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Post by Kiri-chan on Dec 19, 2007 17:18:17 GMT -5
"ShoreClan has been doing well. Twilightsong is our new deputy, if you didn't know already, and he's been doing quite a good job of it, too,"
Pebblestone had been the one to answer the question he’d asked Nightfrost, but that didn’t bother Cinnamonstreak as the end result was Blackstripe got the hint and left. He’d acted surprised, as if he had no idea what he’d done to deserve such a look, but Cinnamonstreak wasn’t about to explain himself. If the male was THAT dense about StormClan blatantly breaking Warrior and Boundary codes then he was hopeless as far as Cinnamonstreak was concerned. A small part of his mind wondered if he was perhaps being a bit harsh due to Cloudmist’s persistence in being a stuck up, self righteous jerk, especially while she was surrounded by her Clanmates, but Cinnamonstreak. Brushed it away. Whatever.
Pebblestone also took his leave, leaving a silent and looking somewhat confused Nightfrost behind. Shadowjumper commented that Blackstripe was her brother and added he was an airhead. Cinnamonstreak grinned a bit at that comment, but didn’t reply since she was still looking tense. Cinnamonstreak decided to turn his attention to Nightfrost. “I thought I heard the news that Twilightsong had left awhile back. So is he back to stay then?” He asked merely to make polite conversation to pass time.
Blossomkit hadn’t been standing there long when another cat arrived, Snowveil of StormClan, though Blossomkit didn’t know that. She wondered what that whole scene was about as Snowveil and Stormpaw went separate ways, leaving her and Windpaw standing there.
"Hi! I'm Windpaw, but you probably already know that, considering we're in the same Clan... She's an EmberClan cat, judging by her scent, but I dunno."
Windpaw’s reply showed she was just as clueless as Blossomkit was and already the kit liked her. Smiling, she rubbed against her leg with a happy purr and tagged after her as they joined the group Stormpaw had joined. ((Heatherpaw, Feathermoon, Yinpaw, Yangpaw?, Mousepaw & Oakpaw)) Before they got there, a male got in front of her and asked if she knew him. She blinked and stared at him for a second before realizing it was Blackstripe, a male she’d rarely talked to and barely knew. She knew him so little in fact that she didn’t consider him her foster dad, but just a member of the same Clan. Actually, she was so young, it hadn’t really dawned on her that Blackstripe and Swallowsong were mates either.
“Uh yeah. You’re Blackstripe... um, gotta go!” She mewed quickly before dashing around him and catching up to Windpaw as she sat down with the others. It was obvious her little kitten mind was on being around cats her age and as she was the youngest in ShoreClan and had had so little opportunity to be around other cats near her age, she was thoroughly enjoying the chance to hang out with the other younger cats.
She arrived just in time to hear Feathermoon telling the others that Heatherpaw was going to become a full Medicine cat soon. Perking her ears up, she listened in rapt attention as she now knew what a Medicine cat was. She had no interest in being one, especially after her little escapade with Ripplestream’s stock of catnip, but it was obvious that becoming a Medicine cat was a big deal. Eager just to be with the group, she sat and soaked up the conversation swirling around her.
"I'm fine, I guess. This StormClan warrior was being a real snob. She said I should respect her because she's a warrior, but I hardly even know her! And she's only a few moons older than me. Why are StormClan cats so..."
Oakpaw blinked as she started spilling what was bother her and didn’t know what to say as she had a rather low opinion at the moment of StormClan cats. He didn’t want to add to it, but at the same time he didn’t want to be lumped together with the StormClan cat that had upset her. He was still working on a tactful way to bring that up when her mind caught up with her words and she realized what she’d said to him.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! You're Oakpaw, aren't you? I don't think we've met before. I'm Stormpaw. As you can see, I'm not always careful what I'm speaking about."
Relieved, he sighed with relief and started laughing a little. “It’s okay. Just so long as you don’t put me in the same category of “StormClan meanie heads” with whoever it was that upset you, I guess it’s okay. Everyone has to vent once in awhile you know?” He said with a nonchalant shrug, showing her words hadn’t upset him now that he knew she didn’t mean ALL StormClan cats.
