hysteria — & RETURN + MEETING


− ♱ ABOUT : pain. it’s all he feels — each agonizing step another blister of misery pooling from the wounds along his slim body. he's made the choice to stay behind his star - claimed medicine cat and had fallen right into the claws of one he’d warned them about before their venture beyond this living veil. a windclanner — a fishbrained, scrawny brown tabby boasting tales sootstar word. he had been caught weak and by surprise, soul ripped and torn and flooded with life, muscles aching from an odd mixture of overuse and disuse simultaneously. the star - dusted cats who had given him turn after excruciating turn into immortality. nine lives. he had nine lives, and he was not going to let one fall to the claws of those around him. not anymore. he knew too well how it feels to come a whisker away from death and the feeling lights a fire beneath his paws, rippling electricity beneath his skin that keeps him going amongst the pulsating, red - hot agony he shouldered now.

the newly named cicadastar arrives painted in mottled shades of blood from both himself and that damned brown tabby, curled mangled and eyes heavy with exhaustion. he bears nine lives, icy luminaries burning with cold fire spread ablaze, what curls are not matted in viscera bristle along his spine and neck, jaw tense. he’d warned bee against windclan, without the thought that they would come for him — chosen by the heavens above as he was. despicable. it was cruel, the twisting claws of fate ; he had taken the river for protection, for safety. he knew not of who he’d bound himself to this island with, but he was meant to be here. his battle was fought and won, and he would not go down to those trying to weasel their way from the inside. the loners that shacked up near the water and claimed it as their own, crying riverborn as if hare whiskers and his colony had not traversed the lands as a whole before the introduction of the pine group. it would be all too easy for them to get at him now, allowed to roam his drained land without consequence, too eager to stand by his word at fourtrees — but they had not been at fourtrees. sever the fish at the head, as they say.

the man leaps up upon the fallen tree that makes its way across the little clearing they’d camped in, clearing away reed and debris to build their home. overhead, rain begins to fall — pelting his coat with a layer of moisture seemingly perpetual now.

for too long i’ve let strangers lounge within my borders. the creeper vine does not extend to those who choose not to follow the word of starclan, and by extension — ” he tosses his head, almost manic, “ cicadastar. the stars have granted me nine lives, so i’ll be damned if i spend a second more of this one harboring leeches. “ it’s spat from a snarling maw, pink gums bared, “ there are going to be some changes around here, starting now. all joiners are to seen by me personally, and they will justify the space they will fill before joining my ranks. no KITTYPETS.slam. a singular stomp echos onto the hollow tree, it’s rotten wood flexing beneath his snowy paws, “ and no more loners.

the man glances towards two of his warriors, “ secure the borders, shut them down. “ it’s quick, it’s heated — and he is deathly serious. not a touch of warmth reaches icewater eyes now, “ and i want all those not aligned with riverclan front and center.

  • the grace period for riverclan has officially ended! loners are still allowed to join, they will just have to go through extra hoops on a case by case basis because he doesn’t trust them! please remember to check out the meeting requests channel in the riverclan discord, as all those not aligned with him currently will be getting their names now as a brand of loyalty! remaining riverclanners will receive their names in a formal meeting in a couple of days.
  • CICADA ; he / him, roughly thirty seven months old, riverclan leader
    − tall black smoke tortie chimera with icecap eyes and curly fur, homosexual
    − speaks with a german accent, former marshlander, penned by antlers

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Beesong did not expect Cicada to stumble into the makeshift camp, bloodied and bruised. He'd believed that the former marsh-dweller would have sanctuary on WindClan's hunting grounds, pardoned by his previous kinship with the blue smoke who leads them. But when the tang of copper leaks into the air of the camp, Beesong knows otherwise.

Their hackles rise on instinct, pupils constricting. Suddenly, they're back in that star-forsaken clearing. Screeches and wails all around them, the reek of blood thick. They watch, helpless, as a white tom succumbs underneath their own paws. They'd tried to save him, echoes their mind. They didn't mean to. But there was just too much blood.

The onslaught of rain snaps him from the grotesque illusion. Beesong sucks in a breath, a wide-eyed stare fixed on Cicada as he clambers onto a fallen tree. "What happened-" is all he manages before Cicada snarls out a manic proclamation. No kittypets, and the jarring noise of his paw slamming against decaying bark causes Beesong to flinch. His throat thick, he swallows hard. Secure the borders. His icewater stare chills the cinnamon tom to his bones.

