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elementclangen · 1 month
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Moon 115-Leaf-fall
Well, the Clan has solved one leg of the love quadrangle.  It’s actually the side that few cats expected to come first: Airclaw (57) and Cressfreckle (31).  Airclaw loves how Cressfreckle balances her out.  Where she can be impulsive and confrontational, he is calm and relaxed. Where she enjoys getting out of camp and going for a hunt, Cressfreckle would rather stay and watch over the kits.  She loves that about him.  And she’d be okay if he loved other cats too.  She knows she does. . .Yellowcreek (42) is a little shocked that his friend and crush now has a mate.  He has to go on a long walk, alone, at night to process it.  Meanwhile, Antlersky (73) is realizing that she’s now a senior warrior, and that younger cats are annoying.  Cressfreckle never does anything, and Frostheart (18) is always stealing the best prey.  Don’t these cats know respect!  Her mate, Caterpillarmallow (65) is much more appreciative of the young cats, especially  her fellow Healers.  Needlepelt (18) fought off a rogue while gathering herbs the other day.  And she’s not even a warrior!  Impressive.  Yellowcreek feels like he’s finally starting to find his place in the Clan.  He chatted with Yuccastar (94) (who he’s still a little afraid of-she is a murderer, afterall) and feels like he understands where she’s coming from better.  She’s afraid of losing power after gaining it.  It doesn’t excuse her murdering Rindlefish and Judaschaser, but it does explain some of it.  He’s definitely hesitant to expose her, though.  Flurrypelt (28) and Graysong (28) keep drifting farther apart.  The brothers used to do everything together, but now it feels like Graysong is closer with their sisters than he is with him.  And being the only water-blessed warrior, Flurrypelt feels out of place.  He can’t hear Bushmask (225), Frostheart and Antlersky as they whisper to each other over the wind and he can’t play ‘rockball’ with Brightfalcon (157) Graysong, Needlepelt.  He just doesn’t fit in with the rest of his family seems to have.
Meta: By 'few cats' I mean me. I did not see Cressfreckle x Airclaw coming. I thought it would be Yellowcreek and Cressfreckle who got together first, because they've had romantic like for each other the longest (since moon 98). But Cressfreckle and Airclaw are pretty cute together too.
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elementclangen · 2 months
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Moon 80-Leaf-fall
Based on how this leaf-fall is going, it's probably going to be an even harder leaf-bare.  It seems like half the clan already has greencough or whitecough.  And it hasn’t even snowed yet!  Meanwhile, Yellowpaw (7) is desperate to impress Yuccastar (59).  He’s tired of being judged constantly for his powers and just wants his Clan to accept him! He trained too hard the other day and got some bruises.  He’s hiding them from the Healers, though.  Maybe he can just heal them himself.  Bushmask (90) seems to have undone some of the progress he’s made with Antlersky (37) by accidentally calling her ‘Stormrush’.  It stings her to be called her dead mothers’ name, and annoys her that Bushmask mistook her for his dead sister.  Rosemaryquake (37) feels like Yuccastar is too easy on Yellowpaw and should be training him harder.  With more supervision.  Meanwhile, Stonefreckle (63) is reaching out to the young apprentice and keeps him up to date on Clan news. While on a patrol with Yuccastar and Peakspots (48), Yellowpaw decides to try and prove himself by investigating a badger set.  He scrambles into the den for a look, but happens to see an angry badger in it.  He runs out and manages to escape without harm, alerting Yuccastar in the process.
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elementclangen · 2 months
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Moon 77-Greenleaf
Tensions are still high among Brightfalcon’s (120) little family.  She and Rosemaryquake (34) got in a little argument over who should get a pretty feather, which ended in the feather being destroyed.  Oops.  Rosemaryquake and Antlersky (34) are still close and enjoy spending time together.  Yuccastar (56) has been spending more time with Yellowkit (4), who wonders why everyone is so mean to him.  Yuccastar tries to explain the whole dark-cursed thing to him, and he explains how his mother went hunting one day and never came back.   He then uses his own light powers to mimic Yuccastar’s glowing pelt.  After the conversation, the two feel like they have a better understanding of each other.  Sunjaw (19) and Darkpetal (116) got into a huge argument.  Darkpetal wants to protect his powerless kit, while Sunjaw wishes that her dad would trust her to handle herself. It seems that Darkpetal has a point, as, when Sunjaw is fighting a fox with Peakspots (45), she gets a nasty bite.  The cats have to abandon the fox fight to get Sunjaw back to the Healer's den in time.