He perked up his ears as he heard Feathermoon mention Heatherpaw was to become a full Medicine cat soon. “Congratulations Heatherpaw!” He added to the chorus of wellwishes from the others as he noticed Windpaw and Blossomkit from ShoreClan had joined their group. He’d never met Blossomkit, but he knew who she was from having heard the adults talking, plus she was the only kit in ShoreClan so she was hard to miss. He grinned at her and Windpaw as Heatherpaw thanked everyone and greeted him before she added some words of comfort for Stormpaw as well. It was clear Stormpaw was hurting, but before he could console her, Windpaw chimed in, making a joke about couldn’t they all just get along.
Oakpaw giggled at that and swished his tail happily before growing serious for a moment. “I thought that was the whole point of following the StarClan code though. Think about it, if everyone truly followed it, there wouldn’t be any fighting. So what really causes the fights between the Clans?” He meowed thoughtfully as he tilted his head a little to the side.
"Yes, and it's a good idea to leave while we can. I don't mind at all. StormClan has been mostly well, with the exception of the prey-stealing that has been going on, as I'm sure you've heard. He sure does,"
Twilightsong was relieved that she didn’t mind him eating his mouse in front of her and quickly polished it off while she spoke. She did get his comment about Cinnamonstreak, but didn’t elaborate as to what exactly the issue was. Sure, he’d heard about the prey stealing, but was she saying he’d been the one stealing it? That would explain the nasty looks StormClan was giving him, but it didn’t explain why EmberClan had a hate fest going on with StormClan. They were acting like it was StormClan that was doing the stealing… Knowing every story had two sides, Twilightsong told himself not to jump to conclusions, even though the look Songheart was giving Cinnamonstreak would have probably killed a rock.
"Yes. That prey-stealing is really getting out of hand. It looks like this flood is going to have one benifit Now we won't have to fight EmberClan for prey, because we'll all be sharing prey."
Swifttail, Songheart’s mate, spoke up then and Twilightsong licked his whiskers while listening. Giving a thoughtful nod, he washed a paw as he thought over just what this move really meant. All the Clans would be living in a smaller space having to share the prey equally. No longer would it be decided by who’s territory it was caught in or who caught it. Now it would be determined by who needed it most. Twilightsong sighed and had a feeling they were in for a really long few weeks if two Clans were already in the throes of a hate-fest – and they hadn’t even gotten to Korkea Maa yet!
"It's still going to be hard to divide up the fresh-kill. The caves are close together and it's going to be hard to figure out how to be sure that one Clan won't starve."
Swifttail’s comments closely echoed Twilightsong’s thoughts and a nod from Songheart showed it was on her mind as well. Twilightsong put his paw down and looked around the clearing thoughtfully. “Well, in times like this it looks like the best thing we can do is try to set an example by choosing to work together rather than take sides or adopt a “survival of the fittest” attitude.” He said with a concerned tone. ”It’s like what my mentor told me, ‘We can’t always pick who our Clanmates our, but we can pick who are friends are.’ He wasn’t exactly talking about this sort of situation, but I think it applies in a way. If we all choose, just for a little while, to regard everyone as a potential friend instead of an enemy, I think things will go better.” He said, looking back at Songheart and Swifttail to see what they thought.
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Post by anjelica13 on Dec 20, 2007 0:42:20 GMT -5
Blackstripe didn't even notice Blackrain he was still upset about the day before. ''Bloussemkit can I talk to you later?''He asked the kit he wanted to play a bigger role in her young life. He didn't want Swallowsong to think he wasn't fit to be a dad. He walked away to find Swallowsong and gave her a gentle lick.''She ran off with a appertince I think?''Blackstripe purred to his mate.''Can you talk to her with me?He asked as the looked around for his daughter.
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Post by </cloudii> on Dec 20, 2007 0:50:45 GMT -5
ooc - Cinder, I know you didn't mean to powerplay Cloudmist, but keep it to a minimum please
Cloudmist glared at Cinnamonstreak. "He didn't exactly attack me - he was just about to," she corrected Snowveil just in case the young warrior decided to go over and talk to Cinnamonstreak about it.