They want to retreat into the safety of the reeds, to find one of their friends and not leave their side, but they have a job to do.

Cicadastar has claimed to have received nine lives from StarClan; a confusing statement, but Beesong does not doubt him. StarClan have proven themselves to be capable of extraordinary things. Although their brows furrow and mind races, they know that they need to help Cicadastar. It is their star-sworn duty, now. "Someone- get me some damp moss." They cannot tell how much of the blood that cakes Cicada's form is his. They need to wash some of it away, assess the damage... As well as clean the wounds he does bear. Then, they'd need something to staunch any injuries that still seep crimson ichor. "And cobwebs."

Examining Cicadastar's hysterical movements further, Beesong's frown deepens. Lavender or chamomile, too- No, those would not grow in the damp wetlands... Thyme, maybe. Beesong asks a nearby warrior to fetch him the thyme while others gathered the moss and cobwebs, but only when he receives a confused look does he realize that most cats do not know what thyme looks like off the top of their head. With a huff, Beesong shakes his head. He'd get it, himself... It would give him an excuse to leave this nerve-wracking meeting instead of dawdling around, waiting for the moss and cobwebs with bated breath, anyways.

Glancing once more towards Cicadastar, Beesong hurries from the makeshift camp to search for thyme.
 


Oh dear, what was that about? The angry voice of Cicada - Cicadastar - roused her from her rest, and the calico molly raised her head in confusion; the scent of blood reached her corner and she frowned with worry. She knew nothing of healing and when Beesong spoke she struggled to get up – her stomach, heavy with kits, made her sigh in frustration and she glanced around, hoping that another cat would heed the medicine cat's words.
Yet the words spoken by their leader - seemed they not a little harsh? Ice had been accustomed to friends from all backgrounds, both kittypets and loners – something had certainly happened to make the tom so very furious. Perhaps it had to do with what had caused all the injuries? Ice knew not what had happened, but she hoped to learn more of what Cicadastar meant. Secure the borders, shut them down. What consequences would follow such a decision?

 
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YEAH, YOU COME TO RAISE ME UP WHEN IM BROKEN AND BEATEN UP
AND NOW IM BACK IN THE ARMS I LOVE

Cicada had definitely seen better days- or at least, thats what was going through Sempers mind as he made his way over at the other toms call. Blood matted their fur and aggitation seemed to radiate off the riverclan leader as they spoke, talking of things he understood and things he didn't. Starclan was still a new concept to the tabby, and he wasn't sure how much he believed this whole 'nine lives' thing, but he did believe the tom had met a formidable enemy out there somewhere. Therefor, the call to close the borders wasn't that surprsing when all things were considered. And apparently Semper and Rory had just met he deadline, because Cicada didn't plan on taking in outsiders after this.

At the call for any 'non-aligned' cats to step forward, a brow would lift in cautious curiosity. What did the tom have planed for them? There were a good chunk of cats that had been let in off the moors and surrounding territory. Was Cicadas plan to run them all out now? He wasn't sure, but he nudged Rory and gestured for them to follow as he got to his paws and made his way forward as Cicada instructed. If worst came to worst he was certain he could finish off this life of theirs and take one or two others before he was brought down by the other cats, but he was choosing to hope it didn't come to that. Riverclan was where he wanted to be, after all.

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male - 20 months - riverclan - homosexual - single - a large cream and white tabby cat with broad shoulders and powerful hindlegs. has amber eyes and splotches on his face that are reminiscent of freckles.
 

GOT A HEAD FULL OF SPIDERS

The day had seemed to start off as normal as any other dat within the river, peaceful, quite... calm. Of course that did not last long when a very injured and very angry Cicada, no Cicadastar came in, voice quaking with angry mania, the way he spit his words out in a tone of poison shocked the young molly. Had this been the same leader she had met who acted in kind manners to not only her but others around despite his ongoing awareness that the rivercats that had lived here far before he had brought his group here being a "nuisance" to them? Confusion glittered in her bi-colored eyes as she searched for answers in the storm the newly names Cicadastar had stepped forth. No more kittypets, no more loners.... and her heart sank, she knew that anyone who had not joined prior to this announcement would loose their homes and she felt her heart drop in guilt for them, despite being one of the loners who had grown up near the river.

