ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[duskfire1]

Oatkit

He flattened his ears in shock at the such harsh deliverance of the story, and gave a fearful glance towards Softpaw once she made such a obvious disapproval. He had an ear tilted towards her as she offered comfort, but he didn't respond. He was too in shock for anything. He shot one last questioning look at the seemingly malicious elder and padded out, his tail hanging low and his ears flat. He saw a nervous Eaglekit and a stiff Mallowkit, his heart speeding up at the sight of apparent fear in Eaglekit's eyes. He stopped at the looming shadow of Dogbark, and let out a small squeak as he fled the den, looking down. As he left he felt the change in temperature, the cool winds lightly ruffling his fur as he turned to see Softpaw sitting outside of the den, with a fearful kit in her fur. He silently turned away, padding towards the nursery. Even if his mothers were missing, he still had Foxpaw. He assumed he was likely busy as he curled up, placing his tail above his nose and closing his eyes, trying to ignore everything he had just heard. Aspenstar isn't like that. But what about Dogbark? He seemed to know what was going to be told before anything even happened, and he seemed happy about it, or, at least Dogbark happy. He winked at Ridgeclaw! Maybe he's just like Buckbranch. He thought fearfully, his fur on end at the thought of Dogbark killing a kit. Trust, trust, trust... His mind chanted, confusing him down to every bone in his body.



@Rani @Willowfern //

[Willowfern]

Ah, yes, Spiderthroat was specifically Dogbark’s challenger now. Spiderthroat certainly wasn’t challenging Aspenstar too.
No, Maplewhisker was a challenger to Dogbark too, apparently. The fact she had threatened an apprentice was worthless if she was speaking for Aspenstar, as long as she believed Aspenstar would save the day, it was fine.
Dogbark was pissed at Aspenstar. He wasn’t going to challenge her again, but he was upset that she hadn’t even addressed what was happening, only apprenticed some kits, and yelled at Dogbark, nothing else, not even a promise before she left.
She had up and left, leaving Dogbark alone with the scattered remains of the meeting.
With a growl, Dogbark turned and pulled himself onto one of the roots that jutted out from the ground like a knee, perching on it like a bird.
So, it seemed Dogbark had to handle any last strains of the yelling, fine. He would. But he would not reply, he would not give them ammunition, he would just reply as calmly, and plainly as he could.
He was not going to bicker like a child in front of his clan again, he refused to.
[Please wrap up your yelling/conversations, we don’t want to clutter this thread.]

[bailu]

@WinterMara

It was the bst she could do to not let out a squeak. Ivypaw was horrified. Absolutely horrified. This... this kit, Breezekit, had been KILLED by this leader, Duskstar. Ivypaw got to her paws, flicking one ear back, taking deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out.
She looked over her shoulder as Softpaw spoke. No, Ivypaw didn't exactly need comfort... she knew that the world was horrifying in many ways, and that that was just an example. Fighting to keep her expression calm, as though she hadn't just heard the most terrifying story, Ivypaw padded out of the den, and faced Softpaw.
"H-Hi. I could help y-you comfort the kits," she offered, trying to keep her tone light but utterly failing. Her tone was flat, toneless, empty of emotion. Ivypaw hoped her fellow apprentice hadn't noticed that.
She didn't understand how that was meant to be an elder story for kits. It wasn't amusing, it wasn't peaceful, and worst of all it took place in ThunderClan. What would the kits think of ThunderClan now, or Aspenstar and Dogbark? Surely... just surely kits knew that they weren't like Duskstar and Buckbranch, or rather Buckstar. Ivypaw sincerely hoped that if Aspenstar attempted to kill a kit, Dogbark wouldn't just stand by and do nothing. Even reasoning with Aspenstar would be fine.

[ThePiffle]

Originally Posted by Mistletoe

[Oh no Blackjaw! Poor guy.]

~Mallardstep~

The black tom’s ears perked up in surprise. When the other warrior didn’t get up, he got to his paws and padded over to examine his wounds. That doesn’t look good. He couldn’t just leave a clanmate in such a terrible spot. Even he had some morals.

“Blackjaw?” Mallardstep just wanted to make sure it was worth all the fuss before carrying Blackjaw to the medicine den.

Blackjaw looked up dazed, as he saw Mallardstep his eye glossed over with confusion. "Hello?" Blackjaw spoke quietly, "What happened?" he meowed as he felt the blood coming out of his head. "Where are Sharpkit and Wishkit?" he began frantically.

@Firebender @Clock Dragonshifter

(Mallardstep is still a good guy, yay!)

