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Post by ponz on Mar 3, 2021 11:59:41 GMT -8
POST 030. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- the tournament is this moon! jackdaw, grizzly, fogheart, rusa, laurel, kestrelpaw, rabbit, raven, blizzard, and river are chosen to compete. there is some discontent in the crowd at rabbit's selection.
- the competitors chatter nervously. embers gives the word, and the battling begins.
- spirits are high as the contestants duke it out. simon and morning cheer on laurel. jaggedscar and berrypelt cheer for fogheart and kestrel. cardinal cheers for jackdaw.
- otter attempts to hide his pride as rusa evades grizzly's clutches. embers, frost, and snow can only laugh. ivory has eyes only for young fogheart.
- birch and raccoon slip away. raccoon finally asks her to become his mate, to which he receives a triumphant yes.
- rabbit is startled by river admitting defeat. she is the victor. cloud, raven, and cardinal break the silence and cheer for her, leading the whole kingdom to echo the sentiment.
- a jovial light's shine welcomes three new cats to the kingdom (flint, fern, violet), but cannot help a wistful longing for close companionship outside of his own family.
- in the afterlife, a restless young coal encounters a strange figure. the other spirits of the afterlife reveal the secret of the first to coal.
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Post by ponz on Mar 10, 2021 19:42:09 GMT -8
POST 031. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- the kingdom celebrates with a post-tournament festival. rabbit is still coming to terms with her increase in ranking, reflecting back on when embers had asked her to join the royal guard. shadepaw, leafpaw, and palepaw are made full knights.
- mink and river meet their kittens. adder tends to newborn alyssum, and realizes that he has finally moved on from lady.
- a small group of guild intruders break into the castle as the celebrations are winding down for the evening. flame makes himself known and kills snow in front of embers. it is official: war is coming.
- a skirmish breaks out. kingdom cats fight to drive out the guild intruders. raccoon is in shock to see a brainwashed butterfly among their number. goldfinch, minnow, and butterfly perish in the struggle.
- rabbit grieves for her fallen clanmates. hansel quietly observes, and notes how he has misjudged the older molly.
- a distraught opal retreats to the bell for solace after the death of her friends. she meets frost there, who is busy blaming herself for the casualties, and teaches the future monarch about the bell's magic chime. frost admits that she thinks aspen is a little bit in love with opal. the two share a quiet moment together and remember the fallen.
- lynx and wasp manage to make it back to the kingdom, too late to have stopped the battle and wounded from their experiences. a teary-eyed jackdaw apologizes to lynx for her "failure" so many moons prior, while cardinal and lynx mutually reassure her. adoption arc start.
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Post by ponz on Mar 20, 2021 18:12:40 GMT -8
POST 032. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- while it has been a little less than a moon since the attack, the kingdom is still on high alert. a ceremonial funeral for the deceased is held; the royal family mourns snow, as does lily. canary bristles as her mother, honeybee, attempts to coddle her after their loss of her brother.
- hansel and gretel get into a fight over gretel's desire to surrogate for maisie. he argues that she would be better off showing her dedication to the kingdom by earning her spot and fighting off its biggest threat. she begs her brother to just be happy with their good fortune rather than obsess over things he can't control.
- birch asks raccoon to start a family. raccoon, worried that birch is upset about snow and concerned about the guild, is skeptical about her preparedness. eventually, her enthusiasm wins him over and he thinks back to butterfly's old teasing with fondness.
- lynx and wasp are in the cleric's den, still recovering. moth forces her brother to acknowledge and confront his trauma.
- the many squires, still coping with the horrors of witnessing battle and executions, play with the kittens in the nursery.
- osprey, hawk, and owl are out on a small hunting patrol, and uncover a small group of guild cats tormenting a young mother and her adopted son. they rescue echo and tumble and drive away the group, but osprey sacrifices herself to save her kits. shaken, hawk and owl usher the pair to safety.
- news of osprey's death spreads like wildfire. rabbit talks aspen, ivory, light, frost, and river down from attempting to find the guild.
- "what does it mean to be a knight?" tinsel wonders as the sun sets on another day of death. fog, shade, pale, and leaf each offer their own perspective to the older warrior..
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Post by ponz on Mar 31, 2021 20:45:27 GMT -8
POST 033. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- maisie, berrypelt, and berry's children help prepare the nursery for gretel and birch. a smitten raccoon does his best to be helpful.
- ivory and light convince frost to take the day off of her royal duties to accompany them on a hunt. the siblings bond as frost struggles at the mundane task, bantering with one another and acting their age. ivory in particular takes a great deal of teases over her obvious crush on the stoic fogheart.
- silkpaw and raven lounge around and chat about the future. raven encourages silk to consider changing her name to move on from the past.
