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Post by Swimfast on Nov 3, 2009 17:44:55 GMT -5
Rivertail slipped into the camp, with his tail standing straight, and his ears pricked, in case any of his Clanmates didn't welcome Midnight. He looked over his shoulder, "Dawnlight is still collecting herbs, so let's go talk to Lightstar." He flicked his tail, signaling for Midnight to follow, and he made his way toward Lightstar's den. He cleared his throat, and leaned in, but before he could say anything a voice whispered. "Choose your words carefully, Rivertail. You want to make sure Lightstar lets Midnight stay, be careful...." Rivertail twitched his ear, and thought for another moment, and then called out, "Lightstar! I need to speak with you!"
He took a few steps back, and sat, curling his tail around his paws, he quickly whispered to Midnight, "Sit, like me. Don't look weak, look proud." Rivertail lashed his tail back and forth, urging him to hurry up.
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Post by ~Spring~ on Nov 3, 2009 20:13:25 GMT -5
Midnight timidly walked in, barely hearing Rivertail. He was too busy glancing around, his eyes wide. Never had he seen so many cats in one place, and quite frankly, it was unnerving to him. Midnight nearly tripped over his wounded paw, and winced as continued to walk beside Rivertail. How am I not supposed to look weak!? He thought rather angrily to himself as he sat down, placing his tail over his paws. Even when he was in this stance, he clearly looked starved and weak. His paw was twisted up, and his ribs were visible under his dark fur. In an effort to look.....well less weak, he held his head up a bit higher, his eyes revealing the slightest hint of fear.
((OOC: 500th Post! ^^ )) [/size][/blockquote] |
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Post by shadowfern on Nov 4, 2009 13:44:00 GMT -5
Featherpaw pricked her ears up. Something interesting was going to happen. This would be fun! She bounded over, waving her tail about. "Rivertail! What's going on?" she exclaimed excitedly. She looked at the strange cat sitting there and wrinkled her nose. He was clearly starved and weak. Definitely not a Clan cat. "Ugh, and who's that? What are they doing here?"
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 4, 2009 17:49:40 GMT -5
Rivertail felt the fur along his spine prickle at Featherpaw's words. He simply flicked his ear, and sharply murmured, "It doesn't matter who this is, only that you respect them. And what they are doing here, that is also, none of your business." He took in a breath, and closed his eyes, "Don't be so hard on her, Rivertail. She's just a curious apprentice, like you once were."
Rivertail opened his eyes, and softened his gaze, and his tone, "I'm sorry, Featherpaw. Just please, try and mind your own business." He twitched the tip of his tail, and sighed.
OOC: Yay for Spring!!!! ^-^
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Post by shadowfern on Nov 5, 2009 13:13:32 GMT -5
"Uh, oh, sorry," Featherpaw said, hanging her head. She supposed that, since she was going to be a warrior soon, she'd better calm down a bit and be less curious. "So, um, uh..." she said, wondering what to say now. She wasn't allowed to talk about this stranger and that was all she'd came over for. "Uh, I'll just go sit here then," she mumbled sitting down a bit away from Midnight; she could still see if anything happened but she wasn't really intruding or anything.
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 5, 2009 16:36:29 GMT -5
Rivertail watched Featherpaw out of the corner of his eye, his neck fur started to prickle. What was it that she wanted to know? He sighed, and looked at his paws, "Rivertail, let her go, she will not be of any harm. Don't worry, keep your patience, she won't bother you, just let her sit there, if that's what she wants. If possible, try and find a way for her to help." He looked around, as the wind ruffled his fur, and carried the voices away.
He turned his head toward Midnight, "Maybe Lightstar isn't here." He suddenly looked at Featherpaw, maybe she could help. He stood and flicked his tail, "Featherpaw, if you want to help me, then there is something you could do. Go and find Dawnlight, she's out collecting herbs. Tell her to come back here quickly, if she has everything she needs. Now go!" Rivertail twitched his ear, and turned to face Midnight, "Come with me. I'll do what I can for you while we wait for Dawnlight, and when she gets back, then we'll talk about Lightstar." He took a few steps toward Dawnlight's den, and signaled with his tail for Midnight to follow.
