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Post by ame on Aug 20, 2021 8:57:57 GMT -8
Post 37 jeebee fell into the frozen lake while hunting, leading to him thrashing frantically in the cold waters. heebee wasted no time in jumping in after his littermate, trying to help him back onto the bank. duke snatched his sons by the scruffs once they were close to shore, heart beating hard against his chest. tragically, both brothers succumbed to hypothermia on the way back home... the parents morn for their loss, duke blames himself quietly while russentnose cries
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finnegan's patrol was ambushed by the dog as they tracked the scent down! unable to flee in time, the patrol was unable to collect their bearings before it snatched zipper's neck in his maw, killing the young tom almost instantly. shocked at losing another cat to a dog so soon after blu, finnegan wasn't able to dodge the animal's teeth until it was too late. chester managed to injure the dog to the point where it's jaw slackened and let the watcher go; chester urging everyone to run as soon as finnegan was free. unfortunately, finnegan succumbed to his wounds hours later, with the help of chester that is
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mocha sends yet another patrol to find his daughter and iris, refusing to give up on them, he hears of finn passing and takes the opportunity to push further in the territory, making sure cats focus on upwalker nests as that is where they most liklely will be.
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Post by ame on Aug 20, 2021 9:09:52 GMT -8
Post 38 blair asks chester why she made her second, he explains that he trusts her the most, that this will make the closer like she had wanted, she accepts this and happily does as he asks. she notices how mollies flock to him, but he never once gives them the time of day and she loves that he is like that and not like his father in that aspect
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maple, calla, mocha are happy the whole family is back together. everyone bonds, mocha has iris and lacy get to know cats in the clan and puts off their training for now
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featherdust and dustclaw bond over training their apprentices, the apprentices are grossed out by this and complain that mates should stay apart, neither of them correct the apprentices about being mates and it just happens, though they agree now is not a good time for kits.
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Post by ame on Aug 20, 2021 9:19:39 GMT -8
Post 39 duke's past life troubles come to haunt him, though the patrol won the skirmish, they promised to be back for him, bringing their leader now that they know where they are. later on russentnose asks him about it and he explains that he was a troublemaker when he was younger and always got in fights with a small group of cats, but he has left that life many moons ago with the help of finn and has never looked back, he didnt think this group was with them, but looks like they are in for it, but to not worry because they are not that strong. russentnose goes with it and doesn't worry.
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Lacypaw and Irispaw don’t have mentors and are forced to stay in camp, they join the grumpy Beanpaw and the three of them decide to leave camp and explore the territory on their own. inexperienced and scared, the three little apprentices were at a loss when they found themselves stuck in an alley and cornered by a territorial dog. lacypaw and irispaw look to beanpaw for answers as she's the oldest of the bunch and all she can suggest is to run. thankfully the three of them scattering at once threw the dog off, but they made the ill decision to stick together, leading it back on their trail. eventually they were able to successfully lose the hound, however, its now dangerously close to the camp's location. beanpaw and lacypaw both agree that the scariest part is yet to come; telling their father
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amaranth tells soot of her pregnancy and explains that she would like for him to be the father in their lives as she knows they biological dad will be absent, he is hurt that she cheated on him, especially after they had become mates. amaranth says she was smitten by the tom before they were even mates at the gathering, and soot accepts that answer, but is still hurt.
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Post by ame on Aug 20, 2021 9:24:38 GMT -8
Post 40 After snapping at his daughters for the dangers they cause the clan Mochastar angrily sets a patrol of experienced warriors to go after the dog.
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nutmeg teases his friend soot about being a dad to kits that aren't even his, but soot gets mad and sticks up for amaranth. though this put doubt in soot's head and he is worried about his future with amaranth. hiddenclaw overheard their conversation and planted the revenge seed in soots head, and eye for an eye.
