WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[The Shadow Flower]

Originally Posted by BestDragonslayer

Nightkit, now done with his cleaning, rolled his eyes at Lavenderkit. “Grosser than a certain cat I know?” @gs29513

LavenderKit would flick her ears curiously.
BarleyKit? He left Windclan.
normally I'd be sad, but he was mean to everyone!
She'd stomp her paw on the ground at 'everyone' to make her point.
But yeah, dirty prey wouldn't taste as good!

She'd consider a joke about BarleyKit tasting bad, but nightKit looked a little serious.

[~RooRoo~]

Sugarpaw trotted then saw her mentor waiting and paddeduo to her. Hey! What’s today? she would sit down and groom her fluffy tail. @TheNyanCatMinecart

[PEPPERMINT~]

Originally Posted by The Shadow Flower

LavenderKit would flick her ears curiously.
BarleyKit? He left Windclan.
normally I'd be sad, but he was mean to everyone!
She'd stomp her paw on the ground at 'everyone' to make her point.
But yeah, dirty prey wouldn't taste as good!

She'd consider a joke about BarleyKit tasting bad, but nightKit looked a little serious.

Night kit got up and padded over, looking her up and down. “Nope, a cat that’s even worse.” Barelykit was bad, but not as bad as someone that would shame others because of how pompous they were. And in the end, barleykit actually TRIED to clean up his act. “Much worse.”

[The Shadow Flower]

Originally Posted by BestDragonslayer

Night kit got up and padded over, looking her up and down. “Nope, a cat that’s even worse.” Barelykit was bad, but not as bad as someone that would shame others because of how pompous they were. And in the end, barleykit actually TRIED to clean up his act. “Much worse.”

LavenderKit would look stumped, not picking up his hint.
Maybe he just thought she looked cool?
Who? I don’t know any other mean cats.

This kit was kinda confusing, she couldn’t really read him.
Well, he wasn’t being mean or anything, but very confusing.

[Moonraven]

Twilightstar could purr she was so delighted to see so many of her clanmates giving her their thoughts and asking questions. She decided to address each one as it came to her.
"I don't think that will be a problem, none of the apprentices have ever come to me complaining about any warrior abusing their rank." Twilightstar looked over to Shockholly [ @Rainquail ] with a touch of puzzlement. "I don't think a change in the duty and name will result in a change in the cat themself. But if you do happen to notice such abuse speak to me or Coyotesnarl, the matter will be handled swiftly and fairly." It wasn't like she'd be giving any cat more power, just making them guards of sorts.
"Tunneling?" Interesting idea, teaching the guards how to tunnel might help with things like evacuation and hiding. An underground escape route might be nice...completely depends on how its guaded. She didn't think all the cats would be on board with it though. "It's a skill that might be nice to have. I'll leave that decision up to those who want to give the rank a try." She told her deputy [ @wren ] Twilightstar still expected these cats to keep up with their daily duties...perhaps she could keep them out of border patrols.
"Guardians, I believe that title would fit them best." She answered the elder [ @AlderDawn ]
"Rotations, although I expect these cats to stay near the camp I don't think we'll need them every second of the day." Twilightstar pondered Skunkblaze's [ @gs29513 ] question, having not even thought about how to move them around. Besides as cats of WindClan, they weren't meant to be cooped up forever.
"This is happening mostly because I'm a paranoid furball who likes to know her clan is safe." Twilightstar looked over to Palekit [ @NIGHTOWL ] intrigued that it was the kit who asked that question. "We're not in any danger, but if we were it doesn't hurt to be extra safe and that's what these cats would provide." As much as she liked to tell the kit that peace was fickle and the world was an ever-changing and dangerous place, the queens and a few of her warriors might actually scold her for being blunt.
Twilightstar had to stop and think once again with Eldersky's [ @implimm ] question. How does she do this without insulting the majority of her warriors? The leader didn't think she could, so she might as well as tell as it was. "I wouldn't call it the same thing, their duties will be to ensure cats aren't causing troubles in the dens and no strangers just prance right into the camp. You were there when that mishap happened in the nursery as an apprentice, and I've lost count how many outsiders have just waltz right into the camp that I've had to chase out personally. And even though it's not a particular problem, with Lionstar at least, having another leader just walk in without any cat questioning it irritates me." That tom usually came in an announced himself, she felt like that wasn't how it was supposed to go. It might nice to have a cat notify her or maybe escort them in.
"You want to break up their duties?" The she-cat mused, looking over to Weaselskip [ @Arie ]. The warrior might have half a brain after all. "A lookout could be done if they use the Breezerock. They'd have to have the keenest eyesight. I don't mean to keep the cats in camp all the time if we break up their duties and rotate them between sunup, sunhigh, and sundown. These cats will still have some time to themselves and to train their apprentices. I don't mind extending learning evacuation procedures to apprentices." In the long run having the apprentices know what to do would help, those guys tend to run around and panic, plus their mentors weren't always around to keep an eye on them.
"Do not get cocky." Twilightstar flashed a sharp glare at Creekflow [ @Shadow & Wind ] statement. "ShadowClan called themselves the strongest in the forest and look where they are now. When you sit at the top you have nowhere else to go but down. We never know what the future has in store for us." Twilightstar warned him. The leader's painted a target on her clan's back. They were currently on RiverClan's good side, and although Twilightstaar had no intention of causing any bad blood with Lionstar, look what happened to ThunderClan. Lionstar might have fun sitting at the top, Twilightstar found it annoying and tedious. She'd prefer being unseen and at the bottom, less work for her. Look at the mess she had made for herself. Don't even get her started on whatever natural disaster might strike.
"I would have them stay with our kits, queens, and elder unless we absolutely need them in a fight." Mushy [ @Beau ] had a good question, but with their current numbers she wasn't too worried about that now, might be a probably in future. She imagined that whatever it was they were fighting she'd have some idea it was coming beforehand...unless another pack of Coyotes was being thrown at them. Twilightstar would assume that she'd be able to figure out if she needed the extra cats or not. WindClan wasn't all that small right now.
"If we work out rotations and times, the nursery and the medicine den will have a different guard throughout the day." She told Gullpaw [ @Zesty Mango ]. Maybe she should have one older cat in charge of swapping them out. Or she supposed she could do it, she'd rather not though.
Her clan has given her a lot to think about. "Would anyone be actually interested in this rank?" The lilac molly voiced to her entire clan while waited to see whether they had any more concerns.

