ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Captain]

Brightpaw [ they/she/he ]

➢ As Firebird’s fate was decided and Moosecrash was assigned to take care of it, the next trial soon began that would decide what would be done with her mentor, Nectarflame. Before, the slender tortoiseshell apprentice had assumed this decision would be easy, simple, fast. However, the youth stayed silent and did not from where they were sitting, watching everyone around them with an observant gaze. Various clanmates went to demotion, others went to exile and some… went on straight to execution without hesitation. It shouldn’t surprise Brightpaw, but it did conflict with her choice -- especially when Cloudypaw came forward. She spoke of how her mother was one of the many cats who were kicked out that day by Nectarflame. The scarred apprentice could remember it too well, thinking back to the fear she had felt and how she was scared of losing her own mother at the time. It seemed like a sick joke that she went missing regardless and practically left her only child to fend for themselves. Was it truly the right choice to defend her mentor after everything that had happened back then? Ugh! Why were they thinking about this now?

They had felt so sure of everything just a few moments ago and now they were having second thoughts? It wasn’t fair. If Nectarflame was exiled or executed, then they would be all alone. They would have nobody. Brightpaw didn’t want to be alone! Why did this have to turn out this way? She didn’t know what to do now. Goddamnit. “It’s not fair… It’s not fair at all…” The tortie feline whimpered to themselves, looking down at the ground again. Her choices were either stand with her mentor and be hated or stand with Thunderclan and live a life alone forever.

Brightpaw sank into the dirt and placed their paws over their ears, their body trembling. She wanted friends, she wanted to be liked and cared about, she wanted to be loved and not be an absolute nobody. Stop this. Stop it now. What was she supposed to do? What was the right thing?

[ open for anyone to interact | Brightpaw has voted for… ??? ]

[flopsy]

- roseheart w. @RiztheHuntress @Clock Dragonshifter @Bean The Cat

the young tom nodded at Jaystride before heading over to his partners to clean up the warrior's den. two of them were already there so he took his seat and waited for the last teammate to show up. his amber eyes looked for them patiently in the crowd.

- maplekit w. @poppy. @Hopeless @Bliss. @Bean The Cat

the scrawny tabby kit raced back to the nursery entrance prancing on his feet impatiently as he waited for his teammates. He had so many ideas for ways he could help and improve the nursery he could wait to tell them all about it!

[Pand1440]

>> Acorndash
he/him - flame point siamese tom with sky blue eyes - TC warrior, former kittypet

If there was anything Acorndash had learning since joining ThunderClan in it's state of chaos some time ago; the clan was always on the brink of falling apart. Shifting over to the outskirts of the crowd, the tom barely noticed the bramble wall he was about to run into. Though thankfully, seeing a few of the sharp vines laying on the ground (seemingly having fallen lose out of the main structure from weather) alerted him of the danger.

When it came time to vote on Firebird though, the call went through one ear and out the other. Or something of the sort, as the former kittypet was having another one of his 'distracted moments' that his huma- younger twoleg always poked him during. Not his fault there was a bird sitting on relatively low branch. A blue one at that!

Shaking his head [pand imagines a cartoon character trying to convince themselves to not eat the cake via fast movement of the head], he realized that the traitor was already voted on. Exile huh? Seemed fair for someone who decided to randomly attack another cat (apprentices if he heard correctly) at a peace meeting! When Sparrowflight spoke again on choosing what to do with Nectarflame he did come to a halt. And a even bigger halt- could have very well been a gasp outloud, when the she-cat included the option of execution. Sure, Cinderpaw had explained her reasoning before when the vote was going to commence originally,, but still!

Yes, she had brought ShadowClan in, who did nothing but benefit from their own work. Sure, it was to 'help the clan out' or get them back stronger, something that clearly went wrong- as stated by Nectarflame herself. Though that really seemed harsh, a punishment that (in his own opinion) should only be used on the worse of the worse. Too harsh for the situation, and something that would only cause future problems at that.

Moving to the left of the clearing where others who deemed simple demotion or imprisonment for a little a fair offer, Acorndash immediately sat down as to signify his choice.

