December Gathering

[Moonraven]

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[ @dino. @Starfall @Undertaker @Mica @Rani @taillow @Marigoldwhisper ]

[Moonraven]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

She wasn't certain where to place the fluffy white flakes of ice falling on them. It wasn't quite up to the levels of Dawnstar or Cowardlylion hatred, but it was pretty high on her list of loathings. Twilightstar had purposely stayed hidden within her little hollow, head peeking out in hopes the snow would stop falling and when it didn't she stomped her way out of her nest and ordered her clan to follow behind her before racing out of camp.

By the time they crossed through RiverClan's territory, the snow had stopped falling and when they reached the beach, it looked like the sand had been clothed in a white blanket, however, instead of being warm and inviting it was freezing and slippery. Her nose was frozen solid and stuff her face felt stiff. Twilightstar's ears were pinned so far back against her head that they nearly molded into her skull. Her whiskers twitched frantically, shaking free bites of tiny crystalized ice, as she trotted across the freshly fallen snow.

She stopped at the base of seastones and huffed silently. "Be careful not to slip," She tossed at her medicine cats and deputy and leaped up the stones with unsheathed claws. The frost coating the stones had her paws sliding underneath them. She barely managed to make it up the deputy's perch without faceplanting. The leaders' stone of ice was an entirely different challenge. She leaped onto the higher stone and was immediately ejected off the back when she couldn't find any fiction to stop the momentum from carrying her away.

If she were anything but a cat she'd be in a lot of pain after that fall. Thankfully, Twilightstar landed heavily on all fours with a furious hiss. Her tail was all fluffed up making her look meaner than usual as circled the stones and sat at the base in front of the snowy beach.

"Alright, I tried I'm done." Twilightstar released a foggy sigh. She'd commend the other high ranks if they could get up there and stay on let alone sit. She could do announcements from down here, she'd have to be a little louder. If they could not see or hear, move closer.

"WindClan, who wants to sit with me since I'm staying down here?" Twilightstar called to her clanmates. She figured she leech away their warmth since she couldn't get on the seastones. It's been a while since she's huddled with clanmates and pretended to be penguins. She licked at her tail, working to get her fur to lay flat, and glanced up at the sky to see that the moon was still visible, StarClan's gaze was still on them.
@Rani @Alchemist Kitsune @Dolomedes

WindClan's Arrived

[SillyLittleCherry]

Whiteflame followed slowly behind his leader. He was still a bit shocked. DayWhisper was having kits. His kits. He was excited! But, it made him distracted. He hovered for a second when Twilightstar asked if anyone wanted to sit with her. "I can." Whiteflame dipped his head to the leader. "It's fine if not." @Moonraven @/anyone

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Maplepaw came happily. It was time! Time time time! [OPEN]

[Luna16]

The skinny apprentice was freezing. He could swear that he could feel the chill gripping his very bones like claws. It made him miss the tunnels, at least there the walls seemed to absorb some warmth and he had a shield from the cold death from the skies. Rabbits certainly have the right idea... He wouldn't mind being a rabbit for leaf-bare instead of hunting them honestly. But he knew that was not option of course, just a dream.

Fleetpaw blinked as Twilightstar offered a group huddle for warmth and stepped forward. He didn't have much warmth to offer himself, but he'd gladly give what he could for the cause, especially for Twilightstar. At this point, Dustbunny and Twilightstar were the closest thing Fleetpaw had to mother-figures. He'd lay his life down for either in half a heartbeat. "I-I wouldn't mind s-s-sitting with y-you T-T-Tw-Twilights-star." He meowed, the cold making his stutter even worse.

[SugarHeartzSage]

Tigerpaw would be delighted to sit with his leader, but didn't speak up. She would probably be hostile since he had left.
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Fallenpaw entered the gathering, hoping to see the farmiliar black pelt she had spotted last time before she had left
@seeingstars ; Wormpaw
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Hawkpaw followed his mother and littermates into the gathering
@Luna16
@MangoBearGoGrr
@Splitmoon
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[Rani]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

Crowtooth
Windclan Deputy | He/him | 51 Moons
Power Card: Cold Gust

You see, Crowtooth was smart. Crowtooth was well aware he had both no hops AND no chance against the icy rock, so he wasnt even gonna TRY.

Nope. Instead he was gonna sit his happy little butt on the sand, wincing at Twilightstars fall and gently headbutting the molly, checking to make sure she's not injured.


Crowtooth was an awkward large and clunky creature to begin with, body not built for the usual grace of cats and was already a relatively embarrassing deputy in the span of things. Not that he wasnt competent, he was skilled clever and strong, good at what he does, he just didnt take himself as seriously as high ranks tended to do. A fact that set him apart.
Hence, sometimes unintentionally embarrassing. The difference in the current situation was that he wasnt going to just set himself up for public humiliation by attempting a task he never had a chance at.

The seastone was difficult for him to climb already, it was currently COVERED in ice, nope.


The tom could only think of ONE potential way the windclan high ranks were getting up the damn rock and it was a long shot, so grumbling a "If Dawnstar ignores the warnin' sign o' us not bein' on the rock an' climbs it, my kingdom ta watch her fall flat on 'er nose." Crowtooth grabbed a rock and got started.

Banging his rock against the seastones to chip off the ice the tom would slowly and steadily start trying to carve a path to the seats, nose scrunched at the head rattling sensation.

