forth, never really choosing a course of action and sticking with it. Hopefully this time he would stick with this plan.

Frostpaw

Frostpaw frowned. Not kill ThunderClan cats? Was Kestrelstar insane? ThunderClan would now be free to kill them! This was not how it was suppose to go!

[shaded shadow]

not be able to kill thunderclan rainingpaw thought in anger thunderclan was sure to try to kill them now and kestrelstar was saying not to kill them and let the ones that were exiled back that would make them look like they were week and needed for warriors she growled to herself for a moment but said nothing

[Silverfur & Co]

not be able to kill thunderclan rainingpaw thought in anger thunderclan was sure to try to kill them now and kestrelstar was saying not to kill them and let the ones that were exiled back that would make them look like they were week and needed for warriors she growled to herself for a moment but said nothing



Featherpaw looked at rainingoaw and said "keep your mouth shut and don't interrupt the leader with ur nonsense. He is a great leader.. You should respect your elders too."

[Rani]

For all that Snakeheart views and thoughts on Stormtalon had changed of late it was sometimes unforgettable that this tom wasnt actually his brother. He was not Chivepaw or Fidgetpaw who knew and loved to come crashing into him with a physical affection knowing how much they all enjoyed it or Kestrelstar who while was less cuddly shared a physical ease in movement with Snakeheart that made them feel ever in tune. He'd overstepped here and the only real way he knew how to bring comfort to those he trusted had not done that at all. Strangely that new knowledge was relaxing as it was sad, and the medicine cat was simply unable to tell why.


New warriors and while usually the tom didnt care to really celebrate in the traditional cheering always finding it kinda stupid but these names were hard earned. It at least deserved some recognition in some way and the tom mused over it thinking for a second before Stormtalons words derailed that train of thought. Snakeheart cocked his head at the older tom confused and curious as to where this would even go when his next droll words shocked an actual proper snort of laughter of out the snappy medicine cat. It was just so unexpected and dry and perfectly honest he knew, stars when was the last time Snakeheart had even laughed? The young tom really didnt know and perhaps it was simply the shock of the half joke and that it actually made him laugh that made it impossible for the medicine cat to bite down soft giggles (more of quiet snorted huffs of air but basically giggles for Snakeheart) for a good five seconds. By the time he'd managed it Stormtalon was half up and the somali shifted a bit to give him space to escape with no hard feelings even as he'd turned his head to watch the older tom get ready to pad off.


Sharp green eyes softened a bit at the warriors words and he nodded solemnly replying with a simple "I wish the same for you." as he accepted the tail touch and watched Stormtalon go. No more words needed to be said when they both understood from few.


Stormtalon wouldnt be missing much it seemed with Kestrelstar simply officially announcing the cessation of hostilities and the return to normality, simply with a bit more weight and grief on everyones shoulders and the addition of a new stretch of territory. It was the right call and the cove was the least of the payment they deserved for the blood that was shed. Nothing more to say and the meeting over Snakeheart simply let out a "Congratulations new warriors, may your careers be long and free from my den as much as possible." the closest thing to well wishes the grumpy tom ever managed before he slipped back into the medicine cats den.

Ziera

[shaded shadow]

Featherpaw looked at rainingoaw and said "keep your mouth shut and don't interrupt the leader with ur nonsense. He is a great leader.. You should respect your elders too."
__________

rainingpaw narrowed her eyes at the younger apprentice but didnt say anything she didnt want to interupe the leader in front of the entire camp.
Silverfur & Co

[Silverfur & Co]

rainingpaw narrowed her eyes at the younger apprentice but didnt say anything she didnt want to interupe the leader in front of the entire camp.
Silverfur & Co

Featherpaw looked at rainingpaw and shook her head it was getting ridiculous she was not about to have her behaving that way to a leader

[windtail]

silverpaw walked over to featherpaw she could see that she had been getting teased by rainingpaw Silverfur & Co

[Silverfur & Co]

silverpaw walked over to featherpaw she could see that she had been getting teased by rainingpaw @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167)






Featherpaw looked at silverpaw and smiled "hello silverpaw."

[windtail]

Featherpaw looked at silverpaw and smiled "hello silverpaw."

h hh hello f ff featherpaw she said smiling at the younger apprentice
Silverfur & Co

[Silverfur & Co]

h hh hello f ff featherpaw she said smiling at the younger apprentice
@Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167)


Featherpaw dipped her head n smiled "hru"

[Abyssopelagic]

Hmm yes, today was a kind day, a bright day, and would be cemented as so forever in Sunsetbloom in a crystalline silver as Palehound was named warrior. Even if they werent very close (yet ever yet, the large molly was already determined to not let such a treasure pass her by and only be a fading dream in her life) the warrior already considered her a friend and a beautiful soul besides so this wonderful moment for her was special. Palehound deserved this after all this time as an apprentice and the actions she took that were already more then on par with many a warrior. A beaming grin and a happy loud purr broke through her chest as bright and loud Sunsetbloom cheered for both the new warriors. Because of course it was a special and wonderful day for Brightdream to be celebrated and the brown and white mollys favor for her friend did nothing to change that.
"Brightdream! Palehound! Brightdream! Palehound! Brightdream! Palehound!"
Still her voice softened still purr rumbled and so warm.
"Congratulations you more then earned this and your name is a beautiful that fits your soul perfectly."
Even if the molly didnt hear it Sunsetbloom more then meant it.
Palehound ducked her head to allow Kestrelstar to press his nose to her after seeing him do the same for Brightdream. As he pulled away and the cats surrounding her roared their names into the sky, her pelt felt like it had been set ablaze, all too warm underneath the stares of her clanmates.
Her ears fold back to block out th÷ deafening sound when she catches a much sweeter call, sound barely there and yet all she could hear. She turns to look for the face she'd grown to associate with friendship and an odd sort of tranquility.
She catches her gaze from across the sea of cats and she burned brighter, no longer from the embarrassment of being known, now replaced with the euphoria of being seen, truly and completely.
Perhaps she would be able to speak with her before she and Brightdream went to sit vigil. With their warrior ceremony now completed, she backed up into the crowd once more and trotted back to her previous place, unfortunately any space beside Sunsetbloom was already taken up by their clanmates, but she made sure to nod at her as she passed.

As she sat back down, Kestrelstar began another string of announcements, all regarding previous ThunderClan issues. She listened in disbelief as he revoked the merciless assault they'd been wreaking to ThunderClan's borders.
While she didn't partake in them and didn't really want to, it was.... strange to see him repeal the laws he had placed not too long ago, but she supposed it was a step in the right direction. She wasn't sure she wanted to continue feuding with a Clan that couldn't fight back properly.

[Courage]

Riverstripe was happy that the exiled cats would be welcomed back but she knew Thunderclan had learned thier lesson and Riverclan should not be holding Firefly cove.

[gs29513]

Hmmm, ok, yes. Time to do this, time to do this, time to face her nemesis. The rock. But she really, REALLY did not want to do this. Couldn't this wait for another day? Maybe......a moon or two from now, when Kestrelstar came back, then HE could tell everyone? They would realize it soon enough anyway, RIGHT? This didn't NEED to happen, she didn't HAVE to get up on that STUPID ROCK and tell everyone that Kestrelstar was gone and she'd be bumbling about for a few moons! Did she? Well, yes, she did, but she didn't WANT TO! For a moment Splashleap debated throwing a tantrum like a petulant kit, but forced herself not to. Not the time. Maybe later.

First, she had to cram out the emotions. Being a nervous, scared or angry mess would do no good. If she had to be in charge, or joint in charge, or whatever, she had to be composed. Or at least, decently composed. The emotions were sure to bust out at some point, but she'd like to stall that moment for a while, preferably when she was by herself. First, fear. Of Thunderclan, and of her clanmates opinions. It wasn't like she couldn't smack anyone who tried anything, she was able to do that. Yeah, she was FINE!

Anger. Anger at Kestrelstar for leaving, that was a bit harder to smash down, back into it's neat little box. But...she managed, although a small worm of bitterness was definitely still crawling around. A little worm of 'you wanted this, back when you were a kit. You always dreamed of it, this is your chance. Now do it, seize it!' that she was unable to catch in her claws, and disembowel. Oh well. At least she wasn't ready to tear someone's head off anymore. Although if she had to guess, her next fish would be eaten quite messily.

Now, she just had to get on the rock. That rock that sat there, ominously, every moment of every day staring her down. What she'd really like to do was roll it out of camp, dig it into a hole and bury it, but that.....wasn't really an option. She was too small, and the leader needed some sort of high spot. The leader, not her. Because she was not, she was just pretending like with Wavepaw. Wavepaw. No, no Wavepaw thoughts right now. She had to focus!

Taking stiff steps forward, one after another with growing pauses between, Splashleap finally reached it. The big, unfeeling, lump of cold misery. Placing one front paw on it she sucked in a deep breath, before bunching her hind legs and leaping upwards, skidding a bit at the top. She wasn't used to it, slippery despite the many moons of use, and she had to catch herself to stay on and not fall off the opposite side. One small success, now she had to do the next part. The part she was dreading most of all. Actually speak.

She opened her maw. Nothing came out. Again, and no sound. She tried a third time, a small wheeze the only sign. She must look like a fish, or at least, a fish removed from the water about to die, gasping it's last. Not exactly the most impressive look, she had to admit. But then, finally, a legible sound. cats of Riverclan..... Well, at least she had gotten something. It did fizzle out almost instantly though. And then, in a moment of desperation, she tried to pretend she was in trouble. Summon THAT volume. Which....was interesting.

CATS OF RIVERCLAN! The molly bellowed, an increase in pitch slightly ruining the declaration. Gather beneath the Streamstone for, a, uh.....clan meeting. Hmm, that did not stay good for long. She made it about two sentences, that might actually be a record! Not a good one mind, a very abysmal one in fact, but she had improved slightly. Now she just had to stand on display in all her miserable glory while her clanmates gathered to gawk and yell and STARCLAN she was not looking forward to this.

But what was this? A savior? Perhaps? The molly's eyes alighted on Snakeheart, who certainly wasn't in the best place himself she imagined, but was also confident. Maybe his immense confidence could compensate for her dearth a bit? Perhaps? Snakeheart......can you come up with me? she asked quietly, scooting perilously to the side and patting the rock beside her with her paw. Yeah, someone else up here would definitely be nice. Then maybe cats would only look at her half of the time. An improvement, if a small one. But a this point she'd take anything.

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[windtail]

silverpaw walked out of the apprentice den and sat down to here what splashleap had to say.

[spade]

Slipping out from the warriors den, Briarfrost perked her ears up. Splashleap... calling a meeting? That was something of interest. The senior warrior padded forward and took a spot near the front, sitting down and curling her tail over her paws. Perhaps this would be the explanation as to why Kestrelstar hadn't been seen since the Gathering. Rumors were already being whispered around camp, and Briarfrost was tired of shooting glaring daggers in the direction of anyone who came up with ridiculous ones.

For now, she turned her attention up to Splashleap, offering the deputy a look of encouragement.

[shaded shadow]

sootfang walked over what was going on where was kestrelstar he wondered as he sat down

rainingpaw walked over and sat down where is kestrelstar she wondered this was going to be an interesting meeting

[poppy]

Blizzardwind padded out of the warriors den, looking up at Splashleap with raised eyebrows. Hm.... what was she doing up there?

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Honeypetal hobbled clumsily away from the fresh kill pile, where she had been gulping down large mouthfuls of trout. Seeing Splashleap up on the Streamstone, it almost made her choke on the mouthful of fish she had. What had happened to Kestrelstar?! ThunderClan got him, didn't they? Her fur spiked, she plopped down on the ground, anxiously looking around at other faces.

[error]

/Silverflight\

The silver she-cat walked to the clearing infront of the Streamstone and immediately noticed Splashleap on the stone instead of Kestrelstar. ”Right. Kestrelstar’s disappeared and Splashleap is the temporary leader. This is going to be rough.” She thought. She never really cared for Splashleap, knowing how Kestrelstar didn’t even acknowledge her, having Snakeheart speak first normally.

[dino.]

>Tumblepaw<
The long-legged tuxedo poked his head out of the apprentices' den as the call reached him, but his only response was a scowl as he realized it wasn't Kestrelstar on the rock, but Splashleap. Of course it wasn't Kestrelstar. What had he been expecting, some sort of miraculous return? Tumblepaw reluctantly made his way over.


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>Goosefury<
It had been a little while since he'd actually been out to do much, but it felt nice to feel the sun on his pelt nevertheless. Though his expression was still seemingly hardened after the battle, it softened as he peered up at Splashleap. Obviously nervous, obviously unsure... with Kestrelstar seemingly not around(Where had he gone off to? if ThunderClan had any part to play in it, there would be hell to pay.), he hoped his Clanmates would have a little bit of sympathy for her. Clearly this was difficult for her.

[FriedChicken]

Pebble looked at where Splashleap was then hissed "where's kestrel star?"

[elswhere]

- spade

Duskmoth (Darksun) padded quietly over, his ear twitched in surprise. Splashleap was on top of the Streamstone. Weird.

He found a place beside Briarfrost, and gave the mollie a friendly, supporting grin.

[Rani]

Kestrelstar was gone, birdbrain was gone, the only cat he knew for a fact on his life had his back was gone, his brother was GONE! He’d wandered off tormented as he’d been for so long now refusing again AGAIN Snakeheart happily offered help, his kindness, his bond! He’d walked away from riverclan like Sootflare the traitor before him and he’d promised promised (and Snakeheart believed him he did) that he’d come back. Kestrelstar was just finding himself, sorting his head out, figuring out what was best for riverclan. He was the youngest leader the medicine cat had ever heard of existing it was good he did this he was young and should be given the opportunity to learn and grow for the better! (Everyone got to be young, make mistakes, be forgiven for them and learn and grow at their own pace but not Snakeheart, never Snakeheart. Medicine cat apprentice fresh out of the nursery ‘do you best for your clanmates even when you cant, even when death is the only thing you can give’ then alone alone in the rank all too soon. Then alone alone as a high rank all too soon. Keep the clan together you don’t have time to panic or morn or feel fear be strong get named younger then any cat you’ve ever known to get their full name chose the next leaders. Choose well everything depends on it. (He did choose well, HE DID!) But it didn’t stop the anxiety of a repeating history from tearing his mind and heart to shreds. His heart was always softer then he let anyone see, Snakeheart was a scared young lost liar.

No no no time to panic, never time to panic. Others can panic you have a job to do cats die if you don’t, hold the clan together do it alone if you have to. Focus on something, ANYTHING! Uuhhhh meeting! Snakeheart had heard his name, a glimmer of noise finally breaking through the haze and registering. Until now he'd just been floating in an empty haze not even hearing the words said. Splashleap needed help, his clan needed him. Help them don’t pay attention to you focus on them.

Latching on to the task and forcibly suppressing all his emotion into the little (cracking breaking) box he shoved all the feelings that'd make him weak Snakeheart once again ignored himself for his clan. With a firm nod and a resolute strong expression the medicine cat made the ever so familiar leaps to the top of the stone. The smoothness and confidence of the movements to reach the top and sit beside the deputy with a nod were bitter. Still he was strong for his clan he had to be and though his expression was emotionless and faintly cold with only pinned ears to speak of what he thought behind the impenetrable mask.

"Before any of you panic about yet another disaster Im going to disclose that this isnt some issue that needs fixing or another threat against riverclan. Its a temporary matter we felt we needed to inform you all of you of in a meeting so we dont have to repeat ourselves thousands of times and answer the same questions over and over again."

Snakeheart let out a rough chuckle at his true little joke (the cheer didn’t reach beyond surface level) and sat waiting for d cats to gather forcing his mind to not think about it. He was helping riverclan and that was good and he was fine. At this point Snakeheart was so good at lying that even he almost believed that himself, the rest of the clan would have no clue.


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[FriedChicken]

Pebblesong hissed angrily "it should be kestrel star doing the meetings not you!" " where are they?! "

[Singing Jay]

Goldenpaw

Her eyes narrowed in suspicion as she looked at the
medicine-cat and the deputy, something was going on,
that much was obvious, she just wasn't sure what. "I swear
if Thunderclan has done something again im gonna..."
do something...

Goldenpaw sighed and padded up to the Steamstone where her
clan-mates already gathered. She glanced around, expecting Kestrelstar
to come and leap on to the stone with the others but he was no where to
be seen. Was he sick, or had he gone missing like... Had Thunderclan
maybe killed him in ravage...? No that couldn't be, the two hr would
be much more angry and distressed if that was the case, so what was it then...

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

' 'Will you shut up, I don't want to go to this meeting either but just because you woke up on the wrong side of the moss DOESN'T mean you get to boss them around, if anything, they were PROBABLY going to explain that, they're the medicine cat and the deputy for crying out loud!' '

Was she just an apprentice who, if anything, disrespected her elders? Yes, but one, she'd get some nice little goodie points, and two, she'd get to sass another cat for a 'justifiable' reason, that was great.

| FriedChicken

[Singing Jay]

Pebblesong hissed angrily "it should be kestrel star doing the meetings not you!" " where are they?! "
Goldenapaw starred at her clan-mate in disbelief,
was this cat really questioning the deputy and medicine-cat?!
At a meeting none the less! "Calm down!" Goldenpaw
mewed, her voice a low growl, she wanted to just tell the warrior
to shut it but that was a tiny bet too rude for the situation.
"It's not your place to speak." she hissed, more quiet this
time as not to crab the attention of anyone who might make the
situation even worse. Somethime's she felt she was more mature
then half of the cats older then her and it was times like this that
made her convinced that was the case.

[FriedChicken]

Goldenapaw starred at her clan-mate in disbelief,
was this cat really questioning the deputy and medicine-cat?!
At a meeting none the less! "Calm down!" Goldenpaw
mewed, her voice a low growl, she wanted to just tell the warrior
to shut it but that was a tiny bet too rude for the situation.
"It's not your place to speak." she hissed, more quiet this
time as not to crab the attention of anyone who might make the
situation even worse. Somethime's she felt she was more mature
then half of the cats older then her and it was times like this that
made her convinced that was the case.

"Listen,Kestral star does the meetings so if any cat else does it it's unoffical" Pebblesong walked off

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

She gave Goldenpaw a confused look, like, hold on, did this cat actually become a warrior? All the 12 moon old molly could do was laugh hysterically, not wanting to speak another word, if a cat thought SHE was mousebrained, she could just point to this warrior and move on with her day.

| Singing Jay

[Singing Jay]

@WinterMara

Goldenpaw's eyes flashed with anger when the warrior
just walked of before letting her respond to they dump
statements. Had that cat even heard the word manes before?!

Something caught her eye and she turned to
find Whitepaw, the other cat who had (and rightfully so)
scolded Pebblesong, laughing. At first she felt a bit insulted
as the fact that someone was (loudly) giggling when she was
so serious but then a slight twitch in the corner of her mouth
could be seen, it was a bit funny after all.

Anyway, the meeting was still going on so Goldenpaw turned
back to look at the deputy and medicine-cat who were holding the meeting.

[Ziera]

//

Under different circumstances Stormtalon might've been amused by Whitepaw and Goldenpaw (who correctly schooled their ridiculous elder), but right now the interaction only earned a flick of his ear. There were more important details deserving of his focus.

Stormtalon's suspicions combined with Tumblepaw's confession about how great it was to have the coveted, admirable Kestrelstar as his mentor spun in an endless mental loop. Slashleap, Snakeheart. Just as he thought...no Kestrel. Abandoning them to face the music alone like he abandoned them after the ThunderClan raid. Anger poked through the tabby's carefully guarded expression, froze the green in his eyes as he settled to the side of the clearing, observing. Silent.

[FriedChicken]

Pebblesong sat to the side and cried

[friendlyghostz]

// ⓢⓟⓘⓡⓘⓣ ⓟⓐⓦ

- @

As the daylight's violent rays shone upon the apprentice den, the majascular-patterened sire would slowly arise from his rested haunches, cauda going from left to right in an irritated manner, demeanor showing his annoyed facade. His auditories pivoted towards the exit of the den, hearing a yowl from... Splashleap? Flummoxed, the brunette tom would peek out from the den, physiognomy clearly showing his confusion. Among the cats under the streamstone, he noted that the Medicine cat was above the stone aswell, and with an annoyed sigh, he sauntered towards the rock. Why can't Riverclan be normal? The unusually prodigious cat would scoff inaudibly, vocalisations warped and rasped.

"Can't wait to see what happens this time, hm?"

feel free to bump after 36 hours! i have school so i wont be as active/ making longer paragraphs. ^^

[plum]

Plumstorm slides into camp, just in time apparently.
Her eyes land upon Splashleap, then flit to Snakeheart. So, their cowardly leader really did it, huh.

She lets out a sharp laugh as her paws carry her towards the Streamstone. This would be another meeting backed by idiots without a single thought in their skulls. Her eyes slide to Pebblesong, who appeared to be sobbing for... No reason.

"Quit your tears, no one's impressed," she mutters darkly passing by, finding a place to sit on her own.

[ FriedChicken -- OPEN ]

[Courage]

Riverstrpe padded over to the Streamstone she wondered what the meeting was about. Where those Thunderclan mange pelts causing more trouble for Riverclan?

[littlelove]

The call to the Streamstone seemed like just another clan meeting (which she was likely to skip, in accordance of her want to avoid looking at the leader) until Morningpaw really processed the words that were spoken.

They were distinctly non-Kestrelstar-like, with an unsure waiver to boot. That... wasn't good, was it? She popped her head out of the Apprentice's den to get a look at Splashleap, who stood out like a sore paw atop the Streamstone. Snakeheart joined the deputy up there soon enough, speaking words of a "temporary matter" that just made Morningpaw's heart drop further into her stomach. What was going on, and what had happened to Kestrelstar?!

Her mind couldn't help but flit to Sootstar's disappearance. She was so much littler then, just seven moons old. She guessed that had cemented the idea that anyone calling a clan meeting other than the leader meant that an impending problem was looming over the clan. It was best to shake that off, though; it was just a bad hunch, and Morningpaw had pretty bad intuition.

At least, she hoped she did.

She forced herself to swallow any questions she had as she sat by the Streamstone.

[OPEN]

[Abyssopelagic]

Palehound trots to join the cats gathering, alarm running through her upon hearing Splashleap's howl. She stands among the crowd, now too stressed to sit. Snakeheart's input was.... barely of any comfort.
If these two were on the streamstone, it meant Kestrelstar was unavailable. Sick or gone. Before making any assumptions, she listened, waiting for the deputy and Medicine Cat to confirm or deny any suspicions.

