i'm going slightly mad - sick

[STONESTRIKE]

Stonestrike woke to his whole body feeling tense, like he'd been in fight or flight in his sleep. His joints ached as he pushed himself out of his nest. He was set to leave on yet another hunting patrol that morning. They had to act quickly to feed the kits, queens, and elders. Shake it off, you're just tired... he thought. It felt as though StarClan was punishing them. For what, he didn't know. Couldn't know. He was not of rank to be privy to the inner most talk. Why punish everyone? What did the innocent kits do to deserve the uncertanty? The anxiety?

Maybe he thought he was invincible, or maybe he was just in denial, but he said nothing about the way his breathing became labored by simply walking across camp. Upon reaching his patrolmates, he stopped for a moment to catch what little breath he had. "Are we... going to, uh... carrionplace?" he asked roughly. Honestly, he hoped not. He didn't know if he could take the stench of carrionplace.

killer in the mirrorㅤ ✧.* ˚ · .ㅤINFO.ㅤ/ㅤ02/05/2025

• ooc: whoopsie hero mode activated "speech"
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  ■■■■■■■ ✶ stonestrike. warrior of shadowclan ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ་༘࿐⋆｡𖦹°⋆.ೃ࿔*:･<br>╰┈➤ㅤamab tom, he/him | heterosexual, single<br>╰┈➤ㅤ13 moons old | ages every 3rd<br>╰┈➤ㅤwarrior, skilled in battle | mentoring none<br>╰┈➤ㅤSH lilac with low white<br>╰┈➤ㅤclose with Agaterain, Plumwhisker, Marbleleaf<br>╰┈➤ㅤwritten by Twitchtail/iliawonders, ic opinions | n/a‎

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[lostpaw]

lostpaw is tired to the bone as she gets out of her nest that morning, but she's excited for another chance to hunt. she winces as she passes the empty freshkill pile, the rot having to be cleansed out every night now, but perhaps today is the day that their luck turns... she stretches her limbs out and glances around for the rest of the patrol. she might be tired, but the brisk morning chill is infusing some desire to get out of camp quickly so that she could at least get her blood running.

she perks up as stonestrike walks over -- he looks tired too, but they all are at this point, aren't they? -- and looks around. were they waiting for anyone else?

"Are we... going to, uh... carrionplace?"

the apprentice frowns, looking back towards the warrior. she hadn't talked to stonestrike much, but the warrior sounded way too out of breath for someone who had just woken up and walked around camp. come to speak of it, he had seemed a little unsteady when he walked over, hadn't he? still, she didn't want to insult him by saying something, but she also didn't want one of her clanmates to tax themselves more right now.

"i think we were going to try south, towards the burnt sycamore, but...you sound pretty tired, are you alright?" she asks with some hesitation. "did you get a morning run in before patrolling to warm up?" the attempt at a joke has too much concern to be successful, but lostpaw tries to put on a lighthearted smile regardless, giving the warrior an out if he didn't want to talk about it.

｡:ﾟ.°✧ PLEASE DONT LET THEM SEE ME

• ooc.

• LOSTPAW (she/her) is a six moon old shadowclan apprentice with shorthair cream tabby fur with low white and blue-green eyes. she is the gen1 daughter of two rogue npc's and is being mentored by amberhaze.
  
  TAGS. penned by riyue. dm me on discord (xriyue) for plots.​

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