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Gathering event in progress! Hollypaw is now available for asks!

Unlike regular half-moon meetings, asks will be asked in-universe not by a StarClan cat but by a Clan cat present at the Gathering. Even though Willowpaw and Hollypaw are currently talking to each other, as are Kestrelpaw, Jaypaw, Antpaw, and Harepaw, feel free to introduce other cats from ThunderClan, RiverClan, or WindClan into the conversation. As the RP ebbs and flows, the groups and conversations may shift and they could end up asking questions.

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A Long-Awaited Reunion Under the Full Moon

Jaypaw walked into the Gathering with Hollypaw clinging close to his left flank. It felt oddly vulnerable to be walking like that, without Lionpaw to his right flank. He almost wished he could be let alone to navigate on his own.

In fact he was prepared to argue as much with Hollypaw as they arranged themselves to leave for the gathering. But even Jaypaw had to admit, with the scent of so many cats so close together making his head spin this was much more reasonable. Besides, one way or another he would have to endure her pestring.

"Hollypaw, I've told you a whiskerful times already," Jaypaw said. "Willowpaw was disappointed to not see you. I'm sure she'll want to hang out with you."

"But I betrayed her!" Hollypaw continued. "I'd promised her I would work hard to become the best oracle ever and look where I am now!"

"Alongside the deputy as his apprentice?" Jaypaw asked. "I don't see what the fuzz is about. With how much you almost gagged even just pulling thorns, being a warrior is just logical."

"I'm not saying it isn't a great honor to be Brackenfur's apprentice! But I'm the leader's daughter. That's just what you'd expect of me!" she retorted.

"And?" Jaypaw retorted. "You were already benefitting from being kin of an oracle, how's enjoying the benefits of being leaderkin any different?"

***

Kestrelpaw hummed to himself as he tapped his feet and scanned the night sky in search of Gorsepaw. It'd been nice hanging out with the apprentice last half-moon, and he was hoping he would watch tonight as he tried to approach Jaypaw. But as always, being able to tell apart the constellations and the names of each star wasn't his forte.

So far, only WindClan had come and he was hoping that he could approach him without Willowpaw souring the mood and with plenty of time to socialize before all the Clans came.

"The ThunderClan apprentices have come," Barkface told him as he gently tapped the back of Kestrelpaw's head with his tail. "If you're gonna be like that, I'd much rather you go btoher them. Just be sure to return to your spot in time for the announcements."

Kestrelpaw startled, but gave a nod and headed for the incoming ThunderClan cats. As the delegation broke formation and began to mingle more freely, the WindClan apprentice began weaving among the mass of dispersing cats to look for the silver tabby.

"Jaypaw!" he called. The black cat who was accompanying him turned in his direction. The ThunderClan apprentice frowned slightly and gave a twitch of his tail but followed nonetheless, always touching side to side with Hollypaw."

"Hello!" the black molly greeted. "And you are...?"

"Kestrelpaw! Are you ThunderClan too? Jaypaw's friend I presume."

"Oh, the WindClan oracle's apprentice?"

"Unless there's another Kestrelpaw I'm not aware of, I'd say that's a good bet," Jaypaw interjected. "Besides, he sounds like what I remember him sounding like last Half-Moon meeting."

Jaypaw disconnected from his sister and came closer to his new friend. "This is my sister Hollypaw, the one who quit."

Hollypaw was about to protest at the title she was being introduced by, but Kestrelpaw, eyes lit up and big, was quick to take the word for himself first. "Hollypaw! Nice to meet you! I had been wanting to meet you! When you didn't come last night I was so sad."

He stepped closer, coming to brush cheeks with her. "Jaypaw told us why you quit. I hope warrior training is going well. You know--" Before he could finish that thought, he turned around towards Jaypaw as he seemed to be beginning to feel the territory. "...You know, we can talk later. I have something to do with Jaypaw."

Jaypaw raised his head and turned towards the WindClanner. "What?"

"My brothers wanted to meet you," he said. "I think it'll do them good to meet a ThunderClan cat. What do you say?"

