WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[vellichor]

// @Erebus

Snailswirl
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The tabby cat’s head shot up. They had been taking a light nap in their nest — a luxury, to be honest. But when they heard their name, their green eyes turned toward a small figure. And mild annoyance they had had toward the cat for interrupting their nap was gone. "Go ahead and lay down in one of those nests — not over there, closer here. Try your best to not get close to the greencough patients. It’s a bit of a hassle, but we don’t need it spreading. Now, tell me what happened, if you can." As the tang of blood touched their nose, they fell into a familiar routine. Grabbing a marigold and a web, they chewed the bitter flower and waited for Brightpaw to speak.

[vellichor]

// @UpperclassFailure

Snailswirl
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It was the faint orange glow of the cat that registered with them before the actual warrior did. Ah, nerves. Common. "Come on in," they called, squinting their green eyes to see what was wrong. Raspy voice... hopefully not more greencough. "Go ahead and sit down — try and stay away from that side. Greencough. Anyway, tell me what happened." They were uncertain of what herbs they needed for now, so they’d just sit and listen. Hopefully.

[vellichor]

// @Tigerspirit2009

Snailswirl
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Despite their experience in their role, the tabby cat could definitely say this was a first. They had been sorting their pitiful collection of herbs when they heard pawsteps. Just about to look back, a loud thud startled the medicine cat. Wh...? Oh, just a body. A body? A body!! That threw the cat into panic mode. Uh! Nest, nest. Yeah. They grabbed the cat by the scruff and thanked the Stars for their larger size as they dragged the cat to an empty nest. Ew — that was gross smelling. Prooobably infection. And they were kinda hot. Like, really kinda hot. Moss! Water moss. Just kinda... yeah. Set it by the poor cat’s mouth and hope they drink. Now, about that infection... Snailswirl grabbed some good old marigold and began chewing. Blech... that would never taste good. Spitting it onto their paw, they spread it on the nasty wound. Then covered it with a web. Nice, nailed it! Hopefully the cat would be okay, and not... dead.

[vellichor]

// @hope @Arie

Snailswirl
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Awh, they had forgotten how much they’d missed both of the apprentices! The younger cats’ energy definitely gave the stressed cat some energy, and they took off after Robinpaw. Geez... the kid was fast! They grinned at Robinpaw, trying their best to keep up with the apprentice. Though their dumb lungs threatened to not work, Stagpaw decided to run into a rabbit warren. Whew, that was kind of a relief. Until the cat popped back up with a bunch of spiders on him. Stepping between Robinpaw and Stagpaw (the poor guy hated spiders! it was the least they could do), Snail began to flick the spiders off of Stagpaw. "Nice job there Stag! Though in the future you might not... exactly want to pick up... a bunch of spiders, y’know?" Between their slightly labored breathing and now picking spiders off of an apprentice, their words were a bit spaced out. That was fine, eh. "Robin, can you find me some marigold? No spiders on those, and I think there might be a bush around here!" they spoke, giving the cat a mission. Snail hoped they would be as excited for that as they hoped he would be. After all, Robinpaw seemed to enjoy that kind of stuff. It was cute!

[Arie]

Originally Posted by Beyond_Carrot

(I realized it's my turn in posting order, actually, so really sorry for the long wait!)

"Yes," Sagebrook agreed when Sparkfrost had finished. "Sparkfrost said he believed it ran off toward ShadowClan, so if we see anything concerning, we may need to report it to Dawnstar, too," she added. "ShadowClan seems pretty sensitive these days; you know how they are. It wouldn't hurt to check." She stood, looking at Breezefeather expectantly.

-- @Larkstripe --

Okay. So a dog. Breezefeather could get that but he was still unsure what the hell had happened. And why would they want to report it to Dawnstar? And yes he was well aware of how Shadowclan was and therefore he knew that they would not take kindly to any warning given. More likely tell WindClan to mind their own business or just shred them. They were not friends with Shadowclan at all, on no level, and although he would feel bad that any cats were at risk of being hurt, if it was on Shadowclan's territory, it was Shadowclan's problem to deal with. "So this dog. What happened with it? And did you see it run off to Shadowclan? Are you sure its no longer on Windclan territory? Also Sagebrook, if you know so much about our relationship with Shadowclan you should know that Dawnstar would not take kindly to any warnings. Shadowclan is not sensitive but rather on the warpath, and we need to be aware of that. I feel bad if anyone are hurt but if it is indeed on Shadowclan territory it is not our problem to deal with."

Originally Posted by elysian

Snailswirl
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It was true — the tabby cat was in a rush. In the short few days they had been back, they had been hit with nearly everything. Herb shortages. Greencough outbreak. To say they were stressed was a severe understatement. Compared to this, even with Thornpaw’s injury, RiverClan seemed like StarClan! They barely saw the new deputy. It didn’t even register that he was talking to them until their eyes met the questioning deputy’s. They blinked a few times, collecting their scrambled thoughts. What had they just been asked?? Oh! "Uh, there’s... a lotta things wrong. But mostly Greencough. And I was going to see if Twilightstar would let me make a, an area of sorts?? for the sick? that way it doesn’t spread... The last thing we need is a full scale outbreak." Their eyes darkened even thinking of that.

