private CULT OF PERSONALITY ✎ promisepaw

[RAINBOWPAW]

RAINBOWPAW

HE/HIM ✎ APPRENTICE

Rainbowpaw thinks of the omen presented by Starclan, a swan feather, and his mother doesn't hesitate in promoting Swansong as her deputy... why would one deny their starry ancestors? Who would be foolish enough to do so? Although, his thoughts shift towards the cream tabby's apprentice, Promisepaw, surely, the both of them are destined for greatness and it is best that they arrange an alliance between the both of them. It isn't exactly the friendship that the slate-grey denmate desires but the bicolored moggy knows that the other wouldn't be able to resist at some form of companionship and its what keeps his young mind ticking at night as he lays in his nest that's near Puddlepaw. His earthy-toned eyes unwavering as they focus onto the rise and fall of Promisepaw's sides to see if the other is truly asleep and even if he is, it wouldn't matter to the son of Wormwatcher and Ternstar as he pushes himself to his paws.

Nobody slept on an opportunity and certainly not Rainbowpaw, he's careful of not stepping on any of his denmates until he reaches the nest of Promisepaw only to use a six-toed paw to gently shake him "Arise Promisepaw. I have something to discuss with you." He doesn't care if he wishes to rest and to make sure that he doesn't fall asleep again, the large apprentice flicks his face with his bottlebrush tail before stepping out into the moonlight. If he follows then Rainbowpaw will lead him to somewhere secluded where no one would hear them discuss these important matters "I have a proposition for you." He allows the words to sink in only to watch and see if his companion is truly paying attention to him, he uses a paw to push down the unruly curls on his chest only to continue "You and I... We aren't so different, I believe that the two of us could become formiable partners to achieve greatness. I'm the son of a leader and train underneath her while you train under our newest deputy, Swansong."

A claw unsheathes to tap against the cool soil only to pierce it as he draws a line and lifts his claw to point towards Promisepaw "I will share my teachings with you to ensure that you're a good warrior by the end of your training and all you need to give me is your devout loyalty to me. Surely, you wish to make Swansong proud? Those are big pawsteps to fill in, after all... so, what do you say? Do you agree to this arrangement of ours?" He thinks briefly of Snakehiss and the lessons that he's been taught over the course of one moon, he had noted that some of what he had been taught had truly never been seen in Shadowclan and it fills him with some sort of satisfaction and excitement that he just might very well become the perfect warrior that Ternstar has always wanted. "If you do... we need a symbol to differentiate us from the rest. Something that's subtle but it is ours." A claw taps thoughtfully on his chin as his dark eyes look over the younger apprentice and a soft hum slips from him with pupils narrowing, he focuses on the ears of Promisepaw "Brilliant... I have an idea."

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@promisepaw

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Rainbowpaw is a large, longhaired black maine coon moggy w/low white, six toes on his front paws, and a pair of brown eyes

Snakehiss x Ternstar / brother to Cornflower / Adopted by Wormwatcher & nephew to Amberhaze
mentored by Ternstar / mentoring no one
7 moons old as of 03/14/2025

penned by BossTaurus

 

[promisepaw]

He dreams of the days in the snow, playing with his siblings, shoring up fluffs of white just to dive into it. The laughter, the happiness. Nothing had gone wrong then; he had everyone he needed. And now Promisepaw has...

Well, he has Swansong. And Halfsun. And Ternstar, and Lostpaw, and Puddlepaw, and - "... Rainbowpaw?" He is shook by a six toed paw, not quite gently, but not so harsh as to rock the entire den. It's easy for the young apprentice to tilt his bicolored towards his denmate, unbothered by the interruption. His dream is not so swiftly forgotten. The image of their smiles burns into his mind's eye as he smiles towards the tom, murmuring an equally as quiet, "I'm up." As he wakes, the vision becomes a haze. He does not sour, he simply follows the other, his tail whipping around his ankles.

