RiverClan's Trials

[Yoshdo]

Originally Posted by Neptune.

Larkwing
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24 moons || she/her || RiverClan Warrior || Kitty Softpaws, Mind Reader, Beefed Up T2
scarred, scrawny dilute tortoiseshell; green eyes

Her offer was accepted... For a moment, Larkwing pauses in place - she'd been half expecting to be ignored, but Fadingsun had given her a chance. Bravebolt was under her charge, and looking for [them] in the crowd, the former RiverClan leader lays eyes on the feline and steps over, weaving her way through the crowd even as she feels eyes prickling her pelt with anxiety.

"I'm Larkwing," she introduces, voice low, "I'll assess your skills after this meeting." She's finished her introduction by the time Fadingsun continues, this time, he does address her return - along with Wormbite, a respectable cat she never had many chances to really know. But, as her leader's loud, clear voice talks specifically about her, Larkwing can't help the way she shrinks back, ears flattening self consciously and tail wrapping around her paws.

Green eyes dart around the gathered cats, trying to decipher whatever it is they're thinking, trying to gauge their reactions. Her intentions had been mostly to lay low, to not draw unnecessary attention, but she'd known she would likely get announced, too. So far no one's baying for her blood... that's good. Small victories.

[ @Yoshdo - bravebolt ]

"Ok", Bravebolt replied, with a nod.

[Snowy the Ghost]

Featherkit lounged. Hollytail lounged.

[Fritter]

Skirmish
The Atari / No Purrks /34 moons/ he-him

Skirmish’s gaze was fixed on his paws, paws that would shuffle over one another in constant ceaseless rhythm. Wrinkling his nose as he watched his paws move and flow across one another- a repetitive little fidgety action he was failing to cease- he made a slow and clumsy attempt to stand, his face stung from the preying claws of a plant that had nicked his face with it’s thorns and spikes. Bloodthirsty bushes were an annoying but common occurrence for Skirmish, he hated being pricked by them with all of his might and heart. His eyes fluttered at the sudden refocusing of thoughts and his gaze skittered over those in camp, blinking slowly and it was only a moment after his eyelids had found themselves completely closed! He was admittedly tired but he wasn’t going to be so dim and blunt as to expose such, he was angrier tired and he considered this a chance to relax within camp. He did so much battling and training his moves it wasn’t necessarily easy to catch rest. This wasn’t to say that skirmish wasn’t undeniably proud of who he was and proud to be awake, he’d be loyal until his paws fell off and shrivelled up and there was nothing left to break apart for the crown.

His focus did this all the time, it would give him a train of thought and the previous actions slipped away into the wind, this is a moment where he missed his focused sense of self in battle. Battle was the true essence of being a claw, battling and blood, feeling the freshly torn scarlet streaks of blood flow over his claws as he tore toward victory for the crown. Just the thought of such prompted a satisfied smile to settle upon his face. Skirmish turned his attention skyward, watching the weather for a moment, although he wasn’t setting tasks to do nor was set one his mind had decided upon doing so anyhow, setting tasks like watching the weather or scanning the clearing with the uttermost suspicion held upon his face, to keep him occupied. All the while his claws were snagging at the dirt and whatever was below his claws he could get a hook on, tearing and sinking into it. It was more another idle action than a trail of his usual violent thoughts.

Skirmish’s tail was a lashing back and forth of pent up emotion, there was always something being bottled up uncontrollably with skirmish. It was unfortunately an addition to his “poor temper”. Trying to capture and pressure all the more extreme feelings into more subtle movements like tearing at everything around him or lashing his tail. Skirmish wasn’t sure where his thoughts were going today, but they seemed to be keen on analysing everything about himself, and he was pretty okay with that. As long as his temper didn’t burst he was all good. Speaking of tempers he rose to leave for the territory, he wanted to go ahead and refine his fighting skills just incase. Maybe catch something to eat as well.

