shoulder to shoulder with sleepysunrise, it had become almost a habit to leave camp to patrol, hunt or gather with the youngest enforcer every once in a while. it didnt happen on a schedule, but when rookfire ran out of warriors to take with him as additional storage on the way (even though he didnt care about them hugely, he didnt want them to get annoyed and unwilling from being forced on extra patrol every sunrise) sleepysunrise was the first that came to mind.
it appeared today wouldnt be like every other day though, barely a step out of camp and darkfall, blood drenched and mudstained, came into view. white marked brows drew together and rookfire fell out of pace, slowing considerably, body almost entirely turned towards darkfall by the time the former enforcer stepped into their path, blocking the two from leaving and ultimately causing them to come to a halt. whiskers twitched in a mixture of concern and cursiosity, silver eyes long since scanning the older toms body for any obvious injuries even though he knew all the blood couldnt be his.
a important report, a blood drenched warrior with no signs of injury and needing rookfire and sleepysunrise to hear it specifically made his stomach flip in anticipation. a spark of fear coiling deep within his lungs, pressing against ribs and spreading into his stomach. there werent many reasons why sleepy and him specifically would have to be there, the only thing that really made sense in his mind being some clan endangering thing and them simply being the first enforcers he could find. though, he hadnt been running, there wasnt a look of raw instinctual fear shining in blue eyes and no thick scent unique to predators clung to his form. the thought that this might be driven by their personal involvement with the reason he was so shaken didnt cross rookfires mind. there wasnt a reason for him to suspect anything bad had happened to lostspark specifically and he wouldnt connect the dots until the moment confirmation passed darkfalls lips.
still, the dark enforcer turned the second darkfall made his way past them, following the larger feline briskly, shoulders set tight.

[ was gonna wait until estelle had posted but oh well || @Dark || @Estelle ]

starclan had given him so much to be greatful for and rookfire wouldnt dare to be ungrateful but stars was this really necesarry? hovering around camp, resting near the medicine den, engulfted in shadow from the large evergreen trees and mostly avoiding the more sun speckled bits of the clearing (since his little accident out in the territory at least) he often heard and saw more than others expected. it wasnt hard to miss most things. his slumber was hardly ever deep enough to get him to put down his head during the day so he mostly flew under the radar whilst still picking up on things. besides, the clearing wasnt that awfully large.
now, the thing rookfire had cursed internally just a moment ago was the very thing that caused him to blink open silver eyes at this day, faltering pawsteps, irregular and eventually ceasing. eyes half-lidded, he glanced around until he was able to pinpoint the source of disturbance, duskpaw, one of the few older apprentices rookfire actually knew very little about. the quickening breath easily observed even from a distance caused his lungs to give a brief squeeze of phantom pain, a reminder of what he knew to be a reaction similar to his. yet, the apprentices gasping breaths didnt appear to have any obvious source, no second cat hurrying after her, no one looking partly concerned yet mostly hurt a few steps away. a frown made its way onto rookfire face and the medic pushed himself to white tipped paws, approaching the apprentice quietly. by the time he got to her, the quiet whimpering had ceased to make way for hurried gasps.
"hey hey- its okay, its okay" he began quietly, crouching down near her but keeping enough distance as to not startle the younger feline. "can you take a breath with me?" he parroted the very thing mossfreckle had said to him, deciding against crossing into the apprentice personal space and instead hoping that they would hear his exxagerated, slow breathing. repeating encouraging words every once in a while, he hoped they would be in a good enough state to move to a more private place but wouldnt pressure them to do so in their current state.

rookfire would deny this but he was certainly someone for people watching, resting at the edge of camp and eyeing the hussle of cats going in and out during the day, still, he couldnt take note of everyone, couldnt realistically even know every cat well enough to connect anything but their name and appearance. yet when he padded back into camp a bit later than planned, set to make a beeline for the medicine cats den immediately, a lone kit in the clearing made turned eyes refocus on the world in front and limp ears perk up. changing his path, the former enforcer approached the kit slowly, watching their small head turn towards the endless blanket of stars slowly fighting the last rays of the sun for prominence.
"hey there little one, you alright?" rookfire enquired, angular head cocked to the side in question where he had come to a halt a few steps away from the brown, almost deer coloured, kit. his lack of experience with kits once again apparent, the dark tom took a moment too long to think before lowering himself into a half crouch aiming to cease talking down at them but rather on one level.
"its late, you should go to the nursery n get some rest, dont ya think?"

[ pretty short, sorry for that ]