sensitive topics crimson blaze — attempted kidnapping

Sep 22, 2023
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your entire existence gives me a headache, go stand over there .
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/ nothing major ! just thought it was better safe than sorry depending on reactions ^^ but fog gets ganged up on by several rogues near the horseplace and gets knocked out, so feel free to have your character see him getting dragged ( or attempting to anyways, fog is freaking massive ).

What a day to hunt! Fogbound couldn’t help the bumbling annoyance that prickled the smooth tufts of smokey blue fur. Far too early, but he was a dedicated warrior, even if he’d much rather sleep the day away with nothing but the quiet murmur of breaths permitting the air. The crisp air of leaf-bare rested against his tongue which licked idly at his gleaming teeth, sharp and all that more willing to shred into unwilling flesh.

Oh, how thrilling it would be to rip into blood-tinged flesh, pinkish and raw, but certainly a pain to groom out of the snowy white fur that covered up most of his bulky Maine Coon build. His tail flickered, tossing a silent glance in Finchpaw’s direction, curiosity dancing beneath ruby hues filled with darkness, giving nothing away. A devilish grin danced upon dark-hued lips, helm pivoting away from his apprentice—oh, how that would take some time getting used to—staring out across the open moor with a rumbling hum of interest.

Nearing the northwest side of the border ( near the horseplace ), Fogbound had slithered off in search of viable prey, not noticing the rapidly moving blobs in the distance when the bulky moor runner caught the fresh smell of hare. Such a weak thing, no? He grinned darkly, charisma playing at full blast despite being far off from his hunting patrol when the overwhelming stench of the city butchered his wrinkling nose. “Oh?” He whipped around, teeth bared at the several city rodents standing just shy of crossing the border, staring at him like prey.

The look he wore was uncharacteristic of himself, frozen and snarling, not even letting a slip of mockery permit the tense air. He had left that life behind, but it seemed he could only run from it for so long before it caught up to him. How unfortunate. To be surrounded by sneering faces, some he recognized and others he couldn’t even be bothered with. “Have you come for me? I’m flattered.” He hissed, gone with the honey-dipped words and replaced with silent anger, tone dangerously calm.

“To think you came all the way out here—” One began, smaller, one he hadn’t recognized spoke, peering out from behind her companions with equal disdain. “Will you come with us willingly, or shall we take up by force?” She finished with narrowed hues causing Fogbound to snort, grinning wickedly. “Dare say, to cross another clan’s marked border, childish, no? I would have thought he had taught you, but perhaps you are all just as mindless as I suspected.” He hummed, tail flickering to settle his rising nerves.

He had hit a nerve, watching the several rogues surge forward with snarling faces, ganging up on the moor runner who snarled, barely able to hold his own before his world tilted sideways, collapsing with a reverberating thump against the ground.

His vision darkens into pixels, before falling completely dark.

/ celebratory thread for reaching 50 posts with fog ^^ feel free to take creative liberty with this ! go wild ^^ tagging his apprentice @FINCHPAW!
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──ᨒ↟↟ᨒ↟ᨒ↟↟ᨒ── The Horseplace is a source of solitude for Wolfsong. He and Sunstride once harassed the black-pawed beasts, sitting astride their haunches— and Wolfsong had tricked his now-mate into jumping onto the more skittish of the pair, his own a tranquil creature who had not minded Wolfsong's weight. It is nostalgia which often leads him to sit by the twolegs' tree-wall and watch the wind toss the horses' neck and rump fur. He misses the simplicity of those days, even though Sunstride was more inclined to find fault in his actions when they were merely the closest of friends.

Perhaps one day they might return here for another game, and Sunstride will pretend to be surprised when Wolfsong tricks him once again.

