Nightfall couldn't move. He couldn't hear anything his clanmates screamed and ordered, they run everywhere while he remained still, staring at the raising flames with his heart skipping heartbeats every once and then.
Suddenly a vibration came to his right ear and he realized someone familiar was calling him. It was a voice he was used to hear... Crowtooth?
It took him several seconds to figure out what the deputy was ordering him, and when he did it, it was too late.
Silverrose and Batglare were gone. But he wouldn't sit here, despite the terror grasping his legs and pushing him into the earth. The whole gravity was keeping him still, and he had to beat it!
Miserably, he put one paw ahead of one another with a frantic rhythm and a wild fire in his gaze. "No, I'm coming too! Batglare, Silverrose!" He called, before rushing as if he was chasing the quickest rabbit in all the moor.
| Lightningstorm | 22 Moons - WindClan Medicine Cat Flock Together [Tier 3] - Active | Mind Reader - Active | Dreamwalker - Inactive | Katty Krueger - Inactive
"Right, there ya two beauts are," the herbalist purred as both Dustbunny and Rabbitpaw approached her, a grin on her maw as she tried to keep the spirits up.
Not a lot of other volunteers had cropped up. Actually, no volunteers had come over when she'd called for cats forward. Well, too bad. They were now operating under random selection, and anyone who didn't pull their own weight were going to be demoted for a month and given tunneler duty by Crowtooth himself. Or maybe they could do den cleaning duty. Stars knew she had some soiled nests in her private chambers that were not adequate for patients anymore. She'd consider what to do later, though. For now, Lightningstorm could at least hope things would get done. It was just as much for the safety as it was for the mental well being of the clan, after all.
"Snowybreeze, Autumnwhisper, Lionscar, Fleetpaw! Get your arses over here," she called, her voice light but carrying an evident tone of command to it.
There was an emergency, and as such, there was no time to sit around all day. She had herbs and dens to clear up and take care of after this as well... just in case everything did go south, StarClan forbid. The massive, white furred tom was quick to approach, having evidently just left his devilish daughter in the nursery with her littermates. At the tilt of his head, she turned towards Dustbunny and Rabbitpaw. Yes, she had grabbed help for them. They could not try this endeavor alone. However, once she divvyed up the teams, they were on their own. She trusted both of them more than herself, their knowledge when it came to digging and everything that it entailed far greater than hers.
"Dustbunny and Rabbitpaw, you are each going to take a small team and start at opposing edges of the cliff, close to where the walls of the camp are built, and dig a wide trench around the camp. I trust you both know better than me when it comes to these things, but leave some room between the camp and the trench if possible, and pile the dirt around like a wall. The hope is that these fires are taken care of before anything drastic happens, but we are going to need to protect the camp best we can if the worst happens.
You are free to grab more cats if you need them, 'course. Dustbunny, I want you with Snowybreeze and with Fleetpaw. Rabbitpaw, you'll be digging with Lionscar and Autumnwhisper. Remember, make the trenches wide and with nothing but dirt in 'em. We want to make it so the fire has nothing to latch on to on the way to camp, but we also want to make sure everyone can escape if necessary."
Her own words perking up her ears, Lightningstorm's whiskers twitched, nodding at the two felines, staying behind only enough time to answer any questions they might have before rushing towards Twilightstar once more. She knew what Crowtooth had said. About her being in charge while Twilightstar was still recovering from her birth and he was out fighting fires... but had anyone figured out a safe way out of the camp? They had discovered where the fires were, which was perfect... it left the smartest location to take shelter in an obvious choice. But it would be wise to scout ahead. Ensure the swiftest route was still safe.
That said, only a featherbrain would leave the camp alone without telling the leader about her plans. Should she also inform Dapplebreeze? With Crowtooth and Batglare both out fighting fires, that left her as the next senior officer and most viable second in command, did it not? She could see the patched molly take a step towards her, as if alert and awaiting command despite her otherwise relaxed demeanor. With a twitch of her tail, she kept the lieutenant at bay... for now. If Twilightstar disagreed with her idea, she might instead offer to send the fury out in her stead, trusting her to keep a level head while ensuring the path was safe for the clan to take.
"Twilightstar... A word?" she mewed as she approached, eyes shining with urgency.
"I have placed two separate teams to begin digging trenches around the camp. Dustbunny and Rabbitpaw are at the head of them, I doubt we'll have anything to worry about with them in charge. Was thinking about leaving the camp for a bit, though... I think the falls would be a natural place to fall back to if we need to run, but I wanted to make sure the path is safe. I know the lay of the land and I am quick of my feet. Can make it there and back again before you lot even miss me," she mewed, a purr rumbling in the back of her throat as she made light of the situation, preferring to perhaps not to give the new queen yet another thing to fret about.
