#burdockbeam

Copperpaw; Fire-blessed she-cat with a power level of 73 (medium high); Troublesome, quick to make peace, and interested in Clan history

Burdockbeam; Star-blessed she-cat with a power level of 98 (very high); Troublesome, valuable insight, and a great mediator

Minnowpaw (14) has finally been made a warrior!  She is given the name of Minnownudge in honor of her intelligence.  Hopcurl (40) is proud of xer last kit to become a warrior, but worries that she’s grown too cold and distant from her siblings.  What happened to xer sweet little girl?  Dawnstar (106) seems to be encouraging the pranksters in the Clan and heckles ChaffinchClan with Burdockbeam (38) at a gathering.  He’s. . .not very mature for a leader, is he?  At least he seeks out wisdom from Cherviljumble (127).  She’s survived a few more harsh leaf-bares than he has.  Anyways, Burdockbeam’s latest pranks include: not telling Croucheye (33) about the feather stuck to her face and taking Tanglechirp’s (69) favorite nesting materials for herself.  Embershell (40) is out of the healer’s den, although she does take some time to chat with Pebbletuft and Flailvalley.  The two older cats really appreciate how hard Flailvalley’s been working lately.  Flailvalley (14) still enjoys going to visit the elder and curls up against Cherviljumble to help her combat the leaf-bare chill.  Meanwhile, Croucheye is a little wary of Pebbletuft (55).  She thinks the healer has been acting strangely lately.  That whole deathberry thing is still concerning. Peatfeather (34) is worried about Petalfrost (34).  He’s just not trying very hard to make friends in the Clan.  Aries (88) gives her advice and tells her to just be there for Petalfrost.  Being consistent is the best thing she can do.  Meanwhile, Petalfrost is developing a small crush on Mitemask (23).  And it looks like she reciprocates.  So, he’s not doing all that badly.  Croucheye watches as her younger sibling seem to constantly fight with each other.  She wishes that they would treasure what they have with each other.  She misses Rimepaw and wishes she were still there.  Along with Almondback and Brightmouse and Troutpaw.

Healer’s den: Dawnstar (whitecough), Bumble (broken bone), Tanglechirp (yellowcough), Dapplemuzzle (bite wound)

With the lack of herbs and the severity of his wounds, the healers couldn’t do much for Cavecatcher (77).  Not even their earth magic could help him and he died from his mangled tail.  The Clan blames StumpyClan and negotiations go poorly at the Gathering.  Hopcurl (37) and Peatfeather (31) help bury Cavecatcher, as Cherviljumble’s (124) joints have been too sore to do much lately. As the war continues, Flailpaw (11) worries that he and his siblings are growing up too fast.  He’s been on the front lines pretty much his whole apprenticeship and he’s feeling worn down.  Meanwhile, his brother, Mistypaw (11) has been made a warrior with the name of Mistytooth in honor of his observance.  Hopcurl is proud of xer kit and knows that he’ll be able to make it through anything.  Mistytooth is less confident in himself.  Dawnstar (103) is proud of him, though, and wants to spend more time with him.  Nettlestripe (88) tried talking with Hopcurl about the war and was disappointed when all xey wanted to do was talk about how proud xey are of xer kits.  Boring.  Copperheart (35) and Hollowminnow (20) spend some time together, coming up with pranks.  Boulderflood (35) wishes the two of them would focus on using their minds for the war instead of silly antics.  Mitemask (20) agrees and the two of them bond over their annoying siblings. Aphidwhisker (16) and Hollowminnow spend some time talking with each other about how their apprentices are doing and find out that they have a lot in common.  Aphidwhisker shows off a bit of dark-cursed magic, draining a small plant and then regrowing it with her earth powers.  Hollowminnow is impressed.  Flailpaw tries to ask Aphidwhisker for some help, but she turns him away.  She’s far too busy showing off her magic.  Oh, and training Scorchpaw (11).  While Boulderflood might disagree, Burdockbeam (35) feels like her shenanigans lighten the mood in camp.  Dapplemuzzle can’t help but feel like the worst of the war is yet to come.  In the Dark Forest, Yuccawillow lashes her tail while thinking about Dawnstar.  He’s Primcrest’s son.  If he suffers, she may suffer in StarClan.

