let's get out of here! -- troublemakers

COPPERPAW

8 moons . blind ⍟ tags

When you can only hear the murmuring of shaded insults and sneers in a Gathering without seeing the cats targeted, it's so easy to lose attention. For Copperpaw, it's a chance to practise his sight, hearing and troublemaker genes.

His first targets - the Skyclan cats!

They put up with his occasional visits to see his blood-father, so he doesn't feel guilty about leaping for the closest members side. He aims to bowls into them and use his paws to press near their neck in play when -

"Is that a collar?" Copperpaw exclaims, paw brushing a band of fabric on the unknown apprentices neck. It's not someone he's met before and is wearing a collar despite being in a clan meeting! "Are you deathly lost or something Kittypet?" He asks them, bewildered.

/ not sure if this is what u had in mind heh

Jadelock

COPPERPAW

8 moons . blind ⍟ tags

/ thanks bub!

Oh wow, the sounds this guy makes sounds like a Thunderpath! The assault of information batters his ears and he rolls off to the side when the tom sits up. A clan cat? But with kittypet parents? How did that make a lick of sense!

Curious, he's even more surprised at his last words. "I never heard of a Kittypet who knows about Silverpelt before..." he says wondrously. "Copperpaw, from Darkclan. Have you been there? Is your collar a gift from your father? Or is it like those city cats and you killed another cat for it?" the blind tom leans in, eager to hear what the 'Kittypet' had to say.

COPPERPAW

8 moons . blind ⍟ tags

Copperpaw grins at the yell, sure they're causing a bit of commotion at this gathering. He feels warriors nudging them to quieten down but, this is fun!

Though, those answers were a bit sad. Finding your dead parents collar... he feels a bite of guilt, since he has two dads and a mother. But who says he can't share them! Being half Skyclan makes them practically family right?

"Ah hey, Jadepaw," He'd picked up the name from one of the warriors hushing them. "I feel bad about making you sad. And sad that you've never been to Dark clan - let me make it up to you." he stands rapidly, eager to set things right. "I'll show you the super cool tunnels we use to get here!"

COPPERPAW

8 moons . blind ⍟ tags

"How can you hunt birds with that on anyway?" Copperpaw asks the tom quietly, stepping away from the Skyclanners as quietly as a blind cat and one with a jangly collar can. Cool leaves brush his face and he pushes past, following the dark wet mossy scent of the tunnels.

Getting there is eerily quiet, the dripping water inside the tunnel going inside the mountain the only real sound. "Nice and cool, huh?" He laughs, moving inside the slightly unstable looking tunnels to lap some water. "We're not supposed to go down these alone without a warrior." He mocks in a warrior tone.

COPPERPAW

8 moons . blind ⍟ tags

Hearing Jadepaw go from confidently yelling to stammering, he smirks. "Dude! Are you scared of the tunnels?" His ears even pick up on him backtracking and he laughs a little at the distracting question.

He steps further in the cave, voice echoing in reply. "Nothing to be scared of. A whole clan came through these today and they're still holding!"

COPPERPAW

8 moons . blind ⍟ tags

Hearing the shaky yell makes Copperpaw think. He'd lived in tunnels and caves all his life, some much less stable. He can't imagine being scared of them. "Take it from someone blind, it looks much worse than it really is." He assures, not moving out of the tunnel. The longer he was in the tunnel, he hoped Jadepaw would see there's nothing to fear. "Come on, how are you going to come visit Darkclan if you cant use tunnels!" He pouts.

COPPERPAW

9 moons . blind ⍟ tags

He has no visual of the apprentice but the way he steps in and out of the cave, Copperpaw can tell he's super hesitant. After a deep breath, the scent of Jadepaw gets stronger and Copperpaw cheers, it echoing through the tunnels. "You did it! Well done!" He smiles, not knowing that the gathering was starting to wind down at that soon they would be expected to go home.

"Now we can explore! Have you seen glow worms in a cave yet?" He asks. He'd never seen them but his friends say they're beautiful and he enjoys knocking them down from the ceiling.

Wiggling into a tight tunnel, he vanishes around a corner and soon there above them are thousands of wiggling glow worms, making a blue dim on their furs.

/ no worries!

COPPERPAW

9 moons . blind ⍟ tags

Copperpaw grins, fruitlessly looking up as well. He listens to Jadepaw tell what they look like excitedly. He doesn't know of course but he's happy his new friend got excited by them. "See! Caves and tunnels aren't that bad! We have moths as well, my denmates say they're really pretty. And bat's! They're like the birds in Skyclan but all leathery."

As he talks, he heads further into the cave. By now the gathering had ended and their clans were searching for them.

Down a darker and cooler tunnel, the sides were lined with mushrooms and Copperpaw giggles, pressing a paw against them.

COPPERPAW

9 moons . blind ⍟ tags

Jadepaw seems curious about the animals in Darkclan and he gets a shimmer of pride from that. "Yes! They're all over in Darkclan you should come visit! That's a mushroom-"

He doesn't get to finish his explanation before the tunnel starts to shake. His ears flatten back. Rocks start falling from nearby them, small ones falling on their pelts.

Copperpaw doesn't know what's happening but sticks close to Jadepaw.

COPPERPAW

9 moons . blind ⍟ tags

"We won't die." Copperpaw says but he doesn't feel too sure. The shaking of the tunnels is a lot, bits of small rock falling around them. Jadepaws right, they shouldn't have come into these tunnels. He couldn't see the warning signs of how unstable the tunnel was.

"Can you see a way out?" he asks, scared for his own life as well as Jadepaws. He might not even get an answer from how panicked the tom got.