Of course the wounds were something as a call for concern but Frost had been so stunned by this abrupt announcement that she had almost not heard the words of Beesong, asking for members to grab moss and cobwebs, ears twitching the girl would blink a bit out of her stunned daze before dashing off to help with the medicine cat's demmands, figuring through the midst of the chaos and the new demands created upon the territory, she still knew Cicadastar meant well, and Beesong was awkward but sweet so standing there and doing nothing did not feel right to her.

Cobwebs had been an easy thing to find since spiders enjoyed waving their delicately laced homes on anything they could find but then they'd eventually vacate to somewhere else... though why Beesong needed this stuff as well as moss was a mystery to her, but she quickly jabbed and collected what she could find for cobwebs before making her way back, lifting her paw with messily covered webs. "Is...this enough...?" she asked before allowing her gaze to scan the clearing, spotting her friend staring in the shadows, a look so dark that it had sent a small shiver through Frost. Through the midst of the chaos many began to step up, following the commands of Cicadastar and she wondered if she too needed to step up since she was not originally from either pine or marsh colonies. "What else do you need beesong? More moss? Cobwebs? Why is Cicada...star...acting like this?" questions began to spew from the confused molly as she tried to scan the newly appointed, yet panicked medicine cat for answers
"speak""Thoughts"
 
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No more kittypets? No more loners? Raccoon glanced to the camp entrance as the image of Buck flashed behind their gaze and they flattened their ears to their head, what about Buck? The she-cat hadn't joined in the group yet and it worried them if they would even be able to. Were they going to loose the one cat that meant the most to them? Their mother figure since they where a young kitten! They couldn't just- out her could they? What about Caraway and Boar? Would they be able to join? Then the calls of Beesong made them turn their head away from the tunnel entrance and towards Frost gathering some herbs for the newly named medicine cat.

Black ears flicked back and they looked down at their paws; this didn't seem right. They couldn't go on without their family- they meant so much to them. Caraway was their older sister, Buck a mother, and Boar the little sibling they never knew they needed. Tears welled in their eyes and searched for grey fur to be finished with their task at hand. Raccoon then moved over to Frost as she handed off the cobwebs to Beesong and gentle nose her shoulder. Wanting some kind of comfort from the she-cat as they struggled not to let tears fall. They where outsider of course, so they had to stepp forward right?
 
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A S H K I T
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it's a long way forward, so trust in me
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Ash is not the kind of kitten to hesitate. She doesn't falter and she isn't quiet. But this is scary. She's never seen Cicada-- Cicadastar acting like this before. He's angry and vicious and hurt; he smells like blood. Ash's ears flatten back against her skull, and she finds herself creeping away from where she'd been sitting in the middle of camp, moving to hide behind another cat.

"He's hurt," Ash whispers to whoever might hear. "Did somebody do that to him?"


Cicadastar keeps talking, snarling, in a big voice that screams listen to me. No more kittypets and no more loners, he snarls; just RiverClanners. Ash is a RiverClanner. She knows that, even if she's still a kitten. Some of the nice people are loners and kittypets, though. Does that mean they're going to leave?

Beesong is getting medicine things, and Frost is helping. Should Ash help too? She hesitates a moment, still hidden behind the grown-ups, then finally darts forward. "I can help too!" she says, scampering up close to @BEESONG . "I can get moss or herbs or stuff!"


Mostly she just wants to know what was going on. Doesn't want to be left out of everything like kittens always are. And she wants to help Cicadastar. He looks so hurt, and that scares her.


i'll give them shelter like you've done for me
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  • [flings ash into this mess]

  • - three moons old
    - will bite you
    - will put nettles in your nest
    - latches onto anyone who shows her affection
    - she's trying her best, i swear

 
Pumpkins ears flatten as she watches Cicada strut in to camp, a battered and bruised mess. Her hard exterior melts and she finds herself stumbling forward, pushed with fear for him, for a father figure, for the one who had comforted her when no one else had. As she gets close he commands respect, all eyes on him as she crouched with a fluffed up tail. He screams, no more loners, no kittypets. Was this truly Cicada?

Beesong speaks up, asking for damp moss and cobwebs but her paws are rooted to the ground. What had the stars done to him? This wasn’t him. Pumpkin thinks back to the time he stayed by her side as she sobbed at the river, disgusted with her own reflection. Would this Cicada still do that? She finds fear pricking her heart. She could not lose him, not after following him so far.