Expectantly, the WindClan cat came closer to him and in imitation of Holypaw flanked him close to his pelt. Jaypaw rolled his eyes, "Fine. Not like I have anything better to do..."

***

Willowpaw walked onto the gathering island resolute to not look for Hollypaw among the mass of cats gathering there. Unfortunately it wasn't like she would have had to look much for the sleek black molly anyway, as she was seated close to the tree bridge looking wistfully at the gathering tree.

Coming close to the apprentice, she gently headbutted her shoulder and gave out a casual, "Hey!"

"Oh!" she said, frantically turning around. "Hey, Willowpaw! How's the prey running in RiverClan?"

"You know you don't ask that at a gathering. Leopardstar will tell in due time," she retorted with a playful wink. "But I hope Bramblestar won't mind you telling me a little at least. Prey running well enough it's easy for you as a new warrior apprentice I hope?"

She nodded. "Well, kind of. Leafbare and all, but. About to end, eh?"

An air of awkwardness hung between them. Neither knew how to breach the topic of her career change.

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For Jaypaw! A small flock must cling together so that it does not get lost, but as it grows it becomes harder to see the stars. Learn your wings so you can trust them in harsh winds.

Jaypaw wrinkled his nose at that. "What's that supposed to mean? What's up with all these questions and riddles?"

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Hey Jaypaw, how are you enjoying your training so far? I know you're pretty new, but is there anything you particularly enjoy? How did your siblings and parents respond to your swap to oracle training? I also heard Littlecloud mention Tawnypelt's kits--are you curious about your ShadowClan kin at all? (@stonefall-wc)

"Leafpool hasn't taught me much, she's been very reluctant on taking me on. I had been badgering her ever since the dream with Yellowfang a half-moon ago, the same night Hollypaw quit, but..." he replied with a sigh. "The way she just... stands there, looking at me. I swear, her sadness clings to her like the smell of foxdung."

He pauses as he hears the next question out of Spottedleaf and flickers his ears in annoyance. He didn't think the questions she had in mind were gonna be like this. "Squirrelflight was like that too. She asked me a moon's worth times and then some if I was completely, absolutely sure. She'd done this with Hollypaw too, but not to this extent."

His whiskers drooped as he began to dwell on that. To an extent he'd been happy to hear his mother's encouragement to keep working with Brightheart and her offers to help out in their training sessions. But it did sting a little that she was clearly trying to discourage him in this decision so much moreso than for his sister.

"Bramblestar was more enthused about it, at least, I guess that's a positive..." Yet another thing he had mixed feelings about. His father had practically leaped at the news of him wanting the apprenticeship under Leafpool. That was something he'd always advocated for and argued with Leafpool about, much as he wanted to keep it secret.

It was no secret that, in the precious few times he and his siblings had gotten the busy leader to pay attention to and play with them, he was always treated as the most fragile. Runt of the litter and blind to boot. If he was to take on a respected position within the Clan as the leader's son, as he ought to, everyone expected it to be this.

"I suppose I have always wanted to meet Tawnypelt in person," he said at the last question. "Dad is always talking so fondly about her. I wonder if she'll be there next gathering..."

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oh? are you worried your brothers won't approve of your potential new friends, Kestrelpaw?

"They're warrior apprentices, you know," Kestrelpaw meowed then quickly amended as he remembered the StarClan cat he was talking to. "Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course not! Just... Their attitudes are different.

"They more often than not encounter ThunderClanners at the border. So they naturally get antsy about the prospect. And they are often gossiping about them when we're back in camp, about their smell, their nosiness, their loud and boisterous nature...

"I don't think they would like him very much, ya know? Worse yet they may get defensive about me."

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hey, kestrelpaw, what are your thoughts on jaypaw? do you think you could become friends with him eventually? :3

ooc: heavens have mercy i have no clue how to ask plot relevant questions

"Hopefully!" Kestrelpaw beamed. "I think he just needs someone to show him a friendly face. The gathering is only a quarter moon away, maybe we can hang out then. I just have to be careful introducing him to my brothers..."