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Post by shadowfern on Nov 6, 2009 15:02:15 GMT -5
Featherpaw bounced up. "Yes Rivertail!" she said excitedly. She would show Rivertail she wasn't just a nosy apprentice. She ran straight out of camp, heading the wrong way. She skidded to a stop, turned around and ran the other way. She had to be focused. This was important to the clan; well, it was important to Rivertail. So she rushed to find Dawnlight.
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Post by ~Spring~ on Nov 6, 2009 15:37:49 GMT -5
Midnight closely followed Rivertail, and lowered his head ever so slightly as he stopped in his tracks. He felt stares from many cats burn into him. Stares of curiosity, hostility, and some stares of downright annoyance. What am I even doing here?! He thought angrily to himself as he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked down at the ground. For a moment he forgot about his seemingly insatiable hunger until his stomach growled. Oh yeah. Right. I should just be grateful that I've received some help I guess... Midnight slowly walked forward, nearly tripping over his swollen paw as he followed Rivertail. "Great." He mumbled to himself. The last thing that Midnight needed at the moment was to look even weaker. [/size][/blockquote] |
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 6, 2009 17:28:11 GMT -5
Rivertail stared at the spot where Featherpaw had run, hoping that she would only repeat his message to Dawnlight. "Rivertail, you have other thing to worry about right now." He shook his head, and looked at Midnight, he didn't really know where to begin. "Start by giving him something to eat and drink. He will need his strength." Rivertail looked around, and figured that he should get him a drink first, since he had already had something to eat in the forest.
He looked at Dawnlight's den, "This way, I'll get you some water." He flicked his tail toward the closest den, and trotted in ahead of Midnight. The strong smell of herbs, quickly filled his scent glands. He waited for a moment before searching for the wet moss balls, he easily found them, and carefully picked one up in his jaws. Rivertail carried it to Midnight, and set it at his feet, "Here, drink this." He sat next to Midnight, and curled his tail around his paws.
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Post by ~Spring~ on Nov 7, 2009 8:12:57 GMT -5
Midnight said nothing as he followed Rivertail. He was trying to ignore hostile stares from some of the other cats. A hint of anger revealed itself in his eyes. Well, what do I expect...... After all, it's not like I'm from.... what clan is this again? Oh yeah. Riverclan. His anger dissipated ever so slightly as he tried to reassure himself. Midnight slowly padded after Rivertail into Dawnlight's den. As he entered, the smell of herbs flooded over him. As Rivertail set something down at his feet that looked like a wet ball of moss, he bent down and started to drink from it. Midnight openly welcomed the water, considering he had was pretty much parched and starved before he ran into Dawnlight and Rivertail. "Thanks." He mumbled when he was done drinking the water. Midnight sat up, wincing slightly as his swollen paw hit the ground. [/size][/blockquote] |
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 7, 2009 19:13:29 GMT -5
Rivertail nodded, and looked at Midnight's paw. He didn't know how much be could do for it, but he also didn't know how long they were going to be waiting for Dawnlight. He looked up at the sky, and a sudden draft of wind ruffled his fur, "Rivertail, use comfrey. For his bones, he needs help now, use comfrey."
Rivertail looked over Midnight, and flicked his tail, "Um, I think....I think, comfrey, is what Dawnlight uses for...injuries...like that." He turned to face the stock of herbs, and leaned over to sniff at the many leaves and flowers. But he had no idea which one was comfrey, he pawed at some of the leaves, but quickly sat up, and sighed. "It's the one on the right side, Rivertail. Chew it up, and then let Midnight eat it." Rivertail looked all the way to the right, and found a leafy plant, he sniffed at it, and then licked up a few of the leaves, then without meeting Midnight's eyes, he spat them out at his feet, and murmured, "Eat those." He sat, and flicked his tail, "Poppy seeds now, Rivertail." Without hesitating, he turned to face the stock of herbs again, and easily found the black seeds. Rivertail licked his paw, as he had seen Dawnlight do, and then dropped them next to the comfrey, "Eat these too. I'll get you some more water when you're done."
