- Nov 27, 2023
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The stink of Twolegs and their sickly clean artificial homes follows Slateheart into WindClan's territory. There's a lingering scent of water and fish wound into his pelt from his night spent pressed into Troutsnout's fur - but he has since fabricated a story in his head, preparing for the barrage of questions to come.
Slateheart rehearses his explanation in his head. It was coincidence - StarClan sent him at just the right time to see a lone RiverClanner being kidnapped. The good in him, the savior, it extends not only to his own clan; he acted out of instinct, no ulterior motive. Would've done the same for anyone. They kept them both in a cage, pressed together - how he loathed the scent of RiverClan then, the feel of her sleek fur. He had no choice.
It was nothing like what really happened. He was there on purpose, and in the moment, he couldn't bear the thought of never seeing his newfound friend again. He chose to sleep with her that night, cuddled into her fur like it was his familiar nest at home. WindClan would never hear of his real motives during that week, at least.. not those he didn't trust with his life.
As soon as Lichenstar set him free, Slateheart beelined for the moors. In a rush of adrenaline, his body forgot that it was without fuel. By the stars, he felt he'd never ran so fast in his life. By the time he crossed the bridge, he spared a last glance to RiverClan's territory - to Troutsnout, the cat he was captured alongside - and bid her a silent farewell. Then, again, he ran.
Slateheart must have just missed the morning patrols, for he made it to camp without little intervention. He slows as he bounds up to the ridge of WindClan's hollow, letting his green gaze fall upon the cats inside. One pair of eyes raises to him, double takes, and then whispers to the next - before he knows it, there are many. His presence is known.
It is now that Slateheart's adrenaline wears off, and he's left to face the consequences of such a long run without little more than kittypet slop. The black-furred tom wavers for a few moments, and then keels forward. He buckles forward and stumbles into the dirt, heaving for breath as his lungs burn. A smile grows upon his maw - he never thought he'd see his home, and.. here he was, just outside, looking in at the cats he once feared he'd never greet again. His stomach aches, feels as if it was consuming itself. Oh, how he just craved for a juicy rabbit right about now..
// ooc - slate is just outside camp! it's been about a week ic and what cats can gather now is that he smells of riverclan and twoleg, and has been eating very scarcely. anyone is free to interact but honorarily tagging @SUNSTAR <3
Slateheart rehearses his explanation in his head. It was coincidence - StarClan sent him at just the right time to see a lone RiverClanner being kidnapped. The good in him, the savior, it extends not only to his own clan; he acted out of instinct, no ulterior motive. Would've done the same for anyone. They kept them both in a cage, pressed together - how he loathed the scent of RiverClan then, the feel of her sleek fur. He had no choice.
It was nothing like what really happened. He was there on purpose, and in the moment, he couldn't bear the thought of never seeing his newfound friend again. He chose to sleep with her that night, cuddled into her fur like it was his familiar nest at home. WindClan would never hear of his real motives during that week, at least.. not those he didn't trust with his life.
As soon as Lichenstar set him free, Slateheart beelined for the moors. In a rush of adrenaline, his body forgot that it was without fuel. By the stars, he felt he'd never ran so fast in his life. By the time he crossed the bridge, he spared a last glance to RiverClan's territory - to Troutsnout, the cat he was captured alongside - and bid her a silent farewell. Then, again, he ran.
Slateheart must have just missed the morning patrols, for he made it to camp without little intervention. He slows as he bounds up to the ridge of WindClan's hollow, letting his green gaze fall upon the cats inside. One pair of eyes raises to him, double takes, and then whispers to the next - before he knows it, there are many. His presence is known.
It is now that Slateheart's adrenaline wears off, and he's left to face the consequences of such a long run without little more than kittypet slop. The black-furred tom wavers for a few moments, and then keels forward. He buckles forward and stumbles into the dirt, heaving for breath as his lungs burn. A smile grows upon his maw - he never thought he'd see his home, and.. here he was, just outside, looking in at the cats he once feared he'd never greet again. His stomach aches, feels as if it was consuming itself. Oh, how he just craved for a juicy rabbit right about now..
// ooc - slate is just outside camp! it's been about a week ic and what cats can gather now is that he smells of riverclan and twoleg, and has been eating very scarcely. anyone is free to interact but honorarily tagging @SUNSTAR <3
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━━ HEALTH ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♡ | generally healthy, but experiencing shortness of breath.
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━━ MOOR-RUNNER WARRIOR of WINDCLAN
━━ 23 MOONS,, ages every 6th
━━LYNXTOOTHxxADELAIDExx SILVERFOOT
━━ SIBLING to GRAVELSNAP and ASHPAW
━━ MATE to none | PARENT to none
━━ MENTOR to BEEPAW | MENTORED byLYNXTOOTH -
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