Let's Work It! [All of Midnight, deputy thread!]

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Mothcloud muttered off a precise list to herself as she paced around the clearing. She had made several rounds of the camp upon being named deputy, and boy were there things to be done around here! With greenleaf came a new abundance of prey, calm weather, kits and less sickness, but that didn't mean that the clan was allowed to fall lazy because of it. On the contrary, there were still tasks to be done that had been slacked on since leaf-bare, and she wanted to be sure that they were done today. No excuses, no exceptions, today was the day that the whole clan would be active in bettering their camp. Otherwise, she would personally seek out each cat and demand a valid excuse for their absence. The tortoiseshell stepped into the center of the clearing and scanned the camp with her orange eyes to see who was currently present. Satisfied that there would be some response from the crowd, she continued to yowl out an address:

"Cats of Midnightclan, will all of you gather here! I have an announcement to make." She waited calmly as the numbers began to accumulate and the noise died down before continuing;

"Today is the day that we work to better our camp! Now I know under your previous deputy you haven't been used to such tasks and announcements. Such things are going to change! Today, I want every single cat to be active in helping out. There is a task for everyone, and I will be watching to ensure you complete your tasks or are involved in some way. Here are the things I would like to get done today:

Mentors, please take your apprentices out for training. I want all of you to work as a group to teach each other. You may be assigned different apprentices, but every single cat here has different strengths and weaknesses and it is very possible that you can share with them skills that they would otherwise not observe. I want there to be no arguments and no conflict; we are a clan and we train together just as we patrol together. Assemble your fellow mentors and apprentices and begin at once to train beneath the Willow Tree. I want you to focus on battle skills.

Warriors without apprentices, I need some of you to go on a border patrol. The idea of hunting in this prey-bearing time is tempting to all cats, but we must not forget that dangers lie outside of our borders and that all this safety can quickly be changed without proper defenses. All those who choose to do so, please gather by the warrior's den.

For other cats who wish to help or would not like to patrol, the camp needs to be cleaned and re-established. I need cats to patch up the nursery, others to sort through the fresh kill, one or two cats to clean the elder's den, and I would like there to be a few cats to help build defenses around the dens and encircling the camp. Do not take these tasks lightly; they are ctitical for our well-being. I do not take kindly to cats who feel they can shrug off the more remedial camp activities.

For kits and queens who are able to travel, I recommend that you take this time to get out of the nursery for a bit while it is being patched up and visit the Minnow Pond. Not only would it be a breathe of fresh-air, but it allows you some time to interact with other queens while the kits play safely and stay out from under warrior's busy paws. Elders are also welcome to join them if they feel they are up for the trip.

Lastly, if all these tasks are completed successfully, I have a surprise planned for all of you by the end of the day. What that surprise is, I cannot tell you, but rest assured that it will be worth all of your hard work. Now, if you all understand where you need to be, I ask that you please sort yourselves out into your correct locations. All tasks will begin shortly. If you have an issue or a private matter to sort out, please see me following this announcement."

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OOC:

Note: Each of these tasks will take place in a separate thread which can be created by either me or any rper, then joined by everyone else enlisted in the task. Please remember to reply; I did this similar patrol assignment once before and it only had two replies to it. Things like this make me mad as I KNOW you all have cats in here, and if you have time to make mate threads then I know you have time to reply every so often to these. They are just as important, if not more, than ceremony and mate threads because what is the point of being in a clan if you do nothing with them?

Moving on to the assignments:

Mentor/Apprentice Thread:
Border Patrol:
Elders den cleaning:
Nursery rebuild:
Fresh kill Sorting:
Defenses:
Kits and Queens:

Surprise! (will only occur if all these threads remain active and replied to. I will be the judge at what this entails. Try your best, everyone.)

Note II: I may pop into some of these and throw in an unexpected twist. Whether it be from Mothcloud or a NPC random event, I'll try to keep you on your toes. This won't be your average ho-hum "let's get these chores done" thread list!