[Sklee]

Amberpaw sat there listening. She wasn't sure how to feel about any of this, so she kept her mouth shut.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe and featherpaw pad up to the streamstone wandering what was going on

[starry]

[ implimm ]

Mistypaw had been trying to find a spot in the crowd as the meeting was called. Her eyes briefly wandered over to Pebblesong. Ugh, why was she crying? She had been watching the warrior from afar. Maybe her behaviour should be mentioned to Kestrelstar when he came back.

Slowly, Mistypaw dragged herself to a comfortable place when she bumped into someone. "Oh, uh, sorry," she meowed unsurely.

That was Plumstorm, right? Mistypaw had heard of her. "I didn't mean to bump into you. You're Plumstorm, right?"

[Raven~]

The call to the Streamstone seemed like just another clan meeting (which she was likely to skip, in accordance of her want to avoid looking at the leader) until Morningpaw really processed the words that were spoken.

They were distinctly non-Kestrelstar-like, with an unsure waiver to boot. That... wasn't good, was it? She popped her head out of the Apprentice's den to get a look at Splashleap, who stood out like a sore paw atop the Streamstone. Snakeheart joined the deputy up there soon enough, speaking words of a "temporary matter" that just made Morningpaw's heart drop further into her stomach. What was going on, and what had happened to Kestrelstar?!

Her mind couldn't help but flit to Sootstar's disappearance. She was so much littler then, just seven moons old. She guessed that had cemented the idea that anyone calling a clan meeting other than the leader meant that an impending problem was looming over the clan. It was best to shake that off, though; it was just a bad hunch, and Morningpaw had pretty bad intuition.

At least, she hoped she did.

She forced herself to swallow any questions she had as she sat by the Streamstone.

[OPEN]

Frostpaw frowned as she walked up to the Streamstone, noticing something odd as she did. Where was Kestrelstar? Splashleap was up there, not their leader. And Snakeheart too, but he didn't matter as much. It wasn't like he was or was going to lead the Clan. All he did was fix cats stupid enough to get caught in battle.
She stepped up to another apprentice. All though she really didn't want to, she had to ask. Morningpaw was her name, one of the older apprentices. "What's going on here?" She asked grudgingly. This was so embarrassing.

[vcrdant]

As the words of the higher-ranked cats settled into the air, Ryebelly padded towards the Streamstone. The tom sat near the front of the crowd, his head slightly tilted in curiosity as he gazed up at the Streamstone.

[Madelaine]

-->Petuniapaw

The young apprentice padded out of the den to see what all the fuss was about. She looked around seeing that Splashleap and the scary medicine cat was on the streamstone. She had suspicions that Kestrelstar was missing as she went to give him the flower crown she had made just for him. Petuniapaw sat down to see what they had to say.

// open \\

[jimothy]

Did they ever know what to expect with their leaders nowadays? Wavebreak's ears twitched at Splashleap's fizzling start—her tail swishing at the following, more 'successful' call.

With a relaxed air, she pads over to her gathering clan-mates and angles her chin high given her lazy yet curious gaze.

[wolfie]

open for interactions ! //
Wormbite wasn't entirely sure how to think about the fact Splashleap and Snakeheart stood on the Streamstone in replace of Kestrelstar. A tom the warrior struggled to place feelings on. The undeniably need to recognize his authority along with how easy it was to direct his own rage at him -- Wormbite tried not to dwell on it too much. Snakeheart reassured that there was no threat against Riverclan but it didn't do much to soothe his worries. He sat near the edge of the crowd, cloudy eyes staring blankly at the two. Watching them intensely.

[FriedChicken]

Plumstorm slides into camp, just in time apparently.
Her eyes land upon Splashleap, then flit to Snakeheart. So, their cowardly leader really did it, huh.

She lets out a sharp laugh as her paws carry her towards the Streamstone. This would be another meeting backed by idiots without a single thought in their skulls. Her eyes slide to Pebblesong, who appeared to be sobbing for... No reason.

"Quit your tears, no one's impressed," she mutters darkly passing by, finding a place to sit on her own.

[ FriedChicken -- OPEN ]
Not hearing the muttering of the other day Pebblesong kept sobbing "WHY AM I SO HORRIBLE!" She yelled

[friendlyghostz]

Not hearing the muttering of the other day Pebblesong kept sobbing "WHY AM I SO HORRIBLE!" She yelled

// 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘸

[- FriedChicken - open for interaction,, ]


Auditories pivoting towards the now screaming mademoiselle, the majacsular bachelor would sigh, cauda twitching in an effort not to snap at the sobbing... deranged(?) molly.

"Are you okay..?" He'd mew quietly, his unusual high vocals sounding strained, he really didn't want to deal with this stupid drama. He'd stand from his rested haunches, palpebrae half closed in annoyance as he trotted over.

"I don't think screaming is going to go well, just so you know. If anything, everyone's going to be tempted to rip your throat out."

Spirit paw shrugged, lifting a metacarpal impatiently. His sage green luminaries danced towards the dame, and then the ground. He wanted to add his rude comments, but decided he'd do so later. He was not in a good mood.

[FriedChicken]

// 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘸

[- FriedChicken - open for interaction,, ]


Auditories pivoting towards the now screaming mademoiselle, the majacsular bachelor would sigh, cauda twitching in an effort not to snap at the sobbing... deranged(?) molly.

"Are you okay..?" He'd mew quietly, his unusual high vocals sounding strained, he really didn't want to deal with this stupid drama. He'd stand from his rested haunches, palpebrae half closed in annoyance as he trotted over.

"I don't think screaming is going to go well, just so you know. If anything, everyone's going to be tempted to rip your throat out."

Spirit paw shrugged, lifting a metacarpal impatiently. His sage green luminaries danced towards the dame, and then the ground. He wanted to add his rude comments, but decided he'd do so later. He was not in a good mood. (I'm so sorry i didn't see this till now) Pebblesong looked at the apprentice "that ISNT HELPING!" She yelled knowing she was this is all she could do

[Fawn]

↭ Frozenberry 🃏
They were already fully aware of the issue enveloping their ranks.

Frozenberry eyed the meeting, listless from the corner of the camp and shrouded in their self-created cloud of misery. Abandonment, here it was again. (An old friend who ironically never left them waiting long.)

They knew this was an attempt at pacifying, yet no reassures would soothe the raw wound of Kessy's sudden disappearance after their talk. The twist of a knife in their heart when they least expected it--clever.

Kestrelstar had broken up with them, and the rest of RiverClan while he was at it. Frozenberry was merely the lightning rod of poor luck and heartache. Little did they know the power stored within them if they could make a leader high-tail it to the hills without a trace. The threshold for 'unacceptable' may have been skewed (they acknowledged as much, simply didn't care) but hardly thought their recent behavior had been intense enough to provoke the reaction.

tch. who the hell wanted a leader who scared easy anyway?

[Egasl]

~ Sunpaw ~

Sunpaw was already in the clearing as the meeting was called to attention. She didn’t know what was happening, or where Kestrelstar was. Sunpaw padded a bit closer to the rock so that she would be able to hear the entire meeting. This was something very new to her and she wasn’t sure if she liked it or not.

[open, sorry it’s short]

[FriedChicken]

Pebblesong calmed down alot

[friendlyghostz]

Pebblesong calmed down alot


// 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘸

[ FriedChicken ]

Cauda lashing violently now, the young monsieur would scoff, sage green hues glaring at the molly.

"And you think it's okay to cause a scene and then act like nothing happened? No wonder you've no friends. They see your futility," He'd hiss, sepia colored pelage bristling in defiance. Does this cat really have the audacity to ruin everybody's lives, including his own?

Sending another rude squint, the gargantuan tom's muzzle slightly rose, baring his top ivories in an rather ugly gesture. "Oh and like Plumstorm said, no one's impressed." He added a fake, oh so innocent grin, before trotting back towards the streamstone and awaiting for Splash leap to speak impatiently.

-----

[gs29513]

OK! So! Goal one had been accomplished, that only left her with the....entirety of a meeting to get through. At least Snakeheart had joined her, he was some comfort on the rock beside her. Although a small one, as cats were certainly casting disappointing, accusing, angry glances at them. Well, mainly her, she was the one who called the all here. Not that it would have done much to wait, they probably would have been angry anyway. Anything out of the ordinary seemed to herald a disaster nowadays.

Some of the worry disappeared, or at least waned, as Snakeheart spoke, his firm voice a sharp contrast to her almost...whimpering one. But she had to get it together again, stop observing as she typically did. She had to speak, tell everyone what Kestrelstar had just told her. Hooray. So exciting. Letting out a soft huff, she tried to shove the worm of terror squirming about in her stomach firmly away. This was certain to get a reaction, and she wasn't sure she wanted to be here when it did. But........she really had no choice.

As some of you.......as you have all noticed Stupid stupid stupid, OF COURSE they could all tell their literal leader was missing from the rock! Kestrelstar did not..........call this meeting. Way to go, state the obvious again. Keep doing it, you're doing GREAT at saying exactly what they already know. He informed....Snakeheart and I that he had received.....a prophecy. Or a vision, she wasn't quite clear on which. But prophecy sounded more urgent, hopefully it would soften the news slightly. If she was really, really lucky, and learned to fly in about the next ten seconds.

It has called him.......away from Riverclan. Which was the kicker, which they had surely known she was leading up to as soon as she mentioned the prophecy, and all that. So maybe she hadn't had to say it? But just in case there were idiots(for the idiots, they definitely existed) were listening, she thought it best to lay it out quite plainly. And in a hasty effort to reassure what was sure to be an outcry, she opened her mouth quickly.

But! But he has promised....to return. I'm not....sure when. Which did not sound ideal, at all, but it was what she had. It will hopefully be.....soon although prophecies....are...can be complicated. Yeah, this was really quite flimsy, and a small spurt of anger at Kestrelstar for putting her, and Snakeheart, in this position swung through her. She squashed it down though, instead allowing her eyes to swing over everyone before adding I'm....not going anywhere though. Neither is Snakeheart. At least, she hoped not. If she was the only one able to lead........that would be far from ideal.

Now she supposed she just had to see how everyone reacted. Snakeheart was welcome to add if he wished, probably in a loud, brash voice that would put her small announcement to shame. Then it was just reassignments(something so trivial felt odd to do, but it needed done) and the Windclan patrol. Snakeheart would be taking the head of that one, leaving no one in camp was just ASKING for trouble, but she still needed to send cats out for prey. Hopefully Windclan didn't mind a fish dinner.

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[~Fierce~]

~Streampelt~
Streampelt padded over to the Streamstone and sat down, looking for his kits. He jerked his head back to Splashleap as she said that Kestrelstar was gone. He didn't bealieve that he was coming back. He was going crazy and Streampelt didn't know if he could return back to normal.

~Shykit~
Shykit padded towards the Streamstone, her father in front of her. She sat down beside him, a smile on her face. Dustkit was back! She had thought that his siblings were gone forever but Dustkit had come back.
:heartbounce: Starry :heartbounce:

~Fiercepaw~
Fiercepaw padded towards the Streamstone and for the first time in a long time, looked around for her mentor, worried about what had happened to Kestrelstar. She was starting to warm up to Kestrelstar being leader. She forwned as Splashleap explained what happened. Fiercepaw hoped that he would actually come back but she didn't want to get her hopes up too much.
:heartbounce: Dizerel :heartbounce:

~Lavenderkit~
Lavenderkit scampered towards where cats were gathering. A meeting? She had to see this! She wiggled through the crowd before popping up at the front of the crowd. Look! There was Snakeheart! She listened to what the other cat said but only one thing processed through her mind. Snakeheart wasn't going anywhere. Yay!

[shaded shadow]

a profecy thought rainingpaw well thats something whats next she thought anouned

[Nixey]

~Dawnwhisper~
Padding up, surprise etched onto their features. Kestrelstar was gone? Well, they had noticed his absence in the camp, but didn’t entirely expect for him to be gone from the clan. Well, at least he’d be returning.
~Reedpaw~
Slinking towards the crowd, confusion, worry and fear shimmered in her eyes. Kestrelstar was gone? Well, the clan still had the deputy and medicine cat, and at least the leader was coming back.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe smiled and nods she kinda firgured that something was up but hoped he would be back soon.

Featherpaw wandered when the leader would be back she looked foward to teleling him how her border scouting went.

[friendlyghostz]

//������������ ������
[ @ OPEN ]

perforation quickly snapping towards the deputy as she softly explained the obvious, the monsieur would bound closer, resting his 'sitzfleisch' among the terrain. His demeanor was suddenly no longer wafting a rather hostile aroma, instead his physiognomy showing a curious interest and irritation.

finally, he'd hopefully get some answers as to what's going on with their leader, and why this was so important that he couldn't sleep much longer. Green luminaries softly gazing at the medicine cat's, and then splashleap's. the tawny colored tom stifled a twitch in his muscle, thoughts running wild.

did kestral star die? decide to abandon their clan because of the stress? the responsibility? what would happen now? is ANYTHING going to return back to normal?

shaking his cranium loose of his strange conceptualization, the sepia tom stayed quiet as he listened. this was not what he was expecting.

[dino.]

>Tumblepaw<
He felt his lip curl into a sneer that grew more and more cruel as Splashleap revealed the true reason for Kestrelstar's disappearance. "What, was he too much of a coward to tell us this himself?" he spat. "Couldn't face the weight his words would have like last time, so he made his deputy and medicine cat do it for him and dipped?" Honestly, at this point, Tumblepaw wouldn't be surprised if the whole prophecy thing was just a lie so Kestrelstar could have an excuse to run - he certainly wouldn't be shocked if the tom ended up never coming back. Gone was the fear he had felt for the once-tyrant; in its place was only anger and bitter resentment for the now-coward that dared to call himself RiverClan's leader.


----------

>Goosefury<
Well. At least ThunderClan didn't have anything to do with it. That helped relax the scarred gray tom a bit as he settled more comfortably into his position. Admittedly he was a little disappointed that Kestrelstar hadn't told the Clan this himself (and in turn left a cat pretty much everyone at this point knew was prone to social anxiety to announce it for him), but he was already gone, so there was nothing to be done about it.

[Sklee]

Amberpaw sat there, thinking about it. It was a prophecy after all, it was important! SHe couldn't really get upset over it, but it was still confusing.

[Fawn]

❝ Once we were in the loop . . . slick with information and the luster of good timing. ❞
➴ Drizzlenose ⚗️
Ah, a meeting...!

Drizzlenose's blueprint of the day erased and reinvented itself, Clan meeting now scribbled in prior to the pertinent task of checking on his- ahem, greenleaf experiment in the territory. Indulging the leader (sating his own intrigue) wouldn't hurt.

Except, as he drew closer and tuned into its contents, it became clear Kestrelstar wasn't calling the meeting. Splashleap and Snakeheart perched atop the Streamstone in his stead, and as historically fascinating as a mutiny would be, they lacked even the slightest indicators. No triumph, no dark auras, no victory, not a hint of a confident stance, nor blood on the paws... Mutiny seemed unlikely.

The buildup left a lot to be desired, and he believed he'd be able to find Kestrelstar and ask him of the announcement before Splashleap or Snakeheart managed to string it together coherently.

Which.. it never came to fruition, devoid of the coherent piece in particular with talks of a prophecy that'd led him away from the Clan. Drizzlenose quirked an eyebrow. If a prophecy could excuse the leader for absconding, he may have a few of those up his own sleeve. A less cheeky take reminded him that hearing voices--enduring hallucinations--were symptoms of schizophrenia. It wouldn't be.. unheard of to develop it, as a cat of Kestrelstar's age and gender.

Surely, Kestrelstar had forgotten his brain around here somewhere when he'd decided to take off.

It would be enlightening to study.

[littlelove]

A few, breathy laughs in disbelief came from Morningpaw's mouth before she could even really process what she was saying - or thinking.

"You're kidding me?"

It was like she was being held up by only a string. These past moons had been as grueling as battle training; like being swiped with someone's claws over, and over, and over again. Blow after blow came to the string, and in it's resilience, it managed to stay together to hold her at the end. She was somehow convinced that, if it stayed together, everything would be at least some semblance of okay; She would still be able to have trust in her clan, she would be able to forge new friendships without worrying who would become their next enemy or their next casualty, she would still be able to come home at the end of a long day and see the smiling faces of those she cared about.

But, none of that was really coming to fruition, was it? Bloodstained mangled bodies laid in their wake. She still had to meticulously pick through the words and actions of those around her to make sure she could provide them at least some semblance of safety. In place of the torn, splayed corpses of those who died in the most recent battle, her mind liked to place Smokepaw into their role; his body desecrated, left to rot on some obscure edge of the border somewhere.

And even so she trudged on, despite her dwindling faith in the reality around her.

And so her string began fraying; and soon enough, it would snap.

"What do you mean, he's gone? What field has little Kestrelkit gone frolicking in now?" Pure venom seeped through her words, surprising even herself. But she was in too deep to stop now as she raised her voice. How could he just... desert them after all he'd done to destroy them? "Does he think he can just run away to dodge all the heat from practically murdering a chunk of our warriors?!"

She knew she was going too far. Her soft, comforting image was ruined. This was exactly what she'd promised herself she wouldn't do; lash out at others because of anger. Exactly what she told Iriskit to be cautious of. Exactly what had destroyed her clan, and would destroy her too.

However hard she tried to stop, the floodgates were open. "I don't believe for a second that he's out there, 'on a prophecy'. What kind of Starclan would send a cat like him on a journey? He's already broken their trust in him plenty of times, I'm sure." Her tone was dripping with a brutal sarcasm by the end of her diatribe, her face hot with anger. She silently agreed with Tumblepaw's words; The coward couldn't even face them to tell them himself! She wished she could be unapologetic with her words.

Morningpaw knew herself well enough, though, that the visceral guilt would start once this meeting was adjourned.

[Singing Jay]

Goldenpaw wasn't sure how to feel about what she'd just heard, on one paw,
Kestrelstar was most likely alone out there somewhere, unless starclan had
sent a rouge to aid or guide him, which was unlikely, then again ,her leader was
hopefully safe if starclan had told him to go they wouldn't send him there just
to die, would they? What if they had planed it as punishment for letting
Snakeheart use death berries in the raid, or for the whole raid?

She let her facial expression sink into a frown as she continued
looking at Splashleap (hopefully not to become Splashstar yet)
and Snakeheart, she didn't fully trust their word on this, nor did
she think they were lying, why would they, unless her leader already
was dead and they were just trying to keep us calm...

[FriedChicken]

// 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘸

[ FriedChicken ]

Cauda lashing violently now, the young monsieur would scoff, sage green hues glaring at the molly.

"And you think it's okay to cause a scene and then act like nothing happened? No wonder you've no friends. They see your futility," He'd hiss, sepia colored pelage bristling in defiance. Does this cat really have the audacity to ruin everybody's lives, including his own?

Sending another rude squint, the gargantuan tom's muzzle slightly rose, baring his top ivories in an rather ugly gesture. "Oh and like Plumstorm said, no one's impressed." He added a fake, oh so innocent grin, before trotting back towards the streamstone and awaiting for Splash leap to speak impatiently.

-----
"I'm going to kill you then blame it on shadowclan" she glared,whispering( Pebble is a emotional wreck)

[spade]

There was quite a bit going on all at once, but Briarfrost had perfected the skill of focusing on what was important. In that moment, listening to what Splashleap and Snakeheart had to say was at the forefront. Temper tantrums and snorty accusations were cast to the side in favor of useful information.

Two of the most vocal cats captured her attention - Tumblepaw, the leader's forgotten apprentice, and Morningpaw, a cat she didn't know too terribly well but felt her heart ache for. These cats were young, impressionable. While age and experience added to her understanding of why their leader might have followed this prophecy, Briarfrost could understand how it was all so... sudden and confusing and infuriating.

[ littlelove ]
Normally she wouldn't speak out against such, though as Morningpaw continued the brown and white molly fixed her with a stern stare. "While I understand your qualms," Briarfrost began, "It is not our place to question the prophecies and visions that StarClan sends. Your frustration is warranted, however Kestrelstar would not have been given his lives if our ancestors thought of him as unfit to lead." Her tone was even, though with a bit of an edge to it as she let her blue gaze linger for a second longer on the apprentice.

[ FriedChicken ]
Moving on, another sly comment under hushed breath caught her attention. Swiveling her head around, Briarfrost studied the warrior. Pebblesong - she was rather unfamiliar with her as a whole, but the molly's sudden outburst and now too-quiet-almost-scary demeanor was concerning. "Pebblesong." Her voice was curt, sharp like her namesake. "We do not speak to Clanmates that way, or any cat that way. Hold your tongue until the end of the meeting, I'd like to speak with you after it is over." Another stern look, lingering...

[ RANBOO. ]
Blue eyes softened as they landed on Spiritpaw, though a flash of irritation shot through them. He was young, and not aware of his actions yet in Briarfrost's mind. "Spiritpaw. Come sit by me for the rest of the meeting and leave Pebblesong alone." Using her tail, she gestured at the spot next to her.

Stars, what had gotten into some of these cats? Blue eyes held a flash of annoyance but the senior warrior said nothing more, instead refocusing her attention onto Splashleap and Snakeheart. She kept one ear pricked and alert though, incase either of the cats she had spoken to had more to say.

[Rani]

Instant chaos but that was too be expected with an announcement like this. Hell if Snakeheart was among the crowd and not here numb and simply taking in the noise without processing it he'd be among them, yelling and wailing in worry and anger both. Heh maybe there was a benefit too being like this, hollow and apathetic to something you know should make you feel, Snakeheart didnt have to suppress his 'weak' and non beneficial emotions to wear his mask of a strong and unwavering high rank for the sake of his clan. It came pre installed with the buzzing fogging his thoughts!

So despite the chaos Snakehearts face was blank and calm exuding confidence and certainty where Splashleap had the more reasonable reaction of being scared about the situation. He just watched.

Now normally the medicine cat would leap into motion to defend his bond brother and leader from insults, laying down a verbal or physical smackdown showing his support for the leader but he didnt even twitch at first Tumblepaws then more cats vitriol. They werent wrong after all and deep down where he couldnt feel it Snakeheart was personally hurt by the older toms actions.

Still he.... He needed to be strong for Riverclan, ease their minds and hearts and make things better so even if he just wanted to do naught but exist if even that he spoke.

"Briarfrost as much as one can appreciate the support the high ranks can speak for themselves and you are not one, let us handle things like this hm? Though ignoring that fact you do make a point, sort of.