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Post by ame on Aug 20, 2021 9:29:16 GMT -8
Amaranth's Background When Amaranth was just a young kit, barely weaned from her mother by two legs who sent her far from her mother soon after eating kibble, she met Marie. Marie was an older molly who had a no nonsense air about her and deep down was a hateful and mischievous cat. Marie hated to share anything and anytime Amaranth looked at the molly Marie would hiss at her. After getting accustomed to the new home Amaranth wanted nothing more than to play. The two legs would occasionally play with her but it was not near enough, so the young kit had made a game of Marie's hissing and batting. Amaranth would purposely get close to Marie and tap her tail just before darting away from the swat she was about to get. This caused her to giggle and continue for some time as she got away.
Eventually Marie snapped though and whirled around and gave chase for the first time, Marie even finally said, "Leave me alone you pest!" Before biting the kit enough to send a message but not enough to draw any blood.
Amaranth found it hard to drop the game she teased Marie with, but she did. Until one day Marie batted her for just walking by. Amaranth smirked and continued her teasing, even getting swatted at by the two legs that took care of them. A couple of times the swats would land and they always hurt. Amaranth even tried to stop but Marie learned the two legs were more on her side so purposely got Amaranth swatted.
Eventually Amaranth realized Marie would move close to her and yowl like she was hurt. This caused the two legs to put her in a cage for the whole day with no food or water. A moon went by like this and Amaranth started to be just as mean as Marie. Hissing and swatting and anything any everything, even the two legs. The two legs eventually got fed up with it and this was the first time they tossed her outside.
Amaranth was frightened at first, a new world; new smells, new sounds, new everything. Amaranth would spend hours in the garden, sitting by the pond and watched the fish swim inside. It was peaceful and calming. Amaranth loved it and all the things she could do. She wasn't yet able to jump the walls of the garden but every day she would try and every day she would get closer.
Until one day, she did go over the top. That was the last day Amaranth ever saw her two legs and Marie as she vowed to never go back. The young molly often saw other two legs and other cats, some would try to get her attention but there was no way she would trust them. She would never let them get close to her, fearing a swat. She survived off of garbage and scraps, to her it was far better than kibble. She even eventually learned how to catch her own prey and didn't need to rely on scraps as she got older.
With the moons of traveling and seeing new things it wasn't long until Amaranth found a large forest park with a huge pond. Much bigger than the one she used to sit by for days, it was calm here. Peaceful. Amaranth started to call this place home, that was until she started to see more and more cats move in. She never bothered to greet them or try to talk with them at first, her trust in others was non existent. So she lived in solitude for some time, never speaking. The other cats only ever got a glimpse of her but never more as she would disappear.
This changed one day though. It was an unforgiving leaf bare night, she knew she had a fever but didn't know what to do about it so just curled up and slept. Unknown to Amaranth, she had slipped into a coma from her fever just as a harsh blizzard started just outside her den. This was when a few cats found her and brought another cat just to help her.
Amaranth woke to some voices eventually, not even whispers as the chatting grew louder. The noise made her growl, but she was unable to move just yet. She heard one of them say, "She's not safe, she needs to be moved."
"Where do you plan on sending her then? We are snowed in, we will just need to get along for the time being." Amaranth felt soft prodding from the one that just spoke, "My name is Dotty, we mean no harm."
Amaranth wanted nothing more than to flinch away, hissing and growling. Why were they in her home? But she was not able to move or anything but growth and huff. It was frightening to her, not know what they wanted or what they can do. One night when the voices quieted down Amaranth tried to move again, this time she was able to open her eyes and look around. To her shock there were several cats in her den, one even laid close enough to touch furs, must be Dotty? Just as she thought the name the cat opened their eyes and looked right back at her, "Glad to see you can open your eyes, you're improving." The molly meowed in a whisper.
Amaranth didn't growl this time and just looked around, taking note on all the cats here. Most of the cats seemed to be mates and a few were heavily pregnant, but none seemed to mean no harm. There was a large tom though with two mollies cuddled into his fur that seemed a tad menacing but it wasn't like she could do anything. So she closed her eyes and slept some more.