[Dyzzie]

Lilypaw stretched, standing from her nest at the call of the new deputy, and moving towards the entrance of the cave, and out into the open. Why was she being called forth, what purpose was this. It was too early for a new ceremony. It was - Today is the day that we work to better our camp! Green-Yellow eyes snapped open wide. Oh hell. Instantly the apprentice turned to walk away only to be stopped by another's look. Sighing she moved her way towards the gathering clan, glancing around for someone familiar to sit by, but finding no one. Was that a surprise - of course not, considering it was usually just her. No freinds, no companians. Not even her mentor did their job. She sat calmly as she flicked her tail, her spotted fawn hide gleaming lightly as she waited to see what was going to go around, before sneering at the subject of apprentices working with their mentors. Lilypaw's shoulders hunched in annoyance. Work with her mentor. Her mentor was never anywhere to be found. Hell, she wasn't even sure she ahd a mentor anymore. COuldn't she just smile and pretend she did it and go off on her own. Eyes lowered, and trying not to look to miserable, she sat silent as the rest of the duties were outlined. Willow tree for Battle Training. For a female who excelled at fighting as it was (though she was excellent at manipulating others to fighting for her), the whole thing seemed like it'd be insanely boring - not to mention she didn't even have a mentor to help her out, or so it seemed now a days. Still she stood, and glanced around with out a word. What fun this would be . . . . . yeah right.

[Isilme]

-Blackthorn-

A large form could be seem entering the camp carrying two pieces of prey on his mouth, as usual he had woke up early to go hunting without anyone else to bother him, the forest could get suprising crowd when a bunch of warriors decided to hunt at the same time and if there was something that he hated was losing a possible good meal because of a clumsy cat that stepped on a branch, green eyes scanned the clearing just to fall upon Mothcloud form, since assuming her post as deputy again the she cat had grown quite restless, but that was really no surprise if you knew her. The tom left the dead animals in the fresh kill pile and was ready to go relax under the sun a little when the she cat voice summoned the clan for a announcement, he narrowed his eyes curious and a little fearful of what she might say but approached anyway waiting patiently for her to start talking.

"I´m glad that she is back" He looked to the voice owner just to see Duskmist sitting by his side, the black tom had been in the nursery with his mate what was no surprise at all considering how he only talked about her and their kits all the time. "Yeah, I missed having Mothcloud around." The brown warrior admitted what earned him a raised eyebrown from his friend but he quickly dismissed the look with a movement of his tail, he didn´t needed any smart remark right now. Finally the deputy started talking, her words didn´t surprised the duo at all, they knew her for a long time and she always put the clan to work one way or another, and honestly it was better than just sleeping under the sun the whole day. "Well, I will be going on a patrol." Blackthorn said getting up and looking to his friend with a questioning gaze. "I will be staying to help with the nursery rebuild, good luck in your patrol." Duskmist said and waved a good-bye to his friend with his tail before walking in the nursery direction where the warrior were going to assemble.

Blackthorn simple nodded to the black tom and walked to the camp entrance to wait for others before going out, there was no point in patrolling alone.

-Mudpatch-

The white female was resting peacefully in the nursery in the company of her kits, now that Jaypaw had finally become a apprentice the queen had more moments of tranquility like these, but of course something had to happen to break this perfect scenario, she sighed deeply upon hearing Mothcloud voice but got up and walked outside to listen to the deputy words, it couldn´t be something really serious so she wasn´t worried. "Mom!" Surprised the she cat looked to the side just to see Jaypaw running happily to her side. "Jaypaw, how are you dear?" Mudpatch purred nuzzling the apprentice that chuckled before returning the affection. "I´m fine, and you? Training is so awesome! You have no idea and-" The queen only smiled gentle as her daughter talked non stop about everything she had been learning, deep in her heart, she had missed the energetic kit.

but as soon as Mothcloud started talking Jaypaw feel silent, her tail moving restless behind her, the deputy words brought a smile to the apprentice face, she would be training again! The she cat was about to start talking again when another apprentice walked to her side. "What is going on Jaypaw?" He asked his voice deep and serious as usual, the she cat chuckled softly greeting the tom. "The deputy ordered our mentor to take us out to train! Isn´t it amazing?!" The white male simple rolled his eyes. "This was their duty anyway there should be no need for the deputy to say such things." Jaypaw pouted clearly not happy with his response but chose to ignore this and instead marched to the warriors den intending to find Ivybreeze and go out to train right now. "Ivybreeze! (Ambrose) Didn´t you hear Mothcloud? Let´s go!"

