RiverClan Nursery

[ponyapan]

Originally Posted by Celestial

a cream and ginger she cat approched the nursery, a nice vole clamped in her jaws whilst the sun beamed happily down from above. It was a good day despite the dark clouds looking in the far distance, though she had sent out the patrols prior to the oncoming stomr she still felt unease with the nursery. Perhaps someone wants something extra. she approched the den and ducked her head closer to the entrance which smell of milk and warmth. She couldn't help but suppress a deep sigh of longing before pushing her way into the den. The sunlight dappled the nests from the patchy roof and speckled the queens pelts while kits darted in and around her paws. Rowanflower smiled fondly upon the queens before noticing two kits who seemed quite lonely. A smile curved into her lip and she fully stepped into the den stepping toward the small kits gently. She dropped the vole down gently glancing at either kit "you two hungry?" asked the she cat amusement tinted her green hues tinting them an almost green and yellow mixture. Her tail lashed as she stepped back leaving the vole where it lay "you are into hard food are you not?" the deputy pressed glancing between the two kits.

@Lionfoot

The small light-grey kit shifted her gaze from the entrance to the cat talking to her. "Oh, hello." Sootkit said. "Wait, I have seen that before..." She scratched the ground with her white paws in concentration. "That's a vole, isn't it?" Sootkit asked. Behind her, a grey shape came forward. "That's right, Sootkit!"Stormlily said, her amber eyes glistening with pride and amusement at the same time. "You were too small to eat it last time you saw it, but I think you should be able to handle it by now. But you should share it with someone else, you won't manage to eat the whole one by yourself." Stormlily told her kit before settling next to Pebblekit again.
Sootkit looked at the cat before her who was holding the vole, and Sootkit tilted her head. "Do you want to share?" She asked. "Or maybe I should share with Lionkit? Or both!" Her voice was happy, but there was a shade of urgency in it.

[Barnabas]

Originally Posted by Morgan

@Mystical | @Twilight01 | @Radler

Splashpool laid inside the Riverclan nursery with her tail wrapped around her two surviving kits, glancing at the entrance to the nursery to see if her best friend Iwlfang was going to show up. She really want him to meet the kits that he had promise to act as if he were the father to the kits, so that they didn't have to live where they felt like they didn't belong. Once one of them got older she had promised Flarestrike one of them and since one of them hadn't survived she knew that it was fair to her and her mate if they each had a kit. 'I wonder how Flarestrike will react to knowing that one of our kits was born dead,' thought Splashpool.

@Mystical | @Twilight01 | @Radler @Okapi;

[Radler]

Originally Posted by Morgan

@Mystical | @Twilight01 | @Radler

Splashpool laid inside the Riverclan nursery with her tail wrapped around her two surviving kits, glancing at the entrance to the nursery to see if her best friend Iwlfang was going to show up. She really want him to meet the kits that he had promise to act as if he were the father to the kits, so that they didn't have to live where they felt like they didn't belong. Once one of them got older she had promised Flarestrike one of them and since one of them hadn't survived she knew that it was fair to her and her mate if they each had a kit. 'I wonder how Flarestrike will react to knowing that one of our kits was born dead,' thought Splashpool.

Owlfang resisted the urge to charge in through the nursery door, as soon as he heard that Splashpool had given birth he had eagerly wanted to meet his best friends kits. He didn't want to admit it, but part of him was frightened. Even after all these moons, he still thought of Splashpool and himself as mere apprentices themselves. But Owlfang knew that was just the immature part of himself that didn't want to grow up. He shook his pelt to make sure their weren't any harmful things from the outside to harm the kits, and ducked through the entrance. He spotted Splashpool with her tail wrapped protectively around two tiny bundles of fur. Owlfang walked over to Splashpool and dipped his head to the new queen. Before he could congratulate her, he leaned in and mewed in what he hoped was a comforting tone, "I'm sorry about your third kit, Starclan will look after them until we can meet them again. I'll make sure he is laid to rest well."

[Barnabas]

Originally Posted by Radler

Owlfang resisted the urge to charge in through the nursery door, as soon as he heard that Splashpool had given birth he had eagerly wanted to meet his best friends kits. He didn't want to admit it, but part of him was frightened. Even after all these moons, he still thought of Splashpool and himself as mere apprentices themselves. But Owlfang knew that was just the immature part of himself that didn't want to grow up. He shook his pelt to make sure their weren't any harmful things from the outside to harm the kits, and ducked through the entrance. He spotted Splashpool with her tail wrapped protectively around two tiny bundles of fur. Owlfang walked over to Splashpool and dipped his head to the new queen. Before he could congratulate her, he leaned in and mewed in what he hoped was a comforting tone, "I'm sorry about your third kit, Starclan will look after them until we can meet them again."

Splashpool watched her best friend Owlfang barge into the den, letting out a chuckle. The queen starred down at her two surviving kits vefore looking up at Owlfang. "Their in a good place. My cousin will probably take care of them." replied Splashpool, trying to hide the hurt in her voice. She knew that every one of her kits had someone is Starclan to look after them and it made her feel better just thinking of her and Flarestrike's dead family members.
(Writers block)

[SuspiciousMindz]

Originally Posted by Charmer

@Deranged Llama

Rainpelt trembled under the force of her own pain. A terrible sense of “wrongness” courses through her body like the river through a cluster of reeds. She could hear Lotusheart, but how could Rainpelt make her understand? Propping herself up on a foreleg, she twisted her neck to face the other queen and held out a paw like a defeated warrior pleading for mercy. “Please,” she meowed, her voice gravelly and thick with hurt, “I just need a minute.” Turning to bury her face in her paws yet again, the queen curled her tail around herself and hunched together and in on herself like one of the turtles surprised by a cat on the bank. “Just... just a minute, please,” she asked again, her voice muffled by her own fur.

