ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Zee]

[ @Pheasantflight ]

Ugh. The sound escaped Tigerpaw's throat in the form of an annoyed scoff. She'd tried thinking it and keeping quiet, but at this point she was far too vexed for that. It was beginning to seem like no one could leave her alone. At home, she'd valued her time by herself. She'd only known her father and twin brother outside of pageants and maintained a poor relationship with both of them. It was Burley, after all, who left the awful scar on her shoulder that caused her twolegs to abandon her. She wasn't their perfect little princess anymore but a cat forced to associate with the likes of savages.

Tigerpaw hated the mongrels, but more that she knew she couldn't survive without them. She hated the way they ordered her around and expected her to complete disgusting tasks. Most of all, she hated herself for not being able to leave. It might've been Burley's fault she'd been kicked out of the pageants but it was hers for being stuck here.

"I don't care who you are. Leave me alone," she said to Foxpaw, her voice charged with what sounded like an unmistakable threat. Tigerpaw had no interest in getting to know more mongrels. Yarrowshade and Softkit had certainly been enough for one day.

[poppy]

[ @Twilight Wing - @~Fierceclaw~ - @Zee ]

Looking up from her spot, Aspenstrike was very sure that this was going to suck immensely. A soft grunt escaped her as she rose to her paws, looked to Whitewolf. Her feelings were quite conflicted with everything going on, but of course she had to push through, as always. Ah, a search and rescue patrol. It was stupid how some cats couldn't follow through with a simple task.

Becoming a leader of a patrol, trusted by the senior warrior was an honor, and as painful as her injuries were, if Whitewolf, who had been dead up until recently, could stand up and pull the Clan together, then Aspenstrike could certainly push through all the agony that this patrol would bring.

Standing up, her broken- though splinted- leg carefully raised, she padded to an open area where she could be seen. Goldeneyes and Tigerpaw were quick to show, but Bluestripe wasn't anywhere Aspenstrike could see. Tigerpaw's sassy comment made her eyes narrow. Apprentices.

"Glad to see how enthusiastic you are to be helping the Clan, Tigerpaw." She quipped, deciding to not waste much time lecturing the young cat. Brains would come with age, though you would think this cat actually had at least a little sense. Nodding welcome to Goldeneyes, she raised her tail.

"We'll leave as soon as Bluestripe decides to show."

[as soon as Twilight Wing posts, I'll post at the Weeping Tree]

[Ziera]

// @Jay.

Bittersweet amusement flickered in the yellow of his eyes. The kid noticed his presence after a delay. Images of Geckosprout filled Larchfall's head, twisting his heart, but more than that? He thought of the warrior this kit would become. How proud Cardinal would make the father who left him behind for the stars.

"The one who got you," the older tom said, matter of fact. As if it was the only thing significant about him. "But if you want a name? Call me Larch. What's yours?" He knew but asked all the same. Make it even.

[~Fierce~]

~Bluekit~
Bluekit padded out of the nursery and into the clearing as he heard that Whitewolf would be taking them out. He padded close to her before looking around for Softkit.
@WinterRabbit5350

[WinterMara]

| Softkit of Thunderclan |

Wait, she was an older kit, actually, a much older kit. She should've been apprenticed ages ago, with her brothers and her mom and dad there, but that wasn't going to happen, she was old enough to know that was just a silly kit fantasy now. Honestly, Specklednose was probably dead, Milkkit as well, same case with her dad.

But, this would give her a chance to prove she could be a loyal apprentice, helping in a time of need. Actually, scratch that, more than a loyal apprentice, a loyal warrior, sure she wasn't those ranks but, she'd prove it to the clan, to herself.

Why was she so...insecure, it was, confusing. Kits weren't usually this concerned about how they acted, were they, and they usually didn't have trouble understanding things either. There were things Softkit just couldn't grasp, and it bugged her to death.

' 'I'll come along!' '

She went to Whitewolf, why did she look like, she had risen from the dead? Seriously, she looked like a corpsed animated to life, at least, in Softkit's mind. Now she was more confused, was this another normal thing kits should know about, did older cats look like this often? Did older cats cough this often, were they this serious, was she stupid, was she mousebrained? No, get that out of your mind Softkit, you're suppose to help, not think about these stupid kit worries.

Softkit just then looked around for anyone she knew, surely there had to be someone, right? Maybe it'd alleviate her worries and her fears, that'd be nice.

| @Zee @~Fierceclaw~ [If you wanna have Blue talk to Soft for a bit]

[Jay.]

// @Ziera \\

Cardinal looked at the tom,
struggling to hold back his tears.
"M-my name is Cardinalkit."

He looked over Larch's shoulder,
scanning the cats.

Hoping that somehow, he would see Geckosprout.

"H-Have you seen my father?" He
didn't want Larch to think he was a
stupid, naive kit. because deep
down he already knew the answer to
his own question.

Geckosprout was gone.

[Ziera]

// @Jay.

Those big eyes brimmed, giving Larch's heartstrings a firm tug when he introduced himself - the kit everyone already knew by his loss, like a warning label. He hoped Cardinalkit wouldn't allow it to define him.

Larchfall knew it was coming. A question with no good answers, stuff uncomfortable to confront because who wanted to be responsible for the aftermath? His lips pulled at the corners, voice remaining soft but steady: "Yeah, course I have. In the stars. He's the one who told me to pass on the message."

The young warrior leaned a mouse-tail closer, conspiratorial without the bitter aftertaste of condescension. "The message that I got you. You have a lot of life left, Cardinalkit. He's trusting not just me - but your whole clan, all of us - to pick you up if you fall down living it. Like he would've."

Cardinal earned himself a half playful, half comforting lick between his ears (if he didn't flinch away), the kind that might make a little brother grumble in annoyance...or maybe the kind a suffering kid might want. Larch didn't know. He spoke like he did. "You'll make it alright."

[Foxbreeze]

*Foxkit padded out of the nursery for the first time. She turned her head from side to side, taking in the new scents. Her blind blue eyes widened when she smelled the fresh-kill pile.*

[SharpSight]

Originally Posted by Jayden

( @SharpSight )

Littlepaw groomed himself just outside of the apprentice's den, having just woken up and not having much of anything to do. He sat and looked around at all of the other clan cats and then decided to go lay in the sun.

Stream kit raced through the clearing, going as fast as her three legs could take her. She was excited to go exploring, and she didn’t take time to watch where she was going. As a result, the small kit ran straight into another cat, falling head over heels into the dirt. She scrambled to her feet. “S-sorry!”

[~Sayonara~]

Originally Posted by SharpSight

Stream kit raced through the clearing, going as fast as her three legs could take her. She was excited to go exploring, and she didn’t take time to watch where she was going. As a result, the small kit ran straight into another cat, falling head over heels into the dirt. She scrambled to her feet. “S-sorry!”

Littlepaw blinks and looks over, his pelt bristled in surprise but then it lay flat again as he saw it was only a kit.
"Are you all right?"