RiverClan Skyridge

[Willowfern]

@Tiabirb

Frogpaw
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“Okay,” He whispered in reply.

[Moon Kit]

Originally Posted by Angelique

Fizzlepaw.... wait no Brightpaw looked up. He would have to get used to calling himself that. He was so used to refering himself as Fizzle. Soon his eyes brightened when he heard that his friend was to finish his training. The tom bounced over to Gentlefoot. "Gentlefoot Bright's mentor!!!", je meowed in ecitement.

// @Moon Kit; \\

Gentlefoot looked at Fizzlepaw-no, Brightpaw, which was a fitting name in her opinion- with a smile. "Yep!" She hadn't anticipated this, but she was glad that the young cat had gotten a mentor she could trust to train him well-herself.
She let a small frown escape her as she glanced in Reedpaw's direction. Why had he gotten a new mentor? Maybe Kestrelstar thought she'd be a better mentor to Fi-Brightpaw if she weren't also training Reedpaw. Still, it seemed strange.
Shaking off her doubts, she quickly grinned at Brightpaw again. "Let me know when you're ready to start training. You can take a day or two more to get settled in, if you want."

[panchiko]

Spiderstorm… Her name, a tribute to him, something more that she and Plum shared. She liked it.

On another note, it may not be the end of an era for RiverClan, but if she got her way it'd sure as heck be the end of ThunderClan's era.

What he’d be saying? Spiderstorm thought on it for a second before replying to Plum. “He’d probably be calling us stinkers,” she faintly smiled. “And then he’d say something really Lion-y about us being awesome.” She wasn’t sure what his exact words would’ve been, but guessing was another way for her to hang on to his memory, so she made use of the opportunity.

It was time to pay her respects. Spiderstorm stepped towards Lionstorm and just sat there for a second. silently. What could she even say? "i'm gonna miss you so much, nerd..." she mumbled heavy-heartedly. "you were the awesomest.. you made time fly cuz we were having fun. thank you... for everything. i'll avenge you, i promise." she didn't have the courage to say it out loud but all she could think was an aching 'please come back'. please please please, she would do anything. please. but she knew he wasn't going to and that broke her heart the most. she searched for a way to articulate everything she wanted to say, but the words evaded her, there weren't enough words to describe it all. she moved on to Fawn.

Fawn.. she had barely met Fawnsqueak. Maybe only one or two times during herb patrols, but he'd always seemed nice. "i hope you rest in peace." she dipped her head and gave both of them one more look over. she stepped back.

goodbye.

[Abyssopelagic]

Originally Posted by Star Dashie

Oh. Sedgestorm. She started to growl underneath her breath. She..had heard some things about him. Hopefully he wouldn't be a cat that would straight up abandon her like her old mentors have. Lakepaw started to pad over towards the feline. "Hello..Sedgestorm." Her tone was filled with pure malice, the 8 moon old molly was NOT in the best mood at all @Rainquail

Sedgestorm had been lost in thought, disturbed by the reality of what was afoot, that the war he had hoped to avoid in his birth Clan had followed him to his new Clan, and barely registered that his name had been called and barely recognized that there was a cat before him, that this was now his apprentice.
What brought him out of his headspace was the tone of her voice and the absolute malice in her gaze, as if he personally had affronted her.
"Lakepaw."
He didn't dare say much more and he highly doubted she wanted the ceremonially nose boop that was supposed to accompany the assignment of a new mentor or apprentice.

[Mango]

@hope
Blizzardsky flicked his tail,” About time Spiderstorm!” he called, what he was an apprentice when Blizzardsky was a kit, so it clearly was a much delayed ceremony, he didn’t know Plumstorm that well so he flicked his tail.

[Ziera]

// Stormtalon - @Akushi hinata

Kestrelstar's transition from death and revenge to mentor reassignments seemed clumsy to Storm, a sort of whiplash, but he didn't blame the leader for it when there was no 'right' transition to begin with. No amount of charisma could ease the fact that two pillars of RiverClan were gone and clan life continued without them.

Despite the growing numbness in his chest, Stormtalon stepped forward when Kestrel called his name. Green eyes searched the younger cats before he located his own--a light-gray tabby with blue eyes--and he nodded in solemn greeting before dipping his nose to touch Streampaw's. It was just muscle memory.

The rest passed in a blur as Kestrel finished off with a warrior's ceremony. Plumstorm and Spiderstorm gained their warrior names, chosen in honor of their fallen mentor...then just like that, the meeting that knocked RiverClan's paws out from under them ended.

