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Originally Posted by Fish

 

Adderpaw
Determined ⋆ Loyal ⋆ Lawful Good ⋆ She/Her ⋆ Beefed Up T3
“One day I’ll be the greatest warrior of all the clans!”

Adderpaw was prepared to be disappointed in her leader, she was ready to yell cruel words at him if she needed but.. He almost seemed remorseful? Maybe he was. Adderpaw felt a pang of guilt for letting her anger take over her thinking and thanked she was getting better at controlling her emotions. Though she wasn't sure what to say now or exactly feel. He took the winds out of her sail!

That was a good thing.

But now what she was supposed to say? She let him sit in dead air for far too long she should speak. "Right, please forgive me but I'm not sure I can trust those words right now, not fully. I want to see my leader—You, Fadingsun in a trustful eye. I have been to hopeful cats will change and I haven't seen it yet. Well for the better anyways." She sighed as she looked off and thought about the cats that started to take a down turn. Maybe it was a bit cold of her to say this after seeing the guilt he wore but she didn't want to be disappointed in anyone anymore. "I'll keep an eye on you and if you don't do that again when an execution is needed then well I suppose trusting you fully might be a good idea. You do something like that again I will be right back here yelling in your ear, Alright?!"

It wasn't like the apprentice had much to stand on with her power and position in the clan yet she was going to try and do something. It was no bluff and potentially she would try and talk to a star critter to help her if he did something bad again. Nothing too crazy, maybe a rain cloud right on his head? Yeah that would be good.

"Speaking more on the tongue thing..." Adderpaw said feeling uncomfortable talking about it now that she wasn't scared and angry. Honestly it was going to take moons for that to get erased from her mind. "Its not my place to say things like this, but uh.. Maybe we should keep an eye on Talonpaw? It would be worrying if this becomes a pattern of behavior and all." Adderpaw hoped that she wouldn't be yelled at for talking about another apprentice like this by Fadingsun. Much more she hoped that he didn't tell Talonpaw what she said if Fadingsun disapproved of this. More in fighting would be a headache.

If there was one thing that had stayed consistent, it was Adderpaw's dedication to her Clan. Even though she was still quite young, she often spoke with the wisdom of someone with many moons of experience as a warrior. Fadingsun gave her a small smile as she promised to yell at him again if he slipped up. "I need someone to hold me accountable like that, so that's fine by me."

His smile faded as Adderpaw brought up the tongue thing again. Stars, he hoped he'd be able to forget about that one day, but it wouldn't be any time soon. "We'll keep an eye on him. Talonpaw is a deeply troubled cat, I'm afraid, but hopefully with time he'll improve." Maybe the apprentice was having the same regrets that he was right now. "Is there anything else you need?"

 

Originally Posted by squidz

| BERRYPAW |

small & nimble dark brown she-cat with darker flecks and light, leafy-green eyes | the collector

[ riverclan mc apprentice | she-cat | 9 moons | timid, kind, hardworking ]

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Seeing the leader smile actually eased Berrypaw's worries, if only for a moment; she'd only ever really seen Fadingsun scowling or looking stressed, mainly because he was trying to organized an entire Clan. One that was on the brink of war, mindfully. So right now, looking pleased and friendly, some of her worries could step behind her for a moment.

"Oh... thank you!" she mewed earnestly. To having both Fadingsun's and Mistyshard's support? She already felt a whole lot better, despite her nerves still hanging on. "I will let you know... if anything happens," she assured, dipping her head respectfully. "I... well, I will do what I can for the Clan!"

She couldn't promise much, but she could certainly promise that she'd take her work seriously. And give it all she had.

Fadingsun felt a surge of warmth for Berrypaw at her assurance she'd do what she could for the Clan. There was certainly a level of innocence to the way she was bringing herself to this new position, in a good way. Unfortunately, he was certain that innocence wouldn't remain for very long. "Maybe sometime soon you and I can go out herb gathering together, and you can show me all you're learning with Mistyshard. I'm sure you're going to do a fantastic job."

 

Originally Posted by Seamrog

As Fadingsun spoke, Duskleaf calmed down a bit, he was relieved that the leader understood, sure why wouldn’t he understand? Duskleaf lowered his head a little bit when Fadingsun said that he wouldn’t send out a search party, but the decision did make sense to him. RiverClan had to prepare now more than ever for what was to come, most warriors would be very busy. However then Fadingsun offered to go with him to look for Reedclaw, and that part made Duskleaf look back up at his leader.