But today it seems there is no solace to be found with the towering beasts. There is only Fogbound, unconscious and surrounded by rogues, clearly too lacking in wit to recognize that WindClan will give no quarter to their roaming disease. "Either you leave him or you leave your eyes on my claws— make your choice before I do."
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WOLFSONG of WINDCLAN FORMER ROGUE TURNED MEDICINE CAT. 38 MOONS, HE/HIM, NPC X NPC. MATES WITH SUNSTRIDE (07/05/2023). BIOGRAPHY, PINTEREST, & PLAYLIST.
  • ★★★☆☆ WOUNDS: You're (mostly) in safe paws. You'll know if he's less experienced if he asks for your permission to try a treatment. No wound can scare him away from knowledge.
    ★★★☆☆ INFECTION: He can prevent most infections. If you feel feverish, let him know; he'll hum thoughtfully over herbs and sniff your wound before saying, "With your blessing..."
  • ★☆☆☆☆ ACHES & PAINS: If you complain to him of pain, he'll ask where. If it's a headache, you'll likely feel a bit better. For anything else, "Try this, if you'd like, and tell me how you feel."
    ★☆☆☆☆ BROKEN BONES: At best. he can ask you to remain lying down in the den. He may try to distract you with conversation while he considers what herb to feed you.
  • ★★★★★ TRAVELING HERBS: Going somewhere? No worries; Wolfsong knows just what you need to stay hale and healthy during your journey. The rest is up to you.
    ★★☆☆☆ KITTING: Thanks to Starlingheart, he's better prepared for the arrival of kits, but any complications will need a little faith and a lot of luck.
  • ★☆☆☆☆ POISONS: It's best if you avoid eating anything unfamiliar to you— it's probably just as unfamiliar to Wolfsong. The best he can do is offer you yarrow and sit with you.
    ★★☆☆☆ ILLNESS: If it's white or greencough, you'll likely recover. Otherwise, prepare for odd concoctions and the usual request that you consent to a little trial-and-error.
 
If you asked him what in the world was he doing in the Horseplace it was just to see if there was anything interesting to grab. Maybe some straw to bring back for his nest or who knows. Looks like something more interesting has happened. He had walked into a scene alright and his ears flicked at Wolfsong's words. Numerous rogues had surrounded Fogbound, another moor runner. His clanmate. Wolfsong has already spoken for both of them, so he takes his place beside the medicine cat with claws unsheathed. There is no fear radiating from him, only excitement to dig his claws into rogues.

Whatever happens he is prepared, but he would be lying to say he wasn't hoping the rogues decided to take Wolfsong on his offer. That is these beasts actually trying to fight against them. Once everything had settled they would have the unfortunate task of dragging Fogbound towards camp because no he will not carry the tom on his back. Absolutely not and it was his fault for wounding up like this in the first place. You better not be a traitor. I'll take your other eye if you are Fogbound, make no mistake.
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  • — mocking-grin / windclan moor runner / masculine pronouns / 24 moons
    — heterosexual / single / looking / open to flirting and crushes
    — high white long haired chocolate smoke with heterochromia
    — may powerplay minor harm / can powerplay healing
    biography / @ on discord for plots
    — penned by velou
 


The Horseplace was not somewhere that Rattleheart ventured out to often, though not because of any particular distaste for the northwest border of Windclan's territory. Rather, he just often found hunting there to be more trouble than it was worth, having to deal with all of the other creatures that chose to make their home there. It just didn't seem worth it, fighting with barn cats over mice that scampered about when he could just find prey elsewhere down in the tunnels. Not to mention just how tempting the chickens that called the place home could be, even with their razor sharp talons and the twolegs that remained an ever-present threat. Still, the area was one of the borders to their territory, and he would occasionally find himself venturing out to help mark it.

Now was one of those times, though he was on his own as he emerged form one of the nearest tunnels, shaking out his pelt and immediately recoiling at the scent that greeted him. It wasn't just the regular breezy farm scent of the Horseplace, but instead something far more worrying - rogues. Dirtied cats with unsheathed claws and snarling faces, now totally unlike the ones that had come to call Windclan their home. Their presence alone was enough to set the tunneler on edge, but he only grew more anxious when he became aware of his clanmates nearby. Wolfsong in particular was both a boon and a worry, considering the clan as a whole needed their medicine cat, especially with Leafbare just barely over the horizon.

An uncharacteristic snarl was on Rattleheart's face as he approached, taking the free spot on Wolfsong's other side. His claws churned the earth beneath him, long black and white tail twitching with fury and worry in the air behind him. "If you just turn and go, none of us will have to make this into a fight." He had never really been much of a fighter - hated being called upon to battle, in fact - but he at least felt more confident with his clanmates alongside him, prepared to flash tooth and claw if it helped one of their own stay safe.
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It was never too early to start the day with a good hunting patrol - that's what Finchpaw always said! Well, actually, she'd never said that before, or even really thought it, since it kind of was too early some mornings, but it's not so bad once they've actually made it this far out, and she's had a chance to fully wake up. If nothing else, the chill of the wind kept her feeling alert as she trails along behind Fogbound, mostly paying attention. The Horseplace is something new, and something daunting, and something exciting, and she can't hide her grin and growing distraction the closer they get. It's not like she's got a scent or anything, not quite ready to hunt down fat rabbits or the like, and Fogbound isn't even looking this way right now, anyways, so it's probably fine to spend more time just looking at things than trying to hunt, right?

