PrankFox

Clans of the Coast

Finally Dawnstar hopped down from the ledge and approached the rest of BreezeClan with her tail waving high in the air and a satisfied smile on her maw. Embersky perked up a bit as his mother approached them. "That could have gone better," he told the calico she-cat as she began to gather up the rest of the clan. He didn't notice Albatrosspaw slinking off towards the rocks since he was a bit too focused on what it was that his mother had to say.

"It also could have gone worse," Dawnstar looked up towards the sky where the moon still shone brightly and cast its silver light down on the clearing. "StarClan did not give any indication of disapproval which means that Spiderstar's argument has no standing." There was a very self-satisfied tone to her voice as she spoke to Embersky and it was obvious enough, at least to her son, that this was exactly what she had expected to happen. Maybe even what she wanted to happen despite what she said to the other leaders about not wanting conflict to rise up.

Embersky looked down at his apprentice as the young tom spoke up. He felt the pull of sympathy for Albatrosspaw as he saw the exhaustion in his stance. "Yes we are," he told him with a more gentle tone of voice than he had been speaking to Dawnstar with. He looked back towards his mother and gave her a nod which she returned before flicking her tail and gathering the clan up to leave. They were the last to depart, which may have been a good thing. There was no reason for them to run off and make it seem like they were scared of the retribution from the other clans. They had the backing of FireClan along with their own warriors, so no threats made would be enough. Not unless RainClan and DarkClan decided to make an alliance, but doing something like that would only prove what Dawnstar had said. They were stronger together.

"I'm sorry I didn't warn you about the announcement tonight, or try to prepare you for the backlash," Embersky's voice was genuine as he spoke quietly to his apprentice on their way back to the shore, "Dawnstar asked us not to tell anyone unless she had already done so." He did wish that he had been able to tell Albatrosspaw. They were still family after all and it didn't feel right keeping it from him, but he understood his mother's reasons. The more cats that knew the more risk that word got out before they wanted it to. "I hope you understand we didn't do it maliciously, just for safety."

He hoped that his apprentice would be understanding, and if not then he had done everything in his power to smooth things over, at least verbally. At present he was mostly looking forward to getting to sleep and waiting to see what kind of announcement Dawnstar would make to the rest of the clan in the morning.

PMD: Explorers of the Unknown

It was obvious that Lumi didn't believe Storm and the grayish Eevee pinned his ears back as he glared at his sister. "I'm not scared!" He huffed angrily, "Just being cautious. I don't like the way things feel in here." If even the super powerful adventuring team got beaten to bits while they were in here what hope did they have against something that came their way.

Storm's fur was fluffed up and as much as he tried to say that he wasn't scared the wideness of his eyes as they darted around gave him away to Sora as he walked up. He nodded in agreement with Lumi, "I think that's a good idea. Even if we could I don't know that we'd be able to pull it back through that crevice we came through." He looked around the room for their baby brother. He couldn't see him at first glance, but he was pretty small and the crystals cast a strange light across the floor. "Come on Cane we're leaving!" He called out into the room, flinching a bit as it echoed a bit too much for his liking.

He waited a moment and started to get nervous when he didn't immediately hear or see his brother. It was quickly abated though as the small form came bounding out of the shadows towards them. He gave his brother a smile and began to trot back towards where the crevice was with the others shortly behind him. He turned to say something to Storm when he saw Cane still staring up at the stone they had been looking at. "Hey Cane come on, we need to get home before-,"

"Don't touch it!" Storm screamed out next to him just as Cane's paws came to rest on the smooth surface of the stone. There was a moment of silence before they all had to flatten themselves against the ground as a burst of energy pulsed off the stone, though mostly concentrated on their baby brother, and an agonized scream could be heard.

It was not a sound that Sora ever wanted to hear any of his family make and knowing it came from Cane made his stomach roil. He pushed himself back up, despite feeling like he was about to be sick and took a few steps towards where the stone was. The light in the room almost seemed dimmer as he watched his brother writhe on the floor with dark shadows appearing to bleed off of him. He let out a choked noise as he watched the shape of Cane begin to swell and distort. The screams he heard shifted into low growls and Sora took a few steps backwards, eyes wide with fear and panic.