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((Pspspsps, Jaypaw could use an ask or two, doesn't he?))

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"Mothwing and Leafpool are not to be emulated," Mudfur said, his tone firm but gentle. "You have to keep your head on straight, Willowpaw. Especially now that she's training to be a warrior."

His ear flicked. Honestly, he didn't like it either. Jaypaw made StarClan nervous. He was unpredictable. Kin of Firestar, yes, but also a child of a prophecy even StarClan didn't understand. "We're relying on you. RiverClan needs your focus."

He thought they'd discussed, that they'd turn away Jaypaw if he showed up. But he didn't count on the fact that Spottedleaf would go behind all their backs. And once she's acted on behalf of all of StarClan to give her blessing...

"I will," Willowpaw said resolutely. "I promise I will make sure these feelings won't get in the way again."

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hey, willowpaw, ignoring everything jaypaw said, why do you think hollypaw quit? dont worry, im sure it wasnt because of you!

"I don't know..." she said, looking down at her paws. "I have a hard time believing she truly quit because it wasn't her calling, like Leafpool said."

As she trailed off, suddenly a thought came to her mind. "What if she quit because I was distracting her too? Oh, that would be so terrible of me. I should go apologize right away..."

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Mudfur understood. All the oracles did, but he (and, he thought with some amount of pity, Leafpool) understood better than most of them. That didn’t mean Willowpaw didn’t need to do better. She couldn’t make the same mistakes Leafpool had, not when she was the only oracle in RiverClan who could speak to StarClan in the first place.

"Tell me how it got to this point. Maybe if you talk about this crush of yours, we can get it out of your system."

Willowpaw sighed. "I don't know what got into me, and for a ThunderClan cat no less! I had met her a couple times before when she was a kit, when Mothwing took me to ThunderClan to see Leafpool. But seeing her these last few moons, as she sheds her kitten fur..."

She pauses for a moment, growing a little hot under her fur. "Already she looks so elegant and sleek, with that glossy pelt and those gorgeous forest green eyes. I don't know what I'd do if I saw her when she turns a year old."

She sheepishly turns away from where Mudfur in his cormorant form looks at her. "But it's not just her looks! Her energy is infectious. She came in with so many questions, almost stumbling upon her words. And she was so excited to share with me everything Leafpool had taught her so far.

"I truly believed she would one day grow up to be a confident and imposing oracle. I was hoping that I could share that future alongside her. As a coleague, yes, but I've also seen the looks Mothwing and Leafpool give each other. But to hear that she quit..."

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Hey Kestrelpaw, how's the prey running in WindClan? I hope it's not too intrusive, but what's your relationship like with the other WindClan apprentices? Do you like your fellow oracle apprentices much? Are you excited to get to know Jaypaw? (stonefall-wc)

"Welllll," Kestrelpaw began as he stretched out and kneaded the ground. "I'm just glad leafbare is about to end, you know? I just can't with the skinny rabbits anymore. Not only are they not filling enough, they also come with this chewy texture to them. Eugh.

"Just today I was sharing the most pathetic looking one ever with my brothers. Antpaw was sulky because it was Harepaw who caught it. He claimed it was the snow that slowed him down and that Harepaw simply got lucky. He's usually so much better than that.

"Thankfully Harepaw isn't the combative type. He conceeded on that point quickly and then we carried on with the story. It was then that Antpaw revealed he'd sprained his paw but kept going anyway. That alarmed me immediately and I ran right back to the medicine den.

"I was gonna try taking care of my brother's injury myself but Barkface just took charge of it and instructed me to observe and learn." He deflates at that a little bit.

"Oh the other apprentices?" he asks. "They're alright, I suppose. Breezepaw can be a bit much sometimes, but when he's not in a mood he is fun. Just out of the nursery so he still has that rambunctious kit energy. And although Antpaw and Harepaw don't really like hanging out with Heatherpaw, I think they're a bit harsh on her. They'd be the same if we were Onestar's sons I bet.

"Oh! And there's the older apprentices too! I don't really talk with them too much..." He trails off at that, before perking back up with the next question.

