Elder Rally 2015

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| It has become a yearly tradition on VWW for elders from all Clans to gather and share tales. This August will mark the third annual old coot meeting. Naturally, you may only participate in this thread if you own a living character who has surpassed 3,500 posts (or a former staff account that retired to the elder den). For those who do have an elder account… welcome, and have fun!

I'll tag the active eligible accounts below. If I missed you, you're still totally free to join in.

IceClan: @maplefrost, Windflurry. FireClan: Leopardripple. TreeClan: Koisplash, Moonpool, Quickfox. RockClan: Venomclaw. |

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MAPLEFROST OF ICECLAN

Getting to the Shared Clearing hadn't seemed nearly as difficult last year. Sure, Maplefrost had been stuck with the old leg injury back then, but at least he'd been able to see. Having to follow Windflurry's footsteps precisely as they made their way down the mountain was tedious and difficult.

Nevertheless, they'd made it at last. The two IceClanners were early. At least, he couldn't sense anyone else here, but surely the other elders would be arriving in due time. In the meanwhile…

It had been a very long time since the calico had felt grass under his paws. He padded over to the huge tree where leaders usually perched for meetings, then curled up on a soft patch of moss among the roots. "There's a nice spot here if you want to sit," Maplefrost called to his mate, giving an inviting wave with his tail.

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[Leopardripple]

This was the first meeting without Hawkbreeze. I can believe hes dead.. she thought and then shook her head and then she padded into the clearing as she saw Maplefrost and Windflurry. She blinked her lime green eyes and smiled at the two, she had her vision still perfectly, but her scent and hearing was starting to fail with old age. She flicked her tail and then padded over to the two.

"Hello Maplefrost, hello Windflurry. Good to see you two are still alive." she mewled and flicked her ear. Her legs were aching from the journey here and so she groaned and stretched her legs as she shut her lime green eyes and popped her back and then she tilted her head and looked at them.

"I apologize if your confused.. Hawkbreeze is not here.. h-he died about a moon ago.." she said her ears dropping.

[Moonpool]

Moonpool trekked behind Koisplash and Quickfox as he made his way to the clearing. He was already growing tired from the walk, he had barely been recovering from illness mainly caused by the sate of depression he had been in after losing Ranfeather, Ashfang, and his daughter Littlepool in such a short amount of time. He had stopped eating much and had developed terrible sleeping habits in the past moon or so that had caused him to get sick, and at his age it was hard to recover from those sorts of things fully. He was extremely thin, his legs had a bit of a wobble to them, and his coat was duller than usually but he was doing better than he had been in a while. Thankfully the walk from Treeclan to the clearing was not as difficult as it could be or he might have had to miss this meeting.

He had been keeping to himself mainly but he did look forward to this meeting in some ways. He needed to get out and see some of the other cats for a change. He used to be extremely social and he still was and did have a quirk for conversation and random companionship. The orange tom swished his tail in greeting as they came up to the other elders who had already arrived. "Hello everyone... Leopardripple, Maplefrost,...Windflurry" the tom greeted as he recalled the three cats, glancing at Windflurry for a bit before settling down in the grass with a small grunt and a lot of adjustment before getting comfortable.He had arrived just in time to hear Leopardripple's bad news and he lowered his ears a tad, he smile faded. "I am sorry to hear about Hawkbreeze..." he mewed as he glanced at the she-cat, his paws shuffling as he sorted through his own thoughts.

"It is nice to see you are all doing well however, it is quite a walk to get here..." he smiled weakly as he scratched at his rough orange coat for a moment with one hind-leg.

[Koisplash]

Another elder meeting? Well, it was long overdue, Koisplash supposed. She couldn't recall the last time she'd ventured beyond TreeClan after having become an elder outside of these meetings. She was getting too lazy, but that was what came with being an elder.

She led Moonpool and Quickfox, her step a little heavier in her growing age. The trek didn't tire her as much as she worried it would, however, which was a relief. The chaos in TreeClan over the past moons had been enough to stress everyone out. She glanced back at Moonpool in particular as they went. They weren't exactly friends, but she was acquainted with him--it was hard not to when you shared the same den and there were so few of you. He had been sick, and she couldn't help wondering if this might be the last elder gathering with him in attendance. Thinking of that, however, brought up thoughts of Waspwing, and she immediately pushed them away.

The calico cat nodded to those who had already arrived. "Hello, Maplefrost, Windflurry, Leopardripple," Koisplash greeted, taking a spot nestled near some ferns in front of the tree. "I hope you have been well."

Leopardripple's news about Hawkbreeze, however, took her off-guard. "Ah," she said, softly, now at a loss for words. "My apologies, Leopardripple."

She shifted slightly to get into a more comfortable position, wrapping her black-tipped tail around her paws. Hopefully, the RockClan elders would arrive soon.

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MAPLEFROST OF ICECLAN

Not too long had passed before Maple could scent FireClan and TreeClan. All three of the cats were ones he knew, fortunately. Although… it was a bit strange that there didn't seem to be any new elders this time around. He supposed he couldn't really complain - IceClan was the same.

"Good to see you all," Maplefrost started, using that particular phrasing for the irony alone. But he hesitated when Leopardripple announced her news. The calico couldn't say he was sad that Hawkbreeze had died, but he also wasn't going to celebrate, so he just stayed quiet.

He turned in the general direction of his half-sister, Koisplash, and beckoned her closer with a flick of his tail. May as well get caught up with the former TreeClan deputy while he had the opportunity.

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NOTES - Ohhh man, sorry for not replying sooner. You guys really don't need to keep a posting order though - just go ahead and chat with someone. Really.

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