Secure the borders, he snarls and her eyes sharpen once more. Whatever. She shrugs her shoulders with a roll of her eyes, grumbling to herself. “On it, chief.” she spits out, her words laced with sarcasm as betrayal churns in her stomach. This wasn’t him. The stars changed him, she was sure this Cicada would not be soft. Not the dad she knew and before long she finds tears pricking her eyes. Not the Cicada she knew.

Did she truly ever know him in the first place?
 
"Uh, he doesn't look so hot," the tom observes, surprise flecking his casual tone as he observes the strange gait of Cicada— Cicadastar, apparently. He wasn't sure if he'd consider him friendly, per sae, but he was usually a lot friendlier than this, at least. His voice comes out crazed, accented vocals thick with his anger. The snarl of no kittypets has him flinching, neck jerked back in a motion of surprise. He feels his fur prickling in unease. A weary chuckle bubbles in his throat. He's long since lost his housecat scent, but still—

Secure the borders. Mahi blinks. Borders? I want all those not aligned with RiverClan front and center. Another blank look. He swings his head around in search of his friend, gaze flickering towards those who'd stepped forward. "Is he talking about us?" he asks in a whisper. "I thought we were uh— aligned??"

[ Talking to Reed <3 ]
 
The scent of fear permeates their home--Cicadastar's fear. Fox looks on in horror as he pulls his bleeding, wild-eyed form before them and spits at them that they are closing their wetlands to nonbelievers. StarClan. The cats who are made of the dead, who have the power to give cats more than one life. Dewdrop is there. Her mother is there. Had Cicadastar seen her? Her temptation to ask him is strong, but it will have to wait -- she can see that plainly enough.

The calico pulls her thick red tail around her paws, discomfort prickling her fur. Cicadastar demands all cats who were not devoted to StarClan come forward. She's never distrusted the pale-eyed tom before -- had, after all, blindly followed him here, leaving her siblings behind.

But this is a different Cicadastar. He's just hurt, she reasons desperately. Beesong, their pine forest medicine cat, calls for some cat to bring them damp moss. Fox watches as Frost does so, as little Ash exclaims they'll help, too. "Let me know if you need more," she murmurs, adding her voice to the other young cats'.

PENNED BY MARQUETTE
 
No more joiners. No more kittypets.
Brook had mixed feelings on this tom.... on one hand she relished in the fact they were closing their borders. They needed to protect and feed those within the wetlands before extending a paw to those who came from the outside.

Kittypets were included in that, but the hatred specifically sent their way caused her to shuffle her paws with frustration. You couldn't blame the she-cat, she grew up surrounded by them. They were the first to ever give her a proper family, to care about Brook save for her beloved brother.

They were just as capable! Undeserving of the prejudice sent their way.

Yet she remains quiet, she was not one to be loud. Aside from that... Cicadastar's words were fair enough to her.

Brook, being a non-seeing cat does not know anything is physically wrong with Cicadastar until she overhears whispers and words of concern. She senses warmth at her side, a cat.

"What's happened with him?" She isn't looking at the feline, but her question is directed to them.

//feel free to be the cat she's speaking to! Also mobile post
 
( ⚘ ) An absent nod, one long ear swivelled towards Mahi, was their response to the apricot tom. He really didn't look 'hot'. As their leader ploughed into his diatribe Reed blinked without comprehension. However, when the news of nine lives was spoken they felt their mind sweep blank, like a smooth pebble hitting ice. The flighty feline had heard whispers of star-spoken cats, their pelts glistening silver, but had scarcely believed it. Was this some sort of proof? The glinting frost in Cicadastar's eyes certainly seemed to hold the ferocity of the streaking snow flames that crossed the night sky.

Their leader's revelations continued and panic soon plastered over their wonder. The question that lay lodged in their throat was soon muttered by Mahi and Reed could turn to him with a wrinkled snout and flattened whiskers. Chin tucked in a subconscious recoil, they let wide algae eyes rest once again on Cicadastar. In a quiet whistling crackle, they made the only noise they could,"Uhhhhh..."

/replying quietly to mahi <33
( WALK 'TIL YOU'RE RESTLESS, SLEEP 'TIL YOU'RE TIRED )
 
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His mother has yet to return, and the leader of the newcomers was upon them, angry and wounded.

Gill's eyes are wide at his words, at Cicadastar's words. Perhaps... Perhaps he should've given his peace offering to him. Maybe Cicadastar would've enjoyed the gift of a pebble. Maybe then, he wouldn't be acting the way he was. Maybe then, he wouldn't be so ready to exile those who have lived along the river far longer than the newcomers have.