Cerdapaw observed as the female walked away with a raised eyebrow, he would never understand the other apprentice, but he too wanted to learn more things so he could become a strong warrior someday, he started searching for Newtleap (Babylonranger) in hope his mentor would be able to go out training with him today. Mudpatch hummed wondering if she should go out with the other queens, well why not? The white female made her way to join the other queens and kits that were going to the Minnow Pool so she could relax and have a little fun.

-Dawnmist-

The tortoiseshell she cat head came out of the warriors den as she heard the deputy call, had something happened? Was the clan in trouble? She was quick to groom her fur and walk out ready to listen to whatever Mothcloud had to say, her tail move unquiet behind her showing her nervous state, soft steps called her attention and yellow eyes darted quickly to the form of a white male beside her. "Oh Skyfall it´s just you." Dawnmist sighed relief washing over her to see her friend, the tom raised a eyebrow to her reaction but said nothing about it. "I heard the summom too so I came, do you mind if I sit here?" The she cat smiled softly and made a negative movement with her head, the two stayed in a confortable silence but their peace was broken when two bickering she cats approached them. "You are more worthless than a fox Oakleaf! Doing this kind of thing you jus-" but the russet female was readly interrupted by a brown she cat that stared at her with a muderer intent. "Stay quiet Deersplash! What I do with my life is none of your concern and-" Skyfall and Dawnmist simple observed the two wondering what had got them so mad at the point of nerly jumping at each others throats like that.

Wildsong saw the fighting females and narrowed her eyes not please with their behavior when Mothcloud was clearly waiting for silence to start talking. "Will you two shut up or I will have to do it for you?" The blue she cat snapped at the still bickering duo that feel silent immediatly when they spotted the much larged cat staring at them with a very suggesting look, the she cats sat down their features full of fear making the older warrior huff but smile victorious. The deputy words settled in their minds and slowly they made their ways to wherever they felt like helping, Oakleaf joined Blackthorn in the camp entrance while Deersplash approached the male standing near the nursery to help with rebuilding it, Wildsong decided upon reforcing the camp defenses, Skyfall and Dawnmist chose to work in the fresh kill sorting, it was a important task and it seemed that most warriors were going on the patrol.

[Babylonranger]

A scarred tortoiseshell tom glanced up blankly at the pacing deputy, twitching his black tail-tip with barely restrained annoyance. Newtleap's copper eyes narrowed as he watched Mothcloud's movements. The obsessive she-cat was murmuring to herself - never a good sign - and he had a feeling she was going to make good on the promise (threat) she'd made when Bramblestar reappointed her.

Gritting his teeth, the sullen warrior listened silently as Midnightclan's deputy began attempting to organize them. Train apprentices as a group? Good Starclan, he could hardly stand basic interaction with these mousebrains from day-to-day. Granted, at least his apprentice was quiet. Mostly.

Speaking of Cedarpaw, Newtleap spotted the large white tom looking around camp. Grumbling to himself, the notch-eared black-and-orange male rose to his paws and strode over to the young apprentice. "Looking for something?" he asked, hoping Cedarpaw would be even less inclined to join a large group than he was. If nothing else, Newtleap had little interest in Mothcloud's 'surprise'. Knowing her, it'd probably be a group bath, he thought, disgruntled.
(Isilme)

[Vinepool]

-Adderstripe-

Adderstripe sat in the warm clearing, his eyes closed and his head tilted back taking in the rays of the sunshine. A call from there new deputy, Mothcloud took him from his trance. He faced where the deputy was standing. She gave out orders. Smiling slightly, he thought it's good to have a deputy that's on top of things and keeping cats in check. Listening intently to the orders he nodded when she ended giving out orders. He had a choice to make, he could stay at camp and help out or he could go out and patrol. He decided he should stay at camp because if he went out he might meet his son become rouge, Tiger. He briskly padded over to the nursery to start building it up.

-Firepaw-

Firepaw was walking around camp when there deputy called out. She was trying to learned how to walked faster due to being born with no left hind paw. Facing he deputy she made her way to the side of her father, Adderstripe. Mothcloud, there deputy ordered all the apprentices and there mentors to go to the Willow tree. She nodded and padded out of camp towards the Willow Tree.