Food is food [SC Patrol CLOSED]

As the freshkill pile dwindled down to nothing, her anxiety rose proportionally. Food was essential to keeping the clan alive through this Leafbare, she'd almost died herself from being foolish and not eating as much as she needed to keep her temperature up. But now that she was well, she forced herself to do her bit, do what countless other warriors had done for her while she was ill.

"I will be going to Carrionplace." She announced to the gathered warriors and apprentices who were either resting or fixing up camp. "Come with... Please."

At first, Scorchfang hesitated. It wasn't because he didn't like his former mentor enough to follow her on a patrol. Rather, he was afraid she didn't want his company. He was a totally rotten apprentice to her, and he always wanted to try to apologize for all he had done, but he never knew the right time.

...Perhaps by going with her he can show her how much he had changed, and then he can apologize on the way back.

"I-I'll come with you, Violetshine." His mew stammered a little with nerves. Would she reject him?

"Good, you are a good hunter. Now only two more." Violetshine succinctly replied, not noticing her former apprentice's hesitance. She wasn't one to hold grudges, and since Scorchfang had affirmed his intentions to be loyal to ShadowClan by leaving the RiverClan she-cat, she'd forgiven him. Life was that simple to her, thus she failed to recognise that sometimes, these things had to spoken rather than glanced over.

Gingerstripe walked out of the warriors' den, stretching languidly before making his way up to the two younger warriors. Violetshine, who he could tell his brother liked, and Scorchfang. "Going on patrol? I can come," he offered around a yawn, glad to get out of camp. He had that much less chance of running into Littlebrook then.

Crowfur walked out of the warrior's den. He had recovered some of his strength back and was up for some hunting. "Violetshine! May I come with you as well?" he asked with a smile. The dark-furred tom had almost returned to his old self with the help of his faithful mate, Cedarstorm and his other family, Scorchfang and Curlyfeather.

"Yes, this will do. Thank you for coming." She dipped her head in greeting to her fellow warriors, thankful that they were quick to join her at her request. She'd feared that many had grown to lose respect for her due to her being out of commission from greencough during Leafbare. It was embarrassing that she'd fallen ill when her clan needed her most, but now was her chance to ensure they all trusted she was a proper warrior. "We should head out before the sun rises, we have the advantage now."

That was all that she said before she darted out of camp, her light feet barely making a dent in the snow as she leapt from well-worn path to path, headed towards the Carrionplace.

Scorchfang was heavily taken aback by Violetshine's demeanor towards him. Didn't she remember how horrible an apprentice he was? Perhaps she didn't even remember him as being her apprentice at all because of how awful he was.

Regardless, he still followed the she-cat out of camp. "We're not going to be hunting for crow-food, are we? I don't that that'd be very healthy for the kits."

Willowheart rushed after the patrol. "Wait for me," She mewed, her small webbed paws carrying her swiftly towards the cats. "Sorry- I was talking with Thrushstripe." She explained, slightly out of breath.

Gingerstripe followed the she-cat out of camp, pausing only when he heard the voice from behind- Willowheart, Violetshine's sister. He stopped for a second, long tabby tail waving from side to side, waiting for the patrol leader to make a decision, though he was sure she wouldn't turn her littermate away. He knew that he would jump at the chance to have Firestone join him on patrol any day. However, he was kind of anxious to get out onto the territory and hunt, so his tail movements were only slightly irritated as he waited.

"Crowfood is better than nothing." She replied to her former apprentice, though she was glad that he was thinking about the clan's welfare in such depth. She could not say that this was her influence, but she was proud nonetheless.

And when her sister, Willowheart, approached, the she-cat gentled doubled back to brush her pelt against hers in a rare sign of affection. Firestone had been teaching her on being open with her feelings, it was really helping. "It's good to have you with us, Willowheart."

"Let us go ahead now." She meowed, rushing to the dank place where rats scurried even this thick in Leafbare. Her mismatched eyes honed in on a rat's fat body, and she went for the kill.

It was a success, it's fat body dripped with blood.

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'Hunting Dice' : 6

Scorchfang had to agree with Violetshine. It was better that the kits ate something that could or could not get them sick than nothing at all. Wrinkling his nose at the foul scent of Twoleg rubbish, he began his own search. He quickly spotted a crow pecking at a dead rat, flies buzzing all around it, and he winced. But he knew the Clan needed to eat. He crouched and stalked towards the distracted bird.

He pounced, but his paws slipped in something slimy. The crow let out a caw of alarm before frantically taking off, and Scorchfang collapsed in some kind of blue Twoleg substance. It smelled horrible, and it tasted just as bad when he tried to lick it off. He groaned in disgust as he slowly brought himself up to his paws and stalked away, ears hot with embarrassment.

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'Hunting Dice' : 6

As they reached the Carrionplace, Gingerstripe wrinkled his nose at the scent. It brought back memories of his first time out in the territory, with Swiftclaw. Back when his life was perfect. Shoving the happy, painful memories to the back of his head with only a flick of one tabby ear to show his discomfort, the tom's narrow green eyes scanned the strange area for prey. He caught sight of a toad, crouching camouflaged next to a pile of crowfood. He dropped immediately into a hunting crouch and stalked forwards a few paces before leaping at it. He caught it easily, claws slicing through the toad's neck quickly to kill it. He wasn't a fan of toads, but many of his Clanmates did, and besides- food was food. He grabbed the slimy piece if prey in his mouth with a shudder and brought it back to where Violetshine put hers.

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'Hunting Dice' : 1