- lynx goes to check on jackdaw as soon as he is dismissed from the cleric's den, motivated by cardinal's insistence that they protect her. he gets to know the shy young knight.
- another border patrol is stalked and attacked by the guild. wildfire and lightning are killed in the sudden confrontation. concerns of an informant begin to float around the knights of the kingdom.
- echo and tumble struggle with survivor's guilt, despite their warm welcome into the kingdom and the dozens of reassurances they've received. tumble seeks comfort with fellow bantling, alyssum.
- the squires discuss their upcoming knight assessments with excitement, but the mood quickly sours when the informant is mentioned.
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Post by ponz on Apr 18, 2021 10:10:38 GMT -8
POST 034. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- in a small, private funeral, stag, anise, and turtle mourn the loss of fennel. turtle in particular is haunted by flashbacks of her adopted brother's death.
- desdemona and opal, eager to escape the oppressive gloom of the castle, elect to go on a hunt. opal invites aspen along; an amused desdemona third-wheels.
- jaggedscar visits the cleric's den on a whim. he is quickly drawn into a scintillating conversation with lily, and they discover their many similarities.
- the newcomer platinum is welcomed into the nursery by maisie, and each of the bantlings (plus a visiting copper) delight in their new friend. the expecting dames, meanwhile, fret about the guild.
- clover, wolf, kestrel, rye, clay, laurel, lyre, and rusa prepare to begin their knight's assessments. they cannot seem to settle on whether they are excited or afraid.
- elsewhere, a struggling rainwish sets up camp with her kits for the knight. hailglare does his best to convince her to rest, but she refuses. each member of the family prays to starclan that night that they might find a real home soon.
- sunshine's ghost appears before light. she shows the young prince who the "traitor" is. light, choosing to trust the ghost, elects to inform hansel of the information he has discovered.
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Post by ponz on Apr 26, 2021 17:34:39 GMT -8
POST 035. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- hansel gathers some supporters to approach the guild, interspersed with flashbacks of his interrogation of young copper, the terrified "traitor." turtle, lynx, jackdaw, echo, shadow, blizzard, owl, and firefly accompany him. guild leadership appears to speak with them, but when hansel threatens flame and demands peace for both copper and the kingdom, flame grows angry. the group is thrown into a sudden battle, with the guild swearing revenge as they retreat.
- rainwish leads the rest of the acornclan family into the kingdom. they are welcomed with open arms, but smallwhisker and hailglare worry about the tension in the air.
- return of the party of unauthorized diplomats, all in bad shape. embers is furious at their recklessness, but when a wounded hansel mentions the name of the guild's leader, the monarch freezes in place. the battlers are dismissed, and embers retreats to his den.
- copper is quickly pardoned. maisie blames herself for her daughter's torment, while young platinum does his best to comfort his new friend. otter demands greater security be put in place.
- tumble convinces fogheart to help him train, determined to protect alyssum from any threats on the horizon. ivory gives them space, but not without new gossip to share.
- several new knights are given their names by frost. rather than celebrate their big day, they cannot help but murmur among themselves about rumors of war.
- birch and gretel go into labor at approximately the same time! their family members crowd the nursery in a mix of eager anticipation and fear for the future of the newborns.
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Post by ponz on Apr 30, 2021 10:14:12 GMT -8
POST 036. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- embers, having spent the last moon doing the majority of patrols thanks to his additional lives, spots a massive group of cats approaching on the horizon at dawn. he races back to the castle, raising the alarm and rousing the masses. the guild's revenge is nigh.
- the guild barges into the castle and are met by a swarm of nervous but impassioned kingdom cats. friends and family either separate or fight side-by-side.
- otter and rusa fight together. grizzly goes down protecting the royal family. cardinal protects the cleric's den, where jackdaw and lynx are hidden.
- river's melody races through the halls, passing by burning tapestries and molten armor that the guild cats set aflame. she watches in horror as cloud is cornered by guild fighters in a crowded hall, but both cloud and rabbit insist she keeps running to help defend the nursery.
- birch races after raccoon to protect her mate, trusting the others to protect their daughter, lavender. they meet their doom together.
- the terrified bantlings and squires cower in the nursery, and attempt to drown out the sounds of battle by singing lullabies.
- honeybee takes a hit for adder, knowing that he still has a young daughter to look after. simon sacrifices himself for his kits, while tinsel and ginger help usher lyre, laurel, and clay away from the action.
- flame and embers get into a very personal fight, with copious amounts of family backstory finally being revealed. flame tears out ember's throat, but embers strikes the final blow, killing his brother and ending the guild.
- the dead are dragged out of the castle. all of the injured are taken to the cleric's den. the remaining cats gather in the clearing and sing a song of mourning for the lost.
