ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Brightstorm☆]

'I-I...'she would think about an excuse...'I would have been attacked by some rogue...I was weak so I seemed shelter in the barn ...I'm sorry...'She mewed looking down at her paws.
Her white tail twiching nervously.

[versailles]

fuzzkit lets out a cackle full of pride as cinderpaw loses her balance, subsequently falling to the ground. "I DID IT!" he yowls out, victoriously, before looking over his shoulder at his classmates. he lets out an exaggerated sigh at the sight of daisykit scurrying back like prey would from a predator - and redkit told him to hide!! what happened to bravery!! "come on, you dum-dums! i just knocked her down!! get your butts over HERE!" he groans, and decides he'll be the first to try to escape now that there was an opening. just as he begins to run pass the scarred molly, he's tripped! he's silent for a solid second, lying on the ground, face down. suddenly, he lets out another cry and flips onto his other side, paws outstretched as he aims to latch onto the molly's paw like a leech (if she hadn't already gotten up.)

[ @perseus. @xavier. @littlelove ]

[Willowfern]

A smile lit up Roosterflame’s face as Thrushfur allowed him to come in. He picked up the nest making materials and sat down across from Thrushfur, unrolling the ball of moss and feathers and setting to work, though he was a bit distracted, wondering if he should say what he came in here for or not. In the end, he decided to just say it flat out.
“Thrushfur, I would like to challenge you for the open Keeper position,” Roosterflame meowed, sitting up a little taller as he untangled a feather from the moss ball,
“I believe I would make a valuable contribution to the existing Keeper unit, I know that I appear silly because, well, I kind of am, but I hope that I have also proven myself to be a very loyal and trustworthy member of my adopted clan.
If you aren’t familiar with my story, I came to ThunderClan as a former barn cat, then with only the simple dream of becoming a warrior, though I didn’t know what it really meant at the time.
I discovered, during my training and warriorhood the amazing world that I had joined. Sure, the clan was going to hell during that time, but I saw the incredible potential for greatness my new home had, and I wasn’t going to leave. Now, the clan is healing, we’re getting steadily stronger, and ThunderClan… it’s given me more than I’d ever thought I could have,” Roosterflame paused, voice heavy with emotion, as he thought of his best friend, his two apprentices, and Fuzzkit, the tiny kitten who was helping Roosterflame to stay sane during this painful time, “I want to give back to my clan, and becoming a Keeper is the highest level of service to my clan- besides deputyship, leadership, and becoming a medicine cat, but you know what I mean- that I can reach.
I know I don’t have to say all of this to challenge you, but I just want to tell you that I’m not best of the best at fighting, (though I am pretty good, I guess) and there’s a chance I will lose to you, so, I am telling you all this to get you to consider something:
There are some cats in this clan who are incredibly adept at fighting, but they aren’t the kind of cats who would work for this kind of role. Keepers are meant to keep things safe, and to protect the integrity of the clan, and some cats just don’t understand that. They may think it’s all about boasting our power. I know what happens when you try to align yourself up there with the sun, you get broiled. ThunderClan is getting stronger, but we’re not impregnable. We need Keepers to help govern the clan, not for trying to show off.”
Roosterflame took a deep breath, my, my, even when he was trying to be all professional, he babbled.
“I mean,” He continued, “What if a cat known for their tendency to start fights for no reason won against you? Well, I would hope that you’d deny them the role, if you’re sensible- not saying you aren’t! Sorry. Uhm,” He paused, inwardly wincing at his poor word choice, “Okay, well, let’s assume that what I’ve said were true, okay? Okay. But, now what if someone won against you, and they aren’t known for starting fights for no reason, but what if they do have that tendency? Well, you’d know that, if you knew them, right? That’s why I’m, uh, talking so much. I’m trying to get you to understand the kind of cat I am, so that your decision doesn’t have to be based on fighting skill alone, even though fighting skill is an important part of this.”
When he had finished his little speech, he set his mind back on completing the nest. When he had it in a good shape and form, he added the feathers to the bottom and to the edges, though he made sure to clip off the feather stems with his teeth and claws. He pushed the nest over to the spot where Sparrowstar’s had once been, and then he padded back over to Thrushfur.
“Test out the nest, let me know if I should add more moss or feathers,” Roosterflame meowed after a beat of silence.

