pafp IN THE DARK & RELAXING

[sparkspirit]

The stones around the sun-warmed pool are still charred dark, but the water itself is a welcome cool. Without the reeds to protect him he can't help but feel exposed. To what, precisely, he hardly knows — the stars, his clan, the memory of seeing Snakehiss here so many moons ago. (How old was he now? How old was this memory?) But it's the middle of the day, so Sparkspirit lets it drown. Their morning patrol sapped him of most everything, and he can only imagine how his apprentice is feeling. "Have you heard of this place before?" he asks, turning to glance at the young tom with a raised brow. Even almost a moon in they are still fleshing out the totality of their territory. So much of what he once would have taught someone (so much of what Weaselclaw had taught him) is now in ashes. How are they to find rabbit's run, when it is burned to ash?

"It's good to come and rest sore paws. The moors can be difficult, but this makes it all worth it." In a gesture that must be bizarre to his clanmates, the rust-patched tom lowers his body fully so that one side is entirely submerged in the shallow pool, and then rolls. The entirety of his plush coat is covered in a sheen of water from the top of his head to his belly and tail. Most cats really do keep it to mostly their paws. "Rest for a minute."

𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘓𝘌𝘋 𝘐𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘞𝘖𝘙𝘋𝘚 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘐  ･｡ﾟ  🗲  ╱╱ 02.13.2023 𝘊𝘈𝘕𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘚𝘈𝘠 ˊˎ＜

• OOC. please wait for @Lakepaw. !
• 🗲　　. 　 ˚　.  SPARKSPIRIT. HE - HIM - HIS. 17 MOON OLD MOOR RUNNER OF WINDCLAN. VERY LOYAL TO HIS CLAN. PENNED BY REVELATIONS.  ————
  
  
  ——  a trim mock tortoiseshell tom with mostly black fur splashed with the occasional patch orange. he has a singular white mark on the back of his neck shaped similarly to a lightning strike, and a small scar across the bridge of his nose. his eyes are a shocking electric blue.
  

  ✦ ECHOLIGHT x ELMBREEZE. ADOPTED BY YEWBERRY. BRIGHTFAM, BUT SOMEWHAT ESTRANGED DUE TO HIS LOYALTY TO WINDCLAN. ————————

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[Lakepaw.]

[ ༻ ❊ ༺ ] There was still that slightly uncomfortable twinge he felt with being near any form of water, from puddles to even the shallow pool Lakepaw still found himself pausing paw lengths away from them and doing his best to avoid it at all cost. Today had been no different when the two found themselves at the shallow pool within Windclan, no reeds keeping the clear pool of water hidden, fully exposed while the sun reflected off it. Sparkspirit standing tall wading through the shallow water, even going as far to rolling within it, water droplets dripping off his whisker while his fur gleamed brightly in the sun.

"This would be the first time" he said calmly, trying to keep that nerving feeling from tugging at his chest as he slipped to find a place nearby to relax and rest as Sparkspirit told him so, listening to the explanation of how this would be good for sore and tired paw. He slowly keeping himself calm while staring cautiously at the pool of water before looking at the other. "I'm sure its also helpful in green-leaf, with how warm it gets too" he chimed. It amazed him how of everything that happened with the fire...this was one of the few things that managed to thrive.

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── Somewhere beyond the broken lullabies ──┐‎

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  "speak""Thoughts"
  
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  Lakekit ❊ AMAB, He/Him, Kit of Windclan, 5 moons.
  ⭃ LH Rosette Lynx Minx with low white and bi-color eyes, blind in left eye
  ⭃ NPC X NPC
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted (ask first) / / underline and tag when attacking
  ↛ see battle info here
  ⭃ penned by Ryn ↛ @/Rynnaro on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[SCORCHSTAR]

༄༄ The tunneler and her apprentice have been hard at work all morning, hunting and patching up the underground structures of the moorland. The deputy is not one to complain, but her paws have begun to ache. Dirt is crusted in the curve of each claw, and dusted in brown patches all across the white parts of her coat—a dip in the water is surely the only way to wash it off easily. The deputy leads her apprentice to the sun-warmed pool, expecting it to be empty, but to her surprise she spots a dark shape already splashing around in the water. Without the reeds surrounding it, the landmark looks strange. Exposed. The fur at her shoulders bristles with a sudden discomfort, but she attempts to brush it off as Sparkspirit explains the benefits of the pool of water.

The blue-eyed apprentice adds that the pool must be nice when it’s warm, and Scorchstreak nods sharply. "You would be correct to assume so. This is the greatest place to cool off on hot days." She dips a paw into the water, golden gaze flitting from mentor to apprentice. They seem to be getting along well enough, and as deputy she supposes it is her job to check up on such things. Sunstar is the moor runner, of course, and is sure to understand the complexities of training one better, but Scorchstreak sees no harm in doing her own check-in. "How is your training going so far, Lakepaw?" She flickers her tail at Pinkpaw, inviting the calico apprentice to join her by the pool. If she is tired, then the younger tunneler certainly must be as well. Perhaps she’s working Pinkpaw too hard, she considers…

࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ she’s a growing bed of thorns

• ooc: apprentice tag @PINKPAW
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  SCORCHSTREAK ❯❯ she/they, deputy (tunneler) of windclan
  ༄ small, slim flame-streaked calico with fiery golden eyes. stoic and shrewd, but clearly cares deeply for her clan.
  ༄ mate to bluepool ; sibling to rattleheart & rabbitclaw
  ༄ mentor to pinkpaw
  ༄ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted
  ༄ penned by foxlore

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[PINKSHINE]

The sun-warmed pool... She doesn't come here so often, but she remembers this place. It was one of the first places where she had ever done apprentice stuff. And Bluepool was there, and Featherpaw did apprentice stuff with Bluepool... Now she and Featherpaw were friends, and Scorchstreak and Bluepool were mates... Isn't that cool? She hopes that Lakepaw can make friends here, too. Pinkpaw only can't do it because she's already his friend.

When called over, Pinkpaw plops down in the pool without the tact of her mentor,, cause it's water! And water was to splash in! RiverClan would agree. ...Did that make it a bad idea? Well - Maybe other Clans could be right about some things sometimes. Her paws are super achey from tunneling all day, now that she takes a moment to stop and sit... Other Clans must be miserable, without a sun - warmed pool of their own. An exaggerated sigh of relief leaves her. Self - satisfied whiskers twitch. " Ooh, I forgot how nice this is! " she purrs. When she has her own apprentice, she'll definitely take them here with her too!

Her own apprentice... Why'd she think of that? That's like, super weird. All she wants to think about right now Is Scorchstreak and tunneling and being a tunneler soon. not being a -paw would be so weird... she doesn't even wanna think about having an apprentice right now! ...She'd be real good at it though, she thinks. " Yeah, how's it going? " Rather than look to Lakepaw, she looks at Sparkspirit for any secret mentor signs that it was going great!! Or... not great.​