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Post by Mirrored Light on Nov 9, 2009 19:18:11 GMT -5
A short cough errupted as the tom stepped foreward, emerging from the shadows of his home territory, golden eyes glazed over with sickness. Although at the moment the tom was not in the position of fatality, he was recovering from his private epidemic and the lack of work being done through the Clans. Things had fallen silent, though the tom was not unnerved by the rouge band's disappearence he was worried about the upcoming of leaf-bare.
Though, it was only logical, since he predicted the river to freeze up and leave them with only any late scavenging land animals or fish that had already been caught.
The tom was expecting to have time alone for himself, wound up in his thoughts, before he stumbled across the small party of cats. He crept foreward in silence before revealing himself to Rivertail and the strange cat who seemed to have invaded his land. Or so, this was the position Lightstar believed himself to take, eyes hardening to show no emotion, he slid out in front of the two. Without saying a word, he gave a curt nod to Rivertail to explain the situation to him.
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 10, 2009 15:18:00 GMT -5
Rivertail looked at Midnight, and nodded for him to eat the herbs. Then he faced Lightstar, and took in a breath, trying to figure out where to begin, "Um, this is...Midnight." He flicked his tail toward Midnight behind him, "Dawnlight, found him on our territory, and....." How was he going to explain that voices were telling him to let Midnight stay?
Rivertail shifted, "Well, I think...I think we should let him stay. He needs to rest, and be taken care of.." He looked over his shoulder at the frail figure of Midnight, then slowly faced Lightstar, and looked into his eyes. His pelt began to prickle, what if Lightstar didn't let Midnight stay? "Rivertail, no matter what Lightstar says, you have to find a way to take care of Midnight. Don't let anything happen to him." Rivertail swallowed, and sighed, why was he chosen to do such a task?
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Post by padamay on Nov 10, 2009 16:21:57 GMT -5
Riddlekit watched from afar. She was so board. She had nothing to do. Firekit was nowhere to be seen. She watched silently as the cats in the middle of the clearing talked. There was strange cat, that she had not ever seen before. Riverclan had so many cats already. With leaf-bare on it's way. The clan needed every once of prey the could find to keep up the clan safe. If the Dead Plains were to attack, we would need to stay strong. Riddlekit had heard rummers that a sickness was spreading through the clans. Only a matter of time before someone gets sick.
But, the clan took her and her brother and sister in, when there mother didn't want them. She could hardly remember her. I guess he would be okay to have in a clan.
She changed her thoughts and remembered that in one more moon she would an apprentice!
She sat and watched.
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Post by shadowfern on Nov 10, 2009 16:27:33 GMT -5
Featherpaw rushed back into the camp, looking for Rivertail. "Riiivvveerrfttaaiill!" Featherpaw yelled as loudly as she could while trying to carry cobwebs and poppyseeds, walking through the centre of camp, annoying many other cats. "I've got Dawnlight!" She turned round to check Dawnlight was behind her. She nodded to her. "Follow me!" she said, bouncing away. She could scent Rivertail in Dawnlight's den. She bounded in and then stopped in her tracks and looked up at Lightstar.
"Oh, um, Lightstar is here? I went and got Dawnlight; she's here now," Featherpaw muttered, rather in awe of Lightstar; he was the leader of the whole clan for StarClan's sake. "So, um, do you want me to do anything else? I'd be happy to help..."