Morningpaw I assure you while it is reasonable to be upset about this its both unheard of and poses a risk to riverclan I do not like I assure you there was a prophesy. I wont recite it as it is something I think best to keep between those who need to know and because I dont believe in belting out all messages from starclan to all but this was one. I doubt Kestrelstar wouldve left otherwise given he seemed to be torn when leaving but I cant speak of his thoughts so you'll have to take my word for it. He swore he'd be back and I'll believe that, if not we do have Splashleap and myself here should our worst case scenario be reality, Riverclan is not unprepared for disaster. As for starclans trust in him while I will not try and rob you of your opinions and Im not ever sure I could would it be so hard to belive that he's been tasked to earn the trust back in such a case? Life outside the borders is hard and oft miserable, no amount of starclan given quests can change that without the support of ones clan life is a struggle. Still think what you want I suppose Morningpaw, as long as you or anyone else who has concerns can put them aside to support and be supported by your clanmates I dont care."

He couldnt care if he tried anyway. His entire little speech was spoken smooth flat and monotone that while it gave off the sense of complete confidence calm and certainty it was distinctly off coming from Snakeheart. Still he didnt awknowledge his own behavior in the slightest and powered on.

"The fault of the deaths are on the ones who killed them, if you think Kestrelstar wanted to in any way cause their deaths rather then prevent more of our own then you are blind and if you dont think he's not trying to fix and take responsibility for the actions that are his you're deaf. He admitted too and apologized for everything last meeting and drove himself to be better. Taking the word of starclan is one of those betterments is it not?"

Ash ash on his tongue even if this part was true, Snakeheart wanted to puke.

"Pebblesong you insane fool get a hold on yourself and act like the warrior you apparently are. Wailing helps no one and makes you look like a fool and threatening to kill an apprentice is reprehensible even if its a poor joke. And I will believe it is a joke because the alternative is that you are some mad murderer waiting to happen and you will have to be dealt with as such. As is I'll believe it was a joke and simply lay down the order that you are not to leave the camp without the company of another warrior after declaring the intent to at least one other warrior remaining behind until you learn to act like a cat not a fox."

He did not address Spiritpaw though, the tom generally approved of insulting idiots.

"Kestrelstar will return and we shall be fine. For all of Aspenstars bold words and accusations thunderclan is in no state to attack right now and know of our strength. And while living next to shadowclan is like constantly living next to a viper pit they're obsessed with windclan. I'd keep your guard up, brush up on your battle skills and travel in groups around that border but unless one of us is stupid enough to let the information slip that Kestrelstar is gone theres little reason for an attack.

And I think it should go without saying to keep this information very quiet, anyone who spreads it puts us all under risk and will be severly punished for their actions."

Hollow little tom on a rock speaking loud, empty shell of shed snake skin, he just wanted to sleep and think no more.


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[Shade.]

Lizardfrost rarely felt anything. She was neutral most of the time, she was content when engaging in battle and other physical activities such as hunting and working out. She was uneasy when there was nothing to be done. But now, she felt a little odd. She'd assumed that, since they were given deadly poison, they were expected to use it. Wasn't that what Kestrelstar and Snakeheart wanted? Why was the blame on her? She did not, by any means, understand politics well, but it seemed like someone was shifting the blame to save his own skin. She would never speak up, though, that would be treason.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe nods and looks at him nodding and she was silent she had no words to say. Featherpaw was just as confused and didn't say a word. She wanted to make sure that he would be ok.

[plum]

From where she sat, she continued to watch Pebbleass for a moment or two longer. Another Clanmate had taken up the mantle of putting the wretch in her place, though whether or not it was working at all was up to time to tell.

Her attention is stolen away by another apprentice, who by all means should have been watching where she was going. Plumstorm's head swoops around and she looks at Mistypaw. "Yeah?" she quips- despite not really being all too bothered by the nudge in the slightest. "I am. 'Storm,' almost a famous name now, isn't it." She lets out a solo 'ha,' and shrugs. "I don't know you, though. Sorry. What's your name?" Yeah, she should have known her Clanmate. But Plumstorm was a little....

Preoccupied...

The silver mau's ear flicks in a dismissive manner as she begins to really throw her attention at the streamstone, and the cats responding to Splashleap and Snakeheart. They were covering Kestrelstar's ass to the Clan now and rebuking any outrage or questions thrown their way. Some nobody warrior was taking up a position of addressing everyone as well- A goody-four-paws she thought was Briarsomething, but wasn't sure. Casting a sullen glare at the other molly, Plumstorm smothers an improper thought before it could be thunk (though in doing so, she'd already thunk it). Naturally then, the warrior smirks smugly when Snakeheart tells her to back the hell off (the nice way).

But her smug contempt doesn't last. He goes on to address an apprentice, someone Plumstorm admittedly hadn't listened to. Snakeheart's dull voice just kept on rolling over them all, the monologue spoken by a resigned preacher who only needed his followers to follow rather than listen and decide on their own judgement.

Kestrelstar ran away. He did not go away, he did not peacefully come to a hard conclusion to depart his beloved Clan which he took such great care of. "The coward ran!" she hisses aloud, claws unsheathing to dig deep into the ground. They spoke, presumably right before he decided to book it.

Misfortune loved Plumstorm dearly, like an old friend. And Snakeheart continues.

With no choice but to sit there and take it all in, the silver she-cat lets her medicine cat's words wash over her, flood the already narrow crevice she'd found to hide in, and smother her. There was no air, no light, nothing at all as his words fell over her head. All the while, the deep shadows that pinned her down grew redder and redder, until all Plumstorm saw was a rich muddy crimson.

"L I A R!"

Her lungs felt as though they'd just burst, but to be fair they really nearly did indeed. Plumstorm had leapt to her paws, icy eyes entirely ablaze with fury as she stared at Snakeheart.

Abandoning Mistypaw, the warrior strides up to the streamstone and bares her teeth at the medicine cat. "YOU DIRTY, FLEA-RIDDEN, SLIMY TOAD. YOU'RE A LIAR, AND YOU'RE HOPING YOU NEVER HAVE TO OWN UP TO IT."

Kestrelstar the good. Kestrelstar the Great. Kestrelstar, Saint of RiverClan. Kestrelstar who never does wrong. Who never mistakes. Who never screws up. Who never impacts His Clanmates. Kestrelstar, Kestrelstar, Kestrelstar. That's all these STARS FORSAKEN CATS AROUND HER were moaning and groaning and proclaiming and worshipping!

Her fur spikes, haunches bunch, and before thinking things through, Plumstorm leaps up beside Snakeheart. Atop the streamstone, pelt bristling, eyes round and brimming over with madness, she steps real close to the cat.

"You will NOT silence an entire Clan," she growls at him. "You will not DARE to keep this quiet."

Turning around to rake her sight over RiverClan then, Plumstorm holds no regard to whether or not she accidentally bumps the medicine cat with her shoulders in the sharp pivot.

"I tried to tell you all once before," she snarls loudly. "AT THE MEETING WHERE WE MOURNED OTTERSPLASH AND OLIVENOSE. That Kestrelstar himself caused this! And you're all too DAMN BLIND and STUPID to think anything other than 'oh yes Kestrelstar you're so good.'" Digging her claws into the stone, the cat breathes in slowly.

"None of you- NONE OF YOU dare tell yourselves OR OTHERS that the fault of all of this crap is your own. Kestrelstar murdered! KESTRELSTAR LED A PATROL INTENTIONALLY INTO THUNDERCLAN TO KILL THREE INNOCENT CATS. I DID THAT FOR HIM, AT HIS COMMAND, AS HE WATCHED TO MAKE SURE I DID. OTHERWISE, I WAS DISLOYAL. STORMTALON DID THAT, AS KESTRELSTAR WATCHED, OTHERWISE HE WAS DISLOYAL." Would they open their eyes yet? Would anyone decide it was finally time to acknowledge the poison Snakeheart struck into them all, with his lies and his schemes? Fury continues to light her icy eyes up, but damn it if she wouldn't force her fur to lie flat.

"No one listened before, and I can't force anyone to listen to me now. But I'm here, begging everyone to accept what this Clan is becoming because of these cats who are leading it," Plumstorm says, her tone hollowing.

Turning again to face Snakeheart, she breathes out. "You don't deserve to be here. Lionstorm chose wrong. You're in over your head, and you're letting way too much happen to the Clan you claim to look after," she growls to him. "Never, never dare tell me or anyone that what happens is their fault. You know it is not. And our coward leader knows it is not. Otherwise, he'd have never left."
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[elswhere]

implimm

mind if one of characters vibes plum during this? I was hoping something like this was to happen!

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe looked at plumstorm "Mistakes happen no leader is not perfect. But you know what if he left peacefully fine if not fine to just shut ur Carp loving mouth." She spat. "Yea I was against the thunderclan battle but u know wat he was lost then now he maybe seeking star clans guidance so shut it!"

[Galaxy_]

//Greypelt//

Greypelt side was bleeding she had blood in her eyes. She felt exhausted because she was expecting kits soon. She jumped onto the closest cat she couldn't tell who it was. From the stench of blood. She was pinned. Are these the last moments of my life? she thought. She let out a yowl for help hoping someone could help her.

[elswhere]

duskmoth's madness meter go brrr




This was it, this was the time. Plumstorm had snapped and so would he. As quick as a fish, Duskmoth (Darksun) bounded to the side of the silver mau, a smirk on his maw as he looked up at the cowardly deputy and medicine cat.


The somali turned his head towards the group of cats, his fur flat but that didn't stop the growing rage within his green eyes. "Kestrelstar is a coward! The lying scoundrel ran away because the stress was to much for him! He's weak, and so is Splashleap and Snakeheart! And this StarClan forsaken clan!"

His voice cracked with rage, then his eyes scanned Plumstorm with a supportive look. He was finally letting his thoughts out, and some cat shared the same feelings with him. Duskmoth would be beside Plumstorm for awhile, as long as they shared the same views.

"I stand by Plumstorm with every word I say. She speaks the truth! Any cat who disagrees with her is stupid as hell!" The rage and madness that rippled through his veins boiled like water.



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[Shade.]

Lizardfrost felt a strange irritation tugging at her chest, at her heart. She felt like she needed to say something. She had not been part of this patrol, whatever it was, but she felt the need to speak up about it. The leader's word WAS the warrior code, but this was the medicine cat, not the leader. From the little she'd learnt about politics, she remembered that the clans didn't always share the truth with each other. That didn't mean she had to agree with it. The warrior code was a model of honor, but Lizardfrost believed there was more to it, a personal honor as a cat rather than just a clan member.
"Plumstorm is right. It has been made clear to everyone that Kestrelstar early on had pure intention to kill and damage ThunderClan as much as possible. Even if he never said it upfront. In the end, at least he owned up to his mistake, in a way, by regretting the raid. Not that that's gonna fix anything. Kestrelstar claimed he wanted to protect us, and I do not doubt that. I am not sure what pushed him to such anger, though. Then again, perhaps it was the cats that were hurt. I know well enough that I do not understand what it's like to prioritize certain cats, to find them closer than others, as I have no one, but I do have honor. And, in the end, perhaps Kestrelstar does too. You, on the other hand, Snakeheart, I have doubts about. I don't see why you get to speak for Kestrelstar or why we should believe you after what you said at the gathering. Battle tactics involving deceit and deception are fair game. Not owning up to what you did is another. Once again, I don't quite understand why cats are truly so fond of their own clan, although I am loyal to RiverClan as my honor as a warrior dictates me to be. Yet I know some truly stand behind the clan and are willing to overlook misdeeds done to others. I am not going to commentate on my stance on the subject. I do, however, think this was the last straw, even for those. Because Kestrelstar ordered us to kill and no one is taking the blame." Lizardfrost's voice was crisp as usual, yet somehow colder than it's already freezing temperature. She felt an odd tremble in her toes. Emotions are...so bizarre.

[shaded shadow]

rainingpaw growled blame kestrelstar she thought this clan was week she thought blaming kestrelstar wooring about a profecy she thought it was rediculous she thought this clan was full of pathatic cats.

[Mango]

After listening to everyone scream about this Blizzardsky finally spoke up,” Since Splashleap will be busy doing the duties of our leader. I’m willing to step up and fill the role of acting deputy. I can take over assigning patrols and handling any problems that come up in camp. Since I’m certain Splashleap will need help.” he meowed. Splashleap liked him, he was the obvious choice for acting deputy. He knew it. Finally the clan would respect him.

[windtail]

silverpaw lisend to what was being said kesterelstar wouldnt just leave the clan would he she thought to herself.

[dino.]

>Tumblepaw<
The tuxedo rose to his feet, tail whipping back and forth, as Plumstorm sprang up to the Streamstone and turned to address the Clan. Loud, powerful, radiating truth and righteousness in the face of liars and schemers and cowards. This was what RiverClan had needed, needed now, would need in the future, for forever and ever. Not a trio of foxes with their tails between their legs, as the Clan's high ranks seemed to have become. It was a shame he probably wouldn't be around to see his home reach that future.

"He tried to turn those who would follow him to the end of the earth into murderers, trained killers to be used and discarded at his every whim," he snarled in agreement, "and those who were smart enough to see through his plans and brave enough to stand up to him were either killed or driven out! Those of you who stand up for him or continue to defend him are no better than he is." He couldn't bear to imagine the guilt the cats on that patrol must must have felt, must still be feeling. Made him sick to his stomach to think about being forced to kill or risk being killed yourself. Wouldn't be surprised if that was how that conversation had happened, as a threat held over the heads of good warriors who had only ever wanted what was best for their Clan.

It seemed like Kestrelstar had taken that desire, stomped it into the ground, and fed it to the dogs.

"He only started to care when his own cats started to die," he carried on, raising his voice to address those around him. "That was what it took to get his head out of the clouds. Our glorious leader is nothing more than a yellow-bellied snake who murdered and lied and stained every paw here with ThunderClan blood. Then he groveled for forgiveness and then ran when he couldn't handle the fact he wasn't going to recieve it blindly from everyone. He's probably not coming back, and to that I say good riddance - even if he does, it's only a matter of time before the cycle repeats itself over again."

[Galaxy_]

Greyfur

Help! She yowled SHe need help more then ever no she was losing way to much blood. HEr attacker she couldnt tell who it was. Whould she die before she kitted?

//open// For saving

[Singing Jay]

✨Goldenpaw✨

No... no no no no no no no NO! This couldn't be happening her clan was falling apart around her and all she could to was watch as her clan-mates... did all this. First Pebblesong had been a mouse-brain to speak like she had done and to have threaded an apprentice (like Snakeheart had pointed out), then Tumblepaw, Kestrelstar's own apprentice had called their leader a coward (something Goldenpaw was very irritated about, if she was the leader's apprentice she'd wouldn't just turn on them as soon as they weren't there). Now, probably worst of all, Plumstorm had started to bark around how terrible she thought Kestrelstar was.

Yes, Plumstorm had ONE point, Kesterlstar had killed, seemingly without caring, but he had told everyone he had been in the wrong, and he had asked for forgiveness, he had been- he was a good leader. And Goldenpaw would be more then happy to defend his actions to anyone who needed it clarified for them.

At the same time she could almost understand where they were coming from, they were wrong but she thought she might have it clear to her self why they thought what they did. Even tough she was on Kestrelstar's side and trusted that he truly had received a prophecy to go where ever he was now, the others must sincerely think he'd abounded them in their time of hardship and need, which even tough it couldn't be true was a point of view someone could maybe have.

The thoughts were flying around in her head without her being able to catch a single one of them but there was one that screamed louder then all the others;

What will happen to my clan now...



Goldenpaw starred at Lizardfrost and Duskmoth as they gave their support to Plumstrom's opinion, she had hoped Plumstorm would be the only one to express such outrageous point of view but now two other warriors had apparently also gone mouse-brained. Goldenpaw's gaze shifted between the group of cats around Plumstrom and the deputy and medicine-cat up there at the Streamstone and a sudden rage and urge blossomed up inside her like a hot fire, she had holed her tongue long enough, she wasn't gone keep her thoughts to her self if her
clan was crumbling like this.

"Enough!" she hissed and stood up, raising her tail and straitening her back, she was still an apprentice and shorter then the majority of her clan-mates. "No matter if you think Kestrelstar is in the wrong to the right, good or bad or whatever, we can all agree that Riverclan is what matters the most, more then anything else. I believe in our leader, and I believe he'll come back once whatever prophecy he received has been fulfilled, but even if you don't we have to make sure Riverclan doesn't fall from it's grace just because of our difference in opinions." She wasn't sure how to continue but she hoped her massage had been understood at least a little, enough to make a change or at least been heard. She hadn't said everything that was on her heart but going on might just make things worse for her. Come on, listen to me She begged inside her mind while looking around, hoping to see heads turning towards her

[Galaxy_]

Greyfur

Claws where raking her face she leaped up but to wounded to fight she need help now.
She ran tring to get away from her attacker. But was to late. Claws raked her side trowing her to the ground. "HELP!" she yoweld anyone!

[FriedChicken]

Greyfur

Claws where raking her face she leaped up but to wounded to fight she need help now.
She ran tring to get away from her attacker. But was to late. Claws raked her side trowing her to the ground. "HELP!" she yoweld anyone!
Pebblesong lept at the attacker and bit them

[Shade.]

Singing Jay

Lizardfrost felt something new now. Another weird tingle, this time in her forehead, like an unpleasant burning. It reminded her of times when she felt like there was nothing left to do, when she felt she wasn't doing enough. I guess you could call it...frustration. Anger, perhaps? Still, it felt rather new to her mind yet natural to her body. After she'd said everything, it felt like her mouth had been a blocked stream and someone had finally lifted the rocks that were in it's path. She whipped around and stared down at the cat, Goldenpaw with a strange expression.
"That's the point: RiverClan isn't the most important, we're not above everyone else. There's other living beings out there, other cats. And we shouldn't care only about our well-being, simply because nature decided to birth you in this clan specifically. That is selfish. And I think Snakeheart and Kestrelstar have forgotten that!" She was honestly surprised at the volume of her own voice. This had never happened before. Wait...it did happen...once.
Many moons ago, little Lizardkit of ShadowClan, half native and half Riverclan, approached a senior warrior with many questions of training and hunting. She revealed that she had been invested in combat training but had doubts about hunting after discovering she was born with no sense of smell. The senior warrior mocked her and told her she's just taking the recourses of the clan. And little Lizardkit had felt quite upset, loudly proclaiming how all this wasn't true. A moon later she left, in search of her relatives in RiverClan. Relatives she never found...

[Galaxy_]

Pebblesong lept at the attacker and bit them

Greyfur escaped looking at who saved her. "Thank you Pebblesong." She fell. Coughing up blood. Limping back up. Dipping her head she licked her wounds

[poppy]

//Greypelt//

Greypelt side was bleeding she had blood in her eyes. She felt exhausted because she was expecting kits soon. She jumped onto the closest cat she couldn't tell who it was. From the stench of blood. She was pinned. Are these the last moments of my life? she thought. She let out a yowl for help hoping someone could help her. FriedChicken


Blizzardwind was watching the meeting go from serious and quiet, to yowling, and fighting. Verbally. That was why he was shocked when a queen jumped at him. Instinctively, he twisted around, attempting to pin her to the ground, so this cat could chill the heck out.

''Attacking Clanmates is stupid. Go back to the nursery.'' He snarled. ''You're going to injure yourself, and your kits.'' Honestly... these queens were STUPID sometimes. Why would she randomly attack him, a Clanmate?

Curling his lip in disgust, the silver tom wondered if she was even ready to be a mother. Probably not, if violence was her only answer. He stopped trying to pin her, and stepped back so she could stand up. Great. Now she was bleeding. That was her own fault, he regretted nothing. And her yowling for help as if she was the victim...

It made him want to break something. But, of course... he didn't. He couldn't.

And then, another cat jumped at him, trying to bite him. This. Was. SO TEMPTING. He wanted to rip the ears off of this cat.... Swinging a massive paw at them, attempting to knock them away from him, so he could go back to just WISHING he could rip someone up. But... first, he had to defend himself. Just defense. No extra violence. No matter how much he wanted to...

''Both of you grow up.'' He growled. ''Infighting isn't going to make things worse.''

[FriedChicken]

Greyfur escaped looking at who saved her. "Thank you Pebblesong." She fell. Coughing up blood. Limping back up. Dipping her head she licked her wounds
"Shall i take you to snakeheart?" She asked

[FriedChicken]

Blizzardwind was watching the meeting go from serious and quiet, to yowling, and fighting. Verbally. That was why he was shocked when a queen jumped at him. Instinctively, he twisted around, attempting to pin her to the ground, so this cat could chill the heck out.

''Attacking Clanmates is stupid. Go back to the nursery.'' He snarled. ''You're going to injure yourself, and your kits.'' Honestly... these queens were STUPID sometimes. Why would she randomly attack him, a Clanmate?

Curling his lip in disgust, the silver tom wondered if she was even ready to be a mother. Probably not, if violence was her only answer. He stopped trying to pin her, and stepped back so she could stand up. Great. Now she was bleeding. That was her own fault, he regretted nothing. And her yowling for help as if she was the victim...

It made him want to break something. But, of course... he didn't. He couldn't.
Pebblesong bit greyfur

[Galaxy_]

Blizzardwind was watching the meeting go from serious and quiet, to yowling, and fighting. Verbally. That was why he was shocked when a queen jumped at him. Instinctively, he twisted around, attempting to pin her to the ground, so this cat could chill the heck out.

''Attacking Clanmates is stupid. Go back to the nursery.'' He snarled. ''You're going to injure yourself, and your kits.'' Honestly... these queens were STUPID sometimes. Why would she randomly attack him, a Clanmate?

Curling his lip in disgust, the silver tom wondered if she was even ready to be a mother. Probably not, if violence was her only answer. He stopped trying to pin her, and stepped back so she could stand up. Great. Now she was bleeding. That was her own fault, he regretted nothing. And her yowling for help as if she was the victim...

It made him want to break something. But, of course... he didn't. He couldn't.

Greypelt
Stood back in shock. She groweled "Im fighting for what is right!" she hissed Knocking him down. She couldn't tell who it was with blood in her eyes.