The Yurazen Prince - A Tale of Redwall

I'm still here. Waiting to see if anything else is going to happen

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Mentions:

The moment class let out in 3-A the second headphone that had been hanging out of Kenzan's ear as he sat near the back of the room was put back in it's proper place; drowning out the noise of chairs scraping the floor and other students talking. He stayed seated, not wanting to draw attention to himself by doing so much as moving. It seemed like one other person had somewhat of the same intention until Kenzan realized who it was and rolled his eyes as his regularly eccentric classmate pulled out his phone to do some bit. Once most of the students had trickled out of the room he stood and swung his bag onto his back; leaving the classroom quickly with his eyes cast towards the ground.

Even through the music in his ears he could hear the students chattering about the most recent events, namely the death of the Prime Minister. He really couldn't care less about the incident, but everyone else seemed fixated on it for some reason or another. People did crazy shit sometimes and there probably wasn't anything more to it than that. Just the last visual of a man who had lost his mind. The main thing it did was prevent him from staying out as late as he normally would and that meant going home to deal with his mother. That he was not looking forward to.

He made it down to his locker and retrieved anything he might need for the various assignments they'd already been given. He looked towards the front doors where he could see the rain still coming down with a vengeance. At least he had an excuse not to go home for a little bit. There were some students heading out, those who had been smart enough to bring an umbrella anyway. It also meant any of the athletic clubs that would normally be meeting today wouldn't, so he didn't have to dodge the questions about why he hadn't agreed to join up. Wasn't it obvious enough that two headphones in meant don't talk to me? Even one, or none in his case usually meant the same.

His phone buzzed in his pocket and a scowl marred his usually disinterested expression as he read the text from his mother. How many times do I have to tell her you have to be twenty to buy alcohol? He wasn't about to break the law for her to get her fix. He slammed his locker shut and it took a lot to resist the temptation to bang his head against it.

He could always go hole up in the library or with luck Kudo's would be open and willing to let him hunker down there as long as he wanted. He at least wanted to wait for the rain to let up a little bit so that he didn't get completely drenched on his way over there. He posted up nearby the front doors so that he could keep an eye out for when the rain lessened, but far enough away that he wouldn't be in anyone's direct line of sight if they were to leave the school.

It was just one more year and then he'd be free to strike out on his own, so better to keep his head down and avoid anything that might stop that from happening. Tomi had it lucky, just up and leaving, but unfortunately he didn't have the luxury so he'd power through. At least that was what he told himself as he sat and watched the rain fall; letting the music drown out the sound.

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Sakai Kenzan

NAME:
Sakai Kenzan

AGE:
17

GENDER:
Male

ARCANA:
Justice

APPEARANCE DETAILS:
Kenzan has a runner's build, tall and long legged with more lean muscle to him than actual bulk. He keeps his hair shaggy on the top with an undercut, usually it's left pretty messy. He has reddish brown eyes and usually a rather disinterested expression.

Aside from his uniform usually he wears something comfortable and easy to run in. Most of the time track suits of various colors. He tends to keep things monochrome with whites, grays, and blacks, but occasionally a blue or red for a bit of color. Even on warmer days he prefers to wear pants and a jacket though in the winter he'll put on a heavier coat.

PERSONALITY:
Kenzan is reserved and quiet, mostly choosing to keep himself out of the main line of sight of anything that might be happening at school. He likes his personal space and isn't the most talkative, though he has been told he's a good listener. Though that might be because he's not really listening. He's very nearly an adult, but even still acts mature for his age, and is someone that is known to give good advice when it comes down to it.

He's distrustful of most other people, though that tends to skew towards the adults in his life, and isn't particularly interested in forming personal connections. He'll be polite when spoken to and isn't going to start any trouble over it, but he will attempt to extract himself from the conversation as quickly as possible.

If you can chip through the wall that he's built up over the years there's a caring and rather charming young man underneath it all. He wants desperately to find people he can trust, but the fear of someone leaving again makes him inclined to keep people at arms length. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and one thing that will push past that wall and get anger sparked is people lording themselves over others; treating someone poorly because of what they do or who they are. He's gotten in trouble more than a couple times for going out of his way to put bullies in their place, but it shows that there is something past the apathy and disinterest.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
The youngest child in the family, Kenzan grew up in the busy city of Tokyo where his father worked at the police department. His mother mostly used her time to work on home projects and sell the occasional bit of work if it struck one of the neighbors fancy. His early years were normal for a young boy growing up in the city. He had a number of friends that he would meet up with after school and played sports with, and could rely on his older sister Tomi to pick him up and walk home with him after she was finished with her drama club.

