August Gathering [Leaders]

[SuspiciousMindz]

@starfall @.:Blue Wishes:. @Brilliance @Duskflight

Blazingstar watched as the other clans made their way into the clearing. His attention turned to Grousestar and Goldenstar, he offered them a brief nod in greeting before rising to his feet. He even offered the ThunderClan leader a brief nod as well. "I'll start," he responded, his gaze darting towards the other leaders, more-so Fallenstar, looking for any signs of disagreement.

Assuming no one cared he went first, the orange tabby padded up towards the edge of the stone. "WindClan has been doing well. Prey is plentiful," he wanted to say something petty, but kept it to himself. "and we've welcomed many new apprentices and warriors!" he responded, choosing to keep it short as he backed up and took his spot back.

[Starfall]

The ebony toms ear twitched as the Windclan leader spoke. The toms very voice made his blood boil and his rage storm and rumble. He narrowed his eyes as the other leader checked to see if beginning was alright. He could care less, he wasn't going to stop either way, so what was the point. After holding the others gaze, the Riverclan leader turned his head, ears flattening. It took all he had to bite his tongue, refusing a retort and a snap.

Once Blazingstar finished, the burly tom stepped forward, indincating that he decided he was to be next. He passed the ginger leader, giving him a sideglance, and stepped toward the edge of the Seastone. "Riverclan is fairing well. Streams are full of fish and territory full of prey. We have many new apprentices, and many apprentices who have earned their warrior names." he informed, tail flicking back and fourth. Once he finished, Fallenstar turned and padded back, eyes closed so he didn't need to look at any of the other leaders. He wasn't sure how much longer he could hold back his retorts.

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Goldenstar glanced over at Fallenstar and Blazingstar. He could almost taste the tension between the two. He tried not to look over by them, but it was difficult not to. Part of him just wanted to see how this gathering would end. He listened to both of their statements, waiting a few heartbeats after Fallenstar had finished to step up and begin to speak.
"Shadowclan has been doing good as well" he said, locating a few cats from his clan in the crowd. "There is plenty of prey, and we've welcomed many new apprentices and warriors," he nodded, before stepping back. he didn't know why he had made such a big deal of this in the past, it was just saying a few words and then sitting back down. He looked over at the two remaining leaders, waiting for them to speak.

[Brilliance]

Passionstar listened, although in deep thought of what he was supposed to do. He was a little antsy, but he didn't seem to show it. He was respective of the other leaders, a bit guarded around them. Which was understandable, glancing over at the group of deputies, he didn't have his own, and that worried him that he didn't have backup. He had established a mild trust in the other leaders, but that wasn't entirely true. He sat up a bit, deciding to step up after Goldenstar had spoke about Shadowclan.

''Thunderclan has its good and bad days,'' He said, looking over the group of cats surrounding them. ''We have new warriors and apprentices,'' He smiled fondly, briefly. ''Unfortunately, Powdernose had stepped down from being Thunderclan's deputy, and therefore I'm in search of a new one.'' He said, keeping his voice matter-of-fact, even though the thought of finding a new deputy somewhat made him tense since he wanted a good, trustworthy, strong cat for the job. It was his top priority, after all. ''Other than that, prey is running good. So, I thank Starclan for that.'' He smiled, then stepped back into his spot, glancing at Fallenstar, then the other leaders, breathing deeply.

[The Cannibal]

The brown tabby listened silently and with a faint smile as the other leaders took turns sharing their clan news, Blazingstar first, then Fallenstar, Goldenstar and Passionstar. His mind was wandering as the clans shared their news, too much for his own liking, but he couldn't help it. There were more important things to focus on than keeping niceties right now. His own mask of cheerfulness was wearing mighty thin and those of his own clan were likely soon to notice.
Only when Thunderclan mentioned the stepping down of their deputy would Grousestar vaguely be brought back to the present, his emerald gaze looking to the area of deputies again. Powdernose, that's right. Wonder what his reasoning was. His gaze would focus back on Passionstar as he finished, giving him a small nod and a slightly more apparent smile.

"And I suppose that leaves me." Clearing his throat, the Skyclan leader would stand with a small flick of his tail and head towards the front of the boulder to get a good view of all of the clan cats below. His gaze would sweep over them once before he would share his own news. "Skyclan is fairing well, there is plenty of prey running among our territory and many new warriors and apprentices have been made. I would like to announce, however, that Shinefang," He would take a small moment to locate his medicine cat, smiling a genuine smile at him before continuing, "Has picked an apprentice. Ringpaw is the new medicine cat apprentice of Skyclan." Dipping his head slightly, he would let out a small breath and return to his spot, the smile fading to a more vague one. A tired one.