He isn't sure what to do, he realizes, as golden eyes scan those around him for any sight of his mother. Nothing. Ears fold back against his head, the kit feeling small, scared among the crowd of RiverClan cats, of unsure loners. His mother is missing, and Cicadastar is hurt, and wants to kick him out of his home. He doesn't know what else to do, but to stay put within RiverClan's territory, so that his mother can find him when she returns - if she returns.

At least he's already made some friends to keep him company.
 
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Her interactions with Cicada - Cicadastar, rather, as the bloodstained tom has declared himself in the midst of his heated announcement - are few and far between, but even Lagoon knows: something is off.

This doesn't seem like the forest-dweller's usual leader. Other than his injuries - what had changed, between now and the last time the young calico had seen him around?

Anger fills his words as he commands what Lagoon had long been fearing: secure the border. She does not know what his words of creeper vines mean, hardly knows what a StarClan is, but she does know that the tom is planning to drive those who had lived along the river for many seasons - far, far longer than Cicadastar and his forest-dwellers - out of their home.

Absolutely not. Lagoon was not leaving. How could she live without the river? Without swimming and fishing?

This was wrong, so very wrong, of Cicadastar to do. Though a moment she'd usually protest, the young calico remains silent, ears flattened in concern as those around her deliberate his words - as others try to fetch supplies to treat the RiverClan leader's wounds - fear of being driven away from the only home she knows growing heavy on her heart.
 
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When Cicada returns, Clay is expecting some sort of fanfare. A meeting or some celebration, perhaps. But this… blood and threats and driving cats out of their territory? It settles heavy in Clay’s gut, a stone of guilt that he’s known was bound to drop any day now. He’s known that RiverClan, his clan, can’t stand to share their newfound territory with loners or non-clan cats, even if those cats were here first. It was always going to come to this someday, and he’s been trying to prepare for it. He still feels bad about it, but his clan and his family have to come before strangers.

Beside him, Brook asks what’s happened to their leader, and for a moment he doesn’t respond, thinking she must be speaking to someone else. And she might be directing the question at some other cat, but she’s not looking directly at anyone. After a moment he’s reminded that the poor tabby can’t tell that Cicadastar looks like he’s already lost one of his nine star-given lives, and it’s important for her to be informed. Tipping his head a bit closer to hers, he murmurs to her, "He looks like he fought a lion and won." It’s kind of awe-inspiring, though; in this moment Cicadastar strikes the same admiration into him as his father had, and Clay spends more than just a few moments simply staring dazedly at the older tom. Then he returns to the present, shaking his head.

"He’s all bloody and really roughed up. And he looks mad." He doesn’t think he needs to explain the last part, but he knows that Brook is one of Rain’s children, and he’s slightly concerned that she’ll speak out against the leader’s damnation of kittypets. Clay doesn’t wholly agree with the kittypet slander himself, but there’s a reason that Cicadastar is the leader and not him.
[ PENNED BY FOXLORE ]
 
( ) in the days since their difficult decision, caraway has not seen buck. both felines are too hurt by each other to converse, but as the booming strides of riverclan's leader break any sense of peace over the camp, all the smoke can think about is the earthen toned woman. the knowledge that this would never happen with her pulls at their heart as hurtful words spew from the maw of the mottled tom. for the first time, cicadastar reminds them of glaciers, of cold frozen depths and the whirlpools that pull you beneath. there is no soft trickling stream in this man, or sun warmed brook. he is cold as ice and they can feel that very same chill creep into their own veins. verdant eyes immediately scan for boar and raccoon, spotting the latter fox lengths away, the same frozen worry clear in his features. the leader is fierce and unforgiving in his rampage and in that moment, caraway regrets their decision. in that moment they don't recognize the stern but warm tom who had soothed their worries.

it's been only two days. there is no loyalty to this man in their heart yet. they think about buck and they know she wouldn't stand for this, but then they think about boar and raccoon, and know that they have to. despite the fact that they were here first. despite the knowledge that the entire war of the marsh and pine was over originality. despite all of it, they sigh. green eyes darken with something akin to fire as the smoke stands. long legs stalk icily across the clearing to hover near raccoon, gaze still fixed on the leader. he'll reap what he sews, they know.