@Moonraven [Twilightstar - Dustbunny] | @Dolomedes [Rabbitpaw] | @Honey_Dreamz [Autumnwhisper] | @FadingWhispers [Lionscar] | @Luna16 [Fleetpaw]
| If I accidentally picked someone who is already in one of the fire fighting or suppressing patrols, please let me know and I will switch you right out! I did try and double check but I can promise it would be an Alchemist mistake, not a Lightningstorm one. |
Rabbitpaw
Rabbitpaw would've allowed himself a breath of relief if it weren't for the situation that the clan was in. But being assigned a task in relation to his tunneling training was something he felt better about, he wasn't very far into his healing training so he wasn't actually sure how much use he would be if needed for that. He would likely be better running herbs to Lightningstorm than actually doing anything, he wouldn't want to hurt anyone. Messing up hunting was very different from messing up healing, it was scarier to make mistakes in his new apprenticeship. He shook away the thoughts for now, with a nod he gave confirmation that he understood the task he was given. "Right! Lionscar, Autumnwhisper! I'll give an explanation once we get out there."
Though for now he should likely speak with Dustbunny where they should each start and where the two groups should meet to make sure everything worked out smoothly, they didn't really have time to be messing up and needing to redo things when fires were out there and a potential threat. "Dustbunny, where should my group start specifically?" Rabbitpaw then- oh he must've in his thoughts too long as the older tunneler, had already led her group out to start the trenches. Right! Well! Rabbitpaw and his group can start near and they can meet in the middle on the other side.
He led his patrol out and took to starting to dig at the soil, while explaining to the warriors that hopefully followed him. "Okay! So for now we are just going to dig the dirt up and push the dirt up and along the outer rim of the trench. As you go be sure to pat down the walls to tightly pack the dirt in." He stopped for a glance to Dustbunny and her group to catch at the size of her trench roughly and he tried to match the same width, "There, that's about the size and we'll likely want it at least a tail- well a normal tail length's down. If we need to do more, then we'll do that later." They really just need to get started. Waiting for any questions, Rabbitpaw soon fell into a rhythm removing soil and pushing it up out of the trench to be patted down into an outer wall type thing. It was weird tunneling without actually building a tunnel, but he was just happy to be able to help.
[ @Honey_Dreamz - Autumnwhisper | @FadingWhispers - Lionscar ]
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it/its | agender | 34 moons
a reddish orange cat with reddish brown splotches and yellow-orange eyes.
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Autumnwhisper heard its name called, twice, first by Lightningstorm and then by Rabbitpaw. It trotted over, hiding as much nervousness as possible. It has to make sure it was on full alert and actually listening to the high ranks now, after all, it didn't want to be yelled at or grabbed by the scruff again. It nodded as it reached the digging spot, listening to the apprentice's explanation before starting to dig.
Dreamlight yawned while listening to two of the kits go at it like two angry hairballs. She hadn't a clue which two it was and hadn't bothered learning names or recognizing scents yet, but she left them to be when Leopardsong's tail tickled her ear asking her to go and fetch one of her stray siblings.
It wasn't hard to figure out which one had escaped, she could hear him trying to get the leader to let him tag along. Dreamlight walked over and tried to snatch the kit by his scruff. She was still working on pinpointing locations through sound and scent alone and would draw back if he moved before she could catch him. "Leave mother alone, she's busy. Leopardsong said you have to stay in the nursery." The blind feline huffed, hoping to hurry the kit back to the nursery and into Leopardsong's care.
@otter [Coyotekit]
Dustbunny felt a little guilty when Rabbitpaw arrived asking her a question. She was quite in the zone of digging and so hadn't bothered replying. The tunneler was so used to working alone that communicating proved to be one of her weakest points if she wasn't actively training a cat. However, when she looked up it sounded like Rabbitpaw had already figured out where to go and what to do from watching her work.
Still, it didn't relieve the guilt. When this was over she'd have to see about fetching him a rabbit or something. Perhaps something that was found hunting underground, or herbs, she hadn't the faintest clue what the medicine cat apprentice liked. There wasn't usually much talking going on when it came to digging unlike with the other activities warriors do. Tunneling fits an introvert like herself perfectly since everyone learns or copies what others do, it doesn't require a lot of talking.
Dustbunny watched as Fleetpaw and Snowbreezy for a moment, and then walked on the other side of them to slowly start digging her way towards the rabbit paws group, building a wall on the outside of the trench was a little harder than the digging, but they were all making progress bit by bit. The she-cat faintly wondered how Vinepaw was doing, but then shook the thought off. She was sure the apprentice was doing perfectly alright, he's learned all she could teach him.
