sensitive topics let us be brave // fainting + dev.

STEADY THE RIGHTS AND THE WRONGS
periwinklepaw | 07 months | demi-boy | he/they | physically easy (pacifist) | mentally easy | attack in bold #ccccff
Last night ahd simply been... to much. Much to much. He's just so tired, every step sending him wobbling, eyes unfocused and vision blurry - tear tracks dried into his fur from the night before. Head bobs and dips with a mind of its own as he sits beside the medicine den - uncertain he'll be welcome after all that has happened. Dandelionwish had not even spared a simple goodbye, and vulturemask has patients to care for - there is no room for him left in their den, no place for such a useless outcast. A failure.

There must be something wrong with me. It is a thought he visits often, ever since childhood. His words do not come out right, sometimes don't come out at all. He is useless at battle - just the thought of hurting another sends him spiraling beneath waves of panic, the sight and scent of blood dizzying, sickening enough to leave him heaving. He cannot sleep no matter how hard he tries - and he tries, laying still and breathing deep and even. Nothing works - nothing helps. There is no cure-all herb for this - he's tried them all he thinks, every last bitter tasting scrap of herb that Dandelionwish thought might have ben the answer. They'd never found it - and now he was gone. They're all gone he thinks blearily, bitterly, mournfully.

Perhaps he should've left with them - perhaps he should've said something, done something. Anything. But what use would that have been? Why didn't his clanmates see it - arguing with sootstar, arguing with windclan's ideals, it was useless. Bitter bile fills his mouth as his stomach roll - just the thought of being one of those chased into exile leaving him ll. He'd long ago given up hope, long ago stopped entertaining such thoughts. His only wish was to live - to survive, to stay here - with dustpaw, with vulturemask, with aspenpaw, with sunflowerkit and dreamkit and- and-

He never gets to finish his thought, for he topples right on over, head dipping down one last time as eyes shutter closed. Steady breathing wracks his pale frame, the only sign that he hasn't simply keeled over then and there. He will remembered none of this.

// dudes running on day 4 of no sleep and finally passed out, otherwise he's fine just suffering from prolonged insomnia and the exhaustion that comes with it;; as usual ya'll have perms for everything from healing to casual to minor injury powerplay, but he won't be waking up in this thread
 

Azaleapaw had just returned from hunting, bringing back a fairly decent sized mouse when she saw Periwinklepaw collapse. She felt concern rise in her chest, and she quickly deposited her catch to the pile and trotted over to him.

Was he okay? She poked and prodded him to no avail. He didn't look to be in pain... He was just sleeping.

Periwinklepaw was one of the nicer ones. He didn't jeer at her, he was friendly and not one of those who worshipped Sootstar and this silly definition of loyalty they had. But with Periwinklepaw asleep and vulnerable.... She settled down next to him and tucked in her paws.

It was her own way of showing she cared.
 
Gravelpaw isn't Periwinklepaw's biggest fan. He thinks the other apprentice is softhearted and annoying. A general nuisance who Gravelpaw can't see becoming a warrior anytime soon, if ever. There's also the small issue of Gravelpaw actually feeling some bit of respect for them, which is troublesome at best. Periwinklepaw is beneath him, and should stay in the nursery with the other kits of the clan.

Seeing them collapsed into the dirt is enough to set off alarm bells in Gravelpaw's head, though. They do care about all their fellow apprentices, even Periwinklepaw.

Gravelpaw flinches at the thought; no, they don't care about Periwinklepaw. That's wildly inaccurate. They have no personal stake in the other apprentice's wellbeing, they only care that WindClan needs all the capable bodies it can get, and Periwinklepaw being injured means that there's less capable cats to keep the clan afloat.

Shoulders tense, the black-patched apprentice takes quick strides to stand beside Azaleapaw, eyes narrowed as he inspects Periwinklepaw. His flank shifts with breath, so that's a good sign. "Are they okay?" He asks, worry staining his voice despite his best efforts. It seems strange to be napping out in the open like this, so they jump to the conclusion that Periwinklepaw must be on the brink of death, or something of the sort. "Where's Vulturemask?" They can't hide the fact that they're rattled, their usual calm air having deserted them by now, calling the clan healer's name—surely he's nearby the medicine den.


