Cattail Pond

[Sonwytheafr]

Originally Posted by Demini

Shypaw Decided it was time to either strike or go report this to Alderstep.... She decided confrontation might be a bit much, even if she had the beefed up purrk. Perhaps She'd Just leave this Cat With a Little Warning? a Little Scare?

She shook her head that wasn't her style... "Riverclanner Beware The Eye's that Follow you!!! Crimes Don't Go Unpunished!!!!" Shypaw Hissed, rustling the bush around her before scampering off...

Ottersplash turned and growled, looking towards the bush before going over to it. She looked around, seeing no one, she turned and padded off. She grumbled to herself. She didn't look scared but the fact was, she was terrified. Ottersplash knew that she was seen tainting the prey. She ran back to RiverClan territory, her fur bushed out.

[dino.]

Shypaw had been right.

Bumblestar stared down at the bundle of plants in front of her paws. It stunk of mushrooms and earth, with just a hint of signature fishface stench. The work of RiverClan, for sure. It didn't look like anything had gotten into it. She could only imagine the sorts of things tucked away.

She could come back to this later. Bumblestar scraped out a hole amongst the roots of the tree away from its initial hiding place and dumped the entire thing inside before burying it again. Maybe Drizzlecloud would have a clue as to what it was, could figure out what was wrong with Wolfpaw.

She glanced over her shoulder before following the scent trail.

[dino.]

Bumblestar dragged Roseraven and Ghostwhisperer out of camp with her. She’d offered little explanation to them when she had tugged them away from whatever they had been doing in camp, but the anger that practically radiated from her in waves should have been enough to clue them in that something was wrong.

Her paws met soft grass and she skirted the edge of the pond, moving right to the buried bundle of herbs, where she dug it up once more and jabbed a paw at it. “Poison,” she spat. “Shypaw found a RiverClan cat leaving this in our territory. My guess is they’re pissed we grabbed Cattail Pond and they’re trying to get payback in the most cowardly way possible. Wolfpaw's already been affected, there's no telling if any other cats have yet, but that means prey's already been poisoned and I don't wanna let it sit for any longer. Taking this to Drizzlecloud later.”

She reburied the bundle, tail whipping behind her. “I followed the scent across the border but it went too far to go on my own. You two are gonna help me find their camp so I can deal with ‘em. I’m anticipating a trek. Keep up with me, I know which scent to follow.” Should’ve brought ragweed. Too late now, she’d pick some up on the way back.

[ Keep this brief!! This should move pretty rapidly, your posts do not have to be long at all; will be moving from Cattail Pond (1 round of posts) to Windswept Plains (2 rounds of post) to Rugged Range (1 round of posts) where we’ll finish up. Laspes in response longer than 24 hours will get you skipped, just to ensure things are progressing smoothly. ]

@vampire @Shade.

[Shade.]

@vampire
@dino.

Roseraven was no stranger to poison. Or inter-clan conflict. It was interesting, though. And it didn't sound like something RiverClan had authorised. Too small in scale.
Perhaps it could be resolved semi-peacefully if whoever was in charge of RiverClan right now denounced their involvement and punished the wrongdoer themself.

She hoped the current medicine cats were able to handle the poisoning. She had other work now. The small tabby followed the leader.

"Have we checked for more?"

[Fade]

Watch me now as I tear your sky down
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GHOSTWHISPERER
Ghost/Void/Ghostself/Voidself || Thunderclan Warrior

[ Mention(s): @dino. & @Shade. ]
⚠︎ Trailing behind the other cats, one being the leader was surprising, she hadn’t even offered ghost an explanation on the matter before the trio had left. Well, that was an interesting development, poison. Hm, Ghostwhisperer didn’t offer to speak on the matter right now, just offering a statement of understanding. “Ghosts.” That was good enough. Ghostwhisperer took swift note of the herb in question before it was discarded from void’s view. White with a green stem that seemed extremely distinctive, ghost would have to remember this one. Whispering void’s next two words. “Wolfpaw? Ghosts.” Making another soft and swift statement to ghostself . This clan was one Thunderclan had issues with in the past, no wonder they wished to start poisoning them now. Ghostwhisperer took quick note of the state of the leaders anger and Roseravens question. More? There was even more, hm. This was going to be an issue, Ghost let out a sigh of disgust towards Riverclan.

[dino.]

Originally Posted by Shade.

