WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Solstice_X]

"Right this way then." She mewed, turning around. The silver mau gave one last look towards Wolfpaw with a small nod before taking off back through the forest; this time not as fast as to wear the deputy out before they'd reach the border.

[ @Shimm @:Grimm: ]

[plum]

And suddenly, more deranged screeching. With a massive roll of his eyes, Quince whirls around to face none other than Midnightstalker. The thin, hungry, exhausted tom could catch a break just as much as he could catch a good meal! He bares his teeth at the she-cat, a warrior of WindClan and the mother to its current leader. "Oh would ye shut that StarClan forsaken mouth a'yer's," he hisses irritably, wiry tail lashing back and forth like a whip. "Didn't ye ever learn t'stay quiet out 'here?"

Without awaiting the she-cat's answer, he whips his head to Dirt. "This'n's been exiled from RiverClan." There was no point in wasting time trying to calm this dingbat of a cat down. He did know, however, that she did have at least one wit about her when it came to things that could be... Troublesome, at least for Twilightstar. Did he personally talk to any of these cats? No. Did he, just by chance, formerly live in a Clan who shouted half their dirty laundry aloud for all to hear? Ding ding ding! He had no shadow of a doubt that the old crone didn't recognize him either- Which explained the unbridled hostility. Wasn't his fault, though. And thankfully this just made his own situation easier.

"If ye've any sense, ye'd get 'im off the moor sooner than me. An' I'm takin' my leave anyways." Quince narrows his eyes at the molly, daring her for a challenge to that.

@Undertaker @Dirtfur

[Undertaker]

Midnightstalker had to stare for a very long time at the idiot in front of her. Most of what he said went in one ear and out the other. Insults, just as they did her daughter, didn't really phase her. It took some ponder before she could even draw and inkling of an idea of who this guy was. "Ah! Your that deadbeat tom who abandoned his kit..." She smiled, her fur relaxed and some of her hostility gone. Yup, she hated this guy's guts. It wasn't anything personal, Midnightstalker loathed all parents who up and orphaned their kits with the expectation that the clan would care for them. It was disgusting and cruel, Midnightstalker wouldn't even dream of leaving her poor baby alone. Kits needed to be suffocated in unconditional love and affection at all times by at least one of their parents regardless of their age.

Her eyes wandered from Quince and over the other to tom as she heard exile and Riverclan put together. Ew! Wasn't that the gross dirty deputy. Midnightstalker cringed and hissed at the cat, she did not want him anyway near her clanmates nor her daughter. He probably had diseases! Her mind naturally jumped to murder and disposing of the body near Thunderclan, but her chances of getting away with it went down the drain because of the witness. Quince enjoy not only being a screwup in his life he just had to one in hers too.

"Then get moving sleazy deadbeat waste of air. I'll let your kit and mine know that you were around and didn't even ask about her health or even if she's alive!" The agitated mother did a good job of keeping a menacing smile on her maw while keeping her claws unsheathed. She wanted Quince to give her a reason to cut his tongue out of his mouth. Out of her peripheral vision she kept Dirtfur in her line of sight. He was lucky he was a former Riverclan and that they had been helping them out otherwise she would have been on him like bees to honey. As much as she would have liked to handle this problem without bothering her daughter, this was a delicate topic, and she by no means wanted Riverclan's negative attention on her clan so she'd have to see what her little light wanted to do about this.
@implimm @Dirtfur

[marshall]

@Solstice_X @Shimm

"YES, thank you..." Wolfpaw said, still lying on the ground. "I think- I think i'll just sleep, riiighhhtt here." He said. He suddenly got up. "Nope Nope! Off to the apprentice den." He said as he padded away but not before nodding back at Silverminnow.

[Arie]

Originally Posted by MagicCat99

Deerblossom nodded before answering the question. "I'm fine. It sure is difficult to find prey, but I'm fine. Not any better than the rest of the Clan." He smiled. As he looked into the tabby's blind eyes, he almost asked Are you sure you're alright?, but he resisted. He knew that he shouldn't. Besides, Eaglesoul even said not to worry about him. "I went hunting today. It took a long time just to get that one rabbit." He continued, his tail tip twitching. The cold wind blew through his short fur, causing a chill up his spine. The warrior shivered from the cold once before meowing: "Everything's okay." His dark brown paws shifted under his long tail. He still looked at the other tom, wondering what it would be like to be blind. Not being able to see... He couldn't imagine it.

Eaglesoul nodded at what the other tom said, but noticed the shifting of his paws on the ground. He was extremely attuned to all sounds and feelings that signalized motion. It was something he'd had to practice, formerly being completely reliant on his sight. It was a change to be blind, but the tom was mainly happy to be alive and tried to keep a positive attitude to almost everything he encountered on in life. Life had been easier with his dearest Silentwhisper next to him, but he would do without her. He could continue, he could find love and he still had his entire life ahead of him. Sighing he focused on the movement of the other tom again, "Sorry for that," he mumbled, aware that he'd left the other tom in the awkward silence as he wasn't tuned in to Eaglesoul's thoughts. "I do know what you're wondering though, how a blind cat like I survive. To be honest? I have no clue myself, but that might be because I wasn't blind from birth. I had sight, I used to be able to see the sunsets out on the moors with my fellow apprentices at the time, I could see the rabbit I was chasing and I could see my clanmates all around me. That is sadly no longer possible."

