camp STORYBOOK CLUB - kit gathering

[CINDERPAW.]

The gathering was an exciting prospect, and Cinderkit really, really wanted to go when she was old enough! Sadly, that was a few moons away, so she had to keep herself entertained. What better way than to play gathering? She had gathered other kits from the nursery to be her fellow leaders and declared herself Cinderstar of FlowerClan - at least, until the game was over.

"Welcome to the gathering!" She squealed, taking her place in front of the other 'leaders'. "My name is Cinderstar of FlowerClan! We've got lots of news to share. Like... like... um... New warriors. Hotpaw was named Hotfire. Because... because it's hot outside and fire is hot! I think. And we've also got... Coldstream. Because sometimes it's cold, and sometimes water is cold. And new apprentices. Like... Jumppaw, and Rockpaw, and... uh... Eebopaw..." As her name ideas ran out, she stumbled on her words, making a series of sounds that she hoped sounded like a name at the very least. Pelt hot with embarrassment, she stepped back, hoping there wouldn't be outcry over her not coming up with a real name for the third new apprentice.. "The next leader can name their new warriors and apprentices, and then we'll go around again with news once everyone has done so." That gave her time to think of better names for use in her fake Clan's news...



// feel free to have your kit characters also be leaders she roped into playing with her + have others be observers of the 'gathering'.

"Speech"​

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SPREADING JOY WITH MY LOVE​

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[Orangestar]

Orangeblossom sprawls off to the side of the rapidly forming group of the Clan's young, ears pricked forward as she listens to Cinderkit - Cinderstar for the time being - make FlowerClan's announcements for the Clans present at tonight's SkyClan kit-Gathering. She's done a remarkably good job at mimicking a leader's itinerary, actually; they might have a patrol face in the making. Who knows, she might go even further with that friendliness; aside from Blazestar, Emberstar had always been the friendliest of the other leaders. Hmm. Inwardly, she notes this down to tell Blazestar when he's home; she might do well to be assigned to someone friendly and well-spoken, like Auburnflame or Sheepcurl. He'd have time to decide.

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  orangeblossom. tags.
  — she/her, skyclan deputy.
  — mentor to eveningpaw.
  — attack in #e08550. uses trees as an integral part of her fighting style.
  — mean enough to note that her thoughts don't reflect my opinions as a writer haha.
  — penned by mercibun; @ me in any official tabbytales discord for plots. :]
  — art by merc!<3
  

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[CROWSIGHT]

Crowkit has never done this before, but he recalls the last time some kits played a similar game. Cinderkit is very nice and friendly so he doesn't feel irritated that she dragged him into playing this game. He has no idea how gathering's work, but he knows how a meeting works more or less from watching Blazestar. What he does is sit beside Cinderkit as she introduces herself and you would think that he came up with a name for his pretend clan. He doesn't think the names Cinderkit comes up with are terrible, but then again he is a kit himself. Had he been an adult maybe he would have sighed and gave her suggestions.

Given instructions on how to play this game makes him purr in happiness because it makes it all the more easy. He will not be stressed by the lack of rules to help him participate in this game. That is why he decides to go next in this game of theirs. "Crowstar. Sunclan. New warriors Dogteeth, Volepelt, Owlstrike. New apprentices Cloudpaw, Robinpaw, Honeypaw." The tom doesn't go into why he gave the warriors the name he decided on, but that was not part of the instructions given to him by Cinderkit. He hopes that his answer is good enough for this game of theirs.​

 

[pearlpaw]

Oh, Pearl LOVED playing games! When Cinderkit had approached her with a game, the chimera had nearly exploded with her excitement. And pretend clans!? Pearl hadn't even known MORE than Skyclan had existed until like a week ago! She nearly vibrates as she struggles to sit still, eyes wide as she stares at Cinderstar. She names a couple of new warriors that she has to bite her tongue from saying anything on. Silly names! Pearl already knew what her warriors would be. Crowkit goes next, his announcement is short. Sunclan- HER clan would be MUCH better than both of theirs! She almost giggles.

