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shadowed | a literate feline roleplay | roleplay thread
This is the roleplaying thread for Shadowed! Please visit the OOC thread for details on signing up and such.

P L O T

The feral cats of Gray City have been pretty much left to their own devices for decades. Two sizable groups of cats have risen up in that time: the Shattered Claws and the New Order. The Shattered Claws are a peaceful group, devoted mainly to healing, spirituality, and strength in numbers. By contrast, the New Order is much harsher, focused on order, loyalty to the group, and strong over weak. Outside of the Shattered and the Order, Outliers band together or fend for themselves. The order of the City is well-defined, and each cat knows their place.

That is, until the fateful day when the humans went to war.

Now, Gray City has become an active battleground, with soldiers everywhere, blocks of the city under siege, and civilians starving in the streets or hoarding food behind barricades in their homes. Caught in the crossfire, the feral cats must decide what to do. The Shattered Claws suggest banding together, but there are rumblings amongst the New Order that the cats should take advantage of the situation and take over the Shattered's territory. And of course, the Outliers are stuck in the middle, trying to avoid both groups and hold out until the humans settle down.

How will these cats, shadowed by human struggles, survive? It's up to you.

R U L E S

1. Minimum of 150 words per post. I'm obviously not requiring you to write a novel, but it should be about 2-5 paragraphs (no novel, just an essay XD). After all, this is a LITERATE roleplay. Posts should be PAST TENSE and THIRD PERSON. Please try your very hardest to use proper grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. I understand that mistakes and typos happen, but your post should be legible and easily understood.
2. Please write in English only. Kind of a given, but I have to put it out there. Names in other languages are fine, but please use the Roman alphabet only.
3. There is a literacy requirement for Shadowed. I will require a roleplay sample on your character sheet (prompts will be over there), if I feel that you do not meet the literacy requirements, I will PM you and ask for you to leave.
4. Post at least twice a week. This roleplay will be pretty chill, but I'd like for you guys to be active-ish. Let me know if you're going on hiatus/vacation/etc. and somebody will ghost your character.
5. No unnatural powers or appearances. Yes, it's a fictional city, but it's based in our world. No magic, superpowers, or purple cats will be allowed.
6. Be kind and respectful. The character might suck, but that's no excuse to be rude and/or hateful to a player. This also goes for respecting personal beliefs. HOWEVER, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, or hating on one's religion will not be tolerated.
7. Keep it PG-13. Mating and heavy gore will not be tolerated and I will remove your character. Fade to black if necessary. However, characters can and probably will die.
8. Please roleplay only on this thread. This will serve as our roleplaying thread. There is a character sheet thread for characters only, and an OOC thread for roleplay posts only. Respect the thread titles!
9. Please add a header to your posts! like so:
name | gender (pronouns) | group | rank | location | mentions

DO NOT POST ON THIS THREAD UNLESS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE ROLEPLAY. If you are not part of Shadowed, you can post on the OOC thread or read the roleplay posts, but do not roleplay unless you have approved characters.

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Edited on 19/10/20 @ 08:57:46 by Silverstar cries over Corien (#206440)

silverclouds (#206440)

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2020-10-20 06:35:41
Aonani | female (she/they) | Shattered Claws | leader | location: Shattered camp | mentions: Edelweiss

Sitting down besides the white she-cat, Aonani started to sigh, then rapidly cut herself off. "I-I'm all right. It's nice to have a break from the gunfire, and it's... a nice morning." She kept her answer deliberately vague, leaving out any mentions of the stresses of the past months. Privately, though, she wondered constantly why the cats of the Shattered had chosen her. Atala had been so capable, strong and confident. But her? Just because she was a good mental healer didn't mean that she was cut out for leadership.

Pushing the dark thoughts away, she continued to talk. "Have you spoken to any other cat this morning?" Aonani asked. "I'd like to get a sense of how the camp is doing today... it might be a good time to scout or hunt if the humans are taking a break." Settling herself into a more comfortable position, Aonani waited for Idle's reply.



