Evergreen Grotto

[Mica]

Birdecho
ShadowClan Warrior
she/her | 12 moons
[Grey tabby with a dark overcoat, white underside and amber eyes]
Purrks: Lyrebird's Lullaby, Don't Mind if I Do!
⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ The Fool ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
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[Quietraven - @Morrigan ] [Darkpaw - @Rowan ]
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Birdecho snickered at Quietraven's clear confusion, the older of the Ark litter letting her amber gaze drift past her sister and towards the rest of the group. Now where was Darkpaw...?

Oh! There he was. Birdecho flashed the new Aide a grin, though her attention was stolen by Quietraven taking control of the patrol and heading out. Ohoho! Now, that just wouldn't do! Birdecho was assigned as leader of this patrol! She wasn't going to let her siblings outshine her anymore.

Birdecho trotted alongside Quietraven, the chilled forest seeping up through her paws and settling over her pelt like a damp blanket. Once they reached the towering pines of the Evergreen Grotto, Birdecho canted her head over her shoulder to look at her patrolmates. "Moss and cobwebs, simple yeah?" Birdecho glanced at the cat who would be helping her sister in her new role as medicine cat. "If you wanna stick with one of us, go ahead." A flicker of mischief crossed her face. "Though good luck getting a word outta her." Birdecho nudged Quietraven with her shoulder good-naturedly, then trotted off to peel some cold moss from the looming boulders.

Of course everything was wet, and the chilly mist that cloaked the ground had sunk deep into the moss. Birdecho ignored it, too engrossed in emptying her head of the swirling thoughts that had started up when Sleepysunrise called her for a patrol. Her sister... medicine cat. The two previous medicine cats had died, and they had been the cats Birdecho was closest to. Now, the only sibling that actually liked her was medicine cat, so that put a ticking timer over her head. Ah! Rats! She was thinking about it again!

Birdecho shook herself out, a few droplets of dew flying off her fluffy dark coat. She glanced over her shoulder to see if Darkpaw had followed her or chosen her sister--not that it would really matter.

She tugged a piece of moss from the stone, then another.

[Birdecho gained +2 moss!]

[We have an extension to January 3rd! <3]

[GreenTheGreat]

✦Muddypaw✦
She/Her | Shadowclan Apprentice | Master Scout
Brown pointed she with blue eyes and a patch of cream on her belly.
[ @SuspiciousMindz @alec @Rowan ]
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Muddypaw watched and listened, taking in as much as she could. Ok, ok, she got this!
Her head turned and ear flicked as Hawkbite gestured to the other mouse. Ok! She knows how to do this! Muddypaw stalked towards the mouse, making sure to be careful with her steps. She leaned back, ready to pounce, and launched herself at the mouse. However, her loud and heavy pounce had alerted the mouse. It started to scurry off before Muddypaw clumsily landed a pawstep or two from it. She outstretched her paws, hooking the mouse's tail back in and finally nipping it's neck.
Muddypaw stood up with the mouse in her jaws, covered in dirt and leaves from her tumble, but still as happy as ever.
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[alec]

ROOKFIRE
[ he/him | shadowclan warrior | early 20s ]
[ purrks ]

instead of waiting for the apprentice to reply, rookfire gave them a last glance before trotting off in an attempt to get some distance between his group and hawkbites. no need to be fighting for the same prey anyway. even whilst lastingly preoccupied with his thoughts, it wasnt a challenge to pick up on the scents surrounding them. he allowed himself some sort of disconnect from darkpaw by letting the impressions and the hunt replace the lingering reminder to keep track of him in his mind. the scent of rabbit was strong, easy to follow through the barren snowy forest. lowered close enough to the ground he could practically feel the layer of snow radiating cool air against his stomach, the dark furred warrior pushed closer slowly. sure, the lack of crunchy leaves was nice but frozen puddles and the lack of greenery to hide dark pelts left considerably less room for error. he wasnt quite sure if he liked the new challenge this hunt posed or if it added more annoyance to the already tedious duty of providing nourishment to the clan.
muscles flexing in anticipation, rookfire sped up the last two strides before leaping at the rabbit and pinning it to the ground to deliver a killing bite. faint memories of a time far far away tainted his mind, rushing faded expressions of struggling against a rabbit almost his own size during riverclans lowest point. he exhaled, sending a cloud of hot breath to fade in front of his vision, and dragged the rabbit against a tree before scratching snow and dirt over it. rookfire moved on, willing the memories to fade like the rabbits live had, whilst tracking down a squirrel. it was dark brown, almost black, and stood out amongst the pale blanket of snow almost as severely as he did. he didnt like squirrel. still, an effort was made. despite his best judgement, rook had somehow alerted the animal, causing it to race up a tree and leaving him with the choice to at least try to catch it on the way, leaping up and against the tree where he dug claws into it.

[ @SuspiciousMindz ; @GreenTheGreat ; @Rowan ]