[SuspiciousMindz]

@Duskflight @starfall @Fuzzyfeline @Aurora Australis @Brilliance

Content that all the leaders were able to speak without causing conflict, the leader gave a small nod. With a flick of his tail, he gave each leader a small look. "Until next Gathering," he commented, then looked down at Buttercupbreeze sitting among the deputies. He gave the she-cat a curt nod, suggesting that they wouldn't leave yet. For the moment, he'd let them talk as he'd like to join the crowd for a moment and speak with a few felines. With that in mind, the WindClan leader jumped down from the rocks and mingled into the gathering of cats.

[Fuzzy]

A small breath escaped this creamy feline as the other deputies came into view behind their respective leaders. She could do this, despite the stress and tension she could keep calm even if at times it made her want to curl up and just cry. To just let her tears wash away the emotional things picking at her. The disappearance of her littermates and death of her parents was still pretty fresh and just the stressful state the Clans were in was enough to make you want to take a breather. Though Buttercupbreeze was to stubborn to even take one, well at times she did just cut loose and play but she hasn't recently as WindClan was to tense.
At Windygale's greeting Buttercup was snapped back to the present and the gathering going on. Noticing the surprise look in the tom's eyes and expression she gave him a smile back though it wasn't as warm as his. "Good evening Windygale." The molly greeted with a dip of her head. " I'm doing fine, you? " She answered out of habitat her tail loosening around her paws. Though, after she'd said it the feline decided it wasn't bad to caring on a conversation with the fluffy ShadowClan deputy. It was well known that ShadowClan and WindClan had an alliance though their alliance with SkyClan was kept secret. Witch in a way was a bit of a relief even if she wasn't sure if all her Clanmates knew about the unspoken truce. Sitting up straight the creamy feline blinked up at the moon again preying that StarClan would keep the clouds clear. In what felt like a split heartbeat Buttercup heard the voice of the ebony SkyClan deputy Auroraflame. At the molly's greeting she dipped her head. " Greetings, " The feline meowed as she spotted the RiverClan deputy behind the more experienced molly. The ginger and white deputy seemed different then she had last gathering. She'd seemed so cheerful and caring but now she looked more like her leader. All of RiverClan most be going into a state or dispersion or something. Buttercup thought almost feeling a bit of sympathy towards Rowanflower but pushed it away not wanting to feel sympathy for her enemy even if she didn't want to fight.

Time seemed to drag by very slowly as the leaders announced their news it seemed, like normal, that all the Clans put on their masks saying their Clan was fine w her it was obvious that none of them were. Though it made since if the other Clans thought you were week they'd strike. Trying to hold in a yawn the bushy tailed feline lessened to the leader finish. Honestly she was relieved when Blazingstar gave her a curt nod telling her they weren't leaving yet. That was something she hadn't expected when they first came but she wasn't going to argue. Slightly letting her muscles relax Buttercup stood up to stretch her legs before jumping off the Sea Stones. Maybe she'd interact with someone before they left. But who?

[wren]

@Auora Australis @Fuzzyfeline @Empress Of Evil


Rowanflower met furious gazes from windclan warriors, her own green eyes matching the intense rage she felt flicker in her chest. It was pitiful windclan even showed their faces around here anymore. They started this and when someone wanted to speak up about it they turn around and declare war on us. Or at least.. not yet. She expected they would, it was a long time coming no doubt and soon enough it would happen. But then she could wipe that smug expression off of blazingstars face for good. It was than that her attention was caught by buttercupbreeze, the fairly new windclan deputy seated just on the other side of auoraflame. Her body tensed and her claws curled into the dirt very slowly. For a fleeting moment she could catch sympathy in her eyes and than a fleeting second later it was almost an uneasy hatred, the she cat produced a smug smile in the youthful she cats eyes, teeth revealed over her lips before resuming her uptight posture with her back pressed against the base of the rocks. I'll show you to look at me sideways. ' ' so, how's everyone doing? I have yet to catch up on the latest gossip ' ' she said calmly directed at both windygale and auoraflame, keeping her mild hostility to a low as her gaze swept past buttercupbreeze.

She had the sneaking suspicion that something was bound to happen soon, but everyone remained as calm as ever. Even fallenstar didn't open his mouth again, she shivered slightly. The cream and ginger oriental adjusted herself so she could catch fallenstars eyes, producing a questioning glance and awaiting his response. If this whole crapshow was over she'd be happy to escort her warriors out of here and be done with it. Though a nagging feeling kept her stomach knotted and her mind hopeful, maybe it isn't.