Healer’s den: Cherviljumble (joint pain)

Burdockbeam (32) hid a thorn in Bumble’s (93) nest and laughed when he stepped on it.  However, karma seems to have gotten her and she later falls out of a tree, getting a splinter herself.  In other news, Dapplepaw (13) has been given the name of Dapplemuzzle, in honor of her hard work.  Boulderflood (32) is proud of her apprentice and considers herself lucky to have been able to train her.  Dawnstar (100) has been paying a lot of attention to Aphidwhisker (13) lately, and Dapplemuzzle doesn’t think that’s fair.  She tries to get his attention, but he just ignores her.  Cherviljumble (121) feels like Hollowminnow (17) should be more responsible as a warrior and gets in a fight with him over it.  Neither of them apologize.  It seems that Petalfrost (28) and Longpelt (30) are now having some trouble getting along.  Longpelt is being condescending towards Petalfrost and showing off some tricks with his fire-blessing, making Petalfrost jealous.  And angry.  Because that’s how he deals with things.  But Petalfrost boosts his own confidence and helps out Flailpaw (8) when the apprentice feels like he’s falling behind in training.  Flailpaw is grateful for any and all help.  He needs to master his powers and heal.  Maybe not necessarily in that order.  Mistypaw (8) is tired of his apprentice duties, especially his mentor, and doesn’t want to work.  Croucheye (27) is stressed and tries to look stronger by sharpening her claws.  Kestrelcreek (105) causes her patrol to miss a catch and feels bad.  She deeply apologizes and tries to fix it by catching even more prey.  

Healer’s den: Nettlestripe (mangled tail), Cavecatcher (infected mangled tail), Flailpaw (heat exhaustion), Cinderblockpuddle (head damage), Minnowpaw (sprain), Bumble (small cut), Burdockbeam (small cut), Mistypaw (fleas)

Flailpaw (7) seems to have been working himself too hard in the greenleaf heat and gets heat exhaustion.  With the tensions on ElementClan’s borders, he’s worried about how they will fare without him to fight.  Dawnstar’s (99) not worried though.  The Clan is strong.  And has plenty of dark-cursed cats.  They even have a couple of star-blessed cats, which is a little weird for them.  Dawnstar does like Burdockbeam (31), though, and surprises her with a day off from patrols.  More time for her to prank cats. . .Aphidwhisker (12) loves playing with the way the dark and light emanating off her pelt looks.  Cavecatcher (73) is jealous of her.  Tanglechirp (62) chats quietly about it with him while they’re on guard duty.  Even so, Aphidwhisker is closer to her dad than Dapplepaw (12) is and smiles at him whenever they meet.  Copperheart (31) has decided that making cats fight each other is her favorite brand of trouble to cause.  She starts a fight between Hatchswipe (60) and Pebbletuft (48) that leaves the healer fuming.  Pebbletuft also wishes that Mistypaw (7) would show more initiative in his training.  She’s disappointed in him (like she has any say in his training, at all).  She complains about him (and Hatchswipe) to Longpelt (29).  Longpelt is impressed by her insight into their fellow clanmates.  Cinderblockpuddle (234), despite being old and injured, wants to sneak out of camp with Flailpaw (who is also injured).  Pebbletuft catches them and scares them back to their nests.  Croucheye (26) doesn’t know if she’s ready for an apprentice.  She feels like she’s too jumpy.  An owl scared her last night.  An owl!  How embarrassing. Her apprentice, Mistypaw, knows that the warrior code says elders must be fed first, so he brings a hare to Cinderblockpuddle and Cherviljumble (120).

ElementClan is feeling the tension with the other Clans.  Burdockbeam (27) knows that, if there’s a battle, it’ll be her first chance to show that she’s a skilled fighter.  However, she ends up training too hard with Hollowpaw (12) and sprains her paw.  Meanwhile, Dawnstar (95) decides that one of the apprentices is ready for her warrior name.  He gives Mitepaw (12) the name of Mitemask, in honor of her enthusiasm.  He has to call her name a couple of times though before she pays attention.  She’s too busy watching a fluttering leaf that seems to vanish before her eyes.  Cavecatcher (69) is proud of Mitemask.  He’s also one of the Clan’s most experienced warriors and Croucheye (22) is impressed with how well he fights.  Kestrelcreek (100) is also proud of Mitemask and is starting to recover from losing her mates.  She enjoys spending time with Nettlestripe (80) and discussing Clan news with him.  Nettlestripe also complains that Hollowpaw never does anything helpful.  While Kestrelcreek is a little offended at his criticism of her son, she does understand it.  He always seems to be getting into trouble.  Mitemask seems a little jumpy lately and keeps startling at things no one else can see while on a patrol.  Despite him being completely unhelpful in raising their kits, Bluestripe (86) still loves Tanglechirp (58).  She purrs for a long time at one of his dad jokes.  Their kits definitely have differing personalities though.  Where Aphidpaw (8) is a little annoying with how much the older cats in the Clan seem to like her, Dapplepaw (8) is much more reserved.  She is surprised when Aries (77) spends some time with her instead of her sister and thanks her earnestly when she grooms a hard to reach spot for her.  Pebbletuft (44) and Bumble (88) are struggling to get along without Lakepelt there.  Pebbletuft is frustrated with the way the senior medicine cat does things and gets in a fight with him.  Peatfeather (23) and Embershell (29) have a bit of a history of not getting along.  They have one good day but then Embershell messes it up by mentioning that she feels like the kits in camp are annoying.  Peatfeather quite likes them.  Pebbletuft also senses war on the horizon (or maybe she’s excited for it) and talks with Dawnstar and Bluestripe about how the Clan could utilize their dark-cursed members to fight.  Minnowkit (3) and Flailkit (3) are proving to be closer to each other than they are their other siblings.  Minnowkit is worried about being an apprentice because she’s afraid of disappointing the Clan. Flailkit is listening to her, but jumps when he hears a croaking frog, creating a big wave that drenches his siblings, most of the other cats in camp, and washes the frog away. Meanwhile,  Scorchkit (3) is listening to Kestrelcreek tell stories about Clan history and wonders about the unknown.  Why did Yuccawillow turn out the way she did?  Do dark-cursed cats really have a connection to the Dark Forest?  Why can’t powerless cats be leader? Kestrelcreek doesn’t have answers for her.

