PAFP Border RiverClan Rise by the Sound of the Birdsongs || Herb scouting

[Jinglemoon]

JINGLEMOON, 25 Moons, RiverClan Medicine Cat // He/They // #3b90ff
A long furred blue tabby tom with low white, long pointed ears with curved tips and dazzling blue eyes.
Sibling to ASTRO, Uncle to TWINKLEPAW, ECLIPSEPAW and COMETPAW
Always walks with a jingle in his step! Good listener and ever curious about the world.
Played by DINGO

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Jinglemoon knew the relations between their neighbour SkyClan and his own clan were still not the best after the leaders of both had met for the first time. He had been warned along with the rest of RiverClan of the hostility shown to Pikestar and his patrol and for a while the medicine cat had been cautious about searching that particular border and area surrounding it for herbs, especially whenever he was alone. But like it or not that area needed to be checked for its herb potential and it was RiverClan's territory so it needed to be patrolled and it was free for him to roam without consequence from SkyClan.

It was silly in a way to him, being bound to only one territory to search for herbs that could mean the difference between whether a cat lived or died-- Something like that to him it made sense to have no borders for. But he respected Pikestar too much to break the boundary set. Plus, he wasn't interested in having his ears clawed by some SkyClan cat!

He'd set off for the border alone for now as he hoped that with less cats there he was less likely to draw attention to himself from the other side of the river, plus unlike most of his clan mates his scent was more strongly smelling of herbs. Speaking of herbs he'd spotted a patch of somewhat familiar spiky purple flowers! Just up along the land that bordered the river that separated them and SkyClan in a nice sunny spot- it would put him in clear view of any cat across the river but he was still on RiverClan territory so there was no harm in it. Tail twitching back and forth eagerly he'd approach the plant with a spring in his step as he tried to recall what exactly it was useful for... He ought to try and take some of it back just to have on paw though surely!

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OOC- @SWALLOWPAW

- Coin Flip: Heads - Success
- 1d7 Roll: 6 - Labor & Delivery and Kit Health
- Herb Found - Burnet

 

[SWALLOWPAW]

skyclan elders spoke of the old clans like it was their birthright, weaving stories and myth of cats she never thought she'd get to see. they were placed on pedestals that stood higher than starclan itself. so far, swallowpaw has felt... underwhelmed. is it pretentious to say she expected more?

it's nice to know you're not alone in this huge, huge world at least.

borders were a necessity. they kept wandering loners out, and curious neighbors from straying too far during a patrol. swallowpaw won't take someone's ears off for stepping over bounds, but they will get a very timid please go back to your side.

swallowpaw wandered near the river border, too nervous to get any closer, just enough to pluck any herbs she knew were usable. her stock became a bit of a mess after fujimoto's accident. her eyes almost missed the blue-toned form rummaging through the burnet, and she blinks, calling out, "h–hey! what are you um, doing?" the cat was obviously riverclan, but he smelled strongly of herbs— jinglemoon, wasn't it? she's too embarrassed to assume.

ʚɞ

 

[Jinglemoon]

JINGLEMOON, 25 Moons, RiverClan Medicine Cat // He/They // #3b90ff
A long furred blue tabby tom with low white, long pointed ears with curved tips and dazzling blue eyes.
Sibling to ASTRO, Uncle to TWINKLEPAW, ECLIPSEPAW and COMETPAW
Always walks with a jingle in his step! Good listener and ever curious about the world.
Played by DINGO

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His spotted ears would flick and swivel round at hearing another cat call out to him, drawing his head away from the burnet for the moment to spot who had spoken-- Except they weren't on the same side of the river as him he quickly deduced, they were on the other-side in SkyClan's territory! Despite this he tried his best to show no hostility nor that he was anxious to be here alone while a SkyClan cat was just across the water- By the looks of it though they too were alone as well.

As for what he was doing? He cast his blue gaze to the burnet again "I'm collecting herbs-- And scouting out all the places they grow within the territory, I hadn't gotten to check this area out until now" He admitted, if this cat ended up being part of a bigger patrol then surely they'd see no threat in just a sole medicine cat on the border, but then if they weren't on a bigger patrol with other cats why was such a young cat out all this way by themselves? From what he had heard the other SkyClan patrol that Pikestar had met kept the apprenticed aged cats alongside Warriors. This cat didn't seem as little as his niece, Twinklepaw was but they couldn't of been any older then himself either.

"What're you doing?-- If you don't mind my askin'- Are you on a border patrol? You're part of SkyClan, right? I'm Jinglemoon!" His meow was friendly and curious though only after the words had tumbled out his maw did he wonder if he was maybe asking too much all at once...

 

[SWALLOWPAW]

swallowpaw braces herself for something that never comes. the girl's shoulders relax, and she allows the cat to explain himself. she didn't see an issue with him scouting for herbs so close to the border, and she hoped the rest of her clanmates would agree— either way, she's glad to have caught him first.

"you're jinglemoon!" she echoes, her ears perking up. of course he was, duh! "sorry— i uhm, i've heard about you from thunderclan. i'm swallowpaw, skyclan's medicine cat... apprentice." the last part is tacked on last minute. she looks around her side of the border, "i'm with a patrol, but i usually wander off to do my own thing... it's easier."

ʚɞ

 

[Jinglemoon]

JINGLEMOON, 25 Moons, RiverClan Medicine Cat // He/They // #3b90ff
A long furred blue tabby tom with low white, long pointed ears with curved tips and dazzling blue eyes.
Sibling to ASTRO, Uncle to TWINKLEPAW, ECLIPSEPAW and COMETPAW
Always walks with a jingle in his step! Good listener and ever curious about the world.
Played by DINGO

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The blue tabby tom looked a little taken aback when the other cat repeated his name with her ears perking up as she did so, she sounded as though it was not the first time she had heard of it and indeed that seemed to be the case! Jinglemoon tilted his head slightly at hearing that she had heard of him from ThunderClan-- He had met them on the border at Sunning Rocks once though he hadn't had a chance to meet their medicine cat yet, surely they did have one after all? But how strange it was for ThunderClan to be how Swallowpaw knew of his name, was SkyClan closer to the other clan? Or had Swallowpaw happened upon hearing of him by chance? So many questions!

"Sorry, the jingle part isn't as obvious without my bells" His whiskers twitched amusedly as he smiled, he sometimes missed their music but he understood why he couldn't keep them on his pelt out in the territory. "I'm flattered ThunderClan spoke of me, hopefully it was all good things!~ It's a pleasure to meet you Swallowpaw!" He was sure Swallowpaw wouldn't be here meowing with him now if it had of been anything too bad. One of his curled ears flicked though at her introduction, a medicine cat apprentice? That was a good idea he thought but also made him wonder... "Is your mentor with you on the patrol too?" He was excited to finally meet another medicine cat! He wondered just how much Swallowpaw knew so far and how much more her mentor must know too!