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A READING RAINBOW (skc open event) Mar 11, 2016 5:46:23 GMT

Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2016 5:46:23 GMT

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[OOC Note: For best effect, please listen to the Reading Rainbow theme song on repeat for the duration of the event. Thank you for your time.]

Dunepaw had many small glimmers of happy in his life. He even had a few joys. The apprentice, however, has only ever had one passion. It sat behind his eyelids every night, lingered in the back of his mind on every hunt, and was whispered under his breath with every chore. Dunepaw loved nothing more than the art of telling tales. Grand epics to tiny talltales, legends of old beasts and funny lessons about life, all and more were of equal standing.

He wasn't alone in his passion. Lambpaw had bounced by and stopped to chatter about the day with his mentor. The larger and older apprentice watched with a small smile as the other went on about his day, pleased to have a moment with his clanmates that didn't include vole blood or marking trees. When the other mentioned the stories the elders told and how much he still wanted to listen to them, apprentice or not, Dunepaw felt a light flicker to life inside. His tail shot up in excitement, wavering happily as he cut off the other. “How about one then? A story that is. Just because were- we're apprentices it doesn't mean we don't like fun. Surely others too? So how about a story?” He couldn't help the brilliant smile that lit his face and eyes alive. No thought had inspired the fluttering joy in his chest as this one had. He'd have to thank Lambpaw, but for now he had to focus.

A story. A good one, it would have to be. If he was going to settle in the middle of camp and rattle one off to Lambpaw, and any of the others who happened to pass, then it would have to be worth loitering about for. His mind flipped and skipped over the tales he knew and the ones he made up. Dunepaw didn't want to play the broken record and decided on something original. Maybe the pebbles and rocks? No, no. Those were tiny little snippets. Perhaps something about seasons? No, he hadn't finished it yet. Perhaps the story of the big boar or the great snake? No, no. Those were darker stories. Not good for the middle of camp. Those he would save to scare the others with in the dark of the night, huddled together in the apprentice den. What kind of story would ring best through Skyclan's cam- ”Skyclan. Of course, the tree!” He sat straight and looked to Lambpaw with a tremble of excitement. “I know just the one!”

Dunepaw shifted about, finding a comfortable position to sit in for the length of the legend he was about to spin like a spider did their web in the dewy dawn. He cleared his throat and quieted his mind, latching on to the image in his mind of a tall, tall tree with a trunk as bare as the skies above Windclan.

[OOC Note: The following is all spoken aloud, but since characters in the story will speak, only their words in-story will be colored like Dune's speech. Also, Dune's color can be hard on the eyes when there's a lot of it.]

"Once upon a time, there was a bare-trunked tree taller than all the other trees of the forest. It was called Pine. In ages long past, trees had no bark and instead all had branches from the very bottom and up to the very tiptop. Pine was by far the tallest and the most beautiful, with a skin as gold as sap.

One day a bird came along. It was called Woodpecker. It had a bright red head and a long, long beak that it used to tell lies. Woodpecker spoke to Pine and said, “I happened to fly by on my way to lands you can never see with your thick and sturdy roots, but I stopped when I heard something most foul! See, I heard the sound of bugs under skin and I believe it to be your own. Lucky for you, my beak is perfect for getting them out and eating them up!” Pine, scared of rotting and wilting, begged the bird to help.

“Of course, of course,” said Woodpecker, “I'm happy to help. However, it will take many a moon to help you and I fear that some animals might try to climb up and eat me while I work to save you! Perhaps, if you shook off your limbs, then they could not climb up here. All but the top should do!” Pine agreed and began to shiver and to shake and to sway until finally it had a bare trunk, save a crown of branches at the very top. Woodpecker flew up high, singing sweet lullabies about baby birds and nests in the clouds as birds are prone to do, and began to work. The bird's strong pecking was quick to hurt, but Pine was far too worried to speak out. After all, trees are old things and strong things and live much longer than birds or cats or bugs. Pine could be patient. Pine would be patient, it decided."

