- Feb 14, 2025
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RIVERKIT
HE/THEY RIVERCLAN KIT
Riverkit finds it difficult to understand why death was so monumental to his clanmates. Death as a concept in itself is something he struggles to comprehend, to nod with his head and say "I get it". Lichenstar had passed suddenly, shaking the Clan to its core. They remembered her as a strong leader who rose after Smokestar's sudden demise; they all had fond memories of her which could now only be passed down through words. Riverkit, however, only recalls her as a frail she-cat, who looked more like an elder than a leader. His memories are of her plagued by illness, something he resonates with deeply.
He is not as fearful as he is curious. The kitten knows not how to grieve properly, knows not how to act and what he should and shouldn't say. But, when he sees Robinheart coming towards the nursery for a routine visit, he feels the words just pop into his mind easily. "Robinheart." Riverkit calls, a feathery tail whisking behind their frame. "Why. . . did Lichenstar die?" He breathes the question like it's something simple. After an audible whistle of his lungs as he exhales, he continues: "Will. . . my sickness. . . take me too?" Because Lichenstar and him must share a fate just as they share an illness, right? A morbid question that hangs heavy in the air, undoubtedly suffocating to those who understand the words better than he does.
He is not as fearful as he is curious. The kitten knows not how to grieve properly, knows not how to act and what he should and shouldn't say. But, when he sees Robinheart coming towards the nursery for a routine visit, he feels the words just pop into his mind easily. "Robinheart." Riverkit calls, a feathery tail whisking behind their frame. "Why. . . did Lichenstar die?" He breathes the question like it's something simple. After an audible whistle of his lungs as he exhales, he continues: "Will. . . my sickness. . . take me too?" Because Lichenstar and him must share a fate just as they share an illness, right? A morbid question that hangs heavy in the air, undoubtedly suffocating to those who understand the words better than he does.
ooc:
wait for @robinheart !
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Riverkit is a long-legged but graceful silvery-blue tabby kit with feathery fur and heterochromatic blue-amber eyes.
"speech" thoughts
pebbletail x splashdance / sibling to pearlkit, bogkit, chatterkit
2 moons old as of 03/21/2025penned by nocthymia