Now its her turn. "I am Pearlstar, leader of...!" the name slips from her mind, her face goes blank. Uhm... What Clan was she again? Uhm, uhm... "Pearlstar leader of Wisteriaclan!" she comes up with something else, it sounds pretty at least! And uh, she thinks it goes well with Cinderstars Flowerclan? Is Wisteria even a flower? Or- Or was it a color..? She kind of forgot. Anyways! "We have two- three new apprentices, uh huh. Super Mega Deathpaw," yes. She wants everyone to know that is their full name. She came up with it alllll by herself! "Awesomepaw and uh, uh," she scans camp. "Froooog.... Paw.... Frogpaw." cause when she lays in camp at night sometimes she can hear them!

And now... Uh, what was it? Warriors? Are they doing warriors too? "LAST but not LEAST! I have two warriors to tell you all about! Teethtuft and Skyfoot!" Pearl thinks her warrior names are much better than everyone elses. "That is all from me!" she dramatically dips her head as if she'd get an applause before she lightly thumps her paws against the ground in excitement. This was fun!​

"speech"​

 

[DOOMPAW]

Poor Cinderstar thought she was going to get away with Eebopaw, but Doomkit hears her mistake and marches gleefully to point it out to everyone. “Eebopaw! What kinda dumb name is that!” He laughs, pounding his forepaws onto the earth. “Cinderstar doesn’t know how to name her cats, so I’m gonna take over her Clan!” He worms his way between Crowstar and Pearlstar, who do their best to give their own fake news—but his agenda is quite different. “Doomstar is gonna take FlowerClan away from you and make it part of DoomClan!”

He pounces toward Cinderkit, aiming to pin her down. “Crowstar, Pearlstar, help me and I will give you a piece of the forest too!” He will need allies, after all. Especially now that Plaguepaw is an apprentice… wistfully, he wonders if his friend is having fun at the real Gathering. That’ll be him soon… he just knows it!

✧ INFO.

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  — doomguy . doomkit
  — afab, he/him, kit of skyclan
  — unknown sexuality ; single
  — short-haired blue tortoiseshell with white and green eyes
  — “speech”, thoughts, attack
  — penned by Marquette

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[DOEBLAZE]

✿—— similar to the kits playing, bobbie has been wondering what the gatherings are like (she feels a bit self-conscious, almost childish, thinking it); she's never been to one herself, obviously, with a pawful of kits to handle. she can't imagine they're entirely friendly, but .... still interesting, she supposes. a small crowd of kits is growing, one of her fellow queens sprawled to the side—orangeblossom, who can be a bit scary but has been friendly enough. the small tabby approaches, settling herself near but not too near to the deputy with a nod in greeting. her head is filled with thoughts much less serious than than orangeblossom's as she watches the kits play.

cinderkit has assembled with some of the other nursery residents to play at a mock gathering, she notes with amusement, intrigued to see how it plays out; she's never been to one, so she wouldn't really be able to tell how accurate a mimicry it is. she lists a few randomly assembled names for "flowerclan", and her own kit is the next to step up. she's amused to see crowkit list his news much more plainly than cinderkit had, listing his clan and announcements in a rapid fire of single-word answers. it's very typical for her son, she thinks with a smile.

pearlkit participates as well with wisteriaclan, a name she's honestly impressed the kit knows and managed to sound out. bobbie has to stifle her involuntary giggle with one white-splashed paw at the announcement of "super mega deathpaw" as a resident of wisteriaclan.

unsurprisingly, the relative peace of their mini-gathering doesn't last ... plaguepaw may have left the nursery behind, but mischief is alive and well in skyclan at the paws of doomkit. he barges in between crowkit and pearlkit, gleefully declaring his capture of flowerclan. "don't play too ro-rough, please, doomkit." she calls out, watching with careful green eyes. she doesn't want to disrupt their game for the harmless aggression, but she does know doomkit can play a little too roughly at times.

