Warriors RPG

[dinoman666]

"Because it's warm," replied Renny, rolling his eyes in an exasperated manner. "Pay a little more attention!"

[Hopeflower]

Insolitus sighed. "Twolegs," he muttered. "They're crazier than hares in newleaf." He paused to check their surroundings. He drew in a long breath and pricked his ears, scenting and listening hard for rogues - or worse, the wolves he'd heard last night. It'd be bad enough if they were surprised by just one wolf, but if there were more...Jagara help us if we stumble onto those wolves, he thought.

[The Kingpin]

"Glad to see you remember" growled Wraith. "In any case, i intend to go outside the clan's territory for a while...investigate. find out just how common rogues are these days. maybe see if i can't find some old Clan cats...find out how close the Wolves are if i get the chance. just....test the waters. see what the general situation is outside the territory. be a Loner for a day. i'll be back around dusk" he growled, eying the co Leader to find out if he wanted to say anything before he left...

[C S]

"I wouldnt be suprised if one of your kits are listening in and planning to follow you on this endevour..." Snowstar mewed back at Wraith, disappearing through a wall of shrubs with the rustle of leaves...

[The Kingpin]

Wraith chuckled. he had made sure that wouldn't happen. it had only been one day since he started the routine of waking up Nightclaw and Stormheart, and today he didn't wake them...they'd be asleep for another hour at the very least. chuckling, the black bengal tom walked off towards the border...

[dinoman666]

"Twolegs? Newleaf?" Renny mewed curiously. "You cats use such strange words..." He eyed Insolitus curiously as the other tom sniffed the air, but said nothing...

[Hopeflower]

"Checking for wolves," Insolitus meowed, shrugging when he saw Renny's look. "I don't think they were this close last night - but you can never be too careful." he started off again, keeping his ears pricked.

[dinoman666]

"Wolves? Like... big dogs?" Renny asked, not looking worried in the slightest as he followed Insolitus.

[Hopeflower]

"Very big dogs," Insolitus meowed grimly. "There are a few of them around here. They didn't sound too close last night, but keep your eyes open."

[The Kingpin]

Wraith smiled as he left the Clan borders. time to see how well he remembered his habits as a loner. walking onwards into the undergrowth, he began to sniff around for any trace of other cats...the loner from the previous day may not be that far away, now that he thought of it...

[Hopeflower]

The thrush, busy stubbornly tugging at a worm, didn't notice her stealthy approach. She moved swiftly, silently, only freezing once when the bird paused to listen. She took soft, shallow breaths, trying not to move a muscle. The wind was blowing towards her, off of the lake, which was good. It wouldn't know she was there until it was too late. A pair of eyes watching from the cover of some bracken- the left red as blood, the other the piercing pale blue of ice - glittered at the promise of a good catch. The she-cat flattened herself further. Don't look this way, don't look this way...go back to what you were doing, the cat mentally urged the thrush. She had been still for a while - her cramping muscles proved that much - when the thrush finally went back to pulling at the worm, which was trying to escape down its hole. That was when she sprang. She leaned back on her haunches, and leaped. Her claws extended mid-leap, so when she landed on the bird, which had started to screech an alarm and spread its wings, she pinned it effectively. It fluttered for a moment before her jaws shut on the back of its neck. It was over with a single bite. She stood up, her catch in her jaws, and started back towards the lakeshore.

Life as a rogue had only been somewhat kind to Demontalon - she was a bit skinnier than she'd been when she had been a Clan cat, and there were a few scars on her flanks and shoulders from fights with other lone cats. There was a new tear in her ear as well, and a fresh, still-painful wound recently gained from a hostile rogue stretching from her neck to her shoulder. But she was getting by. She was getting better at swimming too. There wasn't enough prey on the island to support her over leaf-bare, so she went between hunting in her new home and on the shore. She shouldered her way through some more ferns, brittle and dry now, and stepped onto the shore, looking out at her old home. She couldn't help but wonder how the Clan was doing. How everyone she'd grown up with was coping after the disasters they'd been through.

[The Kingpin]

Wraith walked out of the forest that made up the former Shadowclan turf, crossing a path that once seperated them from Riverclan. he looked towards a large wooden deck overhanging the shore of the lake. from time to time twolegs tended to come here, but with the coming cold weather, they tended to avoid it. for Clans, that was good news. for loners however, it was a disaster, as many tended to make use of the occasional twoleg generosity and giving them scraps of food to get them by when clans made it difficult to hunt for food, as he himself had done several times. he continued onwards, heading into Riverclan's old turf....

[Hopeflower]

Demontalon crouched, wincing as her wound gave a nasty throb. Trying to ignore the pain, she dipped her head and took a bite from her catch. The thrush was a bit tough and stringy, but she chewed and swallowed anyway, just grateful to have caught something worth eating. Her tail flicked as she splintered a fragile bone between her teeth. She wanted to eat swiftly and then get back to the island, and not take the risk that another rogue would come along and spot her meal.

[The Kingpin]

by this point the sun had been steadily ascending, now roughly halfway to it's peak, floating brightly above.as Wraith walked, the steady trickling of the river could be seen and heard, the light dancing off it's surface hypnotically. Wraith smirked. he needed a drink. and it was just at the edge of Stormclan's territory. having already patrolled the other side before dawn, this side was a perfect start. he walked through the bushes, towards the water source, a few faint rustles audible as he walked. the tom stepped out of the bushes as he finally reached the river, and began to drink..

[Hopeflower]

Finishing her bird, Demontalon sat up and swiped her tongue around her muzzle. She stood and stretched, yawning widely. The thrush had taken the edge off of her hunger, and she had taken a drink before she'd gone hunting. She took a quick look around, scanning her surroundings. It would be time to head back to the island soon. Best make sure she wouldn't be followed.

[C S]

The white tom reached the camp entrance tucked away in the forest to see the Dawn patrol preparing to go out. Coldeyes stood infront of the group of new warriors. Daggertooth and his three siblings, all with jet black pelts stood still and statuesque. "I see your all ready?" The white tom mewed as he went to his deputy's side. "Well...are you?" Coldeyes mewed, eyes passing over all the cats before him. Daggertooth, with blue eyes and a bushy tail nodded, followed by his brother, Obsidian; almost twin of Daggertooth with white fur sticking out of his ears, rather than all black. It sickened Snowstar to think the cat would have been killed for such trait in his old clan. The two other cats shared amongst them selves white paws and yellow eyes. Their names were Flightclaw and Windslash. Again, they would also be killed if the twisted logic their former clan worked on still existed. They bowed their heads to the white tom. It was unclear if they were doing so in response to the question, or in gratitude. With that, Coldeyes lead the group out of the clan and down the boarder as the dawn skies began to take on the famillier blue coloration while the sun crept over the horizon... it was small and distant...

[dinoman666]

Renny swallowed nervously and followed Insolitus, a little more warily now...

[Hopeflower]

Insolitus glanced at Renny and meowed, "I think they're far off. The howls sounded like they came from much farther than those hills last night." He pointed with his nose to the rolling hills they were passing.

[dinoman666]

"Yes, well, if these wolves you speak of are anything like dogs, they could either be much closer, or much farther away..." Renny mewed nervously, ears and tail-tip fidgeting non-stop.

[Hopeflower]

"Maybe," Insolitus mewed, pausing to crouch and take a drink from the lake. As he straightened, flicking water droplets from his whiskers, he added, "But they sounded pretty far."