It seemed were worse indeed, worse than he'd thought. Greencough spreading in the clan was an extremely dangerous thing to have moving around, especially with the never ending tensions with Shadowclan and potentially the other clan but also the fact that leafbare was just going to get harder before it got easier and that was insanely worrying, or at least so it appeared to Breezefeather. But talking to Twilightstar about a potential other place seemed good and not that the medicine cat apprentice needed his permission, he still gave a nod and rose up to stand again, "If you want I'll go with you, depending on Twilightstar's stance on it, I'll see if I can get some cats to set up a small quarantine area where there is a proper shelter and the other cats can rest securely." And then, resting his tail on they younger cat's back he voiced, "You're doing a good job, just make sure you're taking care of yourself too and not getting sick."

[nykyrian]

@elysian

All the bones in Brightpaw's body ached as sat down in a nest. Taking a deep breath, their voice came out as shaky,
"I was hunting." They paused, then continued, "Along the Shadowclan border, and there was one of their apprentices, on our territory trying to steal our prey" The lynx-point left it at that for the moment, just wanting to curl up and fall asleep.

[nykyrian]

Originally Posted by YeetCat090

Leappaw was sitting quietly in the clearing, just watching their clan move about. They weren't looking for anyone in paticular, but when they saw Brightpaw, their heart seemed to be happy. Yes, they had a crush on them. ( @Saltyteardrops, want them to intereact?)

Brightpaw felt eyes resting on them. The lynx-point turned around, smiling at the somewhat familiar face. Their stomach felt odd, as they looked at Leappaw. Though it wasn't a bad feeling, it made them happy. They padded over to the other apprentice cheerfully.

[Arie]

Two patrols... Two patrols had actually manged to report. Seemed like Creekdash's words were correct and Windclan was not prepared for neither battle nor just able to report in the borders and NONE of the hunting patrols had reported in.
None!
Absolutely absurb.

However, Breezefeather decided to address the two who did report in and went over, first to Bushpaw. "Thank you for reporting in Bushpaw. And I'll make sure you're not put on a patrol with Quailfur again. I do hope he didn't hinder your ability to complete the patrol, but I appreciate you being clever enough to report it. Unlike some others of your clanmates."

With that said, he moved over to Puddlesplash and quietly listened as the warrior reported in. Okay, that was the two borders... but it wasn't the borders that to Breezefeather mattered that much, but it was good that it seemed Thunderclan wasn't intent on causing trouble either. "Thanks for the report Puddlesplash, I'll make sure that the next patrols down that area are aware of the fact that there might be badgers on the prowl."

[ @elysian @Puddle~ ]

Now to address the ones who'd failed to report in. And that was a hell lot of cats and if Breezefeather could choose not to, he wouldn't want to be here at all in this situation but the lack of reports frustrated him and was going to drive the clan to the ground.

"Hey! Peonyspirit, Omenscratch, Honeypelt, Harerunner, Cloverspring." Deciding just to mention the warriors for now, as they should be the one setting an example for the apprentices and teaching them how to do these things. "You all failed to report in your patrols at the time set, and these are patrols that are NEEDED to keep the clan safe. Omenscratch, Honeypelt, both of you failed to report in your hunting patrols and I see no prey on our freshkill pile. Do you intend for our clan to grow sick and starve? Do you intend for the elders to slowly wither away and for Windclan's strength to wane? No, I don't think so. If you fail to report in again, you're going to be spending the next long while hunting."

"Peonyspirt, Harerunner, Cloverspring. You were all to patrol the Shadowclan border. No one reported in. NO ONE! You were three grown warriors who know how to handle these things, and this border is our border with Shadowclan. The number one clan who has clearly stated that Windclan has a target on its back. Do you care so little for our safety that you're willing to just let that slip by? Who knows, there might have been prey stealing, border stealings but, we wont know because you never bothered to report your patrol in!"

Done with yelling, he awaited the rest's responses.

[ @Starfall @Pepperkins @Xmas Bliss @Spoopy Eclipse @ChillCat ]

[Cloudkit14]

Originally Posted by Erebus

Brightpaw felt eyes resting on them. The lynx-point turned around, smiling at the somewhat familiar face. Their stomach felt odd, as they looked at Leappaw. Though it wasn't a bad feeling, it made them happy. They padded over to the other apprentice cheerfully.

"H-hi Brightpaw". Stammered Leappaw

[shaae_26]

Originally Posted by elysian

// @Tigerspirit2009

Snailswirl
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Despite their experience in their role, the tabby cat could definitely say this was a first. They had been sorting their pitiful collection of herbs when they heard pawsteps. Just about to look back, a loud thud startled the medicine cat. Wh...? Oh, just a body. A body? A body!! That threw the cat into panic mode. Uh! Nest, nest. Yeah. They grabbed the cat by the scruff and thanked the Stars for their larger size as they dragged the cat to an empty nest. Ew — that was gross smelling. Prooobably infection. And they were kinda hot. Like, really kinda hot. Moss! Water moss. Just kinda... yeah. Set it by the poor cat’s mouth and hope they drink. Now, about that infection... Snailswirl grabbed some good old marigold and began chewing. Blech... that would never taste good. Spitting it onto their paw, they spread it on the nasty wound. Then covered it with a web. Nice, nailed it! Hopefully the cat would be okay, and not... dead.

Leafpaw woke up to water by his head and a soothing juice on his neck. Sighing, then wincing, he lapped up some water. He saw a cat watching him: "You.. must.. be... Windclan's.. Medicine.. cat..." He croaked. "I'm.. Leaf..., wait.,.. no... Leafpaw" He corrected himself. "I'm.. new."