Open Event NO REST FOR THE HUNTERS || HUNTING EVENT || ILL TAKE THEM AND MAKE THEM MY OWN

[flowercloud]

{$title} Prompt: an apprentice is being a bit silly and chases prey across the border!!! (Anyone can play this apprentice)

Flowercloud perhaps had stayed up too long the night prior during their party. But quite a few had. They were celebrating, and what more could they have expected? They were having fun celebrating instead of mourning and worrying for once in their life since their travels to this foreign land. And they would continue celebrating- they would continue learning- they would continue to grow as they have been. That was the deputies hope, that was her steps forward. They had endured loss, and their realities would change, but Flowercloud could not let herself or her clan fall behind anymore.

To her, the journey represented growth, the ability to move forward. The ability to push past the fear of change, and fully embrace it. She sat a long time wondering if she would be able to bare the sudden changes- but she and so many others had thrived. They had pulled through, and each and every cat before her was stronger than before. Flowercloud led her patrol with tired paws, but a bright smile. Her teeth glinted in the sunlight as she grinned back at her patrol.

"Alright... We have mere weeks left before leafbare embraces us. Let's get prepared to have our bellies full!" She keeps her tone light and positive, before scouring the lands before her. Her pawsteps against the fallen pines and crunch of some leaves were quiet, practiced stalking as she moved forward. Her plumage of tail hung behind her, her muscles in her shoulders stretching as she walked. Everything that had changed in this last year was for a reason, she remembered. And things that should have held her back only made her stronger. "Remember," she purred softly to the apprentice beside her. "Keep your senses open, your body low- and watch out for the crunchy leaves. The quieter you are, the less you have to run," she explains. "Go on." She knows Fidgetpaw will stay close, and she trusted him at this point to not need too much help hunting.

She spotted the marten digging into the roots of a tall pine and her whiskers twitched. It's form lifted, and before they both knew it- it was over and it's form hung from her jaws. She continued it's hole, burying her prey before looking onwards.

Rolled a 9 for big mammal!//
Rolled a 70- no luck on lemur!//

For the Hunting side, roll a 1d10! Anything over a five counts as a success!
5- small prey (1 point) mammal
6- small prey (1 point) bird
7- medium prey (2 points) mammal
8- medium prey (2 points) bird
9- big prey (3 points) mammal
10- big prey (3 points) bird

Don't forget, roll a d100 alongside this if you wish to possibly find King Julian and bring his head to Hawkstar for a Grand Total of 15 points!!!!

flowercloud - 36 moons - skyclan deputy - mentoring none

 

[Chrysalisgaze]

♡

𓆦 𖢥 𓆨 𓆣 𐀔 Chrysalisgaze 𐀔 𓆣 𓆨 𖢥 𓆦

Unlike most of the hunting party, Chrysalisgaze didn't feel as exhausted after the previous night's celebrations. She was used to wandering the forest out at night, getting less sleep than was usual. She hadn't been going out at night by herself ever since her ambush at the fourtrees border, but her body still remembered. Still endured.
She crept along the branches, watching most of her patrolmates from above. They could hunt the ground dwellers while she focused on the birds and squirrels. Hunting above ground felt more natural to her, more familiar. Her claws held onto the bark, when she spotted a dark bird speckled with stars across its feathers. She smiled to herself - she had been meaning to bring whatever she caught back to Starlingtrail, to her love. How fitting that the bird she had found was a starling.
Silently, she lowered her body and moved closer to the bird, who sat turned away from her, cleaning its feathers with a black beak. She didn't wait for it to notice her, instead she lept, from further than what would usually work, but got lucky. Her claws connected with the bird's back and she held it in her grasp, killing it swiftly with a quick bite to the neck.
She felt satisfied with her catch, but then - that striped tail. Almost like a squirrel, but bigger, and ringed. The creature nearly her own size. SkyClan was aware of its presense, the only one of its kind, recognisable by the nick in its ear. It had been evading their grasps, taunting them, stealing their prey and twigs and stones. No longer.
Chrysalisgaze narrowed her gaze. The creature had been dubbed King Julian as a joke at first, but the nickname stuck. Two kings, sharing the same territory. It was time for Hawkstar to win, to claim the territory as their own one final time.
The king had not seen her, too distracted by playing with the tree's leaves. She set her starling down silently, her dark pelt disguising her in the foliage's shade. Her mind was focused on nothing but the creature in front of her, the king of the forest, as she crept on silent paws closer and closer. Its head whipped around, spotting her. The grey creature lept up, but it was too late - Chrysalisgaze was faster, her legs stronger. Her claws caught on its tail, dragging it back down, and the creature screeched, its paw desperately trying to harm her with dull claws. But Chrysalisgaze had none of it and she silenced it once and for all. "For the king." she said triumphantly as the creature's body stilled, quieted down. "For Hawkstar."

OOC: 8 for medium prey - bird, but then i rolled a 69 on the d100??? King Julian is mine​

 

[Teaselfeather Teaselfeather]

Let me die, let me drown, lay my bones in the ground
I will still come around when the time for sleep is through
Over hill, over dale, through the valley and vale
Do not weep, do not wail, I am coming home to you

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There was something lighter in Teaselfeather's chest since the festivities, something warm and fluttering, like a long-lost ember rekindling. A smile, once faded by grief and fear, had begun to blossom again across their muzzle. They had shared prey and stories, laughter and memories, had listened to tales of the days before all the hurt. It had felt... Like home again. Like the SkyClan Snowveil used to speak of. It reminded them that the old days were not gone, they had simply changed shape. And so they, too, would change. They would grow, as they always had.

