Open Event SCAVENGER HUNT - TEAM POPPY

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Quailstep Quailstep

your favorite lit teacher
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{$title} please see OOC section on first post for rules!
QUAILSTEP
SHE/THEY
38 MOONS
SKYCLAN SUN GUARD
SPEECH | THOUGHTS | PHYSICAL

PENNED BY PLOT

Quailstep stood in the clearing, looking at her assembled Clanmates - young and old, gathered together… to listen to her? It felt so strange, to think that everyone would pay attention to something she had to say. But clearly, Hawkstar placed this trust in her, and she was going to do the best she could.

"Fellow cats of SkyClan!" she began. "As we continue our celebration of a year in our new home, I'd like to offer everyone a bit of a friendly competition!"

"This competition is meant for all of us - from the young to the old - and will serve as a reminder of the guide for our lives which we hold so dear. Collaborate, listen, and help each other as you compete for the honor of being the ones most knowledgeable of our Warrior Code!" Quailstep took another step forward, grinning at her Clanmates.

"Clanmates, divide yourself into three teams! Each team will work amongst themselves to prove their knowledge of the code… with a scavenger hunt! Collect fourteen items, each to represent one of the tenets of the code, and bring them to me to prove your knowledge! You may find what you seek in camp, or out in the pine forest or further, but I trust your minds and loyalty to determine what best reflects our way of life!" As the cats gravitate towards the three groups, her gaze lands upon yours.

"Your team will be Team Poppy, named for one of our leaders of old, a noble cat who upheld our traditions. Bring to me an item representing each rule of the code in order to prove yourselves!"
OOC: Welcome to the Moonlight Celebration Scavenger Hunt!
Your team will need to work together in order to receive the prize of 8 points towards the event badge! Even if your team does not manage to complete all 14 rules, anyone who participates will get 4 points!
For reference, the code can be found here; there are 14 rules of the code.
Members of the team can be of any age, as you can find items both in and out of the camp.
A character may only join one team and you may only have one character in each team.
Please allow for other people to post before you make a second post in the thread!

In order to find an item for the scavenger hunt, you may roll a d10. On a 6 or higher, your character finds an item to represent one of the rules of the code - you can pick which! Just come up with the item and how you will justify it connecting to that particular rule!

The Moonlight Celebration mega thread has some prompts if you're having difficulty, but feel free to come up with your own ideas!

I will keep this post updated with which rules for the code have been covered by this team - the competition will end on December 16th!

Rules Covered: 1, 5, 8
 
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BERRYKIT

Berrykit listened carefully to Quailstep, taking his very first Moonlight Celebration activities very seriously. He was not an apprentice yet, but he has been learning the warrior code from the very best - his mom and momma, both very precise in making sure he understood it.

Collecting an item to represent each tenet of the warrior code...

Berrykit thought real hard about each rule of the code and what he could bring that would represent it - 'Boundaries must be checked and marked daily'.. while Berrykit knew of this, he couldn't fully grasp what it meant, for he had not seen a border just yet and has not learned how to mark it. How could he even begin to figure out a way to represent it? How about... 'Prey is killed only to be eaten. Give thanks to StarClan for its life.'? Berrykit could perhaps bring a piece of prey to represent this; but then wouldn't that be the opposite of the code? Taking food as some kind of trophy instead of food?

Berrykit shook his head. This was harder than he'd expected! What other lines of code were there?

And then he realised - 'A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.' - that was about him! He has just turned six moons and would, hopefully, soon become an apprentice. He had waited patiently all his life for this opportunity, knowing he was not allowed to become one before that, for he was too young. What better way to think of this code than himself?

Berrykit looked around the camp, searching for something - he knew what, he just wasn't sure where to find it. First, he checked the shrubs surrounding the camp, but everything was cold and withered at this time in the season. Maybe some of the dens could have what he was looking for? But no matter how much he searched, he could not find it.

Until an idea struck him - a pretty clever idea, at least in Berrykit's mind. He scanned the camp to see if he would spot Swallowbreeze, having an important question to ask of the healer. And there she was - out in the clearing, listening in. "Swallowbreeeeeeze?" he called her name with pleading eyes as he approached. "Do you have any berries you could spare, pleaseeee?" He did not want herbs, but he knew some came with berries not useful to the medicine cat. "It's for the competition!"

