private A HEARTLESS, BROKEN MESS | duckshimmer

[sneezeduck]

The shift in Duckshimmer's demeaner has become more noticeable as days pass. Maybe not to the average eye, but to kin? There's something off lately, and it's.. worrisome.

Sneezeduck has heard her cry, even when she doesn't want to be heard. He's watched her snap at others for things she wouldn't normally care about. And - she was always a stickler for the clean and tidy, but - her furious grooming of Ferndance and now Batchaser was the strangest of them all.

Without the guts to approach her and ask, lest he be snapped at or she picks through his head-fur as if he hadn't groomed in moons, Sneezeduck watched and listened, brainstorming. There's been a lot happening recently - but it's been quiet for a while.. is it finally getting to her, like it got to him? If she were reacting to Chilledstar's death (finally, he thinks sourly), well.. she's a bit late. Or Needledrift, or Applejaw, or Smogstar. Was she upset about Mirestar? She didn't seem it, right away..

At some point, Sneezeduck runs out of options. It is then that, with a heavy sigh, he finally approaches her. He's too concerned to brush it off, and wants to get to the behaviors' root before it gets worse. Before she alienates herself.

"Duckshimmer?" Sneezeduck coos softly as he approaches, bracing himself for a bad reaction, but hoping for cooperation. She's been so unpredictable.. he doesn't know what to expect. "Mom? Are you okay?" What's wrong with you lately? He looks for her face, her eyes.. stars, has she been crying again?

WISH AWAY THE NIGHTMAREㅤ ✩ ☾ㅤINFO.ㅤ/ㅤ12/28/2024

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  ■■■■■■ ✶ sneezeduck. warrior of shadowclan. ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ་༘࿐⋆｡𖦹°⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
  ☾ㅤamab cis male, he/him | undiscovered sexuality, single.
  ☾ㅤ14 moons old | ages every 2nd. created 2/5/2024
  ☾ㅤa young warrior, inexperienced in most things. | mentored by sharpshadow
  ☾ㅤLH chocolate tabby (carrying cinnamon, dilute)
  ☾ㅤunknown xx duckshimmer | brother to singeglare and swallowflutter
  ☾ㅤclose with marblepaw
  ☾ㅤwritten by ixora, ic opinions | tags‎

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[Duckshimmer]

*+:｡.｡ The shift in Duckshimmer's behavior hadn't gone unnoticed by herself, either. She had doubts about her change's connection to Chilledstar. As much as her dreams were plagued by the ghostly martyr she simply wasn't the grieving type. So imagine her surprise having every little thing - every damned minuscule thing set her off like some sort of hormonal kitten. Today is no different, once more left to recover with sniffles and stinging eyes after watching a icicle melt into nothing. How sad must it be, to be something strong enough to kill now reduced to a pathetic, evaporating puddle? Fuck, she can feel the tears blossoming to life again.

In an effort to blink them away, she doesn't notice her son approaching until it's too late. "Sneezeduck!" she hisses his name like a curse, fur fluffing out into strands of stinging nettle. Her eyes are periwinkle shards of glass as she whirls around to face her son, irritability spiking as suddenly as a cinder taking flame. Just as quick, however, the fire is doused. Duckshimmer flinches at her own reaction - at the effect it has on her sweet boy, at the look in his eyes prior to her cruel response.
Suddenly, all she feels is rain clouds.

"Ahh, my love I'm - I'm sorry" she sighs, collecting herself enough to know to glance away, tilting her nose up to the sky and blink rapidly lest she reveal the mist in her eyes. Her poor boy, her poor sweet duckling and look how she treats him - Stars - is she okay? "That is not your concern, sweetie," she tries to reassure, but her confidence it unaided by the sniffle in her voice. Damn!

*+:｡.｡ Updated 6/5/24

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  GENERAL:
  ⚜ Duckshimmer
  ⚜ DFAB— She/Her — Bisexual
  ⚜ 33 moons — Ages 1 moon every month real-time
  ⚜ Mother to Singepaw, Swallowpaw and Sneezepaw
  ⚜ Shadowclan — Warrior
  
  
  
  
  
  COMBAT:
  ⚜Physically medium | mentally hard
  ⚜ Attack in bold #ffa98f
  injuries: None currently

 

[sneezeduck]

The startled woman's hiss pierces through Sneezeduck, startling him in turn. As her wild eyes turn to him, his own are round and shrouded in doubt as he considers forgetting this whole thing and leaving her be. But Sneezeduck is nothing if he isn't stubbornly helpful, so the boy stands his ground until Duckshimmer's apprehension dwindles down to nothing.

"It's fine," he murmurs in response, though his tilted ears convey otherwise. He forgave her for her response already. But, is it fine that something must be terribly wrong with his mother for her to look at him like that? For her to cry and snap and withdraw? As expected, Duckshimmer refuses his questioning - and if she weren't all sniffles and tears as they speak, perhaps he would've taken the chance to ask another day.

"But it is," Sneezeduck presses, pushing aside the flickers of irritation sown in him. How could she say that? "It is, because you're my kin and you're crying." Sneezeduck would fuss over Singeglare and Swallowflutter all the same - though he knows they'd be just as quick to brush it off as their mother.

Maybe she won't talk - maybe he just needs to help. Maybe she needs some time away, some room to breathe. Sneezeduck knows that being out of camp helps him when he's down. After a moment, Sneezeduck steps in alongside her and brushes his tail reassuringly on her back. "I was.. just on my way out for a walk. It's nice out today. Will you walk with me?" He looks at her face, hoping she would look back - his own eyes sharpen slightly with concern. I won't take no for an answer.

WISH AWAY THE NIGHTMAREㅤ ✩ ☾ㅤINFO.ㅤ/ㅤ12/28/2024

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  ■■■■■■ ✶ sneezeduck. warrior of shadowclan. ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ་༘࿐⋆｡𖦹°⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
  ☾ㅤamab cis male, he/him | undiscovered sexuality, single.
  ☾ㅤ15 moons old | ages every 2nd. created 2/5/2024
  ☾ㅤa young warrior, inexperienced in most things. | mentored by sharpshadow
  ☾ㅤLH chocolate tabby (carrying cinnamon, dilute)
  ☾ㅤunknown xx duckshimmer | brother to singeglare and swallowflutter
  ☾ㅤclose with marblepaw
  ☾ㅤwritten by ixora, ic opinions | tags‎

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