ThunderClan: Life Before 2020's Fire

[MEAT ANGELS]

@hxneysuckle

Frostkit gasped, her stomach churning. A warrior? I'm going to become a warrior?! But.... Be grateful, Frostkit. Just because you can't work up the guts to ask about becoming something.. other than a warrior, doesn't mean you shouldn't be grateful for the opportunity. Frostkit stepped forward, staring weakly at her paws. This is is, this is my chance. "What if... being a warrior isn't right for me..?" She whispered to herself, cowering before Duskstar.

[BEAR.]

"Oooo, oooo, it's starting--"

Birdchatter reached over to steal the pebble back from Cloudburst, sliding it back under his paw to keep it concealed.

Leaning over to Rainywhisker, he psst in his ear softly, not loud enough for Duskstar to hear. "Pass it on." And he slid the tiny pebble toward the other tom, encouraging him to take it and pass it to the next available cat.

[ @implimm ]

[plum]

As the meeting finally begins, having amassed quite the crowd of cats beneath the Highpeak, Rainywhisker forces himself to sit up straighter. The swirled tabby hadn't exactly woken up from his afternoon sleep, and now seemed like a good time to do so. After a few good licks to his pelt to flatten it out and some facial swipes to match, he was set to observe the ceremonies properly. It seemed that there was a round of kits to be made into apprentices. But as he is beginning to focus on Duskstar's words, his neighbor disturbs him. Copper eyes peer sidelong at Birdchatter, and the warrior slowly but surely scoots his paw out to tug the pebble closer. Oooookayyyy..... He looks around at the cats who weren't currently preoccupied with the ceremony, who sat close enough to reach discreetly.

It is then that his eyes land on a sullen little apprentice, one who had been down in the dumps as of late for reasons beyond Rainywhisker's knowledge. Duskpaw. Slowly as to not alarm anyone else, he pushes the pebble towards the apprentice, stooping over to do just as Birdchatter did to himself. "Hey kid, take this and pass it along to someone," he intstructs very, very seriously, before sitting back up as though nothing had ever happened. After a couple moments pass, he glances again at the tom beside him strangely. What in the world was this about?

@BILL. @Wings

[Arie]

-- @hxneysuckle --

Doepaw slowly entered the leader's den. She was shaking, her anxiety already sparking up but she tried her best. Slowly shuffling steps took her further in as she called with a small voice, "Dusk... Duskstar?" Her blind green eyes tried their best to find their leader's location but they still saw only darkness. They had for her entire life. Shuffling further into the den she finally started to pick up the smell of her leader. Sitting down with her slight body now on the ground she began to or rather tried to speak: "I... I.. I want to... rejoin. I mean... I want to.. become a member of... Thunderclan.. again." Her voice was so stuttering she all of a sudden feared that the leader would not be able to distinguish what she was trying to say. "I..m.. I'm.. sorry.. for disappearing... I just got.. I got... spooked! by the light... All... all.. of a sudden... it was sooooooo bright... And I got... I got.. so scared! So.. I hid... I found something... that was dark... And I hid there... Until I felt better... Less afraid.."

[Fawn]

Aaaand the pebble was off!

Cloudburst stifled his laughs but was poor at maintaining a serious expression while Birdchatter scurried away to Rainywhisker. Of all the warriors, he picks that one because of course he would do the harder route. He moved swiftly through the crowd to Duskpaw, where the pebble currently remained. What was with these cats and going for tough targets? Duskpaw had a broken leg for star's sake!

In a whisper, he hissed out, "Psssst! Go, go, go! Get it around to everyone!" Cloudburst wasn't a viable option since he was the first to have the pebble in his paws, but his gaze flicked through the cats to seek available options. "Hey, look! Maybe Flockhen or Softbriar!" he suggested urgently through the same whispered tone. Those two were close by and if they were lucky, they'd carry on the pebble-pass.

@Wings @Socks @Rainquail

[Wings]

Duskpaw watched Duskstar, it was nice that kits were being made apprentices. And Frostkit too! She had a small purr rise up in her throat for Frostkit, soon to be paw. Her eyes flickered over to a tom that gave her a pebble? Lifting her head gently she winced at the pain. She flicked the pebble over Flockhen was it? She shrugged invisibly in her brain. "Pass it on?" She let her head fall back to her paws, in a comfortable position. She closed her eyes, letting out a soft sigh.
@Rainquail @Dipper @RedHead @implimm @BILL.

[hal]

Robinflight was running a bit late. He padded quietly towards the back of the group. The tom sat down and curled his tail over his paws, curious to see what he had missed.

[Queenie]

Eveningkit trotted over, normally she didn't pay much attention to the ceremonies, they weren't hers yet, but there was some murmuring happening among the cats and she could see a small pebble being passed among them. A game? She scurried over excitedly, hoping to be included. She sat, making herself seem nonchalant, pretending to pay attention to Duskstar.

[Mayflower]

Berrybreeze's ears twitched back and he sheepishly grinned, curling his tail around his legs. Getting chastised by the leader wasn't exactly high up on his goals list, and being called out like that in front of his whole clan was rather embarrassing. Still silently lamenting his completely terrible scolding, Berrybreeze's eyes caught slight movement nearby. A pebble, rolled over to Flockhen by an apprentice... Duskpaw. They're playing pass-the-pebble at a clan meeting? Nice. He fought to school his features into nonchalance, but let a few giggles escape as he watched the game from the corner of his eye.

[Abyssopelagic]

Flockhen's brow furrowed as the pebble was passed to her. Not interested in getting into more trouble, she set her paw on it and shuffled it under her tail and tried to sneakily pass it to Berrybreeze, flicking her tail over where his paws were settled, the pebble softly settling between them. She glanced at Duskpaw, a slight glare at having been given the pebble after being scolded. What if Duskstar had still been looking toward her? 'Sorry Berrybreeze' she thought to herself, returning her attention to Duskstar.
@Wings @Dipper @implimm @BILL. @Mayflower