private DISCOVERY || apricotflower

[Nettlepaw-]

NETTLEKIT ♂
RIVERCLAN
KITTEN
TWO MOONS
BIOGRAPHY AND TAGS
APPRENTICED TO NONE
PLAYED BY SHEOGORATH​

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Navigating RiverClan's camp had become second nature. He knew every stone, den, and crevice. He'd gotten lost a few times, of course, but eventually the child could navigate with relative ease. SkyClan, however, was entirely unfamiliar. At least he's learned how to make it out of the nursery. The boy doesn't feel like straying too far this time, though. He's tired of stumbling blindly about in a place that isn't even his home. Instead, Nettlekit picks a spot just outside the den, where he can feel the afternoon sun splatter his pelt through the tall trees. Sitting there in silence, he soaks up the warmth, and stares sightlessly as he listens to his surroundings.

Wind, birdsong, the crunch of leaves from a patrol just outside the walls of camp. The sound of squirrels darting through the trees, chattering angrily at the cats below. The tussle of kits wrestling nearby. Warriors speaking, some lowly, some loud. Some conversations seem tense, others more chipper. Shadows flit across what limited, blurry vision he does have, shapeless blobs of darkness that he knows are cats, even if his eyes cannot recognize them as such. The boy's focus is broken when the sound of large paws approaching him draws those sightless eyes. Turning his head, he peers at whomever draws closer, soon catching the scent and recognizing Apricotflower.

Nettlekit greets her with a flick of his long tail.

@apricotflower
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[apricotflower]

"Hey-a, Nettlekit." Apricotflower purrs to the grumpy tomkit, her whiskers twitching in a friendly way that she immediately remembers he couldn't see. She settles next to him, her plumy tail sweeping around her form, and folds nicked paws under her comfortably. After a moment, she nudges him gently, excitement sparkling in yellow eyes. The circumstances in which they're staying here are horrible. Apricotflower wants to go home; she wants to know that Cicadastar is safe, that her rock-ridden nest in the nursery has been largely undisturbed, that the fish in the river still exist.

But for now, when everything is quiet if a little awkward, Apricotflower can pretend that this is some big adventure, and she doesn't have to be faced with the presence of her estranged kin. For her own sake, as much as it is for the kits'.

"How're you finding SkyClan? Bit different, huh?"​

 

[Nettlepaw-]

NETTLEKIT ♂
RIVERCLAN
KITTEN
TWO MOONS
BLIND IN BOTH EYES
BIOGRAPHY AND TAGS
APPRENTICED TO NONE
PLAYED BY SHEOGORATH​

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The boy shrugs a bit, features stoic as one ear twitches to indicate he has heard her question. SkyClan was very different. Instead of the constant trickle of water, he instead hears the wind rattling through the trees. There were some birdsongs he couldn't recognize, and plenty of prey he had never tried before. Nettlekit prefers home, though. How could he not? Yet it was now crawling with rogues, and there seemed to be nothing that he could do about that. It makes him feel bitter inside.

"I want to go home." Nettlekit finally responds, tail tip flicking against the cool ground. "SkyClan smells weird and it's full of kittypets."
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[apricotflower]

"It does, doesn't it?" Apricotflower wrinkles her nose conspiratorially, even though she doesn't mind the alien scents of the daylight warriors so much. They're just ... too clean, and she's grown unused to it over such a long period of time. "Just wait until your first Gathering. Instead of just RiverClan and SkyClan, it'll be all five Clans!"

The often overexuberant queen does sober somewhat after a moment, and closes her eyes with a hum. She needs to honour his worry, at least somewhere here. While it's all well and good to try for an upbeat reaction, Nettlekit is right; being chased from their camp is something reasonable to be grumpy about. A small sigh looses into the air, alongside a murmur of:

"I'm sure we'll go home soon. I miss it too. Tell you what, though, Nettlekit ... This big ol' tree wasn't here when I was your age." Apricotflower trails off, opening one eye to look at him, hoping that he'd bite at the line of conversation she's dangled before him. It'd do him good to get his mind off the state of RiverClan's camp.​

 

[Nettlepaw-]

NETTLEKIT ♂
RIVERCLAN
KITTEN
TWO MOONS
BLIND IN BOTH EYES
BIOGRAPHY AND TAGS
APPRENTICED TO NONE
PLAYED BY SHEOGORATH​

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Gatherings sounded like such a hassle, to be overwhelmed by scents and sounds, and to have to share a space with WindClan, even if it was just for a little while. His whiskers twitch, and he remains quiet for now, listening as Apricotflower shifts the topic. Big ol' tree? Nettlekit isn't sure what she's talking about. He's heard that SkyClan is full of trees. Was one in particular special for some reason?

"Which tree?" The boy inquires curiously.
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