Rainbowpaw is quick and succinct with his intent - perhaps... too succinct. Half lidded eyes remain so despite eyebrows rising with general surprise. Partners, Rainbowpaw calls them. A union between the leader's apprentice (and son) and the deputy's apprentice (and... nephew. Close enough, he supposes.) They could be formidable, a beast to behold. The other promises to hold him up and accelerate his training, perhaps so that he is truly not behind the rest of the den. He can hold a flame to their prowess - he can be Rainbowpaw's right paw. He could be... more to Rainbowpaw.

Is this how it's done?

His fathers were truly in love. Their story is one that Promisepaw knows only the best parts of - their misery and pain have only been touched upon but never fully explained. They were forever in one another's orbit and had decided that, ultimately, they were made for one another. Their stories twined and intertwined again... just as he and Rainbowpaw seem to be doing. Promisepaw tilts his head, looking over the broad shoulders and strong jawline the other poses. He isn't... ugly. Rather handsome, even. If only he'd smile. If only he would purr Promisepaw's name. Maybe it takes time... Maybe it takes pain and heartache.

He thinks of his family again. They're off now, and Promisepaw has his duties here. Duties including being a beacon, a return point. To become a strong, respectable warrior that could vouch for them. When Mercykit comes home, he will be here to support his sibling. Can Rainbowpaw give him that support? In unifying with the other tom, does it support his own ultimate cause? Promisepaw shrugs nonchalantly, his voice a song that blares annoyingly only for the other before him.

"You had me at, 'You and I.'" Promisepaw coils his tail to his side, first, and then stepped a few steps closer to the larger tom. His gaunt and thin frame looks pathetic alongside Rainbowpaw's deceptively well fed one. The slate grey tom tries to not think on it, now slinking his tail around the other's plush one. "Sure, Rainbowpaw. I'll be your... partner." What an odd way of saying it. Perhaps they're both in this for the social aspect. Maybe that's how his parents united, or how Promisepaw's did. The younger apprentice doesn't think too much on it, having already decided that this union would be enough.

Maybe one day, he will dream of Rainbowpaw's smile and company. Maybe his dreams will not make him so sad.

His ear twitches. "Enlighten me," he purrs, eyes tilting away from the deep ochre of the other's and towards the stars instead. "What would be... ours?"​

 

[RAINBOWPAW]

RAINBOWPAW

HE/HIM ✎ APPRENTICE

To his pleasant surprise, Promisepaw stirs from his slumber only to listen to his wishes of stepping outside with him and he can see the other start to flutter the drowsiness from mismatched eyes, and he holds his breath awaiting to see how he may react to his proposal of uniting their forces together to become the best warriors that Shadowclan could ever have. The stone grey apprentice's eyes remain half lidded yet his brows lift with surprise and Rainbowpaw believes that he's simply shocked that the son of Ternstar would extend a paw of alliance in the direction of the gangly apprentice. He seems lost in thought and it makes the bicolored moggy start to reconsider, perhaps, he should've gone to Puddlepaw instead knowing that she would hesitate for a mere heartbeat before he offered honeyed words to melt into her ears delicately.

He doesn't realize that his words hold a lot more weight than he would've liked as the younger apprentices closes the distance between them, Rainbowpaw's narrowed pupils beginning to widen with surprise of his own and the fur along his neck seems to prickle. "You had me at, you and I." It causes his body to tense at how close the other apprentices dares to nestle into his more board body, he's about to snap at the other to mind his space until he hears Promisepaw agree to be his partner yet the way that the grey apprentice says it causes his large form to shudder... with content? With disgust? He isn't so certain but he is too far gone to begin to back pedal even if the way that Promisepaw coils his tail around his own tail causes his snout to wrinkle briefly. He takes a long breath only to huff with a curt nod of his dark helm deciding that he could spare some attention and affection to his lesser denmate or rather, partner.

Rainbowpaw could play pretend and be the perfect partner to court the curly furred moggy so when Promisepaw asks to be enlightened, his gaze eases and the tension from his bunched up muscles loosen up only to bring forth his paw with a single claw tilting the chin of the other apprentice so that their eyes may meet, and a faint yet charming smile forms on his maw. A quiet way of saying 'Look to me not the stars, I am your universe now' only to murmur "Of course, my dear. I shall enlighten you," A sickly sweet rumble emits from his throat as his paw moves away from the chin of the other tomcat before brushing one of his curls out of his eyes, perhaps, to briefly admire his eyes or contemplate what he would take from the smaller apprentice that he towers over now.

