WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Orion]

|| Shattervenom | @Kingly @wnder @x ghostie ||

Shattervenom trotted after her patrol companions, mindful of maintaining a safe distance in case she still towed a few angry bees behind her. Inwardly, the warrior felt grateful that the toms hadn't simply abandoned her to complete the mission on their own; they didn't owe anything to the eccentric molly, and she wouldn't have blamed them for taking off while she completed her extraneous honey debacle. It's not as though any of them were friends. Shatter got the distinct feeling that Sootflare would rather be anywhere else than forced into a patrol with cats he barely knew—and Icestorm, while kind, wasn't someone that Shattervenom shared prey with on a regular basis. If the trio remained a cordial distance, that'd be... fine. The huntress didn't expect anything more.

And yet, she held her contentment close to her heart. Such a small, simple task, with a fairly straightforward goal... a mission completed with loose teamwork, not a single harsh word echanged among them. Sure, the bar was on the floor—but Shattervenom would gladly take this experience as a "win."

With a low, quiet purr thrumming in her throat, Shatter followed the two toms into camp—smiling around the thick chunk of honeycomb in her jaws.

Sootflare was the first to enter Cowpaw's den with his harvest. Shattervenom waited patiently outside, attempting to ignore the sharp ache of stings that'd made it past the sparse patches in her mud-armor. Nothing too terrible... the huntress had surely experienced worse. She clenched her fangs against the urge to wince. Thankfully, Soot was quick; the nervous tom backed out of the medicine lounge as though escaping a fire—avoiding eye contact at all costs. Shatter sent him a casual tilt of her head, acknowledging him for his service; she sensed that Sootflare wouldn't exactly appreciate additional friendly gestures, no matter how genuine.

Now, her turn... Shattervenom ducked into Cowpaw's den, squinting as her vision adjusted to the cozy darkness. She placed her sticky prize on a broad leaf, the kind usually reserved for wrapping herbs; the waxy honeycomb overflowed with thick, viscous honey, smelling of sugar and sunshine. "I know you didn't request this, but I figured you'd find a use for it." A gentle shrug, serious grey eyes dropped bashfully to the dirt. "There's more where that came from—I don't mind retrieving it. Oh—and I'll get those flowers too."

Before Cowpaw could ask her what she meant, Shattervenom raced out of the medicine cat's den and back out of camp, brushing by Icestorm on her way. She found her batch of marigold right where she left them on the adder rocks; petals stuck to the mixture of mud and honey painted over her throat until she resembled a mythical beast—a being of crackled skin and feathers. When the midnight-and-moonlight warrior tiptoed once again into Cowpaw's space, she was breathing hard from exercise—hot under her pelt. Four fully bloomed marigolds dropped by her paws. "Alright, here is that marigold... if you want some different yellow flowers, just ask. I got nothing else going on today."

Shattervenom waved goodbye to Cowpaw when she left, hasty to escape in case the medicine cat asked about the subtle welts swelling under her fur. She nodded her head at Icestorm in farewell too, respect gleaming in her gaze although her facial expression remained carefully blank. "It was nice working with you. I'd be glad to do it again sometime, Icestorm."

[kingly]

@xath @wnder @x ghostie

Icestorm had been trailing behind, and when he reached camp, he found Shattervenom dropping off the marigold. With a friendly purr to his patrolmate, the tom dropped the two large sunflowers in the entrance of the den, as well as a few marigold flowers. He turned to the mud-caked feline, letting out a little laugh. "It was nice working with you today, Shattervenom. Let me know if you need help getting rid of the mud once your bee stings have been treated" and then, he turned to the medicine cat. "There's still far more marigold, so let me know if you want more collected before the season ends" and with that, he gave both a small nod, trotting out of the den, his scent of pine, lemongrass and a hint of lavender lingering for a moment before all trace of him was vanished and into the clearing.

[versailles]

@x ghostie @Rockfall //

➵ snowwillow | she/her

trotting back into the camp with the two poppies she'd found, snowwillow immediate made her way to the large ball of fluff that was cowpaw. "hey cowpaw!! i managed get some o' these..'m pretty sure they're poppies? acornnose got three flowers that were all sorts of colors - he should drop 'em off soon!" she grinned, placing the red flowers down.

