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Askbox is Open

Feel free to ask me anything while I work on these posts.

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You get no context for this, but hopefully you'll learn what this was for soon.

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Tales Before Birch

In the dark of night, the grief-stricken wail of a queen rang through the camp. Daffodilear had given birth to two kits at moonhigh, her fellow queen and the clan healer at her side. Unfortunately, despite Blackbriar's best efforts, one of the kits died shortly after birth.

The mourning molly curled around her remaining son protectively, not wanting to lose the tiny cream tom that snuggled close to his mother for warmth.

Blackbriar's ears drooped as she watched the little family. She should've been more prepared! There was a rainbow beetle tucked away in her medicine stores, that would've saved the kit if she'd thought to grab it with the other herbs she'd brought. But by the time she realized the need for the star-blessed bug, it was already too late.

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The guilt weighed heavy on Blackbriar's heart for many days after.

She didn't even fully register the odd taste in her mouth as she shared a squirrel with Noonwatcher...

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Guess who was working on Tales Before Birch and realized she made every mackerel tabby actually a classic tabby and is trying to map out genetics to make drawing family trees easier?

This girl!

Also, fun fact: tomorrow is my birthday. I have a post planned for tomorrow, but there's no guarantee I'll actually finish the planned post. So, if nothing posts tomorrow, it's because drawing is difficult and I got busy with all the projects currently at hand.

Also, a few updates: -----Thank you to everyone who voted in the Starclan polls, I will be working on that situation once I have plenty of posts queued up again. -----Pretty Petals will return after the current moon of Tales Before Birch is written and queued up, I try to do stories on rotation in attempts to avoid dropping the series. -----As much as I enjoy the wacky genetics of the Sims 3, I will once again be mapping out genetics for how each cat looks. You can thank my genetics hyperfixation and Whiteear's nightmare of a family(genetics-wise, seriously she has 2 tortie sons and a black and white daughter, the only way I could avoid mutations with these guys would be to make both Hawk and Brindle trans, and I didn't really want to do that when I try to make the characters' gender assigned at birth match what the game gave them <-this is why I made Mousepaw trans, I kept calling him male and he felt right as a tom, but he's afab in game). -----A new series will start coming out sometime after the next batch of Pretty Petals Posts. There will be art drawn by me, so hopefully I get it done and you all like it. -----I will be posting more polls that might affect certain stories, like Tales Before Birch and New Tales of the Forest, so be on the lookout for that

hope you all enjoy what's in store, and feel free to leave tips on my blog if you'd like to support me further. I'd make a patreon, but I'm not entirely sure how to post on there and I don't know what extra content a patreon for this blog should have. Maybe Behind the Scenes videos of me putting posts together? Please let me know your thoughts.

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Tales Before Birch: A Meeting of Storm and Bug

"Despite the few fights our patrols have faced, Stormclan has had a rather peaceful and prosperous moon." Spoke a big black tom from his perch, copper eyes looking down at the gathered cats below. It felt so strange, having gatherings with only two clans in the forests. But Nightstar knew that, even if what clans may have been were now gone, they must keep up certain traditions. These gatherings were such a tradition, where Stormclan could peacefully interact and share news with their neighbors.

Even if those neighbors happened to be a bunch of rogues and former kittypets led by a spineless leader such as Slugstar.

"That is wonderful news, Nightstar." Said tom purred. He was much younger than Stormclan's leader, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. "Bugclan has also had few fights this moon. We've even added a new member to our ranks!"

"Picking up strays again?" Nightstar snorted, rolling his eyes. Of course Bugclan took in yet another outsider cat.

"He was looking for the clans, actually. Said he really wanted to become a strong warrior for his mate and their future kits! Isn't that so sweet?" Slugstar grinned as he spoke, nearly bouncing on his paws like an excited kit. "Oh, I do hope he brings them to the clan too! More cats are always welcome!"

That had the black tom pause a moment. A rogue seeking out the clans to become strong for his mate and kits? He supposed it was a possibility, but nontheless, it was good the rogue went to Bugclan instead of Stormclan. While they were the strongest in the forest, Nightstar would never allow an outsider join the clan.

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As the two groups of cats began to separate to return to their respective camps, two cats paused in their pawsteps. Two pairs of golden eyes gaze up at the blanket of stars above them. In that moment, both healers knew...

Something big was coming to their forest home, something that could change the clans forever…

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. The winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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Genetics Update

it's only been a DAY, and I already regret trying to draw Dapplemist's family tree. I think, since Birchbug is the only member of the lineage with a 2D design(thank you @lurking-in-windclan-camp), and I'm struggling to draw designs based on the 3D cats with the Sims 3 messed up genetics, I'll just draw Birch and a hypothetical continuation of the lineage. I still want to draw hypokits if anyone wants to submit pairings.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.

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Updates, Genetics, and Hypokits Galore!

So... at the time of writing this, I'm still on a bit of hiatus from working on Stormclan and Bugclan due to writer's block, and I don't want to work on Pretty Petals until I get through more of the sims 3 cats.

And I've been dragged back into my cat genetics hyperfixation, and love of drawing.

So I'm very tempted to draw Dapplemist's family tree, as well as hypokits who very well could end up being real characters if I get attached to them.

Also, knowing how I am with Birchbug, and character creation in general, actually, I might make an alternate universe family tree using randomly generated cats as the second parent. And you guys will be able to choose which hypokits we follow for each generation.

If you want me to draw hypokits for a specific pairing, feel free to send an ask. Don't be surprised If those hypokits end up in my other works due to my attachment to certain characters.

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As I was going through my save for New Tales of the Forest, I noticed that I have way too many cats sitting in Starclan than I'd probably ever use in these stories. I went through and selected a few to keep, and decided to leave the rest to you guys to decide. There's alot of cats, so there will be five cats per poll(except the very last poll), and the winner of the poll will stay in Starclan for future use.