[OOC Note: Part 1 of 4 is done. You have until sometime noon-ish on 3/13 to reply. If you think I might reply before you are able, please pm me and I will delay it as needed.]

TAGS @skyclan, HOP IN LOSERS WE'RE GOING ON A JOURNEY

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Last Edit: Mar 11, 2016 6:05:18 GMT by Deleted

TEAM SKYCLAN

skyy and her socks

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A READING RAINBOW (skc open event) Mar 17, 2016 2:13:39 GMT

Post by skyy and her socks on Mar 17, 2016 2:13:39 GMT

“… So how about a story?” The words of the apprentice slowly drifted in through the entrance of the nursery, hanging in the quiet air. With Cloverfeather and her kits asleep, it was one of the clear bits of conversation that managed to seep through into the large space. Blue eyes opened and moved to the entrance itself, out into the glowing light of day, a few pelts visit enough not far outside. Yet, she could make them out, Dunepaw and Lambpaw’s pelts all too distinctive there, seemingly caught up in whatever idea had decided to come to them. A story idea, in fact.

The she-cat’ interest was captured. “I know just the one!” Giving her head a small shake, the queen carefully pulled herself onto four paws, long fur tangled slightly from her dozing, but not nearly enough to be of concern. Especially not when in the company of apprentices alone. Ears pricked straight and tail flicking slightly behind her, Orchidfeather made her way to the entrance, taking a few steps out and looking toward the apprentice, the tom seeming set on telling his story to Lambpaw, or whoever else seemed to want to show up. She might not be able to provide much else, but a listening ear she could.

With only the softest of pawsteps, the she-cat made her way toward the toms. A story about a tree then? The she-cat’s whiskers twitched with amusement, but she said no word. It was hesitant that had her pausing a tail-length away from the two, and quietly sitting back down, folding her paws under her stomach, giving Dunepaw a soft smile of encouragement.

@valence, alee - this reply took much too long, sorry! ;-;

Last Edit: Mar 17, 2016 2:14:03 GMT by skyy and her socks

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alpine

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A READING RAINBOW (skc open event) Mar 17, 2016 16:51:22 GMT

Post by alpine on Mar 17, 2016 16:51:22 GMT

► 350 ◄

► alee @valence skyy and her socks ◄

► Orchidfeather, neutral. Lambpaw, awkward. Dunepaw, rapt. ◄

► First Cream post! Love this idea by the way. ◄

I WANT TO TRY
EVEN THOUGH I COULD FAIL

» Creampaw could hear the muffled tones of Dunepaw's eager voice through the walls of the apprentice den. She had only been there a few days and her bed was located on the outside edge but she didn't really mind. It was so very exciting being an apprentice! Exciting and nerveracking and terrifying and wonderful, all at the same time. Pinestar had assigned her Deertail as a mentor. She hadn't known him personally but she knew who he was because of a nickname she had learned for a relative of his. Gramps, as they called him, that grumpy old catnip dealer was Deertail's uncle. Something like that, anyways. Deertail was nice enough, at least she wasn't assigned to Lynxheart or anything. Creampaw had a knack for reading people and Lynxheart just gave her a bad feeling.

This morning Creampaw had nothing to do and she did love a good story. Dunepaw was so good at creating and telling stories, much better than Creampaw would ever be. She had been raised on stories and songs and fantasies since she was a kit and she loved them with all her heart. She even still believed some of them, though others may mock her for it. For example, who's to say Twolegs aren't smarter than warriors give them credit for? Why wouldn't the big warriors of the past still exist? She even made up little stories of her own, not that she would ever dare to tell them to anyone. No, she would leave that to elders aand cats like Dunepaw.

She padded curiously out of the den to see Dunepaw outside. He was telling a story about a Woodpecker and an old tree, it sounded fascinating. She didn't catch the beginning but she walked up in time to hear about the tricky Woodpecker convincing the gullible Pine to shake off all of his branches. Orchidfeather was listening, amused, and on the other side sat...Lambpaw. The pale apprentice instinctively sucked in her breath and tried to make herself look smaller as she sat to listen, glancing shyly at the other tom before focusing her attention on Dunepaw and trying her best to ignore Lambpaw.