[FriedChicken]

Greypelt
Stood back in shock. She groweled "Im fighting for what is right!" she hissed Knocking him down. She couldn't tell who it was with blood in her eyes.
(oops thought greyfur was the bad cat here,my bad not pebbles)

[Galaxy_]

(oops thought greyfur was the bad cat here,my bad not pebbles)

No greyfur is good she is just blinded by blood

[shaded shadow]

rainingpaw looked around again and then at the deputy and medican cat this clan is week she growled kestrelstar was week and so are our deputy and medican cat she growled

[FriedChicken]

No greyfur is good she is just blinded by blood
"Hey greyfur it's me" pebblesong said trying grey to recognise her voice

[poppy]

- FriedChicken - Bramblepaw12 -
(Hi! Please be careful about powerplaying! For more information, you can go here (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25812))

This was seriously ridiculous. ''Pebblesong, stop fighting. Grayfur. STOP TRYING TO ATTACK ME.'' They were both asking for it, and it was all he could to not rip them apart.... Clenching his teeth, he glared at them both, silver tinged muzzle curling with disgust. She was fighting for what was RIGHT? A soft, almost condescending (oh, who was he kidding, it was definitely condescending), chuckle escaped him.

''We are all Clanmates, and attacking each other isn't right. There should be no fighting whatsoever. So grow up, and go get your stinking wounds checked. You brought this pain upon yourself.''

This was revolting. RiverClan had sunk so low, Clanmates fighting against Clanmates... for what? There was no reason for violence... and that was coming from him. Blizzardwind. The epitome of uncalled for aggression and violence. The chaotic, violent mess of a warrior that he was.

[FriedChicken]

- FriedChicken - Bramblepaw12 -
(Hi! Please be careful about powerplaying! For more information, you can go here (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25812))

This was seriously ridiculous. ''Pebblesong, stop fighting. Grayfur. STOP TRYING TO ATTACK ME.'' They were both asking for it, and it was all he could to not rip them apart.... Clenching his teeth, he glared at them both, silver tinged muzzle curling with disgust. She was fighting for what was RIGHT? A soft, almost condescending (oh, who was he kidding, it was definitely condescending), chuckle escaped him. [

B]''We are all Clanmates, and attacking each other isn't right. There should be no fighting whatsoever. So grow up, and go get your stinking wounds checked. You brought this pain upon yourself.''[/B]

This was revolting. RiverClan had sunk so low, Clanmates fighting against Clanmates... for what? There was no reason for violence... and that was coming from him. Blizzardwind. The epitome of uncalled for aggression and violence. The chaotic, violent mess of a warrior that he was.
"I thought you hurt some other cat,sorry"

[Galaxy_]

- FriedChicken - Bramblepaw12 -
(Hi! Please be careful about powerplaying! For more information, you can go here (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25812))

This was seriously ridiculous. ''Pebblesong, stop fighting. Grayfur. STOP TRYING TO ATTACK ME.'' They were both asking for it, and it was all he could to not rip them apart.... Clenching his teeth, he glared at them both, silver tinged muzzle curling with disgust. She was fighting for what was RIGHT? A soft, almost condescending (oh, who was he kidding, it was definitely condescending), chuckle escaped him. [

B]''We are all Clanmates, and attacking each other isn't right. There should be no fighting whatsoever. So grow up, and go get your stinking wounds checked. You brought this pain upon yourself.''[/B]

This was revolting. RiverClan had sunk so low, Clanmates fighting against Clanmates... for what? There was no reason for violence... and that was coming from him. Blizzardwind. The epitome of uncalled for aggression and violence. The chaotic, violent mess of a warrior that he was.

Greyfur

She growled "WHo are you guys anyway?" she couldnt see are hear them becauses of the blood smell and the blood in her eyes.
poppy. FriedChicken

(sorry I didnt know what it was)

[FriedChicken]

Greyfur

Let him stand up now there where 2 warriors on her. She growled "WHo are you guys anyway?" she couldnt see are hear them becauses of the blood smell and the blood in her eyes.
poppy. FriedChicken
"Pebblesong" she introduced herself

[Galaxy_]

"Pebblesong" she introduced herself

"Im so sorry Pebblesong!" She turned her head trying to find her. "Then whos that she pointed towards the other cat fadded shap.

poppy.

[poppy]

- FriedChicken - Bramblepaw12

''No.'' He grumped, turning away from the obnoxious she-cats. Oh... he wanted to say some bad things. Some hurtful things. But.... no. He couldn't. Not now, he was on thin ice as it was. This wasn't a time for introductions, and he was pissed off even before. So, he just let out a noncommittal snort, ignoring them.

He wanted to.

Yell.

Insult.

BREAK SOMETHING.

Taking long... deep breaths. Cooling himself down. That was his main focus, calming himself down. Before he said or did something that wouldn't end well. He wouldn't regret it, because karma should catch up to the two and bite their asses. Setting his jaw stiff, he curled his tail tightly over his paws. As if his claws could be hidden by his fluffy platinum tail. As if he couldn't just lunge at them right now and claw the crap out of them.

But it was nice. Nice to have the slight bit of self control. It controlled him physically. But mentally... emotionally.... he was steaming. They kept wanting to know who he was. And it was stupid. They didn't know who he was. They slept in the same den. Well... not Grayfur.

[Singing Jay]

Shade.

Goldenpaw turned to look at the warrior who had addressed
her, Lizardfrost. Great Goldenpaw, first thing you do to help and
other already misunderstand you... She hadn't meant to come of as
if she thought Riverclan was better then all the other (they were but
what ever), that wasn't what she'd tried to communicate with her words,
yet others still took it that way, but out of all cats that could have been
upset at it Lizard frost was probably the last one she'd expected to do it.
As far as Goldenpaw remembered the black and white warrior was from
Shadowclan, so if she joined Riverclan wouldn't she like Riverclan more?

"I wasn't implying that Riverclan was superior to all the other clans"
she mewed, trying to get the warrior to see reason. "I was saying that
Riverclan is more important the any of us alone and Im not letting my clan
be thorn apart because of a prophecy!" she did her best to get her voice
as calm as possible wothout saaounding like she was begging the warrior
but the anger that still boiled inside her was evident as she spoke.

[~Mothman~]

Puddlekit steeped up near the stone, unsure of where to go.

[FriedChicken]

- FriedChicken - Bramblepaw12

''No.'' He grumped, turning away from the obnoxious she-cats. Oh... he wanted to say some bad things. Some hurtful things. But.... no. He couldn't. Not now, he was on thin ice as it was. This wasn't a time for introductions, and he was pissed off even before. So, he just let out a noncommittal snort, ignoring them.

He wanted to.

Yell.

Insult.

BREAK SOMETHING.

Taking long... deep breaths. Cooling himself down. That was his main focus, calming himself down. Before he said or did something that wouldn't end well. He wouldn't regret it, because karma should catch up to the two and bite their asses. Setting his jaw stiff, he curled his tail tightly over his paws. As if his claws could be hidden by his fluffy platinum tail. As if he couldn't just lunge at them right now and claw the crap out of them.

But it was nice. Nice to have the slight bit of self control. It controlled him physically. But mentally... emotionally.... he was steaming. They kept wanting to know who he was. And it was stupid. They didn't know who he was. They slept in the same den. Well... not Grayfur.
"Introduce Yourself,Mouse-Brain!" Pebblesong yelled

[gs29513]

Splashleap shrank back, the outpouring of anger and bitterness, although small, enough to make her seriously reconsider her life choices. Beginning and ending with not destroying this STUPID rock the first chance she got, that was DEFINITELY on her todo list. After, you know, making sure no one killed anyone and smacking Kestrelstar right upside the head. She was fairly certain half the clan would join her, which was, in detachment, a hilarious sight to imagine. It didn't do much for her then however, and all she could really do was listen as Snakeheart, confident Snakeheart, shut the disruptions up.

He seemed to lack some of his usual, firey tone, but Splashleap could, fairly confidently, put it down to the fact that he might not completely want to defend Kestrelstar. After all, he had abandoned them too, she certainly had a hard time calling his actions right when she was scared out of her wits only a moment ago. Under the cover of the medicine cats smooth rebuttal she tried to regain confidence, stretching all her small height upwards and slightly puffing up her fur. She was NOT going to cower like a little rabbit on a big rock, she was going to be like a leader! Well, at least a deputy who wasn't terrified of public speaking so much they'd rather fight twenty Thunderclanners one after the other.

With Snakeheart just finishing, Plumstorm began. This was becoming something of a familiar scene, the two firey cats fighting with words in front of the whole clan. Except it was sort of her job to break it up this time. Which she really was not keen on doing. Because they were both right, in a way. Kestrelstar had made it difficult to do anything but fight Thunderclan with him, but there had been an out, an option, for those who wanted to take it. But it was hard, very hard indeed, for Splashleap to dismiss Plumstorm, when so much of what she said rang true. It was no one's fault, no one's sole fault.

But could she actually say anything, pacify the cats that needed to be pacified, use the words that she knew were lurking somewhere that could try and fix this? She had....she had to try. Because this was her job, wasn't it? To try and clean up the mess that Kestrelstar had left behind with whatever words she had. But she could hardly get a word in edgewise, with so much anger running around in circles, with screaming and yelling and fighting. And she roared. Aggravation, emotion, something that had been suppressed for long enough flowed out in a rushing waterfall, threatening to carry everyone away.

All of you! Quiet for a minute! Splashleap yowled, her nervousness gone in a rush of adrenaline. Perhaps this was what Kestrelstar and Snakeheart ran on? It didn't matter. I'm not going to deny Kestrelstar's guilt in the death of our clanmates. But it is not his sole fault that things have unfolded as they have. No one has the sole blame of how things have gone! Not Thunderclan, not Kestrelstar, not Snakeheart, not me, not any of you! Everyone makes mistakes, some of them are much larger than others, but everyone makes them.

Deep breath. Calm down. NO! You don't have to forgive now, a moon from now, a year from now, EVER! But that doesn't mean you have to scream like maniacs at every clan meeting, reminding us of what we already know. We hear you Plumstorm, Tumblepaw, Lizardfrost, all of you. You're loud and clear, and Riverclan needs cats with your passion, your drive to do what is right as often as you can, to hold others accountable for their mistakes.

We need to improve, to avoid fighting over things that could be dealt with in words, and to fight honorably. We need to stay united, and improve. And STOP FIGHTING EACHOTHER! The last words were a roar, as she glared angrily at the three cats that seemed to be brawling in the back of the crowd. Greyfur, Pebblesong, STOP! This is NOT the time to fight clanmates, so STOP. IT. NOW! Blizzardsky, I'd greatly appreciate it if you kept an eye on them. I don't care if you have to sit on them or not, just no more fighting! Blizzardwind thank you for the maturity of an adult. Scooting Blizzardsky's question aside? Absolutely! But a distraction might be suitable.

Now! Does anyone want to try and discuss what we should do, offer suggestions? On anything, really. If we are all involved in what happens, surely we can't blame any one cat. Maybe not the traditional approach. But this was definitely not a traditional situation. So try and figure out a way to mediate this, in any way she could. Hopefully no cat would find something horribly offensive in what she had said, and hopefully she wouldn't retreat right back into her shell. Weak. weak. the word echoed in her head. No, she couldn't focus on that now.

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[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw...couldn't stop laughing, great, she's gone insane. Of course she wasn't, actually insane, but whatever. As the meeting continued, she stopped, okay cats were protesting now, how pathetic, war seemed like a good answer to a lot of things. Chaos and watching the world burn was fun, anyway.

Speaking of which, Pebblesong started a fight, again, how was she a warrior? It made Whitepaw want to burst out laughing and point every one of the older molly's flaws, but she kept her muzzle shut, just smiling. Okay maybe it WAS a good idea to get a kitsitter for her at the gathering.

[FriedChicken]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw...couldn't stop laughing, great, she's gone insane. Of course she wasn't, actually insane, but whatever. As the meeting continued, she stopped, okay cats were protesting now, how pathetic, war seemed like a good answer to a lot of things. Chaos and watching the world burn was fun, anyway.

Speaking of which, Pebblesong started a fight, again, how was she a warrior? It made Whitepaw want to burst out laughing and point every one of the older molly's flaws, but she kept her muzzle shut, just smiling. Okay maybe it WAS a good idea to get a kitsitter for her at the gathering.
"What are you laughing at,Whitepaw?!" She growled

[JusticeRabbit]

~Batpaw~
The black molly slunk back, more towards a protective stance towards the deputy and Medicine cat. She flicked her tail back and forth. Kestralstar only did his best, and she thought he was a great leader. As long as they didn't have Dawnstar. She knew he would only leave the Clan for a good reason, and he would come back.

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

. . .

This cat couldn't be serious?

Nope they were serious okay.

' ' Would you shut it already? I think Splashleap would rather you shut up, I wasn't laughing at anything anyway.' '

Flat out lie but this was getting ANNOYING.

| FriedChicken

[FriedChicken]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

. . .

This cat couldn't be serious?

Nope they were serious okay.

' ' Would you shut it already? I think Splashleap would rather you shut up, I wasn't laughing at anything anyway.' '

Flat out lie but this was getting ANNOYING.

| FriedChicken " No cat is in control of me,not even Splashleap can,perhaps you keep your very broken down brain calm and to shut yourself up"

[Mango]

Blizzardsky was only half listening so instead of hearing that Blizzardwind was being the only adult he heard that he was," Thanks. I do my best. Greyfur Pebblesong. Sit down right next to me got it? I'll send out some patrols once this meeting ends for you." he meowed
@ FriedChicken poppy.

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

She gave Pebblesong a confused, angry glance. Okay, she hated Splashleap with every bone in her body, but this? What was this? Even she knew Splashleap had power and control, it was why she hated her!

Thankfully, Blizzardsky the resident idiot arrived, she'd heard of him, hard not too. But for once, probably a better warrior and this she-cat, so she just, shut up, hopefully it didn't give Pebblesong a bigger ego.

| Zesty Mango FriedChicken [If you wanna comment on this!]

[FriedChicken]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

She gave Pebblesong a confused, angry glance. Okay, she hated Splashleap with every bone in her body, but this? What was this? Even she knew Splashleap had power and control, it was why she hated her!

Thankfully, Blizzardsky the resident idiot arrived, she'd heard of him, hard not too. But for once, probably a better warrior and this she-cat, so she just, shut up, hopefully it didn't give Pebblesong a bigger ego.

| Zesty Mango FriedChicken [If you wanna comment on this!]
Pebblesong lifted her paw up and unsheathes her claws before scratching whitepaw

[WinterMara]

[Just a quick reminder about the powerplay rules, you have to ask to attack my character first, and also make it possible for mine to dodge, example being ' 'Pebblesong lifted her paw up and aimed it at White' ', just a simple reminder, the only exception is with the high ranks, who can attack if deemed necessary, I will let this slide though, this is just for future reference.]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

White just hissed very, very loudly, rightfully so. Thi swas the SECOND warrior who had attacked her, of course she never told anyone of the first time, but this...this was absurd, and uncalled for.

' ' WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!' '

| FriedChicken

[FriedChicken]

[Just a quick reminder about the powerplay rules, you have to ask to attack my character first, and also make it possible for mine to dodge, example being ' 'Pebblesong lifted her paw up and aimed it at White' ', just a simple reminder, the only exception is with the high ranks, who can attack if deemed necessary, I will let this slide though, this is just for future reference.]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

White just hissed very, very loudly, rightfully so. Thi swas the SECOND warrior who had attacked her, of course she never told anyone of the first time, but this...this was absurd, and uncalled for.

' ' WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!' '

| FriedChicken(sorry,when I powerplay i don't mean it on purpose) Pebblesong tried to bite whitepaw on the back

[Rani]

Huh. Snakeheart distantly clocked he'd probably said the wrong thing or at least worded it correctly as incoherent (to his ears) yelling broke out in the camp. It was getting increasingly harder and harder to hear it, understand it as words and faintly the medicine cat clocked it was Plumstorm that was speaking. He was conflicted about her, once the tom had thought she understood what war took and the lengths you needed to go to make certain justice was had and those you cared for and protected were safe and then out of the blue from where he didnt expect it she changed. He still wasnt entirely sure why. Time seemed to run slow and Snakeheart blinked hazily taking twice as long as he normally did to even process things and then even longer to react. He didnt have the energy, not his normal levels and not the desperate reserve that emotions brought him. All he knew for sure was that he'd made things worse.


Duskmoth was yelling and he just couldnt care the toms words were static, some were defending them, Lizardfrost (oh, another cat he trusted he couldnt why why why), Goldenpaw saying something that distantly clocked as wise and hopeful, and cats were fighting eachother for no reason in the clearing? Snakeheart slowly and almost child like in his confusion cocked his head at the sight and just watched not even sure if it was real or if he was seeing things now.


Cats were yelling and there was thing ringing in the toms ears that was turning ever sharper and painful overwhelming everything else. The mask was cracking. Nononono the mask wasnt allowed to crack not in front of the clan he needed to be strong for them why wasnt that working?! It was what he was supposed to do right why were things still going wrong???? As the more gentle noise of Splashleap beside him did a bit (not enough) to bring Snakeheart back to his senses all he could think was he only wanted to be back in the nursery curled safely into his moms belly because life was nothing (this was nothing) like the stories he was told as a kit.



The medicine cat remained mostly quiet and barley reactive despite all the yelling and while his reaction could at first glance be chalked up to aloofness or lack of care another look and it could be clear to anyone that such was not the case. That strong unaffected front was cracking showing it was only skin deep and under it Snakeheart was so lost he couldnt even muster a reaction mentally much less physically. At least Splashleap (dependable kind and quietly strong Splashleap) was there to speak and listing slightly involuntarily the young tom rested his side and a bit of weight against her. If it was a support for him or a reassurance for her it was impossible to tell.


Eventually, finally things seemed to jolt into working order at least for a moment and Snakeheart let out a bitter broken chuckle before speaking voice nowhere near as strong and oft overwhelming as it normally was. Yet despite the snip to the content of the words the tone was hollow and exhasted, almost defeated then rebellious.
"Plumstorm I told Lionstorm I didnt want and shouldnt be medicine cat from day one publicly and loudly. You'd be surprised at how little that seems to matter..... Once again Lizardfrost, Plumstorm, Tumblepaw anyone else think what you want too have your thoughts speak them Splashleap said why you should better then I could..... If you all wish for me to take a backseat on doing all I can for Riverclan fine, I dont have any time or energy to fight my clanmates while I try and fight for you. I have to get back to my patients.....

......
All I ask if to please try and keep things calm, non violent, and safe in riverclan for Splashleap she doesnt deserve a meeting like this to be her first and running the clan to the ground now is cruel and hypocritical to her. Save your vitriol for Kestrelstar when he gets back......."


The small bit of coherency and sharper focus the medicine cat had managed to rally was fading fast and a jolt of fear threw the thought that he needed to get off this rock and into his den fast before the clan realized their medicine cat was weak to the front and priority of his mind. So so sorry Splashleap he'd not helped thus far anyway (made things worse even) and wasnt going to be any more help now. He leaned over and murmured to the deputy what little he could advise her on before making his way slowly in a ginger manner he hoped was pinned on sleeplessness before plodding back to his den, tail dragging.


Maybe Splashleap would take the advice maybe not the ringing was back and Snakeheart couldnt think of anything else anymore.
"You need to have that aggressor restrained and kept under control, soon before she hurts someone, do it yourself if you have to and either toss her in a hole or something until she calms and demote her or exile her. She's mad and a danger to the clans..... Just, I trust your judgement do what you think is best. I..... I- I need to go lie down, sorry."
He only just mad it into the medicine cats den and just out of sight before he collapsed into either a mindless insanity or unwilling unconscious. At this point the two were unrecognisable as one or the other at this point anyway.


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[shaae_26]

Firepaw didn't know if he should speak. "I believe Splashleap." He mewed quietly. "I think Kestrelstar changed, and Splashleap wouldn't lie, unless she had been lied too." He mewed, his voice getting stronger

[Singing Jay]

✨Goldenpaw✨

Finally! Splashleap would hopefully be able to knock
some sense into these warriors. Honestly, sometimes Goldenpaw
wondered who of the cats really needed to be though, she acted
far more maturely then most of the warriors she knew, at least
she didn't start whining as soon as her leader wasn't there to
tell her what to do, not that she didn't' respect Kestrelstar, on
the contrary he had her support all the way through.

Well, since you're our leader you, together with Snakeheart
will act as our leaders as for now, but maybe a sigh someone to
take care of the patrols" she mewed, she wasn't sure if
Splashleap had heard her statement before, not may seemed to
but if she did maybe she'd listen to Goldenpaw more now, knowing
that the apprentice was on their side. "Stormtalon perhaps?"
She didn't actually care all that much but she really didn't want to
have Blizzardsky incharge of patrols, not that he was a bad warrior
per say, but she didn't' like him all that much...

She wasn't completely sure what other she could do for her clan,
when it came to advice at least, she could always hunt and train
more later but that wouldn't help anyone now.

[WinterMara]

[It's alright, I assumed that was the case, which is why I reminded you!]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

She ran away from this crazy warrior, thankfully managing to dodge the second blow. Honestly, she was horrified, genuinely horrified, memories to that training session with Rumblingstorm began flowing back, and she didn't want them back. Blizzardsky do your god damn job already!

| FriedChicken @/Zesty Mango [since I mentioned them earlier]

[FriedChicken]

[It's alright, I assumed that was the case, which is why I reminded you!]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

She ran away from this crazy warrior, thankfully managing to dodge the second blow. Honestly, she was horrified, genuinely horrified, memories to that training session with Rumblingstorm began flowing back, and she didn't want them back. Blizzardsky do your god damn job already!

| FriedChicken @/Zesty Mango [since I mentioned them earlier]
Pebblesong ran after Whitepaw with her claw ready to scratch her

[friendlyghostz]

There was quite a bit going on all at once, but Briarfrost had perfected the skill of focusing on what was important. In that moment, listening to what Splashleap and Snakeheart had to say was at the forefront. Temper tantrums and snorty accusations were cast to the side in favor of useful information.

Two of the most vocal cats captured her attention - Tumblepaw, the leader's forgotten apprentice, and Morningpaw, a cat she didn't know too terribly well but felt her heart ache for. These cats were young, impressionable. While age and experience added to her understanding of why their leader might have followed this prophecy, Briarfrost could understand how it was all so... sudden and confusing and infuriating.

[ littlelove ]
Normally she wouldn't speak out against such, though as Morningpaw continued the brown and white molly fixed her with a stern stare. "While I understand your qualms," Briarfrost began, "It is not our place to question the prophecies and visions that StarClan sends. Your frustration is warranted, however Kestrelstar would not have been given his lives if our ancestors thought of him as unfit to lead." Her tone was even, though with a bit of an edge to it as she let her blue gaze linger for a second longer on the apprentice.

