As the younger grey tom wandered off in his own search, Elmshadow turned his attention to his own goals. He moved his dark green eyes out over the foliage around him, looking for the green plant with the lighter tops as Coldamber had shown him. He moved his broad shoulders through the growth, having little luck though his attention was caught by Mousepaw moving back into sight and then out again. Elmshadow turned and followed the apprentice silently. He wasn't concerned about what his grandson would be up to but rather assumed he was doing exactly as he had been instructed. Once Mousepaw stopped, Elmshadow heard the busy buzzing and realized his assumption had been correct. Elmshadow waited, watching the apprentice as he considered the choices then taking the option of running in and knocking a loose piece free before darting out with a small hoard of bees buzzing angrily after. He waited a moment then studied the tree the hive was nestled against. There weren't any particularly great ways to climb to it and climbing was one of the tricks he liked least since losing his tail all those moons ago, but he saw one in and having the honey would be worth it. He padded out and around, keeping his distance until he had most of the tree between his line of sight and the hive then he ran at the tree and leapt up, digging his claws into the trunk. Once he had reached the right height, he threw his paw around the trunk and swiped a portion of the hive free of the tree it was attached to. He let his weight pull him back down, turning his body slightly so he could land on his paws, then darted around the tree and scooped up the largest chunks that had broken as they hit the ground. The buzzing was already filling his ears so he took what he had and ran.
Once he was free of bees' wrath, his pelt twitched against the few lasting stings that had made their way through. His pace slowed as the urgency of escaping had left but he continued forward until he found Mousepaw. Stopping before he made his following known, the dark medicine cat lingered a moment, looking for any signs of obvious distress as the last he'd seen of the apprentice had been him running off with a chunk of the hive's bees after him. However it seemed he'd lost the bees as relatively uneventfully as Elmshadow had himself and was already moving on. So he found a sturdy bush to prop his honeycombs in then turned and continued his search for the lady's mantle he'd come out here for.
| Mousepaw |
Shadow Fiend - Inactive | Just a Scratch - Active | Beefed Up [Tier 1] - Inactive
Shaking off the feeling of buzzing that seemed to follow him around, the gray pelted apprentice kept his verdant gaze open for any sign of the herb the medicine cat had asked for, honeycomb kept firmly in his maw wrapped up in one of the leaves he'd gathered earlier. See? He'd learned to think ahead. Already had a use for what might have been perceived as useless leaves by someone else. Heh heh.
Unfortunately, the young tom's forethought did not include the best of memories, and wrinkling up his nose, he struggled to remember what his grandfather had described earlier. Tall plant. Broad leaves. Grow out of stalk. Has hairs on it. Why couldn't this be easier? All plants looked about the same to him. Especially that one over there. The tall one with broad leaves growing out of the stalk that ended in a point. It would be perfect if only it had some hair. No... wait...
Narrowing his eyes, Mousepaw paused momentarily, glaring at the near perfect plant. Getting closer - with extreme caution, he didn't want to test his luck with this plant like he had the bees - he stared at the leaves, inspecting them thoroughly. Was... was it just his imagination, or did they look ever so slightly fuzzy up close? What were the odds that he would find a leaf with fur like him? Probably none... Staring blankly at the leaf momentarily, he blinked a few times before inspiration struck. Oh! Oh! This had to be the stinging nettle! He'd found it! He was so smart, heh heh!
Feeling awfully pleased with himself at finding the elusive herb, the tom gingerly placed the leaf wrapped honeycomb on the ground before grabbing another one of the leaves with his maw, aiming at a couple of nettle stalks for himself. With the herbs tightly clenched in his maw, he gave a happy little hum. That wasn't so bad. Bet he could do it again, too. He did say he was going to grab as much as he could to make up for Cougarbully not joining them.
Placing the two leaves he'd obtained down besides the honeycomb, the muscular apprentice repeated the process, nabbing two extra stalks from the stinging nettle. There... that made one... two... three... four stinging nettle leaves! And a honeycomb! Didn't matter if he liked the medicine cat or not, nobody would be able to say he didn't carry out his duties to the best of his abilities, heh! Pleased with his findings, he gathered everything gingerly up in his maw, careful not to bite down on anything by accident before he headed off, eager to find Elmshadow so they could return to camp. The sooner they got back, the sooner he could be rid of the unwanted company.