The skinny apprentice paused in his efforts, glancing up to see if he was any closer to helping close the gap with the other side. He glanced at Dustbunny, hoping he was doing this right but too scared to ask. He set his paws, now covered in soft peaty dirt, back to work. Careful but quick as he pulled dirt out of the tunnel and worked his way towards the other group’s trench. His tail-tip twitching to and fro as he enjoyed his work quietly despite himself and the urgency of the situation.
Cardinalkit's eyes were round as she saw the chaos going around camp, still angry that Snowydad had confined her to the nursery after she had scampered out to find out what the hell was going on. Instead, she saw the strongest cats in the clan group together and leave in a hurry. The scarred leader and much smaller, daintier medicine cat confiding with each other - much like she and Strawberrykit did, obvs - before the leader left in a rush as well. And then the skinny calico calling out for some warrior that had run out on his own as well. Massive kit toes wiggled as she struggled to stay still, tiny ears perked up because she wanted to just run around camp and figure out why all the big cats had their tails tied up in a knot!
She wasn't completely ignorant, of course. She'd heard a little here and there. Something about stopping a fire. Even Snowydad had been given a task for it! But like, that sounded so lame? Firenotmom was named after fire, which obvs meant whatever was going on was stupid and even a kit could take care of it. You know, not like... her and her littermates. One of the lesser kits. Like Firenotmom's kits. Or that Whistleuglyface and her fox hearted brother. That kind of kit. So what gave? Why were they making such a big deal over something so irrelevant?
Far more invested in what the big cats were doing than the little ones, Cardinalkit didn't really notice her littermates being idiots. Well, not her littermates. Jaggedkit and Frostkit in particular. But then, those two rock heads were always idiots. That's why they were named after rocks in the first place. 'Cause they were dense as 'em. Snowydad had never said as much, but she could tell. And she approved. It had been one of the rare instances in which their father had shown proper common sense and had correctly assessed a situation without coming across as a feather brain or a weakling. You know... like he usually did.
It wasn't until she heard her sister's voice that she even noticed Strawberrykit besides her. Or the fact that the rock heads were being their predictable rock headed self. At her sister's instruction, the fluffy calico rolled her eyes, scoffing. It wasn't the order itself that bothered her. The patched kit was the eldest, therefore it was her job to make sure the family was alright. The cream colored kit took on this task herself as well, knowing that the two toms were too dense to be trusted most of the time and Seeds being too soft to be trusted around others who would try and make her cry. No, she would take care of Seeds without even the need to ask. It was the fact that her sister had even thought she needed to tell her that had coaxed her reaction before pale green hues landed on frosty blue.
"Um. Duh? Obvs I'm keepin' an eye on Seeds, Ber. Let me know if you need an extra pair of claws to keep those two in check," she responded, fang glinting as it poked its shiny, pointed self behind her lips, a devilish grin gracing her face.
"Seeds! Come here! We gotta stay together!" Cardinalkit called out as she got up, turning around to look for the peppered she-kit, assuming the chaos had scared the crap out of her.
@Moonraven [Dustbunny] | @luna12 [Fleetpaw] | @Rose [Strawberrykit] | @Omari [Seedkit]
| Apologies for the Dustbunny and Fleetpaw mention. Very vague mention in this post that Snowybreeze is digging! I'm having trouble coming up with more than "Snowybreeze dug" for his posts as he's not the chattiest, so mentioning here just so you both know he's still there doing his duty. He's there, I'm the problem here. Words not be wording for him right now. |
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Lightningstorm is WindClan's current medicine cat.
She has a semi-closed den policy.
It didn't take too long for Jaggedkit to be flung away from the older kit, they were stronger than him after all but he was more persistent! He bared his small fangs at them and hissed darting back ready to attack again! His brother seemed to be getting the idea of battling side beside. Jaggedkit rose a paw to attack but immediately cringed back as the older kit started snapping their jaws at him! Hey unfair, biting wasnt allowed unless you were tiny! It was strange because this kit was shouting at them to stop it but was attempting to bite them? Hypocrite. Jagged rose his paw once more and through a series of punches at the bigger kits face attempting to get them to back off! They weren't coordinated and he could easily have just been batting air.
An orange tabby, that looked approximately six moons, approached the fight. “Whoa, calm down you three! What do you think you’re doing?” he got in the middle of the commotion to stop the kits fighting. That made him get a few punches and kicks, but nothing too serious. “Do you know the grown ups here are getting extremely stressed because of all the chaos?” the kit said that in a reproachful tone, but that want very obvious. He didn’t feel good about directly reproaching others. He then turned to Jaggedkit and Cedarkit. “Especially you two’s mother, Leopardsong.” he added without any emotion. The kit was still tense, meaning he was ready for eventual kicks or punches.
{ @MrWolfu - Cedarkit || @Dolomedes - Frostkit - wait our two cats met before… so Frostkit knows my cat is called Ashkit. But the two others don’t tho. || @/burntToast - Jaggedkit }
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