JOYRIDE ╱ GORSE TUNNEL GAME [LANDMARK]

bayingkit

HOUNDS OF ANNWN
Jul 5, 2024
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the exit to camp is stuffed in long, curling thickets of spine - dotted greenery. leafbare blooms their intimidating stalks with buds of vibrant citrine, orange - yellow petals catching in the late greenleaf breeze. they glow the color of little suns, and may as well be blowing the same heat ; bayingkit swelters in black - etched coat, maw open and tongue lulling to breathe through the heat. she is bored, and the humidity so thick she does not want to expend her energy far enough to stand to wonkily elongated limbs. she stays beneath the arch of tangled gorse with a smattering of denmates, all coiled into the dark parts of hot dirt, to watch the comings and goings of her elders. warriors pass by without a second glance at the kittens, curled like serpents with heads popping from little arms only to trail after retreating paws. the evening dims, and activity becomes less common at the tunnel, less warriors out past their walls in the growing night. there is a faint beam of emerging fireflies just past the long, hollow trail — she eyes it, teeth chewing at the broken end of a stick shed clamped between two thick, claw - extended paws.

this was as far as they were allowed to go ; bayingkit knows this well. she can still feel the phantom nips of her mother steering her away from the dense exit, flits her eyes back to see if the nightdark queen was watching ( she'd told her she was resting near the tunnel, with the other kits. she was. she'd not done anything wrong, despite the heavy feeling in her chest that tells her to keep looking. ), and feels the beginnings of childlike curiosity bubble beneath the vague simmer of boredom and heat - laden frustration at the lack of moonlit eyes. as if destined, forestfire luminaries lift, catching the eye of another kit at the opposite side of the thicket hollow. something wolfish crosses snaggletooth muzzle, tall ears flitting back as if to ask silently if they were thinking what she was ; the tunnel was just high enough for them to skitter in, just enough to turn and scurry back out before a queen catches them. her tail bottlebrushes with slit - eyed excitement at finding a game she'd like, " bet.. " her teeth grit, " bet.. i can get further into the tunnel than you can. " it's a poorly concealed dare, a game of chicken that has her tucking a long snout beneath her paws, tail lashing enough to wag her brawny body. with her entire being she goads ; do it.

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  • i. @ warriors pls let a couple kits take turns before busting them hehe

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  • BAYINGKIT——————— SHE / HER, KITTEN OF THUNDERCLAN. NIGHTBIRD xx RACCOONSTRIPE, SISTER TO TWILIGHTKIT, TIGERKIT, STORMKIT & LIGHTNINGKIT. 3 MOONS OLD, SMELLS LIKE DISRUPTED SOIL & WET FUR. PENNED BY ANTLERS.
    a large, unsightly black tabby kitten.
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    mongrelish, standing all thistlethorn fur and bared teeth, bayingkit would be thought roguish if not for the dogtooth crown she uncomfortably bears. a hereditary haunting lies in the shag of ornate black striping and long limbs that do not yet suit her wide, slouching shoulders ; her fathers daughter, laced in dredge and filth moreso than he’d ever been. a constant, incessant need to make herself small forms in hunched spine and weary, whale - eyed suspicion, communicating mostly in rumbling growls.. bayingkit tends to hold herself with a tuck tailed and trembling livewire of feral volatility.
    teething, easily frustrated with her lack of vocal skill and highly reactive. prone to biting, swatting and general moodiness it is highly encouraged to correct. powerplay is allowed for disciplinary swipes, scruffing and general redirection.


 
〕Warm greenleaf days were spent lazing around in camp, watching warriors come and go with their apprentices. They longed for it ( not for the rank of apprentice, or warrior per se - but for the freedom that came with it ). They make note of Bayingkit watching the gorse tunnel, and the idea they share a sentiment crosses through their mind. They were of the same age, was it already normal for kittens to desire to leave the safety and comfort of the nursery, or were they too young for such thoughts? It doesn't change the result, either way, but Honeykit wondered if there was some coincidence to it.

