WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Estelle]

Ah, it was happening! Swept out of a quick thought that had entered her mind, Hailpaw almost didn't notice the ceremony going on. She lifted her light coloured eyes and watched, listening to what was being said. It had been a bit since there had been a warrior ceremony, hadn't it? As the new warrior got announced, and the clan started chanting, she joined in "Seeheart! Seedheart!"
Everything moved on from there, and her gaze swept over to the new-comer and reassigned apprentices, One of them being Robinpaw. She'd spoken to him before-- and she still stood in the idea that she was definitely faster than him. Especially now.

[vellichor]

// @Rainquail

Bushpaw
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The dark brown cat called out flatly, "Seedheart. Seedheart." He had kind of resigned himself to sulking in the shadows. That was, until... hey. That was his name. Hey! Shock..holly? That cat from the graveyard thing?? Oh, cool. He stood up and crept into the light, though, couldn’t quite see his new mentor in the crowd. Stars, there were a lot more cats here than when he left. Probably.

[Abyssopelagic]

Shockholly practically leapt out of their fur when Twilightstar called their name. She was.... giving them an apprentice? Yes!!
Oh!!
Oh crap, she had to make her way to the Breezerock.....
She looked to the kits, promising silently to herself she wouldn't leave them in the Medicine Den alone long and slipped out of the den to the group of cats, a little embarrassed, and rushed to meet Bushpaw.
"Heya, Bush. Didn't I see you at the Graveyard?"
It hadn't occurred to her that this was the same cat until she saw him.

@elysian

[Puddle~]

@gs29513

Well, this was... interesting, to say the least. Deadpaw did not seem to like him very much at all. And to be frank, Puddlesplash wasn't quite sure why. There had only ever been one cat before who had openly disliked him, and that cat had been Pumapaw, quite a few moons ago too. Then again, she'd been more of the type of cat you'd expect to start conflicts. But Deadpaw? Based on these first few moments of interaction, Deadpaw definitely didn't strike him as the type to go around starting rivalries for no good reason. Perhaps she just needed a bit of a push in the right direction, though it was still far too early to come to a solid conclusion. Maybe by the time they were finished with their first training session today, he'd have a better idea of what his apprentice was like. "Alrighty, hunting it is. We'll head out to the territory as soon as this meeting concludes," he said, before turning away quietly to return his attention to the ongoing warrior ceremony. "Seedheart! Seedheart!" He chanted as the apprentice was declared a warrior. Hopefully, Deadpaw would make it up there someday. And it would ideally be under his training as well. As an apprentice himself, the constant changing of mentors had really slowed down the speed of his training, and he definitely didn't want any other apprentice to go through the same. Evidently, with all the reassignments, that wasn't possible, but he could at least make sure he didn't leave Deadpaw mentorless at any point.

[Abyssopelagic]

"Featherflames!!"
Shockholly was beginning to panic at the queen's lack of presence after asking them to het catmint, though perhaps their tone was too harsh.
"Please, this is serious, you know better than I do. I must know what catmint looks like if I'm going to help them and anyone else who gets sick."

@Jessica1917
((With Snailswirl being more or less back, I'd like to get this concluded asap))

[Cobra]

Antlerkit charged out of the nursery and into the clearing, shaking her calico pelt - which of course needed no shaking, as it was perfectly clean and glossy, especially the white parts, because she always spent lots and lots of extra time grooming those patches to make them shine. Antlerkit loved white. She adored it, fawned over it, worshiped it. White was clean, smooth, gorgeous, beautiful, awesome, perfect. It was a cold breath of snow, a soft cloud on a clear day, a flick of a pale ear. Antlerkit admired it ever so, and took her time to find as much white as possible.