Swallowsong watched as Blackstripe walked away towards her daughter and she glanced back at Skysong. She nodded slightly as the EmberClan she-cat reported what had been happening within her Clan. She had long ago noticed the tension between StormClan and EmberClan and decided to ask Skysong about it. "I-is there something wrong between S-stormClan and EmberClan?" the tabby lowered her voice and she sounded hesitant.
The brown tabby turned as her mate came up beside her again. "Excuse me," the ShoreClan cat looked a little apologetic, she didn't really want to interrupt the conversation between her and Skysong, but it seemed as though Blackstripe had something important to tell her. She drew away a little from the EmberClan she-cat and listened to what her mate had to say.
"Well, sure, I'll come," she nodded. She hadn't noticed that Blossomkit hadn't talked to BLackstripe much and it would be good if her kit knew who her foster father was. "Hang on," she twitched her ears at Skysong and lowered her voice, "I just asked her what was wrong between EmberClan and StormClan and I want to find out."
Pebblestone grinned at the younger ForestClan tom. "That's great!" he congratulated the black cat. "Enjoying the training?" the gray tom smiled as he remembered his first apprentice. It had been his own son, Pinepaw. Out of the corner of his green eyes, he saw his mate, Freewind, enter the clearing and called out softly, "Freewind! OVer here!"
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Post by anjelica13 on Dec 20, 2007 1:03:27 GMT -5
Blackstripe nodded to Swallowsong and turned and trotted away."'I'm going to find another cat to talk to'' He added leaveing his mate's side. The warrior trotted up to a Stormclan warrior it was a black she-cat with green eyes.(Clouddi I'm talking to Cloudmist)''Hello and who are you? The tom questioned him being shy choaked on every word. He kept looking over to the other cats.
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Post by </cloudii> on Dec 20, 2007 1:08:46 GMT -5
Cloudmist turned at the sound of another cat's voice and recognized Blackstripe, a ShoreClan warrior. "Hello, Blackstripe, I'm Cloudmist," she meowed in a friendly way, but thought it was weird that he didn't know her, but oh well, maybe he didn't...The gray tom kept looking over at some otehr cats over his shoulder and she wondered if he was okay, but she didn't say so out loud.
ooc - Cloudmist is tortoiseshell not black
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Post by anjelica13 on Dec 20, 2007 1:21:30 GMT -5
OOC: my bad ''How is Stromclan He asked sound clamer now. He didn't fell the need to jumper around like a psycho cat. The tom sat down warping his tali around himself neatly. He singled to Cloudmist to do the same. He didn't fell envy or dislike to Stormclan. Most of their cat where a little cold at first. THe looked over to Twlightsong hoping that the meeting would start soon.
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Post by Cinder on Dec 20, 2007 15:38:55 GMT -5
ooc- Sorry, Cloudii
"I thought that was the whole point of following StarClan's code, though. Think about it. If everyone truly followed it, there wouldn't be any fighting. So what really causes the fights between the Clans?"
Stormpaw blinked as she considered Oakpaw's question. "Well..." She paused and thought harder. "I guess... Cats don't always follow the rules. They do what they think is right, but sometimes its wrong. Like when I stole a StormClan squirrel. I thought I was doing the right thing, getting back at StormClan after Cloudmist stole one of our rabbits. But a warrior from my Clan caught me, and we argued. I really hurt her feelings and that wasn't right.' She blinked. "Cats' pride can really lead them astray, and they can conv ince themselves that they're right, even when they're wrong." Stormpaw ducked her head self-conciously, not sure where all of that had come from.
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Post by Skye *Sukai-chan* on Dec 20, 2007 18:00:28 GMT -5
Nightfrost nodded, "Yup, he finished whatever it was that he left to do." Nightfrost informed Cinnamonstreak. "He never talks about why he left, though." he added, anwering the question that was usually asked next. In an attempt to continue the confersation, Nightfrost quickly thought up a question. "It's odd that both Blazestar and Flameheart aren't here." He commented, speaking the first think that popped into his mind. "How is EmberClan getting on without them?" Nightfrost already knew what everyone here knew, that there have been some border skirmashes with StormClan, but it was to late it was too late to take the question back now.
