Open Border SkC littering is for losers [ skyclan border patrol ]

[swarmswirl]

Swarmswirl rolls her shoulders back as soon as they reach WindClan's border. While her home has had no real issue with the moorland cats, she can't help but remain... unsettled, to say the least, about any of the other Clans. After all, unless a predator wanted to play with their meal, or a rogue trampled too far into SkyClan territory, the culprit of her sister's injuries hides within one of their neighbors. She can only hope they are nursing injuries worse than Chrysalisgaze's.

The tortoiseshell molly looks over her shoulder to her patrolmates, briefly catching @starlitpath's gaze before returning her eyes forward. It was hardly a smooth motion, and her eyebrows knit together in meager frustration. There's a swift urge to make a competition out of something, just to earn back her 'nuisance' title in the pointed tom's opinion... but then she spies a few mentorless apprentices up ahead, and her frustration morphs partially into confusion. What are they...?

She watches as one leans precariously towards the gorge and kicks something down to the rapids below.

"Hey!" Swarmswirl hisses, picking up her pace, "Are you dense? One slip, and you'll be the one falling that far down!" She finds her pelt ruffled, tail lashing. Her gaze flicks back to her patrol, trying to put mentors to apprentices. To her relief, it doesn't seem any of her cats were the ones to leave their apprentices unattended. She turns back towards the duo, paying no mind to the WindClan cats across the way. "Where are your mentors?"

[ open to any windclanners + skyclanners! ]

 

[starlitpath starlitpath]

(˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗) the pointed tom takes a quiet bit of pride in the knowledge that, when given any cats to patrol with, his rival had still chosen him. swarmswirl hadn't said much, simply made eye contact and a sharp nod to beckon him, and he'd padded over in what he had hoped was an incredibly smooth and stately gait. now, as they move towards windclan territory with another couple of cats, the tortie walks ahead of the patrol, leaving starlitpath to meander behind her with his other patrol mates.

briefly, the patrol lead glances back, and green eyes meet sapphire. starlitpath smirks, winking at her clanmate. swarmswirl looks forward again, but skyclan's princess flicks her tail in satisfaction. she's gotten to her, no matter how subtly, and that, in itself, is a return to normalcy.

as the sound of the gorge grows louder, starlitpath is surprised to see feline shapes too close to the edge, ears flattening, she joins the patrol lead's side, squinting at the two apprentices. "what in starclan's name..." she mutters, shaking her head. the rushing water below is enough to make even her queasy. that these two had so boldly tossed trinkets down into the depths... ugh. "you'd better get over here, now," the dappled point orders to the two younglings, a lash of her tail letting them know that despite her usually upbeat nature, she is serious. any windclan scent wafting towards them is ignored for the time being as aqua eyes flicker with worry.

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  STARLITPATH ★ tags / toyhouse
  
  ★ genderfluid (he / she / they) / bisexual, mate of none
  ★ 29 moons old, ages realistically
  ★ warrior of skyclan
  ★ younger sibling to THREETOE, BADGERTAIL, BEARFACE
  ★ mentoring SPIKEPAW / mentored by DUSKPOOL
  ★ penned by LAVS / message lavendes on discord for plots!
  
  a shorthaired dilute calico point with low white and aqua eyes. short, thick fur decorates her frame, cream hued, swooping into a cowlick on her head. their face, paws, and tail are dappled with fawn and slate gray, broken through by speckles of white. a star shaped white splotch on their forehead offers them their namesake. eyes like ocean water, a deep aqua blue, pierce out of almond shaped sockets.

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