~[The Quietest Sanctuary]~ (OPEN)

[GreenTheGreat]

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✦Mumble's Den✦
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Hidden amongst the tree-line is a little burrow, covered in brambles that let the light shine through. A moss nest sits in this den, with a plethora of other trinkets and such to make the area more cozy, such as feathers, pebbles, tufts of fur, and a lot more.
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✦Mumble✦
They/Them | 7 Moons | Loner
Chocolate cat with lighter markings on their belly and vitiligo splotches.

[Quietheart]

Minnow

|36 Moons|

A slender form banked and turned between the surrounding trees, careful to keep its silver fur close to camouflaging grey rocks that littered the surroundings. Most of the area around him consisted of useless mounds of earth, and wood that was a light or dark brown hue. It's a good thing I already managed to snag some prey, this terrain will do me no favors. His dark green eyes squinted smugly as he noticed a secluded spot pinned between two grey sheets of rock. A rabbit hung limply from his mouth. I suppose that will have to do. Normally he would have preferred a spot with three sides of natural cover, but he took solace in the fact that their were not many cats as small as he was. He slipped neatly and carefully between the opening provided by the two wedged walls, dropping his catch in front of his paws. Minnow took a careful whiff of the air, and noticed the fresh scent of another loner on the air. Mousedung! How did I not notice earlier? Must've been the rabbit...

He looked down at his kill disdainfully as if had just risen up from the dead and nipped his paws. The tom tilted his head upward to look at a small crevice above. It wasn't much but he knew a cat could attack him from above given the right circumstances. "Tchhh.." Air slid between his teeth in displeasure, but Minnow was careful to keep it near silent. How was he supposed to eat if he knew another cat was skulking around. The same scent was intermingling quite often, with some trails being fresher than others. That likely meant one thing... They must have a den nearby, that would explain what I'm smelling. Darn and I was hungry too. How was he supposed to eat now? He couldn't not while knowing he was so close to another loner who could jump him at any moment. He stood alertly on all fours, an idea suddenly striking him. I'll leave some of the prey in a visible spot to draw them out, and find out what their intentions are.

Minnow began rapidly digging with his forepaws until he had a hole that was just big enough for his rabbit. Once that was done he tore a decent chunk out from its flank. He slipped out from between the two rocks and placed the piece of flank in the center of the clearing, being very mindful not to lead a trail of blood back to his hiding spot. He snipped bits of fur off the bait, and scattered it around the meat, mixing in smatterings of blood to make it more believable that the hare had been hunted there. Minnow carefully cleaned his own paws then shuffled them through the dirt in the opposite direction of his hiding place to make it seem as if he had been scared off from his catch. He walked back towards his safe haven and dragged his tail behind him purposefully wiping away anything that might lead this loner to him. Soon the lithe silver tom had slid back into the covering of the two grey walls, where he shoved the remainder of the rabbit in the hole quickly covering it with dirt.

Finally he pressed his back into the cover of the wall on the right, and peered through the small opening that allowed him to see where he had dropped the bait. He'd rather not fight any unnecessary battles, and with this plan he could observe if this unknown feline was a foe or not. If it turned out to be unsafe he would simply slink away, and retrieve the majority of his food later. It was too bad about the piece of flank he'd used, but sacrifices sometimes needed to be made.

@GreenTheGreat

[Badwolf]

[Fluffy]
Kit|5 moons|Kittypet

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Fluffy yawns as he pads over to Mumble's den. "Are we there yet..." He pauses.

"Food!" He meows, eyes brightening. "I think?" Being previously kittypet, he only knew the scent smelled delicious, but he wasn't sure. It also smelled foreign. "Fish or bird?" He would very much like a snack before he fell asleep grooming his pretty fur.

Tags:
@GreenTheGreat /Mumble
@Quietheart /Minnow

[Cherry_Blossom]

Iris stumbled over. She was recently rejected by TwilightStar from joining windclan. So hungry..... Her ribs were showing. Shs hadn't had a good piece of prey in days. @GreenTheGreat

[SilverFur.]

@GreenTheGreat

Silverfur would twitch her nose. Then her tail as she scented other cats. Perfect, this was a good sign. Moving forward she would flick her tail heading towards the den. She would get a few tail lengths away from the entrance and then stop putting the kit she was carrying down. "Now I wonder if I find you're mother in this den" she would grumble, maybe she should have taken the brown she-kit back to Twilightstar to figure out what to do, never mind this wasn't a windclan kit so it should be returned to a loner.

@Blossom Cry

She would tilt her head glancing over at Iris, she was a she cat but well rather underfed, a possible candidate for abandoning a kit it occurred to her. "Missy, this one of yours?" she calls out to her, flicking her fluffy tail. She would sit up and glance at her, despite being windclan she smelled like she had been away from the camp for half a moon or so but still behaved like a clan cat. She would eye the kit as it started making a fuss and would begin to lick it. "settle down now, I'm looking for you're mother" she would grumble, it was going to be a long moon.

[GreenTheGreat]

(whoa so many people!!! I'll get to this soon don't you guys worry!!!!!)

[Cherry_Blossom]

"No." Iris said. "I don't think I would even be able to care for a kit when I can't care for myself." @SilverFur.

[Badwolf]

[Fluffy]
Kit|5 moons|Kittypet

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Fluffy's eyes widen. What the... so many cats? Just like this? He freezes in the middle of taking a bite of the prey. Mother? Now what was that?

"What's a mother?" Fluffy asks curiously. Being kittypet, he'd never seen his mother, and he didn't know of such a term. "You mean Housefol- Twoleg?" He corrects himself.

Tags:
@Blossom Cry /Iris
@SilverFur. /Silverfur
@GreenTheGreat /Mumble

[SilverFur.]

@Blossom Cry

Tilts her head at her and would smile. "Well I can offer you a few pointers, you need to sort that fur out for a start, give it a good groom. Make you feel nice, if you don't look nice then no one going to want to treat you nice. Secondly, you just need to figure out the hard stuff, like getting food" she would smile. "You'll get there once you find your paws" she would purr.

@Badwolf

Blinks at the tom. "Like the one meant to be looking after this scrap of fur. Well I take care of it till I figure out who the mother is. I not sure why you think the twolegs would have it, possible but that doesn't help me trying to give them back, twolegs are crazy and you shouldn't get close to them or their monster beasts"

[GreenTheGreat]

✦Mumble✦
They/Them | 8 Moons | Loner
Chocolate cat with lighter markings on their belly and vitiligo splotches.
[ @Quietheart @Badwolf @Blossom Cry @SilverFur. ]
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Mumble approached their den shortly after Fluffy had arrived, the lanky, scrawny cat lazily looking around before realizing how many cats were here?!
Their fur stood up on end, tail and legs straightened as Mumble looked around at all the other cats, utterly shocked.
"I- buh- huh?...." They stuttered, attempting to make sense of the situation
There was so much going on, they didn't know how to process it. Oh, come on! They just made this den! Now they were gonna be chased off!
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