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 10, 2009 16:35:21 GMT -5
Rivertail shook his head, "No, thank you Featherpaw. You were great. I need to talk to Lightstar." He flicked his tail, signaling her that she could go, but then he glanced at Midnight, "Wait! Take Midnight to Dawnlight, please." He looked at Midnight, and softly murmured, "Eat those herbs now, quickly. Then go with Featherpaw, she'll take you to Dawnlight, so she can look at your paw."
Rivertail suddenly remembered that he was pretty much giving orders with his leader right next to him. He sat up straight, "Lightstar, it is okay if Dawnlight treats Midnight, right? He needs the help..." His voice trailed to a whisper, and he looked hopefully at Lightstar, his eyes pleading.
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Post by ~Spring~ on Nov 10, 2009 21:13:33 GMT -5
With a swift nod, Midnight bent down and ate the herbs. He could not seem to erase the fear from his eyes, especially as he looked at the Riverclan leader. He trembled ever so slightly, his unsureness taking hold over him. Midnight said nothing, but nodded respectfully to the Riverclan leader as he walked over to Featherpaw. "Um... hi." He muttered, unable to find any other words. Sighing, he added, "So, uh... where is Dawnlight?" Midnight's voice trailed off as he glanced around. The young tom's eyes held so many emotions. Pain from his paw, sadness as he found himself thinking about his dead family, and confusion. He still hadn't figured out the one thing that he wanted to know the most. That strange feeling he got that made him feel as if he needed to go on. Midnight also couldn't help wondering why Rivertail had been so kind to him. Is he just a kind cat, or is there something more? [/size][/blockquote] |
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Post by Mirrored Light on Nov 11, 2009 16:30:36 GMT -5
"Very well, I see no reason to reject him as he has requested our help," Lightstar responded, his eyes closed in that moment. The tom shrugged his shoulders slightly and his jaws opened into a yawn, "In this case, please return to camp. Dawnlight should be present to her den shortly." His meow was level, but there was something that the tom did not mention, sensing that Rivertail was not telling him everything. The warrior would not force it out of his Clanmate, should Rivertail believe it was the right choice to keep it from the leader, and instead turned to face the rogue male. "I do hope you will heal well soon, take your time if you must." Having nothing else to say, the warrior turned around in preparation to leave and continue patrolling the territory. Then, his nose wrinkled, and a vision entered the leader's mind. Foampaw. His sister ran with StarClan, but he could swear that she had just brushed her shoulder against his. He relaxed a bit, feeling that the descision he had made on this matter was the right one. |
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Post by padamay on Nov 11, 2009 20:01:19 GMT -5
Dawnlight followed slowly after Featherpaw. She had ran ahead of her. Dawnlight had given the apprentice a smaller amount of herbs then hers. She carried the most. She struggled into the clearing and made her way to her den. Looking down most of the way, she almost bumped into Lightstar leaving her den. "Hi, Lightstar..." she mumbled her full. She smell sickness on him?
She made her way into the den ad set her herbs down. She breathed in silently. She looked around for Rivertail, Featherpaw, and Midnight. She caught sight of Rivertail. "Rivertail? What herbs did you give Midnight?" she asked, hoping that they were the right ones.
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Post by Swimfast on Nov 12, 2009 17:18:41 GMT -5
Rivertail dipped his head to Lightstar, "Thank you. I'm sure Midnight will be happy." "Good job, Rivertail. Now keep an eye on him, and make sure he doesn't run into trouble. Keep him safe, Rivertail." He purred, and looked at Dawnlight, "Um..herbs...I think.......Um.....Comfrey, and poppy seeds. Is that right?"
He shivered at the idea of giving Midnight the wrong herbs, but he had listened to the voices, and so far....the voices had gotten him through everything, so he trusted them. He didn't have a doubt in his mind that he had given Midnight the wrong herbs. Rivertail flicked his tail at Dawnlight, "And he might be thirsty again, I'll be there in a minute." He trotted toward Lightstar, and waved his tail, "Um, could I...talk to you...alone, sometime?"
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