PAFP Border ShadowClan WindClan Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze 🌾 Thunderpath patrol

[Merrystalk]

{$title} This expanse of tar rumbles now and again with monsters. Do you take the chance of hurrying it across to get a better view of the other side, and to meet our neighbors there, or do you decide to not take the risk?

—————————————— Dreaming along in a pace you'll understand. ✦

Merrystalk refused to let nerves get the better of any of his patrol. Yes, they'd ended up with one of the frankly more dangerous patrols, but he wasn't a fool. If he showed any nerves, the other cats at his side would feel it too, and he would be remiss to allow it to happen. Instead, the gale guard led the patrol with a smile. He didn't know how a Gale guard might act, so instead he just acted the same, but a little more... Direction? Merry always found himself in that same old mindset of "fake it till you make it", after all.

"Aye, not long to the Thunderpath now." He hummed, the wretched scent of it was hard to mistake. But if they kept their wits about them, all would be fine. He kept a keen eye on the apprentices, too aware he was completely liable for the pair's safety. "Don't get runnin' off now, ya' hear me. Thunderpath ain't no playground. While we're patrolin' the area, I'll show ya' lil fellers how to cross safely." It's not like they would need to very often, but maybe in a pinch, it could be the difference between life and death, and Merry desperately wanted to make sure the apprentices were safe.

The tom sniffed the air, he had been trying to track any stray prey that may have been about. There was a faint track he could pick up, but the stench of the tar overwhelmed it. Especially as the patrol finally made their way to the expanse before them, the barrier between Windclan and Shadowclan. That was one thing he was grateful for, it seemed Shadowclan were amicable to them, so any safety lessons across the Thunderpath hopefully wouldn't be met with hostility. No warrior would want to see an apprentice killed in a preventable accident with a monster.

— And it's harder than you think,

Telling dreams from one another. —

• Tagging: @REDVEIL @Hollowmumble @Eclipsepaw @BURRPAW
  OOC - Patrol cats can either agree or be apprehensive to cross the Thunderpath! Just because Merry wants them to cross doesn't mean they have to comply.
  OOC pt 2 - PAFP for Shadowclan cats! Please wait until stated/ shared that non-patrol cats can post, but once it is feel free to come and pester the peaceful patrol :3
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  Merrystalk
  ✦—Windclan Gale Guard | 27 Moons
  ✦—He/Him
  ✦—"SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
  ✦—A skinny, tortoiseshell cat with bright green eyes and pelt speckled with hay.
  #9D6E46

 

[Eclipsepaw]

ECLIPSEPAW // 07 moons // WindClan Apprentice // He/They // #ff9e42
A scruffy long-furred tortoiseshell tom with low white, large ears and sky blue and soft yellow heterochromia eyes
Son of ASTRO and NEBULA, sibling to TWINKLEPAW and COMETPAW
A young cat with a bit of an attitude, sometimes snarky but also loves to explore and fascinated with the stars.

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Eclipsepaw had followed along behind rather quietly as the group made their way to the thunderpath. When Merrystalk pointed out that it wasn't long now till they reached it the apprentice would lift his head and scent the air-- Instantly regretting it though as he scrunched up his nose at the harsh smell, sticking out his tongue as though he'd had a piece of especially foul tasting prey "Eugh!" The scent only got worse the closer to it the group got too and it was incredibly difficult to smell anything else over the reek of the thunderpath.

"How to cross? ... You mean we're going to touch it?" What if his paws started to stink like it too!? And he could never wash it off? Augh, but knowing how to safely cross one would be wise... He swallowed hard but would eventually dip his head in a nod to Merrystalk to let him know he wasn't about to go running off around the thunderpath but also wanted to know how to cross it safely. It was a scary thought to learn it but he didn't want to show he was afraid!

As the group came upon the path itself Eclipsepaw would scrunch his nose up again, bringing up a paw to rub at it as though it might help block the awful smell. Part of him wished to simply race across so that the patrol was one pawstep closer to being able to head back to camp and he could stop having to smell the awful thunderpath, but the other part knew better then to chance becoming crow-food like that. He'd look to the Gale Guard and the other two older cats for what to do next! He didn't usually like being told what to do but if they really had to cross then he was going to wait for instructions first!