Leaf-Bare

[Sleetfoot]

Sleetfoot flicked Kaity's ear friendlily. "I told you she wasn't all teeth and claws!" he turned to look around and the cats who remained as it seemed Ashpelt had taken off with the kits. He knew as well as anyone else that Hawkkit would be royally ticked off if she missed this chance of playing around with her idol.

He found Shadowchase and dipped his head to the warrior. "Would you mind going after Ashpelt and the kits and bringing them, along with Pearlclaw, Bluesky and my kits out here? Then we can all play together." It was more of a command really, but he could be nice about it.

He turned to find the pine cone again and jumped onto the ice, turning to make sure the Wildstar and Kaity were close enough to hear the instructions.

"So basically, theres a log on either side of the pond and the point of the game is to get the pinecone in the other teams log. You can't pick the cone up with your claws or teeth-only move it with your paws or tail. Let's split up into fair teams and when the kits back do not trample them!" As he spoke, he moved a large, open log to both sides and marked a center line with his claws.

His final spoken sentence was oddly directed fully at Falcontail...

**I think Shadowchase is there... :/ **

[Bluesky]

OOC:// OMGIT'SHOCKEYSLEETYILOVEYOU:heart::heart::heart:
And yeah, Shadow was there :B So now I'm going to go fetch myself... lol //

Shadowchase dipped his head to the white warrior. "Yes, of course." He was pleased that he would be able to delay stepping out onto the ice again, and Wildstar's wise decision not to bring Kaity into the camp just yet was also comforting. Not because he thought she was dangerous or shouldn't be allowed in, no, but because he always found it encouraging to know that the clan was in good hands with their leader. (ok ya he's still a Lustry-wannabe in case anyone was wondering...!)

He trotted back to camp, entering and lifting his tail. "Ashpelt, we're going to stay on the ice for a bit before bringing the newcomer in. So you, Bluesky, Pearlclaw, and the kits can come out to the lake now."

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Bluesky looked up a few moments before Shadowchase entered the camp, and his message was a good one. But who was this new cat? I guess I'll find out there... She stood, starting toward the tunnel and leading Rainkit with her. "Dawnkit, would you check and see if Coldkit is still sleeping before coming? She probably wouldn't appreciate being left behind." The queen, being impatient, didn't wait to see if Dawnkit answered her immediately, and anyway, it sounded like Ashpelt was in charge of the kits.

I'll leave him to it, then.

[Lightfur]

Dawnkit was ecstatic at the idea of a new cat to meet and play with, and even more thrilled when Shadowchase came into camp to fetch everyone to the lake! The lake where the new cat was! So they could see her! And meet her! And talk to her! Dawnkit wonered if she would be nice. Even if the new cat turned out to be mean, though, it would be okay because apparently Daddy was at the lake, and he could handle anything! Anyways, it would be so fun to play with Hawk-kit and Rainkit and Coldkit and Tinderkit and Moonkit at the lake and she would get to see if it had gotten hard or if Daddy had been kidding about that, because really it seemed amazing that the water which was soft and wet could turn hard and solid, although Daddy knew everything sometimes he joked but he had been right about the smow- snow- so Dawnkit believed that the lake was maybe hard too! She thought there was a special name for when water got hard because of cold but she couldn't remember what it was. She could ask Daddy soon!

When Mommy asked Dawnkit to get Coldkit she thrilled at the responsibility. It was an important job, like an apprentice! …Okay, fine, it wasn't really like an apprentice task but still! Mommy could have asked Rainkit to fetch Coldkit but she asked Dawnkit instead! This was obviously because Mommy could see how ready Dawnkit was for the task, and how responsible she was! And of course it had nothing to do with the fact that Dawnkit would be more annoying to Coldkit and thus get the white kit moving faster, or anything…

Without speaking, because this was an important mission, Dawnkit bounced off of Hawk-kit and scampered into Starlight's den. "Hi Fallentree, hi Coldkit!" she chirped happily. "Did you know that it snowed a lot and that there's a new cat who's a loner but maybe she'll stay, do you think she'll stay? And Hawk-kit brought the message which was so cool, just like a real apprentice and now Shadowchase came and we're all going to the lake and Coldkit Mommy said for you to come too, I think Daddy's already there and Rainkit's coming and Hawk-kit, and Moonkit and Tinderpaw are already there, and so is the loner! It's gonna be so exciting!" She glanced at the still form of Lightfur. "Fallentree, are you gonna stay and watch Lightfur? You're not gonna come to the lake? I bet the loner will come here though, and you can meet her then! I wonder if she's nice? I wonder how old she is. I wonder where she came from?"

