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update 60 - year 15, winter

after a two month hiatus so the writer could focus on college (and then feel like catholic levels of guilt about) the clowder returns with family drama, an advisor disgraced, and the prospect of what could have been....

more under the cut!

-jessica and whistle's litter have been apprenticed! stomp has gone to slate, click to smoky, hoot to nacnud, and chirp to carnelian. it seems auburn is particularly critical of carnelian getting an apprentice when 'he's so young'. - cranesbill, cypress, and warbler have graduated! cypress and warbler almost didn't graduate on time because of their troublemaking but they managed to get through just fine. however cranesbill does not get along with and ignores them - with comet's death, the decision has been made to allow zornia to be a medic, although it seems this decision is not popular among comet's family members. - while on a solo hunt, milk ended up getting into a fight with a stoat. he won, but got a nasty cut to his shoulder that ended up getting infected. the medics tried their best but ultimately milk died of the infection a few weeks later - the court territory is totally empty and so the clowder takes it over as theirs. however it's a bit of a walk from the main territory so this might be a good idea for a sister camp if there are too many cats in camp - reggie has been made the clowder's teacher who will help all apprentices! he's so pleased. he hasn't been this happy since oli died. - paeonia and midnight have recently been discussing having children in the future. midnight really wants them, but paeonia is less certain- however it seems his persuading is convincing her.

-one morning, gianetta is found cold in her nest. it seems a heart attack took her in the night. the sunteller is distraught most of all, but he's comforted by euth, the strange newcomer to the clowder who seems familiar for reasons he can't entirely name. however euth keeps her distance from him. even now she seems afraid of her own claws. - speaking of, euth is a wonderful mentor, and streetlamp has been won over despite his father's warnings. blondie... isn't as good of a mentor; not on purpose she's just absent-minded and doesn't really know what to do with smog. smog disrespects her more and more, which pleases inkwell- distrust is the key to life, after all, when your god is so powerful and so knowledgeable of all the things that can kill you. - sepia seeks out tulip for grief counseling in re: her sister lavender. some cats deal with that sort of thing better than others and sepia has never really been the same since that night on the far side of the mall all those moons ago. tulip is kind, and understands- she went through similar things, albeit not at such an intensity, when giuseppe died, and she understands the open questions that sepia has about her father, as tulip also didn't really get closure on her old man either. - well things go well until enmity figures out what's going on here and feels so wildly rejected. why would sepia go to tulip? enmity can see lavender! lavender is here in the mall with them forever and ever! starclan has sent her to be a ghost roaming these halls for eternity! but when enmity tells sepia these things it just backsteps sepia's progress and makes her feel worse. later enmity and tulip get into an argument about it, which hurts faer feelings even further. they don't entirely understand what they did wrong - euth, knowing of auburn's jokes about paeonia (even though she wasn't there at the time... some joke this strange newcomer has eyes in the back of her head because it's like she knows everything) decides to go and inform paeonia and centipede of the matter. after some discussion it's decided that auburn will be demoted from her position, but not exiled. both paeonia and centipede are content with this, although touchstone wishes auburn was exiled entirely. in addition to her advising duty, she refuses to hunt or leave territory, and keeps the clowder up at night when she screams during her nightmares. recently auburn has started to swear of things that aren't there and has become more and more isolated out of her fears. 'you can't have that sort of thing in a clowder,' touchstone says, 'if you let it sit they'll rot it.' - auburn's demotion is a public ceremony. she is not given much sympathy by the clowder except for sienna, goshawk, tulip, sepia, and slate, who comfort her. she spends the night pacing and gets no sleep. - paeonia tells midnight that while she's okay with auburn remaining in the clowder because she feels sympathy for her, hearing that a clowdermate was joking about her death has made her doubt having children in the future again. midnight is not furious at her, allegedly.... but he is with auburn. - one day, blondie and smog go out for a hunt together- smog dragging his feet and saying it's not necessary, they already know how to hunt, this is soooo stupid. from afar, inkwell watches them, following their scent trail a good fifty yards back- he doesn't trust blondie. her teeth are too long and her snout is too sharp. and he doesn't trust his god, either, even if he believes in their power so faithfully - inkwell lets his thoughts ruminate at a particularly bad time. he doesn't see the car on the curve in the road until it's too late, and he and the car swerve the same direction. he's... alive, but in so much pain - then out of the corner of his eye he sees enmity, out on a mission from the medics to find a certain herb this side of the territory. 'enmity!' he snarls. 'please! you have to help me!'