"Please, I'd really appreciate that." Duskleaf began. "T-thank you." He was filled with a whole range of emotions, sadness and worry about his father, gratitude to Fadingsun for offering to help look for him, and anger, except he wasn’t entirely sure who or what to be angry at. Himself for leaving it a few days which could mean the difference between life and death for his father? Reedclaw for just vanishing, no that seemed a bit cruel to be angry at his father for this, surely whatever happened was not his fault. What about whoever had caused this? Well he had no idea what happened or if it was even anyone’s fault, so that also left him with a bit of confusion too.

He also had mixed emotions about going around the territory with Fadingsun, of course he wanted to do it, for answers, but he couldn’t help but worry about what they’d find, hopefully they’d find Reedclaw alive and uninjured, but he wasn’t the type to just vanish and not even tell his own son where he went, so Duskleaf was worried about finding nothing at all or something tragic, but it had to be done, he had to know one way or another.

(Sounds like a good idea! Thank you!)

Fadingsun nodded curtly. "Of course, it really isn't a bother. Come on, let's head out now and look, unless you had something else to talk about?" He rose to his paws, but waited to leave until he got confirmation from Duskleaf that he was ready.

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Originally Posted by taillow

DUSKLION
she/her | riverclan deputy | 28 moons

Tail swishing behind her and maw stifling a yawn, Dusklion ducked into her brother's den without much warning (she'd love to see him try and kick her out). "Fades, I've got an idea I wanna run by you." She had been thinking more and more on what cats had said at the end of the meeting, and fighting with herself back and forth on whether or not to bring it up. Her main reason for doing this was to make sure that none of the innocent of RiverClan got tangled up in this mess. "...It's about the war that'll be comin' to us here rather soon." A war that... she had helped create.

Swallowing the deputy took a seat promptly in front of her brother. "We need to think about gettin' the queens 'n kits outta here before all hell breaks loose if WindClan decides to raid our camp like those thunder-rats just did. Elders, too. Waitin' until those vultures swoop down into our camp will be too late. I don't want them harmed in this. Given how WindClan attacked us while we had no home 'n were already half-drowned after the flood, I wouldn't put it past some of their cats to see what they could get away while usin' the war as a cover-up." She hated to think it, but it was true. She was starting to learn that even when ruling with an iron claw, cats sometimes acted on their own accord. Just take her and Fallownose, for example.

"I know you're plannin' on runnin' a camp defense event, which is good. I plan to run my own event, 'n I wanna take a group of cats 'n start making another exit that we can use - that way if they come in through the front, we can herd those that can't defend themselves out the back 'n have 'em flee that way." Less cats in the line of fire, the better.

[ Fadingsun - @occultation ]

Fadingsun was half out of it when Dusklion entered his den. He hadn't slept well the previous night, too busy thinking over what he could do to prepare for this war. He was growing increasingly frustrated as he realized more and more that there really wasn't much he could do, beyond an event to prepare the Clan to defend. If that was even realistic; if Twilightstar brought the whole of WindClan down on them, they might not be able to stay.

That line of thinking fit quite well with what Dusklion was proposing. He nodded briskly. "An evacuation event is fine. I'm sure you'll do a great job."

 

Originally Posted by Rose

She/Her | Purrk(s): Just A Scratch

Safe to say that Wisteriawren's little impromptu nap had her entirely forgetting what she'd come here in the first place to say. For a moment she just stared up at Fadingsun drowsily as he woke her, trying to figure out what he wanted. While Wisteriawren was usually bouncing around the place when awake, she was definitely not someone who woke up like that. It took a full minute for her to blink out of her sleep-induced trance and make sense of the world.

And still... her brain remained blank. Yet, Fadingsun had invited her into his den, and he'd already gone inside, no doubt waiting for her, and she couldn't let him wait because that would be bad manners, but she also couldn't just go sit inside and sit and stare at him because she didn't know what to say, but if she went inside and told him she'd forgotten what she'd come here to say then she'd have wasted his time and possibly gotten him annoyed with her and--- Heavenly hyacinths, she was overthinking again, wasn't she?

Oh dear, her overthinking had rambled on internally for so long that Wisteriawren realized she was already making him wait, and in her haste to get to her paws, the ex-kittypet tripped over the pebble she'd brought and landed on the ground with a quiet grunt. "Cherry blossoms." Wisteriawren cursed softly, and then instantly brightened, her tumble and the minute scrape on her shoulder forgotten. Aha! The reason she was here! The pebble!

