Crawling Back To You || Large Bird Sighting

[Ivysting]

A screech cuts through the ambient noise of the forest like a honed claw, startling the young warrior from his slumber. Ivysting jumps up from his resting position, his heart beating faster than a squirrel climbs a tree. With a watchful eye, Ivysting scans the sky for the source of the harsh noise. An owl or hawk would be devastating right now alone away from camp. Ivysting collects himself with a shuddering breath, gathering all his training at the forefront of his mind.


A sense of calm washes over Ivysting, his heart rate slowing as he crouches low, sneaking along the forest floor, ears straining for any possible out-of-place sounds. Ivysting sniffs the air, only getting the typical smells that he would normally get around this area. Ivysting clambers up a nearby tree to a low branch for a vantage point, eyes darting around. "Hopefully it fled by now. I have to tell the clan about a large bird of prey so close to the camp. Plus I gotta make sure Dwindlingmoth doesn't try and take a swipe at it." Ivysting mutters to himself.


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[HOPEPAW]

⊱⊰ The shriek that comes from somewhere high up above causes Hopepaw to flinch, although the girl is certainly large enough that she needn't be concerned with birds of prey. In fact, she'd like to see one try to carry her off—maybe she'd end up eating hawk by the end of the day. Or maybe she'd just end up with some unsightly scars. She continues searching for herbs quietly, her shoulders tense as she trots along.

She catches sight of movement up in a tree, and turns to spot a gray tabby perched upon one of the branches. Most ThunderClanners can climb, so it isn't surprising, but usually there's no reason to climb unless they're chasing after prey. "What are you doing?" Her dark eyes flicker to the sky for a heartbeat, then back to the warrior. Realization dawns on her: the bird. He's probably worried about it, and is trying to get a better look at what it is. "Oh. We should keep an eye on that, just in case it goes toward camp." The bird may not be a threat to the likes of herself and Ivysting, but the kits back at camp (Lightflower's litter, Doepath's litter, Sunshinespot's kit, Fallowheart's litter…) are vulnerable to swiping talons and swooping wings. For a moment she considers rushing back to camp, but then she looks to Ivysting again, searching for agreement in the warrior's gaze.

an ancient spirit’s song 【❖】 will heal our wounds

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  HOPEPAW ❯❯ she/her, thunderclan medicine cat apprentice
  ⊱ skinny, thick-furred lilac molly with deep copper eyes. soft-spoken and a bit of a grouch.
  ⊱ daughter of batwing and leopardtongue ; adopted by roeflame
  ⊱ mentored by gentlestorm
  ⊱ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted ; does not typically like physical contact from anyone besides her family
  ⊱ penned by foxlore

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[Flurryjump]

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"What're we lookin at?" The tortie asked, crouching down next to the other two cats. She had been nearby, looking for feathers once again, and stumbled upon the warrior and apprentice. She quietly shuffled closer to them, looking up into the tree.

"Jeez! Thats a big one."

Flurryjump didn't have much experience with hawks, at least not beyond the tales of them swooping down to take an unsuspecting kit or small apprentice. She couldn't help but admire its plumage. Those would be some nice feathers to collect! If only she could get up to the bird without it noticing...

"Maybe we could take it? Do you think they taste good? It'd probably feed the whole nursery!"

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[TOADHOP]

TOADHOP

HE / HIM | THUNDERCLAN WARRIOR

The brown tabby nearly jumps out of his fur at the shrieking song above him. A cerulean gaze darts upward to search for a sky-lit silhouette, for large-spanned wings and sharp talons. Such big birds were bad news — danger, if they were ill-prepared.

He isn't alone in his observance, with Ivysting and Hopepaw up ahead, with Flurryjump joining them. Toadhop moves to join them; they'd be better off keeping close, rather than straying from one another. He doesn't want the bird to think it's found its next target! At his approach, the tortoiseshell's words reach his ears, and his eyes go wide.

" I don't — I don't think we should do that, " Toadhop meows, his voice thick with uncertainty. " It — Well, it'd be putting up a fight with you and... And their talons are sharper than our claws, I think. " Though it would be a significant source of food, the warrior doesn't think they should be trying to catch something that can strike back.

Toadhop is a scrawny, brown and white tabby tom with blue eyes. His presence among marsh-dwelling eyes may be like seeing a ghost, reminiscent of what could've been for a fellow clanmate's sibling.

- Salamander † x Grime ⋅ Single
- Sibling to Roeflame, Ragwortpaw †, Croakkit † ; Cousin to Leaping Toad †, Ribbitleap
- Mentored by Stonepool ⋅ Mentor to no one
- Penned by Abri

 

[nightbird]

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ winged shadows had a certain promise of danger to thunderclanners especially. she thinks of those apprentices who thought they were a match for the owl roaming this forest, of little wolf with eagle talons piercing into her ribs in the mountains. they were all easy prey down here, her head shakes softly at flurryjump's idea. joke or not, it was in the interest of living for someone not to take those ideas.

toadhop, although uncertain sounding, has the right idea. "toadhop's right. best to leave it alone." even if it did mean sharing prey with some random bird. it wasn't like it would find much here anyways, anything to be hunted had already been added to the freshkill pile.

MAY YOUR FOES BE PLENTY // ──‎ ⋆ MAY YOUR DAYS BE FEW‎ ‎‎ ‎‎☽

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  a small, feathery black smoke molly with one white paw and pale silver eyes. she is mates with RACCOONSTRIPE and has recently left the nursery after raising their five kits; BAYINGPAW, TWILIGHTPAW, TIGERPAW, STORMPAW, and BERRYPAW. nightbird is currently mentoring HONEYPAW and TWILIGHTPAW. her former apprentices include LIGHTSTRIKE †, DUSKBIRD †, and PALEFIRE.​

  ─ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking ↛ battle info
  ─ penned by vayle ↛ @vayl3 on discord, feel free to dm for plots.