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Snowsparrow (#207915)

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2020-10-20 08:08:03
Clea | Female | Shattered Claws | Healer
Location: Camp
Mentions: Edelweiss, Aonani

Clea awoke from her sleep, and she reluctantly stood up and stretched. Her fur quivered in the faint morning light, and was a little damp. Although tempted to flop back down, and continue her sleep, she knew she had to get up for the day. She had been sleeping on an old blanket, which although dirty and a little rough, offered some form of comfort. Yawning for a second time, she looked around, her slight green eyes shining in the dark.

Spotting two other cats a little way away, she got up and padded over, her tail swishing softly behind her. She was hungry having not eaten for nearly two days, but that could wait for now. Recognising one of them as Aonani, she said, “Hello! How was your night?” Laying down with her head between her paws, she carefully cleaned her fur. She hurriedly added, “I hope I’m not interrupting anything”.



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silverclouds (#206440)

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2020-10-20 10:03:16
Masika | female (she/her) | New Order | scout | location: Order camp | mentions: Ash [indirect], open

Claws scratched the ground as Masika woke with a start from a frightening dream. Her eyes snapped open immediately, and she looked around, hoping that no cat had noticed her outburst. The tiny female leapt to her feet and stretched out, bones popping in and out of place as she did so. Stepping out of her makeshift den, gravel crunching beneath her callused paws, she yawned. A welcome silence greeted her - the normal, frightening sounds of gunfire were gone.

Perhaps this could be a good day for a scouting excursion. It wasn't sunny, but the sky didn't look too ominous, and she couldn't smell rain on the air. She could get Ash to come with her, but appealing as well was going on her own. If the humans were calmed down enough, she might be able to get away from the cats of the Order, at least for a while.



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2020-10-20 10:44:53
Artemis | female (she/they) | Shattered Claws | second | location: Shattered claws border | mentions: open

Artemis sat quietly before deciding to head out of camp for the day. She walked with her tail close to the ground and her ears perked at every sound she heard. She sighed "noisy creatures.."She muttered she really disliked the humans. She walked along jumping at almost every sound. She was very jumpy all of the sudden. She sat grooming herself occasionally stopping and looking around.

Ash | female (she/they) | New Order| scout | location: camp | mentions: , Bast, open


Ash shook her head as a fly buzzed her ears."Pesky bugs..."she muttered lifting a paw to hit it. She looked at Bast."Go ahead and eat im gonna catch this fly.." she need to catch this fly it was annoying her. She continued to try and catch the fly. This was actually kind of fun considering it made her think back to when she was young trying to catch a bug. She conutined with a sigh she would need to eat something soon she was getting kind of hungry now.



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Edited on 20/10/20 @ 10:52:52 by Ash167 Queen of Raccoons (#137584)

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2020-10-20 14:39:01
Bast | Male | New Order | Healer
Location: Camp.
Mentions: Ash, Open.


Bast glanced at the smaller cat momentarily as she dove after the insect. "Well, it is good to keep your strength up." He replied, eyes flickering back towards the prey lying in the stash. "Especially now of all times." He added, leaning forwards to get a better view. He crouched down and grabbed a plump mouse by the tail, taking a few steps backwards as his food hung from his mouth. He gave Ash a tilt of his head and motioned towards the rest of the prey before turning and settling down a few steps away.

"Do you have any plans for the day?" He questioned as he dropped the mouse from his maw and pinned it between his paws. As he ate his mind wandered over his own path he was to take today. The garden nearest to the camp had been destroyed in the wake of the human's war, it would be quite the walk to reach the next. His tail lashed in annoyance at the thought. 'Why do they have to ruin everything?' Ears pinning back, his expression soured as he got lost in thought.

Edelweiss | Female | Shattered Claws | Healer
Location: Camp.
Mentions: Aonani, Clea, Open.


