So if a cat dies...

[mysteryfaith]

Greetings, WMSers! Haha, I read that aloud and it sounded like "wuhmissers". I may have to start calling you guys that.

I'm very jolly today, but I have a question about the plot. (Why am I jolly, you ask? I've just been told that I'm going to get a signed postcard from my favourite show, AND I got a tweet from one of the cast of said show. U JELLY?)

Well, I have two elders to roleplay. As we are all aware, elders are old. This means that elders are closer to death than their younger Clanmates - in fact, elders are probably in the same "probability of death" group as lemmings on that little video game and those people who do daredevil stunts with faulty motorbikes.

Anyhow, your craaazy (and good!) little plot has told me loud-'n'-proud that with the disappearance of StarClan, any cat who dies will still wander the earth as a lost soul. So say my elders were to kick the bucket; would I keep roleplaying them, as they technically haven't really died yet, or would I just stop playing them?

I'm aware that once a cat dies in other roleplays, where StarClan is still watching over our little Clan kitties, you just stop playing them. (Unless you decide to pop up randomly and hand out prophecies. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that, but I doubt little Jimmypaw [and his roleplayer] would be pleased to find that, when Jimmypaw went out to sniff some "relaxing" catnip, he would be faced with a StarClan warrior, and end up with a random, plot-diverting prophecy about how he's destined to save the forest from an onslaught of rabid monkeys.)

That's all from me. Just a simple question. I did ramble on a bit - but I'm excited, so can you blame me? I mean, a signed postcard. A SIGNED POSTCARD! And all because I dressed up like a fat king!

A signed postcard!

[Durango]

Haha, okay well, no you don't have to roleplay any cat that dies. You can allude to them or their spirit being around, though, if you'd like. You could make them maybe pop up occasionally as an out of the corner of your eye type of thing, or some cat could swear that they can hear their voice. It's just very paranormal... If you'd like you could briefly roleplay them here and there, like their spirit could show up in a crowd or something.

Their interaction with the living would probably creep the living cats out, just like seeing ghosts would creep us out... since they're not quite StarClan. They've got no stars in their fur, they don't rest in peace, they're actually quite anguished and lost and the way I figure it, they're just as scared of other ghosts as a living cat would be of some strange, unexplained non-StarClan spirit.

You'll probably have more questions based on that, so fire away. XD

[mysteryfaith]

Well, that's that sorted then! I'm virtually questionless, which is a first - huzzah! Thanks. xP

[Durango]

Okay then, I'm glad that answered your questions.