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(group) POISONED PREY (sc x rc)
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Post by boggs on Jun 20, 2015 6:04:29 GMT -5
DISCUSS FREELY DOWN BELOW AND COME UP WITH LOTS OF IDEAS AND STUFF. USE ANY / ALL OF YOUR CHARACTERS, PLAN THREADS WITH FOLKS, HAVE LOTS OF FUN. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ON APPRENTICE POSITIONS, THOUGH IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTS IN AND THEY'RE TAKEN, THERE MIGHT BE MULTIPLES. Poisoned Prey, sc/rc The tension between neighboring clans seemed to have abated, if only a little bit. New apprentices with fresh hearts and minds enter the scene with far more empathy than their predecessors. One from Shadowclan, one from Riverclan. The two meet often by the border during the following moons (1-3 total), and one day after hunting together, the Shadowclanner exchanges a toad for a nutria. Happy to part ways as they usually do, the two apprentices depart back to their individual camp sites, each depositing their piece of fresh kill onto the pile. In Shadowclan, the night continues as it normally would have. Cats settle down for the evening, sharing tongues, and curling up into their bedding. In Riverclan, however, chaos erupts as Pebbletongue loses his footing in the middle of camp, frothing at the mouth and vomiting as poison takes hold in his system. Finding the remains of what he eats, one warrior in Riverclan knows that these frogs only grow within Shadowclan's marshes. How did it get to Riverclan's kill pile? Slowly, the Riverclan apprentice looks up from the body of their clan mate. What would they do? Option 1. The apprentice, horrified at what has happened, seeks to right the wrong by coming forward and saying that a Shadowclanner had given it to them as a gift. Unfortunately, stress and lack of wisdom on the subject only serves to make Riverclanners think the act was intentional. Riverclan must decide if it seeks reparations for their lost life, and what this means for their relationship with Shadowclan. The apprentice may or may not suffer consequences depending on how much they reveal. Option 2. The apprentice remains silent, perhaps from shock or out of wanting to protect themselves or their friend. They suffer in silence for a time until the next chance they have to meet with their friend at the border. After telling the other apprentice what happened, the shadowclanner reacts negatively, and the relationship between the two cats is either greatly strengthened or damaged. Option 3. The apprentice remains silent, but another cat already suspects that they had something to do with this accident. They arrange to follow the apprentice the next time they slip out of camp on their own, and they catch them meeting with the Shadowclanner at the border. Outcomes may vary. Option 4. Literally any direction that anyone wants to take this post a Riverclanner dying due to a poisoned fresh kill (not intentionally, the frog is just poisonous by itself). Roles Needed Shadowclan Apprentice: volepaw.Riverclan Apprentice: eelpaw.Riverclan Victim: Pebbletongue.Riverclan Exposer: swannose & halfpatch (different types of 'exposing').Riverclan Cat(s): cardinalstar, heronstrike, heatherface, open xinfinity. Shadowclan Cat(s): boarstar, firedream, cherrystorm, foxtail, open xinfinity.Key Points - This plot is meant to stimulate inter-clan dynamics some more. The more interaction seen between Shadowclan and Riverclan for this, the better. Ideally, it will eventually blow up through RP and result in some strong words between the clans.
- The participants are welcome to take this any direction that they want. This is just a starting base and a few suggestions, but nothing is really mandatory aside from Pebbletongue dying hard as shit. How this develops your characters and whatnot is, of course, up to you.
- This is not just for a few people in each clan. This is something that would effect the entire clan, especially in Riverclan's case. With that in mind, if you have a cat in Riverclan, PLEASE feel free to participate, mention, recognize, etc. this series of threads and plot. It will be a longer-term group plot, as the two apprentices have to be friends first.
- High ranking cats in Riverclan and Shadowclan-- this will be a great opportunity to jump on the horse and put your cats to the test. PLEASE participate if you can.
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Post by dev on Jun 20, 2015 6:15:38 GMT -5
heyooo! i'd totally like to sign up for the part of the shadowclan apprentice, with volepaw! the little guy's totally friendly and outgoing to any cats he meets, and tbh a riverclan cat would be no exception at this point in his life. he'd totally give em a frog he doesn't even care. (and he's kind of oblivious, so he might not realize it was poisonous if it was the frog itself, nor would he pay enough attention to smell that it was off.) could also mean more drama because he's half-clan from riverclan (though he doesn't know this, but you never know when it could come out!)
as far as an 'exposer' type cat, swannose in riverclan is pretty intelligent, if normally reserved and kind of aloof. perhaps she could be the one to realize that the frog only comes from shadowclan?