Stormpaw was confused wasnt it just last meeting that Dawnstar said to not do stuff like that, meh if he got hurt it would fall on vulturefang which he was more than perfectly fine with so he got up and started following without a word
Dogpaw seemed on edge... but he didnt care, dogpaw didnt really matter to him so his problems were not his
When they arrived Stormpaw still without saying anything just continued walking for a solid few minutes before climbing and setteling into a tree before the best part of hunting, the waiting
@xavier. (I referred to dogpaw as bark and thats me the rper speaking not the oc thinking, just a btw
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leafí
:*:Vulturefang :*:
--------
Entering the foliage, Vulturefang kept his senses alert. Not only was he searching for prey, he also had an ear out just in case one of the apprentices ran into trouble. Both of them could, and would, most likely be able to handle themselves, but it was better safe than sorry. Shadowclan didn't need anymore dead cats.
Looking over his shoulder one last time, the burly cat padded a few more tail lengths before setting to work. Eyes skimming the bushes, a bit of movement to his right caught his attention. Crouching low, he prowled forward before leaping at the disturbance. Claws outstretched, he hooked a mouse from the covering and put an end to the creature. Licking his scarred maw, he shuffled some leaves over the kill and moved on. After a bit more stalking, the deputy managed to catch sight of a rather fat looking toad. Taking this opportunity, he immediately rocketed forward and barley managed to catch it in his jaws. Killing it with a crunch, he moved to collect the mouse.
Fresh-kill now hanging in his jaws, he headed back towards the meeting area and waited for the other two to arrive.
// @xavier. @Ymir \\
( very sloppy post bc I'm tired, and this patrol needs to be done lol)
> THE GOLDEN PRINCE •°.. 《 Mind Reader : Inactive | Chill of death : Inactive | Ultimate Predator : Active 》
|| he/bark* || * Dogpaw is NOT out to anybody about his bark neos. Please only have your oc refer to Dogpaw using he/him.
Dogpaw walked away from the two before shooting a glance behind barkself. The two cats were gone or at least out of view. Just meant no interruption while he hunted.
| Ultimate Predator : Activated |
Dogpaw moved throughout the shadows before the scent of a shrew came across the golden prince of Shadowclan. Dogpaw licked his maw before starting to track the creature. Soon the apprentice came across the little critter looking for food aswell. Dogpaw crouched down and quietly stalked to the shrew before pouncing onto the mammal and killed it in one swift bite. Dogpaw quickly dug a hole and dropped the shrew in it before covering the hole once again.
After the prince was done bark heard the sound of crowing before quickly snapping his attention to the sound. A crow. Wonderful. Dogpaw quickly stalked the bird getting closer and closer before leaping and jumping onto the bird. It flapped about trying to get away from its impending death. Dogpaw stared at it for a moment before killing it with a bite to the neck. Once again Dogpaw dug a hole and placed the crow into it and covered it.
Dogpaw stood there for a moment wondering if this was good enough? Bark thought for a moment. No, he could do better. That's when he spotted something scurrying along the ground before stopping. Mouse. Or well. Mice in this case. Two of them. The prince crouched down and moved closer and closer to the critters before leaping onto one and killing it instantly. The tom then watched as the other tried to run so bark chased it before swatting it hard with his paw into a tree. Another instant kill. Dogpaw picked up the mouse and brought it back to the other one. The prince thought this was good enough before stopping in barks tracks seeing a rabbit.
One more wouldn't hurt.
Dogpaw quickly dropped the mouse next to the other one before returning to the crouching position. The cat licked his maw as bark stayed still for a moment before slowly starting to stalk the rabbit. Dogpaw stopped again when the rabbit lifted up its head and looked around before going back to doing what it was doing. Dogpaw crept closer and closer before leaping onto the rabbit and biting hard on it neck while it let out horrible noises. The rabbits rapid movement and noises started to become less and less before going completely still. Dogpaw pulled away from the prey licking barks maw again. The apprentice went and picked up the two mice before coming back for the rabbit.
| Ultimate Predator : Deactivated |
The tom took two trips. The first one to bring the rabbit and mice to the meeting place. The second to grab the crow and shrew. After the second trip the tom saw Vulturefang and narrowed barks eye at him before dropping the last two pieces if prey onto the rabbit and mice. Now they just had to wait for Stormpaw.
