all part of growing up | teething

[Addervenom]

Life doesn't discriminate

Sharp ivory gnaws ravenously upon a severally damaged stick punctured by multiple bites. Wood splinters and tumbles from mahogany tinted lips, scattering across the moorland prince's chest, limbs, and sandy ground below. An abrupt crack and snap is brought on by his deliberate chewing, causing a frustrated huff to escape him. Tossing aside the third piece of wood destroyed within such a short time frame, Adderkit grimaces. Much to the boy's dismay mouth still hurt with gums swollen, itchy, and achy. No matter how much he chewed he could only find temporary relief before he ultimately broke whatever he happened to be chewing upon. Agitation radiates from his tabby form, ears flattened as he searched for something else to crunch on. Eventually he turns his head in the direction of Vulturemask's den. They had all sorts of weird and silly plants that did all kinds of things for cats in pain. Perhaps the tom had something that could help him. Adderkit prowls over with purpose in his step, peering into the open space before calling out to the medicine cat. "Vulturemask. My mouth hurts, got anything that could help with that?" He asks, teeth clenching and unclenching to keep his mouth busy in the meantime.
(@VULTUREMASK this is not a pafp, feel free to post before Vulturemask does!) ​

Between the sinners and the saints​

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[Bluepool]

She has to say that the influx of kits lately has not been good for her. There was always someone running underfoot, someone to pester her or her clanmates with annoying questions when they could be going about their normal warrior duties. She is always told that she would understand one day, if she ever had kits but if was a pretty big word in the grand scheme of it all wasn’t it? And who was to say that there was some magic that could make this true? Still, it is not like she is mean to them. Everyone had to learn somehow, they had all been kits once she recognizes that but perhaps it was the way she was raised that led her to believe kits today were too soft. The marshlands or their father did not really permit her to be anything but rough around the edges and she believes a part of the natural process of learning is fucking around and finding out. Adderkit, it seemed, was learning that lesson today.

She listens as he calls out for Vulturemask, as he asks if he has something that’ll help and it takes everything in her not to roll her eyes. Hopefully Vulturemask knows better and won’t help so that Adderkit could learn that there were consequences to your actions (not that teaching him anything was her call to make exactly but that wouldn’t stop her) and she pads over, flicking her nephew with her dark tail in a way of greeting "Have you tried not biting sticks?" she asks, one imaginary eyebrow raised, wondering what led him to believe that such an action would end in any other way than this. Kits really were something else huh?

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[SOOTSTAR]

Sootstar wants nieces and nephews of her own one day, but knowing her sisters… well… her future was not so bright with that. Whether any of them ever carry children on their own, Sootstar finds honor in carrying on their family lineage. With seven whole kits now she was certain she had to be making Soot Claw and Pebble Breeze proud. Still, perhaps one day her sisters would be so kind and let her enjoy aunt-hood, to enjoy kitten kin without having to be the one birthing or nursing them.

The deftness Bluepool seems to have towards kits astounds her, she brushes up against her side in a silent greeting. ”Kits teeth, their gums hurt so bad they cannot help it.” Sootstar knows from her first litter, and being around kittens in general, that this was a sign Adderkit’s warrior fangs would be coming in soon. Oh… her heart cannot take it, another litter that grew up far too quickly.

Hopefully Vulturemask at least had something to numb the pain. ”Maybe I can have someone get you a nice, damp moss ball, Adderkit? Much softer than twigs and the cold will help with any pain you still have after whatever Vulturemask can do to help.” She offers from just outside the den, still standing beside a tabby sister. ​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 02/19

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

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 37 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
╰ ‣ sole key to her heart is loyalty, if you have her trust, she often shows a completely different side of herself. Aggression tends to manifest from her extreme paranoia
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. mate to Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to Windstrider, Sootchaser, Moorkit, Adderkit, Harrierkit, Bluekit & Cottonkit
╰ ‣ mentor to Smokepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​

