camp life's alright in devil town / intro

BERGAMOTPAW.

the prince of hearts.
Nov 19, 2024
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If there was something the cats of WindClan could count on... It was for Bergamotpaw to be angry. Reasons varied, like him finding a cat that was wearing a collar, or some warrior bumping into him while he was hunting? Today, he was deciding to "help" a fellow apprentice that had chosen to eat before the elders had. And hoo boy, was he having none of the excuses this poor apprentice was giving his way. With his tail twitching and his fur raised on end, if one didn't know him, they may have thought his next step would be to attack a clanmmate. Bergamotpaw was not so uncultured, though. He slapped a white paw to his mostly red rosetted face with an exasperated sigh. "You're telling me you didn't know that elders and kits were supposed to be fed before us apprentices eat? Or are you telling me that you just don't care? Kittens and elders need nutrition, how is somebody who is supposedly learning this daft?" Heck, Bergamotpaw skipped meals if he hadn't hunted for those around him! Well, he skipped meals anyway, but that's not important. What was important was making sure his Clanmmates were fed, and part of that was that rule in the code! He eventually sat back down, his eyebrows furrowed in at the very least, irritation.

OOC: The apprentice can be an NPC or someone can jump in! I'm fine with either or.
 
𓆝 . ° ✦ Grasspaw had been told to grab something small to eat by his mentor. They'd been working in the tunnels since early morning, the evidence still clung to his fur. As soon as Bergamotpaw started strutting his way toward him he knew he was going to hear it. "Mossthorn told me to grab something," he mewed, low energy compared to Bergamotpaw's ranting. He looked up at the other apprentice. They were the same age, but Grasspaw hadn't talked to him much. This conversation was reminding him why. "So, I forgot to check, send me to DuskClan, that must be where I belong," he joked dryly. He was over it. Tired from reinforcing tunnel walls.
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    GRASSPAW — HE/HIM ・ 10 MOONS ・ TUNNELER APPRENTICE & WINDCLAN ・ PENNED BY TWITCHTAIL
    Small fawn tabby with pale green eyes.
    "speak" thoughts action
    — peaceful, healing, and minor injury powerplay allowed
 
*+:。.。 Frightpaw wasn't shy about her lack of interest in the sanctity of the warrior code. After all, last she checked, leaders weren't supposed to abandon their clans, and cats weren't supposed to cross border lines to hunt. It was just another reminder of those persistent patterns - cats will do what cats want to do, especially in their tragically expected end. Hypocrisy was such a fragile concept in the face of the inevitability of suffering and death...or something edgy like that.

Still, it amused her to watch cats like Bergamontpaw who clung fast to the warrior code, as if it weren't a flimsy shield to protect them from the consequences of their true motivation: bullying people. I mean, if you're going to be a dick, wear it like a badge of honor, don't hide behind the hall monitor sash. Then again, it was always cowards who made the most entertaining jesters.

"Well, since Bergamonstar is sending our strongest cat to Duskclan, I better fuel up for the upcoming war " Frightpaw would announce with a pearlescent smirk, bumping playfully against her adoptive brother before grabbing a shrew from the pile as well. "Oh nooo, the poor kits! How ever will they survive this? " she sneers through her prey, sitting comfortably down and ripping loose a bite of cold-stiffened flesh, "Better chew off your tail and let them have that, since you're so loyal to the cause. Better yet, your tongue seems more tender for little mouths, " moonshine eyes glitter and glow, "two birds with one stone "


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    GENERAL:
    Frightpaw
    DFAB— She/Her — Unsure
    9 moons — Ages 1 moon every month real-time
    Windclan apprentice
    Sister to Deathpaw, Witherpaw, Grasspaw, Whitepaw and Midnightpaw

    COMBAT:
    Physically easy | mentally medium
    Attack in bold #1b1e21
    injuries: None
 
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Seriously? How could an apprentice be so forgetful? Whatever. They were still learning. Bergamot's tail continued to twitch but less so, and they appeared more annoyed than anything else at the moment. Somehow, a lucky break for Grasspaw. The dry joke, however, did not land well. It landed about three feet from Bergamotpaw's head. And technically, following a warrior or an adult's word was part of the rule. "Ah." He began, before clearing his throat. With a grumble, he spoke again. "I... suppose there are worse reasons." It was obvious he was doing his best to contain his anger and frustration. "Even so, there are reasons these rules exist, and they should be followed! The point isn't sending you to DuskClan, it's to make sure everyone has enough!"

