waterbed -- open

[Belladonna]

The seasoned warrior tread silently through the piney forests of Deathclan, each step taken with the upmost precaution, and every breath deeply scenting the area around her. For moons, the tabby had been skirting the edges of the psuedo-clan, scoping it out and debating joining the rogue's ranks. Eventually, loneliness and desire to prove herself pushed the she-cat onwards, and with determination, she made her way into Deathclan.

No one from her former clan had come looking for her, she had probably been assumed dead after the disaster that forced her clan to move to the Plains. She could only hope that the clan-cat scent had faded from her pelt, the tabby cat couldn't imagine one of her kind being welcomed to this place, even if she no longer considered herself a member.

Following the sound of running water, the former warrior found herself near a river. Her first thought was to make a den near here, but it would be too rash to assume this area was hospitable for living. She crept near the riverbank, taking a wide look around her surroundings, her whiskers twitching and ears erect. 

[Tyapa]

"Excuse me.. may you tell me where I am?"

Tyapa's approach was careful. Her finely haired ears rotated delicately and her voice, anxious and accented, drifted across the space she kept between herself and the stranger. She knew of man's unpredictability, through his raised fist and his intricate metals, but she knew little of beasts. Perhaps man and beast were alike.

"Have I reached the death clan?"

[Belladonna]

Rose flinched, but otherwise managed to not make a show out of being surprise, not wanting the other cat to mock her for it. She turned to look at the she-cat, and cocked her head at her strange words and odd manner of speaking. "You're not... From here?" Rose mewed. That was comforting, she wasn't the only new cat around.

"Yes, this is Deathclan. I don't know much more than that, though, I just got here." Perhaps Rose would be able to make an ally in this cat. "I'm Rose. Who are you?"

[Tyapa]

She shook her head.

"I am from far away."

The forest did not spook her. It was just like the city from which she came. A revolutionary opera, sang by those who fight so fiercely for their right to independence. But the she-cat who stood before her now was different from any other she had seen. She was so.. untamed! 

"My name is Tyapa. I know medicine."

[Belladonna]

Rose nodded. "I come from Iceclan, which is close by." She explained, decided not to question Laika's origins. Rose looked very battle-hardened, muscular with a glossy pelt, and various scars, most prominently on her face from her accident. "What are you doing in Deathclan?" She asked. This she-cat didn't seem viscous or blood-thirsty like most Deathclan residents.

[Tyapa]

(Sorry this is late!! And I changed this character a little bit)

Tyapa knew about the clans, the city animals had told of them.

_{"Why have you left your family? You do not have to answer if you don't want. And, the other three clans.. did you fight often with them?}

She did not know if the clans were aggressive, but Rose's departure from them started her curiosity, and her eyes lit up when she was presented with a question..

_{"Because, I wish to make this place less.. deathly! I think, the animals here do not take care of themselves medically."}

[Belladonna]

"I lost my memories in an accident." Rose explained. She had a bit of scarring on her face from where it had happened. "I no longer felt any loyalty towards Iceclan, I wanted to.. Find myself, first."

She cocked her head. "I don't know. I've never been in any clan battles, but I suppose they do."

Tyapa's last statement surprised her greatly, and Rose blinked. 

"I.. Well, I haven't been here long, but I think that there are a great many cats who'd oppose your view."