( THE LIGHT YOU GAVE ME )
 

The meeting is abrupt and interrupts Otters sunbathing time, but the words snarled out are grizzly, angry and twinged with mania. It scares him. He’s rising to his paws quicker than one could process the words Cicada said, hurrying over to stand within the sea of writhing masses of outrage, shock and awe.

Secure the borders, he screams and his heart drops. What about Buck? What is he going to do to Buck? He can’t, he can’t kick her out. He swallows hard, but his mouth is dry and he can’t manage to get anything out of his mouth other than a squeak. He’s covered in blood and is surely someone that Otter doesnt want to mess with, not right now. His fur fluffs up uncomfortably as his ears pin back. This wasn’t fair. He’d seek Buck out later, before he could do anything to her, maybe tell her to leave, do something, anything. Shes his first friend, he can’t see Cicadastar hurt her.
"speech"​
 
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There's a stiffness in how he moves as he joins the gathering of cats who listen to Cicadastar. His vision isn't that good anymore, so all he sees is the blotch of Cicadastar in the distance and cats chattering nervously amongst each other. He hears Brook speak, and slowly limps over to sit beside her. Her question is answered by another tom, who seems to admire the monster sitting above them all.

The Monster.

He couldn't see himself raising his grandchildren in these conditions; would they be judged for not being clanborn? Were any of them truly clanborn, then?

"Why are you separating us, son?" Corvidtongue calls out with a ragged voice, the elderly warrior making his way to the middle of the crowd. He wasn't going to leave this place- it was a safe haven for his grandchildren, after all. As he listens clearly to the voices around him, he realizes Caraway is sitting in the distance in his blurry gaze. He blinks, adjusting to the light, before he gives her a reassuring, yellow-teethed smile.
 

− ♱ ABOUT : they were a blur beneath him ; a sea of eyes and furrowed brow, the wild glint of terror that lines the pupils of some casting judgement he’d ultimately constructed himself. they gathered quick, fire under their paws and cicadastar would be grateful as soon as the panic that heaves his sides into a state of near hyperventilation begins to weaken. for now his lungs are tight, chest constricted with the weight of his fury, his desperation. unsheathed claws leave gouges in the rotten wood underpaw, deep wounds that leave moss pressing clumped against his toes with each fidgeting scratch. he hears bee speak, though vague as it is amongst the pounding of blood through too - thin ears ; damp moss. cobwebs. with a jerking movement the mottled leader would look down at himself, wavering slightly atop his perch as he does so and . . yes. he could do with both. his head spins and with a thrash of his skull meant to still his swimming vision, the leader of riverclan would lean his weight onto his opposite paw, broadening his stance and hopefully concealing the way it was only intended to steady his body.

absent eyes watch as they adjust around him, loners making themselves present at front. he wanted to see them — he wanted them to bear witness up close the power the stars had gifted him. corvid calls out and he whips his head around to set fiery eyes on the elderly tom, " i was attacked today on my way back over the moors. a tom i've not seen before, reeking of stinking horseplace, claiming he speaks for sootstar. knowing sootstar, its laughable. she would not incite a war, not right now. " his his tail lashes quickly, whip - like, " i've been threatened by loners on my own land. riverclan will be safer with no outsiders to pick off our prey and destroy us from the inside. " he takes a deep breath, padding to the very edge of the log to stare down over the sea of faces, settling on one black smoke in particular.

" caraway. i've welcomed you into riverclan with open arms, but it's time to make your choice. stay with riverclan, or leave these lands in exile. " his gaze flits over the rest of them, " the same goes for the rest of you. all who wish to stay with riverclan say i !"


  • next post will be names, make sure to have your name changes posted in the #meeting-requests section of riverclan's official discord!
  • CICADA ; he / him, roughly thirty seven months old, riverclan leader
    − tall black smoke tortie chimera with icecap eyes and curly fur, homosexual
    − speaks with a german accent, former marshlander, penned by antlers

  • none.

 
She lifts her head to the man, her muted green gaze - as dark as fern leaves along the river - flashing almost dangerously. She detects a hint of a threat towards herself, towards the loner type that she once was, towards her child and she almost acts on it. But she forces her fur to stay flat and she half-lids her eyes to avoid a glare in return.

No. The river was to be her sanctuary, a place for peace, even if at its helm was a cat she held little to no regard for. She would make this a safe home for herself and her daughter, even if it meant capitulating to a cat that only had her surface level respect.

"I." Is her answer.