RiverClan Territory

[Reptilian Cabinets]

Originally Posted by wnder

Sootflare
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The deputy found himself wandering into the territory around midday, itching to get out of the camp and away from, well, everyone. His paws drew him to the riverbank as they always seemed to do when he couldn't manage to get out of his own head. Listening to the flow of the water and letting the cold sensation run over his paws was calming and grounding. Today, however, he was interrupted by the sounds of splashing and coughing just downstream as two kits emerged from the river, water-logged and confused. They looked like... mini Bumblebellys. These two couldn't possibly be his kits, could they? Padding over, he blinked several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things, and by the time he had reached them they were, in fact, still there and very real.

"What in the stars are you two doing?" he demanded. They weren't RiverClan kits, that much he could tell. They were oddly... scentless? Lacking the smells that would cling to any clanner or loner, like they had just... appeared out of thin air. He wanted to demand where they came from, where their parents were, and what they were doing here but something told him they were just as lost as he was for the answer to those questions, "Are... you alright?"

[ @Romulus @Starfall @wren ]

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"And what, exactly, do you think you're doing?" Sootflare, mewed flatly from over the tom's shoulder The deputy had emerged from camp soon after Lionstar dismissed the meeting and wasn't very pleased to find this little runt kicking around outside, "Last I recall, Lionstar told you he didn't want you here and I escorted you out of camp, Largekit. You have one chance to explain yourself before I chase you out of here with your tail between your legs."

[ @WarriorsAndHorses ]

"I'm not LargeKit! I'm named Claw!" He growled, curling his lip into a snarl, "And I'm watching over SnowFern to make sure she's okay!" Claw snapped, his black and white fur bristling.

[panchiko]

// @wnder @~Lucid Dreams~ 3 paragraphs of dayheart taking a rock indiana jones style, i love my life hehe

"cominngggg sooti--" insert very non suspicious cough cough, "aherm, sootflare. i am coming," dayheart replied in a very seriousest voice. nothing suspicious about any of that at all -- why would there be? he was very seriousestest!!! no doubt! "we... we don't have all day. day! hehe... dayheart." following sootie happily, dayheart walked into the tunnel.

walking a little bit fast, his paws somewhat sticking on the slightly damp floor, the warrior payed deep attention to his cool surroundings. wow, he was in a tunnel!! he was like... urm, what animals lived in tunnels? rats? he was like a rat!!! yay!! as dayheart entered the tunnel he spotted... a thing. a pretty thing. a pretty rock!! he.. he couldn't leave it here to rot, could he? he had to make sure it was appreciated! crouching down as low as he could, dayheart took a similarly-sized rock from the ground underneath his paws, his heart racing in anticipation.

getting into a nice comfortable position, he held the 'other' rock in his hand, slowly creeping his paw towards the prettier rock. after a few seconds of letting anxiety kick in and his brain telling him that this was exactly what sootflare had told him not to do -- put himself at unnecessary risk --, dayheart decided to just do it anyway on a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown. taking a deep breath, the slightly damp air in the tunnel a bit of a relief from his body overheating from nervousness, the warrior used both his paws to put the 'other' rock next to the pretty rock.

the hairs on the back of his head rising up, dayheart counted underneath his breath. "five.. four.. threetwoonezero," he murmured. a split second after he was done, the warrior used a claw to put move the pretty rock out of the way and put in its place the same-size rock. hoping the tunnel didn't collapse -- he'd replaced the pretty rock with the other rock, so surely it wouldn't make too big a difference -- he went looking for sootflare. he was the perfect cat to give the rock to who'd appreciate it.

"sootflare?" he hmmed, looking around. "i got you a pretty rock!!" this was just the way to start off his earlier plan! he held the white rock with nice light gray swirls in his hand, enjoying the cold feel of it.

[duckie]

Sootflare
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Sootflare padded along by himself for a while, taking note of a couple of partial collapses no too far into the tunnel system. He hoped they could make it all the way to the old camp today but, depending on what happened, they might not have time for that. He flicked his ear impatiently at Creekleap's announcement, "Keep going!" he called back. The white and grey tom paused to peer through an opening in the ceiling where a small beam of light broke through and illuminated the dim interior of the tunnels. The air inside was heavy - almost suffocating - with stale scents. Voles, mice, and more. The occasional root dangled down from the roof and cobwebs were abundant in the various nooks and crannies.

He gave a start as Dayheart approached, confused by the item presented to him. A... rock? "I really don't see how-" he began, fur bristling with irritation, but quickly shut his mouth again as he rethought that sentence. Dayheart seemed to be the kind who might cry over something as inconsequential as not accepting a rock. Was that something he really wanted to deal with right now? Not really. Sootflare let out a sigh, "If I take the rock will you do what you're supposed to be doing?"