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elementclangen · 26 days
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Moon 120-Newleaf
Brightfalcon (163) is really struggling with her children’s deaths.  She won’t get up from her nest and just wants to lay around all day.  She’s old.  Maybe it would just be better if she went to sleep one day and didn’t wake up.  Why live when half her kits are dead?  Caterpillarmallow (70) is also struggling.  The combined stress of the war and the loss of her mate have left her with constant nightmares.  She can’t work, leaving the young Healers to fend for themselves, even though they, too, are grieving and  have lost siblings.  Graysong (33) feels like he should be more torn up over Flurrypelt and Antlersky’s deaths, but he just wasn’t that close to either of them.  And now he has Yellowcreek (47) as a mate and he’s busy replenishing the herb stores and healing injured cats.  He doesn’t really have time to grieve his littermate or older sister. There are also some tensions between Needlepelt (23) and Frostheart (23).  Frostheart is jealous that her sister gets to go on more patrols than her, since, as a Healer, she is less likely to be attacked by FurledClan.  Needlepelt notices that Frostheart is jealous, but, instead of talking to her sister, she gives bitter herbs to her father, who she knows Frostheart is close with. Meanwhile, Yuccastar (99) feels conflicted over the new Star-blessed cat in the Clan.  They enjoy spending time with Faiththrift (41), but feel like she doesn’t do anything useful on the battlefield and her powers are weaker than Yuccastar’s.  Chasingskip (32) is feeling a little closed in by the camp and his parents’ continued attention.  She just wants to have some time alone and ends up taking that out on Midgepurr (17).  
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elementclangen · 1 month
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Moon 107-Leaf-bare
Despite being an old lady, Judaschaser (128) is still an agile cat.  She manages to land on her feet nimbly after slipping on an icy rock.  The other cats account her dexterity to her star-blessed status.  Yuccastar (86) is jealous.  Bushmask (117) and Brightfalcon (150) have developed the kind of relationship that Brightfalcon didn’t have time to develop with Stormrush.  They go on walks, admire each other, and dote on their family.  Brightfalcon’s happy to have achieved this life for herself, in spite of everything she’s been through.  She does miss Rosemaryquake and Stormrush, but she still has the rest of her loved ones.  Speaking of whom, Graysong (20) has not been thrilled with how Yuccastar has been running things.  He’s even been complaining about her behind her back.  And she overheard.  Flurrypelt (20)  however, is a fan of Yuccastar.  He glares at Graysong, but his brother doesn't notice.  Pythonkit (4), who is stuck in the healer's den after he got frostbite from sneaking out of camp, has been watching Flintpaw’s (8) training.  He’s a little worried that his own training, as a powerless cat, will be difficult, and asks Flintpaw for advice.  She doesn’t have much for him.  It’s just hard.
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elementclangen · 1 month
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Moon 104-Leaf-fall
After almost six moons, Yellowcreek (31) is out of the healer's den!  His broken leg healed up well, and he’s excited to leave camp again.  He thinks his leg took so long to heal because he didn’t use his powers on it, due to the whole ‘dark-cursed cats shouldn’t heal’ thing.  He just wants to be accepted by the Clan, but is starting to feel like he never will be.  He’s lonely.  Despite her hesitations about Yellowcreek, Yuccastar can’t help but admire his bravery.  She can appreciate a dark-cursed cat-Shadestar was her leader, after all. Now other Star-blessed cats on the other paw. . .Chervilcry (83) has noticed that the tension between Yuccastar (83) and Judaschaser (125) has been high lately, and asks Brightfalcon (147) for advice.  She was around when Shadestar and Nightingaletree hated each other.  How did she deal with two high-powered cats fighting?  Brightfalcon says that she just stayed out of it.  Her powers are weak enough that she couldn’t have made a difference.  Chervilcry sighs.  She doesn’t think there’s any cat powerful enough to get between them if they start fighting.    Rosemaryquake (62) feels uneasy around Moorleg (16).  She just gets this cold feeling whenever the young cat is around.  Is Moorleg up to something?  In the healer's den, Graysong (17)  is trying to bond with his little sister, Needlepaw (7).  He tells a secret about Flurrypelt (17) to her, and she tells him that Brightfalocn likes her better than him.  Whelp.  That bonding session didn’t go as planned.
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elementclangen · 2 months
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Moon 95-Leaf-bare
In a surprise to everyone, Brightfalcon (138) announced that she is expecting kits. Again. Antlersky (52) and Rosemaryquake (52) are shocked.  And Rosemaryquake is a little hurt. Were she and her sister not enough?  Why does Brightfalcon feel the need to have so many more kits in her old age?  She’s grown to like her brothers, but Graypaw (8) and Flurrypaw (8) aren’t even warriors yet!  Brightfalcon herself has been distracted by preparing for her new kits.  She doesn’t even notice Antlersky sending her a greeting.  Bushmask (105)  has been spending more time with his step-daughters.  He seems to have an alright relationship with them. . .for now.  Yuccastar (74) is frustrated with Judaschaser (116).  Giving the other (more powerful) star-blessed cat an apprentice was a horrible idea.  Now she thinks she can just boss around her leader!  Hmph.  In other news, Cresspaw (11) has been made a warrior with the name of Cressfreckle. Twilightthrush (99) is so proud of her son; hes done well as the only powerless cat in the Clan. Yellowcreek (22) may have finally found a friend his age in the Clan.  Cressfreckle actually seems to enjoy spending time with him and Yellowcreek feels safe with him around.
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