Originally Posted by FuzzyRatto

"Wooooow. Breezefeather. Breezefeather!" Curlkit started to hop around, chanting "Breezefeather!" He stoppd after a bit. "But... You couldn't answer my biggest question... Or another... Why life? Thaaattt one's not my bigest, but you already said you didn't know to that one! D'ya wanna be friends?"

Breezefeather sighed. He was starting to get frustrated, and although it formerly took a lot to get the silver and black spotted tom riled up, he was now acting purely on an emotional level that stemmed from his distress that wasn't totally clear to everyone else. Sighing again he focused his tired and annoyed green eyes on the kit that was again just blabbering and talking to him. Now for some reason it was upset that he hadn't answered this or that question. His tail flicking irritably he meowed, "Why would you want to be friends with someone like me, kit? I am not someone who should be chosen as a friend. I've done too many horrible things lately, something that would scar your mind forever young one. No. Me refusing your request for friendship is probably one of the better things I've had done in my life."

[kittygirl]

echopaw laid down sense she kinda assumed this was going to take a while, she stared at the wall and listened in on what the other cats were saying, because there was nothing better to do. @Moonraven

[MagicCat99]

Originally Posted by Arie

Eaglesoul nodded at what the other tom said, but noticed the shifting of his paws on the ground. He was extremely attuned to all sounds and feelings that signalized motion. It was something he'd had to practice, formerly being completely reliant on his sight. It was a change to be blind, but the tom was mainly happy to be alive and tried to keep a positive attitude to almost everything he encountered on in life. Life had been easier with his dearest Silentwhisper next to him, but he would do without her. He could continue, he could find love and he still had his entire life ahead of him. Sighing he focused on the movement of the other tom again, "Sorry for that," he mumbled, aware that he'd left the other tom in the awkward silence as he wasn't tuned in to Eaglesoul's thoughts. "I do know what you're wondering though, how a blind cat like I survive. To be honest? I have no clue myself, but that might be because I wasn't blind from birth. I had sight, I used to be able to see the sunsets out on the moors with my fellow apprentices at the time, I could see the rabbit I was chasing and I could see my clanmates all around me. That is sadly no longer possible."

Deerblossom blinked. "...Did you just read my thoughts?" He knew it wasn't true, but it did seem like it. He smiled. "Hey, atleast you're tough. I couldn't imagine being blind. I use my sight all the time, and it would be very difficult to live without it. You're also still a warrior. Hunting and fighting would definitely be difficult without being able to see the opponent or the prey." The tom meowed. He looked at Eaglesoul with admiration. Despite the tom's lack of sight, he would soon do everything any other warrior would do again.

[plum]

As the warrior finally recognizes him, her fur lying flatter after the words spewed out of that hateful mouth of hers, the tom feels even angrier. "Whatta ye know 'bout me an' mine, huh?" he spits furiously, his own pelt prickling. StarClan, couldn't this mental case just do herself some good and leave him out of the picture? He was trying to do his former Clan a favor and it just had to be left to Midnightstalker to be the one running the show- Or in this case, the circus!

After she contemplated what to do about the exiled deputy, it seemed she had absolutely no intention of driving him off along with Quince. Once that little realization dawns, he fixes his deep copper hues on the female and stalks towards her, only stopping when they are mere whiskers apart from one another. "Ye bring a sick exile inta the Clan, go on. The lives a'yer Clanmates'll be on ye. Of yer precious kit. Go on," he growls menacingly. The wiry brown tom wasn't looking to be murdered tonight, but her words were like kindling to a fire. "Ye know as good as I how much'll ye do fer ye blood. Don't ye." He meets her gaze, his own fiery optics searching for an inch of give in hers. If she could use his child against him, then he'd throw hers against her. "Don't bring me up, Midnightstalker," Quince implores of her then, backing off and moving to step around the warrior. "Kid's only with ye 'till I find us a better home. I didn't doubt the choice I made when I left- Don't gimme cause te doubt it now."

@Undertaker @Dirtfur

[Sweetie]

Due to the fact that I was inactive for a few days the deadline for the patrols are now due on February 23.

Please remember to report back to Brindlejaw or Twilightstar. If someone does not answer/reply in 24 hours continue on without them.

@GrapeGalaxy @hxneysuckle @Bristlefrost @Lonestar23

[Sweetie]

"Creekrunner, if possible can you please go fetch me a rabbit from the fresh-kill pile?"The new mother was exhausted from all of her work and rabbit always helped. The queen sighed and rested her head next to tiny Reedkit's body as he savored the warmth and Charkit laying next to him.
@mochi @CheetahPelt