Scooping up the item and hurrying into Fadingsun's den with newfound purpose, the classic tabby plopped herself down wordlessly and then presented the orange and black tom with her makeshift present. "Tada, for you!" She exclaimed cheerfully, wide awake as she lifted her gaze from the rock, to Fadingsun, and then around at his den.

Oh. It was dark in here. And really, really empty. She frowned. Considering how lively and full of cats the warrior's den was (of which Wisteriawren still needed to ask someone how nests were acquired so she could stop sleeping in the middle of the clearing every night), Wisteriawren had been expecting... she didn't know, actually. More cats? Another nest? Did Dusklion sleep in here? Wisteriawren craned her neck to look for the deputy's nest somewhere in a corner, but didn't find it.

"You sleep in here, all alone?" She blurted suddenly, gold-flecked blue eyes wide. "That sounds..." She searched for the word a moment, brow furrowing in thought as she focused on her paws. "...lonely?" Yeah, that was it. Something Wisteriawren herself had felt after she could no longer call Greta's home her own.

Out of all of the things Wisteriawren could have possibly wanted, giving him a gift wasn't one of the things that Fadingsun would've guessed in a bajillion moons. He stared, rather dumbfounded, at the gift for a few moments.

When his brain finally got his paws to move, he leaned forward and snatched the rock up. He set it gently down in his nest; keeping mementos was never really something he'd done before. It was a common thing in RiverClan, but not something that he'd ever really gotten into. Maybe... maybe he should start. This den was awfully bare and empty, after all.

The leader deflated a bit as Wisteriawren made the observation that it was rather lonely in here, sleeping all alone. He did often find himself missing the company of other cats in his den, but he never really mentioned it to anyone. The longer he remained leader, the more it became clear to him that his personal feelings didn't really matter that much.

Still, there was something about Wisteriawren that just felt... comforting. Like he could open up to her and be honest without worrying that he was going to get yelled at or insulted for it. Maybe it was because she was so new to the Clan, so she wasn't yet committed to holding him to incredibly lofty standards.

"It... can get lonely in here," he admitted. "I've gotten used to it lately, but I do still find myself missing the company of other warriors. I didn't realize that leadership would be quite so... isolating. Maybe that's the real reason so many of RiverClan's leaders haven't lasted more than a few moons at best."

 

Originally Posted by starry

Tail lashing, Mistyshard headed into Fadingsun's den. She trusted that Rainpaw was in good paws with Berrypaw for the time being. She only needed to explain what had happened and then she could help her apprentice with the healing... She took a quick breath to calm herself, fuming from the stupidity of Rainpaw's actions.

"Fadingsun, apologies for the rather unsettling intrusion, but I have a report to make about Rainpaw. I was going to mark the ThunderClan border, then hunt in the territory a bit, when I came across Rainpaw's scent. He was on ThunderClan's side of the border, unconcious in Bumblestar's paws. He's one damn lucky apprentice that she didn't kill him. He went deep into ThunderClan territory with the intent of harming and killing Bumblestar. It's so reckless, I just can't," she huffed, disappointment sparkling in her one amber eye.

@occultation

Great, just great. Anger flared in Fadingsun at Mistyshard's news. "Wonderful. Now this is certainly going to sour our relations with ThunderClan even more. Honestly, I really think most of our Clan have bees in their brains."

Tail lashing, he began to head out of his den to find Rainpaw. "Thank you for letting me know. I'll handle Rainpaw."

 

Originally Posted by Goopysharkboi

@occultation

Moonpaw quietly and confidently padded up to the Leader's den. Thanks to Skyfall she could remember where it was.
"Hey, uh... Fadingsun, right? I thought I'd let you know I think I'm starting to adjust to Riverclan life pretty well. Skufall wants me to start my outside of camp training once I feel confident enough in the camp. Are there any places in camp that might need my help?" She meowed politely and in a tone that showed she was sincere about what she was saying. Her tail swayed softly as she spoke, black-and-white pelt standing out like a black spot on a white cat.

Fadingsun's ears perked as Moonpaw entered his den. The apprentice seemed to be adjusting well to Clan life, which he was pleased to see. He tipped his head to the side in thought as she questioned whether anything could be done around camp. "The camp wall could always use some work. I think Dusklion was planning on working on that, so maybe check with her? Otherwise, I don't see any reason why you can't get started on your other training."