WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[teddy.]

The confidence high he had been riding dropped like a brick to the ground, the pit of his stomach heavy and luckily still empty. Puffinhop knew he had messed up, killed the moment but he couldn't be happy with himself knowing he had eaten before others; gosh, he wasn't happy with himself in general!

Puffinhops ears were flattened againist the top of his head as he shuffled his paws in the dirt. He didn't dare tear his gaze from the ground, only briefly did it lift to give the rabbit a quick glimpse. "Wolfbound, I don't think I can carry it," he muttered, one more thing to be ashamed of, but he wasn't wrong.


@wren

[wren]

The silvery she cat realized that what she had said bothered her brother. She felt annoyance bubble in his chest and she looked away. She loved her brother for sure but he sure was a wet blanket. Being fearless and daunting was something she basically lived by.. when everyone else lived on a whole other wave length she felt herself growing bored of it. Being so committed to the code could hinder all senses of excitement and fun. She turned and looked at him again eyes glinting with disappointment.

“Really...” she wasn’t actually all that surprised and felt a defeated sort of numbness roll down her legs. It was selfish to wish her brother was different... though she always wondered if he had been from a different litter. He was black and white.. it was kinda weird. The she cat padded back towards him and grabbed the rabbit with a nasty haste. “It’s fine. I didn’t mean to scare you” the warrior murmured under her breath. “I just think maybe you should let loose some times... not be such a wet blanket.” she said quietly as she trotted down the belly of the two hills.

@S-oft @Alexcentri

[rhi]

Originally Posted by Arie

-- @rhi --

Breezefeather was woken up by the warrior stepping over his nest, the senior warrior sleeping closer to the middle... His nest.. It felt cold. And he remembered a time not long ago... When he'd woken up to a certain she-cat crushing him with her heavy fur. It hurt to think about and he tried to shake it off, but the void had awoken along with him and it grasped at the tendrils of misery that was flooding into his chest... and slowly it had begun taking over. Breezefeather was getting better at controlling it with aid from Irisflame... Who before he'd hit his nest, he'd just visited at the border. He liked his sessions with his 'little love' it helped stem the void that lived and breathed inside him if just for that time they spent together. And so he rose, deciding that maybe... maybe this one cat could maybe need some help despite not being the best one at helping others, still struggling severely with all his own issues. And so he approached the molly who was staring up at the stars, sitting next to her himself. "It is a beautiful night isn't it?" he murmured peacefully. He so hoped that up there.. in the stars that made the silverpelt that his mother watched over him... and his 3 kits... Harekit, Rabbitkit... and Bunnypaw... His dearest Bunnypaw, for who his heart would never stop aching. He had witnessed her death... right in front of her... Been the cause of it. The void feed on these thoughts and he felt the shine leave his eyes but for a moment. "Who are you looking for? I see too much up there... I've lost too many."

Honeypelt

The cold air filled her nostrils, her body giving way to a shiver. She felt it in the ground; She had woken another cat. She could already smell it was Breezefeather.
"What isn't there to look for?" She mewed softly, eyes darting from star to star.
"It's far too easy to lose others. It's just... disheartening." Her head drooped slightly. Honeypelt twitched her whiskers, kneading her paws anxiously.
She was very familiar with Breezefeather's scent, and noticed it's absence once the warriors started to prod their nests for sleep. The she-cat suspected this warrior was out in the territory, not wanting to be known.
"You turned in pretty late tonght. When I woke up, your scent was the weakest and even a bit... unordinary." She stepped around her words cautiously. She wasn't the vindictive type. She was simply curious, hungry for information.

@Arie

[Alexcentri]

Blackwing happily padded through the territory, checking back every so often to make sure his apprentice was nearby. Soon, he came to a stop and turned to face Curlpaw. "Welcome to the middle of Windclan territory, I'm going to teach you to hunt today! Once I teach you a couple of things, we're going to be hunting some, so pay attention." He stated this with a grin on his face, as per the usual. "The first thing you need to learn about before you even consider hunting, is the hunter's crouch, which I'll show to you now." He quickly crouched, having his hindquarters more up in the air, back legs bent and ready to leap, and his front paws with very little weight on them, ready to outstretch and grab. His tail was sticking straight out behind him, unmoving. He held the position for a few heartbeats and straightened back up.

"Well that's the hunter's crouch, you need to crouch real low, make sure your weight is shifted so you have the most power when you leap and keep your front paws ready to pounce! Now you try, and I'll correct anything that needs correcting. Don't worry about getting it right on the first try, just do your best!" Blackwing moved to get a better view of his apprentice for when he did try the crouch, he had to make sure this was taught well because this was a fundamental skill for Curlpaw's future.

@FuzzyRatto

[Swiftfoot]

Jaywell paded into the warriors' den, nothing interesting had happened to him in a really long time.
He sat in his nest, and thought about the nothings that had happened during his life.
"Hey Jaywell" Rustheart said.
"Hey."He said back.
"Are you still mourning about your "boring" life? I can't listen to that today." Rustheart said as he paded out.

