[ CLOUDSTAR ]
The leader's expression became distinctly troubled, a look of conflict swirling dark in her eyes, and Cloudstar fell silent as she thought over Kenny's words. What could she say? Well tough luck go starve somewhere else. That was horrible! But at the same time... she couldn't simply invite this loner to wander their territory and take their prey as he pleased. "Heartpaw tells it true," She meowed in a softer tone and lowered her body some, getting into a more comfortable half crouch on the tree bough while still keeping her muscles bunched up in preparation for action. "With leafbare coming, we need all the prey our territory can give. That's why we mark our borders. We're a big group of cats which means a lot of mouths to feed."

"You said you're alone though, yes?" That was helpful news-- assuming he was telling the truth. "How long have you been on your own? You look young."

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Blizzardheart
Blizzardheart noticed Nimblerush and gave him a friendly smile when the tom spoke. He was in an usual happy mood and conversation would keep his mood alive. "Morning, Nimblerush." He meowed, swishing his tail back and forth. He grabbed a small mouse and quickly ate it, his self bouncing with energy. "Anything exciting happening today?" He asked after finishing the mouse. Flexing his claws to hopefully relax his desire to sink them into something, he sat down, watching, amused, as his tail swished back and forth.

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Nightghost

Nightghost thought over. "Probably best to do a bit of hunting. If we're quick, we can go to the trainin hallow later." He spoke, his green eyes glinting slightly. He should take the kit more under his wing and teach her some moves. After all, you never know when there might be an attack. He switched his piercing gaze to the fluffball. "How about we make it into a lil game?" He spoke, attempting to appeal to her competitiveness. "If you're able to get two pieces of freshkill, i'll not only give you some battle training later today, but i'll also give you battle training all day tomorrow."

Kenny

The tom's ears flattened even more. "I'm sorry... i should have kept going..." at what seemed to be the leader of the party spoke, he raised his head slightly. "Er... its been a while... ever since my human died. He was a shaman of a tribe and was teaching me about herbs and what they can do." His voice strengthened slightly as he thought of his old human. "He taught me so much, but i want to learn more. Especially since its so useful and interesting!" He blinked, coming back to himself, and resumed his flattened position, his fur warming.

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[ CLOUDSTAR ]
His human? An odd word, but she did distantly recall that some cats referred to the twolegs by that term. Upwalkers, no-furs, pale beasts; the strange creatures that lived not too far from their territory went by a lot of names. Cloudstar flicked an ear at Kenny's explanation and, at the mention of his knowledge of herbs, a voice inside her head murmured a reminder that SkyClan had no medicine cat. Yes yes she was aware, that fact kept her up at night with worry for her Clanmates. "It is... useful, I mean," The she-cat muttered in reply before giving a quiet sigh. "SkyClan, the group of cats I lead, is unfortunately missing any cat who knows how to use herbs right now. I can't give you permission to hunt in our lands by yourself, Kenny, but what do you think about living in a group?"

[ NIMBLERUSH ]
Nimblerush flicked his tail up into the air behind him in a form of wave to Blizzardheart, gaze fixing intently on the other tom now that he had come to join him, and he swallowed his current mouthful before trying to speak again. Hard being hungry and chatty at the same time. "Mm no, not really. But oh! Cloudstar, Echoshine and, uh, some apprentices I didn't actually look close at left camp earlier. Something about a loner scent? Wonder if they'll actually find one, that'd be interesting. Not if it's a mean one though. That'd be bad. Yeah." His words went on to become a bit of a ramble before the dark tom abruptly silence himself with another bite of mouse.

EDITED to include Nimble's post.

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- Heartpaw -

His eyes opened wide at the offer that his mentor said. He knew they needed a medicine cat, but maybe this cat that knew about herbs could teach him to be a medicine cat as well. He smiled and looked up at his leader, wondering what a human was.

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Kenny

Kenny's ears perked. "Wait, really? You would allow me to join and teach others about herbs?" He asked, sitting up in excitement. He had always wanted a family, and others to talk to. When he lived with his human, other humans had sometimes brought other animals with them. While it had been scary, it had also been exhilarating. He had learned much from both his human and the animals he had met, especially other shamans' cats. He had been sad when he had set out on his own, alone and with no one to keep him company. But now, he just might!

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Sparkpaw

The apprentice's eyes gleamed when Nightshade mentioned the game. "Of course!" She tried to stay respectful and keep her excitement at bay. She didn't want to disrespect her mentor with a sudden burst of random happiness. Her tail swished in the dust a bit more than ususal; Sparkpaw could hardly refrain from bounding out of the camp as fast as her legs would take her.