They leapt and climbed with easy grace, the treetops embracing them like old friends. The branches swayed beneath their paws, the wind hummed around their whiskers, this was where they felt closest to the sky, closest to peace. Pausing for a moment, Teaselfeather's gaze drifted to the patrol below before a small bird's flutter drew their attention. It hopped along a branch near them, utterly unaware. Teaselfeather went still, so still they might have been carved from bark. And then, with a swift and graceful pounce, they struck.

Their teeth found feather and flesh, their claws caught a lower branch to steady the landing. With practiced ease, they descended toward the others, tail held high, a pleased purr vibrating in their throat. Just as they reached the patrol, Chrysalisgaze emerged with her own catch. Teaselfeather's mismatched eyes widened in admiration, sparkling with kittenish delight. " Mmf-- th'lemur! " they chirped around their mouthful of feathers, pride muffling every word.

Speech, thoughts/emphasis

16 MOONS

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ooc: rolled a 6 for bird!!!

 

[brightnose!'s icon brightnose! brightnose!]

BRIGHTNOSE | SUN GUARD
"ALWAYS CONFUSING THE THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD"

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It's the day after the party that SkyClan had thrown, and Brightnose, admittedly, had stayed up way too late - by the time she'd finally slunk back to her nest, the moon had nearly been ready to set!! It certainly shows now, the way that she follows loosely along with the patrol with her maw occasionally parting in a yawn… Still, she tries to remain vigilant, and her pawsteps remain as silent as ever upon the forest floor.

Her scarred ear flicks as she hears movement nearby, crouching low as she approaches the prey. When she leaps through the bushes to pounce, however, she misses by a mere whisker-length, the critter dashing away before she gets the chance to lunge at it. "Mouse-dung," she mutters under her breath, turning back to the patrol with nothing to show for it… "Sorry, guys. I think I partied too hard last night…" Emerald eyes flick between her Clanmates in hopes she doesn't find anyone to be disappointed in her. She almost doesn't notice that Chrysalisgaze's catch is sure to impress even Hawkstar herself, and her eyes widen slightly as she quickly looks again to confirm what she saw. "Woah, what an incredible catch! Great job, Chrysalisgaze!" She'd feel more embarrassed of her own shortcomings compared to her Clanmate if she wasn't so sleepy…

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rolled a 4 ;w;

"SO I CAN'T TRUST MYSELF ANYMORE"

BRIGHTNOSE
SKYCLAN SUN GUARD
21 MOONS
SHE/HER
"SPEECH" | THOUGHTS | ACTION | #61BD6D

 

[flowercloud]

"I feel that, but we really needed it, Brightnose. Like Hawkstar said- we've spent a long time grieving- we gotta celebrate sometimes. And I think... I think it helped a bunch," she said softly, casting the silver molly a gentle gaze of reassurance. Or at least- that's what she hoped it came across as. She was going to say more when Chrysalisgaze brought down a body of prey- unfamiliar for a moment. But when she realized, a light of pride lit her eyes.

Flowercloud was ecstatic for Chrysalisgaze. The fact the other had caught the lemur so efficiently was prize worthy- even more, she knew how much it meant to Hawkstar since the calling of the lemur being 'king julian'.... Hawkstars biggest foe as it held the same dignity of that as a king. It was a fun running joke while it lasted, but now- now they could bring it to Hawkstar to inspect. She was also so glad to see Teaselfeather smiling- not faint... But a real smile. Something traced their lips in more than just faking it till they make it.

"Great catch! We've been hunting that thing for moons, taunted by it. I've never seen anything like it, though... How weird! Also good start everyone, let's keep going. Got a lot of mouths to feed, especially with Rains kittens now~" she purred. But so much for more hunting- at least for this moment. Maybe she got too loud... Unf.

flowercloud - 36 moons - skyclan deputy - mentoring none

 

[Quailstep Quailstep]

QUAILSTEP
SHE/THEY
38 MOONS
SKYCLAN SUN GUARD
SPEECH | THOUGHTS | PHYSICAL

PENNED BY PLOT

Quailstep's jaws stretched wide in a yawn as she padded after the patrol. The Guard had spent far too much of the night before celebrating with her Clanmates, sharing prey, and casting longing glances over at Hawkstar. As a result, she'd woken up a little late, and only just managed to follow Flowercloud's patrol as the last few left the camp.

Her eyes narrowed in a bit of jealousy at Chrysalisgaze's catch, but she couldn't deny the skill it had taken. And despite her personal feelings, it was good that the warrior was well enough not only to hunt, but to take down this false king.

"Good catch," she mewed as she passed by, heading into the underbrush in search of prey. Her whiskers twitched as she scented some prey, and she crept along before pouncing, only to land directly in front of Brightnose.

"Oops," she laughed, looking up at her friend. "Coulda sworn I smelled mouse, not you!"

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OOC: Rolled a 4 - girl, get it together.
@brightnose!