Up until the age of eleven he had what could be called a comfortable life with a family that loved each other. Unfortunately for the Sakai family his father died in a shootout with one of the local gangs, and as far as he is aware, the men who did it got away scot free. The loss devastated his mother, who had to return to work, and grappling with the loss of her husband and raising two kids meant that Tomi had to pick up the slack. Things somewhat returned to normal. He continued to hang out with friends, go to school, but it felt weird to be acting like nothing was wrong. Especially when he knew the police were doing nothing to try and bring the people who killed his father to justice.

His mother decided that she couldn't stand being Tokyo any more and so they left. Moved outside the city to Fujihama where she wanted to try and get a fresh start. The loss of stability pushed Kenzan into himself and he became more closed off, even to his sister. Eventually Tomi got fed up with the whole thing. The move had shaken her just as much, and since there mother was becoming more and more distant, she left to pursue her own life leaving her fifteen year old brother to deal with their mother alone.

Kenzan decided to keep his head down and just work through school as best he could in order to make sure he had the ability to get away from his mother, and he's almost there. Deep down he knows she's trying, but it doesn't stop the distrust of most of the adults in his life. He spends most of his time away from the house at the various hangout locations around the city, mostly Kudo's Bookstore since he knows he'll be left alone there. Either that or on a run with some kind of music playing as loud as he can bare.

The death of the prime minister didn't phase him nearly as much as some of the others, but it was certainly a point of intrigue. The thing that bothers him the most about the whole incident is the city-wide curfew that forces to be at home and deal with his mother for longer than he had to in the past. Still, Kenzan plans to just keep his head down as he always had and wait for it to blow over.

TRIVIA:
Hobbies: Reading, running (and other kinds of sports), music
Loves animals but doesn't like showing the caring side of himself
Doesn't particularly like school, but is good at it without really trying

OTHER: Not presently

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Sakai Kenzan

NAME:
Sakai Kenzan

AGE:
17

GENDER:
Male

ARCANA:
Justice

APPEARANCE DETAILS:
Kenzan has a runner's build, tall and long legged with more lean muscle to him than actual bulk. He keeps his hair shaggy on the top with an undercut, usually it's left pretty messy. He has reddish brown eyes and usually a rather disinterested expression.

Aside from his uniform usually he wears something comfortable and easy to run in. Most of the time track suits of various colors. He tends to keep things monochrome with whites, grays, and blacks, but occasionally a blue or red for a bit of color. Even on warmer days he prefers to wear pants and a jacket though in the winter he'll put on a heavier coat.

PERSONALITY:
Kenzan is reserved and quiet, mostly choosing to keep himself out of the main line of sight of anything that might be happening at school. He likes his personal space and isn't the most talkative, though he has been told he's a good listener. Though that might be because he's not really listening. He's very nearly an adult, but even still acts mature for his age, and is someone that is known to give good advice when it comes down to it.

He's distrustful of most other people, though that tends to skew towards the adults in his life, and isn't particularly interested in forming personal connections. He'll be polite when spoken to and isn't going to start any trouble over it, but he will attempt to extract himself from the conversation as quickly as possible.

If you can chip through the wall that he's built up over the years there's a caring and rather charming young man underneath it all. He wants desperately to find people he can trust, but the fear of someone leaving again makes him inclined to keep people at arms length. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and one thing that will push past that wall and get anger sparked is people lording themselves over others; treating someone poorly because of what they do or who they are. He's gotten in trouble more than a couple times for going out of his way to put bullies in their place, but it shows that there is something past the apathy and disinterest.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
The youngest child in the family, Kenzan grew up in the busy city of Tokyo where his father worked at the police department. His mother mostly used her time to work on home projects and sell the occasional bit of work if it struck one of the neighbors fancy. His early years were normal for a young boy growing up in the city. He had a number of friends that he would meet up with after school and played sports with, and could rely on his older sister Tomi to pick him up and walk home with him after she was finished with her drama club.

Up until the age of eleven he had what could be called a comfortable life with a family that loved each other. Unfortunately for the Sakai family his father died in a shootout with one of the local gangs, and as far as he is aware, the men who did it got away scot free. The loss devastated his mother, who had to return to work, and grappling with the loss of her husband and raising two kids meant that Tomi had to pick up the slack. Things somewhat returned to normal. He continued to hang out with friends, go to school, but it felt weird to be acting like nothing was wrong. Especially when he knew the police were doing nothing to try and bring the people who killed his father to justice.