[ Acorndash has voted for demotion/imprisonment! ]

[dino.]

Originally Posted by zenosaurus

Brightpaw [ they/she/he ]

➢ As Firebird’s fate was decided and Moosecrash was assigned to take care of it, the next trial soon began that would decide what would be done with her mentor, Nectarflame. Before, the slender tortoiseshell apprentice had assumed this decision would be easy, simple, fast. However, the youth stayed silent and did not from where they were sitting, watching everyone around them with an observant gaze. Various clanmates went to demotion, others went to exile and some… went on straight to execution without hesitation. It shouldn’t surprise Brightpaw, but it did conflict with her choice -- especially when Cloudypaw came forward. She spoke of how her mother was one of the many cats who were kicked out that day by Nectarflame. The scarred apprentice could remember it too well, thinking back to the fear she had felt and how she was scared of losing her own mother at the time. It seemed like a sick joke that she went missing regardless and practically left her only child to fend for themselves. Was it truly the right choice to defend her mentor after everything that had happened back then? Ugh! Why were they thinking about this now?

They had felt so sure of everything just a few moments ago and now they were having second thoughts? It wasn’t fair. If Nectarflame was exiled or executed, then they would be all alone. They would have nobody. Brightpaw didn’t want to be alone! Why did this have to turn out this way? She didn’t know what to do now. Goddamnit. “It’s not fair… It’s not fair at all…” The tortie feline whimpered to themselves, looking down at the ground again. Her choices were either stand with her mentor and be hated or stand with Thunderclan and live a life alone forever.

Brightpaw sank into the dirt and placed their paws over their ears, their body trembling. She wanted friends, she wanted to be liked and cared about, she wanted to be loved and not be an absolute nobody. Stop this. Stop it now. What was she supposed to do? What was the right thing?

[ open for anyone to interact | Brightpaw has voted for… ??? ]

>Buckbranch<

The brown and white tom's eyes landed on Brightpaw as the apprentice sank to the ground, and he felt his heart squeeze. This couldn't be easy on anyone, let alone the apprentices who had already stuck out through so much for so long. Quickly, he rose from his seat on the left side of the clearing and hurried over to Brightpaw.

He crouched down beside her, and lifted a forepaw to her shoulder in a gentle touch. His sympathies went out to every young cat who had to endure this because of ThunderClan's failing of them.

"It is unfair," he murmured softly, in a low voice meant only for Brightpaw, hoping that he could hear him. "I'm so sorry. You don't have to make a choice, Brightpaw, no one is making you, and no one will think lesser of you if you choose not to. You should not have to struggle through this as a result of how each one of us failed you. I'm sorry."

If she had not moved away from him by then, he would lean forward to touch his nose to her ear, in what he hoped would be taken as a comforting gesture.

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Bushpaw jolted up in the apprentices den, and couldn’t get back to sleep. God knows he tried, but there was too much happening in that moment to have him possibly sleep. Luckily enough (he was really lucky) Nectarflame’s voting was announced, and they would choose what to do with her. Execution, or Demotion/Imprisonment. His heart sank. And he knew he probably needed to vote. This was essential, so every vote had to be done. But not after he remembered he said everything that Nectarflame had done and why they should exile her, when it really was Firebird and he was super wrong. So, after a hot minute of dying inside, he left the den, and headed straight for Rainpaw.

He felt too guilty to just let her words and their conversation go. So, he padded up to her. “Hey R-“ That was when he heard a familiar voice pipe up. A voice he soon wished he never heard. But, that familiar voice wasn’t just familiar, it was related to his. Cloudypaw, his sister said things that had stained the minds of both his sisters, including him. Cloudypaw had a horrible leg, which angered him deeply, it never should of happened. Nothing should’ve happened to his sisters. They should’ve gotten their lives so much better. But what Cloudypaw said about their mother being gone…was probably what cut him the deepest.