[ FriedChicken ]
Moving on, another sly comment under hushed breath caught her attention. Swiveling her head around, Briarfrost studied the warrior. Pebblesong - she was rather unfamiliar with her as a whole, but the molly's sudden outburst and now too-quiet-almost-scary demeanor was concerning. "Pebblesong." Her voice was curt, sharp like her namesake. "We do not speak to Clanmates that way, or any cat that way. Hold your tongue until the end of the meeting, I'd like to speak with you after it is over." Another stern look, lingering...

[ RANBOO. ]
Blue eyes softened as they landed on Spiritpaw, though a flash of irritation shot through them. He was young, and not aware of his actions yet in Briarfrost's mind. "Spiritpaw. Come sit by me for the rest of the meeting and leave Pebblesong alone." Using her tail, she gestured at the spot next to her.

Stars, what had gotten into some of these cats? Blue eyes held a flash of annoyance but the senior warrior said nothing more, instead refocusing her attention onto Splashleap and Snakeheart. She kept one ear pricked and alert though, incase either of the cats she had spoken to had more to say.

// 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘸

[ spade FriedChicken ]

spirit paw snorted tumultuously, luminaries blazing with anger as he glared upon the pathetic so called 'warrior.'

"you really think i'm dumb don't you pebblesong? you think i'm afraid of an immature, overgrown rat? hah! you couldn't catch a fish if you tried. i don't know why in all of starclan, you were born here. oh wait, maybe it's to fill the void of other absolutely stupid cats? is that it? you're useless, and you will always be." the majascular monsieur snapped, scapulas clawing the dirt as he circled the mademoiselle.

"maybe you should join Kestral star and abandon everyone," he finished with a loud chuckle- he sounded insane.

giving one last deranged giggle, the tawny apprentice prodded towards briarfrost, listening to the warrior. at least this molly didn't crave attention or threaten to attack an inexperienced apprentice. though he really should shutup, before he gets his pelt shredded...

[Singing Jay]

WinterMara FriedChicken

"CUT . IT . OUT!"
All her anger at Pebblesong came to the
surface and she lept between the warrior and Whitepaw, taking Pebblesong's
brown to her shoulder, a little blood trickled out bit that was the last thing on
her mind. "YOU ARE ATTACKING YOUR CLAN-MATE, AN APPRENTICE AT THAT!!
Where's you honor?!" she spat, she and Whitepaw weren't
friends but she wasn't gonna let anyone act like the warrior was right now.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe mews "increase border patrols to make sure nobody that isn't riverclan bothers us n hunt more n the normal."

[dino.]

>Tumblepaw<
A fire sparked in his eyes and he dug his claws into the dirt. Furious, he was furious, why weren't more cats furious and betrayed and angry, it just didn't make sense. Splashleap, Snakeheart, all the rest - didn't they get it? Splashleap was asking for civility, discussion... fine. Fine, that was fine, he could do civil. But Snakheart was leaving. Of course he was. Like leader, like medic, but seemingly not like deputy.

He shouldered his way to the front of the crowd so he could speak to her more directly. "Cats DIED," he hissed, incisors flashing. "Several from each Clan. Most of the blood is on RiverClan's paws. You don't call that a mistake and leave it at that. A mistake is something that can be fixed - this can't. If he ends up never coming back, and you have to step up in his place, I sincerely hope you can understand that, because he never did."

[gs29513]

Too much. All too much. Splashleap wanted to disappear, at least no one seemed to hate her suggestion, but all the yowling was a lot to deal with, and for a moment, she simply stood stock still, trying to process the chaos that was unfolding around her. Then Whitepaw screeched, louder than the rest, and she snapper hear head back to the cats in front of her. And then Snakeheart was speaking, he was going to lay down? And she was alone on the rock. And Whitepaw was being attacked by Pebblesong.

(HR Powerplay Against a Threat to the Clan)
Which was NOT going to continue on her watch. Bunching her muscles Splashleap plunged off the Streamstone, gravity aiding her in reaching the pair with her leap. As Whitepaw dodged away she lunged, slamming into the other molly with as much force as she could managed. They tumbled across the ground, Splashleap's hissing an angry roar, and she shoved the warrior away from her as she got to her feet.

LEAVE. Her voice was low and dangerous, she was running on fumes at this point and she had no time for politeness for traitors. Pebblesong, you are no longer a member of Riverclan. Leave our camp now, or we will treat you as an aggressive rogue and end your life. Moving threateningly towards the molly, tail puffing out in aggression, she continued to hiss. Maybe she looked a bit nuts, having swung so quickly from someone unable to call a meeting to happy to swing her claws through a cat's throat, but at this point this state was almost welcome. At least she wasn't dithering, unsure of what to do. No, she was in command of her fear now, at least for the moment.

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[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Goldenpaw and Splashleap stepped in, thank Starclan. Whitepaw hadn't felt such fear in, so many moons but, it was all coming back, but so did a feeling of, relief...thankfulness.
Not saying anything, she let the others handle the situation, that was, for the better anyway.

Whitepaw would remember this though, positively for her fellow clanmates, and Pebblesong...she should know where she'll go.

[FriedChicken]

Too much. All too much. Splashleap wanted to disappear, at least no one seemed to hate her suggestion, but all the yowling was a lot to deal with, and for a moment, she simply stood stock still, trying to process the chaos that was unfolding around her. Then Whitepaw screeched, louder than the rest, and she snapper hear head back to the cats in front of her. And then Snakeheart was speaking, he was going to lay down? And she was alone on the rock. And Whitepaw was being attacked by Pebblesong.

(HR Powerplay Against a Threat to the Clan)
Which was NOT going to continue on her watch. Bunching her muscles Splashleap plunged off the Streamstone, gravity aiding her in reaching the pair with her leap. As Whitepaw dodged away she lunged, slamming into the other molly with as much force as she could managed. They tumbled across the ground, Splashleap's hissing an angry roar, and she shoved the warrior away from her as she got to her feet.

LEAVE. Her voice was low and dangerous, she was running on fumes at this point and she had no time for politeness for traitors. Pebblesong, you are no longer a member of Riverclan. Leave our camp now, or we will treat you as an aggressive rogue and end your life. Moving threateningly towards the molly, tail puffing out in aggression, she continued to hiss. Maybe she looked a bit nuts, having swung so quickly from someone unable to call a meeting to happy to swing her claws through a cat's throat, but at this point this state was almost welcome. At least she wasn't dithering, unsure of what to do. No, she was in command of her fear now, at least for the moment.

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"Your not in charge of me! I'm staying a riverclan cat!" She hissed

[friendlyghostz]

// spirit paw

[ FriedChicken ]

enraged, the masculine bachelor would smile. "why would you want to stay when no one here wants you? they think you're a failure as well, you don't belong," he casually stated, stating the quite-so-clear obvious. "go, run along like the coward you are. you're mouse-brained enough to threaten an apprentice, and attack another, when you know that they're inexperienced. if that's not cowardly, then i don't know what is."

temper rising as the tom spoke, he'd raise from his position without hesitation, looking at splashleap attack the idiot from the stone. he only flinched a little- apart from that, he still had a smirk on his visage. "you heard her, you're exiled. scram, you fox-hearted dissapointment."

spirit paw shrugged merely after, squinting at the dame, ready to leap away if she tried anything stupid.

[JusticeRabbit]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Goldenpaw and Splashleap stepped in, thank Starclan. Whitepaw hadn't felt such fear in, so many moons but, it was all coming back, but so did a feeling of, relief...thankfulness.
Not saying anything, she let the others handle the situation, that was, for the better anyway.

Whitepaw would remember this though, positively for her fellow clanmates, and Pebblesong...she should know where she'll go.
(If you don't want her help, feel free to ignore this post!)
~Batpaw~
The molly moved over to Whitepaw, bristling against Pebblestorm's wretched behavior. She walked over and gently brushed the other apprentice with her tail, announcing that she was there. "Hey... Whitepaw, right?" She mewed, sitting down next to the molly. After the response, she asked, "Are you alright?",

[FriedChicken]

"I'm staying here" "It's my only place I enjoy" she whispered to herself as she stayed put,before slowly a tear ran down her face "I know I'm a disappointment,mother told me that all the time,next I'm gonna be clawed until i bleed to death aren't i?,mom wanted to do that to me too"

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw looked to Spiritpaw, and then Batpaw, wow...her fellow apprentices, actually had her back? It was hard to, believe if she was honest, Spiritpaw probably wasn't doing it for her but, at least he was against Pebblesong's actions.

' 'I, I'm alright, this scratch is painful but, I'm sure others have had it worse.' '

Not the first time I've dealt with this either, she said in her head, looking back on her past actions, should she have been quiet about Rumblingstorm, did this cats...no, she had another reason, to kill the damn warrior, and maybe Pebblesong would get that fate too, but for now, Whitepaw had to be calm, breaking out of character on set, funny huh.

| WINGSOFFIRE [As a note to all reading this, the breaking out of character on set line is more so a reference to the title I gave her, the ambitious actress in training of Riverclan, this is not to say it's an actual set, but more so to her acting around other cats at a meeting]

[FriedChicken]

// spirit paw

[ FriedChicken ]
"
enraged, the masculine bachelor would smile. "why would you want to stay when no one here wants you? they think you're a failure as well, you don't belong," he casually stated, stating the quite-so-clear obvious. "go, run along like the coward you are. you're mouse-brained enough to threaten an apprentice, and attack another, when you know that they're inexperienced. if that's not cowardly, then i don't know what is."

temper rising as the tom spoke, he'd raise from his position without hesitation, looking at splashleap attack the idiot from the stone. he only flinched a little- apart from that, he still had a smirk on his visage. "you heard her, you're exiled. scram, you fox-hearted dissapointment."

spirit paw shrugged merely after, squinting at the dame, ready to leap away if she tried anything stupid.
"You don't know how I became this,don't judge a cat by their fur!"

[Galaxy_]

Greypelt

She sat up licking her wounds she felt far away from her clan. Who could she trust?

//open//

[littlelove]

Kestrelstar hadn't meant to kill anyone, apparently, but the blood on his claws from his own clanmate's body and that of those Thunderclan cats suggested otherwise. The highrank's desperate attempts to quell the situation seemed futile as Plumstorm and Duskmoth seemed to herald their rage at the tip of the Streamstone, and the apprentice almost wished that they were the leaders instead.

Snakeheart begged for a rational conversation in stead of Kestrelstar's dissapearance. "Rational?" She almost laughed. "Last time we begged Kestrelstar to be rational, he left Quietclaw's body for us to clean up!" She practically spat the words out, even if guilt did clench the back of her mind. Their leader didn't deserve any rational conversation anymore; that ship had sailed a long, long time ago. The meeting slowly grew louder and more chaotic with protests and cries

And then all hell broke loose as Pebblesong leapt at Whitepaw.

The two cats began sparring out of nowhere; what was so pressing that this had to turn to violence? Morningpaw's heart jumped into her throat as everything began to progress to fast for her to really grasp. Pebblesing refused to listen to any of the deputy's orders. She watched as Splashleap bounded off of the Streamstone, barrelling into Pebblesong's body. As she stood over the other she-cat, something spiking in her voice,

It was happening again, wasn't it?

Morningpaw couldn't help but see Kestrelstar and Quietclaw in their places, the dark-pelted leader's claws sinking into the latter's throat over a simple rebellion.

It had to be happening again.

And it flashed in her head, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over,

It'shappeningagainhowcouldweletthishappentwice?Qui etclaw'sbodywasstillfreshinthegroundorwhereverthey hadthrownhimanddespitepromisesitwasallhappeningaga in.again.again.AGAIN.AGAIN

The pounding in her ears was practically maddening as she waited for the deputy to take her claws to Pebblesong's throat. Before realizing that, did she have to wait around this time? Who wanted to see their own clanmate with their throat gored? Not Morningpaw, certainly.

AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN AGAIN. AGA

She turned on her heel and bolted, images never ceasing their flashing in her head and bile rising in her throat. She seemingly had more in common with the monotone medicine cat than she originally thought; turning and running from the crowd seemed to be a lot easier for the both of them.

AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. A

She hoped no-one would ever find her.

[Mango]

Blizzardsky hissed, he couldn't believe that idiot. He unsheathed his claws and attempted to put himself near the traitor," [B] Leave now! I would hate to have to make your life even worse...[B]" FriedChicken


@

[FriedChicken]

Blizzardsky hissed, he couldn't believe that idiot. He unsheathed his claws and attempted to put himself near the traitor," [B] Leave now! I would hate to have to make your life even worse...[B]" FriedChicken


@
Pebblesong leapt at blizzardsky with her claws unsheathed

[Mango]

Pebblesong leapt at blizzardsky with her claws unsheathed
Blizzardsky knew he wouldn't be punished for his actions now. Without a second thought slipped aside just avoiding Pebblesong before aiming his claws at Pebblesong's eyes he was intending on blinding the exiled fool.

[Singing Jay]

What was all this, what was wrong with Pebblesong?! First she attacked
Whitepaw now Blizzardsky?!!! What was going on with her clan.
Goldenpaw would have been more then willing to leap between
them to defend her clan-mate but her shoulder was bloody enough,
besides, however much she didn't like Blizzardsky he could defend him self.
Well, hopefully Pebbleson- or maybe just Pebble now, she didn't deserve a
warrior name anyone, anyway, perhaps she'd see reason soon...

[Silverfur & Co]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw looked to Spiritpaw, and then Batpaw, wow...her fellow apprentices, actually had her back? It was hard to, believe if she was honest, Spiritpaw probably wasn't doing it for her but, at least he was against Pebblesong's actions.

' 'I, I'm alright, this scratch is painful but, I'm sure others have had it worse.' '

Not the first time I've dealt with this either, she said in her head, looking back on her past actions, should she have been quiet about Rumblingstorm, did this cats...no, she had another reason, to kill the damn warrior, and maybe Pebblesong would get that fate too, but for now, Whitepaw had to be calm, breaking out of character on set, funny huh.

| WINGSOFFIRE [As a note to all reading this, the breaking out of character on set line is more so a reference to the title I gave her, the ambitious actress in training of Riverclan, this is not to say it's an actual set, but more so to her acting around other cats at a meeting]


Featherpaw stood by her fellow apprentice and nods "I have ur back as well whitepaw."

Snowstripe stood with the apprentices and the deputy "pebble she is right you do not belong if ur gonna attack other clan members like that just for speaking their mind. All are free to do so."

[FriedChicken]

Pebblesong stayed put "NO!" She yelled ( sorry for causing drama)

[JusticeRabbit]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw looked to Spiritpaw, and then Batpaw, wow...her fellow apprentices, actually had her back? It was hard to, believe if she was honest, Spiritpaw probably wasn't doing it for her but, at least he was against Pebblesong's actions.

' 'I, I'm alright, this scratch is painful but, I'm sure others have had it worse.' '

Not the first time I've dealt with this either, she said in her head, looking back on her past actions, should she have been quiet about Rumblingstorm, did this cats...no, she had another reason, to kill the damn warrior, and maybe Pebblesong would get that fate too, but for now, Whitepaw had to be calm, breaking out of character on set, funny huh.

| WINGSOFFIRE [As a note to all reading this, the breaking out of character on set line is more so a reference to the title I gave her, the ambitious actress in training of Riverclan, this is not to say it's an actual set, but more so to her acting around other cats at a meeting]
~Batpaw~
She nodded. "Do you need anything? I might as well help, after all getting attacked by a Clanmate is horrible." She mewed, flicking her ear gently. Her eyes slit at Pebblestorm, before relaxing and turning her attention back to the apprentice next to her. After tnn e abuse of her parents, she showed respect to basically everyone.

[Shade.]

Lizardfrost's face fell a little. It was tense and now it seemed droopier than normal. This feeling she had more familiarity with. It was what she felt when she got demoted. Sorrow. Snakeheart had vaguely acknowledged her accusations. Her voice was unheard. Unimportant. Plumstorm, a cat that had similar experience, poison claws an all, seemed to be heard more. Why? Because people liked her. No one listened to Lizardfrost, the voice of reason, because they didn't want reason, they wanted anger and sadness and disgusting, soppy feelings foreign to her mind. And Lizardfrost realized that nothing was keeping here here except her moral code. In fact, she hated every inch of this place. More specifically, she hated the cats, all cats, so so much. She had morals, respect and kindness towards them. That didn't mean she didn't hate them with every atom of her body. Lizardfrost was a monster. An alien. No emotions, no empathy. And, the most non-living-trhing trait of hers: iron-clad morals. Because all cats are hypocrites.

[friendlyghostz]

"You don't know how I became this,don't judge a cat by their fur!"

// spirit paw

[ FriedChicken ]

"just because i 'don't know how you became like this,' doesn't mean i can't judge you," the sire hissed, his final breaking point snapping in half. "you would think after you attacked whitepaw, that you wouldn't be handled? you think this is okay? are you serious? and now you're going to get slaughtered, like the other countless river clan cats that are now in star clan, watching their miserable clan kin be shriveled apart by none other than themselves. the only difference is your death will be pointless, your rotting corpse crow-food. we're going to be ripped apart by fire, fire created by us. fire that will last a lifetime. all because of you."

although this was only slightly true, the monsieur couldn't contain his anger. this was too much, everything seeping into his brain as he tried to contain his sanity. he couldn't take it, he couldn't. he thought he could feel his brain tear in half, one side logic and the other his emotions. they were battling for control, their lust unstoppable. until his emotions half won. eyes watering, the bachelor laughed bitterly.

"we're going to die from the flames that we've created, the ashes slowly contaminating the other clans."

[gs29513]

(HR Powerplay Against a Threat to the Clan)
OK. This was the last straw. The molly refused to leave, with her life in jeopardy, and now she was attacking yet another Riverclan cat. Splashleap was done with this, she'd had three or four chances to back down but now she had to really pay. Lunging after the molly who Blizzardsky had avoided, Splashleap pushed her into the ground, claws surely digging into her shoulders. You had a chance to leave with your life. You didn't take it, instead attacking another cat. You've forfeited your life. she spat, tail lashing.

She would try and make it quick, and while there was a small, annoying, worm of doubt, about the correctness of her actions, logically it was the right choice. Pebblesong had been told to stop, to leave, and was now a clear threat to the safety of Riverclan. She couldn't endanger the loyal warriors for one disloyal one, who seemed intent on attacking as many cats as possible. Logically, they had to die. She just.......didn't really want to do it. But she had to. She had to. Steeling herself, she lunged forward suddenly, teeth digging into the molly's throat.

Pulling away she saw a flash of blood, spilling from below her mouth, and another stab of fear went through her. Thankfully there didn't seem to be too many kits around, this wasn't suitable for them to see. But what else was she supposed to do? She couldn't help but feel as though she should have found another way to go about this, but it was too late for those thoughts now. Pebblesong was dead, that was the end of that.
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[Fawn]

➴ Drizzlenose ⚗️
!!!

Goodness gracious. His face scrunched as he tilted it to a side, wincing, avoiding a blood spatter unlikely to reach him but flinching on instinct.

That had abruptly turned heated, though Drizzlenose could pray to the stars it'd end here without further ruckus. Senseless violence and chaos amplified themselves. As if it had not been a tumultuous meeting already, the pool of halfwits opting to worsen the situation had frazzled his nerves.

Now then. The physical altercation outburst was settled. The endless verbal back-and-forth of arguments the past couldn't resolve had overstayed their welcome, and he grasped at the opportunity for a clean exit. The motivation didn't end there, not that it was any of their concern; they surely had larger issues to attend to. This choice was the line between freedom and another uninspired chorus of RiverClan Terrible, the Extended Disco Version, once again on repeat after the newest murder in a long line of—how to put it politely—claw-led discourse. (His roots in modernism whispered of how the points could use fine-tuning, and a touch of flare.)

A lack of rest made the decision more sensible as Drizzlenose tipped his head at Pebblesong's remains. "Ah, pardon me." Chivalry came to mind. He was nothing if not a gentleman. "I'll dispose of- . . . of that." And doing typical gentlemanly affairs, such as removing a potential biohazard from the Clan's midst. Drizzlenose rattled off a muffled string of "excuse me"s and "coming through"s interlaced with noises of exertion as he wove through the crowd towing a corpse, jaws clamped on the lifeless scruff of a former clanmate.

Inwardly, he was unperturbed by the morbid circumstances, instead musing about his new services: the Removing Corps. (A joke that functioned solely in writing.)



gs29513

[friendlyghostz]

// spirit paw

[ @ OPEN ]

spirit paw stared as the blood splattered among the ground, his parplebrae raising in his horrified reality. his metacarpals had... drops of pebble's blood? he ran through the memory in his head, auditories flattening. oh no...

"oh my," was all he could choke out, slowly backing away. this was... disturbing. traumatizing. horrific. he moved out of the way as drizzlenose scooped the corpse away, cauda dropping. he didn't think this would actually happen. this couldn't be real, it just... couldn't.

swallowing his guilt, the gargantuan monsieur allowed the large gaping hole under him completely over take him, his thoughts running wild. i did this, he thought miserably. if i had kept my mouth shut this wouldn't of happened, this is my fault...

attempting not to wail like a useless kit in front of everyone, the sepia colored apprentice bolted towards the apprentice den, lowering his haunches in a seated position to think about all of these traumatizing thoughts that overwhelmed his immature and creative mind.

he couldn't stop his tears from flowing, and, even though no one was in the den with him, he still wiped them with his shoulder in a flustered rush. tears were for the weak. he wasn't going to be weak anymore. because he would never be the same spirit paw again.

[ i will be putting spirit paw's roleplay into the apprentice den now since that's where he is. ^^ ]

[windtail]

silverpaw watched in horror at what was going on but didnt say anything

[tye]

Warblercry watched the whole fiasco in the farthest end of all pelts. There was no input he could've add since he recently joined and doesn't know what exactly is going on. Clashing arguments and tension flooded the area with a hint of blood entered his nose. A cat was dead. Great. This didn't make the calico flinch, watching some of his clanmates shiver in shock and fear. "Hmm," his narrow eyes gazed at every cat up to the deputy standing tall. "Well....that's that."

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

' 'You don't have to do anything Batpaw, and thank you Featherpaw...' '

Just as things calmed down, they got worse. Pebblesong was dead, why did she have this sick feeling of, guilt, upset, emotional pain? Whitepaw wasn't prepared for this, could she even murder Rumblingstorm in a state like this? Could she do it at all, she had so many questions.

