Post by me on Oct 5, 2009 1:20:37 GMT -5
Prelude
Glowing hotly and brighter than anything even as it set, the sun sent shafts of light across mostly open land until they fell across the ruins of an old, gray stone building. The fur of the loose circle of cats there was highlighted in orange, and their eyes flashed red. Long black shadows stretched from where they sat to halfway to the horizon like bars on a cage.
The two cats in the center of the ring were arguing, pacing back and forth while snarling at each other in exasperation.
"But why would you do that?" One, a tomcat, yowled at the other. "I thought you didn't want to belong to a clan anyway? Or at least, you didn't want to when Iceclaw suggested it this morning before he left."
"No, I think a clan would be a great idea, but I don't want to be led by him," the female one shot back. "He just wants his old territory back. I, on the other paw, want to be the leader of a clan, and use it to assimilate the others until there is no competition for prey. The clan can then grow and grow, until it covers the land from here to the mountains. Maybe it'll even get bigger. There's really no limit to the size that ClawClan can grow to. ClawClan -- I like the name. Iceclaw did have some good ideas..."
"And how do you propose to do this?"
"Easy. First, we assassinate the leader of --"
"No."
"What?"
"No, I'm not going to help you! In fact, I'll work against you!"
"... have it your own way, then. Vote?"
The ring of cats pulled apart, most of them quietly slinking into the shadows, but around ten of them going to stand behind the she-cat and only two or three clustering near the tomcat. The she-cat grinned triumphantly at the other. "Great." She began trotting towards the north, pausing on the crest of the hill to look back over her shoulder and call back towards the few remaining cats, "oh yeah, Storm, and if you follow us, we'll kill you." She then vanished behind the hill.
Storm pointedly turned his back on her and gazed at his supporters. "Well, that went pretty well, didn't it? Just as planned."
Murmured agreements came back from the small group, and one of them nodded his head enthusiastically. Their leader continued, his voice kept hushed. "Now, we know a bit of their plans, which should help convince the clan cats that we're just nice, friendly cats, here because our sense of honor wouldn't let us not give them news of approaching battle and help in any way we can.
"They'll never guess that we, too, want to take over their territory."
Part one
Oh no! There are so many things going on, and each clan has its share of troubles. The cat that StarClan chose to be the leader of GaleClan has mysteriously disappeared, and a small band of rogues shows up, from which GaleClan desperately chooses their new leader. MireClan's medicine cat has had a very bad feeling for a few days, so when StarClan sends them a good omen and tells them to look in a certain area of the forest for the thing that will save them from certain destruction, they are very grateful, although wary, and go to look, and find... a four-month-old puppy. Uncertain of what to do, they take it in and do their best to make a part of the clan, but several difficulties ensue. Oh yeah, and the ThornClan leader shows up on their territory after having lost one of his lives to the claws and teeth of invaders that are trying to take over his clan. As for BreezeClan... that bunch of rogues goes into complete chaos when their leaders try to make an announcement. In fact, it's so bad that the BreezeClanners go and split up all of BreezeClan's territory into small chunks. One chunk for each cat.
So the question is... what in the world will the clans do now?
Instructions
(each paragraph concerns what should happen in one thread)
ClawClan led by she-cat arrives near the clans' territories, spies on clans. Decides to take over ThornClan first because they are not too numerous to take over, and not too few to aid with the scheme, plus they have very odd, dangerous claws and teeth. Group attacks and kills ThornClan leader while he is patrolling the MireClan border, and just before he dies they tell him they have come to take over ThornClan and then the whole forest. Then they go to the ThornClan camp and tell them what happened, but say that MireClan did it. ThornClan are shocked and saddened, and plot to attack MireClan. They let ClawClan stay in their camp for now.
MireClan leader and deputy, sitting and talking about the omens and the puppy. (and after that, in the same thread, this happens) ThornClan leader wakes up, has eight lives left now. He can't risk going back to his camp so, weak and injured, he heads to the nearest refuge -- MireClan. He tells them what happened to him, and they are very shocked and surprised, although they can't risk a full-out attack, now that ThornClan has been made more numerous and even more of a formidable fighting force by the addition of ClawClan. They plot to attack ThornClan and throw out ClawClan soon, and let the ThornClan leader stay with them temporarily.
Group led by Storm pretends to be tired, hungry loners and "just nice, friendly cats" sadly bringing bad news. They go to GaleClan first because the cat who was chosen as leader by StarClan seems to have vanished, and the clan is in chaos. Empty leadership position... and sure enough, when the clan sees Storm's skill and intelligence, they overwhelmingly call for him to be made for leader, and he accepts. He does not go to the Moonglass yet, however. For his deputy, he chooses a GaleClan cat, Goldenleaf the ocelot.