@Alchemist Kitsune [I'll get both of their collections into the herb storage so you don't have to worry about responding if you have no other need ^^]
His green eyes scanned as his paws moved steadily through the familiar undergrowth. He was looking for green plant with a lighter green top. There were other potentially useful herbs but for now he remained focused. If his searches turned up fruitless he'd come back to stock up on some of the other herbs, or if he only had a couple of the lady's mantle he wanted. But he had to trust that the patrols he sent out would return with the vital herbs he'd sent them for. Though there was something about insanity in that trust. The patrols had indeed not been doing what he truly needed them to do so he wasn't sure he could trust them to simply do their job. There was only more at stake with these specific patrols as he'd sent out new mentors with their new and, in many cases, quite young apprentices. If the warriors of the patrols chose to be negligent, it could mean more than just a failure to bring back necessary herbs.
He pushed the thoughts from his mind. The other patrols were a concern for when they returned to camp. If any failed to return he'd just have to take his own trip back out again, rather than concern himself with bringing other herbs back preemptively. Suddenly, the thoughts were ripped from him as he moved distractedly through some thick underbrush and an irritating burn lit his ear. His green eyes shot to the side as his afflicted ear flattened uncomfortably. His alarm quickly satiated to irritation as an overgrown stinging nettle plant swayed just in front of his nose. He took a step back, flicking his ear. How annoying. He was very rarely caught distracted but caught off-guard by an herb was both ideal and intensely annoying. For the transgression, Elmshadow used a claw to strip around the middle of the stalk then bit off the plant firmly. It served to both trim back the obnoxious plant but a bit more stinging nettle couldn't hurt. Shaking his head, trying to banish the lingering sting in his ear from his thoughts, he pressed forward. The brush cleared and a small sun-spotted clearing opened up in front of him. Along the opposite side his eyes landed on a vaguely familiar plant. The last he'd seen it, there'd been a unique starry quality about it which it did not possess here. Rather now it was more wilty with spots of imperfection, but it was undeniably exactly what he was looking for. He let out a breath and flicked his ear as he started across the clearing straight for the lady's mantle. He picked what he could carry without diminishing the patch. He wasn't sure where else he'd be able to find the new herb so preserving this patch as though it were the only felt the safest option.
With a mouthful of the herb, he turned back toward the path he'd taken out here, gathered the stinging nettle among the lady's mantle, then made his way back to the honey comb and Mousepaw. The gray apprentice met him as he moved forward so the medicine cat set down his bounty and meowed, "Looks like you did well. Let's get back, we couldn't carry much else if we lingered anyway." He gathered the various herbs he'd collected and led the way directly back to camp. The patrol was the smallest of all he'd sent out but they were returning successful; the weather was preserving the live herbs well and it was still some time before the frost came and began to kill things off, so he found his expectations rising fairly high for the other, larger patrols that had been sent out. With the war looming over their heads, he'd need a well-stocked herb storage. He couldn't afford slacking clanmates now more than ever. If the new mentors couldn't manage their first assignment as mentors, displaying a good example of how to conduct patrols for their medicine cat, they'd best expect stiff punishment.
Stormpaw sat in his tree waiting, eventuallys a mouse came into his view and he readyied himself getting into a pounce postion on the branch when the mouse got close enough he got up and he pounced from the tree silently gliding through the air onto the mouse crushng it, with a yawn he held his mouse on his mouth and started his way back to the others
A loner, more gray than silver, sits at the buttress roots of a tree, talking to the numerous birds, mice, and other prey animals around him, plus a scrawny albino fox cub. Not that Whisper could understand them. He just found them good company. He chattered, a goofy grin spread across his muzzle. He is clearly a runt, one leg shorter. His lynx-tipped ears flicked and swivelled, portraying excitement. He seems to not realise this is the land of ShadowClan
[open for anybody who wants to kill him. just interact a bit first before you deaden him] @Levi 99 thought someone (shade) might like this!
