MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Feb 27, 2022 11:22:12 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Pansystar had been happy when Foxlily invited her to gather herbs with her. She had a feeling it was mostly to cheer Pansystar up, but the thoughtfulness had touched the brown tabby regardless. Pansystar let Foxlily take the lead in exiting the camp. The medicine cat would know the best route. Pansystar would be best suited for helping her carry and gather the herbs rather than finding them. "You said you like to gather along the river and head south to the fishing rocks, right?" It hadn't been that long since they had determined their destination, but Panystar was prone to forget such things so quickly. A double-check never hurt anyone. viocrow Foxlilytemplate created by sunni |
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Post by viocrow on Feb 27, 2022 21:28:40 GMT -6
Foxlily Medicine Cat + She/They + 44 Moons
“Yes!,” Foxlily answered cheerfully as she trotted out of the camp alongside Pansystar. “Don’t worry, I only fall in every two moons or so, I’ve gotten quite good at this!” She wasn’t even sure if it was a joke or not, but the question had automatically reminded her of the comment about needing to swim, and so she wanted to reassure the leader as best she could. As they exited the camp, she frowned at the cold air as if only now remembering it was leaf-bare. They shook and fluffed up their coat a bit to stay warmer, and continued their light hearted pace as the pair began their trek towards the river.
“Now is a bad time to actually get close to the water,” they added in a very grave voice, “I don’t think any of the more aquatic plants like the cold very much.”
A familiar dark green caught the medicine cat’s eyes, and she slowed her pace as if worried the plant would run off. Gently, she pried a bit of moss off the tree and returned to Pansystar triumphantly, beaming like an apprentice who caught a rabbit.
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MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Mar 1, 2022 1:18:36 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Pansystar chuckled in response to the medicine cat's quip. "Oh yeah, that's the perfect amount to fall in. Glad you found the ratio," her voice was an awkward tease as she too was unsure of whether or not the torbie was joking. The leader made a note to herself to check up on Foxlily after herb trips, just to make sure.
She noticed Foxlily fluff up their fur in response to the cold, and she had half a thought to press herself against the other feline to warm her. However, she thought better of it, not sure if Foxlily would appreciate the gesture.
Pansystar smiled when Foxlily retrieved the moss, thinking it was cute how excited they were even after moons of retrieving herbs."What a lucky find! Not a lot of moss around here this time of year." template created by sunni |
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Post by viocrow on Mar 2, 2022 0:47:35 GMT -6
Foxlily Medicine Cat + She/They + 44 Moons
She curled her tail happily upon hearing Pansystar’s praise, and she nodded her agreement. “Absolutely! Unfortunate, as moss has so many potential uses - but! It’s also among the hardier plants. If you know where to look, leaf-bare can surprise you.” Foxlily thought for a few extra seconds. “I suppose in some ways, that applies to just about everything, hm? Ah but, we’re looking for remedies, not introspections.” Simply giving their head a gentle shake, they trotted along contentedly, beckoning for Pansystar to follow using their tail.
“In any case, I’m thankful the season should be turning soon. New-leaf will bring us much-needed… well, just about every type of resource, I suppose.” Her thoughts wandered slightly to the potential of the warmer weather, noting to herself that then would have been a better time to bring their esteemed leader - or, at least, esteemed to Foxlily - to look for plants. Perhaps then she could ask about swimming, and even a friendly hunting competition - not one she expected to win, what with her warrior training having ended in favor of healing when she was 8 moons old, but it could be fun all the same.
When did they have the luxury of thinking up fun, though?
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MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Mar 8, 2022 1:00:35 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Pansystar was a bit surprised with Foxlily's analysis of the situation. I wonder what surprises Foxlily has, she thought to herself, not really expecting an immediate anwser. That was something nice about Clan life. Much of it was the same thing repeated over and over again. Some would call it boring, but if nothing else it was secure.
The leader was happy when the other feline returned the conversation to hopeful thinking about the approaching warmer season. "Yeah, we'll all be glad then. Maybe once we all have enough prey in our bellies, the Clans can settle back into some peace. That would be nice too."
She knew that Foxlily was well aware of the rising tensions between SunClan and MoonClan. At this point, who wasn't? They had already won the territory battle, but they still weren't content, Their warriors kept crossing the borders, growing bolder and bolder each time. Skirmishes were ever common nowadays. Pansystar was surprised Foxlily was able to keep up with it all, especially without an apprentice. She knew if she was in their position, she wouldn't fair as well. I hope Foxlily knows how much she's appreciated. I don't know what MoonClan would do without them. template created by sunni |
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Post by viocrow on Mar 9, 2022 12:44:50 GMT -6
Foxlily Medicine Cat + She/They + 44 Moons She felt a rush of anxiety flooding her body as Pansystar brought up the Clan tensions, but she smiled all the same. After all, Foxlily had the same wish - and yet, they couldn’t help but feel like that was all that it was. Wishful thinking. “That would be nice,” they responded wistfully. “Though, I just can’t shake the feeling that SunClan wants more than just prey from our territory. I can’t help but worry that they might just want to feel like the superior Clan.” What else could they want? The unspoken question lingered in the caliby’s eyes. SunClan already had so much more territory without invading MoonClan’s forest, without decimating their ranks.