Ravenpaw, the leader of BreezeClan, wakes up that morning from a dream sent by StarClan telling her that she is to be BreezeClan's leader. The dream is also ominous, however -- it predicts great chaos ahead for BreezeClan, and the demolition of the clan, but also hope, in the form of a prophecy: "There is chaos ahead, the likes of which BreezeClan has never seen. With such chaos, clan ways and customs will be gone, the warrior code itself will be uprooted -- only what once destroyed you can make you strong again." Before heading off to the Moonglass, they announces to the clan that she will be the leader, and there is uproar. Some want Iceclaw (their former leader) to be the leader even though he has indicated he doesn't want to anymore, some support Ravenpaw, and some are regretting even joining BreezeClan and traveling here. The scratched-together bunch of loners and rogues that form BreezeClan cannot compromise, and leave the camp, spreading out across BreezeClan territory and each staking out their own little piece of land. Only one or two cats stay with the original BreezeClan and Iceclaw and Ravenpaw and still call themselves BreezeClan. The land that they stake out is BreezeClan's camp and the area close by.
Other information
this plot is timed a quarter-moon after the first gathering after BreezeClan returns
until someone actually creates a bio for them, the followers of the two rogue groups will be NPCs and played by the leaders of their respective groups, with no biographies required
Important characters
((By default, I play all characters not claimed by anyone else. However, the ones with a question mark at the end may still be applied for at any time.))
GaleClan's rogue leader: Storm, played by ?
GaleClan's rogue leader's followers:
-- follower number one: ?, played by ?
-- follower number two: ?, played by ?
MireClan's puppy: Wildpaw, played by admin (Caznikk)
ThornClan's rogue leader: ?, played by ?
ThornClan's rogue leader's followers:
-- follower number one: ?, played by ?
-- follower number two: ?, played by ?
-- follower number three: ?, played by ?
-- follower number four: ?, played by ?
-- follower number five: ?, played by ?
-- follower number six: ?, played by ?
-- follower number seven: ?, played by ?
-- follower number eight: ?, played by ?
-- follower number nine: ?, played by ?
-- follower number ten: ?, played by ?
All members are HIGHLY encouraged to try out for a plot character. To try out for a position (or two, or three), post your application below. Use whatever form you wish. It's not hard to get a position, so don't be shy
Activity on this website and the ability to write at least three sentences with each post are pretty much the only requirements.
Glowing hotly and brighter than anything even as it set, the sun sent shafts of light across mostly open land until they fell across the ruins of an old, gray stone building. The fur of the loose circle of cats there was highlighted in orange, and their eyes flashed red. Long black shadows stretched from where they sat to halfway to the horizon like bars on a cage.
The two cats in the center of the ring were arguing, pacing back and forth while snarling at each other in exasperation.
"But why would you do that?" One, a tomcat, yowled at the other. "I thought you didn't want to belong to a clan anyway? Or at least, you didn't want to when Iceclaw suggested it this morning before he left."
"No, I think a clan would be a great idea, but I don't want to be led by him," the female one shot back. "He just wants his old territory back. I, on the other paw, want to be the leader of a clan, and use it to assimilate the others until there is no competition for prey. The clan can then grow and grow, until it covers the land from here to the mountains. Maybe it'll even get bigger. There's really no limit to the size that ClawClan can grow to. ClawClan -- I like the name. Iceclaw did have some good ideas..."
"And how do you propose to do this?"
"Easy. First, we assassinate the leader of --"
"No."
"What?"
"No, I'm not going to help you! In fact, I'll work against you!"
"... have it your own way, then. Vote?"
The ring of cats pulled apart, most of them quietly slinking into the shadows, but around ten of them going to stand behind the she-cat and only two or three clustering near the tomcat. The she-cat grinned triumphantly at the other. "Great." She began trotting towards the north, pausing on the crest of the hill to look back over her shoulder and call back towards the few remaining cats, "oh yeah, Storm, and if you follow us, we'll kill you." She then vanished behind the hill.
Storm pointedly turned his back on her and gazed at his supporters. "Well, that went pretty well, didn't it? Just as planned."
Murmured agreements came back from the small group, and one of them nodded his head enthusiastically. Their leader continued, his voice kept hushed. "Now, we know a bit of their plans, which should help convince the clan cats that we're just nice, friendly cats, here because our sense of honor wouldn't let us not give them news of approaching battle and help in any way we can.
"They'll never guess that we, too, want to take over their territory."
