[occultation]

Originally Posted by Wintersun

Willowpaw almost missed the solomn looking tom, and yet, she always seemed to notice everything that went on around her. He did look pretty distrought, and Willowpaw who was slowly getting over her social anxiety, was a bit tempted to go up to him. Of course with how socially anxious she still was, she had a hard time convincing herself to actually commit. The multi-colored she-cat took nervous steps to him. "H-Hey, I heard what happened... That wasn't really fair to you or... Hailpaw? Was it? That shouldn't happen to any cat, no matter what, I never knew them but I wish I did. Makes you realize what can happen to somebody in just a few days, but that's what comes with the risk of being in a clan I suppose." She murmured in a quiet voice, sitting next to the tom in what she hoped to be a comforting manner. She didn't look at him, just kept her gaze to the sky, soon perhaps she would find the star's of her parents, even if they were rogues.

Shadowfur swallowed hard. “I should’ve known better than to take such a young apprentice to a place like that,” he growled. “Hailpaw was too undisciplined for his own good. It ended up costing him his life.” He bowed his head solemnly. “As his mentor, I should have seen that. But his death is punishment enough for that mistake. And the scorn of most of my Clanmates.”

He turned his gaze to his Clanmate. “But it won’t do me any good to wallow in self-pity. I appreciate your understanding. A lot of our Clanmates will take time to see this as just an accident.”

Originally Posted by RiztheHuntress

~Spiritfire | @Cherry~

The fluffy white she-cat had been off to the side of the clearing, giving herself a thorough cleaning, when dark fur emerging from the warrior's den caught her eye. Shadowfur. She was infinitely curious as to what had actually happened to the warrior and his apprentice. Perhaps she should go talk to him. It was her job, after all, to listen to her clanmates.
Rising to her paws and giving her plumy tail a quick flick, Spiritfire made her way over to the tom.
"Hello, Shadowfur. Mind if I join you?" She questioned, giving her fiery eyes a friendly (or as friendly as she could muster) blink.

As he finished speaking to the apprentice, Shadowfur noticed Spiritfire approaching him. He hoped she wasn’t coming to make a snide comment, or to box his ears like that one idiot had tried to do at the Clan meeting. Shadowfur was grateful Dawnstar had been there to break it up; he didn’t feel like fighting any of his Clanmates at this point.

Relief washed over him when her arrival was peaceful. He nodded at her question. “Of course you may join us. It’s relieving to have some Clanmates who are still willing to give me the time of day.”