He turned his heard when he heard Frightpaw approach. And... any sense of him hiding his wrath was gone. Their fur stuck up enough like an incredibly angry porcupine. Seriously? The insults. Always the insults. All when he was trying his best to make sure everyone lived in honor and - and! Just... Cats like this had the habit of getting on his bad side so quickly. Well, fine, even though he started this, he'd dish it back to her. His silvery eyes lit with a fire as he walked in a very dramatic way, exaggerating his movements. "Oh, and it sounds like Frightstar would rather none of the cats have food to eat! What a shame!" He swayed, and his voice cracked, which lead him to sound a bit more feminine. No matter, he continued. "Times won't always be so easy, so hey, maybe I'll need my tail to balance and my tongue to smell, so I could, y'know, actually hunt and make sure everyone has enough! Wow, what an idea instead of purposefully injuring myself and possibly getting infected, leading me to be useless! It's not two birds with one stone."

OOC: Just wanted to let y'all know this is simply in character rudeness!
 

Rain or shine, there's always one constant in this ever-changing world: arguing apprentices. Their rattling voices pierce him from across camp, and the sigh Sedgepounce releases is a puff of mist across his whiskers. He can't complain about it too much—they're just kids being kids, and StarClan knows how many arguments he instigated at their age. The reminder alone makes him feel a little old.

What draws him closer is not the conversation nor the will to stop it, but rather the thinning freshkill pile gathering frost at their paws. "You guys done?" he deadpans, glancing between each apprentice. There's a certain levity in his eyes and his tone, and a lopsided smile breaks across his maw as his sights set on the ruddy-furred instigator.

"Have you eaten yet, Bergamotpaw?"
Tough to tell—the kid's all skin and bones. "If not, do it quick. You and Wraithwail can come hunting with Bunnypaw and I." There. Replenishing the freshkill pile and ending a silly argument. Two birds, one stone.
 

‧₊˚ ☾. ⋅ She had not been gone for long, her momentary time spent away from her apprentice hardly more than a few minutes in favor of tending to other duties, and yet a wary eye trailing away for mere heartbeats was all it took for her ward to cause a noticeable stir between himself and his denmates. With a subtle twitch of her tufted ears, she would move forward with languid movements, excusing herself from the company of the elders who had graciously accepted the food presented to them...the very thing that Bergamotpaw seemed to be having a fit over.

Her approach was silent, the only indicator of her presence being her elongated shadow cast from a hauntingly tall and boney frame as she stood in front of the dimming Leaf-bare sun overhead. It bore down upon her apprentice, casting his body and the bodies of the other two young cats who he had spat venom at as if it were sentient, moments away from opening its abyssal jaws and swallowing every being present whole. Delicate as she was, she carried an eerie air of unspoken wrong about her that was hard to ignore. It was intimidating in its own way, unlike anything that one might envision while mulling over the definition of such a word. With a graceful wave of her plumed tail, she would allow her hallowed gaze to rest upon each 'paw in turn before orbs of rotting olive hooked themselves into the gangly form of Bergamotpaw like violent claws against tender flesh.

"Querido niño..." Her voice was soft, gentle and brushed the senses of those in attendance like that of birdsong carried on the wings of a summer's wind. Not a hint of anger nor annoyance would etch her features nor harden her tone, but there was something beneath- something unidentifyable, something more- something so inexplicably wrong. It roiled the gut and made fur stand on end, instinct that begged you to run and never turn back for even a moment lest you come face to face with sheer demise...but she was so ethereal, so unassuming in her appearance, it played a trick on the mind and the senses alike. A sharp intake of breath before she continued; "...You must not cast blame upon the youth...to deprive these jóvenes soldados of their right to nutriment...Surely you must distinguish your fault?"

The snow-coated molly would glide across the frosted ground with a graceful gait, removing herself from her apprentice's side and weaving between Grasspaw and Frightpaw. She would offer a tender glance towards them both before momentarily brushing a silken tail against each of their backs in turn. "If those who are so capable should be rendered incapable...who, then, would provide the sustenance so desperately needed for our bebés y ancianos... whom of which you defend with such...ferocidad...?" Her drooping eyelids shot open, the final word spat out as if it were an unsavory taste upon her tongue, though the corners of her plush-lined lips twisted upwards into a smile devoid of any discernible emotion. She hoped that her rigid student would understand her reasoning, for despite his apparent disinterest in providing himself with the proper amount of nutrients to keep himself strong enough to bring in the same for those in their midst who could no longer do so for themselves, did not mean everyone else should be forced- or even expected- to do the same. Weak apprentices made for weak warriors, and weak warriors provided little to nothing, and that would result in the inevitable death of not only the vulnerable, but the entirety of their clan. It was foolish to deprive living potential of so much strength and energy to serve as he so often preached about doing.