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Post by ponz on Jun 1, 2021 11:16:24 GMT -8
POST 037. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- it has been one moon since the battle, but the cleric's den is still full of recuperating cats. newcomer wren, a former captive of the guild, ignores his own scrapes and scratches to pitch in with morning and moth.
- the trial of the remaining guild members is held. crowds jeer at an unmoving scorch as otter shows a rare moment of sympathy and pleads for the stars to guide their loved ones to a better place. the survivors rally around frost.
- a mound of raw earth encircles the back of the chapel citadel, the burial site for the casualties of the battle. lily and jagged discuss cat religion and feelings of guilt over failing patients as they bury the latest cat to have passed from her injuries (stormfur).
- the delayed bantlings are made into squires, but the affair is much more solemn than normal. tumble sticks close to alyssum, which firefly and adder watch in bemusement. cliff and lark remain stoic for mink's sake. anise, wasp, river, and hansel become cliff, lark, alyssum, and tumble's mentors, repsectively.
- the royal family copes with the loss of birch. canary deals with the loss of a best friend. aspen and opal agree to take on their niece. ivory in particular is torn up over the loss of her older sister. fogheart offers some comfort.
- rabbit and river quietly mourn cloud's drift. meanwhile, hailglare seethes over the death of his sister. desdemona watches with thinly-veiled interest.
- a startled young coal welcomes the many dead into the afterlife, finally released by the first after otter's "touching" display of sentimentality.
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Post by ponz on Jun 1, 2021 14:02:17 GMT -8
POST 038. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- though his wounds have healed, ember's vocal chords are beyond repair. otter leads a somewhat one-sided discussion with him about the importance of political engagement with their neighboring clans in the wake of the guild's collapse, while also lecturing his son, rusa, who has already gotten a fresh scrape from overworking himself on patrol.
- wren bumps into turtle as he explores the territory, and drags the quiet molly into a lively conversation. she quickly finds herself enjoying his company and making plans to introduce him to her extended family.
- lynx and cardinal speak with adopted daughter jackdaw, seeking her approval to have kits of their own. she is more than happy at the prospect.
- lily and jagged flirt while patching up squires tumble, platinum, and alyssum. morning laughs at his mentor, while an exasperated moth gives tumble a shovel talk and alyssum sisterly advice.
- after some encouragement from raven, silk decides to give herself a proper name to move on, and begins going by silknose. she also shares that the monarch himself had requested her assistance in learning to sign.
- river works hard to encourage the despondent light, who has grown more withdrawn in the moons after his sister's death. he shares his worries over frost's burdens of leadership and ivory's distance as she spends more and more time with fog rather than him. river reassures the young prince and suggests he think about making new friends, in or out of clan.
- rain and hail get into a heavy argument. hail insists that the Golden Kingdom is too dangerous for their family. rain pleads with her son to be happy that they survived, fearing that she is too weakened to travel elsewhere and already enjoying her new home. after hickory helps his mother return to the elder's den, hail concedes, but not without swearing vengeance against the first and vowing to shape the kingdom into the clan it was "meant to be."
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Post by ponz on Jun 14, 2021 19:51:31 GMT -8
POST 039. ● ♕ ● .WRITING WIP
- The Kingdom begins to notice Embers' absence, as he is reluctant to reveal the loss of his voice. Frost does her best to lead in his stead. River provides reassurance to her former mentor of his value.
- Canary and Honeybee have an important heart-to-heart. Honeybee discusses her past, Canary discusses the future. Both cats mourn Goldfinch, but find solace in their similarities.
- Stag is delighted to see the rest of his family arriving from BearClan. Mint, Buck, and Doe catch up with Anise, and greet Turtle like a member of the family. Turtle truly feels at home.
- Echo, while happy as a knight, worries about Tumble as she spends the day with her closest companion, Hawk. Cliff and Alyssum spend time together.
- Lyre, Clay, and Laurel chatter about their day-to-day lives, en route to visit their father. Crushes, in particular, seem to be a big focus. When Clay feels somewhat left out, realizing he has no crush to share, his sisters are quick to reassure him.
- Blizzard and Blackthorn bump into one another, and the former decides to take the nervous ex-clan cat under his wing. Thus begins an animated discussion about the Tournament arriving next moon.
- Aspen and Opal play with little Lavender. While their whispered conversations grapple with heavy topics, they have grown much closer through parenthood. The thought of their own kittens is entertained. To any outsider, they look to be in love.
- Scorch arrives on the border, half-dead, and claims that the Guild has fully dissolved. With nowhere else to turn, she pleads to a conflicted Light for entry. It seems Hickory and Rainwish must now share their den with a traitor.
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