Created Friday 12 July 2024
The party is entering a gathering.
THE BREIFING
For the past five moons, all three clans have been suffering through drought and famine. The river has become a strange black, murky color full of water that's taken lives with the sickness it induces. As a result the prey has in turn become dangerous to eat as well- leaving cats to pick apart their food for just the smallest morsel or risk sickness as well.
Roseclan and Thistleclan have suffered this the most, as in the past two moons Pineclan has started to recover somehow. Their primary hunters have succeeded well in find food in the depths of the expansive but dangerous woods. Their leader, Cavernstar, has in turn taken more territory in this time of weakness. But the rising tensions and worries from the other two clans has brought everything to a head-- something needs to be done, or else the rest will die.
INTRO
Under the full moon, all three clans travel to peak Lake, the gathering place. Surrounded by mountains and a lake dwarfed by their size as it dries up from the drought, the clans gather around the lake edge where massive boulder jut out of the ground.
Pineclan had arrived first with their much larger numbers, no longer as frail as they were two moons ago. Roseclan comes second, weary and tired from the last moons, though their numbers have not fallen drastically. Thistleclan comes in finally, numbers smaller than the rest. Their anxieties are high- not just from the struggles they face but because they'd come to the gathering with one less cat- Dustypaw- who had not returned to camp the previous night.
The three clan leader make their way up the stone platform, while the medicine cats convene at the foot. Orioledown of Pineclan, Thunderfluff and Twilightfall of Roseclan, Bluebliss and Meadowsight of Thistleclan. The masses of warriors from all three clans mingle within the rest of the clearing, though tensions are obvious, and socializing is not on many's minds it seems.
- Wiltedstar begins with explaining the prophecy Meadowsight had earlier that moon.
- "The tempting blood of kin will clot a desperate scar." He hears low cracking sound in his ears and a flash. "Break the skin with the moon's waning talon." He woke up when his body felt consumed by heat.
- Cottonstar expresses that the clans need to team up and make a patrol walk up river to see what is wrong with the water.
- Cavernstar then reveals that his patrols came across Dustypaw's dead body just hours ago- clearly gored by some kind of animal.
Cavernstar says he will have Timberscorch, Mooseshade, and Abeypaw go on patrol.
Cottonstar says he will have Thunderfluff and Shadowfrost go on patrol.
Wiltedstar says he will have Goldendflame and Bluebliss go on patrol.
Players can optionally mingle or we cut to the morning.