[RC EVENT] Ice Racin'

[squidz]

| BERRYSHINE |

small & nimble dark brown she-cat with darker flecks and light, leafy-green eyes | the collector | dreamwalker |

[ riverclan medicine cat | she-cat | 16 moons | timid, kind, hardworking ]

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AH! Berryshine let out a squeak as her attempts to slow down only had her spiraling into the log with an oof; it knocked her noggin, but only enough to disorient her a bit and slow down. The medicine cat (with a rare burst of hard-wrought determination) managed to scrabble over the log, panting. Okay, ice racing was definitely not for her; the beginning had been fine, but ever since she'd nearly crashed into Soaringpaw? All downhill from there.

She was just about to announce her official resignation when Brokenstream padded out onto the ice and... wait, him? He was the final obstacle? Her jaw was just gaping in protest when he suddenly chuckled, and her fur lay flat again. Berryshine shook her head with a muffled giggle; as flustered as she was by all this wiping out and slipping, the golden tom seemed to have enjoyed watching them all blunder.

Except Stagheart! Had the tom failed even once? She had brought him here to get him to embarrass himself, and now it was the opposite! What was the big idea? Grumbling, the medic gave one final effort, somehow managing to get herself sloppily sliding backwards again until she was finally skirting towards the finish line.

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— STAGHEART —

very large, muscular, & scarred light brown tabby tom with stark blue eyes and a torn ear; killer aptitude t3 | just a scratch | dreamwalker

[ riverclan warrior | tomcat | 56 moons | gruff & battle-hardened, heart o’ gold; loyal to a fault ]

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He. Was. On. Fire! Stagheart hadn't felt the young, kit-like pride in his chest in awhile. Somehow he'd managed not to hit a single obstacle and was zooming along the ice as if he was made for it.

"Hah, not so funny now, eh Berry?" The large tabby tom taunted his foster daughter good-naturedly, though the mischievous glint in his eye was still punchable enough. She had brought him here so she could watch him fall on his rump, after all, but it was more so turning out to be the opposite.

One last obstacle... huh, Brokenstream? As in... fighting? Hmph... well, alright. He was sure he could manage to take on the Lionheart—

Oh. Duh. Of course it'd been a joke. Snorting to himself and his simple mind, Stagheart narrowed his eyes in one last burst of speed and concentration towards the finish line. If he could pull this off, he might well win — or at least be top three, right? To give his old man pride a boost?

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[Fish]

Adderstrike giggled in glee seeing that she was able to land and keep going back to pace. And then... Dun dun dun she was going to have to beat Brokenstream in a fist fight to the death. It was sad and she was going to miss her new friend but it had to be done... Though she would get to that after she got across the finish line. It was anyone's game now! ... And she was just glad that she was able to beat Owlstar in the end or that would have been embarrassing.

"Can we fight you afterwards anyways Brokenstream?" Adderstrike called out before having a good chuckle.

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[Seamrog]

Duskleaf

27 Moons | He/Him | Agatha Kitty

RiverClan Warrior

As Duskleaf looked around, he realised Irisdream had disappeared? When she re-appeared, she didn’t exactly look like she was having fun here. Duskleaf's intact ear perked up as Brokenstream announced that he was the finish line, though he slowed down deliberately to so that Irisdream could catch up, it'd be nice to cross the finish line with her rather than going on ahead.


@Luna16 (short post because I’m quite tired XD)

[Luna16]

Irisdream noticed that Duskleaf slowed down for her, and she lowered her ears guiltily. She hated that he had to do that for her, she was the older warrior between the two of them dammit! She should be able to do something like this! But still, she was grateful. And she cast a small smile and a warm blink towards Duskleaf in gratitude as she made her way to the finish line with him. Crossing it together, though she’d never have expressed it first, was her preference too. They started together after all, it felt right that they finish this out together too. And then I’m never doing something this hare-brained again. She came, she saw, it was every bit as embarrassing as she thought it would be.

@Seamrog - Duskleaf

[korok]

Event [#event]

header & divider by @/Marigoldwhisper

"Great job, everyone!"

The Lionheart called out as the racers began to pass him. At Adderstrike's words, the tom smirked. "As long as we're on an even playing field." he joked to the she-cat.

"And that concludes RiverClan's leafbare race!" He bellowed, scrambling back to the riverbank.

"Our winners are..."

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 ICE RACING WINNERS!

1st Place
Mosspaw - 14 pts ( @zoamher )

2nd Place
Soaringpaw - 13 pts ( @Minku )

3rd Place
Stagheart - 12 pts ( @squidz )

Till next year!

 

@Fish - 10 pts
@Snowytail - 10 pts
@gs29513 - 7 pts
@/squidz - 7 pts
@Fits - 7 pts
@Seamrog - 5 pts
@Luna16 - 4 pts

[Songtail]

Breezepaw sighed but looked at broken stream.
"Brokenstream?" he asked looking at the cat. Can I still train with you?
@korok

[Fish]

"Oh dang I didn't win... Oh well!" Alright time to fight Brokenstream to the death! She walked over to the Lionheart and would go to nudge them on the shoulder a few times. "Take that, my super powerful claw attack! ...Also this was fun, Thank you very much." She said stopping the 'attacks'. With that she headed off.

[zoamher]

Mosspaw skidded across the finish line. She looked around, puzzled. Wait... she... was... THE FIRST???? She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She jumped up, bouncing and squealing with glee. "I WON GUYS! I DID IT!" she screamed to no one in particular. She couldn't believe it! Normally she lost these things! Then she slipped and face-planted. She stumbled up flinching in pain. *Oh well. WORTH IT!* she thought. That would be sore. She should check with the medicine cat after this...

This was such a fun thing! I wasn't expecting to win, honestly. And /WHAT/ the prize is huge! It was so fun having Moss play in this <33 ty all!

[kailie]

''Mosspaw!''

Primroseadder's tone was worried as she raced up to her apprentice, her emerald eyes wide. The warrior pressed her maw to the tortoiseshell's shoulder before checking her tail tip with her tail.

Frozen.

''Back to camp with you,'' Primroseadder meowed firmly, wrapping her tail around Mosspaw to provide any sort of warmth. ''Your tail tip's frozen, a sign you've been out too long---and Berryshine'll need to take a look at your nose whenever we get back.''

------> [ @zoamher ]

[zoamher]

Mosspaw rolled her eyes. She had just won! Why should her mentor get to boss her around! But she obeyed, turning back, nose sore and happy as could be. @kira <33