[Abyssopelagic]

"Nah, I got it. Just a few stem plants."
She learned how to speak through a mouthful of anything when she first had her last litter, before she started her time healing.
"I only know basics, Coyotesnarl never got to teach us much. Poppy seeds are good for pains, reduce swelling, and help get undisturbed sleep. Marigold, when chewed and applied to open wounds, helps with all sort of infections, both as a preventative and to help fight them, but are for external use only. Well.... you don't eat it, at least. I once had to use it to help an infected ear."
She cringed, suddenly remembering having to drain the ear and the absolute smell of the ear wax. She hoped to never relive that. Ever.
"But, if left for too long, it'll cause it's own set of problems. I'd say every other day will be good. I haven't used this one myself.... but dandelions can be used for localized numbing, I think, if you chew it up."
That.... had been an odd one to learn, especially since it had come from someone she was fairly certain never had extensive training in the area.
"Keep wounds clean and dry once they no longer need marigold, and broken bones should be set within the first day they're broken or they'll need to be rebroken. You break sticks down to the size of the bone, hold it to either side and.... wrap it with cobwebs."
She was rambling at this point, honestly, but it felt nice to recount everything she knew outloud. It felt like it held the knowledge firmer to her mind.
Coldamber's tail lashed from side to side anxiously, good ear perked and listening as they continued into WindClan territory, her sudden easy going attitude replaced with a restless, eagerness to get home.


@Slushie
((Sorry for the info dump, everytime I try to do in role play teaching, it ends out as one oops))

[Arie]

Originally Posted by punkscape

@Arie

"You mean we don't flip them over?" Coyotepaw asked quizzically. But that was what she'd always done! Were there...even better ways to look for bugs?? She supposed that not turning the rocks over would make collecting cobwebs easier. And she guessed that they should be helping their clan by doing that. So...she'd play along.

"Okay, I'll look real carefully then," she nodded affirmingly to Weaselskip, turning her attention to the rocks to look in all the cracks. It wasn't long before she'd found a pawfull of cobwebs, but no big bugs yet. Just little ones that she wasn't really interested in. But then...

Something moved! "I found something! I found something!" She yowled, bouncing up and down. It looked like the tail of some creature she'd never seen before. Without thinking, she leaned down and grabbed the tail in her jaws, and yanked out the biggest snake she'd ever seen! Which wasn't saying much, as she'd never really seen a snake before, but it looked huge!
"Snake! Snake!" She barked, stomping on it repeatedly with her big paws, until...it stopped moving! "I...think I got it?"

-- @Rainquail --

What had so far been quite peaceful, according to a certain Weasel, had turned out into chaos but chaos was what she thrived in or at least that was what she believed she did. As Beepaw's claws scratched across her shoulders, the grey molly just smiled, "No worries Bugtwo, you just stay safe and secure up there." What she'd not paid attention to though was Bugone who by now was bygone instead of bugone. Because Coyotepaw had just... disappeared from sight, but then she heard the 'snake, snake, snake' and quickly albeit steadily to keep Beepaw safe, made her way over.

That she came upon was a hilarious sight that nearly sent the grey molly tumbling to the ground out of sheer amusement. Coyotepaw was dancing and stepping on the snake and then... it just died. It was absolutely stupid and Weaselskip couldn't help the burst of laughter that came rumbling out of her stomach and chest at the sight. "Yes you got! Good job Coycutie! I'll make sure to tell Twilightstar that we got a snake killing master in our crowd! You can take that one back to the clan and see if anyone wants to eat it. Beepaw, do you want to go around with Coycutie and see if you can find some cool bugs? I'll follow you as soon as I find some cobwebs." Because the medicine den could always need extra and she wanted to see if she could find a big spider for both of the apprentices to have a bit of fun with.

[shaae_26]

. @Saltyteardrops
Treefur was happy. She'd interacted with Brightpaw before. "Hi Brighpaw!". She mewed as she touched noses with them.

[shaae_26]

Originally Posted by Beyond_Carrot

Stripeseed gaped in astonishment. An apprentice? Me? Trying to hide his grunt of annoyance, he padded up to receive Adderpaw. These young cats always think they know everything. Then again, maybe I can knock some sense into this one... For the first time, he smiled sardonically. Perhaps it would be good to train up this cat; they could surely be brought up in the true ways of the Warrior Code... under his supervision.

"Hello, Adderpaw. I'm proud to be your new mentor." Stripeseed nodded his head coolly, keeping his thoughts to himself. This was certainly the opportunity he had been looking for.


@Tigerspirit2009 (yay!)

(Can you try to make him nice to her? I extremly dislike grumpy mentors. And she's Trans, feels like she doesn't belong, struggeles due to her small size, and needs a nice, calm, caring mentor to help her feel good about herself.)
Adderpaw was uncertain about this mentor. She liked her other one, but maybe he'll help her. She touched his shoulder with her nose, and showed the happiness in her eyes.