"Willowpaw is sooooo smart and cool!" he says. "She helps me sometimes with learning oracle stuff. Much nicer than Barkface just snapping at me with impatience. And she always has fun stories about the apprentices in RiverClan.

"That Jaypaw fellow... I'm still feeling him out. I hope he and Willowpaw can get along, despite how much she annoyed him. I'm hoping he isn't that frowney all the time. He's pretty for a ThunderClan cat, and a smile would compliment that much better."

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Spottedleaf’s tail looped around her paws. “What do you think of Kestrelpaw and Willowpaw so far?”

Jaypaw grimaced at that question and flicked an ear. "What kind of question is that?" he snarled. "That Willowpaw is such a bossy nag. Why Hollypaw would keep talking my ear off about her is beyond me."

There is a pause. Jaypaw can feel the awkward silence hanging between him and the molly in his whiskers. He shuffles awkwardly in his paws as he feels the question looming above him. "That Kestrelpaw is alright, though, I suppose. He knows to not stick his muzzle in my business and that alone makes him alright."

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((Breaking character a lil' here to say thank you to anyone sending asks and following. ♥️ I will be slow to respond but I promise I am rotating all your asks and finding the most satisfying way to respond. I just happen to be a busy man.))

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The First Half-Moon Meeting

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

Jaypaw paused right as he was stepping out through the thorn tunnel. Before she'd even asked the question, his legs had already been trembling, itching to turn back.

"I know things haven't been smooth between you and Brightheart," she said. "But it feels a bit premature for you to quit. Maybe she just needs some time to grow into her role as your mentor."

The apprentice poised his tongue to say something in retort, but he stopped himself as he considered how much he ought to say.

It was true that his apprenticeship under Brightheart had been a fiasco so far. The level of fretting whenever they went out of camp was suffocating and the amount of chores she'd pile on him were clearly there just to keep him in there. He'd barely even been able to get to know ThunderClan territory let alone learn the layout and how to navigate it. But that wasn't the reason he'd decided to become an oracle apprentice.

The sweet-smelling molly he'd dreamed about when he fell down the side of the gorge. The raspy voiced molly with the foul smell who'd hissed at him and chased him out when he had that dream in which he followed a steep rocky path. They'd both felt too real for him to dismiss. There was something going on, something he suspected he wasn't supposed to know, and he had to get to the bottom of it.

"I don't need to take an apprentice just yet," Leafpool said, draping her tail across his shoulders as she tried to nudge him to turn around and follow her back. "I can still take you on as an apprentice if you decide later on that this is the path for you, of course, but—"

In a snap, Jaypaw was broken out of his indecisiveness and his itch to turn around. "I have decided already!" he shouted, shrugging off her tail and stomping out in a fury. "This is my path!"

"Jaypaw! Wait!"

***

"Uhhhh…" Kestrelpaw said as he stared at the half-moon hanging in the night sky above. He sat on the banks of the river that marked the WindClan-ThunderClan border, his tail twitching just above the water. He'd been sitting there wracking his brain trying to calculate what time it was, but something about Barkface's instructions on how to do that wasn't quite clicking for him.

"It's halfway to moonhigh," Barkface finally told him.

Broken out of his thoughts, Kestrelpaw turned to his mentor. His tail hit the water and he gave a shrill yowl of surprise at the chill that ran up his spine. He jumped up at that, immediately hitting his mentor across the face.

The older tom gave a quiet grumble at that, staring at the apprentice as he licked down his sides in an attempt to regain composure.

"That's late, isn't it?" he said.

"It is," Barkface answered. "Something must be holding up the others if they haven't arrived yet…"

"Oh, Stars, I hope nothing too bad happened to them," Kestrelpaw said. "It sucked so much when I got whitecough the last time and had to remain nest-bound. I hope Willowpaw and Hollypaw didn't contract it too. I really wanted to meet her, you know? Being that she's ThunderClan and all. I heard from Harepaw and Antpaw—"

"Kestrelpaw!" Barkface practically growled, fed up with the barage of thoughts tumbling ever faster out of the apprentice's mouth. "How about you make yourself useful while we wait? I want you to cast a horoscope and divine the following question for me: 'What will WindClan's relationship to ThunderClan be like within the next season?'"