To Berrykit's delight, Swallowbreeze agreed and swiftly went into the healer's den and right back out, carrying a pinkish red berry, consisting of countless round and small parts. She explained to him that it was a raspberry, a berry from a raspberry twig, whose leaves are used as medicine. He didn't truly understand how that worked, but it was okay - the most important thing was, he got what he needed! "Thank you Swallowbreeze!" he smiled at her and ran back to Quailstep.

"Qwuailshtep! Qwuailshtep!" he darted towards her, excited, though his mouth was full and thus he could not speak clearly. Finally at her side, he dropped the raspberry at her paws. "I brought this!" he looked into her eyes happy and realised he was almost as tall as her now. "A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice." he recited, then added, "I brought a berry, because it's a code I'm living right now and I'm Berrykit! I just turned 6 moons and am finally allowed to become an apprentice soon!"

He hoped this reasoning was good enough, he felt quite clever for it.


OOC: Rolled a 6! Bringing a berry for "5. A kit must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice.". Confirmed with Maxine that this is ok :)

SkyClan | Kitten
 
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Well, wasn't this a fun event! Fettuccine looked about, spotting his younger pal Berrykit, and trotted over to the kit.

"I'll join your group, if that's alright!" he meowed, flicking his tail over the kit's shoulders. "Now, to think about something I could help with..." Fettuccine pondered what he knew of the code - while it hadn't entirely stuck into his mind yet, he knew a few things. The ideas swirled in his head, and he bent his head to chew at a toe claw in thought. The sheath dropped onto the ground, and he suddenly got an idea.

"Perfect!" He gently grasped the discarded curved sheath and padded up to Quailstep, presenting his item.

"In representation of the first rule of the code! What better to defend your Clan with than your own claws?"

[OOC: Rolled an 8! Fettuccine is covering rule 1 of the code.]
FETTUCCINE he/him, SkyClan 21 moons old.
shorthaired red point/blue tabby chimera with yellow eyes
"speech" // "thoughts"
Fettuccine is gender non-conforming. While he prefers he/him pronouns and is AMAB, he likes more traditionally feminine accessories, may have some traditionally feminine mannerisms, and is fine with feminine, masculine, or gender neutral gendered terms!
penned by PLOT ↛ plot_twists on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
 
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Starlingtrail watched on with a warm smile as Berrykit paraded to Quailstep, berries clutched carefully with his rather sweet explanation. It was a stark reminder that her little sweetlings were soon to be apprenticed, her smile laced with a quiet sorrow. But she wouldn't let it ruin the festivities; she considered what code she could find an item to represent.

Her gaze scanned the camp, mulling over the code. Blue eyes lit up as she noticed a specific cat. Starling had to leave camp to find what she needed, but it had been a rather long time since she had enjoyed the beauty of the Skyclan territory.

It took a while, in the cool of the season, but finally she stumbled upon a small patch of flowers. She bowed her head and plucked a single one; there was only one flower of their clan, and it was all they needed.

Returning to Quailstep, she purred warmly with crinkled eyes, motioning to the singular flower. "For the code of a deputy taking the place of leader upon death, retirement or--Starclan forbid--exile, I have brought a singular flower. Representation of our very own deputy, Flowercloud." The caretaker purred, looking to the molly with a smile. There was but one flower to take the mantle, some day down the line, that is.



Roll 1d10 -> Rolled a 7 (Success!)
Bringing a flower for Code 8. The deputy will become the Clan leader when the leader dies, retires, or is exiled.
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STARLINGTRAIL she/her, Skyclan caretaker 35 moons old.
A short-haired black and white molly with soft, blue eyes.
mentored by none // mentoring none
littermate to none
Larkvine x Greyduck / mother to Berrykit, Ducklingkit and Dovekit / mated to Chrysalisgaze
"SPEECH" // "THOUGHTS" // ATTACK
penned by Pheo ↛ phoenixwashere on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
 
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