ShadowClan Life Before Destruction

[nocturnal]

Originally Posted by x ghostie

jaypaw blinked, oh? did.. he not make it clear? huh. how out of character for him! he supposed he did leave it rather open-ended. he shook his head, clearing his throat. ''the bor..rders, " he informed.

"are c..cats from other c..clans us..sually mean? i mean, ob..vviously the fi..ishstanks are but..um, is windclan and thunderclan like that too?" jaypaw asked, raising a brow. if so, he was pretty sure thunderclan had a reason. i mean. shadowclan did.. attack them. he shuddered.

''oo!'' jaypaw gasped, cracking a grin. "my hun..t..tting skills are-- not to brag but amaz..zing, '' he had never hunted a thing in his life. unless warrior's legs counted. he was pretty good at that. jaypaw glanced to the camp entrance, thoughts whirling inside his tiny tiny brain. he wondered what rogus were like.

"No. In fact, very few cats from other clans are mean," Fallenheart informed his apprentice. "Even if we meet a ThunderClan or a RiverClan patrol, I can bet that they'll be kind. When another clan attacks us, usually, it's not because they want to. Most cats don't like fighting. They're only doing it because their leader told them to." The dark tabby spoke from personal experience. He was a decent fighter, but he tried to avoid it at all costs. "You'll see when it's time for your first Gathering. It's one of the few times when you can make friends with cats from other clans. Everyone does their best to keep peace, so you won't have to worry about other cats holding grudges."

The warrior smiled widely as Jaypaw proclaimed his hunting skills. Fallenheart was fairly sure that the brown apprentice had never hunted before, but there were tons of kit games that taught them the skills necessary to hunt early. "We'll see," the tabby replied as he stood up. "Come," Fallenheart ordered with a flick of his tail. He started heading towards the edge of camp and prepared to check with the camp guards before leaving. "You can show me your hunting skills in the territory, then we'll head to the border."

[dionysus]

[ @Fae ]

Iciclepaw didn’t notice Snowpaw’s adverse reaction to her touching them. She must have forgotten that Snowpaw didn’t like to be touched. However, the flowers absolutely had to be shifted. The pale she cat purred and chirped,

“You’re welcome!”

Even as she started grooming her fur, Iciclepaw thought about how she needed to go fetch more flowers. She still had two more crowns to make- one for her and one for Freezepaw. Snowpaw nuzzling into her belly fur budged the she-cat our of her day dream and she giggled. Pausing to pull a leaf off of her tongue, Iciclepaw shifted from grooming her own fur to giving her sibling a few affectionate licks on their forehead before returning to the mess that was Iciclepaw’s flank.

“Eh, being normal is boring!”

Iciclepaw wasn’t one to take things too seriously, so she let her sibling play off their comment. At the mention of their sister, though, Iciclepaw paused to think. A giggle bubbles out of her at Snowpaw’s description of Freezepaw and she nodded her agreement.

“I haven’t seen her- which is strange since none of us exactly blend in!”

Iciclepaw gestured at the bright pile of white fur that her and Snowpaw formed and laughed. To be fair, Freezepaw wasn’t totally white like Iciclepaw and Snowpaw, but she was still pale and- like Snowpaw has said- large.

[dionysus]

Originally Posted by Rainquail

Honeycreeper smiled brightly as one of his sons approached him. He was guessing Kestrelpaw by the way of approach. Sometimes he wondered if they mixed up the twins before they could recognize their names and never switched them back.
"Day's been well. How about you?"

Kestrelpaw eyes his father mischievously and wondered if he recognized him. The twins loved to confuse cats as to their identities, though family was tougher. While it was more fun to try to confuse Honeycreeper when Spiritpaw was around to do it too, Kestrelpaw felt like he wanted to try to trick his dad. Then again, he and Spiritpaw still needed to meet up and teach each other how to act perfectly so that their trick was perfect.

“I’m doing good! I’ve been hanging with friends. I just came back to look for Kestrelpaw but I can’t find him anywhere!”

Kestrelpaw slid bright green eyes over to look at Honeycreeper, wondering if the older tom had believed him.

