Protest for Sloekit (Open and Tagged!)

[Ambrose]

OOC: Please read anotherwarriorrp.proboards.com/thread/21987/binary-protest-expanded-extra-places before participating. Tags: Lightningtrail, Puddlesdog, Trickle, @firebird24811, Heron, Echo, εℓιzαвεтн., Sand, @pawsfun, @cin, Wolf

IC:

Egalitarianism came; and it hit hard. 

In sharp contrast to the usual shine of dawn, The weather around the LeafClan camp was sour; big, menacing storm-clouds were blown up across the sky, yet there was no threat of thunder. What there was, however, was an incoming deluge of rain, ready to saturate the ground, but it seemed to possess a kind of willpower that held it back. 
Stormy as the weather around them, Wrenthistle was in a vengeful mood. It was finally the day they had chosen a moon ago to protest against the inequality, the injustice, that Sunstar directed to a 6 moon old kit. Sloekit, that is; a bigender kit, vulnerable and young, shattered by the knife of unfairness that Sunstar weld towards hir. This kit, as any other kit would, hoped to grow into a warrior, the alluring stage after apprenticeship. but, this little kit had informed Wrenthistle sullenly, that xe would be held back from apprenticeship for two moons, due to being bigender, a branch of non-binarism. This struck up a fire inside Wrenthistle. A bigender themselves, they despised this unfair treatment, and had found others who had too. It was time to put this plan into action; a march towards Sunstar's den from the other side of the clearing. 

Wrenthistle stretched briefly before looking around the Warriors' Den. "Anyone who's part of the protest, follow me; today's the day. Go to the other side of the Clearing and wait for me." they said, beckoning with their tail. Wrenthistle went to the apprentices den to fetch an apprentice, who they admired for sticking up like a mature warrior; Loudpaw (@firebird24811). They wove around sleeping apprentices and lightly brushed Loudpaw with their tail. "Today's the protest, Loudpaw; go to the side of the clearing opposite Sunstar's den." Wrenthistle mewed quietly, tiptoeing out and to the side of the camp opposite Sunstar's den, waiting for the others.

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Leafnose woke up to Wrenthistle's call in an angry mood. Today was the day they were going to protest the injustice and, in Leafnose's opinion, Sunstar being so stupid. He normally wasn't, but he was now. Who ever held a bigender cat back from being an apprentice for two moons? It wss proposturous, something needed to be done about it.

Leafnose stretched his limbs and padded to the other side of the clearing, just as Wrenthistle had said. He eyed each cat that passed in an unusually sour mood. He bet that most of them were not going to do anything about the unfairness and unjustice that was going on in this very camp.

[Trickle]

-Nightwhisker-

Nightwhisker had been curled up in the warrior den against Leafnose, fast asleep, when the absence of warmth and a risen voice forced her eyes open.  Her jaws parted in a huge yawned and she blinked several time, trying to focus on Wrenthistles form. Ah yes, today was the day that there would be change.  It was time to fight for Sloekit.  Well, fight as in a protest.  The she-cat could only hope that there are no actual fights that break out in the camp.  The last thing she wanted was a civil war triggered by civil disobedience.  but, Sunstars judgement seemed to be clouded of late.  Holding back a kit from apprenticeship for two moons just because xe didn't identify with one gender or another nearly enraged the dark cat.  

She pulled herself up to her paws just as Wrenthistle disappeared out of the warriors den.  Leafnose had already left the den and was half way across the clearing when she poked her head out in to the sun.  Her fur prickled at the humidity of the oncoming storm mixed with the increased tension of today's events.   Forest green eyes turned to the sky, settling on ominous rolling clouds that looked about ready to burst. Fitting...  Nightwhisker quickly darted over to Leafnose, who had now found his way all the way to the other side of the clearing where Wrenthistle had instructed them to wait.  

"I hope this goes well..." She mewed softly, her voice just loud enough for him to hear.  There was no hiding the nervous twitch of her tail.  Going against the leader of her own clan did not settle easy with her, but it was for the right cause.  Equality.  Nightwhisker leaned against Leafnose, feeling calmer when the warmth of his body met her own.  Now, all there was left to do was wait until it started.   

[Sand]

Shadowfall was sound asleep in their nest when the sound of Wrenthistle's voice woke them up. At first they were confused to what was going on; then, they suddenly remembered Sloekit. With narrowed eyes, they jumped to their paws and stalked out of the warriors.

They would not let Sunstar get away with crushing the dreams of kits. They didn't care how high up the cat was, they still wouldn't let that cat, crush other cats dreams. Looking around, they spotted to of the other cats in the rebellion on the other side of the clearing, so they headed over to the other side of the clearing. "I hope this works," they meowed dipping their head to the other two cats.

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Leafnose instantly felt bad when he realized he had left Nightwhisker in their nest but shook it ogf when he spotted her walking towards himcl with a worried expression on her face. She settled down next to him and leaned against him. Leafnose pressed back.

"I hope this goes well," She mewed softly. "Me too," He whispered back. He dipped his head in greeting to Shadowfall, another bigender who was going to protest. He knew that the warrior code says that you must obey the leaders words, but it was unjustice and some words now. The warrior code had guided him through his life, but now it seemed like the leader wasn't ruling with justice and equality.

[εℓιzαвεтн.]

Pearfrost

Pearfrost was awake. He had been awake for a quite while. In fact, he wasn't actually sure if had gone to sleep during the night at all. The diluted ginger warrior had too much on his mind to be going to sleep. Today was the day that they were going to face Sunstar and Pearfrost had been tense all night. He himself was a fluid cat, and the thought of this happening to another non binary terrified him. His pronouns tended to stay on the neutral sides, though days like today, he needed more solidity. He was born as a tom and, as a tom, he felt strong, which is something he would need to help Sloekit.

He would be a tom today, but that wouldn't change his identity as non binary.

His pale ginger head rested on the edge of the nest, watching as Wrenthistle stood and left, followed by Shadowfall, Nightwisker, and Leafnose. Pearfrost groomed himself heavily; he needed to look his best if he were to be taken seriously. Once every hair was in place, he rose and left the den to go to the other side of the clearing where the other warriors already stood. Clouds were rolling in, fat with rain, but that did not deter him. Today, they were going to give an a kit the much deserved right to be apprentice.

Doebreeze

The Bengal she-cat sleepily blinked open her green eyes. Protest? Today? She rolled over and stretched in her nest, carefully maneuvering to not hit the other sleeping warriors. Right. Wrenthistle was doing the whole 'protest for non-binaries' thing today. And she was going to take part in it. Doebreeze stood and left, shaking her fur of debris once she was clear of the entrance. She joined Pearfrost and the other warriors on the opposite side of the clearing and began to groom herself.

She didn't quite understand the whole 'non-binary' thing. It didn't quite make sense to her, not completely, as she had always considered herself a female as she was born one. However, she did know that it did no harm to her or to others when other cats decided they were more comfortable with different pronouns. She knew Poppysong, the non-binary warrior from Midnightclan, that she had met a few times moons ago. They were fun, cool to hang out with. Doebreeze wanted to know more about this different identity thing that seemed to becoming more common.

Besides that, Doebreeze had kits of her own. While she wasn't quite a big fan of them, never living up to the role of a mother, she wanted to live their own lives and would be livid if Sunstar would hold one back because of something as silly as that. Two of her kits didn't even have tails, but that didn't as though it would be a problem. Keeping a kit from apprenticeship because of something as silly as what pronouns made them uncomfortable? Ridiculous.

She stretched out once more, looking at the cats around her with a wry grin. "So, who's ready to rumble?"