There's so many weird Twoleg things here, all towering and strangely-shaped, and even though she knows better Finchpaw is still sorely tempting to slink closer and investigate the place for herself. The looming tower over there - is that like a nursery, all enclosed and stuff? Are its strange walls prickly like the gorse back home, or are they more like smooth stone? Before she has a chance to turn to Fogbound, a litany of questions on the tip of her tongue, she hears his voice first, and it's - when did he get that far away? Or, was she the one who got far away? He sounds...strangely mad, or something, she notes, even as she swings her head around, scanning for her mentor even as other voices begin to crop up, too. They don't sound any more familiar, and as she finally spots Fogbound, ringed by cats that definitely hadn't set out with them on the hunting patrol this morning.

"What-?" The question remains half-formed, still pinging around somewhere in her head when there's such sudden movement, and then Fogbound drops to the ground, unmoving. "What?!" she repeats uselessly, eyes widening and fur bushing up. What - what?! It's as if every other thought has been stolen away, leaving her with only a growing alarm and a single word, neither of which are any use in this situation. Once she's regained some sense of faculty, Finchpaw is surging forwards, her features contorting into a hiss even as she has no idea what, exactly, she's going to do. Other than save Fogbound, or - or avenge him, maybe. Chase off the clearly-evil rogues, like she's supposed to do.

Only, Finchpaw isn't the first on the scene, not by a long-shot; others already mirror her aggressive posture, with their words of urging the rogues to back off before a fight breaks out floating through the air, and she's eager to finally add her own to the mix, the dangerous air reigning her thoughts back in. "You're gonna regret ever trespassing on WindClan territory," she all but snarls, as though she's going to be the one to scare them off. There's hardly any difference between now and when the rogues had first driven WindClan out as she'd only jeered from the nursery entrance, the only advantages afforded to her being a growing stature and a new name, but she's not about to back down, not when they still stood so menacingly over Fogbound like that.​
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    - Finch Finchkit Finchpaw
    - She/her (AFAB)
    - 4 moons
    - Loner Kit Apprentice of WindClan
    - Hearty & scruffy chocolate lynx point with splashes of white and bright blue eyes
    - Art by Jay & base by googaoo respectively! <33
    - Minor powerplay allowed!
    - Penned by Hijinks​
 

of all days to be sent out on a hunting patrol near the horseplace, this was the worst one. having been around her brother for longer than she'd initially desired was one thing. but to have a fellow clanmate attacked and potentially lead to a fight? that was something she would entirely prefer to avoid. a nervous glance would be cast between her clanmates and the rogues, uneasily waiting to see where things would lead them. if she absolutely had to fight she would. she would do anything to protect her new family and those she was close to. however, she couldn't help but hope the rogues would deem a fight unnecessary and leave on their own terms.



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    — open to minor/healing powerplay
    — quailbreeze / windclan moor runner / feminine pronouns / biography

 
The last few moons had been a living hell for the small scrap. His mentor still sat ill in the medicine den. Redpaw's battle scars were healing poorly, and his left leg still felt pained. Not nearly as sore as it had been a few days ago, but still not one hundred percent. Still, he had a duty and an obligation to be an active clan cat. Even if lately he felt like more of an outsider than ever. Trailing quietly behind the patrol as they wound around the growing and stooping hills. Despite his time as a moor runner apprentice, he hadn't many opportunities to navigate near Horseplace. Having joined Rattleheart's side as they neared, the obvious sounds of fighting caused the dark patch of fur on his back to stand tall.

Hurriedly, he rushed behind his clanmates and into the scene before them. Fogbound's unconscious frame splayed as rogues snapped above him. For a split second, a cruelty befell the youth's mind. Leave him. The words echoed in his mind ruthlessly as green eyes glued to the scene. Shaking his fluffed head, the apprentice shoved the idea away. No matter how much I hate him - he's still my clanmate! A newfound determination made him stand firm and bow his head into a defensive pose. Gaze hardened and claws displayed waiting to pounce at the first sign of retaliation.