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Sandtongue

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〕Sandtongue took one look at the empty prey pile in the morning and asked around if anyone would want to join her, stopping by the apprentice's den first, a few offering to join her, and then going to the warriors den to see if any of the early risers were feeling up to a hunt. With everything going on right now, the moon being covered at the gathering, and all of the drama going on with interclan things, she just. Wanted a break. She just wanted to go on a simple hunt and enjoy her morning before having to listen to everyone talking bad about others or creating more drama for themselves and it was all just too much for her right now and ugh.

She licked a paw, wiped it down her face. Flicked her ears as she waited for her party to join her at the entrance to camp. "You guys ready?" She queried, eyes narrowed at the early morning sun as she waited for a response.
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  • SANDTONGUE —— warrior (wetpaw) of riverclan , mentoring no one . deceased x deceased . littermate to ambersky of windclan (unknowing) ☼ penned by helly
    cis female / she/her / 16 moons & ages every 1st
    single / bisexual & monoflexible / open to romance
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat notes here / battle notes

    speech, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots (hellycinth) — toyhouse

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〕Sandtongue had gone around to ask if others wanted to join in a hunting patrol, and they had accepted quicker than they cared to admit. Anything to get out of the suffocating confines of camp as everything felt so tense now. There was so much teetering and there was only a breath away from toppling over into a massive avalanche. They didnt want to be there when everything fell down.

So the black and white cat had gone on to get up from their nest in the apprentices’ den shortly after Sandtongue left. Magpiepaw flicked back their ears sourly a little and their tail lashed behind them for a moment like a snake ready to strike. Hunting was something they always enjoyed, something they found fun and calming. So they hoped they would bring home prey and cool their heated emotions swirling in their chest.

The pale molly had been licking her paw to swipe across her face when they approach, along with others she had asked to join in on the patrol, and they nodded a little. Magpiepaw was more than ready to get out of there and get in the water, they wanted to bring the biggest fish back to camp and rub it in everyone’s face.

We follow your lead yeah?” They confirmed with the warrior and nod slightly.

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  • Magpiepaw —— Apprentice of Riverclan , mentored by Hawkcloud . NPC x NPC . littermate to Gladefrost and Frecklepaw ✦ penned by wolfie
    AFAB Agender Masculine / they/it/ze / 10 months & ages every 23ʳᵈ
    single / Demisexual Homoromantic(femme leaning) & polyamorous / open to romance
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat details here / battle notes

    speech, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots — toyhouse
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〕Sandtongue smiled at the apprentice, nodding and turning towards the camp entrance. "Yes, I suppose I should lead." She told Magpiepaw, and uncertain lilt to her tone that could be interpreted as just that: uncertainty. Who knew that asking others to be on a patrol with her would lead to actually having to lead said patrol, hm? She hadn't thought that one entirely through, though, and turned an uncertain gaze to the path that she now lead multiple individuals along.

"Should we go to the riverside along the Thunderclan border or towards the bridge? Or maybe we should go to the Beach Copse?" She suggested as she paused a few meters outside of the entrance. She was so unsure.
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  • SANDTONGUE —— warrior (wetpaw) of riverclan , mentoring no one . deceased x deceased . littermate to ambersky of windclan (unknowing) ☼ penned by helly
    cis female / she/her / 16 moons & ages every 1st
    single / bisexual & monoflexible / open to romance
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat notes here / battle notes

    speech, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots (hellycinth) — toyhouse
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    a longhaired chocolate torbie with high white and green eyes. no scarring.
 
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Stars, she missed the mundanity of patrols, of slipping through the reed stalks on muscular limbs and agile paws, of slipping into the riverwater without ceremony and sinking into its gray-green depths. Iciclefang can feel the itch in her paws again, now that greenleaf is here, now that the Twolegs are gone and that prey is abundant in their forest again. She can hardly wait for her kits' sixth moon to come and go; they're entirely too big for the nursery already, in her opinion. She'd been close to begging Lichenstar for early reprieve!

She notices Sandtongue and Magpiepaw debating on where to go hunt. The tortoiseshell queen's voice is dry as she retorts, "Just pick somewhere so we can get some prey on this fresh-kill pile, please." She smiles, though it's small and wry, to take the acid from her bite. "We've got hungry kits who could eat you both up, and the longer you wait, the closer they'll get to trying it!" Honestly, to have the luxury to leave camp and spend it debating about where to go!

