BACK FROM THE EDGE // snakeblink

RAINWHISKER

RAINWHISKER

「 OATH KEEPER 」
RiverClan 1K Clan Founder
Jun 8, 2022
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The sound of the river and the wildlife that surrounded it was beautiful. The water, the crickets, the swaying reeds, the chirping frogs, all came together to compose the perfect melody. It never got old to Brook's folded ears. Perhaps it is why this late afternoon she walked mindlessly along the riverbank, an acute smile on her face as the river babbled to her side.

Kaplonk.
The sound of something disrupting the water, diving into the river. A frog? No, it could not be... it was heavier than a frog, much heavier.
A cat? Had one of her companions taken an intentional dive?

She leans forward, "Did someone just go into the water?" Brook asks, hoping to hear a verbal response. "The air is getting cool... don't you think you're going to get cold?" She rambles to the mystering being.

// @Snakeblink !! :D​

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


╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· BROOK, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 23 moons . 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 . blue eyes . blind

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ISFJ-T ❝ DEFENDER ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Observant, reliable, hardworking, overcommitted, humble, takes critique personally
╰ ‣ finds minimal difficulty in relating to others . quick to show mercy, unless her family is at risk of harm
╰ ‣ Doesn't appreciate most proper titles, doesn't feel deserving of them

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· NPC x GRACE, sister to Lightningstone & Stormpaw
╰ ‣ bisexual.
╰ ‣ skilled fighter . average hunter .
╰ ‣ unlikely to start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​
 
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Snakeblink had, perhaps foolishly, hoped no one would be around to hear him trip into the river.

Listen. A fall can happen to anyone. Even the most sure footed hunter may slip on the riverbank after heavy rainfall, or walk through a patch of reeds expecting there to be solid ground underneath the weeds.

(He speaks from experience.)

And sometimes, it happens to Snakeblink by way of losing his balance while striking out a paw towards the fish he’d been waiting out for the past few minutes.

Damn thing swims away in a rush, and he's left soaked through with nothing to show for it. He doesn’t know why he bothers to try and fish dry if this is how he's going to end up anyway.

The voice calling after him is another unfortunate surprise — he didn’t notice anyone near. Truly, he’s slipping in every way; he needs to get more sleep. And perhaps more training. He swims a little closer to a bundle of water weeds and pokes his head out of the water to see who it is coming his way. If he’s quick and discrete enough, he might be able to escape this with his dignity intact… Although discretion might be a waste of his time, he thinks as he recognizes the molly in question.

Brook’s ears are tilted forward, acutely listening for movement around herself, eyes staring left of where Snakeblink is hiding. She’s clearly heard him already: there’s no point in slinking off like a thief, unless he wishes to raise alarms for no reason.

With a faint sigh, Snakeblink slithers around reeds and waterlogged branches until he’s in more reasonable speaking range of the other cat.

"The water is quite nice, actually. Why don't you take a plunge and check for yourself?"​


ooc. information.
  • ooc: Brook.... (holds gently)

  • — Snakeblink • he / him. 34 ☾, riverclan warrior
    — a sleek, skinny tabby with long ears and a scar over his right eye.
    — gay, not actually evil, penned by @Kangoo


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A few silent moments pass, she wonders if perhaps she had just been hearing things... Surely not? The splash had sounded vivid, but she's heard phantom noises before. Yet to confirm what her ears had heard, a voice from below speaks to her. Snakeblink, she recognizes.

She reaches a paw out to feel the water, allowing her toes to succumb briefly to the liquid. It's cool to the touch, but Snakeblink in a sense is right, it's not as bad as the blue molly predicted. You'd think for this time of year the water would freeze your whiskers off! "Okay, but if my body turns to ice you'll be the one fishing me out." Half-joking, half-serious the warrior calls to him.

With mild hesitation and one last inhale, she leaps off the bank and allows all four paws to hit the water. She goes under for a few quiet moments, the sound of water filling her folded ears. They were good for at least one thing though... less water managed to get into her head. Using her front paws she eventually rises back up onto the surface, her paws doggy paddling to continue to keep her afloat. She swims to a shallower area to stand, the rocks her paws find are slippery, but she manages.

With the water now at her shoulders she muses, "Little chilly, but I expected worse.". Her tail idly floats in the water, "You come out for a dive often? Plan to even when leaf-bare arrives?" ​

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


╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· BROOK, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 23 moons . 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 . blue eyes . blind

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ISFJ-T ❝ DEFENDER ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Observant, reliable, hardworking, overcommitted, humble, takes critique personally
╰ ‣ finds minimal difficulty in relating to others . quick to show mercy, unless her family is at risk of harm
╰ ‣ Doesn't appreciate most proper titles, doesn't feel deserving of them

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· NPC x GRACE, sister to Lightningstone & Stormpaw
╰ ‣ bisexual.
╰ ‣ skilled fighter . average hunter .
╰ ‣ unlikely to start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​
 
X0SKlVx.png


He watches the blue molly jump in the water, bemused. Any fish around has already been spooked off by his own tumble into the river, so the noise is hardly a problem, but he doesn’t understand how she can take such a leap of faith when she has no way of knowing if she’ll land safely or on top of some sharp rocks. It’s downright impressive — or foolish, he can’t tell.

“I do. Probably even more once leaf-bare is there: the further away from the banks you are, the less ice there is. Makes fishing much easier. ”

He gives the muddy ground a push to come nearer Brook, careful not to slap her with his long tail as he circles her. “You get used to the cold after a while. It helps to keep yourself moving — if you stay still too long, your fur starts to gather frost. Although with the length of yours, you might feel its bite less... Lucky you.”