While other cats padded forward to say goodbye to Lionstorm and Fawnsqueak's corpses, Storm couldn't will himself to join them. He didn't feel the sadness he saw in others' expressions. Storm only had the strange, far away thought that Fawn wouldn't appreciate a bunch of cats pushing their noses into his fur, so he wouldn't add himself to the list. Instead, Stormtalon prepared for the vigil with the rest of his clanmates as his wayward mind drifted to consider an uncertain future.

[Puddle~]

"Plumstorm! And SPIDERSTORM WOOO!! YOU ROCK!" After the initial excitement died down and the meeting moved on, Baypaw was left confused. Should they be happy or sad? Both at the same time? Two cats had just become warriors but two cats had also died. At any normal meeting, they would've bounced up to their friend Spiderstorm and thrown a makeshift celebration party, but that wouldn't be right in this case.

So, they drifted over to the two fallen felines along with the rest of the clan. Cats were grieving and giving small speeches of tribute, but sadness was just something they'd never had to feel before. Everything in their life up to this point had been sunshine and rainbows, so this new wave of emotion hit them like a brick. It wasn't an overwhelming sadness, but seeing everybody else so downcast made them feel rather upset too. And they hadn't even really known Fawnsqueak or Lionstorm that well, so they could only imagine the heartbreak some of these cats were experiencing.

Ultimately, they decided it would be best if they didn't get too close. They didn't want to get in the way of cats who were truly lamenting these losses, instead opting to sit in solemn silence and think of the dearly departed from afar.

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Triumph and tragedy back to back. An interesting end to the meeting. For Berryscorch, grief was the overpowering emotion in this scenario. As much as the two new warriors deserved to be celebrated, cheerfully chanting their names didn't feel quite right when the one they were named in honor of lay dead mere tail-lengths away.

When a space opened up for her to pay her respects, she briefly crouched down in front of Lionstorm. Did she consider herself as having been "close" to him? No. Yet her fondest memories had occurred back under his leadership, whether they'd involved him or not. She would never forget the way the clan had thrived or the opportunities he'd given her. And even during the more rebellious moons of her apprenticeship, she'd always secretly looked up to his vigorous personality. "May you rest in peace. You will be greatly missed." Her voice came out as a mild whisper as she silently withdrew to allow someone else to pay their respects.

As for Fawnsqueak... despite having known about him since kithood, she didn't really know him. Couldn't even remember whether they'd ever actually interacted. But, of course, the other tom deserved to be mourned and remembered as well. This time, she didn't crouch beside the body, instead taking a few moments of silence from a few tail-lengths away. She didn't want to disturb those who'd known him a little better. After all was done, the molly paced off to a quiet corner of the clearing, her mind lost in thoughts of sorrow and reflection.

[iliri]

Originally Posted by Rainquail

Sedgestorm had been lost in thought, disturbed by the reality of what was afoot, that the war he had hoped to avoid in his birth Clan had followed him to his new Clan, and barely registered that his name had been called and barely recognized that there was a cat before him, that this was now his apprentice.
What brought him out of his headspace was the tone of her voice and the absolute malice in her gaze, as if he personally had affronted her.
"Lakepaw."
He didn't dare say much more and he highly doubted she wanted the ceremonially nose boop that was supposed to accompany the assignment of a new mentor or apprentice.

Her blue eyes trailed over the feline's body. Hopefully this tom will be able to train her better than her other TWO mentors did. Right. TWO! How much more would she need? Her small claws went ahead and scraped the ground. "Hopefully you are better than my other two mentors..they taught me nothin'.." She growled, her tufted ears giving a slight small twitch. The fact that this tom came from ThunderClan also made her nose twitch with heavy hostility. She wasn't gonna be pleased if this tom shown ANY sign of those.. squirrel-brained mangy-pelts.

[panchiko]

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango

@hope
Blizzardsky flicked his tail,” About time Spiderstorm!” he called, what he was an apprentice when Blizzardsky was a kit, so it clearly was a much delayed ceremony, he didn’t know Plumstorm that well so he flicked his tail.

Spiderstorm heard Blizzardsky being Blizzard and couldn't tell if he was joking or being passive aggressive or what. Even if he was, she was hot-headed and unwilling to deal with it right now. "Yea, yeah," she said, sticking out her tongue at him. He was right though, it was about time. Just ironic and sad that after all this time she got her ceremony right after all.. that.

[MooingPanda]

"Plumstorm, Spiderstorm!" Brambleheart lifted his head and called out the new warriors names. Despite the deaths of valuable warriors, RiverClan would live on, with the newly named apprentices and the new warriors. He padded over to the bodies and sat down, keeping a respectful distance. He didn't want to take the place of a relative or close friend of the deceased.