[Open if anyone wants to disturb his path to the territory^^]

[gs29513]

Marigoldpaw! Snailpaw! Pikepaw! Splashleap remembered how to do that much at least. Cheer for the new apprentices, and celebrate the journey they were about to embark upon. And there were about to be new warriors too. So promising, so full of life, even in the mess they had gotten themselves into as a clan. She wasn't like that. Maybe she had once been, she had been the deputy even, but now. Now she was the returned failure, albeit one the clan seemed to have forgotten unlike Larkwing. She could have been there. She could be standing where Fadingsun stood, because Pikestar was long gone and she would have been next. But she had failed, had stepped down and then disappeared. And while, as a warrior, she was supposed to do the best thing for the clan, it was a bit sad. She had been so ambitious as a kit, and then she had allowed that to all drain away into failure and nothingness. Just a ghost to haunt her in her weaker moments. Splashleap seemed to have a lot of those these days. But she had to move past them, or at least try to. Cheer for the new warriors, support them, as they went on to great things. And the new leaders. Leadership. Whatever. Do her job as a warrior. Which, right now, meant being ready to cheer for the new warriors and fight whatever might come and try to kill them next because something definitely would. (OPEN)

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Spider-in-the-corner

leech shrugged "Well the clans have different roles like leader who well leads the clan then the have the deputy who helps the leader the two are like the crown and claw of the crown" he meowed "Then we have medicine cats who heal the clan and have a connection to Starclan, then we have warriors who fight,hunt,track ect" he pointed out "we have queens who take care of kits and apprentices who train to be warriors" he meowed telling about how the clans work

"Ah." said Cloud. Good information to know. "How did you get your name? And how do names work in the clans?"

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Mizu

"Ah." said Cloud. Good information to know. "How did you get your name? And how do names work in the clans?"

leech smiled "well our mothers name us after we are born like I use to be called leechkit the leechpaw never got my warrior name I left before then" he said "how your names work?" he asked


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[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Tallstar

SPIARLTAIL-25 Moons

“Oh well during the war I had come across Fadingstar where a fox had started attacking and we scared it off well it wasn’t just me but you get the point..Then I was granted permission to join riverclanhe said not going into too much detail
@Mizu

"Uh...." Starrypaw paused. "I-I'm not that brave, not like you. The other cats who liked to hang around the twolegplace that the clan stayed, they were there before you came, they liked to harass me. So I joined that clan for protection, that and so I could be able to eat. I almost starved, living all by myself..... I wish I could be a brave warrior, like you."

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by constellation

REDWATER
// RC // She/Her // Warrior/Mentor // 20 Moons //

<DATE:after Starrypaw was apprenticed (sorry I was busy)>

Redwater smiled softly. “Hunting; fishing, stuff like that, fighting, and swimming. Assuming there are rivers here…” the barren landscape didn’t seem like a good, marshy place for fishing and swim lessons. “You’ll be great.”

[ @Mizu — Starrypaw ]

"Uh...." Starrypaw wasn't so sure about her 'doing great'. "I almost drowned as a kit. In a shallow pool, too. I was only 2 moons old. I really don't like water a lot."

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Spider-in-the-corner

leech smiled "well our mothers name us after we are born like I use to be called leechkit the leechpaw never got my warrior name I left before then" he said "how your names work?" he asked


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"We keep the same names from birth until we die. I was born Cloud and am Cloud now as an initaite. I will be Cloud when I become either a Claw or a Trapper." Hmm, perhaps calling another cat a 'kit' would be insulting. Good to know. "Aren't the changes confusing?"

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Mizu

"We keep the same names from birth until we die. I was born Cloud and am Cloud now as an initaite. I will be Cloud when I become either a Claw or a Trapper." Hmm, perhaps calling another cat a 'kit' would be insulting. Good to know. "Aren't the changes confusing?"

leech shrugged "The name change takes getting use to but after a while its easy to have a new name" he said

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