Edelweiss sent a curious glance towards Aonani as she faltered, keenly aware that the other feline was holding something back. "I haven't spoken to anyone else this morning." She replied, slowly looking away. "From what I heard it seems as though they were in good spirits though. I'm sure if anyone was worried about something they would have spoken up." She returned her gaze to the leader during the last sentence, her tone lowering as if she were waiting for Aonani to speak up.

Her eyes flashed over as another cat approached, "Hello, Clea." She replied, "You're not interrupting, we were just discussing how lovely the morning is." She sent a gentle smile towards the other healer as she settled down near them. "Luckily my night was uneventful." She replied to the other cat's question, shifting her weight so that she could face both cats. "How was yours?" She blinked slowly, ears twitching slightly as she awaited an answer.



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Ash167 Queen of
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Ash | female (she/they) | New Order| scout | location: camp | mentions: , Bast, open

Ash shook her head."no not yet what about you?"she asked with a smile after she pinned the insect between her paw and the ground. She sat beside him watching him eat.She sighed her stomach growling slighlty. She laughed nervously because now he knew she lied when she said she wasn't hungry. She let the insect go and she watched it fly away. Before she grabbed a small mouse to eat. She sat beside him once again



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Edited on 21/10/20 @ 10:19:11 by Ash167 Queen of Raccoons (#137584)

Pumpkin (#77192)

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2020-10-21 16:02:12
Yeti - Male (He/Him) - Shattered Claws - Hunter - Location: Shattered Claws border - Mentions: Artemis
Yeti had arisen a few hours ago and had set out by himself, desiring the solitude if only for a little while. The silence surrounding them after days of heavy sounds coming from the humans was comforting, but a little unnerving. Ever since the humans started fighting each other, there's been nothing but sound. Yet, he could enjoy the small moment of reprieve from the noises constantly being made.

While he was outside of camp, the large gray male debated on trying to hunt to bring something back, but quickly decided against it. He was out here alone and even though he was a strong cat, if he let his guard down just to do something hunting, who knows what could have the opportunity to sneak up on him. It was better if he waited till he had a scout with him anyway, they'd be able to make sure he wasn't walking into unsafe places or traps. Who knew what the humans were bound to do and he wasn't going to be one caught up in it.

Stopping, Yeti raised his head to the wind and smelled a familiar scent. Turning in the direction of the she-cat, he kept a steady pace until he spotted gray and white cat. "Artemis." He greeted when he knew she could hear him. She looked a little tense so he didn't want to startle her. Getting into a spat with the second-in-command was not something he wanted to do, even though it would have been simply an accident if he startled her. He doubted he could anyway, he wasn't exactly being quiet.
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Ethyl - Female (She/Her) - Shattered Claws - Scout - Location: Shattered Claws Camp - Mentions: None, Open
Quietly, the small calico padded from the shadows of the camp corner. She'd been sitting there, watching everyone else interact and go about their time, but she'd felt too out of place to join them in their conversations. Her tail had been twitching all day from her nerves. The silence - even though it wouldn't last forever - was startling and unnerving. Without the sounds of the humans, she didn't know what to except and it made her feel like time had stopped. The sun felt nice on her fur, the ground felt nice under her paws, but she felt like the world was waiting for the something. if the humans had stopped, even for a little bit, did it mean they were done with their senseless fighting or were they taking a break, or were they planning something else.

Ethyl liked knowing what was going on, so this sudden silence wasn't all that enjoyable to her. She sat down in the sunlight, wanting someone to talk to, but too shy to start a conversation or possibly feel like interrupting anyone. Self-consciously, the small calico started to groom her fur. Grooming always did make her feel more at ease. It was either because she was so used to it or because her mother had always told her that being clean meant good impressions to others, but she didn't really mind. Once she felt clean again, she'd feel a little better about socializing, but right now, she wanted to make sure she didn't have any dirt on her chest. She could not go around looking like an unkempt rat.
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Edited on 21/10/20 @ 16:02:36 by Pumpkin (#77192)

