[Rani]

Originally Posted by Mica

Mistlewhisker
ShadowClan Deputy
{ The Chariot }
she/her | 42 moons
[Large black cat with a half white muzzle and a pale green eye]
Purrks: Beefed Up T3, Shadow Fiend
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Mistlewhisker was quite grateful to the three mollies above her who were murmuring quietly to each other. It had been so long since a Gathering had been calm, and the clans had actually been allowed to spend time and share stories and news. Everyone was so desperate for it to be over that each Gathering felt more like a race to see who could get their news out the fastest, and who could accuse another clan of wronging them the loudest. But tonight, she had the chance to speak on pleasant terms before the inevitable battles they would have to fight. Mistlewhisker could tell Crowtooth was a die-hard loyal WindClanner. She appreciated that about him. Someone as loyal to their own clan as Mistlewwhisker was to Dawnstar and ShadowClan was someone she could respect. Perhaps, one day, Crowtooth would be sitting up here with her, rather than below her. An equal deserved to be on the same footing.

Well... not quite an equal.

Crowtooth's blabbering kept her thoughts from slinking too far away, his dramatics earning an eye roll from the ShadowClan deputy. "A shame. I had assumed your ego was stronger than a comment from a toad." Calling herself the equivalent of "bunny" was strange. She was used to being called it, and it hardly bothered her--you are what you eat after all--but saying it herself was interesting.

A cruel mistress? Since she became deputy? Mistlewhisker nearly snorted. She had been a cruel mistress for far longer than that, if she had to guess. She wondered idly if anyone truly thought she was cruel. Her eye drifted to Grousepaw, the apprentice stiff next to the other medicine cats. Looking down at Crowtooth again, Mistlewhisker was able to catch his congratulations. She smiled a little, dipping her head.

"Thank you. I am thrilled to serve ShadowClan as its deputy." More than she showed, too. Being deputy was everything she dreamed and more. Yes, she was busy, and yes, her clanmates were often nothing but trouble, but solving problems and working with the high-ranks and Enforcers gave her immense satisfaction.

And of course, the RiverClan battle was an inevitable conversation topic. Mistlewhisker looked back on the event, remembering the cats she fought. It had been a relatively quick battle, but she had done decent damage to her opponents. "I focused on quality, rather than quantity." She meowed cooly, as though she wasn't talking about the mauling of cats who were trying to defend their home. "How many did you kill?" She purred with an aura of someone who had killed many, even though she had not given the killing blow to anyone. She would see how he reacted.

Crowtooth
Windclan Tunneler/Fury | He/him | 50 Moons
Power Card: Cold Gust

This was fun and Crowtooth couldnt stop himself from chuckling fondly as Mistlewhisker even joined in and called herself a frog. Honestly if he was a shadowclan cat with the choice of a derogatory creature name (them being the one clan without a common nomenclature) he'dve gone for rat or bat instead of the amphibian. Rabbit was cooler regardless, rabbits could be lethal even if others underestimated them.


He did have an interest in how the molly ran her patrols, given that he was the tom who was currently doing windclans and idly asked "Im curious actually, how do ya handle patrol punishments, specifically for apprentices who's non completion is linked ta their warrior leads not goin' out at all. Been strugglin' ta find a balance between 'not yer fault, no punishment' an' 'shouldve tried an' come ta me regardless before it became too late' personally." That wasnt secret knowledge and wouldnt be frowned upon for the two to share right? Every clan had idiots who didnt patrol when ordered and apprentices who got caught up in it. Maybe shadowclan had an established method to this issue windclan had lost with Fallownose it wouldnt be horrible to share.



But on the topic of battle Crowtooth was a little smug, smirking up at Mistlewhisker with the full knowledge that her words meant she didnt get as much as she migthve wished. "Frankly wanted ta give them the chance ta learn from this lesson, figured loss of their territory an' the exile would be vengeance enough so didnt go in ta kill but the fish were dumb as rocks.

Killed one that refused ta run, near maimed another that also didnt run (she was a warrior an' just froze like a kitten after I told her ta bolt, dunno what riverclan is teachin' their members it was shameful), an' drove off a third who decided ta interfere in my apprentices battle 'cuz he was winnin'."
Coward. One was a fox heart to be a warrior and interfere in two apprentices battle unless it was dire and one was going to die, winning and loosing was important to learning to be a good warrior so if you couldnt handle your apprentice loosing to one of their same level (something that spoke more of you as a mentor then them) you shouldnt be a mentor. Harsh as it was loss was life and taking a loss gracefully and well was important.


"My apprentice still won though, both o' them did Im really proud."




Stars shadowclan had a bunch of rank ups though and the the windclan tom huffed, commenting on that fact. "Seems the battle did yer clan well though, good on ya'll." Dawnstar of all cats knew how to benefit from battles, he knew well.