A few days pass by and the cats around Amaranth start to worry once again, but in the middle of their arguing the sleeping molly wakes up. This time she can lift her head and move, it was the males voice that startled her, "She finally wakes! Dotty can finally rest."
Dotty shook her head, "You are so wrong Mocha, with all these queens and their coming kits I won't get any rest. Them mixed with this sick molly, I can't get a wink of sleep. Finding herbs is no easy task in this snow."
That took Amaranth for a shock, they were caring for her? No cat has ever done that for her. Could she have been wrong? Maybe she can trust in these cats, it sure wouldn't seem to hurt. So she cleared her throat of sleep and sickness before meowing, "My name is Amaranth." All the cats introduced themselves and joke how good it was to hear her talk instead of growl. Amaranth even found herself smiling at the end of the day.
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Post by ame on Aug 22, 2021 8:55:11 GMT -8
Post 41 All of sunpaw's sister set a prank on the poor tom, he hides from them in mocha's den, who is amused.
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soot was heavily influenced by hiddenclaw and cheats on amaranth at the gathering, he tells his mate and she is upset with him for his actions, this makes soot guilty. amaranth says they need space away from each other, he tries to propose to raise the kits together as siblings, she says no. soot fears this might be the end of their relationship, he curses hiddenclaw
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Post by ame on Aug 22, 2021 9:05:54 GMT -8
Post 42 calla asks maple and mocha for another litter of kits, maple scoffs and says she is never going through that again, six was enough for her, but she says she will help out with their kits, mocha agrees and mentions how sunpaw might want a brother to play with instead of sisters and they laugh
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kash finds jackalfang all alone and she confides in the tom about missing her kits, wondering if it was a mistake to give them up. but she knows she cant get them back, and it would not be right for them to be torn from their lives in forestclan when she chose to send them to their father. kash offers the chance for her to have more kits, and she agrees, the two have a little fling
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while russentnose takes care of duke's injuries she wonders if the two should try for one more litter, duke still feeling guilty at the loss of his twin boys is hesitant at first but in the end agrees, thinking this might help him move on
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Post by ame on Aug 22, 2021 9:37:03 GMT -8
Post 43 fern and willow go to see jade and their father, kash is inside napping while jade is outside with them, the two make fun of jade's muteness, even saying she will forever be alone. once they leave jade meets a very kind russentnose that tells her to keep being strong and one day she will find happiness. This is the only cat that has shown jade kindness besides her father
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mudspots visits apple and his grandkits, they wear him out a lot and apple asks if he is ever going to take a break and retire. he shrugs and doesnt know and then tells the kits about strong and wild clans of the forest, the kits beg apple to become clan cats, because they are wild and free too, she says not today, all the family is here
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the apprentice den in curlclan is booming about who gets to go on their assessment first and in what order they will go in, all wanting to be first. some even try to say they will be first because they are mocha's favorite kit, they are proven wrong in the end and are told if they dont calm down they will have to wait even longer.
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Post by ame on Aug 22, 2021 9:45:58 GMT -8
Post 44 fawnpaw and oliverpaw were last and blame the fact that all the others scared the prey out of the forest, causing them to fail. with not as many this moon to test they all wish each other the best.
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jade goes out in search for russent, the first time she has ever left her garden. she of course has no idea where to go and gets lost. blair helps her back home, unsure what jade is trying to communicate. jade wonders if she will ever see her kind friend again.
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Post by ame on Aug 22, 2021 9:51:56 GMT -8
Post 45 toadskip finds apple and meets his kits for the first time, he says they should grow up in a clan and even mentions the one he ran into on his travels here in the forest, it is curlclan. the whole family goes to join and apple asks to be appleskip, like her mate. the kits try to pick warrior names too, but are told the naming structure and they complain they have to wait so long for cool names too.
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sootpelt's kits are dropped off and he tries to reconcile with amaranth, hoping she would care for the litter. she cant help but want to care for them and eventually agrees, but says she has not forgiven the tom for what he has done and he promises to be devoted to their family till the day he dies. even goes as far as giving amaranth anything she wants at anytime.
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