"This shall be ours, a start, and a budding beauty of our union." He cooed ever so sweetly into the ear of his now betrothed, perhaps, Rainbowpaw could truly learn to love Promisepaw or the both of them would die hand in unlovable hand. It didn't matter as of right now, no, he needed to make sure that there was a sign that Promisepaw is his and that he would remain at his side until he either got bored of this new toy of his or he faced an early demise, no matter how unfortunate that loss may be... The bicolored moggy would carry on with his life as if the halfblood had never been there to begin with. He would suffer no true loss or so that's what he believes religiously, his dark eyes finally focus on the large ears of Promisepaw once more, and his paw goes forward allowing it to gently caress the curls that made up the cheek of the other.

"This will sting for a heartbeat." A murmur in his other ear only to use his claw to slice at delicate flesh until there is a nick where blade met meat, blood dribbles onto his paw, and it causes his heart to skip a few beats. A flutter of his heart but not out of love but the thrill of this is actually happening, his plan would succeed with this gangly pawn at his side. Velvet stains the ivory of his paw but he doesn't care about it only briefly lapping at it in a form of swiftly cleaning it and his copper eyes focus on Promisepaw once more, his charming smile still present and a droplet of blood dribbles off his chin.

With the same paw, he places it over the other's paw allowing the scarlet to bleed into the innocent snowy hue that kisses his own paw and lifts it carefully to press it against his chest. A quiet thrum of his heart only to say with a curt nod of his helm "It is your turn, my darling. Let's not make haste and turn it official, you and I."

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Rainbowpaw is a large, longhaired black maine coon moggy w/low white, six toes on his front paws, and a pair of brown eyes

Snakehiss x Ternstar / brother to Cornflower / Adopted by Wormwatcher & nephew to Amberhaze ; padding after Promisepaw
mentored by Ternstar / mentoring no one
7 moons old as of 03/26/2025

penned by BossTaurus

 

[promisepaw]

To him, there is no pause. There is no moment to weather in the silence between them - Rainbowpaw's disgust does not find the surface of his expression and if it does, Promisepaw isn't looking to see it. He instead looks on to see a tom willing to couple with him, to thrive with him, to enjoy his company and support him - just so long as he can do the same for Rainbowpaw. The claw beneath his chin brings no fear, no trepidation. At most, Promisepaw laughs gently for the gesture, pure excitement in his limbs.

For the other is smiling. Smiling for him, as if the bicolor tom had been listening to his very hopes and dreams. Promisepaw smiles back, unaware of the disgust that clings behind the other's grin.

Rainbowpaw continues, his tone sweet, unlike any other moment they've shared. He's heard the tom terse and brutish before, especially during the gathering - but not kind, not hopeful. "This will sting for a heartbeat." And it does. Promisepaw flinches as claws tear into the delicate flesh of his ear. Either by virtue of his shudder or the true carelessness of the other apprentice, his ear is left with unfortunate jagged strikes. He feels the warmth of blood as drops fall to his cheek and dribble down Rainbowpaw's multi-toed paw. The other cleans his own paw, as if to be rid of the sin he just committed. He smiles, but he does not cradle Promisepaw for the injury inflicted.

Promisepaw does not notice.

A red crusted paw clasps over a clean one, guiding it up to the fluff of his chest. Rainbowpaw nods his head, a gesture of trust and connection. Promisepaw, only for a moment, wavers. He doesn't want to hurt the other, but if this is to be theirs... "You and I." Promisepaw holds his paw up to the other's ear, flexing his claws once, twice, before being far more careful than the other had been. A nick is shorn from his flesh - perhaps still jagged by virtue of his shorter stature, but no doubt cleaner than the one inflicted upon him. Again, Promisepaw does not notice the disparity. He simply smiles.

"For us?" he asks, leaning his shoulder into the other's chest.​