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• ❀ bobbie — for her kithood love of bobby pins she/her ; cisgender female — skyclan — queen — 38 ☾s —— bobbie is a beautiful but insecure lilac tabby, dotted with white patches and with pale green eyes. a queen of skyclan, she's sweet and kind if prone to melancholy; the heartbreaking end of a lifelong romance has left her scarred.. —— smells like sweet lavender & tea leaves ; sounds like sansa stark ; speech in #D64933, thoughts in #B1C797 —— peaceful / healing powerplay permitted ; attacks/contact in underline ; won’t start fights ; will flee ; will show mercy ; won't kill or maim —— pansexual panromantic monogamist, divorced, not looking ; open to friendships, enemies, casual interactions, plotting ; not open to unplanned romance & unplanned battles penned by dejavu— desklamp9 on discord for plots

• shhh don't look here (battle info will go here at some point)

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[edenberry ?!]

The notion of this big gathering of cats still eluded them... Intermittent visits between home and SkyClan did create some gap between their understanding of the culture and being so new to the group of forest-bound felines entitled them to a lot of learning. So upon seeing the throng of kittens begin their own version of the Gathering, it was hard to resist the opportunity to learn more. They shared their names, their clans... (were these real clans? Just how many were there...?) and discussed the promotions that had occurred. The sense of excitement did not evade them and quickly, war broke out.

Mouth left slightly agape in shock as Doomstar proclaimed this battle and cried to the other kit-leaders for help, they glanced nervously to Bobbie for confirmation. "Do the Gatherings usually go like that?"

No one seemed too surprised... maybe these clans really were a bunch of hooligans! They couldn't say they hated the prospect entirely but battle over silly names sounded.... well, stupid. Eden refused to fight over dumb names.​

 

[pearlpaw]

The Gathering didn't get too too far until Doomstar, leader of Doomclan shows up. Pearlstars ears perk up, an evil grin spreads across her face. FINALLY! Action! The other calico springs at Cinderkit, Pearl whips her head to watch, glee so terribly evident in her eyes. "Long ago did I do what was best for my clan," Pearl raises her head to speak, trying to give off the "diplomatic charm" that some of the older warriors had. It did not go far, really, with how squeaky her voice was. And it also did not go far cause she was too impatient for her speech. "And I allied my clan- Forget it, Wuh-steriaclan ATTACK!" Pearlstar cries, giggling loudly as she watches Doom's every move. He makes every game he's in even funner, despite being told it wasn't a word. If it wasn't a word, then why was playing with Doomkit better than the other kittens?

"It won't be too rough, Miss Bobbie. I puh-promise." Pearl speaks earnestly (cause she WILL defend her friend no matter WHAT!) once Bobbie speaks up, nodding aggressively before she proceeds to launch herself in to the fray, trying to bap at Cinderkits head. "Super Mega Deathpaw is better than Eebopaw, I bet he could beat them!" says the little tortie, cause Eebopaw WAS stupid. But Pearlkit didn't blame Cinderkit at all for it, she thought it was a little funny and also Cinderkit had been clearly struggling for a name which Pearlkit had NEVER EVER done in the entirety of her life.​

"speech"​

 

[bramble]

Sunshinekit was a big fan of make-believe games like this. It encouraged her imaginative and story-loving nature. So she was very into Cinderkit's game idea. "Sunshinestar of Shineclan!" Sunclan was already taken but she wanted a clan name off her own. That's how it worked right? "My new warriors are Rainbowteeth, Bugsting, and Rosebounce! And my apprentices are Cherrypaw, Beepaw, and Queenpaw!" She announced, only to blink as chaos ensued as Doomstar tried to take over Flowerclan for his own. Perhaps, having shared a nest, Sunshine shouldddd side with Doomstar. But poor Cinderstar was outnumbered! With a slight shimmy from her hindquarters, the tiny calico pounced, knocking into Doomkit to try and knock him off Cinderpaw. "Shineclan attackkk!" ​

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[Cherryblossom]

Cherrypaw quietly fumes on the sidelines next to her mother. Not only had Crowstar stolen SunClan from her, Sunshinestar had demoted her all the way to apprentice. Not that she wasn't excited to be a real-life apprentice, but she'd expected to be treated with more respect than that from her friend and sister! The pale fur along Cherrypaw's spine ripples uncomfortably as she struggles to keep her lips over her teeth, as expected as a new apprentice of ShineClan, but she'd paid the price for taking a nap on Gathering night it seems. Funnily enough, she doesn't dare interrupt the sanctity of the kitten Gathering even as she stews in her shame, foregoing the opportunity to become Cherrystar, second leader of SunClan.