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  • Iciclekit . Iciclepaw . Iciclefang, she/her w/ feminine terms.
    — “speech”, thoughts, attack
    — 24 moons old, ages realistically on the 17th.
    — mentored by Smokestar ; mentoring n/a ; previously mentored Cicadaflight
    — riverclan lead warrior & queen. mudpelt x icesparkle, gen 2.
    — former mate to Stormywing ; current mate to no one.
    — penned by Marquette.

    sh tortoiseshell and white she-cat with ice-blue eyes. confident, capable, proud, dry, conceited, condescending, distrustful.


 
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〕Sandtongue glanced behind her as they walked, noting Iciclefang having joined them and flicked her ears in a slight show of annoyance. She understood why the molly would want to hurry up and get out of camp, considering she had been cooped up in the Nursery for so long, but there was no reason to be mean about it.

She turned back to the front and opened her mouth to say something, thinking that she had come to a decision, and closed it again because she wasn't sure that that was what she wanted to do. A few more seconds pass before she's able to come up with something that she thinks they'll all like, and well, she assumed there would be some good fishing. "We'll go to the bridge, then." She confirmed, hesitancy permeating every word.
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  • SANDTONGUE —— warrior (wetpaw) of riverclan , mentoring no one . deceased x deceased . littermate to ambersky of windclan (unknowing) ☼ penned by helly
    cis female / she/her / 16 moons & ages every 1st
    single / bisexual & monoflexible / open to romance
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat notes here / battle notes

    speech, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots (hellycinth) — toyhouse
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    a longhaired chocolate torbie with high white and green eyes. no scarring.
 

she’s zoned out, at some point between magpiepaw’s joining and iciclefang’s barbed tongue that snaps her fully back to rigid attention. she blinks a wild, fluttering bat around to realign herself with reality ( waterfalls rush in her mind, a prism of pink - blues that cascade over the slick grey of stone and familiar alabaster streaked face ) before focusing on the sand - pelted warrior before her. there is a twinge of hesitance upon her face now, not yet stepping away from the nursery bound tortoiseshell despite a doubting confirmation.

shellpaw wonders quietly if doubt made a cat worse ; if the moments of hesitation they spent mulling their options could be fatal. perhaps it was the remnants of bloodspattered memory that has her attending this patrol anyway, her mentor stowed in the medicine den with starwoven stitchings sewing the soft of their belly closed enough for moonbeam to smatter them in odorous greenery. iciclefang says the kits would eat them up, though, and despite her cold bark it brings a twitching grin to pale lips, ” yeah, that, um happened to me one time. pinekit gets real.. hangry. if she doesn’t get, get her fish. “ hungry and angry, a word that she’d just invented. probably.

but still, it was her self - imposed job to bring the girl her catch ( lichenstar said kits and queens, and shellpaw always listened. ), so they had to get going sometime. the girl sniffs, and turns her rheumy gaze towards magpiepaw, ” you wanna — want to play, magpiepaw? we can, um.. we can race. to the bridge. “ the lilac tabby held a small, nervous sliver of anticipation ( was her friend there? ), hoped the harsh downpour that sends a spray of clear water to muddy the nearby shores conceals any scent. maybe sandtongue would be too hesitant to confront a windclanner anyway. strawberry toned luminaries gleam beneath watery hazing, ” last one there is a rotten frog. “ those were the stinkiest.

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  • SHELLPAW 𓆉 SHE / HER. SEVEN MOONS OLD, APPRENTICE OF RIVERCLAN, MENTORED BY LICHENSTAR ; SMELLS LIKE SALT & RIVER BLOOMS. HAZECLOUD xx LICHENSTAR, NIECE TO SMOKESTAR. PENNED BY ANTLERS ----------------- ° ❀ ⋆
    frail alabaster molly with lilac striping and watery amber eyes.
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    she is pallid ; platinum splotched with ribbons of dovey lilac curls, wisped ends like memories of a distant shore and plush enough to conceal the juts of malnutrition beneath. tufted elderdown fur conceals a body worn fragile by tumultuous youth, too thin in some places and round with baby fat in others. her face is short - muzzled, framed half mast by eyes coined rheumy, rosen amber. the anemic cold pink - purple at tender paws and nose tell a lifetime of sickness, further made obvious by the feathering weakness in half - whispered tones.
    CHRONICALLY ILL ; prone to wheezing, nose at a constant drip from longterm illness - induced nasal polyps. not contagious.