The ghastly molly's expression would settle into its typical doe-like features as Sedgepounce's suggestion to hunt as one cut through the stifling space, a much smaller, more genuine smile would soon crease her features as she stood slowly back onto her polydactyl paws. "How kind of you to extend such an invitation...One of which we would lament the refusal of..." She dipped her head graciously in Sedgepounce's direction before hailing Bergamontpaw to her side as she began to walk away from the rather unbecoming scene. "Come along, mi querido. The moorland air shall do well to lay our troubles to rest..."
  • WRAITHWAIL 🥀 she/her, warrior of windclan, 18 moons.
    tall, longhaired white she-cat with hollow olive eyes.
    mentoring bergamontpaw, mate to none, mentored by n/a, unable to conceive
    peaceful, healing and minor combative powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
    see battle info here
    penned by sloane@encarcerated on discord, feel free to dm for plots.

 
"Who put thorns in your nest?" Rushpaw drawls as he approaches the crime scene... the crime in question being Grasspaw.... eating.... apparently. For the most part, the other apprentices and warriors have the situation handled, so Rushpaw feels very little need to offer any sort of solution or scathing remark. And, as if to provoke Bergamontpaw, the little cream point deliberately grabs a mouse from the pile and, after walking a few paces away, he does not take his eyes off of the red tabby as he takes a bite. He'd been in the tunnels hunting earlier, but Burgamontpaw does not need to know that.

Seriously... why does this guy have a stick so far up his ass it's practically coming out his mouth? Sedgepounce has a good solution; go hunting again after eating. Simple. Easy. Effective. Hopefully the apprentice would shut up about stupid rule breakers now and leave everyone in peace.



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  • (img) rushpaw * he/him * 10 moons
    mentored by npc
    lh cream point; blue eyes
    Peaceful & healing powerplay allowed || underline for attack
    penned by Neptune. || Neptune on disc, dm me for plots
 




Thank StarClan there was a sound adult here. Someone who offered solutions instead of riling the apprentice up. At Sedgepounce's appearance, Bergamotpaw became noticeably calmer. His fur slowly came down from being raised up, and his hackles too. His expression softened, though only slightly. His tail stopped twitching as much, though it still twitched here and there. "I will say that I am done for the time being, though I am unsure of the others here." His voice sounded more elegant now, no more of the cracking. He looked very confused at the question he was asked. What did he care about him eating? Besides, he needed to ensure he ate the optimal amount for growth, he certainly didn't need anything extra. It'd... not go well. "Ah, no, I have not, but I am not hungry." A lie. Not to mention, he'd like to avoid any hypocrisy. He'd rather risk hunger than his mother's wrath, though. If she found out he ate anything extra... Fear briefly flashed in his eyes. "However, I'd be more than happy to join you on a hunt!" He did far too much of a show of being eager, standing up tall and smiling in an attempt to hide being terrified.

And an honored guest made her appearance! Honored to him, at least. A genuine smile, though brief, graced the red tabby's maw. He could trust her, he hoped, to be gentle. Perhaps a harsh scolding was not needed, but a gentle one could work? His silver eyes did not leave her when she approached, and walked around them. And then she directly spoke to him. His ears flattened, less out of the wrathful spite akin to a demon, but more like a scared child wondering about their punishment this time. He froze, he felt frozen, he felt like ice crawled up his legs and his body and... iBreathe. Bergamot reminded himself, a shaky breath had escaped him as he listened to himself. A grimace danced upon his face as she slightly chided him. "I...It is not that I want to deprive others of nutrients, but that I wanted to make sure the weak, the kittens, and the elders got to be able to have theirs first. Though... I do understand how it came across that way." His eyes, his face, titled toward the ground. "If those who are capable became incapable, then that means nobody can get fed, right?" He asked, hoping that was the right answer to the question. When she called for him to come along, he followed.

Bergamotpaw glanced up upon hearing Rushpaw speak. He half-thought it was meant as a jab to him, or perhaps a joke. No matter. His face dropped to dead neutral. He'd give a serious in the case it wasn't. "My mother, she puts thorns in my nest so I don't move around during my sleep so much." His voice is also incredibly deadpan. He watched as Rushpaw took a mouse, and then bit into it. Being angry took a lot of energy, and he quite frankly, did not have the energy to hurl insults at the other apprentices given his little tirade. His tail twitched again, giving away his irritation and he sighed. "Hmph. Looks like I'll have to get another to restock, then. Can't run out."