"But—"

"You need every bit of practice you can get," Barkface insisted. "This is the single most important skill an oracle apprentice learns and you are already behind."

With a sigh, Kestrelpaw set to work and began drawing his astrological chart on the ground. With a claw still on the ground, he turned his eyes upwards and idly licked his fangs as he began trying to locate the constellations. This was going to be a very long night.

***

Willowpaw darted out of RiverClan camp as soon as Mothwing was done with their last minute patient and headed for the oracles' rendezvous point at the WindClan-ThunderClan border.

"Willowpaw!" her mentor shouted from behind, but she didn't pay her any mind. "Slow down a little! We're not that late."

The moon was a little over halfway to moonhigh —very much later than they would usually head out but not quite enough they couldn't catch it at its zenith at the Moonpool— and yet for the RiverClan oracle apprentice every precious moment counted.

Leafpool's apprentice had, admittedly, become a bit of a distraction since the last half-moon meeting. More than once Willowpaw had caught herself thinking about that sleek black pelt, those vivid green eyes, the awkward way in which she tried to hide her enthusiasm and appear serious and focused…

As they came closer to the border stream, Willowpaw slowed down. Her eyes scanned her surrounding quickly, and once she noticed Leafpool and Hollypaw hadn't come yet, she deflated with a sigh.

"Willowpaw, hi!" Kestrelpaw greeted, perking his ears and tail as he trampled all over the horoscope he'd been working on and bounded up to her to rub cheeks. "You're late, what happened? Herb gathering mission that ran on long? Clan meeting? You're not hurt, are you?"

"Oh, no, no," she reassured, getting back on her feet and rubbing back as her friend circled and sat down in front of her. "Not me at least. Swallowtail just had a flare-up of her joint pain and we had to treat her. But it's routine at this point, you know? Elder stuff. What were you—"

Before she could finish that thought, a blue-eyed silver tabby —an apprentice judging by his size— emerged from the undergrowth at the ThunderClan side, panting as he caught his breath.

Right away, Willowpaw could tell who that was. But as she poised her tongue to ask him what he was doing here, Leafpool emerged right behind him and began chastising him. "Jaypaw! If you're going to be my apprentice, you can't be going off on your own like that! Especially not on your first half-moon meeting! Thank StarClan you ended up right where we needed to be!"

"Oh." Willowpaw muttered, then spoke up in surprise, "Wait! 'Apprentice'? What happened to Hollypaw?"

"She quit," Jaypaw answered immediately. "Job was too gross for her, so she ditched you and left it all to me. Better get accustomed to seeing my face around."

Leafpool swatted him across the muzzle with her tail. "Hollypaw found out this was not her calling, is all," Leafpool said. "Jaypaw showed interest in being my apprentice so I let him join us instead, at least for tonight. Please be patient with him, he—"

"I'm blind, not a kit," Jaypaw grumbled, swatting Leafpool's tail away.

***

"I see…" Willowpaw said, letting out a wistful sigh. "Well, I hope we can get along, anyway." She came closer to brush cheeks with Jaypaw, to which he immediately recoiled.

It wasn't too long after that Littlecloud joined the rest in the clearing. "I'm late it seems. So, so sorry, I was attending to Tawnypelt's kits. You know how it is the first few moons. Always something new with these. It seems they caught a bit of a fever but nothing I couldn't handle."

The oracles soon arranged themselves into their usual formation, with Littlecloud and the two senior oracles at the front, Mothwing and Leafpool just behind, and at the very back the three apprentices.

Jaypaw walked a fair bit farther away from the other two. His face was kept low to the ground as to allow him to better gauge the terrain with his whiskers. He seemed intently focused on it, keeping a steady and somewhat slower gait than the other two.

Noticing this, Willowpaw drifted closer to him, swinging her tail in such a way as to try to to let him hold onto it with her mouth. "Grab onto it," she commanded as she nearly smacked him on the face with it.