He still thought about her. He still cared about her. He tried to hope she was still out there. He lost his one of his closest friends because of her. But now that it was truly admitted that she could actually be dead, there was no feeling worse than that one. He wanted to cry, he wanted to burst out in tears and run away, maybe find his mom, maybe even his dad. But he just sat there. Eyes blank, no expression needed. Lips pressed, he wasn’t going to argue. His sisters did, which he didn’t blame them for. This was suggesting to kill another cat, but Bushpaw just stayed in his little world, full of thoughts, regrets, and the such. Eventually he found himself back in reality, where the world still was filled with pain around him, and he couldn’t do anything. Only be one of many, voting according to their moral code and emotions. So, he just did that.

”Although Nectarflame has done things to hurt a lot of us, I don’t think she’s absolutely horrible. She tried to help, she tried leading the clan without taking full acceptation of being a leader, but, she executed it horribly. Letting an apprentice die, and exiling loved ones who had done little wrong.” He let out a gasping sound, almost as if he just went sprinting, but he had done nothing. He was going to respond to his sister, but after some thinking, he chose not to. He wanted his sisters at the very least, and to oppose them would be something he never would wish to do. So, she deserves a punishment. I don’t think death is the way though. Nor do I think demotion would be anywhere better, considering there are multiple apprentice’s with bad feelings for her, imprisonment is the best option” And then he went quiet. Nothing else, just a vote. A vote that would mean little, only being one of many. He couldn’t sleep now, so he just waited until the meeting was over. Fun.

[BUSHPAW HAS VOTED FOR IMPRISONMENT]
( @poppy. @starry. @Jayvines (if you want to see it) )

[poppy]

Houndpaw

Chances were, things could get worse. Houndpaw watched the cats move, swallowing heavily. The small cluster of cats at the base of the Thunderwillow, the cats on the left, those on the right, and suddenly she felt awfully freaked out by all this. Raising her tail, she quickly slunk over to the left. Raising her voice to make things clear, she growled, "I don't want her in the apprentices den. It sounds weird. I vote for imprisonment."

{closed, I just wanted her to vote}

[Quasar]

Shallowshiver | they/them | @puffball @Leafspeaker @Naiad

As Jaystride began sorting them into groups, the huge warrior waited patiently until they heard their name. Ah... the medicine cats den. While they were actually rather relieved at the placing and the opportunity to check up on Cinderpaw before they got to work, they werent entirely sure if she would be as willing to see them so soon after the meeting. Their gaze flickered slightly at the thought, images of the prior nights events flashing through their mind. They took a deep breath in and tried to clear their mind before going over to meet up with Sundust and the others who had been assigned to their group.

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Originally Posted by Atticus

Shallowshiver | they/them | @puffball @Leafspeaker @Naiad

As Jaystride began sorting them into groups, the huge warrior waited patiently until they heard their name. Ah... the medicine cats den. While they were actually rather relieved at the placing and the opportunity to check up on Cinderpaw before they got to work, they werent entirely sure if she would be as willing to see them so soon after the meeting. Their gaze flickered slightly at the thought, images of the prior nights events flashing through their mind. They took a deep breath in and tried to clear their mind before going over to meet up with Sundust and the others who had been assigned to their group.

~~Mothflight~~

{ @Naiad @puffball }

Mothflight turned her head as Shallowshiver walked over to her and Sundust. "Hey. You must be Shallowshiver. I'm Mothflight." The white queen smiled.

[IcarusUntamed]

@BirdieChirp @SoldierRise @Rogueheart

Aaaa sorry for not responding all day, things got really busy haha)

~Crow’paw~

Good! They all came to an agreement, fortify the outside and cover it with moss and leaves to keep it hidden! He wondered how he was going to get to that hole, it was on top of the den and he definitely couldn’t reach, he couldn’t stand on his hind paws long enough and going from the top would collapse the den. Maybe he should get a warrior in to help with that? No they were given a task, it was their job to fix it.
He fixed his twig into the den side before helping to drag his nest outside. “Do you think we could find some ivy? I think if we put it around the top of the entrance it’ll give it a kind of regal look ” he suggested, but where would they find ivy?”Sun’dust might have some cuz like, plants and stuff, what do you guys think?”

[Courage]

~Thunderpaw~

Hmm The camp was a bit of a mess. She'd help if she could.