Roaring Cries // P

[Natalia]

Natalia was concerned when she saw Patch start to grow distressed.

This concern only increased when she covered up her eyes with the cobwebs, apparently to obscure her sight. Her guess was confirmed by Patch's hesitant movements and frequent twitching of her nose. She was relying on smell to... Uh... Make her way back to Natalia it seemed? 

She was already moving towards Patch when she tripped. Natalia broke into a sprint and just barely was able to catch Patch. She let the other rogue lean against her for support. "Why don't you sit down?" She grit through her teeth. It wasn't like Patch was light as a feather.

[Patch]

(I blame Patch's eating habits)

Patch sighed with relief as she was caught, she nodded a thanks to Natalia. She flicked her ears and moved away from the she-cat, sitting down. "Okay, thanks by the way." She wondered how everyone was doing when she was away, how both Deathclan and Iceclan were doing.

She didn't know what to say, so she shut her mouth.

[Natalia]

((Um actually I was going for the fact that Patch actually has MASS))

Natalia sighed in relief, seeing Patch take her suggestion to heart.

She sat down herself, her emerald gaze speaking far more than her actual words. It spoke of her uncertainty concerning the situation. Her wariness considering Patch's cryptic and vaguely tragic answer as to who'd given her those wounds. She sighed.

"Patch... Who was it that attacked you? You don't want to tell me, so you're either afraid of looking weak or you're concerned I won't like the answer." She shook her head. "Please. Just tell me. I...." She sighed. "I want to help. I know we're not exactly friends, but..." Her tail swept back and forth behind her uncertainly. "I'd like to help."

[Patch]

(Still)

Patch sighed, she wouldn't like the answer to the question. Still, Natalia would handle it, right? She lowered her head as she answered, "I went to Jude to apologize, to hopefully make amends with him, but he didn't take it the right way. He called me a liar, a rotten snake. I know you won't like this, but it's the truth."

[Natalia]

((On another note, do you think these two will ever have a solid friendship?))

Natalia stiffened.

"Jude... He...." Her ears folded back as she looked away. "... Why were you going to apologize?" She couldn't make any judgements right now. She needed the full story. Despite her emotions swirling and doubts plaguing her. If Jude was talking that way to Patch... She didn't know what to think.

[Patch]

Patch sighed, ready to explain.

"I betrayed Riverpaw, Jude's brother... At the moment I'm using our friendship for information and the fact I had someone to care about me. Jude thought that because of what I'm doing, Riverpaw will become mentally scarred or worse..." She trailed off. After a moment of internal sadness, she continued. "In other words, he hates me. Even though he comforted me afterwards, he still hates me."

(I honestly don't know XD)

[Natalia]

Natalia wasn't entirely sure what to think.

She wasn't going to say that Patch was 100% good, after all no cat was perfect. But she was fairly sure that Jude forgot that Patch was operating on Dove's orders. A major problem she had with this, was that Deathclan didn't exactly have a reputation for being all sunshines and rainbows!

Sure its members weren't 100% pure evil like the clans seemed to think, it wasn't like Deathclan was on some moral high horse like the clans were.

She sighed. "... I think he's probably upset. Really upset." Her ears flattened. "I'm not sure if this counts for anything... But I don't hate you."

[Patch]

Patch smiled weakly, also not knowing what to think. "Yeah, Jude is protective of his brother, so that's most likely the case. Anyways, thanks, that actually means a lot to me."

Sure, she was following what she was ordered to do, but she was the one that shouted out that she had information. She didn't dislike the barn, in fact she really liked it, she just didn't like the fact that Deathclan could strike any minute.

[Natalia]

Natalia stared down at her paws.

".... I get what it means to really care about your brother." She sighed. She wasn't sure what to think. She was reasonably sure Jude hated her brother, but he'd picked a fight then. He'd picked a fight now. Did he really hate Patch?

Natalia wasn't friends with Patch, but she didn't hate her either. She wasn't horribly suspicious of the other she-cat exactly, but... She didn't know what to say.

Patch ((We still doing this or do you wanna drop it?))

[Patch]

(Oh crud, forgot to reply :-

Patch sighed, unsheathing and sheathing her claws over and over. "I used to have a sibling, Storm. I know that feeling too, I would of done the same if the situation was different." She replied, gritting her teeth. Ugh, was Stormpaw even alive? She was depressed once Nighthowl died, the she-cat hoped the apprentice was alright.

Patch teared up from behind her covered eyes. "I hate my mind." She said casually, flicking her tail.

[Natalia]

((It's okay. Happens to the best of us!))

Natalia sighed. She wasn't the best at comforting. Usually she needed to be comforted, even if she felt she didn't deserve it very often. She looked at Patch with a strangely soft look in her eyes.

"You shouldn't. You're not a bad cat." She insisted. 

[Patch]

"Eh, I don't hate my mind because of that." Patch shrugged, faking a smile. "Its fairly complicated, but in short, I'm really crazy when it comes to memories." She curled her tail around herself. She didn't object to the 'bad cat' comment, even with Natalia saying she isn't, Patch thought she was a manipulative liar who messed up big time.

[Natalia]

Natalia sighed. "Memories...?" She decided to not ask about it. Somehow she sensed Patch was talking about more than traumatizing memories. She cleared her throat. "You didn't say anything me saying you're not a bad cat." She noticed.

[Patch]

Patch shook her head, her ear flicked. "Because I didn't want to start an argument for about the second time today." She replied, lying her head on the ground. She licked her slightly red paw, trying to stop the blood from getting on her pelt.

[Natalia]

Natalia frowned. "... Alright then." She eyed Patch carefully. "Are you going to be alright? I don't think we're friends exactly, but I'd rather not have you die."