"I prefer to navigate on my own," Jaypaw said, gently pushing the tail from in front of him.

"It'll be easier if you let me guide you," Willowpaw insisted, once again almost smacking him with her tail as she offered him to hold on.

"No thanks," he grumbled this time, bringing a paw down on it.

"Don't be stubborn," she started once again. "The path is dangerous, if you don't know what you are doing—"

Jaypaw growled, raising his head as to be on the same level as Willowpaw. "I'm not some helpless little—" In his distraction, Jaypaw tripped over a hole in the ground. Willlowpaw grabbed at his scruff and pulled on it, all the while the silver tabby hissed and tried to claw at her. "Let go! Let go!"

"Jaypaw!" Leafpool chastised him. "Behave! Or I won't make you my apprentice!"

"But she—"

"I was trying to help you, you stubborn bee-brain!" Willowpaw said, releasing her hold on him. "Be grateful for once. I told you it was dangerous."

Jaypaw snarled about to retort, but Leafpool's stern "Jaypaw!" deflated him. "Apologize," she commanded.

For a moment a silence lingered among the group as the incident between the apprentices became the focus of attention, but eventually Jaypaw muttered a quick "I'm sorry" and continued along his way.

Willowpaw huffed in response, letting him on his own as the group continued on after the little incident. "Can you believe him?" she vented to Kestrelpaw. "What an ingrate!"

"I don't know, maybe you should have just let him do his own thing from the beginning," he said. He glanced at the silver tabby apprentice as he continued to navigate with his whiskers close to the ground. "He did tell you he prefers to do it that way."

Willowpaw glared at him from the side.

"You could have still helped if he was about to make a dangerous misstep," Kestrelpaw said. "Just, you know, maybe trust that he knows what he's doing? I mean, he made it here on his own. He must know, at least a little bit"

Willowpaw simply flicked her tail in dismissal, and the apprentices spent the rest of their walk up to the Moonpool in silence.

***

Jaypaw had trouble believing he was in StarClan at all at first. It all appearead the same to him: the same texture of the stones underfoot, the same nighttime breee ruffling his fur, even the same eery quiet that hung over the Moonpool. But as he began navigating around the stone hollow, he couldn't find any of their other cats. Not by scent, not by touch, not by any other sensation he could feel.

Jaypaw paused as he heard wings flapping and felt an unnatural shiver run down his spine. Soon enough a familiar sweet scent began wafting towards his nose. Then came the sound of pawsteps, and he instinctually went into an alert stance.

"Well, what have we got here," she said in a playful tone as she circled him. "I see that your curiosity ended up winning, eh? I'm glad that you decided to join us. That sister of yours… Not exactly what I was looking for." She paused. "If you meet Firestar up here don't tell him that I said that."

Jaypaw didn't drop his stance. "Who are you?"

"My name is Spottedleaf —you wouldn't know me, but I was ThunderClan's former oracle," she said.

Jaypaw paused for a moment, relaxing his stance somewhat. "That other molly is also a StarClan cat isn't she?" Jaypaw asked. "The raspy-voiced one who smelled like she hadn't washed in moons."

"That sounds like Yellowfang, so yes," Spottedleaf replied. "She spoke to you then?"

"She growled at me and told me to stay away last time I was here," Jaypaw confirmed. "What is happening here, then, that you want me here but she doesn't?"

Spottedleaf hummed. "I don't think you are ready for me to tell you that." She saw Jaypaw bristle at that. "Buuuut. I think I can say just a little bit about it if you answer a couple of my questions."

***

As soon as Kestrelpaw awoke in StarClan, among a heather meadow very reminiscent of his own home, he ran towards the edge of the cloud island and looked down to his home. It was his absolute favorite part of the meetings, to be able to look down at everything with this new perspective. The young apprentice would have stayed there all night observing where it not for the sudden shiver that announced the presence of a StarClan cat.