[JackHunt_17]

@Moonraven
"I would!" Mewed Creekflow. If this was neccasary, Creekflow would defend his clan at all costs, he was big, strong, defensive, but not evil. He wouldn't attack a cat unless that cat attacked first.

[PEPPERMINT~]

Originally Posted by The Shadow Flower

LavenderKit would look stumped, not picking up his hint.
Maybe he just thought she looked cool?
Who? I don’t know any other mean cats.

This kit was kinda confusing, she couldn’t really read him.
Well, he wasn’t being mean or anything, but very confusing.

Night kit snorted “You have no idea of whom I am speaking?” He slid into a more graceful stance and tried to look and act as perfect as possible. This was going to be good. (This is one thing me and Night have in common, when you preparing to go into intellectual battle, we act as elegant and imposing as possible. Give it a year, and Night will have mastered this skill.) @gs29513

[~RooRoo~]

Umm. Ok? How about you? he twitched his orange tail. @gs29513

[The Shadow Flower]

Originally Posted by BestDragonslayer

Night kit snorted “You have no idea of whom I am speaking?” He slid into a more graceful stance and tried to look and act as perfect as possible. This was going to be good. (This is one thing me and Night have in common, when you preparing to go into intellectual battle, we act as elegant and imposing as possible. Give it a year, and Night will have mastered this skill.) @gs29513

LavenderKit would shake her head.
She didn’t know anyone else mean.

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

Rosebriar nodded as the familiar white shape of her apprentice caught her eye. She still felt conflicted about the she-cat. She had been a former Outsider, and she valued pure blood. Her name even sounded like that of an Outsider's. She didn't know what sugar was or what it meant. However, she was so much like her. Valuing beauty, good enough to call that horrid creature Twistedface... so, Rosebriar had determined that she liked her apprentice. If Outsiders were good enough, then she would respect them, but cats like Twistedface were a whole other story. Meanwhile, the sun had just begun to peek its way out of the clouds - and Rosebriar wished that it hadn't. It had gotten considerably hotter, adding onto the humidity as well, and it clung to her thick, sleek pelt so that bits of it stood on end. It wasn't like fighting practice would improve it any. With her ears twitching irritably, Rosebriar nodded at her apprentice, glad to see that she took care in how she looked despite the looming lesson. "Today, we will be practicing some fighting," she meowed, her voice smooth yet strong. "These will be basic skills, but they will be enough to keep you going in a battle." She wanted to make some remark about Outsiders, ugly cats, and Twistedface, and even though her apprentice would understand, she kept it to herself. The first one would offend her apprentice while she didn't have a good way to word the other two. "You'll have more time to groom your fur afterward, but it's nice that you take care in such things," she added with a hint of pride in her voice.

@~RooRoo~ (Sorry, I forgot to mention you.)