What if she hadn't laughed at Pebblesong, would things be okay? This was the first time Whitepaw could ever recall second-guessing her actions, and it hurt. Spiritpaw ran off to the apprentices den, two other apprentices were her comforting her, warriors seemed concerned or just, unphased, she was pretty sure another apprentice her age just ran out of camp or something.

What was going on anymore?

| WINGSOFFIRE Silverfur & Co

[elswhere]

implimm Shade.
#darksunisrumblingstormssuccesorlmao




Darksun's eyes widen, but not in fear. The blood that splattered on him gave him a crazed smile. Mmm, red liquid.

As he watched Drizzlenose disposed of Pebblesong's body, the somali licked the blood off of his paw. Good riddance. Pebblesong was a nusicance to Darksun's plans, all cats were. Well he thought.


The russet tom looked up at Plumstorm and over at Lizardfrost, the madness fading, but still evident in his green gaze. "Are you two leaving? If you are, I'm coming."

[Silverfur & Co]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

' 'You don't have to do anything Batpaw, and thank you Featherpaw...' '

Just as things calmed down, they got worse. Pebblesong was dead, why did she have this sick feeling of, guilt, upset, emotional pain? Whitepaw wasn't prepared for this, could she even murder Rumblingstorm in a state like this? Could she do it at all, she had so many questions.

What if she hadn't laughed at Pebblesong, would things be okay? This was the first time Whitepaw could ever recall second-guessing her actions, and it hurt. Spiritpaw ran off to the apprentices den, two other apprentices were her comforting her, warriors seemed concerned or just, unphased, she was pretty sure another apprentice her age just ran out of camp or something.

What was going on anymore?

| @WINGSOFFIRE (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=12590) @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167)





featherpaw smiled at her "your welcome. Clanmates sometimes defend other clanmates if needed." She mews and nods to snowstripe making sure everything is okay.


Snowstripe looks at them nodding "You alright whitepaw?" she asks softly ingoring Featherpaw right now.

[JusticeRabbit]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

' 'You don't have to do anything Batpaw, and thank you Featherpaw...' '

Just as things calmed down, they got worse. Pebblesong was dead, why did she have this sick feeling of, guilt, upset, emotional pain? Whitepaw wasn't prepared for this, could she even murder Rumblingstorm in a state like this? Could she do it at all, she had so many questions.

What if she hadn't laughed at Pebblesong, would things be okay? This was the first time Whitepaw could ever recall second-guessing her actions, and it hurt. Spiritpaw ran off to the apprentices den, two other apprentices were her comforting her, warriors seemed concerned or just, unphased, she was pretty sure another apprentice her age just ran out of camp or something.

What was going on anymore?

| WINGSOFFIRE Silverfur & Co
~Batpaw~
"Alright. I'll stay here with you for a while, though." She mewed, curling her tail around her paws, gently wincing as she moved her injured leg.

[starry]

[ implimm ]

Mistypaw nodded. "Yeah, Storm's a popular name, I guess. My mentor Stormtalon also has 'Storm' in his name." She wasn't suprised at all by the next question. "Oh, I'm Mistypaw," she meowed slowly. Her watchful eyes followed Plumstorm as she had a bit of an... Outburst.

She also couldn't help but watch how the warrior leapt up to the streamstone. Mistypaw's gaze flickered for a moment as Plumstorm mentioned her mentor. "Stormtalon killed?," she whispered, her words barely audible.l

Even with all of the horror present, Mistypaw knew Plumstorm's words spoke truth. Hesitantly, she moved a few steps closer. "I agree with Plumstorm," she called out, though she shut her mouth immediatly after.l

Mistypaw couldn't help but take a glance at Splashleap and Pebblesong. She immediatly squeezed her eyes shut. "My second death I get to witness," she moaned, ipening her eyey in time to see Pebblesong's motionless body.

Maybe she deserved it.

[Sklee]

Amberpaw stood frozen. Things kept happening. She didn't know either of the cats who had started advocating for Kestrelstar to be removed, or whatever they wanted. And now one of them was dead? After getting exiled and attacking other cats to boot. She didn't want to side with anyone, she didn't want to fight, she just wanted everything to turn out fine. But after everything that had been going on, that was a very tall order. So she stayed there, not daring to speak.

[plum]

In her fury, it was hard to notice that some other warrior felt so inclined as to join her up on the streamstone. But that hardly mattered right now. Her eyes remain on Snakeheart, waiting for anything that she'd be able to snatch up and run with. But he doesn't give her that much, and before he could even respond, Splashleap speaks up. The silver cat turns and listens.

Somehow, the deputy's words slip between the rough wall Plumstorm had built up to plow over Snakeheart with. And her muscles loosen slightly. The taut lines of stress and anger in her face slowly go away. Finally, there was somebody here who saw reason. It wasn't all on Kestrelstar- That was never what she'd been trying to say anyway! But the guy shirked his part of the blame, and ran while his Clan sat home forgiving him over, and over, and over again. Excusing the actions of one such as him only nurtured more of the same, only nurtured a future of worse, and worse.

It was comforting that Splashleap understood this, and somehow managed to acknowledge so much of the weight keeping the warrior down, making her so upset. Plumstorm stares for a while at her deputy, and nods brusquely at the end of her response.

"I don't care about what you told Lionstorm."

Her irritation returns to her quickly, though not nearly as strong as her fury had been before. Her head whips back around to face the medicine cat. His voice, soft and tired, drew out an equally quiet tone from Plumstorm however. She wasn't yelling anymore. This wasn't for the whole Clan to hear.

"This is about what you've done since then. 'Doing all you can for RiverClan' isn't inherently a good thing, Snakeheart. You've taken our home in your paws and tore into it with claws meant to protect. You wanted to hold onto it too tightly, that you've done more harm than good. If you never wanted a fight, you shouldn't have started one. Now, we both know you're trying to run from this mistake instead of correcting it."

By the time she'd finished speaking to the tom, her tone was full of something undecipherable almost. But the look in her eyes was clear enough- She was pleading with him. But whatever good it would do, she couldn't tell- The tom seemed anxious to go and lie down. And that left her, standing alone (As some sort of commotion drew Splashleap's attention away as well). All of a sudden, many realizations hit her at once, and she stares down at the squabbling Clan.

There was blood again, and shouting, and aggression. The cat beside her seemed to revel in what had been going on. When he turned to her, Plumstorm was taken aback by his words. It wasn't an invitation to leave the Clan, but it sure did seem like one. Disgusted, Plumstorm leaps down from the streamstone and flashes her teeth at the tom above.

"Leave?! You better not mean leaving RiverClan- what sort of gross treachery is that? Feel free to go, then. This place, as nasty and stupid as it's become, full of cats who refuse to see things for what they are, is my home. And you can be DAMN sure that it means a hell of a lot to me."

Her eyes fly to Lizardfrost before she whips around and follows Spiritpaw into the apprentice's den, her paws carrying her before a single reasonable thought in her mind could argue that this was where she needed to be.
[ gs29513, Rani, kalor, Shade. - Tried to mention those involved, sorry if I missed an important post as I did leave for work after my last! ]

[Shade.]

gs29513 Rani kalor implimm (sorry if you guys only wanted to be mentioned for the plum posts)

Lizardfrost watched as the she-cat wrapped up her little explosion of anger, now looking more like her usual self. Entirely neutral. But there was some sort of weord, wet sorrow in her eyes. All this, all everything, all she did was nothing. Didn't matter. She trained hard, she trained constantly, yet recently she'd been losing spars and getting sloppy. There were many much better than her. She seemed self-improvement, but what was it all for, in the end. Striving fir the unachievable felt good before. Now it felt hopeless.
She didn't acknowledge Plumstorm, or any other cat. She'd seen the death. And her logical mind just ignored it, as it should. It wasn't her job to think, to meddle. She spoke out and look what happened. She achieved absolutely nothing except make Snakrheart probably doubt her abilities and lower herself in the clan hierarchy. Not that she was high on there to begin with.
The muscular tuxedo husk, shaped like a cat, simply sat down in the clearing, listening to the meeting as if it was just a normal one.

[Madelaine]

-->Petuniapaw

All this yelling and talk was getting to Petuniapaw. She had to leave or she'd go insane. Kestrelstar was missing and that was all she really understood. She had to find him and ask why he really left. Hearing her father speak she looked over to him with an apologetic face. Than she stopped in her tracks when the cat who was just exiled was murdered. Her ears went flat. She had to leave for the time being. This was permanent. She'd be back. She always would. Without wasting anymore time she slowly began to sneak out of the camp.

// Zesty Mango; (just mentioning you since i mentioned Blizzardsky) \\

[Jade13]

russetkit looked up at splashleap, this was fun! cats getting kicked out and then killed cats attacking others! finally something interesting going on! being a kit was no fun but this? this was!

( open )

[Akira]

Graymoon's ears drooped. He had arrived very late, but managed to catch on what was happening. So, now it was just a repeat, huh? Kestrelstar dipped like a cowardly minnow, and now Clanmates were attacking each other. Ugh, this clearing had more blood than all the Clans combined. The gray tom got up and crawled away, more than eager to stop watching these events unfold.

[Courage]

~Riverstripe~
A prophefy? WOW!

~Froststrike~
A phrofecy? ug Starclan was such a lie!

~Lightwing~
Lightwing gasped! Starclan? A phrofecy?! Amazing!

[Courage]

~Riverstripe~
Riverstripe shrank back even though the high ranked cat was right still...

~Froststrike~
Yay death! thought Froststrike

~Lighwing~
Lightwing knew it was right to kill the attaker Riverclan attaking eachother would not due the clan would become unbalanced. but she still didnt like death.

[error]

/Silverflight\

The silver she-cat looked around in horror at the bloodshed. Is this what Riverclan had become? A forever cycle of blood, used to solve problems? She took a step back, trying to digest it all. Why? Are we savages? So much blood has touched the dust of the ground. Is this what Riverclan will always be?

[Poprock]

Ziera (No need to respond but I mentioned your boy :) )
The news that Kestrelstar was gone hit him like a strike of lightning, panic and confusion sweeping through his veins. His golden eyes widened as the deputy continued. How long had he been gone? Is he ok? Concern for his leader and friend overpowered the shame of not noticing his departure sooner. He listened quietly as Splashleap did her best to comfort her clan, hoping her hesitant words would do something to quell his anxiety. He did his best to ignore the furious cries of his clanmates. He needed to wrap his head around this before he could get involved with other's feelings.

And then Plumstorm spoke up. Unveiled the crimes their leader made her and... others... commit under his yellow glare. Bumblestep squeezed his eyes shut as she continued, trying to make his massive form seem even a bit smaller. The tom had known about the murders. At least, one of the murders. No matter how much he tried to push them away, tears welled up in his eyes. It wasn't long before they fell as he was reminded of that night. Stormtalon had left Riverclan that day and came back a different cat. A hollow, broken version of the cat Bumblestep had fallen for returned. Every day he woke up and prayed to Starclan that Stormtalon had returned during the night, that signature sardonic half smile plastered on his handsome face and his forest green eyes gazing into his own yellow ones. But every day the hollow shell continued to walk around in Storm's fur.

He was brought back to the horrible, chaotic present at the sound of Splashleaps unusually commanding voice. The deputy was in full attack mode. Her tail whipped furiously behind her as she hissed at Pebblesong. Unfortunately, the warrior didn't listen. Bumblestep watched in horror as Splashleap leapt down from the Streamstone and... killed her. He watched as the light left her eyes, drowned by the blood spilling from her throat.

He had to leave. He couldn't stand to be in the middle of this anarchy anymore. His ears were ringing with venomous insults and the screams of Kestrelstar's traitorous actions. His stomach churned at the sight of the ever increasing pool of blood from Pebblesong's corpse.

He rose to shaky paws and dashed away from the clearing, tear filled eyes unseeing. He just needed out.

[gs29513]

The question swirling in Splashleap's head, likely as in every head, was what next. Pebblesong was dead, the body taken away(she was almost ready to KISS Drizzlenose when he saved her from figuring out that job) but how did she move on from what had clearly been a bit traumatic for many cats? Spiritpaw disappeared into the apprentice's den, Splashleap was grateful that Plumstorm had followed them, they likely needed help sorting through what had just gone on.

Which she should have prevented? But how? The molly was clearly a danger, she had to get rid of them! It was plain, but something still felt wrong about it. Drawing a paw swiftly across her maw in an effort to get rid of the blood that was probably making her look nothing short of unhinged, Splashleap turned towards the rock. Somehow it was......less terrifying than it had been before. Having seemingly relaxed the majority of cats and dealt with the threat, standing where others could see you was less daunting. Not completely stress free, but certainly doable.

The molly hopped quickly to the summit, eyes roving out over the crowd. I am sorry that the......younger among us had to witness that. she began, casting a glance to the spot where blood stained the stand. But Pebblesong was a threat to the clan, and continued to attack our cats despite being given several warnings and chances.....chances to leave. Her voice was stronger now, it wasn't likely anyone could dispute what she was saying, they had seen her clawing apprentices and warriors with their own eyes.

I wish that I did not have to.....intervene, but I do not believe there could have been a......peaceful solution to what was already chaos. The regret in her voice was genuine, and while there were several pauses where she selected the right word, she wasn't outright terrified. More cautious, unwilling to make any sort of slip up. This was certainly a delicate situation, and ought to be handled as such.

Turning next to Darksun, her voice took on a fiercer tone. No longer delicate, no longer placating. Darksun, either stay and be quiet or get out. This is no time for making trouble, and if loyalty means that little to you we might be better off with you gone anyway. Admittedly driving off a warrior might not be the best move considering the conflict with Thunderclan, but if he was happy to do it anyway, was it really a loss at all? He wouldn't fight for them in a battle if he was only interested in blood and causing trouble.

Addressing the clan at large, she inquired Now are there any more pressing matters to scream about, or can we return to a more.....regular program? If there had to be more chaos so be it, but she'd quite like to get it all out of the way. Or move swiftly on to reassignments and then get the HECK off this rock. The nerves were definitely creeping back in, perhaps the quip hadn't been the best idea? Well, no matter. She'd better start actually thinking of who she was putting with who while she entertained the possibility of what could be referred to, quite loosely, as discussion.
(I'm sorry for all the trauma and mentions guys, this is my first time doing this and neither Splash nor I have any idea what to do. Also, if your apprentice wants a new mentor despite theirs still being in the clan, feel free to vm me and we can make that happen. Apprentices with missing mentors will be reassigned.)
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Snakeheart's words had registered in her ears and earned a soft nod. She may be a senior warrior, but Snakeheart was the medicine cat and Splashleap the deputy - regardless of whatever actions they did their rank was still held until StarClan deemed it not so.

And then Plumstorm was up on the rock, quickly followed by Darksun. Both cats that Briarfrost was familiar with and both of whom when they spoke out she was not in the least bit surprised. Her ears twitched uncomfortably at the mention of the murders, and briefly her blue eyes clouded over with doubt. Has Kestrelstar... really done that? Had he ordered warriors out of camp to kill ThunderClan?

For all her talk of loyalty to the Clan, all her moons of serving... she never pictured a leader of the home she loved so much to do something so... vile.

Freezing of the mind came at the most inopportune times. A sad fact of life - her life, at least - that even the bravest cats still struggled to accept. At least it reminded Briarfrost that she wasn't alone. Wasn't a complete and total weirdo. With her paws rooted to the ground and eyes wide at the scene before her though, it was a bit difficult to fully convince herself of that now.

The scuffle between Pebblesong, Grayfur, and Blizzardwind snapped her head over, bringing her attention back to reality. Teeth bared at the sight of Clanmates turning claws on each other, and her fur fluffed up as she hesitated - should she get involed? This had gone too far, this meeting should not have exploded like this.

Before she could move out of her spot though Splashleap was handling it. In a glaze of confidence and ginger white fur, the deputy landed on Pebblesong and - Briarfrost knew what was coming next. She remained upright though, eyes locked onto Pebblesong. Traitor. That's what she was.

And as her life was extinguished, lifeless body dragged away by Drizzlenose, Briarfrost only gave a soft snort. A death such as that was fit for a traitor.

Things were... calming down now. The disgruntled warriors who disagreed with the figures that led the Clan - some had left the meeting. But Briarfrost was well aware that this was Splashleap's first time calling a meeting - and she understood well the anxiety the molly was facing. She wanted to offer her support, and if cats wanted to view her as a traitor for staying put and listening to what Splashleap had to say, then so be it.

For now, blue eyes turned up to the Streamstone, giving an encouraging nod to the deputy.

// gs29513

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw nodded to Batpaw, Featherpaw, and Snowstripe, with it being directed to all of them. It was all she could do right now, all she could do was just, be silent and let the meeting go on as if...nothing happened. At least things would be normal but, she couldn't just let this go without nothing. Then, an idea popped into her head, Splashstorm admitted that the younger ones were traumatized too, maybe she could, help out her peers?

It was a strange, foreign thought to her but, part of her genuinely wanted to make friends, she wanted them to feel okay, what if some of them had terrible mentors who hurt them like Rumblingstorm hurt her, how did they feel about this whole war, Whitepaw was all for it but, were they? For once, she felt, empathy, pity for her clanmates, and, you know what, even if she did still want the blood of squirrels and Rumblingstorm on her paws, this was more important.

| WINGSOFFIRE Silverfur & Co

[Silverfur & Co]

snowstripe nods n looks at splash

[dino.]

>Tumblepaw<
Tumblepaw snapped his jaws shut and ducked as Splashleap suddenly leaped over his head to confront some rowdy, disloyal cat who was causing more trouble than necessary. He turned to look and froze as the deputy leaned down and sank her fangs into the she-cat's throat.

Sourness rose in his own throat and he turned away, shoulders beginning to shake, which he forced still. Quietclaw's face flashed ever so briefly in his mind's eye. Calm down, you fool, it's different this time - Pebblesong was a threat, Splashleap isn't Kestrelstar, you're FINE.

He wondered how Snakeheart would have handled it if he were still present and glanced at the medicine den. Snakeheart... usually Tumblepaw wasn't one for confrontation, and he'd tried to be polite to the medicine cat, especially after the first incident with Webpaw in the den - but his frustration had reached its limits and he NEEDED to yell at someone, preferably not in the middle of an audience.

With a lash of his tail he turned away from the meeting and made his way toward Snakeheart's den.

[Silverfur & Co]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Whitepaw nodded to Batpaw, Featherpaw, and Snowstripe, with it being directed to all of them. It was all she could do right now, all she could do was just, be silent and let the meeting go on as if...nothing happened. At least things would be normal but, she couldn't just let this go without nothing. Then, an idea popped into her head, Splashstorm admitted that the younger ones were traumatized too, maybe she could, help out her peers?

It was a strange, foreign thought to her but, part of her genuinely wanted to make friends, she wanted them to feel okay, what if some of them had terrible mentors who hurt them like Rumblingstorm hurt her, how did they feel about this whole war, Whitepaw was all for it but, were they? For once, she felt, empathy, pity for her clanmates, and, you know what, even if she did still want the blood of squirrels and Rumblingstorm on her paws, this was more important.

| @WINGSOFFIRE (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=12590) @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167)



Snowstripe smiled at her and padded off and featherpaw mews "Lets go make sure all the kits are okay and the rest of our den mates too." She mews. She hadnt seen snow act soft in a minute something must have changed her

[wolfie]

Rani kalor gs29513 // both of wormbite's responses are in the past but had to include them because it would be ooc for him not to say something + snakeheart already left! so feel free to ignore this, he's speaking in a normal volume so he probably got overspoken anyway <3 just mentioning so ya know! // but anyone not mentioned is free to respond too :heartbounce:
Wormbite loved Riverclan. He truly did. He wouldn't consider himself close to anyone -- always lurking in the shadows or disappearing out into the territory. It didn't give you much of an chance to make friends. Still, Wormbite learned the quirks of his clanmates. He didn't doubt his clanmates, he trusted them with his life. It was just sometimes. Sometimes he found himself thinking of his home as more of a prison and he was on deathrow. Destined to watch his clan slowly become more divided and all he could do was be dragged along the currents. He struggled to remind himself that it didn't matter in the end. That his own destiny was far far different from his clanmates. He was Riverclan's personal mercenary and he couldn't think of himself any other way.

The news caused the tom to jerk his head up, eyes widening in shock. "What?" He laughed, questioning if he had heard was right. Kestrelstar had left his clan -- the clan he was a leader of for some.. some stupid prophecy? Does he have no regard for others .. did he realize how open he just left Riverclan? Thunderclan was destined to do something but, he deciced to take a VACATION!! Wormbite was briefly aware of the fact he was laughing. It was a distant ringing in his ears, only quiet enough so anyone who looked over would be able to tell. One could even confuse it to crying. Wormbite supposed sleep-deprivation was getting to him because he was.. ..
...
.... this sucked. wormbite was so confused and didn't know how to feel at this point. he was supposed to follow his leader but what could you do if you didn't trust them? it just seemed like kestrelstar kept hurting his clan. gosh, wormbite was so lost. he kept trying to get better at these.. emotions. he was horrifed that any of the clans could choose to attack them any moment and wormbite wasn't sure if he would be ready. he wasn't sure. he had made up this idea that he was fully prepared to protect riverclan with his life and do whatever but in reality? he was so scared. wormbite wanted his sister here so desperately to help him or -- or dirtfur to guide him .. sootclaw.. ottersplash.. anyone..
Wormbite's face fell, a frown ceasing his lips as his eyebrows furrowed. There was a slight tremble in his limbs, he blamed it on the fact he hadn't slept since yesterday. It had been too quiet. His heart felt like it was going to explode and everyone was so loud. His voice felt trapped as he sucked in a shaky breath. He shoved it all down. Every single left doubt and weakness he carried just like the skeletons in his closet. "Starclan isn't a decent excuse to abanbon your clan, " He mumbled, the edge of his tone carrying a low growl. He wished this meeting could have just ended there. Simple as that. [A lot of cats were talking, it was overwhelming and he didn't pay them too much mind. Couldn't. ] His gaze was fixated on his paws, biting his tongue down to keep himself from saying things he would regret. Wormbite did lift his gaze as Snakeheart began to speak his nonsense. He -- he drove himself to be better? Starclan! Was this medicine cat gifted with fish in his brain? Betterments, that's hilarous.
"Where? Kestrelstar hasn't shown it. From what I can see all he has done is hurt Riverclan and now he has ran away. I am not deaf. It is just naive to believe in someone who has not shown you how he can be better. He's left you and Splashleap to deal with his which is why I do not understand why you're calm." It was one of things Wormbite couldn't fathom. The two highranks had every right to pitch a fit but they weren't. Which is why the oriental's tone didn't carry spite towards Snakeheart. It was straight-forward as if this was a casual conversation. As simple as it is, he was all just curious. Even if it felt like bile was rising in his throat and the world was going to swallow him whole as he spoke.

