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At Roeflame's heartbroken command, the warriors and Scarletpaw had pulled Freckleflame's body onto their backs. He shares that burden with Roaringsun; the golden tabby's grief swells and encompasses them all. Raccoonstripe remembers the day Freckleflame had been born, aside Mousenose, Sparkwing, and long-dead Mossypaw. They'd followed Little Wolf's first litter of kits; his sister and Sunfreckle had shared the nursery for many moons, had reared their children together. Now, most of them are gone... Raccoonstripe curls his claws into the snowdriven earth, his tail bristling behind him.
They enter camp in padded silence. Raccoonstripe allows Freckleflame's cooled body to fall gently to the floor, alongside Roaringsun, Roeflame, and Scarletpaw. He studies her where she lies, the blood splashing her dappled fur, the fur between her claws. "Freckleflame is with StarClan." His voice is taut with unspent rage. "We found her at RiverClan's border. They killed her."
It had been a battle, that much was obvious — had Freckleflame been foolish enough to try and challenge RiverClan alone? Had she tried to adjust the scent markers without backup? Or had RiverClan just been callous, eager to take more from ThunderClan just because they could? He remembers that cold, empty look in Beefang's single eye and grits his teeth.
[ patrol tag: @ROEFLAME . @roaringsun @Scarletpaw but no need to wait
tagging @Flamestar for visibility
takes place after this thread </3 ]
They enter camp in padded silence. Raccoonstripe allows Freckleflame's cooled body to fall gently to the floor, alongside Roaringsun, Roeflame, and Scarletpaw. He studies her where she lies, the blood splashing her dappled fur, the fur between her claws. "Freckleflame is with StarClan." His voice is taut with unspent rage. "We found her at RiverClan's border. They killed her."
It had been a battle, that much was obvious — had Freckleflame been foolish enough to try and challenge RiverClan alone? Had she tried to adjust the scent markers without backup? Or had RiverClan just been callous, eager to take more from ThunderClan just because they could? He remembers that cold, empty look in Beefang's single eye and grits his teeth.
[ patrol tag: @ROEFLAME . @roaringsun @Scarletpaw but no need to wait
tagging @Flamestar for visibility
takes place after this thread </3 ]
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