She hastened into the forest, purring almost unnoticeably as she kicked up plumes of dry earth in her wake. She dropped into a crouch as soon as she entered the forest, hoping her bright pelt wouldn't be too visible theough the foliage. She swept the ground with her gaze, looking for pawprints and disturbed patches of ground as well as sticks, dry leaves, and other obstacles that could attract attention to her if she stepped wrong.

Blueflame

Blueflame stretched, tail waving, as she stirred from her silent watch in one of the trees on the outskirts of the forest. She was watching for both prey and enemy cats, although both seemed to be scarce in Blueflame's chosen watch area. She scanned the ground, ears twitching and whiskers aquiver for signs of the presence of other animals.

An abrupt rustle from a bush at the base of Blueflame's tree startled her; her eyes locked onto the tiniest movement in the bush, from the shake of a disturbed leaf to the hare that moved it. The brown-gray, long-eared creature now hopped away from its protection to graze on the long yellow-tipped grasses nearby.

Blueflame sprang from the tree, tail whipping madly to keep her facing the right direction, and landed neatly on top of her quarry. The blow to its spine killed it quickly and the experienced blue-furred warrior silently buried her prey under the tree and climbed back up its branches to watch again.

A noise brought Blueflame's attention to Sparkpaw; the young apprentice was charging recklessly through the forest after a rather scrawny, thin-tailed squirrel. Blueflame rolled her eyes and jumped neatly back to the ground in front of Sparkpaw, biting the back of the squirrel's beck and letting it hang loosely in her jaws as she scrutinized the jubiliant young she-cat.

"You should be more careful," she said, voice muffled through the squirrel's gray fur. "You could easily have took a more stealthy approach and caught it quickly enough." She narrowed her gaze to a glare and dropped the squirrel at Sparkpaw's paws.

"Uh... sorry," the apprentice said nervously, whiskers drooping. She looked thoroughly ashamed. "I was just trying to catch the squirrel. Nightghost told me that if I catch two pieces of prey, he'd teach me battle moves today and tomorrow."

Blueflame nodded and flicked her ear. "Well, you'll never catch anything that way," she admonished. "Go back to Nightflame and ask him how to improve your stealth. It's not my place to tell you how to hunt; I'm not your mentor, after all, but I can tell you that you'll have a hard time feeding your kin when you can barely catch a half-starved squirrel."

Sparkpaw nodded. The apprentice looked embarrassed and properly chastised, so Blueflame left it at that. She did give the apprentice the squirel, though. She sat back and sighed; today's youth was so inexperienced. She uncovered the hare from earlier and brought it back to camp, tail waving. She should really speak to the mentors about this.

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[ CLOUDSTAR ]
Kenny's enthusiasm at the proposal was heart warming and Cloudstar felt a pulse of relief that she wouldn't have to chase off an obstinate loner who had no interest in being part of a Clan. That had happened before-- and it was never an easy task. The leader offered him a smile, but reminded herself to be honest going forward. "I'm glad to see that you like the idea," She confessed with a brief, soft purr before continuing. "But I can't make any promises. Medicine cats are a very important part of the Clan and someone we need to be able to trust with our lives. You can come with us, back to our camp, and stay a while to see how Clan life suits you. Then we'll talk more about it." With any luck, StarClan would give some sort of sign as she'd been hoping they would for moons now. But the stars had been completely silent about where to look for a new Medicine Cat thus far. Stars, she wished she had someone to consult with about this.

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Coalstreak let out a hiss under his breath, the sharp sting of the now removed thorn still remaining after he had accidentally rolled over the small prickly object that had found its way into his nest- most likely thanks to the clumsy paws of another warrior that had come in from a patrol or hunt, prior to the dark grey tom's decision to retire to bed last night. "Stupid thorn..." The tall feline growled, as he dragged his tongue in a soothing manner over the irritated spot where the nuisance had once been. Once satisfied that his fur was going to fall off the lean bodied male glanced around the hollow briefly as if expecting trouble before padding over to the fresh-kill pile in search of a quick bite to eat before deciding what to do afterwards.
After taking a moment to mull over his options: a chaffinch, a lanky squirrel, or a small mouse- the dark tom finally plucked out the chaffinch and shuffled a bit away's from the prey pile before settling down to enjoy the morsel in content solitude.

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{ Alright guys ignore anything in my posts that mentioned Cloud being worried about the Clan not having a medicine cat. Since we do now. 8I *waves wand to pretend it never happened* }

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Ravenfeather
Male | 57 Moons | Medicine Cat | Location: Medicine Den--> In front of the Nursery | Mentions: Mistcloud [NPC] (Indirect) Frostkit (Direct) |

The grey tom slowly opened his eyes. What had awoken him was the faint pouring of light entering the den's cracked roof. New day.. he thought to himself as he rosed off the scattered nest he called his bed. He gave his fur a few quick licks to remove the debris that littered it before he sauntered with heavy steps towards the exit. Most cats could tell that the tom was groggy and still not fully awake just by his strides. When he exited the rocky cave he squinted; the light was emence compared to the dimly lit den were he stayed. He stood there quietly as he let his eyes adjust to the vivid sun's light that was coming down with the wind that blew against their camp. Once he felt assured that his crystalline eyes wouldn't be harmed by the rays he went on a short journey to den were his mother slept, along with the rest of the elders.