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A READING RAINBOW (skc open event) Mar 20, 2016 22:07:38 GMT

Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 22:07:38 GMT

it had been a long morning full of bumps and bruises and general misery. okay that was an overstatement. it wasn't really that bad but training had definitely left her sore and incredibly hungry. the small she-cat trotted into camp knowing her mentor was not far behind, and gratefully gazed upon the fresh-kill pile which was gloriously well-stocked at the moment. though her training had been battle and not hunting, her mentor had heroically granted her permission to dine before they went on their evening patrol. with her slender face held high and her tail flicking about in the air like a little flag, chicorypaw trotted over to the carcasses and selected a fat mouse because she thought she deserved it.

then her ears pricked when the word 'story' drifted through camp and lit her senses. story?! YES!! with energy she didn't know she had, chicorypaw spun around and detected the source of that delicious buzzword. dunepaw! of course. he was really creative. he would make a good elder someday, she was thinking this as she trotted over to where she saw lambpaw settle, and soon orchidfeather sat, also both obviously intrigued as she was. the gray she-cat plopped herself down and tucked one forepaw under her chest, using the other to hold her meal down while she munched away. her pale eyes were sparkling with anticipation as her clanmate began his tail. she noticed creampaw join them moments later and flicked her tail in a cheerful silent greeting.

it only took a second for her to finish the mouse, and pushed its remains aside to take care of later, then allowed herself to become immersed in dunepaw's legend.

Last Edit: Mar 20, 2016 22:10:14 GMT by Deleted

lord wolfscream✰

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A READING RAINBOW (skc open event) Mar 20, 2016 22:40:12 GMT

Post by lord wolfscream✰ on Mar 20, 2016 22:40:12 GMT

She is seated just outside the apprentice’s den, her rose-hued tongue passing over each of her stormy-colored legs in turn. She brings up one white paw, rasping over the fur and then pressing it against her forehead to clean her face. She’s only just eaten, her belly pleasantly full. Her tail flickers contently, the warmth of the sun washing over her and making her feel all the more relaxed, albeit a bit sleepy, even. She’d been chosen for the dawn patrol that morning, Vervainpaw recalling the sun having barely risen when she had been roused from her nest.

The slender she-apprentice looks up with irises of dark honey, seeing a shape in her peripheral. Light-furred Creampaw emerges from their shared den and starts to pad to the centre of the clearing, and simultaneously she hears a familiar voice just as she lays eyes on the small gathering of cats near the fresh-kill pile. At their head, she recognizes the ginger and white pelt of Dunepaw. Can hardly keep his words straight, that one. She thinks. Curious about the fuss, Vervainpaw rises onto all fours.

Her ear flicks, hearing Dunepaw begin in a phrase perhaps older than the five Clans themselves, “Once upon a time…” Vervainpaw’s small maw twitches in amusement, raising her sleek tail in silent greeting to the group as she threads her way to sit beside Chicorypaw. She sits rather pretty and straight, tail rested over her front paws and listens while the raconteur spins the story before his audience rather eloquently.

Vervainpaw tilts her head with a raised brow, noting how he speaks much more clearly than per usual. Perhaps he’s in his element. As for herself, she’s not one to resist a good fable, anyway.

AUGUST 27TH, 2016

Hi everyone,
This announcement is being made with an extremely heavy heart, and we know it may not be a popular one. However, Alee and I have made the decision that we are going to be closing Chasing the Sun by the end of the month. Originally, we were going to wait till the end of the activity check before making the call either way, as no doubt some of you picked up from my introduction to the check itself. But, after seeing some of the most recent hiatuses and their updates, and talking with a few members who will not be continuing on the site, we’ve decided at this stage in time, it’s the right time to bring things to a close.