In truth, he's a bit jealous: his own fur is too short to insulate him from the chilly water, and he often starts shivering while lying in wait for some poor fish.
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ooc. information.


  • — Snakeblink • he / him. 34 ☾, riverclan warrior
    — a sleek, skinny tabby with long ears and a scar over his right eye.
    — gay, not actually evil, penned by @Kangoo


​
 


Even more when leaf-bare arrived?! The statement shocks her, you likely wouldn't find the blue tabby swimming for quite a few moons when leaf-bare hit... she doesn't think so, anyways. "You fish from the water?" She inquires with a head tilt, stepping down from her rock in the water and beginning to paddle her legs once more. "How do you manage that?" Fishing in general was confusing to Brook, never had she been successful at it. But fishing in the water added a whole new element of internal question marks.

The tabby takes heed of the tom's advice and begins to swim around, seeing if she'd become more comfortable with the temperature. Assuming the current is mild, she's strong enough to swim very slowly upstream. It wasn't efficient, but luckily her intent wasn't to go anywhere. "I take it you're short-furred?" She meows with humor laced in her tone. ​

( casual character / "speech" / ic opinions )​
╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· BROOK, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 23 moons . ages on the first
╰ ‣ riverclan warrior . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former member of the pine group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like fish and river , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue tabby . blue eyes . blind

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
╰ ‣ Observant, reliable, hardworking, overcommitted, humble, takes critique personally
╰ ‣ finds minimal difficulty in relating to others . quick to show mercy, unless her family is at risk of harm
╰ ‣ Doesn't appreciate most proper titles, doesn't feel deserving of them

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· NPC x GRACE, sister to Lightningstone & Stormpaw
╰ ‣ bisexual.
╰ ‣ skilled fighter . average hunter .
╰ ‣ unlikely to start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​
 
X0SKlVx.png

The disbelief on her face pulls a chuckle out of him. They’re riverclan — their motto might as well be what’s a little water? “I’m like a water snake — or a shrew, I guess,” he adds to the unfortunate, if obvious, comparison. Although it's not as if she wouldn't have made the connection herself eventually. “Smooth-skinned, bad eyesight, good at fishing underwater.”

He watches her move through the water with no little amount of curiosity. She’s a strong swimmer, he can see that immediately, with good spatial awareness. She doesn’t come close to colliding with him once despite the added difficulty of moving against the current.

“It’s not that hard, once you learn the basics — you only need good lungs, patience, and a good feel for the way things move around you. Actually...” He muses, looking at her again with an idea slowly forming in his mind. “You might find it easy, if you tried.”
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ooc. information.
  • ooc: take a shot every time i say 'water' in three paragraphs

  • — Snakeblink • he / him. 34 ☾, riverclan warrior
    — a sleek, skinny tabby with long ears and a scar over his right eye.
    — gay, not actually evil, penned by @Kangoo


​
 
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"Bad eyesight?" She echoes, allowing the current to take her a few meters downstream without a fight, "Certainly can't relate." Dark humoredly she jests as water graces her chin, in response she rears her head up. Talking about her blindness wasn't something she privied doing often, but the occasional self-joke about it she was always for.

You might find it easy if you tried, "Think so? I've always been more of a land hunter." that was her comfort zone, and she wasn't sure she wanted to leave it. Yet... what RiverClan cat didn't fish? The desire to belong tugs and pulls at her heart, she desires to impress her clan-mates, to be exactly like they were. The perfect RiverClan cat... could she be that if she didn't fish like they could?

So... "Well... lets find out. Instruct me, I'll do as you say." ​

( casual character / "speech" / ic opinions )​
╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· BROOK, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 23 moons . ages on the first
╰ ‣ riverclan warrior . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former member of the pine group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like fish and river , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue tabby . blue eyes . blind

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
╰ ‣ Observant, reliable, hardworking, overcommitted, humble, takes critique personally
╰ ‣ finds minimal difficulty in relating to others . quick to show mercy, unless her family is at risk of harm
╰ ‣ Doesn't appreciate most proper titles, doesn't feel deserving of them

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· NPC x GRACE, sister to Lightningstone & Stormpaw
╰ ‣ bisexual.
╰ ‣ skilled fighter . average hunter .
╰ ‣ unlikely to start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.​
 
X0SKlVx.png

“Ah, it’s… nothing near what you experience, of course,” Snakeblink notes awkwardly. Should he… apologize for the comment? Would Brook prefer he not make a big deal out of it? She seems at ease for now, but—

Well. Worst comes to worst, she'll just swat him for saying the wrong things too many times in a row.

He did not expect her to agree so easily to learning how to fish the damp way, not after her reluctance at getting wet in the first place. Then again, it’s the getting in and out of the water that’s the hardest part: it’s easier to bear the discomfort of cold and waterlogged fur once you’re swimming. It does leave Snakeblink with a slight problem, which is that for all that he offered the idea, he has no idea how to teach this technique of his. He learned it from his mother, whose mentoring style was a little… creative (she used to throw him in the river to teach him to swim) and never had the opportunity to try his paw at teaching anyone else before.

“I’ll try not to ask anything too dangerous, then. Let’s see… Why don’t you put your head under the surface and tell me what you feel around you?” Saying this, he starts moving again, trying to emulate the sinuous path of a swimming prey.
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ooc. information.


  • — Snakeblink • he / him. 34 ☾, riverclan warrior
    — a sleek, skinny tabby with long ears and a scar over his right eye.
    — gay, not actually evil, penned by @Kangoo


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