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Artemis | female (she/they) | Shattered Claws | second | location: Shattered claws border | mentions: Yeti

Artemis perked her ears at the sound of her name. She turned and faced the tom."Good morning Yeti I didn't know you were out of camp."she gave a smile as she twitched her ears hearing some movement from the small critters that lived here. She kept her eyes on Yeti occasionally shifting them around as if she thought something was going to jump out and scare her. You have to be brave. She tild herself that time and time again but she was always very jumpy probably because she usually gets so distracted with all of the important things that she needs to think about that she just never notices the little things. She knew however if anyone was going to jump out and scare her for fun at least then it would most likely be someone she knows well most don't try and have fun with her because if her rank. She tokk her job as Second in command very seriously and never joked about it unless it was with her leader.



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Pumpkin (#77192)

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2020-10-21 18:37:58
Yeti - Male (He/Him) - Shattered Claws - Hunter - Location: Shattered Claws border - Mentions: Artemis
"I'm usually not out of camp this early," Yeti responded to the female. "Yet for the moment of silence we're having, it felt right to leaving the camp for a little while." He tilted his head towards her, angling his ears to listen. "But, are you okay? You seem a little jumpy?" His voice was a little off, not cold, but not concerned either. He felt concerned for the Second in command, but he could hardly bring himself to actively care. That was something he'd been trying to work on - caring about others. His feelings didn't mean crap, but . . . maybe if others thought he cared, he didn't have to feel like such an outcast all the time.
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Ash167 Queen of
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2020-10-21 19:01:13
Artemis | female (she/they) | Shattered Claws | second | location: Shattered claws border | mentions: Yeti

Artemis shook her head."No im fine.....just......thinking......but anyway how are you?" She asked with a smile she always checked on everyone even if they couldn't care less about being asked about it. She sighed Yeti needed to work on his lying if you call it that. Her ears twitched a fly buzzing her ears before it flew off. She watched it fly away somehow finding herself wishing she was like the fly. Free....able to go where ever and when ever it wanted. How she longed for that sometimes, clan life made her stressed sometimes. Sometimes she would envy the outliers. They got to go anywhere anytime within reason of course. She sighed again maybe being a outlier wanst such a bad idea but she knew she would miss Shattered Claws and everyone in it.



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Edited on 21/10/20 @ 19:02:15 by Ash167 Queen of Raccoons (#137584)

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2020-10-24 19:31:58
Hades | Male | New Order | Guard | location: camp | mentions: Spitfire, Fur

Hades sat on his haunches and heaved a sigh. He kept waiting for a response before he just gave up on his attempt for conversation from the other large tom. Shaking his head he turned back to Spitfire, his yellow eyes soft and gentle.
"We probably won't get much from him. Too bad. I was having a good morning." He meowed, rising to his paws with a large stretch. His muscles flexed under his thick, black fur and he yawned. Once he collected himself again, his head turned towards the exit of the camp then back to the calico next to him.
"Are you going to be doing much? I was thinking about heading out to the border for a small stroll if you'd like to tag along." He seemed rather sincere, but that's just his nature. "My leg has been through a lot and it's nice to have some company to ease the silence of it all."



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2020-10-25 15:24:35
Spitfire | female (she/her) | New Order | Warrior | Location: New Order camp | Mentions: Furviè, Hades

Spitfire's eyes rolled almost backwards in her head and her head flopped sideways with an exaggerated sigh as it seemed neither she nor Hades would get a response from the tom in the tree. Her jabs always seemed to be met with either silence, anger or the cat withdrawing in on themselves and whilst the last option was her most preferred, she wasn't sure if she hated the silence or the angry response of an annoyed cat more. As she licked her paw and lifted it to draw over the side of her face that was missing her eye, she decided that it was probably a mad cat that she'd rather not deal with.