Part one
Oh no! There are so many things going on, and each clan has its share of troubles. The cat that StarClan chose to be the leader of GaleClan has mysteriously disappeared, and a small band of rogues shows up, from which GaleClan desperately chooses their new leader. MireClan's medicine cat has had a very bad feeling for a few days, so when StarClan sends them a good omen and tells them to look in a certain area of the forest for the thing that will save them from certain destruction, they are very grateful, although wary, and go to look, and find... a four-month-old puppy. Uncertain of what to do, they take it in and do their best to make a part of the clan, but several difficulties ensue. Oh yeah, and the ThornClan leader shows up on their territory after having lost one of his lives to the claws and teeth of invaders that are trying to take over his clan. As for BreezeClan... that bunch of rogues goes into complete chaos when their leaders try to make an announcement. In fact, it's so bad that the BreezeClanners go and split up all of BreezeClan's territory into small chunks. One chunk for each cat.
So the question is... what in the world will the clans do now?
Instructions
(each paragraph concerns what should happen in one thread)
ClawClan led by she-cat arrives near the clans' territories, spies on clans. Decides to take over ThornClan first because they are not too numerous to take over, and not too few to aid with the scheme, plus they have very odd, dangerous claws and teeth. Group attacks and kills ThornClan leader while he is patrolling the MireClan border, and just before he dies they tell him they have come to take over ThornClan and then the whole forest. Then they go to the ThornClan camp and tell them what happened, but say that MireClan did it. ThornClan are shocked and saddened, and plot to attack MireClan. They let ClawClan stay in their camp for now.
MireClan leader and deputy, sitting and talking about the omens and the puppy. (and after that, in the same thread, this happens) ThornClan leader wakes up, has eight lives left now. He can't risk going back to his camp so, weak and injured, he heads to the nearest refuge -- MireClan. He tells them what happened to him, and they are very shocked and surprised, although they can't risk a full-out attack, now that ThornClan has been made more numerous and even more of a formidable fighting force by the addition of ClawClan. They plot to attack ThornClan and throw out ClawClan soon, and let the ThornClan leader stay with them temporarily.
Group led by Storm pretends to be tired, hungry loners and "just nice, friendly cats" sadly bringing bad news. They go to GaleClan first because the cat who was chosen as leader by StarClan seems to have vanished, and the clan is in chaos. Empty leadership position... and sure enough, when the clan sees Storm's skill and intelligence, they overwhelmingly call for him to be made for leader, and he accepts. He does not go to the Moonglass yet, however. For his deputy, he chooses a GaleClan cat, Goldenleaf the ocelot.
Ravenpaw, the leader of BreezeClan, wakes up that morning from a dream sent by StarClan telling her that she is to be BreezeClan's leader. The dream is also ominous, however -- it predicts great chaos ahead for BreezeClan, and the demolition of the clan, but also hope, in the form of a prophecy: "There is chaos ahead, the likes of which BreezeClan has never seen. With such chaos, clan ways and customs will be gone, the warrior code itself will be uprooted -- only what once destroyed you can make you strong again." Before heading off to the Moonglass, they announces to the clan that she will be the leader, and there is uproar. Some want Iceclaw (their former leader) to be the leader even though he has indicated he doesn't want to anymore, some support Ravenpaw, and some are regretting even joining BreezeClan and traveling here. The scratched-together bunch of loners and rogues that form BreezeClan cannot compromise, and leave the camp, spreading out across BreezeClan territory and each staking out their own little piece of land. Only one or two cats stay with the original BreezeClan and Iceclaw and Ravenpaw and still call themselves BreezeClan. The land that they stake out is BreezeClan's camp and the area close by.
Other information
this plot is timed a quarter-moon after the first gathering after BreezeClan returns
until someone actually creates a bio for them, the followers of the two rogue groups will be NPCs and played by the leaders of their respective groups, with no biographies required
Important characters
((By default, I play all characters not claimed by anyone else. However, the ones with a question mark at the end may still be applied for at any time.))
GaleClan's rogue leader: Storm, played by ?
GaleClan's rogue leader's followers:
-- follower number one: ?, played by ?
-- follower number two: ?, played by ?
MireClan's puppy: Wildpaw, played by admin (Caznikk)
ThornClan's rogue leader: ?, played by ?
ThornClan's rogue leader's followers:
-- follower number one: ?, played by ?
-- follower number two: ?, played by ?
-- follower number three: ?, played by ?
-- follower number four: ?, played by ?
-- follower number five: ?, played by ?
-- follower number six: ?, played by ?
-- follower number seven: ?, played by ?
-- follower number eight: ?, played by ?
-- follower number nine: ?, played by ?
-- follower number ten: ?, played by ?
All members are HIGHLY encouraged to try out for a plot character. To try out for a position (or two, or three), post your application below. Use whatever form you wish. It's not hard to get a position, so don't be shy
Activity on this website and the ability to write at least three sentences with each post are pretty much the only requirements.