But that was Foxlily’s job, wasn’t it? To keep their cats healthy and strong, able to push through SunClan’s relentless invasion.
They felt the cold ground give a little beneath them, and recoiled suddenly before laughing and plucking the sticks that had given her such an unnecessary fright. “Oh! We always need more of these, I always seem to lend them out to kits who want to play with them,” she mused as she balanced a few on her back. “I’m sorry Pansystar, I never actually told you what things to be on the look out for, did I?” Non-Binary + Bi
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MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Mar 13, 2022 21:10:06 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Pansystar nooded along with Foxlily, a grimm look settling on her face. "Beestar's pride will be the doom of us all, I fear." The leader's voice was quiet and troubled. It was true that SunClan had always occupied the larger part of the territory, and it seemed that fact alone fueled SunClan's ego. It made them too bold, in the opinion of most MoonClanners.
Pansystar was beginning to get lost in her own head when Foxlily suddenly jerked back. Foxlily being frightened caused Pansystar to jump as well. She fixed yellow eyes on the medicine cat for a breif, scared moment before sdhe joined them in laughter. "Oh my stars, well at least we know no SunClanners can sneak up on us. Too jumpy for that."
She watched Foxlily gathering sticks with some mild confusion. So far they had located moss and now they were collecting sticks. Pansystar wasn't sure what she was expecting when she joined Foxlily, but it wasn't this. It involved more actual herbs, she was certain of it.
"No, I don't think you did," the tabby responded. "A little guidance might be nice, truth be told." template created by sunni |
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Post by viocrow on Mar 14, 2022 18:25:50 GMT -6
Foxlily Medicine Cat + She/They + 44 Moons They clicked their tongue and rolled their eyes at themself with a smile, feeling silly for just running around like every cat would know what a good stick was. “You’re definitely right, SunClan won’t be able to step quietly enough with instincts like ours,” she mused. “Maybe we’ll surround the camp with sticks. We’d be ready in no time at all!”
Foxlily sighed in good humor. “Right then, about what we’re looking for. While we are limited by the season, there are still an abundance of helpful things this time of year. You’ve already seen me gather sticks and moss, those two are almost never out of season. Moss helps us stop cats from bleeding out, and sticks are good for setting broken bones or distracting cats from the pain.” She paused for just a moment. “The kits also like to chase each other with them.”
“We’ve got a lot of options, but are you familiar with rush or sedge?” Non-Binary + Bi
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MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Mar 18, 2022 13:42:04 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Pansystar chuckled along with the joke, imagining laying out a circle of sticks around camp to trap some unsuspecting SunClan cats. The look on Beestar's face would be priceless! It'd be even funnier if it weren't under the circumstance of battles, Pansystar thought.
Foxlily moved on to talking about atual herbs. Pansystar shook her head when asked if she was familar with either rush or sedge. "Can't say I am, honestly. I don't think I'm particularly familar with any herbs. Except maybe like marigold, but every warrior who's been in a fight knows that one." template created by sunni |
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MoonClan
High Position
head in the clouds, but never the stars
Posts: 144
Pronouns: She/They
Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Foxlily on Mar 20, 2022 19:38:38 GMT -6
｡☆✼★━━━━ Foxlily ━━━━★✼☆｡ She could only nod, feeling it made sense that most cats wouldn’t be able to distinguish sedges and rushes from normal grass most of the time, and she pondered how to word an explanation. “That makes sense! They grow close to the water, even in leaf-bare. They both look a bit like grass, but sedges tend to droop over and form circles. Rush likes to grow right on the edge of water, and gets very tall but stays up straight.” She looked around, knowing they would be nearing the water soon. A good thing too, as most of what they would be gathering would be by the water. That seemed to be where they hid when it was cold. “I only bring them up because we’ll start to see the sedges before we see the water. Some of the absolute most important herbs for us are there, so that’s… really most of our gathering time,” they mused. The ever familiar scent of wintergreen played at their nose, the very mint-like scent getting stronger as the cats walked, but Foxlily ignored it this time. Poison wasn’t a top concern at the moment, and many other herbs by the water would handle wounds. Besides, if they could still gather any more herbs after they finished with the water, they could easily pick some up on the way back to camp. Simple as that. |
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MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Apr 4, 2022 10:14:51 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Panystar listened to the medicine cat intently, though, if she was being honest, she wouldn't really get the idea until she was able to see the herbs herself. But if they kept on the track Foxlily had outlined, that would be soon enough.