[ @Eaglet ]

[Dawnstream]

@Soldier

Dawnstream purred as she sat down next to Fallenstep. "How has your day been?" she asked as she affectionally licked his ear.

[Spookez.]

~Acornkit~
Black she-kit with an orangish-redish puff of fur on head

Acornkit sat and looked at the red berry. She thought of plans to do with this berry. Would she eat it? Would she throw it? Would she convince another kit to eat it? The possibilities where endless. She kept thinking of ways to use this berry. She looked at the prey pile. And she looked at the berry. She looked at a mouse, she looked over at the berry.

//Open! Acornkit currently has a deathberry\\

[beau]

Originally Posted by Scallywagz

~Acornkit~
Black she-kit with an orangish-redish puff of fur on head

Acornkit sat and looked at the red berry. She thought of plans to do with this berry. Would she eat it? Would she throw it? Would she convince another kit to eat it? The possibilities where endless. She kept thinking of ways to use this berry. She looked at the prey pile. And she looked at the berry. She looked at a mouse, she looked over at the berry.

//Open! Acornkit currently has a deathberry\\

Sundust has been in the clearing sunning, half dozing as he watched the clan wind down. A couple of apprentices training, a kit with a deathberry, some queens gossiping… wait a second. The medicine cat did a double take, eyes widening with alarm. A kit with a deathberry?? Good stars, where did she even find it? He didn’t even keep those in his den.

Spurred by his shock, Sundust was across the clearing in a second. “Acornkit, drop that berry right now please. This is very important.” He kept his voice firm, but not alarming. He didn’t want to frighten the kit lest she accidentally swallowed it.

[Quasar]

Goldenpaw | he/him | @Scallywagz @naiad

Goldenpaw was pretty sure he could smell trouble. Seriously, it was like practically in his blood. It took one to know one, wasnt that the saying? Anyways, a certain kitten had caught his interest. So, like any sane cat would, he just sat there. And stared. Waiting to see what she would do. He noticed the mouse at her paws, along with a mystery round object near it. Something about it seemed... oddly familiar though. He squinted, and yup. He had zero training, but even he knew what that color meant. That, right there, was a deathberry.

"Hey, lets uh, not do that" he nearly yelled across the clearing, getting up and dashing over to snatch up the berry. He wouldnt let an itty bitty kitty be a murderer. He also noticed Sundust trying to handle it, "c'mon man, you gotta be firm with her. For all we know she could be turing into a kitty death monster" he said to the medicine cat, scrunching his nose slightly.

[Spookez.]

Acornkit had a record of not listening, it was her thing. With a smug look on her face, she put the berry in her mouth. "Whatmh youmh gonhmm dohmm?" She said, she could barely talk with the berry in her mouth.
@Quasar @naiad

[Quasar]

Originally Posted by Scallywagz

Acornkit had a record of not listening, it was her thing. With a smug look on her face, she put the berry in her mouth. "Whatmh youmh gonhmm dohmm?" She said, she could barely talk with the berry in her mouth.
@Quasar @naiad

Goldenpaw | he/him | @naiad

"HOLY- SPIT IT OUT SPIT IT OUT" he screeched as Acornkit scooped the berry into her mouth, leaping forward to tackle her to the ground. Hopefully that would knock some of it out of her mouth?? "Uh, is this part of your medicine cat training?? Did you learn how to not let kits die by eating poison? Because i think that might be pretty useful right about now" his anxiety was rearing its ugly head, he really did not want to watch a kit die by self-inflicted injuries.

[beau]

Great stars above, this was going about as well as an elder storming a badger den would - that is to say, not at all. Sundust just about perished as the kit put the berry in her mouth - before he could react, however, Goldenpaw had lunged forward with the apparent aim of knocking it out of Acornkit’s mouth - hopefully it didn’t knock anything down her esophagus.

“Stars, Goldenpaw, get off of her!” Was he trying to kill this kit? “Out of my way-” the medicine cat shoved Goldenpaw to the side as he spoke, ”-if this kit swallows something I’m going to need space if you want me to save her life.” He glossed over the question of whether or not he knew how to cure deathberries; frankly, he didn’t. The best he could do was induce vomiting if necessary. “Acornkit, did you swallow any of that berry at all?”

[ @Scallywagz @Quasar ]