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Post by boggs on Jun 20, 2015 6:32:51 GMT -5
Sounds great, got it updated! NPO pumpkin cryptik y'all got the high ranking RC kitties, got any ideas / wanna participate? |
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Post by dev on Jun 20, 2015 6:41:01 GMT -5
oh, i had an idea! since this is a plot that will take place over moons, and would involve volepaw extensively, i wondered if perhaps his+his littermates' half-clan parentage might come out, somehow or other, as a direct result of these events? there are many ways this could happen - either riverclan and shadowclan actually break into conflict and perhaps it comes out that way (through owleye refusing to fight his kits, or either defending them, or similar, a la bluestar and misty+stone in the original warriors books?), or maybe the riverclan apprentice tells what happened and it gets brought up to shadowclan (and he is namedropped) and he is scolded by foxtail & he might reveal his and his siblings' parentage then ("we cant go to war with riverclan, owleye is your dad"), or somehow foxtail's and owleye's romance gets brought up in general (maybe a cat saw them together, so many moons ago) as a result of one of them opposing the conflict (and thusly the kits' heritage is deduced thereafter) ... or et cetera et cetera et cetera - really, there are a plethora of ways it could go, but it is sort of an opportunity for it to come out, maybe! if so, this could further any conflict or tensions between riverclan and shadowclan even more, especially considering riverclan's deputy, heronstrike's, propensity for wanting all halfclan youngsters with riverclan blood to come to riverclan. obviously, this would all depend on the RPers of each individual character (so that's starks for owleye, NPO for foxtail, pumpkin for heronstrike, doe for cypresspaw et cetera) and we'd have to discuss it further of course - but i thought i'd throw it out there while the idea of river/shadow tension was on the table! just an additional side note - volepaw's halfclan heritage might make him an ok swimmer. this could also be a neat thing for him and said apprentice to bond over maybe! perhaps they try to teach him to swim, and he actually is surprisingly decent at it? |
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Post by boggs on Jun 20, 2015 6:46:10 GMT -5
Yep, all the yep! I was thinking about that when you suggested Volepaw, and I was trying to remember who played Owleye so that I could tag them xP This is a pretty great opportunity to expand on that plot line, like you said! Utilize it, go nuts! Tag all the people, connect all the things! starks also plays Boarstar in Shadowclan-- how's he feel about all of this? additional option.
An adult cat in Shadowclan knew about Volepaw's secret adventures for quite some time. They arranged for a poisonous frog to be what Volepaw selected for his friend by conversing with them several days prior about the wonderful texture and flavor of that particular species. Their reasoning for ensuring Volepaw would poison a Riverclan cat is up to whoever wants this point, if anyone at all wants it. Could be a "this is why you never make friends outside of your camp" type lesson or just a "man, fuck riverclan." impulse decision. Who knows! Options everywhere, plot all the things.
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Post by boggs on Jun 20, 2015 6:48:50 GMT -5
aDDITIONAL OPTION YO
Riverclan desires reparations, and if and when Volepaw and his siblings' heritage is exposed, Riverclan makes demands for at least one if not all of the litter to join them in Riverclan as a sort of 'payment' for the death of Pebbletongue. Drama dramz
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Post by starks on Jun 20, 2015 10:37:51 GMT -5
PLOT ! i really like these ideas you guys, omg. especially boggs last one, where riverclan demands an apprentice! it'll be totally awkward for owleye because he'll be in a tough spot, does he want his kits to stay with their father or actually have one of his flesh & blood here in riverclan? ahHHH. tbh im fine with anything owleye, i just have to get his personality done on the app and he's good to go.
now with boarstar, he's totally chill with 1v1'ing cardinalstar in irl meet me in the fucking pit so cryptik, f8 me m9. but to be serious again, boarstar would feel maybe... relieved? like thank starclan volepaw didn't die from that frog, thankful that his clan survived because tbh, riverclan isn't his priority? he's a dick in that aspect. and he'll be glad to fight for shadowclan's rights against riverclan and i can just see this going into a whole forest battle but u know, whatever this turns into, whatever we plot out, count boarstar and owleye in on the sign up thing pls. |
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Post by riptide on Jun 20, 2015 11:25:08 GMT -5
i feel like eelpaw would be the perfect riverclan apprentice for this whole ordeal because he really couldn't give a shit about borders and who he can and cannot be friends with. plus, he fricking loves swimming, and if volepaw is even a little decent at it, they'd be fast friends. eelpaw is just naïve enough not to know the dangers of this type of friendship and would probably take the frog without hesitation.
then again, guilt would eat him alive after pebbletounge's death and he probably would step forward with the information that a shadowclanner gave him that frog. but yeah, he is outgoing and friendly enough that he would treat volepaw as if he were a clanmate. so if you want him for the spot, i'm up for using him.
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Post by pumpkin on Jun 20, 2015 12:25:36 GMT -5
tbh heronstrike is gonna lose his shit and that excites me.
losing one of the warriors to something like poison would immediately make him think that it was on purpose and he would be out for blood, and if it came out that the litter was halfclanners he would definitely see this as an opportunity to get them to glorious mother riverclan.
cherrystorm on the other hand is likely to believe this was a mistake - he's seen his fair share of fatal mistakes. he'll probably be on the side of the apprentices pretty strongly and get spitting mad if riverclan comes sniffing around for reparations.
i'm in.
