pafp DROWNING IN ANEMONE ✩ prank

( )  Starlightpaw is not a quiet sleeper. She mumbles in her sleep, face scrunching and oversized ears flicking. Rolls and wriggles, rest never seeming restful, limbs twitching as though craving movement. It's something the residents of the apprentice den have grown used to, now. Any complaints, anyone who dares to wake him will be met with an earful from a very indignant young apprentice.

Now, though, Starlightpaw finds themself speechless, woken with a sudden shock of cold and wet. "BUH- wha- ?" he sputters, dream shattered so abruptly that it leaves him with little to do but blink in surprise, eyes focusing on the cat before her.
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  • // PROMPT: A fellow apprentice plays a prank on them and douses them in water while asleep with a dripping moss.

    pls wait for @bubblepaw <3
  • ✩  ⁺ ₊  ⋆ STARLIGHTPAW. APPRENTICE OF RIVERCLAN. HE / SHE / THEY.
    6 MOONS & AGES ON THE 12TH. PENNED BY SATURNID.


    ✩ — A WIRY, CURLY-FURRED BLACK SMOKE WITH CLOUDED BLUE EYES.

    SMOKESTAR xx CICADASTAR. LITTERMATE TO BEEPAW & CICADAPAW.

    MENTORED BY PETALNOSE.
 

"GOT A LITTLE CASH NOW SO THAT SKIRT IS DIOR"
Bubblepaw and Starlightpaw decided not so long ago to put their nests next to each other. Best friends with similar minds in decoration and shiny things. Bubblepaw swears their little corner of the apprentices' den is the prettiest given both of their eclectic tastes and affinity for decor. It works out for them to sleep beside one another too- Bubblepaw is deep enough of a sleeper that the stirring and sleeptalking of Starlightpaw does not bother her. Although she could probably sleep through a hurricane, too.

Or well, she at least used to think she could.

Although she isn't the target of the prank, Bubblepaw catches some of the freezing water that doesn't hit Starlightpaw from where they rest beside her. Between the sudden sensation and his shout of surprise, the silver molly startles awake and tries to blearily see what the matter is. In the low light of the den, she realizes that the black smoke is soaked in water. Another apprentice stands in front of Starlightpaw's nest- clearly the culprit holding the soggy moss.

"Hey!" Bubblepaw hisses, an uncharacteristic sound from the molly "What's the big idea?! It's cold out, you're going to make them sick!" Perhaps it's inconsiderate to the rest of the den to be shouting at moonhigh like this, but she cares more about protecting Starlightpaw's health and integrity right now.

/ OUGUGHGGGGHHH A MONTH ISH LATER. IM SORRY
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