A flopped ear bounces as they tread over to the chestnut-furred she-kit, realized she hadn't been alone to begin with; Honeykit wonders how they'd managed to miss seeing several of their denmates around the tunnel.

Bet I can get further into the tunnel than you can. Green and yellow eyes spark with something at the words. The challenge was clear, plainly directed at the tabby who'd arrived a minute or two ago - a dare. The kitten offers a wolven smile in return, an I accept implied but not voiced - long fluffed tail brushing against the dried grass beneath in preparation. They wiggle ungracefully once, twice, and leap as further as they can without fearing they will be caught in this little antic of theirs. A twig snap under their weight, a landmark amidst their current game before turning back and returning to the start. "Your turn."

Bayingkit must go farther than that, now, if she wants to win. And Honeykit will meet her in the challenge every single time until their opponent gave up ( or if they broke through the other side ) - or they were caught, whichever came first.

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  • ooc.
  • HONEYKIT —— kit of thunderclan , mentoring/mentored by name . parent x parent . littermate to character, character ✦ penned by nocthymia
    they/them / 2 moons & ages every 7ᵗʰ
    single / too young
    peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / underline & tag account when attacking
    —— combat details here / battle notes

    "speech", 'thoughts', all opinions are in character
    biography — msg on discord for plots — toyhouse
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    a longhaired red tabby with low white, vitiligo and dichroic eyes.
 

LIGHTNINGKIT . of . THUNDERCLAN
2 moons old (born 07.08.24) / lh silver tabby with green eyes / feminine pronouns
raccoonstripe xx nightbird / little sister to bayingkit, twilightkit, tigerkit, & stormkit
Lightningkit is dozing when she hears her sister's voice, young but already roughened and gritty. She wonders if it's bad that it's a little scary, that Bayingkit is a little scary. Does that make her a big, stupid baby?

She rolls over slowly, hiding her face in her paws, ostensibly to keep napping, but she keeps one eye partly open to watch Bayingkit. She's poised at the tunnel, the place they're not allowed to go, and she's daring another kit to go farther. They don't argue— they accept, even though it looks like it's more trouble than it's worth to try and win. They're both going to be in so, so much trouble if someone finds them in the middle of their game, and Lightningkit doesn't want that.

She licks one of her paws, and then chews on it a little. If she tells Mommy or Daddy, they won't be angry with her, but her sister will, and probably Honeykit, too. If she doesn't, and they know that she could have, then her parents will be angry, and she doesn't know what the right decision is.

Lightningkit rolls over again, putting her back to Bayingkit and Honeykit. She curls up, digging her nose into her foreleg, and pretends to sleep. Now no one can be angry with her, with the added benefit that she can daydream a little.
 
"Are they mousebrained?" Ivorykit's voice is muffled with disbelief as she approaches Lightningkit where she lays. The younger girl's sibling and one of their denmates, Honeykit, are squeezing their way through the gorse tunnel, trapping themselves in the spines! "Kits aren't allowed out of camp, y'know," she mews uncertainly to Bayingkit and Honeykit. Despite their age, both are more than a touch sassy, and their tongues can be as sharp as their needling little teeth.

She glances at Lightningkit again, her dark eyes softening. "Why don't you want to go with them?" Was the other kit obedient, lawful, or was she simply scared of the briars catching her fur, of the cuffing she'd get from Nightbird if the silver-dusted molly discovered her? Ivorykit herself couldn't deny she was interested in seeing the forest outside of camp again; the first time she'd been out had also been her last, before Palefire had taken her home with Ravenstrike and the others.

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  • Adora . Ivorykit, she/her w/ feminine terms.
    — “speech”, thoughts, attack
    — 5 moons old, ages realistically on the 16th.
    — mentored by n/a ; mentoring n/a ; previously mentored n/a.
    — thunderclan kit. npc x npc, gen 1.
    — penned by Marquette.

    lh white she-cat with curled ears and brown eyes. compassionate, righteous, naive, idealistic, self-doubting, self-destructive.