"Hmmmm.... I've had better mornings." Spitfire yawned, mirroring Hades' stretch but in the opposite direction as she stretched her back legs out, rising from her spot on the ground that'd grown warm with her resting there. She shrugged her shoulders slightly at the tom's question of what she had planned for her day.

"I never have a 'plan' per se," She grinned, her needle like teeth glinting in the morning sun, "But whatever I was going to do would've involved heading towards the border anyway, so sure I'll tag along."

The calico flexed her paws and shook her pelt out, trying to wake herself up to head out on their excursion. Should she get distracted or just.... well.... bored of the calmer cat that she was going to accompany, she was sure she could slip away from him unnoticed. But for now, he was probably the most exciting option that day.

"Hey as long as you can still keep up, old man, I'll try my best to qualify as 'company'," Spitfire wasn't actually sure how much older Hades was than her, but being a pretty young cat in the New Order meant that in her mind she had every right to refer to other cats as old, "But I will say I have been known to talk, so now's you're last chance to back out." She would've winked had she had another eye.



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Taxi (#146379)

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2020-10-25 17:05:58
Hades | Male | New Order | Guard | location: camp | mentions: Spitfire

Hades nodded at her reply, ignoring her quip calling him an old man. Giving the calico a quick look, he turned to leave the main part of camp. He shook his head with a deep laugh. "I won't back out. I like the chatter." He said with his usual calm tone.
"Honestly, I hope something interesting is out there, instead of just the regular human and broken glass." His voice rumbled in his throat, vibrating in his ears.
His bad leg slowed him down but only a little, as over the years he built up strength in his other legs to pull him along. It gave him a slight advantage in battle but not much else. With his tail laying low, he padded along, following the path out to the outskirts of camp.



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2020-10-25 17:49:28
Loki | Male | Outlier | Location: New Order Outskirts | mentions: n/a, open

Loki had found himself a quiet corner away from the booming sounds of angry humans. He settled on his hunches to eat his prized prey, a rat he had managed to catch on his way over. He just observed his surroundings for now, ears perking at every small sound and amber eyes flicking up to take a quick look at what was around. Although he was in a quiet area, he knew he wasn't safe. The border to New Order's territory wasn't too far away, he could smell the scent of those group-cats still lingering around. He was sure they would be able to detect him later as well, his scent would cling to the air and let them know he was once here.

He didn't mind. He finished his rat, grooming himself free of whatever debris and mess clung to his fur after that satisfactory meal. What else did he have planned for the day? Good question. He looked up towards the sun, watching it's position in the sky to tell the time of day. Hey, he had a few hours to kill before nightfall, why not mess around? He snickered to himself, standing to his full height to stretch his legs and shake himself off.



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Kookaburra (#44992)

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2020-10-26 15:42:52
Spitfire | female (she/her) | New Order | Warrior | Location: New Order camp | Mentions: Hades

Trotting forward at a slightly quicker speed than the tom, Spitfire's stub tail bobbed behind her as the two made their way out of camp. She frowned slightly, though kept her head facing forward, when Hades didn't seem to fussed that she would be being her annoying self. Whilst it was a change of pace to have someone not be as irritated by her presence, it did feel weird to have her pokes and jabs slide off this other cat like water off a duck's back.

"Yeah you're not wrong," She almost groaned, having been reminded of the human's presence that had been a thorn in her side for as long as she could remember, "Would be enjoyable to just have a nice stroll, maybe come across some loners or those... ugh... Shattered Claws weaklings that we could rough up a bit." Spitfire almost spat out the name of their rival group. She hadn't come across any of them in a while and her claws were itching for a scuffle. She was outmatched by a large proportion of the New Order cats but she could at least hold her own against the more peace-loving group.

"You seen anyone other than New Order cats around lately? Other cats seem to not want to hang around ever since this human business picked up again... Maybe they have the right idea." A laugh that sounded more like a scoff exited her throat as she finished her meows. Whilst she'd never abandon the New Order, not for anything in the world, the over-activeness of the humans in the city lately was making her very, very uneasy.



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