He wasn't given much time to hear Snakeheart respond. Liar! It caused him to jerk away, flinching at her loud tone. Plumstorm was quick to deliver with airing out Kestrelstar's dirty laundry. Wormbite could briefly recall she had mentioned this at the last meeting. It never set in, never caused a shudder down his spine. This time it did. His eyes widened as he could only try to desperately land his gaze onto the blur of Plumstorm's body but it was all useless. Wormbite wasn't one to judge and this was hypocrisy at it's finest but at Kestrelstar had dragged two warriors to kill as a test of loyalty? If he had mixed feelings about his leader it was quickly turning sour. [ Still an edge of desperateness that Kestrelstar could improve. ] Wormbite, a man who hated pity, found himself in a situation where he wondered how Plumstorm was able to stand. His gaze dropped to his paws, a burn of shame washing over him. Maybe Wormbite was fine with getting blood on his paws but the reason he did that was so his clanmates didn't have to. He didn't think other of Snakeheart lacing his clanmates' claws with posion. They had been given an chance but, he hadn't questioned it.

If Wormbite wanted to dwell on this he was dragged out of his thoughts by Duskmoth and a low growl erupted from him. "Do not sour Plumstorm's statements with your stupidity. This clan is far from weak and I know any apprentice or warrior here is far from being uncaptable. Just because you have your distaste about your highranks doesn't mean you dare bring your clanmates into this. We're divided and that is why we suffer, " Wormbite snarled, his fur bristling. How could Duskmoth call the clan he lived in weak?

The scent of blood filled his sense and he wobbled, whipping his head around. There were so many cats around him, so much yelling. Goldenpaw and Lizardfrost were speaking and it simply wasn't going through to Wormbite. [ please stop. ] He was hunched over, still fixated on the scent of blood .. blood..

Splashleap was speaking, she was so loud. she was right. yeah, riverclan needed to -- needed to stay untited but they weren't. yeah, he didn't want anymore fighting. suggestions ? she.. she wanted suggestions .. wormbite could focus on that. he was shaking, definetely shaking beyond the point of it being noticable. "Strengthen the .. border patrols -- focus on improving ourselves in battle because .. even if Thunderclan is too weak at the moment doesn't mean we can't count on how slow their recovery is, " Wormbite meowed out, his gaze didn't leave the floor. It was simple suggestions and he wasn't all to aware of what Splashleap had truly wanted. He was just voicing basic thoughts as he tried to calm down his breathing.

wormbite wasn't sure how much time had passed as emotions and his senses became overwhelmed. he used to have these little attacks often when he was an apprentice. no one noticed, he didn't think twice of them. they came and go but they've never been this bad. his heart was thumping his chest and his blood had ran cold, he was frozen in place as everyone yelled in a distraught manner. eventually his shaking began to calm as the voices died down. when wormbite was aware again, pebblesong was dead and some have left. splashleap was talking and while a lot of it didn't make sense to wormbite he did feel relieved that she wanted to do something that was regular.

The warrior nodded his head, straightening his posture. He felt weary with tiredness but he was simply desperate to hear something normal.

[elswhere]

- gs29513 Rani x ghostie // darksun is leaving rc, just because i need it for plot and character development.



Darksun's eyes narrowed in response to Splashleap's tone. He stepped forward, looking up at the deputy with a challenging glare. This clan was becoming more stupider every heartbeat that passed by, Rumblinstorm was gone and Darksun saw no reason to stay anymore. "Loyalty." The somali chuckled, his eyes still trained on Splashleap, aware of the eyes on him. "That's all we talk about now. I've got loyalty, but not to this star-forsaken clan of toad-brains! Kestrelstar's killings, our quarrels with ThunderClan over some stupid rivalry Lionstorm and Buckstar had. It's all stupid!"


His voice had rose more than he wanted it to, but he was speaking the truth. Darksun was ready to go, whether or not anybody went with him. RiverClan had become idiots, blinded by Kestrelstar's fear. He was then rudely dragged out of his thoughts by Wormbite. Growling, he turned on him. "I admit to this clan be uncapable, weak, and unfit for the clan title."


With that he padded toward the entrance, his fur bristling. Once last glance at the crowd, he smiled. "I'm leaving, anyone who wants to come feel free. You'll find me by the Windswept Plains. This clan had grown weaker and weaker, and I will not stand by RiverClan any longer."




// though i prefer you not to leave with him, darksun is open to any followers!i waern you he is not coming back to riverclan so make your choice carefully! i'm not 100% sure if i can do this though-

[spade]

That was it. Briarfrost had enough of those challenging Splashleap's authority as deputy and spitting in RiverClan's face. Hackles rose as blue eyes pinned Darksun's retreating form. "Just leave," she snapped, her long legs giving her height over many of her Clanmates. Padding forward slowly until she stood a fox-length away from the tom, she bared her teeth only slightly.

He was a traitor, and to think his brain was as muddle as to think this all started because of a "rivalry".

"In case you forgot," she added, venom in her voice, "ThunderClan started this when they murdered Fawnsqueak at our border. Then they did the same to Lionstorm - leaving both bodies to rot in the river." Her voice remained calm, level, and soon her fur lay flat again. The so-called warrior standing before her wasn't worth it.

With a snort, she rose up again, shaking her head. "You've already announced your plans to leave. Do so now."

// kalor

[elswhere]

Darksun just turned his head, and dissappered through the bramble entrance.

[poppy]

- kalor

Honeypetal stood up, lurching forward slightly. What was happening to her Clan? Fights, executions, self proclaimed exiles... Her slate blue eyes were full of unease, and her fur bristled with panic. No! What was happening to RiverClan? She turned to Darksun, as he announced his leave. ''Go then.'' She hissed, looking at his face. It was twisted... angry.... This was not what a Clanmate should look like. It wasn't how a Clanmate should feel. But he wasn't a Clanmate. He was a traitor to RiverClan, exposed by his own need to share his foolishness. 'No one loyal would leave, especially in a time of need. You're just as bad as Pebblesong, but instead you're hurting your Clanmates in a way no one can see. We need to be able to trust one another, not throwing tantrums in the middle of a meeting and then running away..''

Hobbling forward, her stub of a leg stiff and taut, she stood about a fox length away from the coward, growling softly. ''RiverClan will be better off without the likes of you tainting it.'' Why was she so furious? Cats left all the time, vanishing or running away.... But this was different. Darksun was trying to bring the whole Clan down as he left.

And he was trying to get cats to follow him. To leave. To betray the Clan like he was. ''No one will leave with you!'' She spat, curling her lip and flattening her ears. Because everyone who decided to stay with good intentions, they were worthy. He was not.

Despicable.
Unworthy.
Traitorous.

And as he left, she watched him go. Debating whether or not she should chase him all the way to ShadowClan territory, where he would hopefully be disemboweled by the pack of foxes that claimed to be cats. A horrible heat, red, pulsing and hateful, thrilled through her, and she clenched her teeth. No. She wasn't going to lose her mind over that stupid cat.

But it was hard. Patience was hard.

[Shade.]

Stormstripe was late to the meeting due to taking a rather long nap. She was a little flustered and embarrassed, she tried to attend meetings regularly and it seems she missed a lot. Apparently, someone had betrayed the clan and died. Stormstripe was glad she avoided it. She was sensitive. The melancholic tabby settled among the others, keeping an eye out for her daughter.

(Open)

[Egasl]

~ Sunpaw ~

Sunpaw stood there stunned as the deputy and medicine cat seemed to try to talk over the crowd. Kestrelstar gone? How? Where is he going? Sunpaws head swam in questions. She wasn’t sure about anything at this point, but she knew she would be okay. She just had to be. Snakeheart and Splashleap would take care of them. She just had to rely on them and hope that her beloved leader would return soon.

[Open, sorry really short]

[gs29513]

Ok, this meeting had gone on very near long enough. While it certainly hadn't been dull, even the most extravagant cat couldn't call it that, it had gone on for far longer than Splashleap was used to. And, like it or not, she had been at least in the frame the entire time. Not allowed to sit quietly, not allowed to observe, thrust into the spotlight and allowed to break a leg. Or break a throat, if you wanted to take that joke in a very.....morbid direction. At least the admittedly vast sea of anger had been exhausted, for the most part.

Darksun was on his way out, but he was hardly a loss at this point. And no one seemed particularly inclined to go with him, an obvious bonus in Splashleap's opinion. No one seemed to have any real suggestions either, but that was to be expected she supposed. They were likely just as tired of the yelling and screaming as she was, as ready to at least have some QUIET. For a time at least, things were unlikely to stay quiet for any length of time in the current climate of turmoil.

As most of us are, understandably.......ready to make sense of what's happened today, I think it is about time the meeting was.......called to an end. Splashleap mewed, the adrenaline beginning to trickle away. She was definitely louder than at the beginning, but the pauses were beginning to return, little moments of doubt creeping back in. No matter. She only had a bit more to go and then she could REST. She was making a beeline for her nest as soon as this was done, as long as no one had any other concerns.

Before we do so however, I would like to.......suggest one more course of action. In light of recent......hostilities, it might be wise to do a sort of full border sweep, in large groups. Make sure nothing has.......slipped by the smaller groups, and make sure everything is heavily marked. Pause, let that sink in. Moving on too quickly was always a recipe for questions and interruptions later on. Which she really didn't want to deal with, after meeting was nap time.

I will be taking Plumstorm, Stormtalon, Sparrowskip and.....Mistypaw. Briarfrost will lead Sunsetbloom, Palehound, Blizzardwing and Fiercepaw. And....Goosefury will take Wormbite, Blizzardsky, Rainingpaw and Sunpaw. Yeah, that should be enough cats to heavily scent all the borders, and make sure nothing had happened, and fight off any invaders if something DID happen. Taking a deep breath, Splashleap mewed swiftly Everyone, this meeting is dismissed! Thanks for sticking it out, those of you on patrol, make sure you get a good night's sleep! And with that she leapt off the horrid rock for the second time, hanging rather lamely in the clearing for a few minutes in case anyone had anything to say. If not, she was off to her nest.
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[Singing Jay]

Goldenpaw's muscles tensed up as Splashleap
called out the names, Blizzardsky, Raningpaw, Sunpaw
and... nothing... She wasn't picked for the patrols. Honestly
it had been a good while since she'd gotten to officially do
something for her clan if you didn't count her training lessons.
Speaking of which, she had almost forgotten Heartsoul, the
Starclan cat who and taken special interest in her.
Perhaps some more training would be good to impress him.

[windtail]

silverpaw watched as the cats that were picked for the patrols a liitle happy that she was not going on one

[shaded shadow]

rainingpaw got up exitaly when she heard her name on the list of cats on the patrol

[FriedChicken]

Sootfall was borec

[spade]

Goodness. It was finally over. Letting out a puff of air she hadn't realized she'd been holding in, Briarfrost stood to her full heigh, blue gaze sweeping across camp. She knew at least of the warriors of her patrol, but hadn't talked to many of them. Fiercepaw had been part of the review session she had led for the older apprentices, so her she remembered.

"Make sure you're well rested and alert," she called out as she neared the other patrol members, paws quickly carring her over to where she spotted Blizzardwing. "And if that injury gives you too much trouble, let me know alright?" She pointed with her nose at the marks that Pebblesong and Greyfur had left.

Giving him a nod, Briarfrost turned to make eye contact with all of her fellow patrol members before slipping away from the meeting and into the warriors' den.

// poppy. Rani Rainquail ~Fierce~

[carmen]

The wave was back. Another sheet of water washed over her, her fur still dry but her mind rattled. She was drowning. Drowning. Getting smaller and smaller, falling deeper and deeper into the never ending torrents of water, torn away from land by another riptide. So much death, too much death. Loss and pain and suffering, they could never be freed of it.

Bristletail looked up at Snakeheart, at Splashleap. They done so much wrong, so, so much wrong. Cats were dead because of Riverclan. But they weren't the only ones to blame. Blame was moss drenched in water, you could throw it at whoever, but a bit of the water would splash on yourself. Thunderclan wasn't innocent, wasn't perfect, not clan was. They had all done what they must to stay alive. Another cat, dead because of this meeting. Another disagreement, another life gone. Splashleap was trying her best to keep he clan together, but this wouldn't work. Why would anyone listen when they had their own thoughts. She let out a brittle laugh and could almost feel the tide pulled at her paws again. It was such a familiar song, revenge, death, vengeance. It was something she wished to change. But she couldn't.
It was the life of a warrior.

[Egasl]

~ Sunpaw ~

Sunpaw heard her name called for the last patrol group. She dug her claws into the ground with anticipation. This was her first patrol and she was excited to see what came out of it. The only other name she recognized in her patrol was Wormbite. She shift her blind gaze to and fro, sniffing as she did. She eventually picked up his scent and she hurriedly made her way over to him, stumbling over a cat or two as she went. She hoped the rest of her patrol would show up sooner or later.

x ghostie
shaded shadow
Papaya
Zesty Mango

[Courage]

~Riverstripe~
She was surprised. So much in one day. She shivered.

[spade]

Tired. Kestrelstar was tired, but with the renewed sense of urgency that flowed in him, his physical state didn't show much. He appeared much more rested than he ever had, eyes were bright and shoulders back. Gray tabby fur was groomed and stuck in its place; a certain shine was evident in his coat.

Quick white paws made their way into camp as he ducked to fit under the entrance, coming out and into camp. He could tell that Stormtalon was still behind him, along with the rag-tag group of outsiders he had met on his way back.

Back to RiverClan. Home.

Gone almost a moon, much too long, but he now saw how necessary it was. Kestrelstar had been so wrapped up in his grief, his own personal wound, that it hadn't sunk in yet what being a leader meant. His Clan wasn't just claws at his disposal. He couldn't fling them into every conflict without thinking first.

Hate multiplied hate, violence multiplied violence, and toughness multiplied toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. RiverClan was not his to destroy, but to protect.

He knew many eyes would fall on his pelt as he made his entrance, but Kestrelstar's gaze found Frozenberry first before he made any movements. His rock. The steady blue eyes that kept him going while he was away. The soft lull of their voice, their weird but cute antics... all of it. The tiniest of smiles crept onto his face, and yellow eyes glowed with a warmth that had not yet been seen by any of his Clanmates outside of a select few.

Looking over at the other companion by his side Kestrelstar stifled a chuckle. It wasn't bleeding anymore, but the slice of claws across his muzzle was still present - it would definitely scar, a mark to forever remind him of just what his disappearance had meant to those closest to him. It was obvious to Kestrelstar that Stormtalon had been holding back. "Thank you," he added with a nod. There was much more that needed to be said, to both of them, but for now RiverClan needed him.

Swift movements led him to the base of the Streamstone where he found one cat in particular he knew he needed to speak with. Splashleap. "Thank you for taking care of RiverClan," he murmured to her, giving a dip of his head to her. In a fluid movement Kestrelstar leapt to the top, claws securing a paw hold on the tiny crevices left by other leaders.

"Cats of RiverClan! Please, gather 'round."

Confidence. A new remastered spark to his tone. Kestrelstar stood, silhouetted against the darkening sky that gave hints at the full moon that would be appearing soon. The Gathering was fast approaching, and anticipation shot through him like a bullet. But this... this came first.

- - -

[ CATS THAT KESTRELSTAR HAS BROUGHT WITH HIM: He'll have instructed them to sit beside Stormtalon for the meeting until he introduces them to the Clan.
poppy. Starry Error Papaya ]

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[FriedChicken]

"Kestrel star!" Duckhail gasped

[vcrdant]

Hearing the familiar voice
ring throughout the clearing, Ryebelly jerked his head up and turned
his attention to the Streamstone. The tom swiftly rose to his paws and
padded to the stone, nearly running like a kit. "Heyyy,
Kestrelstar's back! Welcome back!" His usually carefree and
easygoing voice was filled with excitement, as he slightly dipped his
head.

[ Open for interaction! ]

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe and featherpaw gathered wandering what happened and was glad at the leader return

[Pitou]

**Codpaw**

The clearing was rather quiet, until a group of cats walked through the entrance. Codpaw lifted his head from the trout he was eating. Was that Kestrelstar? Codpaw had nearly forgotten that Splashleap was still just their deputy. It was confirmed as the leader took his place confidently atop the streamstone and called out for a clan meeting.

Codpaw finished off his trout in a couple of swift bites then stood and padded over to join the other gathering cats below the streamstone. He sat down, glancing around for any friends to attend the meeting with.

[beau]

Goosepaw ~ He/him
Goosepaw had been setting near the freshkill pile, staring at the prey, though none appealed to him. He wrinkled his nose, knowing he should eat something. Right as he was about to hook a scrawny sparrow with his claws to eat, a clan meeting was called. His ears flicked up at the voice, a familiar one that he hadn't hear for a while. Kestrelstar? The silver tom lifted his head, distracted from his internal debate over whether or not to eat, and his amber eyes widened with surprise. Sure, he had expected the leader to come back eventually, but he hadn't known when. He stood and bounded over towards the Streamstone, excited to hear what Kestrelstar had been up to. What adventures had the older tom been in? The tripod apprentice sat, staring up at the leader with wide eyes.

Beeblaze ~ He/him
Beeblaze had noticed the leader almost as soon as he had entered the camp, and watched him with narrowed amber eyes. He had to admit, he was sort of appalled that the leader had even returned. The cream tom wasn't sure how he felt about this, he wasn't entirely sure why the leader had left, or why he had come back. Surely Kestrelstar knew cats wouldn't be too pleased with his absence, Beeblaze included. The tom had to admit, he respected the leader's courage, despite any other reservations he had about the leader. He waited a few heartbeats before heeding the leader's call for a meeting and padding towards the Streamstone. He was irritated that Kestrelstar had the nerve to leave at such a vulnerable time for Riverclan, and was looking forward to hearing the older tom's explanation. He sat, glaring at the leader, and curled his bushy tail over his cream-and-white paws.

Rainkit ~ She/her
The lean tuxedo she-kit had been dozing by the nursery entrance, suddenly awakened by a loud call. She sat up, blinking her emerald eyes sleepily as she tried to process what had been said with her sleep-muddled brain. A meeting? She brightened some, excited at the prospect. She hadn't attended a meeting before! She stood and trotted towards the crowd of cats that were beginning to form at the base of the Streamstone. She began to wiggle her way between the cats, muttering a few excuse me's and sorry's as she pushed past cats. She was determined to be at the front of the crowd, eager to see what was happening. Her sparkling green eyes widened as it suddenly hit her, Kestrelstar is back! She wasn't very familiar with the leader, but she had heard whispers about the leader's dissapearance.

(All open!)

[ophelia]

[ Ravensong ]
Sagewhisper
Something was coming. After a moon of her leader's absence, Sagewhisper had just become accustomed to Splashleap's instruction and Blizzard's annoying orders. But now, she could almost hear the sounds of voices and pawsteps of returning cats as she lifted her silver muzzle to the wind. Kestrelstar was back. No sooner than the thought had crossed her mind did she scent an influx of RiverClan, mingled with varied smells not familiar to her. Apparently her leader had brought company back with him. Immediately, she pivoted from her place by the warrior's den and approached the streamstone, sitting down just as Kestrelstar's voice rang out across the clearing. There were new cats, outsiders, lined up nearby, which she examined curiously with a steady eye. Perhaps it was his way of strengthening the clan? She was sure he had good reason for it. For now, the elegant grey molly made her way over to her son, who had beat her to a spot near the front and smelled strongly of trout. She sat silently beside him and crouched down to allow those behind her to see.

[.Lucky.]

Mulberrypaw's eyes immediately found Kestrelstars figure as he leapt up onto the streamstone, her large ears perked as he called out. So he was finally back! Quickly getting up from her seat, she trotted over to join the crowd at the streamstone. He had a new energy to him that wasn't there before, she noticed. What had happened while he was gone?

[ open]

[Singing Jay]

✨Goldenpaw✨

He was back. Finally... Goldenpaw had always had faith in her leader
but a voice had been nagging in the back of her head, saying he'd never return, but he had and she
allowed herself a moment of relief before stress once again came over her, if the last meting had been
bad... then what would this one be... She glanced around and her blue-green eyes narrowed in
suspicion. She didn't doubt that some cats would have some well chosen words to scream at
Kestrelstar, words she didn't agree with...

A small part of her thoughts began to focus on getting a new mentor but that could wait, her clan mattered
more then if or not she had a mentor. Besides, Splashleap had given her a lesson so her training wasn't competently stopped, and then there was
Heartsoul, the Starclan warrior who had chosen her, no her training wouldn't go unnoticed, she had practiced on her own and she improving, not
many moons would pass before she'd earn her warrior name...

So far things seemed to be going fine... or more like things hadn't happened yet.
Duckhail seemed most surprised at Kestrelstar's return and not mad and Ryebelly... was Ryebelly,
Goldenpaw had never expected any shouting from him in the first place. Then there was Codpaw who
didn't seem hostile, and Goosepaw and Rainkit who only seemed exited, the latter was probably because
it was their first meting but still. However, Beebalze was one cat who didn't have a nice expiration, he wasn't
one of the cats who had turned on their leader at the last meting but Goldenpaw had a bad feeling about
how he'd react... At least Lizardfrost, Plumstrom and Tumblepaw hadn't arrived... yet..

[Open]

[starry]

[ @/spade ]

Mistypaw gasped as she heard a voice. Kestrelstar. Was he back now? Oh, great. So the all-mighty leader who had killed clanmates was back. Where had he been? He'd pretty much let down his whole clan. Not good. "Where have you been?," she demanded halfheartedly.

[~whirl~]

Dawnkit went over, curious

[Willie Warf]

Snowstripe and featherpaw gathered wandering what happened and was glad at the leader return
Stonefoot limped into camp, sitting by Snowstripe. He looked to KestralStar, fear still lining his eyes, hoping his bestie hadn't encountered the rouge group.

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw, The Struggling Actress in Training of Riverclan |

Tired, exhausted. . .just, augh. Everything happening had genuinely began to take her toll on her, the attack at the meeting, just, life was becoming a blur, like her spotlight and audience were dimming out of existence. Sure, she knew her clanmates were existent, but it was hard to properly take actual notice of them.