[Sweetie]

The traveling back and forth from Bud's place and back to the Shadowclan camp was a long walk. A walk that caused the massive warrior's muscles to ache and groan in protest of moving. Padding out of the warrior's den and yawning the sun's morning warmth helped wake Foxwhisperer from his sleepy state. Shaking his coat the tom walked over to the entrance of the apprentice den and sat waiting for his to come out.
@Fallen One

[MEAT ANGELS]

@Shimm

Magpiepaw whipped his head around to face his mentor, looking very awkward with drips of vomit clinging to his whiskers.
He had been caught.
Turning the rest of his body to face Foxwhisperer, Magpiepaw put on a sheepish grin and shook his head rapidly to erase any evidence. Although Irisflame standing near him with some herbs, Thornpaw and Mouseleap hovering over him worriedly, and a clump of vomit-soaked moss near his side, made that impossible. And for goodness sake, he looked like a kit who had never been fed in their life!
Wait.. they were waiting at the apprentices den. Foxwhisperer hadn't noticed him yet, and Magpiepaw gave a sigh of relief. As long as his mentor didn't look directly behind him, Magpiepaw would be fine.
He could go back to training, and hardly anyone would know he was barely sick.
And having nightmares.
And not eating.
And lonely.
And considering himself to be an insomniac.

Wow, maybe some of that could be noticeable.
Oops.

[Madelaine]

Originally Posted by Star child

Bubblekit padded up to Bumblekit, tail flicking in curiosity. "Hi there. What are you doing?"

Bumblekit heard someone come up to him and he looked up. "I'm trying to be one with nature.", he meowed in his slow and soft voice. The young kit hadn't expected a cat to come by.

[Mayflower]

Originally Posted by Rainquail

"Quite well." She mrowed softly. Even if not to her directly, it has certainly been kind to her loved ones and that was just as satisfying, if not more so. Perhaps she'd mention it in a bit, but by law of etiquette, she should ask in kind before talking about herself.
"How have you been fairing?" Perhaps she should have worded it differently, but hoped molly understood the intent was meant kindly.

"Life has been needlessly boring lately. But now i get to talk to you, so I'm faring much better now." Magnoliapetal smiled sweetly, tail waving lazily in the air. It was true, she was quite bored around camp, but her reasons for her boredom weren't quite what she assumed Crowskip would think. She had no kits to raise, no real purpose to her clan as a measly warrior. Pah, she needed to be in the nursery soon. One way or another. Note to self: find a way to have kits. Soon. Now, back to the conversation at hand. There was no place for dwelling on private affairs when speaking to a fellow lady. It was just impolite!

[Star child]

Originally Posted by Sparkling Bliss

Bumblekit heard someone come up to him and he looked up. "I'm trying to be one with nature.", he meowed in his slow and soft voice. The young kit hadn't expected a cat to come by.

Bubblekit sat down beside Bumblekit. "How do you do that?"

[wolfie]

@Fae [ sorry about the sucky starter ! <3 i was unsure on what to do ]
There were many things a young cat could do. Such as .. practice hunting, battling, talk to their clanmates-- build relations! Or draw in dirt. Wait, what?

Jaypaw had finally ripped up enough grass from the ground to form a good patch of dirt. The tom unsheathed his claws, a smirk on his face. After... all the things that had been happening lately, Jaypaw finally felt relaxed for once.

He lifted up his paw and struck the dirt-- gently? Then began to draw lines into the dirt with his claws, his smirk softening into something more vuluaranble. Jaypaw would draw simple things, ever so often glancing up to look around. He tried to do the trees but they just looked weird and wrong. He didn't mind, though. It was fun.

Completely unaware if a cat was perhpas planning to sneak up on him? Talk to him? Who knew! Jaypaw didn't. That's who.

[BEAR.]

Foxbite was in a daze.

Since eating that nose.. he hadn't tasted flesh. He hadn't tasted much flesh since he had left WindClan, and while.. while that was great, in theory, he just..

He ached, in every sense of the word. He longed to savor the taste of cat once more; it was eating at him from the inside out. It made him itch, shake, the thought alone was making him drool uncontrollably onto his leg.

Foxbite was a mess, but his capacity to care was fading as his mind lingered on the thought of meat. He was surrounded by such.. succulent.. bodies.. surely one bite wouldn't hurt?

no no no he had to keep it together. Sinking his claws into the ground, he sucked in a breath as his disoriented eyes wandered around the den. He didn't want to be a cannibal anymore, he just..

.. couldn't stop the cravings.

Movement outside the den caught his attention, giving him clarity if only for a moment. "Who's there?" he breathed out, unfamiliar still with many of his Clan-mates.

[ @Slushie, @Fuzzy, @Scum ]