A small brown bird with long, narrow crescent shaped wings —a swift, Kestrelpaw could tell— glid down onto the sky island and in a blinding flash it turned into a star-speckled ginger and white tom. He looked to be about Willowpaw's age, awkwardly proportioned as he finally settled into his adult size. He was obviously a WindClan warrior apprentice, however, with that lean muscle showing on his long legs.

"Hey there!" he chirped. "Kestrelpaw right?"

Kestrelpaw nodded, lowering his head in a sign of respect as Barkface had drilled into him.

"Oh, come on, don't be that formal," the StarClan cat said as he slipped his own head under Kestrelpaw's chin. "My name's Gorsepaw."

Recognition immediately flickered in the oracle apprentice's eyes as he heard that name.

"I really wanted to come meet you last half-moon but you weren't here. I want you to tell me everything about how WindClan is doing."

***

Willowpaw sat at the edge of a lakeshore reminiscent of her own home, lost in thought as she waited for the StarClan spirit who would talk to her that night. Though she of course knew better than to listen to that brat Jaypaw, doubly so now that she'd actually met him, she couldn't help but come back to what he'd said about the reason for Hollypaw quitting.

"Job was too gross for her, so she ditched you and left it all to me."

Was the job really what she found so gross? The few times she saw Hollypaw she was bursting at the seams with enthusiasm for it! Willowpaw had heard the dumb mumblings about RiverClan, how their silky, glossy pelts and heavy frames were spoiled by their fishy scent. It was a ridiculous thing to say, and yet it swirled in her head how maybe, just maybe—

A shiver ran down Willowpaw's spine and she craned her head upwards, seeing a star flicker away in the distance then suddenly a large black bird —a cormorant— dived down and plunged into the lake until it emerged with a trout in its beak. The bird swam towards the shore and set the catch between himself and Willowpaw, not bothering to change into a cat form or dry off.

"Mudfur," Willowpaw acknowledged as she bowed in respect. "It is an honor to see you again."

"I would say it's an honor to once again meet with our Clan's future oracle," the StarClan warrior replied. "But it seems there is something else clouding your thoughts as of now, something unbefitting of your station as an oracle's apprentice."

Willowpaw jolted in surprise at those words. "I assure you I'll get over it. I know it's silly, but…" She trailed off and remained silent for quite a while until she gave up trying to find any words that would properly explain it. "How about we get on with—"

"It is actually my business of tonight," he replied. "I know that kind of forlorn expression. And as RiverClan's soon-to-be oracle, and the only one who can talk to us as well, this is something that has to be addressed. So…"

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Available Characters + Masterlist

Main Characters (Always available for questions):

Willowpaw (she/her, current age: 10 moons old)

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Kestrelpaw (he/him, current age: 9 moons old)

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Jaypaw (he/him, current age: 7 moons old)

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Secondary Characters (Available only during special events):

Hollypaw (she/her, current age: 7 moons old)

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Flamekit (he/him, current age: 1 moon old)

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Barkface (he/him, current age: 140 moons)

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Littlecloud (he/him, current age: 56 moons)

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Mothwing (she/her, current age: 29 moons)

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Leafpool (she/her, current age: 25 moons)

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Introduction

Available Characters + Masterlist | Story Posts (Chronological) | Question Posts (Chronological)

Hello! Welcome to Aks the Half-Moon Meeting, a text-based ask/roleplaying blog centered around the medicine cat (henceforth: oracle) apprentice generation of the Power of Three arc.

If you don't know what an ask blog is, the concept is simple: you ask questions and I respond as one of the characters. However, as a fun twist, you too are going to be roleplaying as a character!

You will be taking the role of a StarClan cat who is speaking to the oracles. Each in-story half-moon meeting, a different StarClan cat will converse with each of our available characters, giving them an opportunity to develop different dynamics and relationships. Try to make an effort to write your questions in an in-character manner!

Plot and worldbuilding have been adjusted to make them compliant with the mod's Haneossia AU. Be sure to check it out in case anything confuses you. But for the most part an effort is made to explain all within the storyline.

This blog does NOT, unless otherwise stated, accept magic anons or do munday. Out of character questions can be directed to @troutfur for Warriors-related questions or to @aerial-jace for personal questions.