A loner, more gray than silver, sits at the buttress roots of a tree, talking to the numerous birds, mice, and other prey animals around him, plus a scrawny albino fox cub. Not that Whisper could understand them. He just found them good company. He chattered, a goofy grin spread across his muzzle. He is clearly a runt, one leg shorter. His lynx-tipped ears flicked and swivelled, portraying excitement. He seems to not realise this is the land of ShadowClan
[open for anybody who wants to kill him. just interact a bit first before you deaden him] @Levi 99 thought someone (shade) might like this!
Shadefrost walked slowly through the forest, his tail flicking to and fro as he did so. Usually around this time he'd be at the Thunderclan border trying to cause as much havoc as possible, but with Dawnstar's new buddy order in place, the tom could already tell he'd be spending less time there. It was hard to find anyone who wanted to go, not so much to the location but with him. Apparently not many cats liked him for some odd reason, but Shade wasn't going to let that bother him. He just needed to be out of camp a little. So that morning he began his trek through the territory, not really looking for anything to hunt or kill. He was just trying to clear his mind. Or so he thought. The sun wasn't even at it's highest point when Shadefrost happened upon an unusual sight. "What the freaking heck," he said, a look of shock in his eyes.
__________________
“Maybe I Should Just Kill All The Higher-Ups.” - Satoru Gojo
Whisper looked up. "Hey there! Hello! Are you a ThunderClanner? I wanna join, if you don't mind," he said, goofy grin directed to Shadefrost, his eyes twinkling.
True to his name, Whisper whispered something to the fox cub, and it nodded, and actually replied in their language. A Cat-speaking fox." Oh, I found him when he was just born. His mom was lying dead beside him. Cute, right?" he yammered, unaware that Shade was glaring murderously at him.
He glanced over, his fringe flopping over one eye, and he blew it to no avail. "Let's be friends! Oh, and Clanmates too. You are ThunderClan, right?"
He flicks his tail, dismissing the birds and other prey animals, scurrying or fluttering away. He padded over to Shade, snuggling, his bushy gray-silver tail swishing against the dark warrior's face.
@Levi 99
:*:Vulturefang :*:
--------
Already feeling less than proud of his catches, Vulturefang could only stare in dismay at the load Dogpaw was carrying. Out hunted by an apprentice.... How embarrassing. Looking to the kills and then at the apprentice, the tom snorted out a scoff. " God damn, did ya catch the entire forest or sumthin? " Chuckling softly, he waved the two apprentices forward. " Next time leave some prey for me and Stormpaw alright? " Good lord... He would never live this down would he?
Not wanting to ponder this any longer, he lead the way back to camp.
// @xavier. @Ymir \\
( no need to reply to this folks )
__________________
" Death is not mercurial. It's patient... unlike life."
Whisper looked up. "Hey there! Hello! Are you a ThunderClanner? I wanna join, if you don't mind," he said, goofy grin directed to Shadefrost, his eyes twinkling.
True to his name, Whisper whispered something to the fox cub, and it nodded, and actually replied in their language. A Cat-speaking fox." Oh, I found him when he was just born. His mom was lying dead beside him. Cute, right?" he yammered, unaware that Shade was glaring murderously at him.
He glanced over, his fringe flopping over one eye, and he blew it to no avail. "Let's be friends! Oh, and Clanmates too. You are ThunderClan, right?"
He flicks his tail, dismissing the birds and other prey animals, scurrying or fluttering away. He padded over to Shade, snuggling, his bushy gray-silver tail swishing against the dark warrior's face.
@Levi 99
Shadefrost felt his eyes narrow into tiny slits as this loner or kitty pet even, began to associate him as a Thunderbrat. But he didn't say anything, it wasn't like he was a clan cat. Chances were he wasn't even doing it on purpose. Then he did it again, and Shade had to call upon all of his willpower to refrain from clawing at the tom who was now touching him. He took a shaky breathe, closed his eyes, then he took a seat. "Before we go any further from this point, I have to ask why do you want to join Thunderclan?" He made sure to keep the question neutral so as not to scare the loner away. If he could, he wanted to have as much fun with this as possible.
__________________
“Maybe I Should Just Kill All The Higher-Ups.” - Satoru Gojo
Re: ShadowClan Territory
Re: ShadowClan Territory