@Moonraven

[Mica]

Hawkfur
WindClan Fury
he/him | 57 moons
[Russet tabby with tuxedo markings and sky-blue eyes]
Purrks: Flock Together T3, Killer Aptitude T1
⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ The Hanged Man ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
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[Crowtooth - @Rani ] [Gnawingpaw - @Alchemist Kitsune ] [Dandelionpaw - @anika ]
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Hawkfur bounded over the moors and through the small stretch of RiverClan territory that separated them from the Sea Stones, making sure to keep pace with his older and younger apprentices. Their pelts intermingled with their clanmates', melding into a rippling sea of colors turned silver under the full moon. It was frigid tonight, and a cloud of breath trailed behind the large group like smoke. Once they arrived at the beach, Hawkfur had to speak loudly over the wind that ripped at the shore. "This is the Sea Stones. It's unpleasant in Leafbare--" yeah no kidding "but in Greenleaf, it's nice and cool. Careful not to get to close to the waves, aye? They could snatch you away like the hawks and falcons we get on the moors." Even though Dandelionpaw was older than Gnawingpaw, this was her first Gathering too. It seemed WindClan was the first to arrive, but Hawkfur imagined the rest would show up soon. Based on how tense things were last Gathering, Hawkfur was a little more nervous than usual. "Stay close to the clan, but as long as you don't start or participate in fights, you can mingle with the other clans." Hawkfur wasn't a fan of doing that himself, as he generally despised interacting with cats, but maybe the kids would be more interested.

Hawkfur saw Twilightstar's unfortunate fall, the Fury wincing and trotting a little faster towards the stones. She seemed alright, even announcing to the clan that she was looking for cats who would sit with her. Hawkfur chuckled, originally planning on heading over, but it seemed several cats were already on their way. Instead, Hawkfur jogged to join Crowtooth, watching his friend slam his face against the stones with a smaller rock clenched under his teeth. "D'you think you'd get better results by banging that thick skull of yours on the stones, mate?" Despite the teasing tone, there was a genuine crumb of concern for his brother's teeth. "Should lick it to melt it off." That wouldn't cause problems at all. But Hawkfur didn't come up here just to rag on the Deputy. Instead he clawed at the jagged bits of ice Crowtooth had cracked through, tugging pieces off and tossing them into the snowy sand.

[RomanticMangoBear]

Originally Posted by SagetheSnowman

Tigerpaw would be delighted to sit with his leader, but didn't speak up. She would probably be hostile since he had left.
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Fallenpaw entered the gathering, hoping to see the farmiliar black pelt she had spotted last time before she had left
@seeingstars ; Wormpaw
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Hawkpaw followed his mother and littermates into the gathering
@Luna16
@MangoBearGoGrr
@Splitmoon
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Watertail and Blacksky entered
Fernpaw and Sweetpaw entered with there pelts brushing

[Alchemist Kitsune]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

| Lightningstorm |
23 Moons - WindClan Medicine Cat
Flock Together [Tier 3] - Active | Mind Reader - Active | Dreamwalker - Inactive | Katty Krueger - Inactive

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The WindClan medicine cat would openly state that she hated any and every cat that had forced her to come to this gathering if she wasn't freezing her arse off as she walked towards the bloody rocks. It seemed it was only WindClan who had gotten here as of so far, which was not good for her already irritable mood. Between the lack of sleep due to constant migraines wanting to end her, the sick cats in the clan - it seemed like WindClan warriors were no more resilient than kits, which was odd considering you would assume moons of learning to live in the open moors would help them gain some level of tolerance to the change in weather - training her apprentice, and the personal stress that came with her absolute loathing of the impending leafbare, Lightningstorm was not a happy feline right now. Gratefully for WindClan, she wasn't the type to lash out at others just because she wanted to wage war with the weather. The fact that she was currently struggling to keep a straight face at the fact that Crowtooth was banging a rock against the ice that had made Twilightstar skid right off the leader's perch was also helping quite a bit, a snort escaping her even as she sat besides the leader. If the lilac she-cat wasn't going to try and skid her way through ice again, the lithe calico was more than happy to stick close by and steal some of that warmth that she might be getting at the call of her clanmates herself.

"Don't mind me taking you up on that offer there, love," she purred as she shuffled closer to the one eyed molly.

Turning around, the spotted molly twitched her tail to let her apprentice know he was free to join them. After having seen the leader's slip and fall, there was no way she was going to follow suit and land on her arse herself. She wasn't sure if the healer's perch was as frosty, but frankly she didn't care to find out. It was cold enough down here, thank you very much. And after spending so much time all alone in the undergrown tunnels that made her home, she doubted anyone would complain that she was spending some time among her clanmates much like their leader was. And if they were? Well, she could always string along a couple of choice words over where they could place that stick they no doubt kept carrying around with them, now couldn't she? Because to hell with it, Rabbitpaw and her weren't playing the frozen cat sentinel game while Crowtooth and Twilightstar were keeping toasty. Screw that!

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@Moonraven [Twilightstar] | @Dolomedes [Rabbitpaw]

[Rose]

She/Her | Post Count: 3/100

Look. Her first Gathering. And unknown to the creature, this was her one-of-many moments to terrorize Crowtooth. The young apprentice didn't seem to mind the snow - her excess of fur was being merciful as it was - as she followed in her mentor's footsteps. Literally. Like a burr unable to be shook off, Strawberrypaw placed each of her small paws in the exact indentation Crowtooth's much larger ones had left behind in the snow as she trailed a little ways behind him. That was the rule, right? Stay with your mentor? Either the deputy didn't care, or he just hadn't noticed his tiny white shadow.

Until he sat down, that was. Happy wriggling her way between the deputy's front paws, Strawberrypaw tilted her head back to look up at him with wide, completely-totally-not-unblinking-freaky innocent blue eyes. "Teach. Mentor." The second word emerged somewhat of a reminder, just in case he forgot. Dina had told her her mentor was strange. Then she can go back to camp and tell Frostkit(paw) all about the Gathering.

[ @Rani - Crowtooth ]