SHOOTING STAR // stargazing

[VULTUREMASK]

Breath. He needed to get out of this place so he could breathe. Leechpaw had left the medicine cat den in the middle of the night, being his first time stepping out of the den since coming back after helping out to kill that hawk which had resulted to him receving this scars he now had across the left side of his face. They were deep and long, going the whole way down to his neck. Now and then he could still feel the stinging pain. But he choose to ignore it.

Leechpaw sat himself outside the medicine cat den so he could look up at the stars. He remembered how often he used to sit outside here with Rosepaw beside him. The older apprentice had always come out from his shelterd nest to accompany him outside so they together could watch the stars together. He had never cared much about stargazing, but Rosepaw had loved the stars. Tonight the stars gave him some sort of empty comfort. It wasn't the warm kind, but the cold one. The stars had taken Rosepaw away from him, stolen so much without even seeming to feel any remorse for it. That was why he never could like them. In fact he condemned them. Starclan was nothing but a joke to him, but for this night only he would put that aside just so he could keep this memory of him and Rosepaw to cherish the time they had have. This calm peaceful nights they had shared together side by side. Now he was all alone once more, or so he decided to be. Maybe he had Bumblepaw and his mentor Echolight but he still felt alone. He always had and maybe he always would.

At least this night was beautiful. Rosepaw would have liked watching the stars tonight that was for sure.


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[hyacinthbreath]

♚ It wasn't hard to know where Leechpaw went these days, but that didn't mean Hyacinthbreath followed the tom around- she valued privacy deeply, ached for it often herself. WindClanners always gossiped about things they knew nothing about, but that merely made secrets hard to keep here. Such as Leechpaw's location on this night.

Hyacinthbreath spots the tom in the distance, sat outside of the medicine den and staring at the sky. Stoic expression shifts momentarily, and Hya makes her way over quietly. "Do you want to see the stars better, Leechpaw? There's a hill outside of camp that I can take you to." She asks, soft soprano vibrating in her chest. He wasn't her son, nor was he her apprentice- but she was fiercely protective of Leechpaw's freedom as a person. "Do you think Rosepaw is watching us? Cheering us on?"​

 

[SOOTSTAR]

Sootstar looked to the sky often for guidance, she didn't receive it often but after Emberfang she looked for a twinkle in the night more often. Would the stars one day have more to share with her? She imagined yes, but if they were to go to anyone it'd likely be to her medicine cat. Part of that fact causes her to feel envious, but it took a certain mind sometimes to interpret the words of their ancestors, a mind she did not have. Not to the same extent as Dandelionwish anyhow.

It didn't take a medicine cat Sootstar believed, however, to know that they were watching.
"We are WindClan, of course StarClan is watching. That means Rosepaw too." The blue smoke offers confidently to lead warrior and apprentice, her head pointed into the sky. "StarClan never takes their gaze off WindClan, it is how we are lucky in comparison to the other clans. They all have trees that obstruct StarClan's view on them, but for us? Nothing blocks the gaze of our ancestors." Soot could go on and on, but she chooses to close her maw for now. Everyone's heard her preeching and praise of StarClan, Leechpaw and Hyacinithbreath likely have many times before.​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )​

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 31 moons . pisces. ages on the first
╰ ‣ windclan leader . marsh-born . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former soldier of the marsh group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like heather and wet dirt , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue smoke . scarred chest, difficult to see through fur . green eyes

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Cunning, brash, fierce, confident, self-reliant, envious & selfish
╰ ‣ finds great difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, usually shows mercy to those she can find sympathy with
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. romantically interested in Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to owlpaw & shrikepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.

 

[Periwinklebreeze.]

PERFECT LITTLE PUNCHING BAG​

periwinklekit | 03 months | demi-boy | he/they | physically easy (pacifist) | mentally easy | attack in bold #ccccff​

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Periwinklekit knows it's late, and that he should be sleeping in his nest in the medicine den, but as his cold fades his sleeping sickness has returned in full force. He feels anxious, restless - he needs to be up and doing something - he just doesn't know what. He watches in silence as leechpaw leaves the den, and he hesitates. The older tom hadn't seemed particularly receptive to his attempts at reaching out, but he hadn't seemed all that mean or upset by his presence either. After an internal debate, the tom slips forth from his own nest, soft paws near silent as he emerges. Hyacinthbreath is already present - his second mom his brain helpfully supplies. It had taken some convincing of course, but he wasn't all to upset at the revelation. Without even a second thought, he pads over and plops himself down, leaning against her. He doesn't bother saying anything - the silence is nice, and he doesn't want to interrupt the adults conversation.

 

[VULTUREMASK]

It didn't took long before he was not alone anymore as he had been blessed with company. Leechpaw twitched his whiskers, his attention soon fell on thier lead warrior, Hyacinthbreath. The scoff he had almost had on his maw lay itself to rest. He was too tired to really hiss her away, and truthfully there was worse company in this clan he could have beside her. The way she spoke to him though like he was some delicate feather...at this point he wasn't even sure what to feel about it. Her eyes that seemed to bedray some kind of...caring. " That would be...nice." he was hesitant with his words, speaking more calmer from his usual sharp tone. Leechpaw would take an excuse to leave camp right now to get further away from the medicine cat den...but also the idea of getting higher up to reach the sky, it was a nice comfort to image himself getting closer to Rosepaw up there.

He didn't like Rosepaw and starclan getting brought up in the same topic though which he instantly showed with a frown. Did she had to bring Rosepaw up?, with starclan none the less...Leechpaw shifted his attention away from her and gave one flink of his tail. " How should i know." he sounded defensive now, not ready to talk about Rosepaw not with just any cat. Bumblepaw was the only cat who had been able to make him talk about it...about him. Another flink of his tail, this time a bit more swift.

And of course to make it even worse, Sootstar had to show up cursing his ears with her ramblings about her devotion to starclan and how blessed they all were to have them. Leechpaw would grit his teeth, staring helplessly at his own paws. How could Sootstar still devote herself to starclan so much after what had happened?. " But they did...didn't they?. Take thier eyes off us." he would mutter, and he almost froze when catching himself saying that in front of their leader.... He needed to be careful when running his mouth around her especially when it came to her beloved starclan...which he grow to despise for every single day that passed. He paused, reflecting on his words more carefully. " How can you remain so positive after everything that has happened?." he decided to ask their leader. In his eyes starclan had failed them from the start but Sootstar didn't see that instead of keeping it going forward firmly with her belief. Did she never grow tired of it?. Never hesitant at all?.

It was a nice distraction when Perwinklekit showed up seating himself beside Hyacinthbreath. A nice change of focusing his attention on something else. Looked like the kid was feeling better now. Oh well, almost. Looked like the kit couldn't sleep either. He would give them an acknowledged nod but didn't say anything. He looked fine beside his...mother.


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