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[Mintshade]

"BAH, don't be a kitten-ah. Right." She had been fully prepared to call Adderkit a bit of a whiner when she realized that yes. He was. Because he was a kitten. They did that a lot apparently, just moaned about and demanded things. Pesky and insistent. She couldn't stand kits, Sootstar's were the lone exceptions and that was an exception born of familial bonds and nothing more. She didn't want anything to do with them until they were apprentices and then maybe she'd get one of the little buggers as a treat. They'd be more tolerable than any other apprentice in the clan probably, because they were raised right. Not like some of them, a little too soft in the paw and heart; unwilling to unsheath their claws to the world. She'd come out the womb ready to fight, biting and quite undelicate despite her soft-sounding name. Mint was a soothing smell, gentle and the plants were often soft in texture and rounded in the leaves; a farcry from the spiky and lanky form of the shade.
"Did that foolheaded old medicine cat even teach him how to do anything with teeth? I doubt it." She hadn't trusted Dandelionwish even a little and she sure as hell didn't trust Vuturemask who was taught by him and probably not even properly. The bastard traitor probably lied about a lot of it just to get back at his former clanmates, they'd be eating poison before they realized it and Mintshade had made a mental note to just roll in the dirt if she ever got hurt; the earth would coat the wounds and stop the bleeding-she would be fine.
"What if we get a rock and let'em bite it to break it out? You get new teeth anyways! Mine grew back!"

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[VULTUREMASK]

Vulturemask's attention would get drawn over to the kit calling into the name after his attention. Tooth pain?. Aha. He remember it from his own kithood. That had hurt and totally sucked. Unfortunately he didn't have anything for it that could help beside...feverfew maybe but that was supposed to be used for more serious matters. Not something like this. He was not fond of the idea to waste his rescources unnecessery even for Sootstars kits. " Every kit goes through this there's nothing i really can do about it beside what your mother just suggested." he would explain not even thinking there was anything to help with toothaches, of course not knowing there it was. Mintshade had not wrong after all how Dandelionwish had lacked in that knowledge so hadn't been able to teach Vulturemask anything about that.

With a flink of his ear ignored Mintshades insulting remarks to the former medicine cat, to now his former friend. Dandelionwish was no longer a clanmates of his so had no intention to defend them any longer. " You can still eat right?." he would ask to make sure. If not that would be a different story he figured. Mintstahde suggestion on trying to get the teeth out by biting into a rock...really?. Maybe that would help but it would most bring pain to the kit. " I wouldn't do that. Could make him break more than just one teeth or...break his jaw. The teeth will fall out all on their own when the time is right." He really saw no reason why they should do anything about it really. This happend to all of them. Just like they had done as kits Adderkit just had to endure through it like they had.

// sorry but mintshade is right lol dandy didn't have the knowledge about toothaches and so vult does not have it either. stay strong adderkit xD


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[Addervenom]

Life doesn't discriminate

Impatiently Adderkit shifts on his paws, awaiting the emergence of windclan's healer. But in the meantime the voice of his aunt captures his attention, causing near vermillion shaded eyes to land upon Bluepool. His expression flattens, at her unhelpful advice. "My mouth hurt before I started chewing on the sticks...honestly it feels better when I do chew on them." But there were only so many sticks laying around camp and he grew annoyed with each snapping branch. There would be nothing left to chew before long. His attention flickers to Sootstar, listening attentively to the sagely wisdom that fell from her lips. A moss ball, he had not thought of that. A shallow nod of his head puts him in silent agreement for a time. "Okay, yeah a moss ball would be nice." He murmurs.