 
〕Sandtongue doesnt seem to know where to go from here and it makes them lash their tail frustrated with the notion. Why did they put together a patrol if there was no plan of where to go? Still, the young apprentice merely nodded as Sandtongue gave options of where to go and they wanted to suggest the beach. They loved the beach and the water, so it was obvious solution to the problem. Though things took a screeching halt at a dry retort from Iciclefang as she demands they pick a spot to go already. They bare their teeth slightly at the tone and their ears flick back, and they thought they had anger issues. Alas, Magpiepaw couldnt keep their mouth shut for longer than a moment, "Since youre so insistent, why dont you lead then, Iciclefang?" They snide back hotly and huff in response.

Shellpaw also interjects with Pinekit being hangry and it wasnt sure what that meant. Was it some sort of new lingo they didnt understand from the other apprentices? Wouldnt be surprised, they always had some sort of new word for something or other. No one talked normally anymore and it made them roll their blue eyes at the lilac apprentice with a shake of their head. Hangry, they were about to get real angry if anything else. Could they just pick a spot already? This was taking too long and they wanted to do more than anything else.

Then the other apprentices challenges them to a race which makes them twitch its whiskers in response, "Fine, we'll race to the stupid bridge or something" They begrudgingly speak and their tail tip twitches- at least they had someplace to go now thanks to Sandtongue. Not like the lead warrior was of any help in picking regardless. The apprentice turned then and looks to Shellpaw with a raised brow, "Count of three?"

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  • Magpiepaw —— Apprentice of Riverclan , mentored by Hawkcloud . NPC x NPC . littermate to Gladefrost and Frecklepaw ✦ penned by wolfie
    AFAB Agender Masculine / they/it/ze / 10 months & ages every 23ʳᵈ
    single / Demisexual Homoromantic(femme leaning) & polyamorous / open to romance
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat details here / battle notes

    speech, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots — toyhouse
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    a longhaired black and white cat with blue eyes. write a short description detailing appearance including necessary information.
 
She flicks an ear, acknowledging Shellpaw with a slight smile as she mentions Pinekit. She's glad her daughter has made such a fast friend; it will give her an advantage when it's time to move her own nest into the apprentice's den. The tortoiseshell bites back a smile at Shellpaw's use of the word hangry to describe the look-a-like dappled kitten. "And she's not the only one," she mews. "You haven't seen hangry until you've seen Robinheart's kits during mealtime."

She's content to let Sandtongue take their patrol out into the forest, until Magpiepaw opens his mouth.

Iciclefang's eyes narrow into pale, frosty slits as Magpiepaw sasses her back. The tortoiseshell lead warrior says, her voice curt, "Spend less time disrespecting your superiors and more time hunting for your Clan and you might make a fine warrior someday." Does the little minnowbrain think she didn't wish she could take control of this hunting patrol?

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  • Iciclekit . Iciclepaw . Iciclefang, she/her w/ feminine terms.
    — “speech”, thoughts, attack
    — 25 moons old, ages realistically on the 17th.
    — mentored by Smokestar ; mentoring n/a ; previously mentored Cicadaflight
    — riverclan lead warrior & queen. mudpelt x icesparkle, gen 2.
    — former mate to Stormywing ; current mate to no one.
    — penned by Marquette.

    sh tortoiseshell and white she-cat with ice-blue eyes. confident, capable, proud, dry, conceited, condescending, distrustful.


 
〕Sandtongue's eyes would dart between the three of them in hesitancy and mild fear, unable to figure out if she should say something to them or try to calm the situation. She wasn't built for this type of thing, didn't know even remotely what to do with herself in this position and ultimately decided to ignore it all, brows raising at Magpiepaw's insolence.

What are they doing? Iciclefang is above even me, they shouldn't be talking to her like that... But her own maw didn't dare open. Instead, she turned back towards the front and continued leading the squad of individuals to hunt. If they happened to get into a fight well.. she didn't doubt they would have each other's backs as clanmates, but as friends? No, no she would be on her own.
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  • SANDTONGUE —— warrior (wetpaw) of riverclan , mentoring no one . deceased x deceased . littermate to ambersky of windclan (unknowing) ☼ penned by helly
    cis female / she/her / 16 moons & ages every 1st
    single / bisexual & monoflexible / open to romance
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat notes here / battle notes

    speech, 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots (hellycinth) — toyhouse
  • 84433496_tYmmNs3bghR7rCP.png

    a longhaired chocolate torbie with high white and green eyes. no scarring.