Healer’s den: Cherviljumble (broken bone), Copperheart (claw wound), Burdockbeam (sprain)

With ElementClan having a new leader for the first time in most cats’ living memory, the other Clans are testing them.  ChaffinchClan has been crossing the border lately, and Aries (76) visits them to try and resolve the disputes.  She doesn’t make any progress.  Burdockbeam (26) catches Hollowpaw (11) talking with a loner but, when she confronts him about it, he talks back to her and claims that she shouldn’t judge because she’s half loner herself.  Bluestripe (85) is happy to be around her kits.  She’s glad that the Clan seems to be more accepting of dark-cursed cats than it was when she was young.  It continues to move in the right direction.  Despite being mean to his mentor, Hollowpaw puts on a thoughtful facade when dealing with Hatchswipe (55) and makes sure to grab her something from the fresh-kill pile.  Burdockbeam feels like he’s probably just planning another prank.  It’s what she would do.  Aries also may be encouraging Hollowpaw, or maybe the mediator just wants to reconnect with someone from her past, because she offers to sneak along the border with him. Pebbletuft (43) also helps Minnowkit (2) sneak out of camp, meaning that she was much more successful with it than her siblings were last moon.  Aphidpaw (7) decides that she can’t let Hollowpaw have all the fun and comes up with a plan to sneak out of camp with Cherviljumble (115).  It doesn’t work, mostly because Bumble (87) catches them and makes Cherviljumble go back to her nest to continue to heal from her broken leg.  Scorchkit (2) watches the older apprentices with excitement.  She can’t wait to get to leave camp and wishes that her clanmates would stop babying her already.  Despite him being a little stand-offish lately.  Flailkit (2) and Minnowkit really like Petalfrost (22).  They check in on him and hide behind him in their games of hide and seek.

The first thing Kestrelcreek  (91) does after Lakepelt (110) declares her healthy enough to go back to working is get in a fight with a rogue.  Alright then.  Instead of being frustrated with the pranskter Burdockbeam (18), Creekstar (156) is annoyed with how Boulderflood (18) won’t take her role as a star-blessed cat seriously.  She should be stepping up into more leadership roles, but is instead holding back and letting other cats take the lead.  Perhaps Creekstar likes the pranksters, because she is pranking the new guy, Bumble (79).  It’s kind of like an official welcome to the Clan.  Brightmouse (77) not only dislikes Skymoon (14), but also Petalfrost (14) and is annoyed by the young cat’s negative comments.  Bluestripe (77) asks him what’s wrong and why he’s been commenting about Brightmouse.  He explains that he’s frustrated with how she treats his sister, something that Bluestripe understands.  She doesn’t like it when cats dislike her family, after all.  While on a patrol, Pebbletuft (35) and Hatchswipe (47) are heard arguing about the camp’s security.  A FurledClan patrol listens in.  Meanwhile, Croucheye (13) has somehow gotten tangled up in watching Hollowkit (3) for the day.  He played a prank on Tanglechirp (49) and is now not allowed to leave the nursery.  It’s hard to keep him in there, especially when Mitekit (3) purposefully acts frightened after Croucheye tells a story in order to take her attention off of Hollowkit.  Those two are certainly a pair!  While on a patrol, Sweet Marmalade (87), Boulderflood, and Sofanthiel (91) come across an apprentice from FurledClan, begging for shelter.  Sofanthiel determines that they must be a spy and sends them off with a couple scratches.  Border skirmishes with StumpyClan also continue.  Some cats worry there may be another war coming.