She paused and took a deep breath. "Anyways Coldkit Mommy says to come along to the lake and I'm supposed to get you so let's go!"

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Pearlclaw listened interestedly to Hawk-kit's tale of a new longer encountered. She was almost used to this by now, really. The Clan had stumbled across so many loners, abandoned kits or questing vagrants that it seemed sometimes that they made up most of the Clan. Pearlclaw had seen it all, from the time that she was a tiny kit, when StormClan was forced to migrate here… Many cats had not made or survive the journey, like Pearlclaw's family, and Pearlclaw felt that the number of new members of MountainClan that stumbled upon them were almost certainly sent by StarClan, as a way of sustaining a Clan that oftentimes seemed unfortunately small.

Then Pearlclaw started as Shadowchase walked into camp. It seemed like everyone was wandering back into camp from the lake… Although it seemed that the flow would be reversed now, according to Shadowchase's message. She could tell that Bluesky was anxious to be off, so she nudged the blue queen gently. "Ashpelt and I will make sure that Dawnkit and Coldkit get to the lake safely, you go ahead with Rainkit," the black-and-white warrior offered. Who knew how long it would take for Dawnkit to actually get Coldkit up and out of the den… Pearlclaw wondered if Shadowchase would head right back or would wait for the kits, and she cast a very quick glance at the handsome yellow-and-black warrior before turning her gaze towards where Dawnkit was disappearing into the medicine cat's den.

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Meanwhile, Lightfur was on an epic quest with Hawky-the-Human, attempting to find Santa Claus (Or the cat version, Santa Claws) and discover the true meaning of Christmas.

[Hawkpaw]

Hawkkit's eyes lit up with pure ecstasy (The feeling, not the drug) as Shadowchase told them to come down to the lake. She bounded up to him and began to bounce up and down with excitement. "Oh boy! I can't wait! What are we doing at the lake? Are we playing a game? I like games! Games are good! What game are we playing! Is it fun? What's taking the other cats so long! We need to go, go, go! I want to go to the lake, and I bet you do too. Don't you Shadowchase? The lake is fun. It's hard to move around on, but it's fun! Why are my paws so cold there though? The rest of me is really warm, but my paws are cold... Do you know why Shadowchase? Is it because they're not as fluffy? I wish I had fluffier feet... They'd be so warm then! That would be bad in Green-Leaf though... It'd get sooooooo hot! So when are we going to the lake? Can we go now? Or do we have to wait for the others? We should wait for Dawnkit! She's my bestest friend, so we need to wait for her. She'll probably want to wait for her siblings though, and Bluesky. They should hurry up! I want to go to the lake! Can you make them hurry up Shadowchase? Can you do that? My feet are cold!" It was now painfully obvious... Dawnkit was rubbing off on her...

[Lightfur]

OoC: OMSC I think it's more like Dawnkit possessed her… Can Starlight perform exorcisms? Is that part of her job description?

And this is also why Dawnkit loves Hawkkit/paw so much. xDDD Completely adorable!

[Starlight]

((XD lol. So, um, I kind of lost track of this roleplay. Is there anywhere I/Ashpelt am/is needed? [StarClan knows I couldn't live without that slash key...]))

[Lightfur]

OoC: Starry, Shadowchase brought a message from Sleety summoning Ashpelt and basically everyone left at the camp other than the elders, Lightfur, and Mr. Grumpycat- I mean Brackenclaw. (The last of which could come if he wanted, I suppose.) So we need Ashpelt to help Pearlclaw, Shadowchase and Bluesky bundle the kits (Bluesky's, Hawkkit, and whatever other kits are currently in camp) down to the lake.

[Sleetfoot]

Fallentree smiled as Dawnkit came bounding into the Medicine Den. His eyes widened and he stared at the kit like she had grown three extra tails. He was doing his best to follow her quick words and take in all of her questions, but the only ones he could understand was about Lightfur. Eventually, he could no longer take it and maneuvered his thinning tail and placed the tip gently over her mouth to keep her quiet. "Yes, your sister is awake and yes, I am watching over Lightfur while Starlight plays at the lake."

~*~*~*~*~

Coldkit rolled her eyes as her sister came bounding into the den. With a sigh (and not even bothering to answer the questions posed) she stood, waved her tail to the elder and walked calmly out of the den to stand next to her mother and the other travelers.

[Starlight]

Ashpelt thanked Shadowchase for the message. When all the kits and warriors heading down to the lake had gathered, he looked them over with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "Last one to the lake is the rotten freshkill!" He declared, immediately dashing out of the camp for the lake. It was a kit's taunt, but today was a day for playing such silly games.

((I'm going for something like, "last one to [insert place here] is the rotten egg!" or however that goes...))