He stopped to a hault, lifting his gaze upwards to look at the kit that layed in front of the nursery's enterance. More farther down the trail would have been were his destination would be, the elders den, but he couldn't help but stick around the nursery den for a bit to chat with the kit. He slowly made his way over to the small cat before sitting down beside her. " Good morning Frostkit. What brings you out of the den so early?" he said to the kit. He noticed she was just observing the camp, making his attention rise as well so he may observe the camp as well. It was quiet and peaceful as the breeze blowed against his fur. There wasn't much activity going on in the camp from what he was seeing. Has a patrol been set out? he thought to himself. He mentally wanted to kick himself for not looking in the storage area to see if he was in need for certain herbs. I'll just have to return back to the den after I see my mother. Then I'll see if I could join a patrol later. He took a mental note as he awaited for the kit to respond.

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- Frostkit -

She shifted slightly as she shrugged, not really knowing the medicine cat well as Cougarheart. Thinking of him made her looking around for the brown-ish tom. Her ears purked for his voice and noise twitching for his scent.

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Ravenfeather
Male | 57 Moons | Medicine Cat | Location: Outside of Nursery-->Elder's Den-->Camp | Mentions: Mistcloud [NPC] (Brief), Frostkit (brief) (Open) |

After not hearing a single word from the kit he looked down at her, noticing the height difference suddenly. He was much larger than her, Did I say something wrong..Maybe I scared her? he thought to himself sadly. He knew he was very confind, but he didn't think others would be wry of him because of it. If the she-kit felt timid around him then he should try his best not to cause any problems for her. " Not much of a talker I see. Well. Just be safe and don't stray from the nursery." he muttered softly to the kit to avoid causing the kit to be scared of him. He lifted his haunches from the ground as he slowly trotted away in the direction of the Elder's den.

He brushed the thoughts aside as he entered the quiet den. He sniffed the air, searching for his mother's scent. There she is he thought as he picked up her scent and followed it to the back of the dark den. Sure enough the old she-cat was sleeping away on a nest. He sat along side his mother's sleeping body. Ravenfeather and Mistcloud look exactly alike, the only difference between the mother and son was size. The tom was much larger than his mother, towering over her with ease. He prodded his mother's side, seeing if she would awake.

"Ravenfeather..?" the old she-cat mused softly. The tom brought his cheek to her face, rubbing it lightly against her head. "I'm here. I was just making sure you were ok." he murmured to the feline. "You know I'm perfectly fine, you don't have to keep coming over here just to check up on me Ravenfeather." she said, giving a soft purr of contentment. " You never know Mistcloud. That's why I must check up on you everyday. Now, what would you like for today? A mouse, a vole? I'll try my best to find it in the prey pile." he purred with a warm voice. "I'm not hungry. How about you eat instead?" she retorted. " Suprise you? Ok." he said with enthusiasm as he left the she-cat's side and began to walk away. He overheard his mother give a sigh, as if she gave up trying to convince him to not get her food. " Be safe Ravenfeather." she muttered before returning into a sleeping state. " I will mother." he muttered under his breath as he continued to walk off towards the exit.

Once he exited the Elder's den he went straight back to his den to see what he was low on. When he entered his den he noticed how the place was slightly dusty, I should make sure the herbs didn't spoil either.. the thought crossed his mind because of the dust. He strolled passed the empty nests as he went to the back of the den were he stored the herbs. He sat down as he began to run through the mental list of things he saw he needed more of. We definitly need more cobweb...and probably blackberry leaves. Though I highly doubt some bees will still be lingering due to it being leaf-fall..but just in case. he thought as he kept a mental list in his mind. He then rose as he left his den.

His attention searched for cats still in the camp that he maybe able to join if they were going on a patrol or were going on a solo hunt. I'll get mother's food after I find herbs. He didn't see much movement though. The tom trotted over to the middle of the camp. He was now more alert and awake as he sat down on a jutted rock and began to groom himself. He awaited for some more cats to awaken so he could ask to join. Hopefully I don't have to wait long. he thought as he stretched his paw foward and began to groom his arms. His silky fur began to curl with each lick before it slowly fell down and became straight.

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- Frostkit -

She watched the medicine cat pad away before getting up herself and slowly making her way to the warrior's den, hoping no one saw her as she went to go see if Cougarheart is awake.

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@Capricorn- so do you have any ideas for upcoming events for the clan? Just wondering since I'm bored atm lol.

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