Herondive Hollow

[Cinderspirit]

Duskhope took a place beside the tom, flinging clods of earth and roots up into the air with their claws. They were numb to the screams of Sootfur, numb to the flies buzzing around the carcass and crows calling overhead. Someone was dead. Someone had died here. And ShadowClan didn't even bother to leave them a face, a name. Their name was their identity. Did ShadowClan not want this cat to have an identity after all? They helped Sootfur drag the little body into the hole. Seeing it there, so small and lifeless, Duskhope's legs gave out and they dropped to the ground, stunned and disgusted at the full magnitude of what had happened. @Wingnettle @carmen @NinjaBloss

[Wingnettle]

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Sootfur (he/him)
Thunderclan
Light grey tabby with blue/grey eyes
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Sootfur's voice was gone. He accepted silently, gratefully Duskhope's help and covered the small, vulnerable body with as much earth and debris as it was needed. He took a moment more to move the bush's branches on the grave and cover it as much as possible. A few more pebbles would cover the soft earth and protect her.

Without a word, he swished his tail and turned back, initially walking, then running toward Thunderclan camp. The leader's den.
With his gaze dark, his mind was already working out the words that would deliver Sparrowstar the terrible news.

If this is not a war declaration, I don't know what else it might be.

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[ @Cinderspirit @carmen ]

[Shade.]

@Lovey-Dovey Ashie
@x ghostie
@Poprock

Roseraven's already morose face filled with guilt a tad more as she accidentally startled Asterdance. Man, she really hadn't spoken to them in a while. Not only was she a failed medicine cat, she was also a failed sister. She accepted the affection, returning the cheek rub. She needed to at least try and be a good patrol mate, even if she really didn't feel like it.

[puppeteer]

dappledleaf

{ @WhiteDawn @Cinderspirit @Levi 99 ; posting order will go myself, WhiteDawn, Cinder and then Levi. Please do not break post order }

Dappledleaf padded along the ThunderClan/ShadowClan border, keeping her maw slightly parted as to not miss any intruding scents. Once she was satisfied, she stopped and turned to her patrolmates. "Alright! Let's start. I want us all to spread out along the border, looking for any intruders, possible prey, foxes, etc. If there are any threats, regroup by that fallen log." She pointed with her fluffy flame-tipped tail to the log, before turning and stalking along her section of the border.

[Red Dawn]

(Ok, do we do the optional prompt?)


"Understood" responded Blackhawk, he distanced himself from the others, and looked around, no hostile sign detected, all was calm, still, he smelled the air, nothing for now...

@effervescent. @Cinderspirit @Levi 99

[Cinderspirit]

Patchwish simply nodded and turned in the other direction, sniffing along the ShadowClan border until she found a scent post. Marking it, she continued on. Patrols like this were the worst time for her. She would keep getting lost in her thoughts, the scenes playing out in her mind threatening to choke her. She continued on auto pilot, knowing this stretch of the border so well she could do it at new moon in leaf-bare. Suddenly, an unfamiliar scent made her head snap up. She twisted this way and that, squinting through the pine forest, but the scent was gone. Dismissing it as a figment of her way too active imagination, she turned back to the border. She had to keep enemy Clans away, as she knew what would happen if they didn't...
((I'm ok with it.)) @WhiteDawn @effervescent. @Levi 99

[RavensCall]

Darkpetal sighed. He and Softripple didn't mark the border. Without waiting, he went off and marked the border and waited for Softripple.

@BirdieChirp - Softripple

[Wingnettle]

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Sootfur (he/him)
Thunderclan
Light grey tabby with blue/grey eyes
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Sootfur walked gingerly along the Shadowclan border, giving brief looks of disgust toward the marshland visible in the distance. Shadowclan camp must be there, somewhere.
Not stopping, he turned to glance at Crowpaw with tired eyes and asked: The first thing I want you to do is to get a good sniff of both our side and theirs. We need to discern as most precisely as possible where the exact edges lay."

Terrible memories of the apprentice's dead body whirled in his mind, and if he gave up to them if would soon start to feel sick. Concentrate, Sootfur! ...Concentrate.
As Crowpaw raised his head to follow his suggestion, he added: "Then, we'll take the opportunity to mark our borders. Have you ever done it?" He asked calmly, not really caring if Crowpaw would take it as an opportunity to lash out at him if he knew how to do it.

Sootfur was secretly grateful that Crowpaw didn't need any more tours. They recalled him too much of Quietpaw's own tour, and the memory was painful.

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[ @SpiritedWarrior ]

[Levi 99]

Shadefrost yawned at the queen's instructions, hating the idea of taking any orders from her. But still, he did as he was told, marking the trees with his tail so as to not take longer than needed. Man, he had to start doing this more often.
@WhiteDawn @effervescent. @Cinderspirit
(Sorry for taking so long, totally forgot this was happening.)

[puppeteer]

dappledleaf

{ @WhiteDawn @Cinderspirit @Levi 99 - lets do the prompt! }

With an annoyed growl at Shadefrost finally deciding to join the patrol, Dappledleaf continued on, still dwelling on his words about her. She'd talk to him about that afterwards, once the patrol ended. After a few moments she caught scent of a predator; badger. She whippe around, hearing it rustle and stomp through the brush. "Badger!" She yelled quickly, before running towards the rest of her patrol, gait slightly off.