[ @~Lucid Dreams~ @hope ]

[panchiko]

// @wnder @~Lucid Dreams~

dayheart beamed as he offered sootflare the rock, noticing how sootflare had closed his mouth quickly after beginning to speak. wow, he'd left sootflare speechless!! he'd known this was a great idea!! his plan was working just fine!~

"only if you give me a hug too!" dayheart hmphed, giving sootflare a small smile. he didn't look too much like he was appreciating the rock, so the warrior added "and appreciate the rock. pleasseee?? i got it just for you!! isn't it pretty??" he murmured, flicking his ear dismissively at creekleap's little announcement and sootflare's response to it. "good job creekleap! i'll go back to doing what i'm supposed to be doing! i promise!" dayheart squeaked, looking at sootflare with pleading eyes. he just wanted one hug and one compliment of the rock -- that couldn't be so much to ask for out of this wonderful cat, right?? sootflare was probably going to compliment the rock anyway, even if it was only mentally and dayheart couldn't hear it.

[lucidense]

Creekleap could hear them talking in the distance. She flicked her ear, patting down loose patches of ground and filling in cracks. She sniffed, recoiling as she almost ran into cobweb. "I found cobwebs, I'm going to get them for Otterstone and Fawnsqueak!" She harvested the cobwebs, neatly placing them. She could tell that Dayheart was eager to please- she hoped that would go well for them. @wnder @hope

[skreelyshark]

@StealthWarrior

Reedwhisker stifled a yowl of amusement when he saw the shocked apprentice's face.
"Just try walking into it and we'll come back on another day when it's warmer. Tomorrow I plan on doing some fishing so you're going to get used to water very quickly, Stealthpaw."

[teddy.]

Originally Posted by hope

"noooooo---!!!" he squeaked light-heartedly as he watched bumblebelly beat him in slow-motion, jumping into second-place a few long moments afterwards. "i-i totally let you win.. pffff, who am i kidding? you won fair n square! good jobb!!! im so proud of you!! good for you, bumble!!" the tom gave bumblebelly a few happy pats on the head in congratulations while smiling and listening to him speak. at the little shadowclan comment, dayheart laughed. "certainly not! you're awesomee!! y'know what, the word awesome doesn't even cut it... awemazing? awesome and amazing?? hrmmm.. cool! great! fun! lovely! FAST! how about all of the above?!" he replied, awe visible in his sparkly eyes. bumblebelly was all of the above! and dayheart had to make sure he knew it!

Bumblebelly felt like he could melt into a big puddle of goo at just how flustered he found himself becoming. With everything going on; Swan being more than under the weather; the discovery that he was related to the biggest frog butt in the clan; finding out his mother had children before him; a simple word of kindness was enough to set him off and day had given him more than enough.

Quickly, with his big bear paws and strong arms, Bumblebelly had engulfed the smaller cat in his fluffy orange chest. "Don't let the world ruin you," He couldn't help the wince that followed his words.

[Leopardblaze]

Originally Posted by Sugarglider

Sootpaw clambered onto the boulder, slipping down a bit, but finally reaching the top. She shook out her fur, inching away from the sides of the boulder and looked up. The view was breathtaking, and her tiny mouth formed a little 'o'. "Our territory is big! And beautiful!" She looked at her mentor. "Where are we going first?"

Leopardblaze's whisker's twitched in amusement as she watched Sootpaw's reaction to how big their territory was. "Before we set off," she began, flicking her tail pointing out to a certain location. "All the way over there is Lionsrange, where SkyClan used to be, it's pretty rocky and a little barren. It's also a fairly long walk to reach it." Memories flooded back to her from all those moons ago, but she pushed those thoughts away and moved on. "And over there is Lionsbeach, the water is pretty choppy over there, but it is a good place to find gulls. Beside it should be Lionstunnels, I haven't been down there before, but I know there are tunnels that run all through the ground beneath our paws. "She paused for a moment before continuing, "Over there is Sleepy Thicket. It is a little ominous over there especially with the legend that surrounds it." Leopardblaze didn't want to go into too much detail and creep her out, but she would if she asked. She hoped Sootpaw was gathering all of this information as quickly as she was giving it, she didn't want to give her too many things to remember at first. "Training Island is nearby and we can stop by the River and maybe get some swimming practice in," she meowed looking over at her apprentice, carefully standing up on the rock so not to slip and fall off.

[duckie]

Originally Posted by WarriorsAndHorses

"I'm not LargeKit! I'm named Claw!" He growled, curling his lip into a snarl, "And I'm watching over SnowFern to make sure she's okay!" Claw snapped, his black and white fur bristling.

Sootflare
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"Alright, Largekit." he replied, a growl rumbling in the back of his throat, "Snowfern is just fine - you, on the other paw, are not going to be if you don't get out of our territory."

[StealthWarrior]

"Oof! Well, I'd better start trying." she walked into the water again, this time not jumping out. She tried her best to put on a face that wasn't agony/cold. @esa