Closed Camp Better place to put all of the Blame || Missing Person Alert

This thread takes place inside the clan's camp.

Flowerclouds smile was large, her tail swaying lightly behind her as she nudged into Fujimoto. "I swear, you're getting better every time- I promise!" She purred, encouraging her friend after another round of Assigning patrols. "We've got some antsy paws still, so let's check in with Tigerfoot, yeah?" She offered the idea, before leading them off after a response. It was always good to keep the more energetic ones busy, on any patrol or task that could be given.

She hadn't seen Tigerfoot yet, usually he would pop his head out and about, but so far it was only Swallowpaw- sitting a little ways away, and Flowercloud would flick her tail in greeting. She was trying, despite everything- to act as if everything was fine. As if her children weren't hating her, submerging herself in pretend to put a facade on for her clan- as she always did. As she formerly did with her own children despite what she dealt with with Crow.

It didn't matter, taking a breath before stepping forward with Fujimoto, and slipping into the Medicine Den. "Tigerfo-...?" He called turned into a question as her face contorted into confusion. Where was he?

@Fujimoto @SWALLOWPAW
 
tigerfoot gave her the morning off. a gracious thing to do when they have to prepare for newleaf, but swallowpaw didn't argue or complain. she hovered around the camp and checked in on downykit, and managed to catch fuzzypaw and her littermates before training. her own duties as an apprentice were finally beginning to make sense, as she settled into a routine. with newleaf on the horizon, it meant a new beginning.

he said he wouldn't be long, and then the hours stretched on.

the girl's ears quirked, picking up flowercloud's confusion. she abandons her idle task, padding over towards the deputy. "he's not there?" she asks, like it's news to her that her mentor hadn't come back yet. "he… he told me it wouldn't be long. he just.. uhm… had to grab an herb," swallowpaw frowns, eyebrows furrowing together in concern. he wouldn't just leave, would he? so easily, so silently, when the clan needed him most?

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"Y-you think so? That's... good." Fujimoto flicked the anxious prickling from his tail as he walked in tandem with the deputy, keeping close to her side out of habit from the days of their training. The Sun Guard gave a small nod of his head at her suggestion and followed for Tigerfoot and Swallowpaw's den, poking his nose in with a few polite taps of his paw to warn the tom of entry.

His absence is unusual, normally not gone for long and telling from Swallowpaw's response, Tigerfoot had left camp long before now. "That really is uh, unlike him. Did he say wh-where he was looking for it?" Their eyes widen in concern, glancing behind them and parting from the two. "L-let's make sure he's not talking with Hawkstar! Maybe he did come back, err... Hawkstar!?" Fujimoto called for the leader as he stepped out of the medicine den, lingering close to hers now.

@Hawkstar