Feathermoon looked down on Oakpaw, then at Stormpaw as she answered. These kits are deep thinkers she thought. Adding in her own reply, she replied, "You're right, Stormpaw. It all goes back to misunderstandings. Then retailiations. you see, one cat interprets the way another cat acts as potentialy dangerous to his or her Clan. Following that misconception they'll often act innapropiatly, then the first cat's Clan will think that they acted without reason because they'll only have one side of the story. Obviously what Strompaw did was agenst Clan code, but it was in retailiation."
Swifttail nodded at Twilightsongs proposial. It sounded good to him, in theory. "Things hardly ever work out that nicely. Especislly for cats who already have bad feelings toward other cats. It'll be dificult to get them to change their view of other cats." he commented after a pause. "Some cats will not be happy at all about this." he muttered, glancing at Cloudmist. she had been complaining alot about Cinnamonstreak lately. Hopefully she, as well as Cinnamonstreak, wouldn't cause alot of problems.
Skysong looked down a little nerviously when Swallowsong asked her question. Is it really that obvious? She thought to herself. Luckily the tabby she-cat didn't see because just then he mate walked up. After talking with him breifly, she turned back to Skysong, who was now ready with an answer. "Well, no. There are alot of problems right now with StomClan." she informed Swallowsong. "It has to do with Flameheart and Blazestar being gone. We found StormClan scent on our territory and I've heard rumors about stealing prey." Skysong, af course, didn't go into to much detail, but she outlined the events well enough so that Swallowsong would get a general idea.
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Post by Wildstorm on Dec 20, 2007 18:08:36 GMT -5
Yinpaw looked at Heatherpaw and purred happily. "That's great! Congratulations." SHe didn't feel all that jealous of Heatherpaw, but she did want to be a medicine cat also. Maybe feathermoon would think she was good enough soon...
Blitzpaw almost said something to Skysong, but decided against it. She trusted Swallowsong with EmberClans secrets, so why shouldn't he? He sighed and said in agreement "Yes, right now EmberClan isn't in the best of times."
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Post by </cloudii> on Dec 20, 2007 19:16:40 GMT -5
Swallowsong nodded thoughtfully. I should tell Midnightstar or Twilightsong, she told herself. Not that ShoreClan had any reason to attack EmberClan, but she thought that maybe the deputy and leader would like to know. Perhaps they already knew.
"Oh," she meowed quietly, after a moment or two. She flicked her tail across Skysong's shoulder sympathetically. "Hope you're alright," she smiled.
Cloudmist flicked her ears. "StormClan is fine," she replied curtly. The tortoiseshell she-cat didn't want every cat to take an interest in StormClan and EmberClan's problems. Plus, she hadn't even stolen that rabbit from EmberClan, it had gone over the border and she hadn't even crossed a tail-length to kill it.
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Post by Cinder on Dec 20, 2007 19:39:12 GMT -5
Stormpaw looked down at the ground shyly. "Yes, but retalliation shouldn't be allowed by the warrior code either. Cats nearly got seriously hurt because me and Heatherpaw were caught stealing." She closed her eyes, a horrible scene playing through her mind. And Rosedawn tried to... She spoke rapidly, trying to erase the memory. "If any cat in my Clan -not matter if they're my friends or not- had been hurt because of my pride, I never would have forgiven myself." She shook her head. I'm on the right track now. If I can serve my Clan loyally, then I can hopefully be judged by that, not by my past actions.
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Post by anjelica13 on Dec 20, 2007 19:40:55 GMT -5
Blackstipe nodded and looked way and over to his sister.''Cloudmist is it ture that a Stormclan cat stole prey form Emberclan''Blackstipe asked carefull not to get his tail riped off. He flicked his tail around and glanced a Shadowjumper to see her cleaning her pelt. Then before turning to Cloudmist looked over to Swallowsong.
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Post by Kiri-chan on Dec 20, 2007 21:00:16 GMT -5
((I hope it's okay that I had Twi call the meeting to order... it looks like EmberClan and StormClan are gonna be at each other's throats if the meeting isn't called to order soon... I can edit this if it supposed to come to order yet. )) "Things hardly ever work out that nicely. Especislly for cats who already have bad feelings toward other cats. It'll be dificult to get them to change their view of other cats. Some cats will not be happy at all about this."