@Deranged Llama

Lotusheart was unsure of herself at first. She was unsure how to handle this. Unsure what she thought was right and wrong in that moment. What she knew was this kitten needed food and warmth more than anything right now. However, it was clear this queen needed a moment to herself. With that came to the decision. The Maine Coon simply gave her a small nod, allowing the queen a little time to herself. Lotusheart then grabbed the newborn kitten and took her a few paces away to give Rainpelt some space. With a small sigh, she laid down now, on the nursery's mossy ground. Her body was curled tightly around the newborn kitten, her worried green hues never wavering from Rainpelt, however.

Originally Posted by Lonestar23

Right, then. The polite thing to do was to excuse himself, and let his friend get some rest - she worked hard, they could catch up later, and Jasperpelt didn’t need to be disappointed! He would be able to find her in the nursery tomorrow, perhaps, or at least sometime soon. But then… ”S… stay?” Jasperpelt stumbled over the word, his yellow eyes sparking a little with surprise before he managed to pull himself together. ”Of course, yes, uh… sure! I can, I can stay…” His voice trailed off as he settled down next to the nest. It looked odd, the dark tom curled up on the ground next to Lotusheart and her nest full of kits, but Jasperpelt didn’t really care - he was able to relax enough, and he glanced up at the brown she cat with as much of a smile as he could manage.

Lotusheart felt a tinge of joy course through her at Jasperpelt's response. She rested her head down on the edge of the nest, using it like a pillow. However, her face was rather close to Jasperpelt's fur. She didn't mind it though. She did feel bad that the tom wasn't in a nest, however the floor was rather soft anyway. It was always lined in moss to keep kittens from hurting themselves... not to mention the endless supply of toy making material. "You know..." she started, her breaths becoming longer and deeper. It was a sign that her body was getting ready to doze off. "I really like having you around..." he commented softly, her ears feeling heated a bit now. She was being honest though.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Morgan

@Mystical | @Twilight01 | @Radler @Okapi;

Splashpaw bounced into the nursery, memories of kithood filling her mind,” Splashpool!!” She purred,” What are the names of the kits? Can I mentor one of them? Who’s the father? When can you get back to training?” She rushed the heap of questions towards her mentor.

[lone]

Originally Posted by Suspiciousmindz

@Deranged Llama

Lotusheart was unsure of herself at first. She was unsure how to handle this. Unsure what she thought was right and wrong in that moment. What she knew was this kitten needed food and warmth more than anything right now. However, it was clear this queen needed a moment to herself. With that came to the decision. The Maine Coon simply gave her a small nod, allowing the queen a little time to herself. Lotusheart then grabbed the newborn kitten and took her a few paces away to give Rainpelt some space. With a small sigh, she laid down now, on the nursery's mossy ground. Her body was curled tightly around the newborn kitten, her worried green hues never wavering from Rainpelt, however.






Lotusheart felt a tinge of joy course through her at Jasperpelt's response. She rested her head down on the edge of the nest, using it like a pillow. However, her face was rather close to Jasperpelt's fur. She didn't mind it though. She did feel bad that the tom wasn't in a nest, however the floor was rather soft anyway. It was always lined in moss to keep kittens from hurting themselves... not to mention the endless supply of toy making material. "You know..." she started, her breaths becoming longer and deeper. It was a sign that her body was getting ready to doze off. "I really like having you around..." he commented softly, her ears feeling heated a bit now. She was being honest though.

The tom yawned, his pink tongue contrasting strikingly against his dark fur. ”I like having you around too,” He mewed almost without thinking. Once he had realized what had just come out of his maw (and with such confidence as well) the tom was more wide awake, his yellow eyes opening in a more startled manner. ”That - I mean, I didn’t - you know, because you’re - you’re like, my best friend, and… and you always smell really - really nice, I mean, pretty… and, uh, you’re really nice… and that’s normal, at least I think it is, I mean… I - I should like having you around, and… and stuff.” That sounded more like Jasperpelt. Stumbling over his words whenever he got nervous. And right now, he certainly was nervous. Sometimes it was funny to watch the tom trying his best to correct what he thought of as mistakes - other times it was horrifyingly painful. This, depending on who you were, was a mixture of the two.

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by Suspiciousmindz

@Deranged Llama

Lotusheart was unsure of herself at first. She was unsure how to handle this. Unsure what she thought was right and wrong in that moment. What she knew was this kitten needed food and warmth more than anything right now. However, it was clear this queen needed a moment to herself. With that came to the decision. The Maine Coon simply gave her a small nod, allowing the queen a little time to herself. Lotusheart then grabbed the newborn kitten and took her a few paces away to give Rainpelt some space. With a small sigh, she laid down now, on the nursery's mossy ground. Her body was curled tightly around the newborn kitten, her worried green hues never wavering from Rainpelt, however.

@Deranged Llama
Since it is kind of tricky to do much with a brand new kit, wanna do a little time skip to her eyes being open or something"? Give Galekit a little more autonomy?

[Jynx]

Originally Posted by Charmer

@Deranged Llama
Since it is kind of tricky to do much with a brand new kit, wanna do a little time skip to her eyes being open or something"? Give Galekit a little more autonomy?

Sure thing! I was kinda just stalking your guys' posts

[Charmer]

Originally Posted by Deranged Llama

Sure thing! I was kinda just stalking your guys' posts

@Suspiciousmindz

Alrighy then! Since you’ve been sidelined a while, wanna post first?