private BATTLE BORN - nettlepaw

[SOOTSTAR]

There was a serious issue lurking in the shadows of the hills, and Sootstar needed to resolve it.
She's sent patrols out to search for any potential attackers but they've all come back and concluded they couldn't find anyone. Sootstar has her suspicion the rogue has fled WindClan territory by now and she cannot help but worry this is the same cat whose been killing SkyClan apprentices. Sootstar's stomach twists into knots thinking about having to work with SkyClan to figure this out... hopefully Nettlepaw is awake and well enough to give her some information.

She pads into the medicine cats den, the aroma of herbs stinging her nose. It's almost headache enducing.
Nettlepaw was hard to miss, he was all scarred up now- looked nearly nothing like he once did. At least he was living.

"You alive?" It's an attempt to be light-hearted but its most likely more insensitive than anything. Doing her best not to stare or grimance she moves to sit down nearby, curling her tail delicately around her paws. "You've rested for several days. You need to muster the strength now to tell us about what unfolded so we can help you." Sootstar meows in monotone, but she is calm. "Help you and all the other young cats of WindClan." The thought of Sootpaw or Windpaw getting into such trouble frightens her.

// @nettlepaw. :D​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

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

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 32 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 windpaw & sootpaw
╰ ‣ mentor to sootpaw & coyotepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.

 

[nettlepaw.]

Despite everything, he was alive. Unfortunately alive. Every inch of his face, every screaming nerve was alight with activity. The freshly-shredded apprentice winced each time his whiskers twitched or his lips parted or he did anything. He hadn't seen himself yet, hadn't had the stomach or strength to, but the grave expression and avoidant eyes from those who visited was enough to tell him it was disfiguring at the very least. Not only that, but the prominent blind spot on his right side when he first woke up sent him into a panic. His eye was gone entirely, and based on what he patted out, it left a visceral concave socket where it once was ― still adjusting to the sudden loss of depth perception, Nettlepaw barely moved from the mossy nest within the medicine den.

Out of the way and wedged in the corner, back turned to the entrance and marred face concealed by trembling paws was how Sootstar discovered the young cat, who failed to even hear her approach. That was another thing ― to worsen everything, his right ear failed to pick up any actual sound, only aching. Nettlepaw jolted at the startling voice of his leader approaching on his blind side, whipped around and huffing in the resulting pain. The rest of his body wasn't as clawed to shreds, but his back and shoulders were still coated in cobwebs nonetheless. "...Okay," he mumbled, words unintentionally slurred through tattered lips and a swollen gum. His only upright ear flattened slightly at her words, but he glanced downward in an immediate attempt to remember. His head pounded, the lingering pain from his fall onto the rock still piercing through his mind, disrupting his thoughts. That and all the dizzying blood loss from that night blurred the scenes further. The boy's mind was trying to protect itself, but for his leader, he would tear down the barriers and spill everything he knew.

His single eye closed tight, conjuring the image of the rogue as best he could. "...I remember that he was grey. With dark stripes under his eyes," Nettlepaw forced out, his voice nothing more than a croak in the herb-riddled air. "I know he's a he, 'cause he spoke to me. Didn't smell like any clan. A-and not like anyone new either. I... I bit him back, on the arm, and my tooth got stuck in it. But I don't... I don't know if it's still there."​

 

[SOOTSTAR]

It's obvious Nettlepaw is still weak and in pain, the leader musters sympathy in her usually cold heart. She will do her best not to make this too long before perhaps talking about something more light-hearted, not that she was great with conversation... The apprentice paints the picture of his attacker in her head, a gray tom-cat with stripes below his eyes. That should be enough... especially with any w wounds Nettlepaw had bestowed upon him.

She's quiet for a moment, thinking about how to handle this. WindClan will have a few more patrols sent out to hunt the apprentice killer, to revenge what was done to Nettlepaw and many others across the clans. Sootstar would like to murder him herself, but perhaps one of his living victims would like that option. She looks at the wounded apprentice. "We will hunt him down... and we will make him pay." Solemnly she promises. "When we find this cat... what would you like done with him?" Maybe Nettlepaw would like to kill him, or watch him die at the very least. In his position she'd know she'd want to. ​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

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

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 32 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 windpaw & sootpaw
╰ ‣ mentor to sootpaw & coyotepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.