Then, she heard a call she hadn't expected to hear, not knowing if she was displeased of excited for the kestrel's return, she went to the Streamstone, trying to keep her mental exhaustion hidden, but when a mask is broken, it can be hard to repair. Honestly, it was obvious that she wasn't doing well, but it was also apparent that she didn't want help, was this normal when you get older?

[Open, Whitepaw may be difficult to interact with though.]

[Rapid]

"Welcome back" said Shalloweyes

[Raven~]

Palebrook
The sound of Kestrelstar’s voice brought Palebrook into the clearing, where she gasped at the sight of him. He was back. The cat who had killed so many cats for really no purpose. She went over to the Streamstone, not sure how this was going to play out, and hoping Kestrelstar wouldn’t do anything he would regret.

Frostpaw
He was back! Kestrelstar was finally back! Frostpaw rushed out of the apprentice’s den, her heart soaring. She had missed the RiverClan leader. The Clan hadn’t been the same since he had left. Splashleap had tried to be leader, but she hadn’t done it nearly as well as Kestrelstar. Splashleap wasn’t commanding enough. But now that Kestrelstar was back, everything would be fine again.
(Open)

[.Lucky.]

Oh no. Oh no, no, no. This was bad! Why was everyone so angry? Why were people glaring at Kestrelstar? Turtlekit was practically flattened against the wall of the nursery, his unsteady gaze focused on the crowd around him. Dont move....dont move.... dont move... they can smell fear, so just. Dont. Move. Wait! No, he wasnt scared! Pffft! Nope! No way, no how! He was brave and big and strong! Especially big! He was very big!

Pushing away from the wall and shaking out his spiked fur (that totally wasnt from being afraid, nope), he took a deep breath in and stepped towards the crowd. Since he was in the back, he had to practically bounce up and down in order to see properly.

[ open ]

[wolfie]

open for interaction <3 //
Wormbite wasn't entirely sure how he was supposed to feel now that Kestrelstar was back. Previously he had been convinced he was going to have to start calling Splashleap, Splashstar. The first thing that ran through his head was that ah, he was going to claw Kestrelstar's face off as a welcoming gift. The second was that oh. Starclan did him send on the prophecy. Which resulted in Wormbite glaring at the sky for a few. Fish-brains.

A tired sigh escaped him, he did feel relief. The warrior wouldn't wish death on any of his clanmates -- even if currently he held distaste for Kestrelstar. Wormbite had said he could give him an chance to prove himself. At least perhaps now Riverclan could begin to go back to normal. [Despite the now looming threat of Shadowclan - ugh. ] Wormbite took a seat near the back, his tail curling over his paws.

"He lives! " He meowed, sarcasm so heavy dripping from his tone you would believe that Kestrelstar was a dead man. Amber hues fixated on the ground as he listened for him to continue.

[gs29513]

Well. Look what the cat dragged in. Splashleap chuckled internally, dipping her head to Kestrelstar as he thanked her(Oh how she wanted to hit him right then) and shot him a venomous glare as he clambered to the top of the Streamstone. Maybe it was unreasonable. Maybe she should be calmer, more collected, maybe this was why she was having problems. But she was bitter. Bitter because he got to go and follows this prophecy no one else knew about and she got to deal with a defunct medicine cat, kill a cat, and have Blizzardsky try and usurp her position. SO YEAH. Maybe a little bitter. But showing it, screaming at him as much as she wanted to, could wait. For now, decent. Decency decency decency, then let it out in private. Or keep bottling it up, shelve it back where it belonged. In the back of her mind, slowly bubbling up into a volcano that would someday explode.

[Madelaine]

-->Minnowkit

The small three week old kitten had been inside the nursery when she watched as some queens left. Before a voice rang out. Was that why everybody was leaving. Hearing that someone told her to stay put, didn't quite stop her. There she went sloppily out of the nursery. She was still getting used to her legs. Everything was so odd to her.

Minnowkit went underneath a few cats legs to get to the front. Before she had a chance to get there her feet ached. She had never walked this far before. She flopped down and laid down. Hearing a few cats talk she looked around. Maybe she wouldn't be spotted.

// open for interaction \\

[windtail]

silverpaw walked into the clearing and saw that kestrelstar was back

[Silverfur & Co]

Stonefoot limped into camp, sitting by Snowstripe. He looked to KestralStar, fear still lining his eyes, hoping his bestie hadn't encountered the rouge group.


Snowstripe looked at him and sighed "I'm ok"

[shaded shadow]

rainingpaw walked over to the group of cats well kestrelstars back but then she thought she cought the sent of outsiders dont tell me he´s brought more nonclan cats back she thought to herself didnt they have enought already
(open)

[~whirl~]

Dawnkit went over to Rainingpaw. "Hi!" She chirped, excited. She wondered where Kestrelstar had been. ( shaded shadow)

[Shade.]

Lizardfrost had been sitting around half-heartedly. There was an almost frustrated glint in her eye. She felt all...wrong inside. She usually didn't feel much, but, ever since Snakeheart's blatant accusations she couldn't shake off a feeling, a feeling of failure. She hated failing. But this time, it was different. It felt like...someone else was failing. Little did the confused she-cat know, this was called disappointment.
Her eyes suddenly dashed up to a familiar voice. Kestrelstar was back?! Her legs instinctively carried her to the meeting like a good little warrior. Her expression was that of mild shock, an impressive deviation from the usual stony look. Suddenly, her insides felt even more wrong. Almost angry.

[~Fierce~]

~Streampelt, the blood hater~
Streampelt was near the camp walls, thinking of his own things. He was still remembering the Shadowclan raid a few days prior. He didn't go. He couldn't. His fear of blood was starting to grow stronger after moons of controlling it and he didn't know how he would fair in his next encounter with blood. He couldn't afford to find out in the thick of a battle.

A strange scent hit his nostrils like it was being shoved into his face. Strange unfamiliar smells, but there was Riverclan smell in there. His green orbs that were his eyes flicked towards the camp entrance and his ears pricked up in surprise as he saw Kestrelstar in a mass of unfamiliar cats, with Stormtalon being the only recognizable one. Streampelt slowly stood up from his spot and padded over to the Streamstone at the leader's call for a clan meeting.

~Fiercepaw, the lonely outcast~
Fiercepaw was inside the apprentices den, taking a light nap. She had some scars from the Shadowclan raid, the wound on her shoulder being the worst out of all of them but she would manage. She had decided to rest, let her energy fill up and her body to recover. She didn't want to risk getting a more permanent injury if it were possible. She wanted to be her strongest self when helping her clan.

She jerked awake quickly once she heard a sort of familiar voice call a clan meeting. It took some moments of processing before she padded out of the den and towards the Streamstone, a light smile on her face. Kestrelstar was back! She had confidence in him and she never stopped hoping that he would come back. Now that it was finally here, her hoping could falter and have her mind and heart enjoy having him back.

~Shykit, the unspeakable cat~
Shykit had "stolen" a small fish so she could eat it. She had grown used to eating prey after her milk supplier had gone. It still brought a pang to her heart whenever she though of her mother but the pain had ebbed away a bit once Dustkit was back. She liked having him around and wanted to spend as much time with him as possible in case something happened.

She lifted her head from her fish, a piece of it dangling disgustingly from her mouth. She quickly ate it before looking up at the Streamstone. It was Kestrelstar. She didn't know him that well but knew that he was a very important cat in the clan and that he had been missed. But now he was back! She finished the rest of her fish before quickly padding towards the Streamstone to take a spot next to her father. She looked around for her brother.
:heartbounce: Starry :heartbounce:

~Lavenderkit, the one who's lost it all~
Lavenderkit was close to the medicine cat's den, her tail wrapped around her paws. She didn't like the nursery anymore and liked being near the medicine cat's den. She had found out that it was a place that she hadn't searched bugs for and spent her time looking outside the den for any that appeared. Also, she was worried about Snakie. His breakdown a few days prior was really concerning and she didn't like being away from him too long.

She got a bit taller as she stood up from her sitting position. A cat had called a meeting. She remembered what a meeting was and liked listening to the information that was said. She hesitantly padded towards the Streamstone and sat down again, her tall legs making her seem tall still.
{If you want Snakeheart to pop up or something :heartbounce: Rani :heartbounce:}

[Shade.]

Lotusheart, in some sense of the name, lifted an eyebrow. So, he was back. The snowy she-cat had kept a low profile since many of the cats here would perhaps rather not welcome her back, although, if they'd learned anything from recent events, perhaps they'd be more lenient. The massive white cat looked at her pelt. It was dusty. She hadn't quite reestablished her old grooming habits. Oh well, this would do. Let's see what Failurestar had to say.

[shaded shadow]

Dawnkit went over to Rainingpaw. "Hi!" She chirped, excited. She wondered where Kestrelstar had been.

rainingpaw noticed the kit come up to her and rolled her eyes i dont know were kesterlstar has been she said

goldkit noticed dawnkit talking with an older apprentice and walked over hello he said to dawnkit
Whirlpaw

[error]

/Silverflight\

The silver she-cat came over, and sat next to Wormbite. As he made his remark she couldn’t help but laugh a bit, Kestrelstar really seemed to be gone for what felt like forever, it was as if he was dead. She looked up to the Streamstone, listening carefully.

x ghostie

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§Maple§

The russet she-kit looked around at the other ex-rouges. They were going to be announced as warriors, kits, and apprentices anytime soon. Although she was going to leave her life as a free roamer, she was more than excited to enter the new “Riverclan.”

[ChillyCiabattas]

Fallingsky lifted her head and moved towards the leader. "I'm here." She meowed to nobody.

[Akira]

Hazewhisker walked over, a bit surprised but said nothing, walking over to gather for the meeting.

[Rani]

In the wake of his breakdown Snakeheart felt like that first thin ice that frosted over the puddles. Cold, weak, fragile, useless and destined to not stay and fade before the stronger ice replaced it. The medicine cat was slowly slowly getting better day by day but even he knew that this would take time and care even if caring for himself or even just allowing others to care for him was foreign to him. He'd been allowing others to help to care with the same terrified cation that a trapped bird might, always one wrong move from flight and fleeing even though he unlike the bird lacked wings and so was trapped and helpless. Still through fear and the strange experience of letting others do for him he generally did for them it was slowly showing returns, actually eating and sleeping properly meant some of the weakness in his limbs was fading and he felt more present and aware. The awareness was double bladed yes he was over analyzing things once more but he wasnt stumbling half thinking through life so.....


Urg it was just weird and terrifying and he felt so so fragile and ready to break again strength stripped from him exposing who he really was to the open air. Some cats actually cared for him, the entire camp had to know about his breakdown by now, and kes was back. Snakeheart didnt know how to feel about that last one with all the emotions it evoked. He- he couldnt deal with trying to process that right now it was probably better to just take in the information and then maybe talk it through with one of the cats he trusted more then his own mind.


So, in his first visible public appearance since he lost his mind in the middle of camp Snakeheart hesitantly poked his nose then head out of the medicine cats den. It was proper to go to the front, to be a strong public figure but..... He wasnt strong he looked horrible and defiantly couldnt manage that it was just too much for him right now. So halfway out of his den and fully ready to retreat he braced himself against the entrance for the support trying so hard to ignore whatever eyes cast over to him.

~Fierce~ (if you want lav to notice him kinda hiding she can come over if not totally ok and this is open to any of the support squad that helped snake!)

[~whirl~]

rainingpaw noticed the kit come up to her and rolled her eyes i dont know were kesterlstar has been she said

goldkit noticed dawnkit talking with an older apprentice and walked over hello he said to dawnkit
Whirlpaw

"Okay?" She said. "Hi, Goldkit!" Dawnkit chirped , excited agian. She smiled at him, before mewing "Race ya to.. that moss patch! ''She said, taking off.

[shaded shadow]

"Okay?" She said. "Hi, Goldkit!" Dawnkit chirped , excited agian. She smiled at him, before mewing "Race ya to.. that moss patch! ''She said, taking off.

Goldkit
ok said goldkit as he took off after dawnkit toward the moss patch
Whirlpaw

rainingpaw
rainingpaw rolled her eyes as the kits ran off and then turned back to look at kestrelstar he left why was he back she thought.

[Peril]

Cherryflight | Open | Streamstone alone
The molly bounded towards the crowd of cats, excited for Kestralstar to be back. He had been gone for so long! She stayed standing in the middle of the small pond of cats, trying to catch a glimpse of RiverClan's leader. She was so absorbed in trying to see Kestralstar, she almost fell over a few times. She hummed a little and sat down, after catching a glimpse or two of her leader's tabby pelt, of course.

[~Fierce~]

~Lavenderkit, the one who's lost it all~
Lavenderkit was still keeping both eyes on the medicine cat's den, her blue and green eyes anxious to see if Snakie would come out. No, anxious wouldn't work for this. Lavenderkit had to just be...Lavenderkit. So, she concentrated on letting her personality arise, her playfulness fill her body, fill a sparkle in her eyes. If needed, she would cheer Snakie up.

Speaking of Snakie, there he was! First a nose, then his head. Lavenderkit let out a wide smile and bounded back towards the medicine cat's den, stopping just a bit ways away in case Snakie needed some space. She let out a soft giggle, not a full-on laugh. Start slow. "Hi Snakie! Have you heard? There's a clan meeting. Why don't you come out? We can go together if you like. I can even sit with you or you can sit with me, whichever one you prefer. I'll be with you whenever you want me there." She mewed, a hint of happiness in her voice. She wanted to cheer Snakie up but not too much.
:heartbounce: Rani :heartbounce:

[Sklee]

Amberpaw ran over as fast as she could. Kestralstar was back!!! And with him, surely there would stop being so much fighting!!! At the very least, no one should end up dead again.

[alaskaa]

Obviously, Hazelpaw absolutely WAS going to show up to her first Clan meeting. With quick pawsteps, the new apprentice padded over to the Streamstones, where the other RiverClan cats were. The majority of them looked... hostile. Why did the cats look so angry? Pelt bristling, eyes sparking with anger... really, Hazelpaw had completely no idea what was going on. But that was reasonable anyways, because she was fairly new. She sat down and curled her tail around her paws, waiting for the meeting to start.

[Ian]

Shimmerpaw stayed towards the back of the group of cats, not wanting to get caught up in all the hostilities, but still wanting to see Kestrelstar and be able to hear what he had to say. She would be lying to herself if she said she hadn't felt betrayed when the leader left them to fend for themselves. Cats had died while he was gone, and he should have been there to protect them and lead them like he was supposed to. Even though the young molly felt like this, she was still happy the leader had returned. It most likely would have been much worse if he hadn't, although things most certainly would be different now.

With those thoughts out of the way, Shimmerpaw perked her ears in interest as she waited for whatever it was Kestrelstar had to say.

[Nixey]

~Dawnwhisper~
Stretched out amongst the shady area of Riverclan clearing, Dawnwhispers sides rose and fell slowly with little breath escaping their muzzle. Comfort had enveloped their mind, relaxing their shoulders as water still tugged at their thick pelt from their earlier swim. Though, upon a scent, one familiar, but one they hadn’t smelled in awhile, had drifted into camp, Dawnwhisper had opened their eyes before hurrying towards the Streamstone to listen to the leader.
~Reedpaw~
Slipping out of the apprentice den, Reedpaw padded towards the stone as she looked up towards Kestrelstar.

[~whirl~]

Goldkit
ok said goldkit as he took off after dawnkit toward the moss patch
Whirlpaw

rainingpaw
rainingpaw rolled her eyes as the kits ran off and then turned back to look at kestrelstar he left why was he back she thought.

Dawnkit kept running towards the mosspatch.

[alaskaa]

As she waited for the Clan meeting to start, Hazelpaw heard the cats around murmur and growl softly. She pricked her ears, straining to hear and well... eavesdrop.
Oh, right. When Hazelpaw had first been born as a kit in RiverClan, a cat named Splashleap had been in charge, not Kestrelstar, the actual leader of RiverClan. Hazelpaw still didn't know why, but she knew vaguely that Kestrelstar had gone off somewhere or something, fulfilling something. Now that was probably why RiverClan was so mad at their leader - he'd abandoned his Clan!

Hazelpaw half-expected herself to feel little prickles of anger at that, and she sort-of did. Her pelt grew slightly hot with annoyance mixed with anger. She was pretty sure leaders weren't supposed to go gallivanting around and leave their Clan behind! Thoughts crashed around wildly like a stormy, windy night that was bitterly cold. Hazelpaw tried to quickly hustle her anger back into the dark corners of her brain, but now that she'd been triggered, there was no way of getting rid of the anger. Hazelpaw sighed, half furiously and half sadly, and did her very best to cool her temper down, as she did not want to have an angry outburst in front of her new Clanmates.

[elswhere]

Birchtrout | Peril

The green gaze of Birchtrout landed on the cats that had followed behind Kestrelstar, his pelt bristled slightly, but his face showed no emotion as they took their place beside Stormtalon. Birchtrout heaved a small sigh and found a spot beside Cherryflight, a cat he knew nothing of but only her name and extremely optimistic attitude. Maybe he could make friends out of the mollie.


Well, he hoped.


"Um.. Cherryflight, correct?" He asked the ginger feline, wrapping his black-striped tail around his paws. "I'm Birchtrout."

[poppy]

Wow.
Dolly had never seen so many cats! They were all staring at Kessy, who looked calm and cool and confident. HOW?! She was shaking in her skin, and the majority of the gathering cats hadn't hardly noticed her yet! As soon as their semi-hostile but also curious stares were fixed on hers, she'd probably wet herself or something like that. As much as she trusted the authoritative tom who had brought her here to life with him, this was nerve racking. Though not entirely outside of her comfort zone, and she had certainly been in more awkward situations before, (like that time she was trying to climb up a Bareskin fence and literally fell on top of that housecat... ha ha, that was actually pretty funny!), this one seemed... more stiff. There wasn't much room for error, and that was possibly the most terrifying part.

Some of the cats gathering were whispering amongst themselves, and Dolly heard so strange sounding names. Like... like... well, she didn't remember them, because she didn't think they mattered much, but now that she thought more about it, it did matter! Because she would be living with these cats now! Hm. That didn't sound as exciting now that she had seen them. She had imagined one big ol happy group of cats, like a huge family! And Kessy was kind of the sort of grandpa of everyone, even though he was pretty much Dawn's age. Dawn was old enough to have kits, obviously, Dolly was proof of that, but these cats weren't looking very jolly. Maybe they didn't like Kessy?! No, some looked happy to see him, and others didn't look very sure of their emotions. So maybe they were thrilled! Maybe this was some weird Sept thing, where some of the cats liked to act mad when they were really actually happy. Or perhaps they were just surprised to see Kessy, he had been gone for a while. Yeah, that was probably it.

Kessy was so popular though. Everyone in the whole entire place noticed him as soon as he walked into camp and jumped onto that big rock. And he seemed to have a powerful hold over them, like they had to listen to him. Maybe Kessy had super powers! Wouldn't that be something? Hm... Wait a second. That wasn't right, because Dolly didn't feel like she had to look at him. She WANTED to look at him, and there was a clear difference. Like, she could look away if she wanted to. Wait... could she?

Her smile fading a little, curving into a small, anxious frown, she willed her head to move to face away from Kessy. And lo and behold, her head moved. Phew, she could still control her body. That meant everyone else could, too. So they just must really like listening to him talk, then. She was sure she would too. Especially when he announced her joining, like he said he would. He had also mentioned her getting a "Clan name". (Clan was what he called the septs, right? She would have to get used to that!). Why couldn't her regular name be okay? She quite liked her name, and it would feel strange to not have her name be 'Dolly'. It would be like she was a total stranger! Hopefully she would be able to be recognizable when she had her new name, or then she would have to explain who she was all over again. Would herself remember who she was? Maybe her brain wouldn't realize that 'Clan-name' was still Dolly.

WAIT, but what if the new name changed her insides, too?! Like, maybe she would have a different sense of humor, maybe she would be smarter.... maybe she would be mean? No, that was... ridiculous. Hopefully ridiculous. Hopefully unrealistic, too. Plus, she didn't even think she had the capacity to be mean.

The thought of Kessy announcing her name to all those cats sent a sudden wave of nerves over her. Actually, maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe they would yell at her and chase her away. Would Kessy let them, or would he make them let her stay? If no one liked her, then she wouldn't want to stay, because then she would be lonely. But if she left, then she would be super, super lonely. But loneliness surrounded by other cats who were making you feel lonely was different then not being around any cats because you couldn't find them.

Dolly hoped this would be ending good for her. And her other fellow outsiders.

[littlelove]

Morningpaw knew the instant she heard his call that Kestrelstar was back. She'd never admit it, but part of her secretly hoped the leader would stay gone; maybe bring his bloodthirsty ideals to some other group of cats who would be more agreeable with it. She wanted to bury her head as she considered the near-fantasy; how could she think that, ever? A pit of guilt settled in her stomach from the previous days. Even if Stormtalon said her anger was deserved, she still hated that she had it, with her entire soul.

She stepped wearily into the clearing, where the leader stood high upon the Streamstone; the crowd was ominously quiet other than the small chorus of welcomes from the kinder of her clanmates. Part of her wished she could be with that crowd, her placid, kind mask being permanent. Even then, she remained silent as she took a seat at the back end of the group, her eyes scanning curiously over- were those rogues?

A bit of her loathing was dashed away, replaced by curiosity. What was this all about?

[shaded shadow]

Dawnkit kept running towards the mosspatch.

goldkit ran toward the mosspatch trying to run past dawnkit not really paying attention to what was happing at the meeting
Whirlpaw

[~whirl~]

goldkit ran toward the mosspatch trying to run past dawnkit not really paying attention to what was happing at the meeting
Whirlpaw
Dawnkit ran to, grinning, as she neared the mosspatch. "Heh! Goldkit! I'm gonna win!" She called, slowing for the fraction of a second.

[shaded shadow]

Dawnkit ran to, grinning, as she neared the mosspatch. "Heh! Goldkit! I'm gonna win!" She called, slowing for the fraction of a second.

no your now said goldkit as he ran pasted dawnkit with all the speed he could muster
Whirlpaw

[~whirl~]

no your now said goldkit as he ran pasted dawnkit with all the speed he could muster
Whirlpaw
"I am!" Dawnkit called,, running as fast as she could, "I won't lose!" She kept running as fast as she could

[Storm Flower]

Stormkit was sitting Whirlpaw

[~whirl~]

Dawnkit looked at Stormkit, stopping, before looking at the mosspatch and racing toward it agian. Stormycat

[Storm Flower]

Stormkit purred Whirlpaw