camp FOOD FOR THOUGHT『 🌈 』Fresh-kill

[& RAINBOWPAW]

So far, Rainbowkit has only ever known milk - scent. Seeking it out was first nature, gnawing hunger that made him mewl and reach out with stubby paws, not quite understanding the nature of he wants. Now they knew that they were hungry, and it was the milk that satisfied them. Milk was not all there was, though. From the confines of the nursery, eyes now open, he could watch as other mouths tore at something mysterious. They'd assumed everyone drank milk, but apparently not, Sunfreckle had told them. Rainbowkit likes milk just fine, but trying things is good.

Now they had some, they had enough biters for it, apparently, and a mouse now sat between them and their siblings at the nursery's entrance. Rainbowkit would rub his tongue between his teeth. They felt funny in his mouth. Rainbowkit tries to mimic the warriors he's seen eat fresh - kill. They bare their teeth, and wobble on their legs a bit. They were funny too.

Rainbowkit takes a bite. Instinctively, they chew, even though they've never 'chewn' before. The smacking sound it makes is funny, as Rainbowkit mashes his jaws up and down. Fresh - kill was solid stuff, not like what they were used to, but it leaked with juice - stuff down his throat too. " S'good, " Rainbowkit announces, the smacking sound echoing through the nursery. Some of it falls out of their mouth, and they would try to lick those bits back up again. Their mouth is wet and Rainbowkit is distracted by the interesting taste. They would look to their siblings, as if waiting for their input.

『 OOC 🌈 07.02.2023 』

• OOC: BABY CHEWS LOUDLY AND OBNOXIOUSLY. Tagging @EMBERKIT. @sunshinekit . & @Sunfreckle , no need to wait tho!
  

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• rainbowkit & [ raine ] [ bow ] : sunfreckle xx rabbitnose 2nd litter. littermate to sunshinekit & emberkit. younger brother to mousepaw, sparkpaw & frecklepaw.
  —— amab. they / he ; fine with gendered terms ( tom / boy / brother / etc . . . )
  —— currently 4 weeks old.
  
  a typical size for their age. warm - faced and bright - eyed, rainbowkit sports boyish features and an easygoing smile. early signs of a thick ruff to come can be seen in plush cheeks and a thickening tail. sports long curling whickers and a dip of sun - red down the length of their neck.

• this is for cute purposes begone.

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[BERRYHEART]

Even the smallest of Clanmates required regular check-ins- especially, perhaps. As his fire-flecked figure passed through the threshold of the nursery, dull green eyes seeking Nifty and his kittens, he was beholden- albeit accidentally- to perhaps a special moment. He stilled in the doorway, head tilting slightly, as he took care not to interrupt it. First fresh kill... Berryheart himself could not remember that moment. It might have been before he was even given to his mother.

As Chompers chewed enthusiastically, exclaiming aloud their enjoyment of a newfound delicacy, a glimmer of humour lit in oak-leaf eyes. It was certainly a messy process, eating... if you hadn't done it before. Only a partial amount was instinctual, apparently.

He gave the family polite distance, for there seemed to be no ailments upon any of them; as he sat, the slightest curve of a smile twitched at knocked-aside lips. "Well observed," he murmured, almost as if it was praise for a correct answer. His tone was as soft and quiet as ever- perhaps betraying his intentions, even when a young mind might not be able to grasp the meaning of his words. Fresh-kill was a superior taste to many others, though; he could confirm it, and could approve the kitten's judgement as such. Good, indeed. ​

PENNED BY PIN ☾​

 

[Sunfreckle]

"..is it? I'm glad." His tone was exhausted, then again he felt tired more often than not but perhaps his days of being nipped with too-sharp kitten teeth would be an easy transition then if they already liked freshkill.
Maybe he is hovering too much, maybe he should let them venture further than just outside the nursery, but they were so little still and he was still rattled enough he could not help himself but be guarded and flinch anytime anyone came near. Sunfreckle didn't want to feel this way, but there was no fighting his instincts, his nerves had been shredded into fine mist and he was left feeling empty and hollow but there was just a trickle of light that managed to worm its way in-three little glimmers of hope that helped ease the worries and grief that gnawed him. It was a wonder what kits could do for your mood. Loud and energetic despite being barely able to stand without tipping over, obnoxiously pawing and playing before collapsing in heaps and forcing him to move them back into the safety of the nest at his side. It felt like healing, just a bit.
Sunfreckle's ears pin back and he flattens himself in the nest reflexively at the visitor before recognizing Berryheart and giving a quiet trill of a greeting that pettered into a sigh.
"Hello Berryheart...is...is everything okay?" Or just a visit-probably just a visit, but he couldn't help but suddenly fill with concern, had the medicine cat noticed something he had not? Distracting himself he nudged Emberkit and Sunshinekit forward to the mouse as well before their colorful brother could gnaw all over it.
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[EMBERFACE.]

☼—— The golden-furred kit has only known milk too, and he's a little too scared to try fresh-kill on his own; but, if Rainbowkit says they should, it must be a good idea. Right? Right. Emberkit isn't too sure he'll like fresh-kill; he likes milk fine, and it looks scary. Really scary. It's - it's big, and it's not the right color at all ... and it smells funny, really really really funny. He's sitting, still a little wobbly, with his kitten-long hind-legs flopped out in front of him and his big white paws planted solidly in between them. Emberkit leans over, so far he's quite close to faceplanting into the fresh-kill; his eyes are not their true dusty blue yet, but they are wide and shiny with a mild sleepiness as he peers at the mouse.

A new cat arrives while Rainbowkit is smacking on the mouse, and the kit is instantly distracted; his puddled blue eyes settle on the ginger-flecked cat and his big kitten head wobbles on his shoulders with fascination. His papa's words distract him again and the kitten swivels back to the fresh-kill, poking it with one white-splashed paw as Sunfreckle nudges him towards it. With a slight hesitation, Emberkit takes a bite and is immediately puzzled. It's harder than milk and it tastes way different, but not in a bad way ... Emberkit ponders this a moment and then glances at the pleased Rainbowkit. He gulps the bite down with some effort and gives an overenthusiastic nod, head bobbing up and down, "Yu-Yummy." He declares words he's heard from other cats in the halting syllables of a childhood stutter, swinging one paw at Berryheart and nearly overbalancing again, adding in broken syllables but a sweetly curious tone, "Who's you?"

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• ☼ emberkit — for his bright pelt & in honor of emberstar he/him ; amab, will come out as genderfluid ICly — thunderclan — kit — 1 ☾s —— emberkit is a young kit with a radiant white-splashed cream pelt and soft blue eyes. the adopted son of thunderclan's lead warrior sunfreckle and his mate rabbitnose, he is sweet, honest, and as bright as his namesake, if somewhat lacking in an attention span. —— smells like winter air & sweet smoke ; sounds like young bran stark ; speech in #A7CAEB, thoughts in #e98b27 —— peaceful / healing powerplay permitted ; attacks/contact in underline ; won’t start fights ; will flee ; will show mercy ; won't kill or maim (kitten) —— too young for romance ; open to friendships, casual interactions, plotting ; not open to romance, battles penned by dejavu— desklamp9 on discord for plots

• shhh don't look here (battle info will go here at some point)

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