-but enmity just sort of stares at him, eyes wide with fright. 'please! please!' inkwell begs and tells faer about his children, his siblings, the clowder, how he's the only one who knows what their god is really like, how he will forgive faer of everything if fae goes to find help or brings him back to camp. but whatever he begs it is not enough to overcome enmity's freeze. enmity doesn't mean to but fae return to camp and don't tell a soul. it would be too much- and oh, god, what if someone thinks they did it on purpose? - inkwell is found cold and hard on the ground by the road the next morning, some yards away. it seems he tried to drag himself back to camp but was unsuccessful. the medics cannot know for sure if he would have survived had he gotten back to camp. - enmity watches, silently, swearing to never tell anyone of what happened that day. - meanwhile, midnight hates auburn, and the grief over his brother's early death makes him worse and worse. both his parents, his brother - all he has left now is his sister and paeonia, and even then acorn is too busy sometimes. in midnight's eyes, auburn took the possibility of his children from him, and when you get angry enough you want to get revenge somehow for it. so one night he finds her pacing away from camp, as she sometimes does when she becomes convinced the camp is full of rats out to kill her. he attacks her, snarling. he doesn't want to kill her or anything- just give her a warning. none of his blows are enough to kill but he does snag her shoulder into another scar. she has so many though by this point that it does not seem unusual. - auburn takes the blows. - she does not fight back, and she doesn't tell anyone of the incident come morning.

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CATS:

- centipede, nonbinary, 87 moons. leader of the clowder. humorous, wry, sensible, smart; but unimpressed, co-dependent, egotistical, fretful. feels guilt over auburn but does not comfort her, knowing it must protect its deputies.

- paeonia, female, 39 moons. witty, talkative, boisterous, friendly; but insufferable, impolite, impulsive, blunt. notices her mate midnight is so... strong. she should find it attractive. she's not sure if she does. - touchstone, female, 71 moons. silly, witty, observant, rebellious, but selfish, obnoxious, loud-mouthed, gossipy. seems to be rekindling her old flame with slate...

- bracken, male, 65 moons. studious, gentle, intelligent, determined; but stubborn, inexpressive, overly-focused, distant. absorbs himself into his work, but at times he and tulip still reminiscence about their father. the more he thinks about him the more at rest he feels. - acorn, female, 37 moons. empathetic, encouraging, silly, nurturing; but anxious, over-emotional, easily-manipulated, buckles under pressure. felt really at peace doing inkwell's funeral but worries for her niblings.

- zornia, male, 19 moons. intelligent, curious, scientific, patient; but cold, awkward, hyper-focused, easily disinterested. is so, so excited to be a medic! - tulip, female, 73 moons. kind, open-minded, affectionate, loyal; but naive, anxious, passive, easily-manipulated. wants to do more to help others but even now she isn't sure what. - enmity, nonbinary, 55 moons. excitable, friendly, enthusiastic, and deeply empathetic; but socially awkward, impulsive, anxious, and forgetful. seems to be scared of faer own shadow recently.

- sienna, female, 90 moons. kind, people-pleasing, eager, precautionary, but attention-hogging, overprotective, self-centered, anxious. she is the one who notices new scars on auburn's shoulders. she is furious.

-bumble, male, 59 moons. athletic, good-humored, friendly, caring; but boastful, bellicose, argumentative, fearless. is kind of glad zornia is a medic because zornia was so good at his job it made him feel inadequate. - drizzle, female, age 151 moons. kind, silly, soothing, nurturing; but ineffective, overly-soft, foolish, awkward. often tends to gianetta's grave.

- the sunteller, male, 136 moons. passionate, engaging, charming, dedicated; but paranoid, possessive, short-tempered, detached. has started getting close to drizzle recently.

- goshawk, female, 123 moons. excitable, eager, kind, capable; but overprotective, solitary, easily-manipulated, insecure. worries about her former apprentice. - euth, female, null. starclan's vessel. friend of... who ? always somebody else. null 8739847298

- hydrangea, female, 112 moons. curious, brave, hard-working, witty; but gossipy, dramatic, two-faced, opportunistic. has started to think about retiring but she doesn't like the thought.

- honey, female, 89 moons. bubbly, talkative, romantic, feminine; but naive, frivolous, melodramatic, overly-sensitive. has recently become really close friends with touchstone. - jeremy, male, 77 moons. well-intentioned, athletic, humorous, team worker, but unintelligent, egotistical, pathetic, unnerving. feels a particular bond with warbler.

- harley, female, 73 moons. loud, goofy, rebellious, sharp-tongued, but reckless, trouble-causing, scheming, impulsive. is there for sepia, even though she never feels like an adequate cat to help. - vixen, female, 67 moons. proud, quick-witted, surefire, detail-oriented; but paranoid, overconfident, selfish, has attachment issues. before inkwell's death, she was seen arguing with him about blondie's capability.

- nacnud, male, 65 moons. warm, optimistic, compassionate, selfless; but hasty, witless, loud, disorganized. is so thrilled to at last have an apprentice.