His mother decided that she couldn't stand being Tokyo any more and so they left. Moved outside the city to Fujihama where she wanted to try and get a fresh start. The loss of stability pushed Kenzan into himself and he became more closed off, even to his sister. Eventually Tomi got fed up with the whole thing. The move had shaken her just as much, and since there mother was becoming more and more distant, she left to pursue her own life leaving her fifteen year old brother to deal with their mother alone.

Kenzan decided to keep his head down and just work through school as best he could in order to make sure he had the ability to get away from his mother, and he's almost there. Deep down he knows she's trying, but it doesn't stop the distrust of most of the adults in his life. He spends most of his time away from the house at the various hangout locations around the city, mostly Kudo's Bookstore since he knows he'll be left alone there. Either that or on a run with some kind of music playing as loud as he can bare.

The death of the prime minister didn't phase him nearly as much as some of the others, but it was certainly a point of intrigue. The thing that bothers him the most about the whole incident is the city-wide curfew that forces to be at home and deal with his mother for longer than he had to in the past. Still, Kenzan plans to just keep his head down as he always had and wait for it to blow over.

TRIVIA:
Hobbies: Reading, running (and other kinds of sports), music
Loves animals but doesn't like showing the caring side of himself
Doesn't particularly like school, but is good at it without really trying

OTHER: Not presently

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Understood. Are any of the Arcana reserved?

@Mistress Dizzy

I'm working on a character for Justice

「 Persona: Reflections 」

I'm gonna get working on a CS for the Justice Arcana soon-ish

Clans of the Coast

Duskpaw's whiskers twitched in amusement as Albatrosspaw ducked his head down to groom rather than continue to look at her. She could almost feel the embarrassed heat radiating from the gray and white tom, but she wasn't about to mention it. She would tease him later when there was less tension swirling around. She was concerned about what Whitestar was thinking, aligning himself with BreezeClan like he had, but she wasn't going to go against her leaders decision. Not unless she had a really good reason to do so. She would sit back and watch as she always did to see what happened. That was how she collected all her gossip and so far a lot of it hadn't been completely false. If only she had really listened to the conversations going on whenever Dawnstar had come to camp. She should have known something was up.

She was glad to see the shy apprentice perk up a bit at the prospect of them getting to see each other more. It made her pelt heat up a bit and her tail twitched slightly. She really liked Albatrosspaw, despite Amberpaw telling her that spending time with him was a straight line to some kind of disaster. She could just consider him a friend right? He was a medicine cat so even if she did want something to come about between them it wasn't going to happen. Not unless she wanted to get him in huge trouble, which was the last thing she wanted. No, for now she'd just accept being a friend as much as she thought she might want something more.

"Well if Spiderstar and Coyotestar can shake the bugs out of their brains then we could all be strong together." She wasn't sure how Whitestar or Dawnstar was going to convince the other two, but what BreezeClan's leader had said made sense. Sure the clans had always been separate, but what if that was the wrong way to be? With everyone sharing territory, prey, herbs, and knowledge they wouldn't have to worry so much about going hungry or losing clanmates to preventable illness. She was just an apprentice though so what did she know.

Her ears swiveled backwards slightly as she heard Finchwhisker's voice calling for her. She stood from where she was crouched behind the rock and shook out her pelt. The waterfalls were nice, but they did send mists into the air that settled on her fur. "I should go before I get yelled at," her tail twitched, "Again." She couldn't help herself as she took a step towards Albatrosspaw and licked his cheek before turning and bounding off to join up with the rest of her clan, "I'll talk to you later!" She called over her shoulder before she caught up with Finchwhisker.

Amberpaw gave her a narrow-eyed look as Duskpaw dropped into step with the sandy she-cat, "What were you doing?"

She had told the other apprentice about her friendship with Albatrosspaw, but she was still suspicious that there was something more going on between the two of them. She rolled her eyes as she flicked the other she-cat with her tail. "I was just talking to Albatrosspaw. He seemed afraid after all the hostility, so I wanted to make sure he was alright." She could feel the blue eyes burning into her pelt as she was scrutinized, but Amberpaw finally just shrugged. She let out a mental sigh of relief as she sped up to keep step with her clanmates back to the cliffs.

Persona RP! [Based on Persona 5]

I arrive to formally state interest in the thread. Might go Justice, not sure yet