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Post by cryptik on Jun 20, 2015 12:48:29 GMT -5
heck yes I am here for this. cardinalstar will one hundred percent freak out about a clan mate dying to foreign prey under her watch. especially when she learns that an apprentice has been meeting up regularly with someone from shadowclan.
this'll need to be discussed more in depth, but I think this could also create some in clan chaos as well. I can see cardinal and heronstrike butting heads over whether to demand cats as reparation for pebbletongue's death since heronstrike wants all rc blood in rc but cardinal isn't going to view them as loyal rc cats since they weren't born there. so the leader and deputy could be somewhat at odds seeing as they're both strong-willed. she'd need outside input from other rc members to ultimately decide what to demand from sc.
as for her and boarstar, who's ready for the wwc match of the century?!?!?!? cardinalstar willl eagerly await boarstar in the pit and show his fluffy ass the whooping of the century. ahem, what I mean to say is this could easily escalate into a full on battle, especially if boarstar tries to brush this off as not his problem. |
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Post by NPO on Jun 20, 2015 16:57:21 GMT -5
I'm finally busy for a day and look what happens!
Halfpatch will be pissed to have a cat die on her watch and could verify Swannose on the type of poison. She certainly won't be any help in quelling tensions.
And oh god Foxtail will be freaking the **** out. And if any cat tries to take/get revenge on his kit he will go for the jugular warrior code be damned. I think he'll try very hard to keep his secret, but I can see it coming out as him refusing to attack Owleye, Owleye refusing to attack their kits, whatever may happen. I would be absolutely open to it.
I'll be happy to be wherever is needed with either cat.
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Post by boggs on Jun 20, 2015 18:03:15 GMT -5
Yaaaiiisss, so many plots! This is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for. Alrighty, I'm adding all of y'all up to the list, but please, keep plotting away. I've got Heatherface in Riverclan to back up either Cardinal or Heron depending on how their showdown goes (oh god i want to see that develop so badly please), and then Firedream's my medi-kitty in SC, and in his application at the very end it has him having a dream about a black owl flying towards the river with a frog in its talons, so. Prophetic nightmares n' shit.
Which might give Boarstar a tiny bit of forewarning that some kinda bad shit might be happening soon. Like two nights or so before Riverclan comes a' knockin.
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Post by dev on Jun 22, 2015 22:16:15 GMT -5
i thought i'd add something as this begins to go under way - a few more ideas here, hahaha!
firstly, if the reparation thing happened. were the demand to be for one apprentice (one to one exchange kinda hahaha, as was mentioned) then volepaw would probably volunteer himself to go (and not listen to anything his [shadowclan] father said in regards to not doing so.) he'd feel bad about getting eelpaw in trouble, and causing such a rift between clans (though not so much about pebbletongue's death, as volepaw never has really had a firm grasp on the finality of death.) if he wasn't allowed to turn himself over, he'd probably sneak out just to go join riverclan and try and end the conflict. after all, he doesn't really get clan boundaries as much as some cats, so he'd be sad to leave his family in sc, but also justify it as a chance to make a lot of new friends (and note that at least he'd still see them at gatherings.) of course, he'd probably end up highly disappointed when the majority of cats probably wouldn't trust him because he was born and raised in shadowclan. still, he'd also jump at the opportunity to try and get to know owleye as well.
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Post by dev on Jun 23, 2015 12:07:09 GMT -5
iM SORRY TO DOUBLE POST but i had another idea and didnt want it to get unnoticed or buried! so. as far as owleye and foxtail's kits thing coming out. in regards to that, i think maybe a sensible option might be the one regarding their relationship simply coming to light and the kits being inferred from there to belong to owleye? as foxtail isn't likely to simply reveal the info, nor is owleye - and this way, if it were to happen before any super major conflict actually starts to get under way (as in the type that would have lead to owleye having to refuse to attack his own offspring) then it can be a catalyst for said conflict to simply get worse (and then lead to actual fighting, perhaps.) perhaps either owleye or foxtail, during a clan discussion, mentions not supporting the idea of going to war with the other clan. one of their clanmates then speaks up - and it turns out that all those moons ago, they'd seen owleye and foxtail together? whichever cat it is, they would have to be the type to have kept the information to themselves until now - whether to have leverage, or to be kind (maybe the meeting they saw was the very last one, where the two split, so they saw no reason to report it, not knowing that foxtail was expecting kits?) would be up to their rper, but either way, theyd bring it up then (whether outright to hurt foxtail/owleye, or in an attempt to reason with them/bring the truth out for the better of the clan at this point.) their most recent meeting (the last one) would have been about nine moons ago i think if im calculating correctly...? so said cat needs to be at least... 15 moons old, i think, to have been at least apprentice aged at the time and thus have been able to follow foxtail or owleye. so uh -- um, if u think the idea could work, does anyone maybe have a shadowclan or riverclan cat theyd volunteer, if and only if starks and NPO are ok with that idea as well? itd only be as a possibility of course but um! yeah! so. i. hope this makes sense.. |
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Post by boggs on Jun 23, 2015 12:23:08 GMT -5
I'd volunteer Heatherface for that. She's pretty conniving and self-serving, and would definitely keep a secret to use it as ammunition later. If that plot ends up happening, she can fill that role from RC.
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