pardon me // open, joining

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  • as the familiar smell of the human neighborhood— or “twolegplace,” as the clan cats liked to call it—faded away, an overwhelming cat scent replaced it, and the forest seemed to grow denser with every step she took. it was very interesting. that cats would willingly live and cooperate with each other was such a strange concept to the black and white she-cat. as the scent of skyclan intensified, she was reminded of the constant squabbles amongst the other neighborhood cats over food, territory, mates and whatever else troubled their simple minds. she was very curious indeed to meet cats who could get along with one another.


    she’d done her research, of course. clan cats were reportedly very finicky about their borders, and if she wanted to be accepted she’d have to at least pretend to care about the scent line. and she would have to think of a name. she never had one of those before. she supposed she could just make up a clan-style name right off the bat and make it easier for herself. skyclan was famous for its trees, so she’d heard. she’d go with some sort of tree name, then. the she-cat sat near a cypress, long black tail wrapped around white paws as she waited for someone to inevitably intercept her.

  • S U N P A W

    nine moons / she-cat / panromantic



    Sunpaw breathed in. She breathed out.


    It was a good day.


    A little spark of excitement fluttered through her. Another day for hunting, training-- not battling if she could avoid it, but, well. Another chance to improve herself, catch more than anyone else did and crush anyone who dared compete with the great Sunpaw--


    Whoa. Okay. A little too far there. Save it for the birds, Sunny, she reminded herself.


    Sunpaw loved to hunt, loved it more than anything else. Loved the thrill of being so high above the ground, the burning in her muscles as she leapt after her prey, the intense satisfaction that came with success. Any other time, she made an effort to be sweet, to be normal, to be friendly. But when she was hunting? All bets were off.


    Speaking of which.


    Sunpaw was going hunting.


    Right now.


    She padded through the familiar territory, quiet as she could manage, nosing along the underbrush, figuring she'd take to the trees when she caught sight of a bird. But the first scent that hit her nostrils wasn't that of prey-- rather, it was that of a cat.


    Not a SkyClan cat.


    That much was clear right off the bat.


    Immediately, Sunpaw's ears were perked, eyes alert, searching. Her gaze landed on the intruder-- well, no, actually. The cat wasn't technically intruding. There she was, sat just on the edge of the border, tail curled round her paws. Seemed polite.


    Wonder what she wants.


    Sunpaw perked up-- okay, c'mon, be friendly now, these are the Rules of Social Interaction-- and padded closer.


    "Hey, who're you?"


    . . .


    //ooc: sakfhkjasfhkjshlsajf I made this before I even made my intro lmao

  • the she-cat swiveled her ears in the direction of the sound of rustling leaves. to her disappointment, the stranger was even younger than herself. it wasn’t going to be fun to have to be polite to this little twerp. who am i? let’s see here...


    she glanced up, searching for an answer, and she found it in the tree she was sitting next to. yes, that would make a fine name. “i’m cypresspaw,” she answered flatly. the other cat didn’t ask what she was doing here, so she didn’t bother explaining. there wouldn’t have been a point to it either, since young cats like this probably didn’t have the authority to accept others into the clan.

  • S U N P A W

    nine moons / she-cat / panromantic



    Sunpaw stared, waiting. And waiting. As the other cat said nothing else, she frowned. Seemed... Less polite, if she was just going to sit there like that when Sunpaw was clearly hoping for more information. The young brindle-furred molly sat down in front of the older cat, tail flicking slightly.


    "Nice to meet you, Cypresspaw," Sunny said, shoving down the irritation and the strange tangle of dark emotions that always seemed to be tingling just beneath her fur.


    No. Sunpaw had to be nice. She wanted to be nice.


    "Soooo... Any particular reason why you're here? And where are you from, anyway?"


    Suddenly, something caught Sunpaw's attention--- a flutter of motion in the trees. A bird. Green gaze sharpening, Sunpaw growled out a sudden, "Wait one second," before she dropped into a crouch and sprang at the tree, claws digging into the bark and hoisting her up and after her prey.


    Yeah, she was vaguely aware that she was being rude, but-- a bird. This was a bird, and she was hunting, and no one in the world could stop her hunting.


    Claws on bark. Teeth sinking into feathers. Once she had the bird in her grasp, Sunpaw dropped back to the ground in front of Cypresspaw. The dark tangle of emotions was a little less present now, overshadowed by the thrill of adrenaline and hint of pride.


    "Sorry about that," she said, actually rather genuine. "Gotta hunt for the clan, know what I mean?" She only realized afterwards that, well, no, this cat probably didn't really know. Whoops.



    . . .


    //ooc: such a shOWOFF smh


    figured things would be more interesting if they got off on the wrong foot ;P so here is an impolite bad first impression from Sunny

  • “i’m here to j—“ the stranger’s sudden diversion caused cypresspaw to cut herself off, and a small grumble of irritation escaped her. the annoyance mostly only came from being interrupted; she didn’t really mind when the younger cat suddenly sped off to catch a bird. it was quite interesting to her to see how others hunted. so these cats actually climbed trees? they were more odd than she could have imagined.


    when the mottled she-cat finally returned, cypresspaw decided to ignore her question to ask one of her own. “why do you hunt for the clan?” she asked. “you’re really skinny. you could just take it for yourself.” she didn’t understand why clan cats seemed so altruistic. that kind of attitude seemed foolish to cypresspaw, especially since it was winter and food wasn’t particularly abundant.

  • S U N P A W

    nine moons / she-cat / panromantic



    Sunpaw frowned. She had never really interacted much with any non-clan cat, and she'd grown up with a sense of loyalty and community so much so that it felt natural. It was the way of things, and she had always accepted it without question.


    To meet a cat who didn't seem to share that understanding was novel indeed.


    Still, the broken-record reasoning slipped from her maw with ease, same as it would any loyal cat-- clanborn or not. "Community is the foundation of the clans," Sunpaw meowed, a lingering touch of pride in her voice. "We feed each other and protect each other. We follow the warrior code because it allows us to thrive."


    It was a conditioned argument, repeated countless times by generations of cats over endless moons. Tried and true.


    . . .


    //ooc:

  • cypresspaw didn’t really buy it, evident in the pause before she spoke again. sure, helping others allowed them to thrive, but it didn’t get an individual cat anywhere. now wasn’t the time for arguing, though. she had to be pleasant. “interesting,” she mused, looking around to see if any other cats were around. unfortunately, there weren’t. she supposed she’d have to talk to this brat, then. “i’m here to join skyclan. how do i go about doing that?”

  • //been on mobile all day and most of yesterday and my fancies are all over the fucking place so I gave up, sorry for the short post//


    Sunpaw's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "You're here to join?" she meowed, unable to stop the surprised outburst. It was replaced almost instantly by a giddy excitement. "Oh! You've got to talk to our deputy, Minnownose, or our leader, Poppystar! Come with me, I'll take you back to camp." Sunpaw turned back to head toward camp, taking care to pick the bird up carefully in her jaws.


    Maybe it wasn't the smartest move to immediately bring the cat to camp, but she seemed genuine enough. And she'd been polite enough to not immediately diss the reasoning Sunny had provided, even though she clearly didn't buy into it in the least.


    She was... maybe cynical was the right word. But she didn't seem downright mean.