Roseraven's brows furrowed.
"It's not about bringing it up with RiverClan. It's about the other clans knowing we're justified and not accusing us of acting hostile for no reason." she said quietly, deciding not to push much further. Roseraven wasn't all that old, but she felt like a big truth about clan life was that 90% of the conflict happened due to misunderstandings. She wanted to avoid more war. She was also tempted to check on how the medicine cats were handling the poison, but she didn't want to insult them.

The story warrior followed the leader silently. She managed to impale her taw on a sharp twig but barely let out more than a hiss before tugging out a large splinter and limping on.
"Isn't RiverClan going to smell that we've been here?"

Bumblestar's jaw worked silently. "Maybe," she muttered after a moment. "I'll think about it. 'N if RiverClan gets on our case about being all the way out here, it'd be easy to write it off as a scouting trip. Nothing more, nothing less. They're the weird ones for being all the way out here in the first place."

The trek back to their own territory wasn't exactly difficult, but the first walk was starting to take its toll on her, and her legs ached by the time she crossed back over ThunderClan's border and made it back to the edge of Cattail Pond. The sun had begun to set by this point, and she glanced up at the sky before looking back at Roseraven. "Don't go straight back to camp just yet. Split up, find some ferns to roll in, and take the long way 'round. Don't need to lead 'em straight home like they did for us."

She moved to scrape the bundle of plants out of the dirt again, intent on bringing it to Drizzlecloud once she'd masked her scent and done a quick lap around the territory.

[Shade.]

Originally Posted by dino.

Bumblestar's jaw worked silently. "Maybe," she muttered after a moment. "I'll think about it. 'N if RiverClan gets on our case about being all the way out here, it'd be easy to write it off as a scouting trip. Nothing more, nothing less. They're the weird ones for being all the way out here in the first place."

The trek back to their own territory wasn't exactly difficult, but the first walk was starting to take its toll on her, and her legs ached by the time she crossed back over ThunderClan's border and made it back to the edge of Cattail Pond. The sun had begun to set by this point, and she glanced up at the sky before looking back at Roseraven. "Don't go straight back to camp just yet. Split up, find some ferns to roll in, and take the long way 'round. Don't need to lead 'em straight home like they did for us."

She moved to scrape the bundle of plants out of the dirt again, intent on bringing it to Drizzlecloud once she'd masked her scent and done a quick lap around the territory.

Roseraven stretched her legs and bit her weird cat lip (im not sure if cats have what could be considered lips). She had a feeling she was going to be sore the next day. Not to mention having to get some marigold for that minor wound. She could probably get it herself, no need to bother the medicine cats.

"Got it. Be careful bringing those back. Keep your head pointed down and don't crunch on them. Or better yet, just keep them in the crook of your front leg and limp back. We don't need you getting poisoned too."

With that, Roseraven stumbled off, eventually finding her way to some lavender. It covered up her scent nicely but had the side effect if making her very sleepy.

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Sparrowpelt]

The tom merely gave the deputy a nod, not really acting his charismatic self as he started to head towards the entrance and out into the territory. It was a quiet trek and frankly, he wasn't paying attention to if Softsky would show and follow or not. Alderstep was here to witness the absence and could punish accordingly if necessary.

Once at Cattail Pond, the tom turned to the deputy and awaited an order. It was just habitual for Sparrowpelt. He was not made for leader roles and simply followed tasks to a T.

@navarra @WinterMara

[odessa]

Alderstep wondered why Sparrowpelt was so quiet. Maybe the guy was just dulled down because it was a patrol. He mentally shrugged off his worries and looked to the Pond, scanning the area and taking in the scents. He nodded to the left side of the waters, ears flicking with recognition. "Let's hunt there; I can smell some sorta rodent," he remarked to his companion, picking his way through the reeds. Despite all the trouble the clan had gone through to acquire this bit of territory, Alderstep had never visited it before. He liked it, he decided. Felt peaceful.

Sharp eyes caught signs of movement in the grass, and Alderstep halted in his searchful strolling. He canted his head to the side, glancing at Sparrowpelt to indicate that the water vole was all his. Dunno 'bout him, but Alderstep would rather catch a bird. He was feeling rather bird today. He hoped there was bird nearby to catch. It'd be disappointing if there wasn't.

@SuspiciousMindz

[Caspian]

He looked at the others. “Let’s search for it.” he said

@Willooow @RedWidow