[Tinderpaw]

OoC: I think I will actually have Mr.GrumpyCat come down, just to give him some more interaction with everyone else. xD

BiC: Brackenclaw, now awake and not likely to be falling back asleep, decided that he might as well follow these foolish young cats down to the lake. It was cold out, but he was getting used to the chilled air rather quickly, meaning he wasn't about to fall back asleep soon. Darn kits, he thought to himself as he walked over to where the group of cats was currently standing. He nodded a greeting to them, silently offering his assistance with the troublesome little bundles that all seemed to be moving around at light speeds. How something that small moved so fast still amazed him, even if he wouldn't admit it.

Tinderkit, who was still sitting near Starlight, was now slowly getting up to her paws, curiosity beginning to get the best of her. They seemed to be playing a game on the lake now, or at least, they were going to. Maybe she could play too...no, they wouldn't want her to intrude. Still, she couldn't bring herself to sit back down, the game looked like too much fun to ignore. Maybe she would just walk towards the lake a little ways...yes that was it, just walk closer to the lake. Without even realizing she was moving, she slowly began to inch her way towards the other cats, her eyes never leaving the group at the lake.

[Starlight]

Starlight's whiskers twitched in amusement at the kit. "You should go join the others," she suggested, as if she couldn't see the young cat itching to join. "I must continue on to the MoonTree now."

((Which apparently, according to Wildy, is in the camp, right on top of the nursery. But Sleets and I assumed it was further away, so Starlight will now be making her way to a second MoonTree somewhere. *shifty eyes*))

[Hawkpaw]

Hawkkit raced after Ashpelt, her eyes lit up with glee as she raced through the fluffy white powder. No matter how fast she ran though, he was quickly getting farther and farther ahead of her, as she was a kit and he was a full-grown warrior. Once she finally arrived though, she slid to a halt, panting. She looked around the lake and quickly spotted her favorite orange warrior. She ran over to him and slid to a halt right at his paws. "Are we playing a game?" she asked, noticing the pinecone. "What kind of game? Is it a fun game? I like games. Do you like games, Falcontail? Games are fun! Falcontail! We should play more games together! I would like to play more games with you! Do you want to play games with me? It could be fun! We could have lots of fun together! Not that spending time together isn't already fun! It's the most fun in all of the world! But if we played games, we could have even more fun together! Would you like that? I would like that! It would be sooooo fun!"

[Nightpaw]

Kaity felt as if she were listening to herself from earlier as the young kit rambled at the orange warrior named Falcontail. Chuckling, she looked back at Sleetfoot. "That does sound like fun, Sleetfoot, how about we pick out teams?" She posed the question to all of the cats in the area. "Well, when all of the others get back, of coarse. How many other cats are with you?" She looked at all of the cats that were here already, and thought of who all she hadn't met yet. She wondered how she would be able to remember all of the names, if they all had two parts like Wildstar, Sleetfoot, Hawkkit, and Falcontail? She felt out of place with her simple name, she must sound strange to them too.She put those thoughts aside when others came into view.

[Sleetfoot]

Sleetfoot nodded to the possible new MountainClanee. "We will. I vote that Falcontail and I should be captains since we seem to know the most about the game. As far as teams, I was thinking:

Sleetfoot
Stonepelt
Ashpelt
Flowertail
Bluesky
Regalpaw
Dawnkit
Tinderkit
Hawkkit


Falcontail
Brackenfoot
Pearlclaw
Wildstar
Shadowchase
Willowpaw
Bramblepaw
Coldkit
Rainkit
Kaity

Flacontail, you have one extra cat on your team. But it wouldn't matter if you had three extra cats, we'll kick your butts from here to the nearest big water!" The white tom slashed his tail both playfully and challengingly at his friend.

Coldkit wasn't exactly super-duper-omg-the-lake-is-completely-frozen-its-the-coolest-thing-evar excited but she probably would have admitted (maybe...it depends on who asked...no she wouldn't've) that she was a little excited. When she got back, she heard her father spouting out names and hers was one of them...what the heck was this!!

[Wildstar]

Ooc: Holy William Shatner, Hawkkit is so annoying!

Bic:
Falcontail breathed a huge sigh of relief when Sleetfoot called Hawkkit into a different team. In fact, he'd been sure we would've been stuck with Hawkkit *again* but StarClan must have been distracted today. Better take advantage of it. At least Wildstar was on his team--she wasn't a bad slider by any means, but he'd never seen the others skate before (then again, he hadn't been here for a full cycle.**

Ooc:
*---* Emphasizing that is very fun.
** Referring to a full year, but I have no clue what they call it.