KEEP YOU SAFE ⁀➷ owl tree, prompt

[FALLOWBITE]

( ⁀➷ )　 Fallow knows of the owl tree, of course it does. Towering tall and spindly at the threshold between here and there. Somewhere writhin the branches, within the ancient wood, there is a threat lurking. The older warriors tell stories of it, of tracking its path to prey and tearing feathers from its wings when it gets too close.

She doesn't know if it's the same one. She doesn't really care. The winding talon-strikes across her back sting in the cold, and Fallow can't focus on her patrol. Her eyes keep darting to the tree, scanning for any sign ot the beast. Someone mentioned that it was the owl tree offhandedly, and now she can't think of anything else. She's closer to it than she's ever been before. "We should chase it off." Fallow pipes up suddenly, voice shaky. She steadies it, clarifies. "The, uh, the owl. At the tree. 'S dangerous." It's sure no one wants it going around snatching up ThunderClan kits -- or particularly young apprentices.

WEARING CROWNS ⁀➷ OF TWIGS AND LEAVES 【 12.12.23 】

• // PROMPT: fallowpaw has overheard stories of the owl tree and it's resident from older warriors. given her run in with an owl before, does this make it nervous that something like that will happen again now that she's an apprentice?
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• ˏˋ　°　•　*⁀➷ FALLOWPAW.　THUNDERCLAN APPRENTICE. SHE / HER & IT / ITS.
  4 MOONS & AGES ON THE 1ST.　PENNED BY SATURNID.
  
  
  

  ➳ A SCARRED, POINTED BROWN MOLLY WITH PATCHY WHITE SPOTTING.

  
  NPC xx NPC. FOSTERED BY TANSYSHINE.

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[ROEFLAME .]

ROEFLAME — I fell in love with the fire long ago.

Roeflame cannot count on all of her toes the amount of run-ins she has had with random predators, some self initiated, others not.
One the tabby warrior could never forget, however, was her one and only direct encounter with an owl. How bold it had been, barreling towards her… the luck she must’ve had to avoid its sharp talons.
As the patrol approaches the infamous Owl Tree, Roeflame almost thinks nothing of it until she spots young Fallowpaw lingering, round optics staring sky-ward.
We should chase it off, the adolescent states, earning a quirked brow from Roeflame.
Coming to the apprentices side, the lead warrior joins her upwards eye-line, optics combing through the branches.
"While your boldness is admirable, it’s important to be careful with the fights we pick during leaf bare."
The older molly finally muses after a moment, chin leveling to look at Fallowpaw sympathetically. "Owls are vermin, though. I don’t disagree with you on that."
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[freckleflame]

fallowpaw wasnt too bad. or perhaps she was simply getting used to stormywing’s strange apprentice, it’s odd voice and habits. her eyes cut to it from where she tries alongside roeflame, giving her a brief glance as they stop before the owl tree. the wind whisks at her cheek fluff, but it is a welcome break from the walking they had done that day. we should chase it off fallowpaw says, and freckleflame supposed she would have agreed as an apprentice. it is an intimidating thing, with big, spikes talons.. not that she’d ever seen it super up close, but the legends prevail, rooted deep in thunderclan lore. her tail folds neatly over freezing paws, humming along with roeflame’s excuse, ” we could run it off, but sometimes, that vermin can lead ya right to freshkill. follow it out on a windy night, it’ll basically show ya the best places to hunt. might have t’ fight it for a mouse or two though.. “

𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙼𝙰𝙺𝙴 𝙼𝙴 𝚂𝙼𝙸𝙻𝙴 -`☀︎´- 𝘗𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘌 𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘠 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘈 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘓𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘞

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  FRECKLEFLAME 𖦹 . LESBIAN, SINGLE. SMELLS LIKE SUN - WARMED OAK AND EARTHY MUSK. SIXTEEN MOONS. FRIEND & SISTER TO MANY. NAMED A FULL WARRIOR OF THUNDERCLAN ON 8 / 3 / 2023. PENNED BY ANTLERS --------
  
  f. she / her, daughter of sunfreckle and rabbitnose. large cream - ribboned tortoiseshell with seaglass eyes. larger than life! shades of vibrant russet, dousing swathes of shadow and interwoven with ribbons pale cream come to drape like licks of flame over a thick, broad - shouldered figure. unspecified maine coon heritage born of sunfreckle's kittypet background shows itself in large, round paws and tufted, long - furred toes set upon thick, tabby - splotched limbs. a characteristic lack of personal space leads her to a slouching, touchy posture, often inclined to lean or bump against her peers, all while bearing a wide, bright - eyed grin. she seems to sing confidence from every laugh, every word.. that can't all be for show, can it?
  

  prone to bouts of explosive emotion. all opinions are solely in - character and during these times, often untrue or said only in anger.

  
  

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[PEBBLESTEP]

Pebblestep had sworn they had encountered an owl before, its face was white as snow, two coal spheres sat upon it, its wings as spindly as sticks but talons long enough to give the lilac tom second thoughts even when it had threatened those he loved. The owl at the tree hollow was a permanent figure in the back of the warrior's mind, heavy enough to feel its pressure whenever he neared, distant enough for him not to feel too afraid of being swept up and served to a bunch of baby owlets on a silver platter. His eyes follow Fallowpaws as they settle upon a tree, her words realistic, but impractical. Roeflame speaks up first, seemingly thinking the same as he did, then Freckleflame offers a more logical reason for keeping the bird of prey around. A symbiotic relationship, the owl would show the clan where prey was, in return... actually, the owl didn't get anything in return. "We can keep the peace with it," he reasoned nervously, face disappearing behind a foggy cloud as he exhaled. "Probably... I mean, we wouldn't be able to kill it unless it was on the ground... I don't want to fight that thing in it's nest."

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