FOLLOW THE EMERALD STAR // sacred task

[SOOTSTAR]

The dead are yet to be buried, a sin that Sootstar must be cleansed of.
Soon they will be buried, soon their spirits will be free to travel to the heavenly realm of StarClan, she swears it. First a sacred journey must be made, one she cannot attend with her swollen belly. So she has gathered a mental list of cats she’d like to have take the journey in her stead.

”Thank you for gathering.” Sootstar meows to her deputy and warriors that stood inside her den. They had been very swift to gather for this urgent task, she was pleased. ”As you all know we have dead to bury, but before we can do so we must collect moon stones.” She did not mean the moonstones, but the stones that could be found outside the entrance of mothermouth. ”Some of you may not know, but it is tradition to place one of these stones onto the graves of our fallen. We believe the small connection to the moonstone will help the spirits of our deceased ascend to StarClan. I mourn I cannot go with on this task, so I ask that you all follow Badgermoon and allow him to lead you.” All of them really but Spiderbloom should know this, but it was a good reminder regardless.

”None of you have taken the journey before, so listen close. You must cross the thunder path and head in the direction of the mountains in the distance. Once the terrain begins to grow rocky you’ll know you are close. From here so long as you have your hearts open to StarClan I am confident you will find the way to the entrance of the moonstone. From there collect the rocks and return home, I want to bury our clan-mates by next sunhigh. If you feel your apprentices can behave take them with to help. Before you go, see Vulturemask, he must give you traveling herbs. The journey will be long and miserable without them, understood?”

// a quest has been given!!! This takes place 2-3 days after the raid
@Badgermoon @Juniperfrost @Spiderbloom @curlewnose
Please inform @VULTUREMASK OOCly if your character will be bringing their apprentice so we know how many herbs to deduct from storage. You guys don’t have to rp them going to vulture unless you want to, its just flavor text for some realism :) As the patrol leader icly Benji may make the journey thread when able, again up to you guys if you want to rp the journey out or use time time travel to have them there already

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask :) ​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 01/07

( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )​

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 34 moons . pisces. ages on the first
╰ ‣ windclan leader . marsh-born . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former soldier of the marsh group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like heather and wet dirt , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue smoke . scarred chest, difficult to see through fur . green eyes

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Cunning, brash, fierce, confident, self-reliant, envious & selfish
╰ ‣ finds great difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, usually shows mercy to those she can find sympathy with
╰ ‣ sole key to her heart is loyalty, if you have her trust, she often shows a completely different side of herself. Aggression tends to manifest from her extreme paranoia
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. mate to Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to Windpaw & Sootpaw
╰ ‣ mentor to Smokepaw & Coyotepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​

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[Spiderbloom]

She had not heard of this custom before. Her expression was as blank as ever, but she acknowledged this was a most sacred tradition. One that put the dead to rest, to help them on their way to Starclan.

Would this be done for her?

Remembering those she lost, she was resolved to bring back enough stones to last them a while.

......If she brought one of these stones to the graves of her children, would they find peace?

........

She likely wouldn't be allowed to do such a thing. She pushed the thought from her head.

She would make this journey for the sake of her current clanmates. Cut the past from her heart. It was dead weight on her soul.

It was time to move forward.

She nodded silently to Sootstar. This task would be done.
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[Juniperfrost]

So they were to do this then? He had expected the push to send their new medicine cat to the Moonstone was coming as well as to gather a proper stone for Sunsetbreeze and the rest of their fallen clanmates, but he'd not expected to attend the matter himself along with a select few others. Juniperfrost had no apprentice this time to come with him, finally free of the honor of training WindClan's youth and left to his own devices for once and he couldn't help but feel both proud and somewhat morose about it all. Windpaw to Windswift, his agile and most recent charged now named and no longer left to follow at his heels to replace the one he'd trained first and lost so quickly. The morbid thought of hoping this one lived longer struck him and he frowned as he pushed it away. No, no sense in letting such foolish concerns enter his head right now, they had more pressing matters to attend.
"Of course." He glanced to the cats selected, their deputy obviously taking the reigns as Sootstar was far too along in carrying kits to make such a trek, Curlewnose-a tom he was not so familiar with as the others but sensible enough and finally Spiderbloom-perpetual thorn in his side. Constantly showing up to make her barbed comments and laugh at any task that might see him put down to any degree. The urge to roll his eyes at her was there but she seemed quietly restrained for the time being so he resisted. So long as she didn't talk his ears off the entire trip...
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[curlewnose]

"leave those snails alone, they've got problems of their own"​

Curlew was quick to answer Sootstar’s call, settling near her den. At her words, he sat up a little taller. This was an honored task, one he had seen before but had never participated in. He couldn’t wait to tell Rainpaw; he knew she was up to the journey, and Curlew looked forward to teaching her more about Starclan. He glanced up through the cold air at the stars above them, mentally saying a prayer to ask for safe travels. He had always thought the moon stones were beautiful, and knew that it would be the final addition to his collection. The tom wouldn’t dream of taking one for himself.
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