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"And there it was, this beast of legend. Its fangs dripping white onto the hard stone." In a mimicry of a beast, Sunstride's maw opens, his body dropped low to a hunter's crouch though he does not stray too close to the youngsters that listen. "Even in the dark, you could see its shadow. It seemed so great, so mighty, that it must swallow the whole cave! You could not begin to imagine it. The sheer power of it, its fur rippling like water. Its voice was an avalanche, a growl that rattled our very bones." His pacing has taken a predator's stride, low and strong with cunning eyes. He circles the kittens, savage mirth simmering at how they turn to watch him as if he was the beast– they could not trust him at their back, lest his fur turn to shadow and his voice drop to a shaking rumble. Never would he hurt them, but that they have lost this knowledge speaks only to his skill at storytelling. One that the warrior leans into without shame.
One brave child has refused to follow his path, staring resolutely ahead, and Sunstride drops lower behind them, voice near their ear. "It snapped as it stirred, the very ground quaking beneath its might. Its great maw could have taken us whole. Standing beneath it, we were nothing more than prey." He leaves the brave one to continue his pacing, and only at the end of this circuit does his beastly demeanor fade into that of a warrior once more. "Were it not for the bravery of my companion, it might have been the end of us. He swiped at its nose, the red of its blood blooming like flowers from the earth." Sunstride swipes at the beast himself, his claws glinting as they slam back into the ground. "It roared, the likes of which you have never heard. Louder than these monsters that roam your lands, or the dogs that howl to the moon. And as it pulled away from my friend's fearless claws, we had just enough time to escape."
Pale eyes glimmer with the life of his story, the joy of memory casting its own light from his face. "But do not be afraid. This was many moons ago, and rather far away– though it lives, it should not come to hunt you. But I have heard of these beasts and their wandering. They walk far, and hunger immensely. Do not be afraid, but...be wary. And if you should hear the sound of its snoring in the dark, like pebbles that stir to a dance, do not follow. You may not be so lucky as I."
One brave child has refused to follow his path, staring resolutely ahead, and Sunstride drops lower behind them, voice near their ear. "It snapped as it stirred, the very ground quaking beneath its might. Its great maw could have taken us whole. Standing beneath it, we were nothing more than prey." He leaves the brave one to continue his pacing, and only at the end of this circuit does his beastly demeanor fade into that of a warrior once more. "Were it not for the bravery of my companion, it might have been the end of us. He swiped at its nose, the red of its blood blooming like flowers from the earth." Sunstride swipes at the beast himself, his claws glinting as they slam back into the ground. "It roared, the likes of which you have never heard. Louder than these monsters that roam your lands, or the dogs that howl to the moon. And as it pulled away from my friend's fearless claws, we had just enough time to escape."
Pale eyes glimmer with the life of his story, the joy of memory casting its own light from his face. "But do not be afraid. This was many moons ago, and rather far away– though it lives, it should not come to hunt you. But I have heard of these beasts and their wandering. They walk far, and hunger immensely. Do not be afraid, but...be wary. And if you should hear the sound of its snoring in the dark, like pebbles that stir to a dance, do not follow. You may not be so lucky as I."
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SUNSTRIDE. named for his coloration and his bold chasing of fate.
—— cis male, uses he - him. thirty-four moons old. warrior of windclan and former rogue.
—— cautious of clan life, but an apt learner. encourages close bonds between clanmates.
—— loyalty uncertain, cares for those surrounding him. undoubtedly closest to wolfsong.
sunstride is broad and bold– a creature standing above most of windclan, though not a beast beyond its borders, with fur that flames red at its base and deepens to a burnt amber with every whorl and stripe. his eyes, in comparison, are a pale summer's blue, still as bold as the rest of him. - "speech"