However he blinks incredulously as Mintshade suggests chewing on rocks. Grimacing he shook his head, in his own way trying to politely disregard her advice. "I'm not doing that." He didn't want to break his teeth over anything. Finally Vulturemask steps into the fold and Adderkit turns to face him. Disappointment shapes his features as he realizes the medic could do nothing to help him. "Yeah I can still eat..." He mutters, clearly miffed with the idea of having to suffer through, whatever this was until it stopped. "How long will I be like this?" Adderkit mumbles, turning to face his mother, expressions still dejected. ​

Between the sinners and the saints​

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[SOOTSTAR]

Now in the company of her other sister she snorts at the reference to their old medicine cat. No, of course he wouldn’t have, truth be told, Sootstar had no idea what information their previous medicine cat held on the art of healing. Knowing that traitor he most certainly picked certain tidbits of information to not tell their new medicine cat.

No matter, her Adderkit was strong, he would be able to endure the pain even if it came with some whining.

”For some time, Tiger.” She soothes, calling him by a nickname she sometimes refers to him as for his tabby stripes. ”But you will endure it being the strong kitten you are. I’ll send some apprentices to take some moss balls to the stream to dip, those should provide some relief… Ah, and you’ll have to share with your litter-mates.” If Adderkit’s teeth were causing problems she has no doubt the others fangs would start hurting soon, if they weren’t already.​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 02/19

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

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 37 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
╰ ‣ sole key to her heart is loyalty, if you have her trust, she often shows a completely different side of herself. Aggression tends to manifest from her extreme paranoia
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. mate to Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to Windstrider, Sootchaser, Moorkit, Adderkit, Harrierkit, Bluekit & Cottonkit
╰ ‣ mentor to Smokepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​

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[BLUEFROST]

Bluekit's gums hurt. Perhaps it's less of a pain and more of an itching, a general uncomfortable ache that she can't get rid of no matter what she does. The tiny blue-pelted she-kit hadn't thought of gnawing on something hard -- she thinks Adderkit must just like the taste of wood in his mouth. She shudders, but she has half a mind to ask him if it works -- something has to get rid of this feeling at the root of her teeth.

She toddles after her brother, turning wide eyes on their medicine cat. He can treat so much that hurts. Surely he can help them, too.

Bluepool streams over, flicking the fluff of her tail against her littermate's flank. She gently mocks him for chewing the stick, and Bluekit can't help but agree with her aunt. She hadn't had a chance to ask if it had helped at all, but Adderkit tells their aunt that it did feel better. She makes a note of this in her head.

When Sootstar takes notice of them, Bluekit listens intently to her advice. A moss ball. Chewy, she thinks. Like chewing the lining of one's nest. "I want to try it," she tells her mother. Sootstar implores Adderkit to share -- she thinks it's more likely for Adderkit to share with her than Moorkit, anyway.

Vulturemask asks if they can still eat, and Bluekit nods. "We can," she offers. "But when we're not eating it hurts."

It takes a few heartbeats for Bluekit to take in what Mintshade has suggested -- and her eyes grow very wide, very round in her face. "Our teeth are going to fall out?" Despite the over-pronunciation of her words, her baby voice is high-pitched with fear. She puts a paw to her mouth as if to reassure herself all her fangs are still present. "Will that... hurt? Will they grow back?" Anxiety colors her words.​

[ PENNED BY MARQUETTE ]​

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[Bluepool]

Bluepools immediate knee-jerk reaction is to lie and tell her niece that yes, your teeth falling out was the most excruciating pain you've ever felt in your entire life. It would be funny to see both Bluekit's and Adderkit's reactions but one look at her sister's concerned face tells her that maybe she should hold off on it. Bluepool does not know how Sootstar ended up such a doting she-cat. Motherhood suited her, it seemed. It was hard to imagine a good mother, in Bluepools mind she cannot conjure up what one looked like. Not until she saw how her sister interacted with her kits.

"It bleeds a lot when they fall out and that might be scary but you'll be fine it happens to everyone" she says, not knowing that the mention of blood might scare them too. She does not remember asking so many questions when she was their age, does not remember much from childhood at all. Perhaps she has blocked it out in favor of making room for better memories.

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