[Poprock]

@x ghostie @sid
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Acornnose followed behind Snowwillow, his mangled flowers crunched beneath his teeth. "Yep, Snowwillow said this one was a poppy seed flower-" He set down the red flower which contained about three poppy seeds. "- but just in case I brought these other flowers too. Don't know what they are though..."

[Kaybug.]

Originally Posted by Beetle'

Rapid || Ant pronouns

He followed her soft gaze " Not trying to be rude but your not really the interesting type" He'd huff. Rapid rolled on their stomach and pawed a rollie pollie that was currently laid at his right paw.

“None take, I really am boring, I mean I don’t have any siblings nor parents so I don’t really do much because I’m a kit,” Mistykit sighed. She looked at the clouds to see if she could find any funny looking clouds.

[TeaHouse]

Originally Posted by DawnIsLost

“None take, I really am boring, I mean I don’t have any siblings nor parents so I don’t really do much because I’m a kit,” Mistykit sighed. She looked at the clouds to see if she could find any funny looking clouds.

Rapid ||
"Well don't get all upset over having none, besides if you had some they'd join the after life and it'd hurt more since you'd grow a bond." He scuffed the bug to the side and lazily got up shaking his dull dust pelt. "Besides you got friends who will be here for you"

[Kaybug.]

Originally Posted by Beetle'

Rapid ||
"Well don't get all upset over having none, besides if you had some they'd join the after life and it'd hurt more since you'd grow a bond." He scuffed the bug to the side and lazily got up shaking his dull dust pelt. "Besides you got friends who will be here for you"

“I’m not upset, yeah it’d hurt more so I’m kind of relieved that I have no relatives,” the young molly looked over at the tom. She rolled over, stood up, and shook out her pelt. “That’s true.” She mewed this with thankfulness.

[Spartan-117]

@Ghost of Red
Ow. Something is really wrong with this cat. "Hey... I was just asking if you were okay. I mean... You don't seem too happy as of the moment." She mews, hurt flashing in her eyes as she follows him.

[Ian]

PATROLS ARE DUE APRIL 16th BY 11:59 PM EST
If you need an extension let me know before the deadline
If you need to be replaced let me know within two (2) days

"WindClan! Gather around for patrol assignments!" Fallownose called, waiting a moment for cats to gather before he began with the assignments. Last time all patrols had been completed on time, so he hoped this time would be no different.

[Optional Prompt: Although this is a border patrol there's a rabbit right by the border just asking to be caught. However, if you try to catch it you run the risk of it crossing into ShadowClan territory.]
"Bravebird [ @tulle ], take Rockwing [ @Naiad ] and Wispypaw [ @Slushie ] to check the ShadowClan border. They haven't been aggressive if we don't cross the border, but make sure to be careful nonetheless."

[Optional Prompt: There's a stale scent of coyote by the border, but no other signs. Best be careful anyways!]
"Lotuswhisper [ @masquerade ], Leafheart [ @feather lily ] and Rabbitpaw [ @Bliss. ] will accompany you to the ThunderClan border."

[Optional Prompt: Signs of newleaf are obvious with all the bees buzzing about! Try not to get stung.]
"Shattervenom [ @xath ], check the RiverClan border with Crowgaze [ @VexSkullz ] and Raypaw [ @~Gale~ ]."

[Optional Prompt: With the warm weather there's plenty of prey to be found! Just be careful not to trip in one of the many rabbit burrows...]
"Brightdawn [ @Erebus ] take Ashclaw [ @dark seeker ] with you into the territory on a hunting patrol."

[Optional Prompt: There's not much prey to be found up here, but there are twolegs... JUMPING OFF THE CLIFF?! AND THEY CAN FLY???? (hang gliding)]
"Skyleaf [ @starry. ], head to Swooping Cliffs with Tigerpaw [ @Leafspeaker ] and see if prey is running there."

[Optional Prompt: The scuffling of mice can be heard in the rocks, but which holes are they in and which one have snakes?]
"Mountainhaze [ @Shade. ], please take Bunnypaw [ @Bean_The_Cat ] with you to Adder Rocks to hunt."

Hopefully they would all report on time again, but if they didn't Fallownose wasn't afraid to punish them.

[*longfire*]

ashclaw looks at brightdawn waiting to follow him," hi brightdawn looks like your my partner to go hunting," he says nervously at brightdawn @Erebus