Full Closure Explaination Here

VOTE FOR US, RESOURCES & SISTER SITES

Chasing the Sun is a play-by-post roleplay based on the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. We are set in the original forest in an alternative universe from the books, where SkyClan were never forced from the forest and the characters we have known and loved have not existed. We have a 150-word minimum and a sandbox roleplay setting that does not have an overarching plot, only those that members form together. The world is there to shape by the characters than inhabit it, growing the forest into something unique from what we have seen before. With plenty of characters and a community that is always looking for new people to join in the fun, we are always happy to have new faces joining the ranks! Take a look around, and we’d love to have you on board!

SITE RULES ROLEPLAY HISTORY WARRIORS REFERENCES
CLAN ALLEGIANCES TAKEN NAMES MENTOR/APPRENTICE LIST
CURRENT HIATUSES LIST BANS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS ARCHIVING/RETRIVAL REQUESTS
BIOGRAPHY FORM PLOTTING ADOPTIONS DEVELOPMENT BOARD CLAIM
AFFILIATE FIRST TIME ADVERT LINK BACK ADVERT

riverclan

LEADER: DUCKSTAR, RPED BY CRES.

DEPUTY: WHITEWATER, RPED BY ATLANTA

MED. CAT: NETTLEHEART, RPED BY LOST

MED. APP: CLOSED

shadowclan

LEADER: ROSESTAR, RPED BY SHANNY

DEPUTY: ONYXFEATHER, RPED BY LOST

MED. CAT: SPARROWPELT, RPED BY JULY

MED. APP: CROWPAW, RPED BY AME

skyclan

LEADER: PINESTAR, RPED BY SKYY

DEPUTY: SNOWFALL, RPED BY AURUM

MED. CAT: TAWNYGAZE, RPED BY NEZ

MED. APP: TIGERPAW, RPED BY TIKKER

thunderclan

LEADER: HAZELCLAW, RPED BY AME

DEPUTY: CLOSED, TBA

MED. CAT: BLUEBERRY, RPED BY ALEE

MED. APP: PEACHPAW, RPED BY SNOWY

windclan

LEADER: REDSTAR, RPED BY TIKKER

DEPUTY: SWIFTFOOT, RPED BY ALEE

MED. CAT: BEETLEBERRY, RPED BY SKYY

MED. APP: CLOSED

current season

the season is new-leaf, third moon. the weather is consistantly warmer, with a fair few storms rollings through, however mostly clear and comfortable for all. the chill in the morning is still there, however is starting to ease, and prey blossoms.

current meetings

thunderclan - falconstar's death

windclan - flurrypaw's death

medicine cat meeting

key plot updates

THUNDERCLAN VERSES BADGERS
Due to a change of high ranks that is to take place, this plot has been updated and modified. if you were originally involved, please make sure to check the thread and voice if you still want involvement as soon as possible! The Forest Prince is the the current thread leading into the start of this plot.

WIND/SHADOW VERSES ROGUES
Redstar, Rosestar and their fellow high ranks of WindClan and ShadowClan have met on the border of the clans and formed a truce, after it has become aware that a group of rogues has become a threat. Both leaders have addressed this issue in their clan meetings, with Rosestar setting the rule that until the rogues have been dealt with, cats are not to leave camp alone.

WINDCLAN - MEDICINE CAT PLOT
A significant change has taken place in the direction of this plot, and the main post has now been edited to reflect such. We are still looking for WindClan cats to be involved, so if you have a cat you’d like to have something happen to, places are still open.

SKYCLAN VERSES RIVERCLAN
With the border clash narrowly avoided by Pinestar’s intervention, steam has yet to ease, as the SkyClan patrol stand in camp to address the clan getting too ambitious. Meanwhile, with the change in leadership of RiverClan causing discomfort across the clan, there is no doubt that everyone is on edge. Another clash is imminent.

open threads

post your open threads here, using the starting character's name and the format for each post of: [url=addresshere]thread name[/url] (clan or location)