Doomstar's sudden attack only earns a roll of her eyes and a huff from the small audience—but Sunshinestar's counterattack galvanizes her. Seemingly having learned something from Sparrowpaw's and Orangeblossom's scoldings earlier, she simply calls, "Crowstar! Don't trust them!" and brushes past him to lunge for Doomstar. Wherever Sunshinestar had knocked Doomstar (or wherever he stands if she missed), she would aim to pounce on him and nibble at his ears. "DoomClan is the worst clan of all!" she hisses in his face, an eager grin splitting hers. Hopefully her sister has her back; the notion of fighting alongside her kin in a real battle sends a thrill through sheathed claws.​

 

[DOOMPAW]

Whether Doomstar has managed to pin Cinderkit or not, he will look up at Bobbie’s gentle warning, a scowl fixed on his face. “I ain’t playin’ rough, see!” He reaches a paw out to gently pat Cinderkit’s head, as though it would have taken the sting away from his baby claws battering at her fur. One of the other young cats sits nearby, and Doomstar can’t remember their name… but they ask if the real Gatherings were like this, and Doomstar’s eyes narrow. “Basically,” he says with a shrug.

He turns to Pearlstar, who has allied WisteriaClan with DoomClan, and he lets out a howl of excitement. “We are DoomWisteriaClan, and we will rule the forest!” He will prance around, his feathery tail waving gleefully in the air.

Of course, before long, Orangeblossom’s kits tumble out of the nursery, keen to join in the games. Sunshinestar demotes Cherrystar to Cherrypaw for this Gathering, and Doomstar snickers wildly. “Cherrypaw is such a great name,” he sneers, but he’s quickly finding himself on his back, knocked over unceremoniously. Cherrypaw is quick to join in the pummeling, her sneering face inches from his as she tells him his Clan is the worst Clan.

“Must be tough, since you don’t even own a Clan,” he says with mock sympathy. He will attempt to use his hindlegs to kick Cherrypaw off of him. “Pearlstar, let’s get ‘em all!”

✧ INFO.

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  — doomguy . doomkit
  — afab, he/him, kit of skyclan
  — unknown sexuality ; single
  — short-haired blue tortoiseshell with white and green eyes
  — “speech”, thoughts, attack
  — penned by Marquette

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[CROWSIGHT]

How did a simple game of pretend turn into a kitten brawl? He supposes he shouldn't really question it with Doomkit here. He doesn't really think Doomk-star is a bad tom, considering he's friends with his older brother? Plaguepaw, he's talking about Plaguepaw. If Plaguepaw likes Doomstar then he should be nice to Doomstar, right? That's why when Doomstar pounced on Cinderstar and asked him along with Pearlstar to help him claim Flowerclan for his own, he actually considers it. The issue is that he himself wants no part in this fighting mess, but if Plaguepaw was here he would want him to help Doomstar right? And if he doesn't stand with Doomkit would that make him a bad brother? His poor mind was running a marathon over this scuffle.

Cherrykit is the one to pull him from his stupor , feeling her fur brush against him slightly as she pushes past him. He trusts Cherrykit, no Cherrypaw's judgement more than his own that he is rises to his paws and takes a battle stance. He doesn't know how he could help Cherrypaw with Doomstar, but Pearlstar is their enemy. To protect their clans he would attempt to knock himself into Pearlstar. Oh, this was a full out kitten war. Maybe the adults in the clan would be beaming considering most of them would become apprentices next meeting, good prospects it would seem. Or maybe they would be concerned because they were very much children who didn't know their own strengths yet.​