ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[im a cat]

Originally Posted by Snowybush

Leafwing padded in to the warriors den and collapsed on to his nest. He yawned, it had been a long day. He kind of wanted to talk to some one but he didn't have the energy to find someone to share tongues with.

"Oh, hi, Leafwing, how has your day been?" Eaglesong mewed with a smile.

[Fletcher]

@Jackpot

Sleepydaze

The plump cat skulked into the leader's den- the prior days had been much too exciting for someone like him. He looked languidly from side to side, eyes half lidded, gaze steadfast. He rose his tail, looking for the new leader.

"Eveningstar? Ah...I hope I'm not intruding. Mmh..I'd like to offer my condolences for...recent events. I don't know how close you were with Buckstar, but..It cannot be easy to take on so many responsibilities so quickly..."

He murmured, stretching his paws, his silvery pelt almost radiant in the soft glow beneath the moon, "I've come to ask...well...This might sound silly, but...Would you think it odd for me to move into the nursery? I find it harder and harder to focus on warrior duties day by day, and..though I'm not exactly proud to say it...my apprentice deserves someone more...diligent..."

Sleepydaze, despite his relatively monotone voice, actually had a glimmer of shame in his eyes. He'd not been good to Stagpaw, but...he had no idea why Buckstar assigned the youngling to him anyways. Sleepydaze was notorious for slacking off and finding warm places to sleep rather than training or patrolling.

"I'll still hunt on orders...naturally...but... I feel like I'd be of more use to the clan helping queens with kits and assisting in things around camp rather than...well...what a warrior should do..."

He hunched his shoulders, he looked pretty upset with himself, but he was just much too feeble healthed to offer much to the clan outside of being essentially a very plush and kind bed.

[Zee]

For @Papaya (Bumblekit)
For @Exis (Gaykit)
For @littlelove (Cinderkit)
For @Redtalon (Emberpaw)
For @Snook (Flutterpaw)
For @Jackpot (Budkit)
For @Panda1440 (Iciclepaw)
For @Tiabirb (Berrykit)

”That’s precisely why you keep your mentor around when you become an Apprentice, Flutterpaw,” said Whitewolf. “And you will do very well to remember that.” She watched Bumblekit go to his nest, which she hadn’t quite expected. But Dogspirit’s kits had lost their mother so recently that she wasn’t surprised after giving his action some thought. She’d never blame him for his grieving, and she hoped he’d listen when she tried to speak with him after the story.

”Winter had already walked for a long, long time. But the Place of no Stars was cold and unforgiving. The winds ruffled her fur and the ground chafed her paw pads. She walked, and she walked, and she walked. And she found nothing but unrelenting darkness.” Whitewolf flicked her stub of a tail. Her favorite part of the story was upcoming—she’d remembered being terrified when Stagheart told it. “So she walked and she walked and she walked some more. Until she found a single, black form looming above the ground. Floating like a dangerous phantom. She sat and watched the phantom in a stunned silence. It was the first sign of life she’d seen in a while, and she hoped it would help her.”

”’Excuse me, mister phantom, sir,’ Winter said in an attempt to get its attention. But it gazed coldly down at her and didn’t respond. ‘Could you please help me?’ she continued, ‘I’ve lost my way and I need to go home!’ But the phantom stared at her in a persistent silence. Then the wind picked up and tore through the forest, sending black leaves flying in a torrent around its ghastly apparition.

’Ah, yes,’ the phantom said at last. ‘But I will need one of your whiskers, my child.”

[Zee]

For @Tiabirb (Sweetpaw)
For @Jackpot (Budkit)
For @Snook (Flutterpaw)
For @Fuzzy (Kestrelflame)
For @Starfall (Spiderthroat)

Because ThunderClan’s tensions with RiverClan had become so high, Whitewolf had figured a training session was in order. She was a large cat compared to most, her linage considered—so, even with a missing leg—Whitewolf was certainly one of the cats to come to for those who wanted to learn aggressive offense. She was…well, not the best at dodging blows due to her size and disability. But she was glad to teach her clanmates how to land some of the heaviest hits. If push came to shove and ThunderClan went to war, knowledge of any move could save someone’s life.

”Those of you who are here, thank you for coming. Everyone here—myself included—could learn some very valuable skills today if we’re all attentive and prepared.” Whitewolf wasn’t much for…inspirational speeches. But she was comfortable with the facts. “As you all know, our faction is extremely tense with RiverClan at this moment in time. I will demonstrate and assist in teaching all of you practical offense to utilize in case of the worst.” She looked at her clanmates through proud eyes. Those who worked to become stronger and better were her favorite kind of cat. “ThunderClan prepares. And we do so to write ourselves in history as victors if conflict is inevitable.”

[dino.]

// @OhZeeWolf

>Bumblekit<

And there it was. The point where the story lost his interest. Bumblekit curled his lip in disdain as he watched Whitewolf carry on through half-lidded eyes.

The Place of No Stars. That was no more than a nursery tale, used to scare kits like him into being more obedient so the Clan wouldn't have to deal with them acting like children - prime example? Right now. If StarClan didn't exist(in which he'd believed it had up until his mother had died. If they were all powerful, couldn't they have stopped that?), than neither did Cat Hell. Plain and simple as that. Anyone who thought otherwise were idiots.

He rolled his eyes. "If she's dumb enough to go up to the first ghost she sees, then she deserves whatever she gets," he muttered.

[littlelove]

Whitewolf's vivid description of the starless, looming night that canopied over Winter sent a shiver through her. Not one that was born out of fear, though; she couldn't for the life of her name where it had came from.

Cinderkit could almost see the phantom herself. The Place of No Stars... she was familiar with the name, whisperings about it and the horror it sparked in her denmates weren't uncommon, but she didn't know much about it. Was their fear really that founded? Though, she figured that she would wanna go home if she ever found herself in a pitch black forest, too.

At the comment from Bumblekit's peanut gallery, Cinderkit's thoughts were interrupted. She threw a glare his way. "There's noone else around to help her, stupid! Maybe the ghost can help." she huffed.

@OhZeeWolf

[Exis]

Originally Posted by FrostCat

Grayheart grimaced as he hobbled into the medicine den. "Sunhowl!" He called.
@Exis

Sunhowl padded up from herb storage and look the cat over. “And it seems our clan mates get hurt even more. Yay.” He muttered to himself. Before waiting for an explication.

[Raven~]

Grayheart came closer. "A stupid fox attacked me!" He huffed, annoyed he had to come here for such a ridiculous reason.
@Exis

[dino.]

// @littlelove

>Bumblekit<

His disinterested stare turned into a scowl that was directed toward Cinderkit as she huffed at him. "It's the Place of No Stars," he answered scathingly. "The Dark Forest. I seriously hope that if a phantom in the middle of the Dark Forest asks for one of your whiskers, you wouldn't give it what it wants, stupid."

[Fawnhearted]

@Papaya

Mushroomkit had woken up from his nape at this point and wanted to see what everyone was doing. "Isn't that where bad cats go?", he said outloud to Bumblekit.