// all ic opinions !!!
[ DEATH OF A DREAM ]
 

His den was crowded now with clanmates he wished to be nowhere near him right now. It had taken all self-control in him to not snap at them all to attend to their own injures not wishing to help anyone of them. Dandelionwish was gone but thankfully he had made it out. Vulturemask's prayers had been heard by starclan for once and they had decided to help the sepia to get out from this very place who had condeem his soul. Not starclan. It never had been. Vision taking out of context. This had not been starclan's wish. None of this should have happened. Dandelionwish should have been praised not exiled. But nothing he said would change his friends fate now not when Sootstar was convinced she was right. At least had made it out alive. Thank starclan for that.

Bitterly he had retreated back in the corner of his den after finishing attending the last of his patients. It was not until he moved his attention back in the den that he noticed the black headed friend of his was gone....Vulturemask had have no time to really pay attention to them and with his own inner storm of emotions had not thought about them. He was not used to having to look after somebody else before his own needs. But now when he was absent it became so very clear that he was not the only one who was suffering in silence. Periwinklepaw had been close to Dandelionwish too. It become obivious he had to find them to make sure they where okay.

The medicine cat was quick to reach the entrance but hesitant to step outside. He didn't wish to leave in truth but as his gaze scan around the camp from the shadows from his den soon saw something that made his heart sink. Out there he saw the apprentice he had grew so attached to collapsed on the ground. Vulturemask eyes went wide and he couldn't see anything else as he stormed inside assuming the worst to have happend, heart racing in his chest. " What happened to him?." his voice was like a calm icy storm as he demanded answers out of the two apprentice like he expected them to know. His eyes where wide and pupils small, looking feral as he glared at the two before his gaze quickly moved down to the passed out body belonging to Periwinklepaw.

He was quick to make his side to them to check if they still was breathing, and luckily they were. Relief was short-lived as he laid down beside them and attempted to start grooming their face hoping that would wake them up. That was all he could come up with to do...not knowing what else he could do. No physicial injures....this was where his knowledge stopt entierly.



 

Azaleapaw didn't know if anything was truly wrong, but she figured.....He looked okay... He was breathing, wasn't he? He's just sleeping.

"He fell over so I came to check on him.... He's sleeping." She said.

What else could he be doing???

Did Periwinklepaw have a condition she didn't know about.... One that made sleep bad???

Gravelpaw asked about Vulturemask and as if on queue, The medicine cat appeared. He seemed worried, and his tone made her lower her ears. He intimidated her, and she hoped she somehow was such a good warrior she never got hurt.

"He fell over.." she repeated to him.

Would he be mad at her for not coming to him immediately? Periwinklepaw was just taking a nap, right????

"He's just sleeping, right....?" She asked, a rare hint of concern in her voice.
 


Though most didn't get directly invovled and opted to stare, ignore, or hope they were helping by just letting Vulturemask do his own thing, Periwinklepaw had created a scene fast. Sootstar often told him not to stare, not to stick his nose into buisness that did not concern him, but he can't help it. What in the name of StarClan was happening with that apprentice?!

Peering at the scene from behind a tiny bank of snow within the camp, he watches Vulturemask fruitlessly lick the fallen felines head. Had Periwinklepaw just been tired? He is certain he's not seen the apprentice laying around anywhere, and his eyes had begun to grow red... Weird... he narrows his eyes judgmentally; couldn't he have at least gotten to a nest?

//tldr; harrierkit is being his typical silently judging self when having truly no clue whats going on

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( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )
🪶 ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, male — he / him
╰ ‣ 2 moons . pisces. ages on the 14th
╰ ‣ windclan kit . believes in starclan

🪶 ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells of the earth and dry grass , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue and brown chimera . average sized WindClanner . yellow eyes

🪶 ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Chaotic neutral
╰ ‣ self-reliant, loyal, disciplined, direct, impatient, unsympathetic, judge mental
╰ ‣ finds moderate difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, but typically displays mercy

🪶 ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· WEASELCLAW x SOOTSTAR, sister to Windstrider, Sootchaser, Moorkit, Adderkit, Bluekit & Cottonkit
╰ ‣ sexuality unknown
╰ ‣ apprentice to TBD
╰ ‣ poor fighter . poor hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.