The Blue Skies [Are Too Clear](Open)

[Lionhearted]

Death is free

Thrushleap paced the clearing restlessly. It had been an okay morning, and he was confident that it was going to end fairly well, too, on his terms. The only problem was finding something to do. Patrols padded in and out, in and out. He wanted to go into the forest again, frequently, providing for the Clan with food and news. He wanted to be part of the action more, and not just sitting here, waiting for something to happen. The day was crawling by now, and didn't seem as interesting as it had in the morning; there had been a border skirmish with StormClan at dawn. 

He wanted, all of a sudden, to be normal, for a while, at least. Smiling politely at two passing Clanmates, they acknowledged him briefly with a jerk of their heads, and strode into the forest. Thrushleap's grin faded slightly. Yes, they respected him, but now that he was of a higher status, were they still regarding him as a friend?

Flicking his ears, Thrushleap sniffed and turned the other way. Perhaps one of the deputies at in the other Clans could talk to him during Gatherings. Now, he waited for something to happen.

The day'll be pretty bloody exciting if some mouse-brained cat screwed up.

but life is priceless

NEVERLAND @ ADOXGRAPHY 2.0!

Ooc: Picture credit > warriorsroamingtheforest.webs.com/sweetbreeze.jpg

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Soft as a feather…

The entrance to the warriors den rustled as Bramblefeather slid out. Her fur was glossy and she was well-rested after a short nap. As she headed to the fresh-kill pile, she noticed WhisprClans deputy pacing the clearing. She veered over to him. Dipping her head, she greeted him.

"Hi Thrushleap. Is everything alright?" She questioned as she reached him. She had heard the news of the border skirmish and tipped her head. Was that what was bothering him?

…caught in the brambles

[Lionhearted]

"Oh, hi, Bramblefeather," Thrushleap said blankly as the she-warrior appeared. "I'm all right, just bored. You? Want to go on a patrol?" He offered. "It'll get mind off things, and who knows what we could find?" chuckling, he blinked, waiting for an answer. He had never been good at talking.

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Bramblefeather studied Thrushleap as he blankly replied. Her head cocked, she shrugged.

"I guess." Was he trying to get rid of her? Did he want to be left alone?

"Do you wan't me to leave you alone for now?" She asked the tom. Being a deputy must be hard, after all, he didn't exactly choose to be deputy.

[Lionhearted]

"No, uh... I was actually inviting you to come with me," Thrushleap said, trailing off. "I mean, do you?" He asked. "It's okay if you don't," he continued quickly. Oh, how bad was he at talking? And only to one cat! Mouse-dung. He flicked his tail, trying to break the awkwardness.

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"Oh! Oh, well then, Okay!" Bramblefeather said awkwardly. She had never went on patrol with the deputy before, would it be quite the same, or much different? She thought with a shrug.

She started padding over to the entrance, then stopped. "Coming?" She called, flicking her tail. "Where should we hunt?"

[Lionhearted]

"Lead the way," Thrushleap permitted, catching up to Bramblefeather. "I don't care, really- but how about Mouse Ridge?" he suggested. 'I don't care' could've been a rude thing to say, he reprimanded himself. "Well... er...yeah," he said, not knowing why he opened his mouth in the first place. "So, uh, how are you?" he asked lightly.

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Bramblefeather nodded and headed to Mouse Ridge. She felt a little wierd leading the way, but Thrushleap had told her to lead the way, so here she was.

She glanced back as Trushleap asked her how she was doing. He seemed to be a very jumpy cat, and that made her feel nervous.

"Oh… the usual. I hunted, went on a border patrol, the likes. You?" She asked him. She reached Mouse Ridge and paused, waiting for him to respond.

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"Yeah, um, same," he replied. "Well... I did get into an argument with Lakepounce, but that wasn't such a big deal- another one of those dumb friendship arguments," he said, chuckling a bit. "So how do you feel about the other Clans?" he pressed, gazing at her with a sudden fierceness. He hadn't meant to ask the questions so aggressively, but he had a sudden urge to pry opinions from other cats. Let's see if I can weed out some of the 'traitors' Fangstar's probably indirectly mentioning.

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"Yeah," She agreed with a smile.

"The other Clans? I don't really know any of them, just talked to some at the gathering as an apprentice. I prefer to just stay with WhisperClan. Who would want to live under trees?" She responded, laughing.

Bramblefeather pressed on until she spotted a sparrow perched on the tall grass. She stoped, stalked it and pounced, killing it with one nip to the neck. Usually hunting wasn't all sunshine and rainbows to her, but this bird must have been begging to be eaten!

OOC: What traitors?

[Lionhearted]

"Nice catch," Thrushleap commented, flicking his tail in approval. "Yeah, I've always wondered about the other Clans. Such as, how do they live the way they do? How can StormClan and SunsetClan even like water?" Shuddering slightly, he checked the StormClan border.

"Hey," he said, frowning. "I smell enemy scent over the border. You?"

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Goldenwind skipped along the mouse ridge, she was in a good mood- as always. The scent of prey filled her nostrils and her stomach, unlike the rest of her good natured self, growled fiercely. She decided to hunt and immediately settled into a hunters crouch. With a swipe of her paw Goldenwind jumped in triumph as she admired her catch. She was almost about to eat when she heard the muttering of two othe cats, her nose told her that they were Bramblefeather and Thrushleap. Her instinct was to meet them and that was what she did. Hi there, would you mind if I joined you?

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Bramblefeather shrugged at his complement.

"It was nothing," She confessed. The rabbit was fat, old and slow. It hadn't been too hard.

"Yeah… smells like… do you know?"

"Oh hi!" She greeted the cat. "It's okay by me, just check with Trushleap," She wabvedher tail over to the deputy with a smile.

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Goldenwind smiled brightly as she heard Bramblefeather's reply, she turned her attention to Thrushleap who seemed to be staring keenly at the mouse that lay near Goldenwinds paws. "greetings Thrushleap, I see that you have caught prey. the elders and kits back in the camp are well fed so if you don't mind we can share what we have caught." Goldenwind talked steadily, but warmly, she didn't want to sound mean or desperate to the well respected senior warrior.There was a short silence but it seemed like moons to Goldenwind. when was he going to reply?