Twilightsong noticed the worried glance Swifttail gave Cloudmist and he eyed Cinnamonstreak as well. Yes, this was going to be one interesting gathering alright. Twilightsong looked around and didn't miss how a lot of cats were getting along fine, but more and more cats from EmberClan and StormClan were starting to look like they were ready for a fight. Wanting to avoid that, Twilightsong looked around again for Midnightstar but didn't see her. Looking back at Songheart and Swifttail, he rose to his paws. "I think this meeting had best be called to order before more than words are exchanged. If you'll excuse me." He said as he made his way to the high rock and leaped atop it.
Looking down at the crowd, he suddenly felt self-conscious as he realized he was the only cat on the rock, he was a Deputy and did he mention he was the only cat up there?! Come on Twi, it's JUST a meeting... Yeah with every single cat from all four Clans present! Gulping and forcing himself to keep up a calm facade, he resolved to just get it over with. If nothing else, surely the leaders would rather him have started a meeting prematurely rather than sat on his laurels and let a fight break out between two of the Clans.
Gathering a lungful of air, he let out a loud yowl to signal the meeting was to come to order, er should come to order... shortly. His ears twitched nervously as the noise level slowly went down and what felt like 500 eyeballs landed on him. "Yes, ah Welcome everyone and thank you all for coming. It's great to see everyone looking so... well under the present... circumstances..." You call that an opening statement?! You sound like an idiot! Get on with it! His mind mentally yelled at him. Clearing his throat, his eyes scanned the crowd again.
He was looking for the leaders and hoping they'd hurry up and get their furry rears up here to take over, unless they were having fun watching him lead this thing. Wondering what to do next, he realized that if Midnightstar wasn't here, he'd have to stay up here to represent ShoreClan. Wonderful. Someone in StarClan must REALLy like me. He thought to himself as he raised a paw. "The reason I called this meeting to order is due to the atmosphere, I think perhaps it is best if we got prepared to set out?" Those in the know would understand he wasn't just talking about the weather when he mentioned the "atmosphere".
Glancing around again, Twilightsong mentally ran off a checklist of ShoreClan cats and was pleased to see that it appeared all of them were there, but was everyone else in the other Clans here? "It appears everyone from ShoreClan is present, but are all the cats from the other Clans accounted for as well?" He asked, a tactful way to let the leaders get up here and himself out of the limelight. A flash of lightning off in the distance was followed by a low rumble of thunder and Twilightsong sat down on the rock slightly worried. They did need to get moving...
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Post by Wildstorm on Dec 20, 2007 23:08:12 GMT -5
Wildstorm twitched her ears and looked up as Twilightsong started the meeting. Rising to her paws, she padded closer to the rock so she could see better.
Yinpaw and Yangpaw simultaneously looked toward the rock as Twilightsong started speaking. Glancing at Yinpaw, Yangpaw quickly trotted up by Wildstorm and pressed himself against his foster mother.
Blitzfire almost smiled at Swallowsong's concern. "We'll be alright." He said, with more confidence that he had. Then, hearing Twilightsong's call, he turned around to face the ShoreClan deputy, hearing the distant call of thunder in the distance.
Scarletstar, noticing that Twilightsong, deputy of ShoreClan, was starting the meeting, quickly dipped her head to Hawkstar and trotted over to the rock. She jumped lightly onto the rock as Twilightsong asked "...are all the cats from the other Clans accounted for as well?" Stepping up beside the deputy, she nodded in thanks to him for starting the meeting before facing all the other cats. Scanning the crowd, she raised her voice and called "All StormClan cats present and accounted for. How about ForestClan and EmberClan?"
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Post by Skye *Sukai-chan* on Dec 20, 2007 23:14:33 GMT -5
Feathermoon looked down as Stormpaw replied. Again the young apprentice proved that she was going to be a great thinker. She was still ignorant though. "Not all fights start out like that." She revised her earlier statement. "If a cat came along that really didn't follow Warrior Code, then retaliation should be well withen the offended Clan's rights. You see..." Unfortunatly, Feathermoon was cut of by Twilightsong's yowl. She stopped talking immediatly and turned her attention to the High-Rock. She hoped that the apprentices could take a hint and give up the conversation. It was disrespectful to talk over one of the Clan leaders... or deputies.
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