[FuzzyRatto]

Originally Posted by Alexcentri

Blackwing happily padded through the territory, checking back every so often to make sure his apprentice was nearby. Soon, he came to a stop and turned to face Curlpaw. "Welcome to the middle of Windclan territory, I'm going to teach you to hunt today! Once I teach you a couple of things, we're going to be hunting some, so pay attention." He stated this with a grin on his face, as per the usual. "The first thing you need to learn about before you even consider hunting, is the hunter's crouch, which I'll show to you now." He quickly crouched, having his hindquarters more up in the air, back legs bent and ready to leap, and his front paws with very little weight on them, ready to outstretch and grab. His tail was sticking straight out behind him, unmoving. He held the position for a few heartbeats and straightened back up.

"Well that's the hunter's crouch, you need to crouch real low, make sure your weight is shifted so you have the most power when you leap and keep your front paws ready to pounce! Now you try, and I'll correct anything that needs correcting. Don't worry about getting it right on the first try, just do your best!" Blackwing moved to get a better view of his apprentice for when he did try the crouch, he had to make sure this was taught well because this was a fundamental skill for Curlpaw's future.

@FuzzyRatto

Curlpaw scrunched down, and slipped on some wet grass. His belly got a bit wet, evident when he stood up and laughed really hard.

[rhi]

Originally Posted by wren

The tom blinked a few times, exhaustion had slowed his functions but not his brain. “My apologies. I thought you were just ugly.” the tabby replied feeling an itch of anger in his chest. He was in no mood to be dealing with this... no mood to be dealing with little snipes that thought they deserved the world at his expense. He bent back down to examine her hind leg ignoring the other apprentice entirely. He wouldn’t bother treating him... he didn’t have to. Besides there was no one around to actually scold him for not doing so.

“I’ll give you poppy for that headache... I’ll try to put some marigold on this when I have the chance. I haven’t any right now... though I’ll wrap it with cobwebs and hope it can keep most of the dirt out of the wound. I don’t suppose it’s broken though.. just sprained.” the tom said quietly before sitting upright and unwinding the cobwebs.

@implimm @Zesty Mango

Coyotesnarl was quiet at the she cats willing speech, he’d never met such a graceful warrior. Sure he’d met others who spoke differently than he did but she was a whole other ball park compared to Lionwhisker. The tom padded through the sweet grass keeping his head high to catch the breeze as it danced through the moor.

“Mm. I’ve been swamped as of late. This isolation of my den is becoming sickening.” he could be honest with her... he didn’t have anything to hide. “I can’t accept your offer now. I’ve got Whitecough to deal with-“ he paused thinking for a moment. “Perhaps I actually do... have something you can do. So you know what marigold looks like?” he asked quietly keeping pace beside her. “Or catmint?”

@rhi

Whisperheart

The she-cat kept pace with Coyotesnarl, bouncing lightly over twigs and leaves. Light on her feet, she was always on alert for precious prey.
She listened unblinkingly to the medicine cat, gruff and irate as he seemed. She thought of marigold, it's golden yellow flowers, sweet scent. Images of catmint flashed through her mind.
"Yes! I do know what those herbs look like. I'd be more than happy to fetch them out for you. I did want to ask though..." she shuffled her paws uncomfortably, "Would you mind telling me the use of marigold and catnip?" Her eyes gleamed. Her desire for medicine cat knowledge surged through her body, she was actually excited for the first time in moons.

[Alexcentri]

Blackwing laughed with his apprentice, seeing how he fell over in the wet grass. "Thats alright, just try again, maybe this time a little slower to make sure you don't fall." Blackwing looked at the imprint his apprentice had made in the grass, and then went back to observing the crouch.

@FuzzyRatto

[FuzzyRatto]

Originally Posted by Alexcentri

Blackwing laughed with his apprentice, seeing how he fell over in the wet grass. "Thats alright, just try again, maybe this time a little slower to make sure you don't fall." Blackwing looked at the imprint his apprentice had made in the grass, and then went back to observing the crouch.

@FuzzyRatto

“Hee! Okay.” Curlpaw scrunched down in the grass again. It didn’t look like anything, just a scrunch.

[Snowstripe]

Originally Posted by Salt

Whisperpaw looked at her with thoughtful blue eyes and attempted to copy her pose, making sure to keep his feathery tail lowered. "I smell....Uh- I think it's a frog!" It was odd for one to be hopping about the moorland but it had just rained, they had a larger range when that happened. He sat up quickly to get a better view, flicking his tail in the direction he saw a little brown toad that was sitting on a clump of grass. "Right there."

@Snowstripe

Mistfur smiled at the young apprentice. "Now stalk it carefully we want to surprise it." The she cat said quietly so the frog wouldn't hear her.