HEY LITTLE SONGBIRD | priv for strawberry+ramstar

RAMSTRIKE ✘
riverclan - warrior - male - 23 moons - tags

― during his first few days of leadership, ramstar found himself leaving camp to check their territory a lot and even go off the territory a bit to see how much land they could claim without being noticeable. he figured he would be able to extend the land towards twoleg place a bit. his clan was smart enough; they would be able to dodge the twolegs and know not to get too close when they are out and about. he was near twoleg place now, his golden eyes flickering to see what all the twolegs were up to. they confused him, they truly did.

constantly walking in and out of huge structures, yelling, talking to eachother, getting eaten by monsters for joy - there was so much about them that was just understood. he wouldn't get much closer than he was now though, and he was planning on turning back soon - until he saw a white cat. he should teach them a lesson; yes, he would. for getting so close to his territory, that belonged to him. he pushed himself to his feet, stepping out of the brush to get a better glimpse of this cat that was a few tail lengths away and seemed to be coming from twoleg place. thats when he noticed this cat - a molly - had a bell on. so it was a kittypet. even better, she wouldn't know what was coming.

or...maybe he could try being nice. inviting. he could build his clan. why would he want kitty pets in his clan? he didn't, but they would listen to him because they would know no better. ramstar would teach them his ways and they would follow after him. that sounded perfect, actually.

"where are you heading to?" he purred softly, trying to be as warm and welcoming as possible. "i, uh.. couldn't help but notice you're coming from twoleg place. you wouldn't want to go into clan territory, you know - they could hurt you. but, i won't let them - if you want me to help you."

RAMSTAR ✘
riverclan - leader - male - 23 moons - 9 lives -tags

― oh, the sound of the bell. that bell - it was just quite horrible. there wasn't much prey out here around the twoleg places to begin with, but with a bell like that there certainly wouldn't be anything within miles because it would all go scattering at the sound of that clingy, loud little shrill bell. he had to hide the disgust on his face as it got closer when the molly came over after he had called out to her, hiding it with a twitch of his whiskers and sending another polite smile to the best of his ability as she stumbled over her words before she hesitantly told her name. he could tell he had baffled her, and that was perfect; that was his plan. he had to continue his good work.

"strawberry, like the sweet little fruit?" he drew as he padded softly closer, trying his best to use light feet so he came off as a swift tom. whether it worked or not, who knew? again, it was a kittypet; why would she care if he was swift on his toes? but incase she knew anything, anything at all, he had to act the part. the part of a perfect tom, the ladykiller; the tom who would rescue her and sweep her off her feet. "i can see why that's your name. it..it suits you." it wasn't that the molly wasn't attractive; truly, she was cute. there was no denying that. but the sweet talking and the flirting gave himself a lump in his throat and it almost made him want to throw up. sure, being sweet was in his nature, but it had never been used for talking to mollies. maybe thats why he didn't like how it felt, it was different.

"i don't believe so. i'm sure i would remember a molly like you," he responded, finally coming close enough that he could sit and tuck his tail over his paws. he wasn't super close, but just close enough to make it mysterious, ominous, hopefully leave her wanting to know more about him if he was doing this correctly. he had never truly been one with the ladies; this was one of his first times trying to coo one over. "i'm ramstar, the leader of riverclan, one of six clans. have you heard of the clans?"

RAMSTAR ✘
riverclan - leader - male - 23 moons - 9 lives -tags

― ramstar was absolutely over himself at the fact of how easy it was to make this molly blush. he was going to have her on his side, in absolutely no time. his tail flicked behind him, listening as she said his name was odd. "yes, it is the way of the clans to have double names, if you will," he told her, before continuing. "so perhaps - your name would turn to strawberryfur for the patches of orange, or strawberryheart, for the big heart you have, for example," he told her. "i ultimately would pick the name, since i am the leader." just had to throw in again the fact that he was the leader to make him sound all important.

she continued to say that there was a group of cats who killed a kit, and he twitched his whiskers, pulling back a bit. whatever group of cats she was talking about, certainly was not the clans. they would never kill a kit; it was in the warrior code. "i..i don't think that was a clan, " he pointed out, a bit taken aback by the story. "we have a moral code - all kits will be cared for, no matter where they come from." he was horrified at the story she had just shared. a kit was torn up? what in the dark forest was she possibly talking about?

but then she quickly changed the subject as if she had never mentioned that story, and he couldnt help but still feel ill about it. he tried his best to move on, but...he was a little shadowed. "yes, yes...my clan RiverClan has about thirty to forty," he told her, "that is the normal for most clans; there are six clans, one tribe and one pack of rogues." he did not consider bloodclan a clan. despite having the clan name, he would simply not consider them one. perhaps that was the band of cats she was referring to; they did not truly listen to clan rules, after all.

"each clan is known for something different. my clan, is known for our love of the water and fishing abilities. we collect beautiful objects to decorate, such as rocks and flowers." he told her, "thunderclan for example, is known for taking in cats that need a home and being courageous. windclan is known for their speed, and being the most sensitive. and so fourth..."