[burntToast]

|[ Mud'smoke ]|
he/him | 21 moons | RC warrior | more of a hunter

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Mudsmoke quietly waited as his clanmates finally filtered into the clearing and sat down gathering around the Floodstone. Some, who had not gone to the gathering, were asking what had happened while others looked up at Fadingsuns in anticipation waiting to hear what he had to say. Mudsmoke found himself also waiting anxiously for what was to be said. after sitting quietly waiting, the events of the gathering had finally caught up to him in his brain. Things didn't look good for riverclan at all.

The moment Fadingsun began to speak, the first thing Mudsmoke noticed was that there didn't seem to be any anger in voice like expected just exhaustion. Mudsmoke pitied Fadingsun, it must be frustrating constantly dealing with mistakes and wrong doings of your clan. It would take time but mudsmoke truly believed that riverclan would get better, that they WERE getting better...just very slowly. He felt the fur along his back bristle at Fadingsuns next words. Blaming the entire clan!? Sure a few pawfuls of cats hadn't done the best for their clan and some made mistakes but blaming them and saying they're the reason this war was coming their way was out of line. He was even blaming the apprentices. Some cats were truly trying to fix this clan, maybe he himself wasn't the best but he wasn't actively trying to bring the downfall to riverclan! The thought made him feel sick.

He turned his head, his gaze scouting out Dusklion in the crowd, she looked miserable. Fadingsun wasn't going to demote her but leave it up to the clan to decide. Dusklion wasn't the most innocent cat here, she had many problems she had yet to deal with. At her deputy ceremony he was sure she was too change, now he doubted himself. It was true that they needed all their high ranks now more than ever but they couldn't have just any cat in their deputy position especially one who might have put them in this whole damn situation. A few warriors spoke out on her behalf, he wasn't quite sure he agreed with them. He did however agree with staghearts words, Dusklion deserved to atleast tell her side of the story, what kind clanmates would they be if the just blindly listened to another clans leader and believed it without question!? He would wait until he heard her words before he responded.

As Dusklion stood up and faced the clan it was clear what she was saying was the truth, she didn't even try to hide her expression. After hearing her words mudsmoke made up his mind. She made mistakes, but what cat didn't? She owned up to them and didn't try to put the blame of herself, she held herself accountable and took responsibility of her actions. In his opinion it was clear she loved her clan and that is what they need in their deputy. "I vote she stays deputy, she made a mistake and so do all of us. What is important is she took accountability for it. I believe that Dusklion will become a great deputy to riverclan." he said confidently.

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Originally Posted by alec

[ @burntToast - aspenkit ]

->> jayfrost <<-
[ he/him | riverclan | 27moons | burn baby burn ]
a tall, skinny, silver classic-tabby with well groomed short to medium length fur and icy blue eyes
CW: hes not doing well, fear, panic attack(???) ptsd (???)
- please no interaction with him unless your cat is aspenkit, marigoldkit, garlicfeather, goldfish, vm if i forgot anyone -

 

jayfrost wasnt sure which part of fadingsuns speech it was, but somewhere around the middle he found himself nearly shaking in fear, emotions switching from tired displeasure to blind eyed terror in a matter of seconds. all of the sudden he was more awake than ever, hyper aware of his surroundings and himself, his skin crawled at the itchy feeling of sand beneath his paws and in his fur. he whipped his head around, an unnaturally stiff motion, unsure what he was actually looking for, unable to catch up with his thoughts at all as he staggered over towards the familiar kit. perhaps he had been looking for goldfish or garlicfeather but the prospect of any of the kits witnessing what was to come was too much, his thoughts immediately went to the execution last meeting, fogmuzzles execution, the apprentice cutting out fogmuzzles tongue before they had properly stopped breathing, the blood trenched ground after the raid. his breath caught and he briefly felt like he was suffocating again, but it wasnt cold, he could feel the squeeze of his ribcage all the same but it wasnt snow pressing in on him. jayfrost stood, shaken and quietly gasping for breath irregularly for a moment, he wanted to give up, let himself sink to the ground and continue to shake and tremble. he wanted to just let himself turn into a puddle of nothingness and let the tears he couldnt dare reveal to anyone but an empty forest finally spill. the raid, both incidents and memories far more painful plagued him, he tried to focus on the kit as he took the last few steps necessary towards them.
he had composed himself enough to speak normally through the fear "marigoldkit, aspenkit, its late, to the den" he ordered, perhaps a slight tremble could be heard in his low voice, and perhaps one could recognise the unfocussed fear in his eyes. would they go without complaint, he would follow the kits to the nursery to ensure they stay. he had to speak to goldfish, garlicfeather, he couldnt do much but try to fight off another wave of panic at the thought of all the innocent kits, all the kits he couldnt protect.

Aspenkit
he/him |4 moons | RC | Reckless, naturally energetic | a little fighter and future nuisance

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He did start to notice marigoldkit's unease towards the clan meeting which confused him, then he heard her words. "kill our clanmates? That would never happen only if we had to!" he said reassuringly without knowing that his words weren't very reassuring at all actually. His ears twitched in the direction of Fadingsuns voice, oh! He had begun the meeting. Aspenkit turned to look up at the Floodstone excitedly, he wondered what would be said? Fadingsuns started speaking, speaking about some awful things that some of his clanmates had done. That didn't sound right, why would riverclan cats torture other clans apprentices for no reason? Fadingsun then said something about Dusklion being the killer of fallownose. Dusklion? Oh that was the deputy cat! Yes he remembers her, though it didn't sound like Fadingsun was very happy with her by his tone. Looking around it seemed no cat was actually happy with her too, how come? Wasn't the deputy someone important and who was fallownose anyway. Fadingsuns then went on to blame the whole clan and call them- pathetic?

The word rolled around in Aspen'kits head for a few moments before it finally registered. Huh? Wasn't riverclan the best clan? He was confused, why in starclans name would Fadingsun call his own clan pathetic. He was late to notice that a warrior, whom marigoldkit seemed to familiar with, had approached them. His words about returning to the nursery completely flew over his head. He wanted to stay, he wanted to hear what Dusklion had to say about this, as she stood up all heads turned in her direction. Aspenkit let out a frustrated hiss as he was ushered away from the clearing towards the nursery. Aspenkit strained his ears towards the meeting listening to what Dusklion had to say. She said some things that aspenkit didn't quite understand but from what he heard she had a right to kill fallownose, whoever they were, they had been spouting awful insults about his clan and they deserved what they got. Death.

He peered around the warrior who was kinda blocking his few from the meeting and watched as Dusklion addressed the clan stating that she would only be deputy if the clan wanted her to be. Scooting past Jayfrost but not quite leaving the warrior, he would return to the nursery as told after he had said what he wanted to say, he looked in the direction of Dusklion and stood proudly. "you should stay deputy! You're proud to be part of riverclan just like everyone else should, you deserve to stay your rank!" he declared loudly and with no doubt in his voice. He stood confidently not caring when a few eyes turned back to look at him. He felt proud of himself as if he had just said a magnificent and convincing speech, he liked Dusklion she sounded like a great riverclan cat because she was proud to be part of riverclan and had defended their honour against that stinky fallownobody. though he didn't know what a deputy exactly was, he was sure Dusklion deserved the position. Having said what he wanted to he turned back to Jayfrost and marigoldkit, "ok we can go to the nursery now" he responded quietly as tried to push Jayfrost in that direction aswell.

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