[versailles]

@littlelove @WinterMara @Jayvines @error @Willowfern //

➸ cornpaw | he/him

ooh boy, mistpaw was awake now and she'd asked a super silly question. why? "so you guys dont die from boredom, duh!!" cornpaw answered, acting as though that should've been obvious. he quickly nodded when cinderpaw spoke, letting out an excited howl of laughter when she started spinning around with the centipede. "SPIN FASTER!! i bet centipedepaw is having so much fun!" he beamed. oh, the bug was definitely having fun, if you ignored the fact it was probably hanging on for dear life.

bushpaws high pitched, hysterical scream caused him to freeze, staring at the tom as he scurried over to the other side of the den. then, he broke out into a fit of giggles once again, clearly finding bushpaws terror hilarious. "don't be MEAN to centipedepaw!! or else..uh, you..GOTTA HUG HIM!" he suddenly decided, nodding so hard that his brain probably got knocked around.

the thud of mistpaw hitting the ground and the snow sprinkling down had him tempted to break out into loud laughter again, but he didn't get the chance, getting shoved to the side by....oh!! dogbark! wait, oh no, dogbark! cornpaw shuffled back, attempting to wipe the grin off his face (and failing.) "NOT A DUMB BUG!! its centipedepaw!" he blurted out, quick to defend the so called 'stupid bug'.

he was about to say something else until he heard the deputy laugh. well, not really a laugh, but it was definitely close enough for cornpaw!! he smiled at cinderpaw. this was all because of cinder and him!! mostly him, but also cinderpaw because she was slinging the centipede around .. and everyone else for screaming - but mostly him and cinderpaw. oh man, he was so proud. "you LAUGHED!!" he chimed, looking at dogbark before turning to the group of three horrified apprentices, and one that was throwing a bug around. "guys, i didn't know he could laugh." he mewed in a failed attempt of a whisper.

[WinterMara]

| Softpaw of Thunderclan |

She gasped when she heard Dogbark chuckle, and like the others, it was on the forefront of her mind. ' 'We made Dogbark chuckle!' ' It was possible, and even Softpaw knew that, but she also knew it was hard, so she glared at Cornpaw with his failed attempt of a whisper, before processing something. ' 'Wait, oh nonono we are not naming it anything, let alone Centipedepaw. That thing made me and Bushpaw scream, more so Bushpaw, and I think Mistpaw can agree with our grievances, there is no way am I calling it by ANYTHING other than 'horrifying creature', no way, no how!' ' Yes, she had just realized that Cinderpaw and Cornpaw gave it a name.

| @Willowfern @sid @error @Jayvines @littlelove

[Tracker]

Originally Posted by A Wolf

Snowwolf's amber eyes gleamed with a clan delight as she was placed on a patrol. She enjoyed them, enjoyed working, and proving her worth. Though she wasn't quite sure who Wolftiger was, it sounded like a rather dumb name anyway, but she was quickly introduced to him when he approached. She allowed a quick dip of her head in a greeting before, at a quick pace heading for the border, not bothering to chat with her companion, work was to be done and small talk was of no interest to the large cat.
@Darkside (I can post at the border)

(She's leader of the patrol you know.)
Wolftiger dipped his head in return.

[bubble[error].]

Originally Posted by InsertCoolNameHere

Blackjaw looked up dazed, as he saw Mallardstep his eye glossed over with confusion. "Hello?" Blackjaw spoke quietly, "What happened?" he meowed as he felt the blood coming out of his head. "Where are Sharpkit and Wishkit?" he began frantically.

@Firebender @Clock Dragonshifter

(Mallardstep is still a good guy, yay!)

Sharpkit heard his name. He padded over to Blackjaw and purred loudly. "I'm right here." He mewed. "Wishkit is over near the nursery we were playing. When is feeding time?"
@Clock Dragonshifter

[Clock Dragonshifter]

Wishkit bounded after Sharpkit seeing Blackjaw. "I'm here!" the black and white she-kit mewed happily her tail swaying slightly.

@InsertCoolNameHere
@Firebender

[Mistletoe]

Originally Posted by InsertCoolNameHere

Blackjaw looked up dazed, as he saw Mallardstep his eye glossed over with confusion. "Hello?" Blackjaw spoke quietly, "What happened?" he meowed as he felt the blood coming out of his head. "Where are Sharpkit and Wishkit?" he began frantically.

@Firebender @Clock Dragonshifter

(Mallardstep is still a good guy, yay!)

Originally Posted by Firebender

Sharpkit heard his name. He padded over to Blackjaw and purred loudly. "I'm right here." He mewed. "Wishkit is over near the nursery we were playing. When is feeding time?"
@Clock Dragonshifter

@Clock Dragonshifter

~Mallardstep~

“I think you should go see the…” He trailed off. Thunderclan doesn’t have a medicine cat! Panic started to seep into his mind. Were there any cats who were skilled with herbs in the camp? He wasn’t sure. What should he do? This has never happened before!

As Sharkkit approached his panic grew. He has kits! He eyes quickly searched the clearing for help. Surely there’s some cat here who knows what to do! He shook his head. Get a grip! Stop the bleeding. Keep the kits away so they don’t freak out. Find some cat who knows what their doing. With this new plan in mind he began to calm down. Just a little.

“Blackjaw’s taking a bit a nap let’s try and stay away from him ok?” Mallardstep, pulled the kits back with his tail. He couldn’t keep a little panic from edging his voice. What do you use to stop bleeding? He wasn’t sure. He looked around the clearing. Leaves will have to do for now. He scooped up some leaves in his muzzle. Padding up to Blackjaw, he slowly rolled him over and placed the leaves on the other warrior’s wound.