"Hey, Foxlily," she began after they had spent some time walking in silence. "Why did you choose to become a medicine cat? Was it StarClan's calling?" template created by sunni |
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MoonClan
High Position
head in the clouds, but never the stars
Posts: 144
Pronouns: She/They
Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Foxlily on Apr 4, 2022 17:02:39 GMT -6
｡☆✼★━━━━ Foxlily ━━━━★✼☆｡ The question caught them off guard, jumping slightly as they were broken from their trance of scanning the area for the medicines they needed. They wrinkled their nose slightly, laughing lightly at Pansystar’s follow up question. “No, I wouldn’t say it was StarClan’s calling. I just… I couldn’t stand the idea of hurting another cat,” she confessed. “I bit another apprentice too hard during a sparring match, and it scared me so badly I ended up trying to help the medicine cat patch up the wound. After that, though, it just… it was so amazing to me, I knew I had to learn to be able to help others like that.” She paused for a few moments. “Well, you know, just without being the cause of them being sent to get healed.” She laughed again, reflecting on the story. Had they really changed that much from their time as an apprentice? Perhaps they had, Foxpaw might have made fun of them for being so jumpy now if Foxlily were to somehow meet herself at 6 moons. “Not the most riveting tale, is it?” |
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MoonClan
High Position
the long nights you held me through ✧
Posts: 144
Pronouns: she/her
Played By: Sunni
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Post by Pansystar on Apr 14, 2022 10:46:15 GMT -6
PANSYSTAR Pansystar smiled. "Perhaps it's not, but I think it's a nice one." There were many tales of apprentices who had wanted to be warriors but received a dream from StarClan telling them that it wasn't meant to be. Pansystar couldn't imagine going through that, especially for apprentices who had already begun their warrior training. It was comforting to know that the medicine cat path was something that Foxlily has chosen, not been required to do.
"I think that's the best way to find your path," she admitted. Realizing that her words might be confusing, the brown tabby continued: "Through your own mistakes and choices. I know that StarClan is supposed to play a role in our destiny, but I can't imagine some other cat making those choices for us, you know?"
Perhaps her words were strange to be coming from a leader. Though they weren't as close to StarClan in the way that medicine cats are supposed to be, they are at least supposed to trust them. And perhaps there was a time when Pansystar did trust her warrior ancestors more. But as she grew older, her connection to them felt like it was fading. Sometimes she worried they punished MoonClan as a result.
"Have you heard from our ancestors recently?" template created by sunni |
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MoonClan
High Position
head in the clouds, but never the stars
Posts: 144
Pronouns: She/They
Played By: VioCrow
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Post by Foxlily on Apr 14, 2022 12:20:32 GMT -6
｡☆✼★━━━━ Foxlily ━━━━★✼☆｡ Foxlily smiled gently at Pansystar’s commentary, giving an appreciative nod of their head. “Thank you, Pansystar, I suppose you have a point. What about you, though? I understand if you’d rather not talk about it, but as I understand it, becoming leader isn’t completely a choice one makes. It must be lonely, too, going from the warrior den full of cats to the leader den by yourself.” She stopped and shook her head. “Sorry, that might be excessive of me. As a medicine cat without an apprentice, having another cat sleeping in my den means something’s wrong. For you, it could mean something good!”What was the question? The ancestors? Foxlily’s ears twitched as they thought how to best answer the question. Hearing from them was rarely ever quite the correct phrasing, the ancestors tended to prefer riddles and rhymes, imagery and symbolism, mystery and omens, all in favor of just saying what was on their mind. They were already dead, what did they have to lose by speaking their minds? She imagined if she was dead, she’d gladly say all that she thought. In life, though, doing so was just a ticket to becoming yet another ghost lurking in the beyond. Depending on one’s thoughts, anyway. “Nothing specific,” they answered honestly. “I’ve been having a recurring dream, though. The newleaf floods and the chaos of water, among it all I’ll always see a black pelt though I can never make out whose it is. Any time I get close, all I see is the stars, and StarClan cats racing about like the flood itself. Who knows what that means.” Well, it was actually part of her job to figure out what StarClan was trying to say, wasn’t it? That wasn’t a very good response, then. Foxlily hesitated, laughing nervously before making a follow up statement. “At least, for now. I’m sure I’ll figure it out soon. In the meantime, I’ve been keeping an eye on any cat with black fur. The flood must be bringing some sort of change.” As always, she added in her thoughts. Newleaf brings change. Good prophecy, StarClan, thanks. How lovely to hear from them. What would MoonClan have done without this wisdom. |
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