- smoky, nonbinary, 60 moons. smart, studious, dedicated, passionate; but mysterious, detached, cold, manipulative. the way they talk to click, you'd think they'd be planning on leaving the day of their graduation. hm. - auburn, female, 59 moons. protective, imaginative, observant, strong-willed; but stubborn, quiet, ignorant, paranoid. is so scared of rats being in every wall and every corner.

-slate, female, 59 moons. smart, observant, eager-to-learn, people-pleasing; but timid, conspiratorial, hesitant, enabling. tries to be there for her sister, even now that life has pulled them apart.

-squab, female, 59 moons. sharp-tongued, witty, observant, honest; but egotistical, snooty, vain, sarcastic. still doesn't get along that well with warbler or cypress- but cranesbill, at least, has always been a mama's boy. - finch, female, 50 moons. curious, sharp-tongued, clever, quick learner; but suspicious, lazy, opportunistic, a slacker. often goes over to the blitz border to talk with davey and catch up. - whistle, nonbinary, 45 moons. book-smart, curious, kind, detail-oriented; but street-dumb, inept, socially awkward, clumsy. hopes one of their kids will become an 'ann-tro-pahlagist' like them. - jessica, female, 41 moons. independent, clever, observant, sharp-witted; but quiet, self-loathing, aggressive, rebellious. sometimes whistle will show her a human object that looks oddly familiar, and... then the tenuous link disappears like something from a dream. - reggie, male, physically age 41 moons but mentally age 140 moons. adaptable, crafty, independent, introverted; but boastful, insecure, detached, fickle. loves teaching his best hunting tricks to the new apprentices. - titmouse, female, 41 moons. dextrous, intelligent, enterprising, curious; but absent-minded, fickle, cruel, impatient. lowkey hopes auburn just gets up and leaves eventually, but does see some of herself in her now.

- midnight, male, 38 moons. quiet, determined, analytical, gentle; but ruthless, manipulative, single-minded, overprotective. sticks to his guns and often tends to inkwell's grave. - sepia, female, 32 moons. polite, quiet, observant, dry-humored; but cowardly, submissive, self-doubting, hesitant. the thought of lavender's ghost roaming the earth keeps her up at night. - mercury, male, 29 moons. athletic, quick, bold, mischievous; but impulsive, dubious, irresponsible, compulsive liar. has been seen with someone else at the border recently. - carnelian, male, 28 moons. smart, creative, theatrical, persuasive; but absent-minded, frivolous, impulsive, loud. now that he has an apprentice he is realizing that just maybe he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about sometimes. - coal, female, 28 moons. thoughtful, loyal, persevering, honest; but shy, nervous, overprotective, obsessive. worries auburn is right- what if there ARE rats in the walls? - blondie, female, 27 moons. patient, caring, curious, idealistic; but naive, self-doubting, awkward, cowardly. doesn't really want smog as an apprentice..... - natasha, female, 26 moons. smart, observant, passionate, persevering, but paranoid, easily-angered, aggressive, spoiled. often flirts with cypress and warbler- she likes seeing them get mad at each other. - clover, female, 19 moons. loving, bubbly, observant, cuddly; but annoying, over-talkative, easily-manipulated, worrying. worries she isn't good enough and doesn't know what to do when there are arguments, unlike her mother. - cypress, male, 15 moons. smart, assertive, persuasive, logical; but ruthless, domineering, argumentative, egotistical. likes holding his paw out to trip other cats over. - warbler, male, 15 moons. supportive, eager, strong, good listener; but enabling, dim, bullying, selfish. thinks he's smarter sometimes than cypress (he isn't). - cranesbill, male, 15 moons. clever, dry-witted, tactical, observant; but shy, grudge-holding, lonesome, snobby. likes being alone in the mornings. - smog, nonbinary, 10 moons. friendly, observant, philosophical, protective; but paranoid, isolationist, judgy, possessive. worries inkwell's death was their fault somehow. - streetlamp, male, 10 moons. sharp, analytical, humorous, creative; but ruthless, manipulative, selfish, prone to lying. has been particularly argumentative since his dad died. - stomp, male, 8 moons. smart, passionate, optimistic, charming; but egotistical, impulsive, cruel sense of humor, prone to lying. thinks streetlamp is just soooo cool. - hoot, male, 8 moons. devoted, loyal, plucky, witty; but sardonic, envious, opportunistic, gluttonous. was really close with stomp as kittens but now that he is gravitating over to streetlamp instead hoot feels jealous. - chirp, female, 8 moons. theatrical, creative, supportive, enthusiastic, but self-centered, aggrandizing, callous, spotlight-hogger. loves to do tricks and flips in the air! - click, nonbinary, 8 moons. caring, protective, curious, maternal; but shy, defeatist, worrywart, overly-attached. feels like they have a really close bond to their mentor.

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