private let my last words be our last dance ☂ rainbowpaw

[Puddlepaw]

They march in side together, she wouldn't describe it as walking as that felt much too casual. They were rivals, training partners and maybe friends but not good friends. She imagines that's what the walking casually would be reserved for. Stars litter the sky as they escape from the comforting binds of the camp without the overly watchful eyes of their mentors. "So you will not back out at the thunderpath?" There was so much carrion on those roads, she's seen a few rabbits be eviscerated by the passing monsters so maybe they could be lucky enough to catch a crossing one before it's struck. "You will have to walk back by yourself" she would rather not have to deal with a dead Rainbowpaw. Rather she would not want to deal with the questions from his mother, or even less wanting to hear from Promisepaw. He would be devastated and that thought disgusts her, though she's unsure if it's the slobbery devastation or the fact that it would just highlight how much the downy apprentice cared for him.

The march is quiet for the most part, conversation has been increasingly difficult in the passing time since their little public display of affection. Rainbowpaw doesn't seem to change but she can hear that reverence in his tone when calling him brilliant, faux or not she doesn't know. Words become stuck in her throat at the thought, so it has just been easier to be relatively silent. Always known for the fact that she doesn't attempt to speak if she cannot say the word, the same applies to nerves, she thinks it's that. That jittery feeling in her chest. As such she doesn't announce the fact that they've arrived at the thunderpath, the stench of the moors is enough to express it.

Stone crunches under paw as she shuffles by their scent lines. Watching the thunderpath with interest, it seems there had been a few victims today. "Hopefully that means more will come" she murmurs with a flick of her tail. From the corner of her eye she can see him, it is annoying that despite how plain he is he always manages to catch her eye. It's the height, and the build, she is convinced of that much. "How is Promisepaw?" She spares him no second glance, tone is as annoyingly monotone as usual. She has never bothered to ask him for his opinion, not wanting to give the illusion of caring about whatever it is he does in his free time.

Though the words don't stop coming. "If I may be so blunt, what is it that you see in him?" It was an odd pairing, they seemed fine as friends. Maybe she was just ignorant, she knows that she struggles to see things like this but them as a couple? It seemed out of the ordinary, much like seeing a rabbit when it crosses into the territory on the rare occasion. This is the only time she takes her eyes off the thunderpath, taking the time to catch Rainbowpaw's gaze.

@RAINBOWPAW ​

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The song is loud and beautiful and I am so very afraid

PUDDLEPAWㅤBIOGRAPHYㅤ/ㅤTOYHOU.SE
: ̗̀➛ㅤfemale (she / her)ㅤ/ㅤunknown sexuality
: ̗̀➛ㅤ09 moons oldㅤ/ㅤages realistically, every 8th of the month
: ̗̀➛ㅤapprentice of ShadowClan for 03 moons
: ̗̀➛ㅤSister of Buzzardpawㅤ/ㅤApprentice of Wormwatcher
: ̗̀➛ㅤpenned by Juiceㅤ/ㅤmessage Ouijeejuice on discord for plots!

A slick rosette fawn tabby / rosette black tabby chimera. Quiet and calculating, struggles being able to describe or identify her own or others emotions. All opinions are IC as she can be quite harsh in her judgements.​

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[RAINBOWPAW]

RAINBOWPAW

HE/HIM ✎ APPRENTICE

He walks steadily beside her with an unwavering gaze present on his mismatched facial features and his ears twitch at the sound of her asking if he will not back out of going to the Thunderpath, a frown forms on his maw though his pupils narrowing into dangerous slits. A part of him is insulted that she would think him as a coward to avoid the asphalt river that split the territories between Windclan and Shadowclan, his whiskers twitch in a subtle show of irritation, and turns to her with a shake of his onyx helm "You must be dull tonight, my dear. I'm not a cowardly whelp that will avoid the Thunderpath when its a source of food for us." And at her next words, his ear flicks to the side with a roll of his copper eyes as he continues to walk alongside her, "That won't be necessary." He reassures her with a flick of his bottlebrush tail behind him as the both of them draw closer to the foul smelling trail that splits between the moorlands and their thick foliage.

He can see the gore and blood that's on the Thunderpath, he nods in silent agreement in the direction of Puddlepaw and he has to blink to properly register the words that slip from her jaws as she asks him how Promisepaw is. "Hm? Why do you ask?" An eyebrow quirks at the chimera only to sweep his tail behind him only to give her a side eye of sorts and it makes him ponder if the mismatched molly feels envy of some sort but he isn't certain if its because she likes Promisepaw herself or... Ah, how foolishly impossible. There's no way that slim chance is possible and he clicks his tongue before parting his jaws to speak with ears angled forward "He's fine... a bit clingy if you ask me but he's... peachy." The downy apprentice would simply have to do when it came to being his righthand man so Rainbowpaw would remain content in some way.

She asks what he sees in him and his ears twitch to the side, the monochrome apprentice keeps his eyes on the moors waiting to see if a rabbit would try darting across the Thunderpath and the moggy blinks his eyes for a long heartbeat. He struggles to formulate any words to describe the slate-grey apprentice in that small pause of silence and tilts his head to the side in an owl-like gesture, her question makes his earlier suspicion resurface instantly only to return a question with another one "What do I see in him? That's a good question. Although, it does make me ponder..." His eyes flick back towards the Thunderpath taking in the bitter smell of asphalt and the rotting corpses that lay splattered across it, "Do you merely ask to know what you may lack? Are you... jealous, Puddlepaw?"

The way that he's said it may anger her but usually the monochrome tom does it intentionally so that he'd crawl underneath her skin and see the anger crease her sharp facial features, so that her ears may pin themselves against her head at this insult, and yet it hadn't been his true intent this time. "I assure you that Promisepaw is a lovely company but he lacks what you have." An aloof roll of his shoulders as he decides to leave it at just that, so, that the words settle in her brain and cause ripples within her mind. His jaws part when he catches sight of a rabbit beginning to analyze the distance between the moors and thick forest that Shadowclan resides within, "Look."

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Rainbowpaw is a large, longhaired black maine coon moggy w/low white, six toes on his front paws, and a pair of brown eyes

Snakehiss x Ternstar / brother to Cornflower / Adopted by Wormwatcher & nephew to Amberhaze ; padding after Promisepaw
mentored by Ternstar / mentoring no one
8 moons old as of 04/11/2025

penned by BossTaurus

 

[Puddlepaw]

TW: mention animal death (a rabbit is run over) in the second last paragraph

"I just wanted to make sure that you are ready for such a task" she pays no mind to his bruised ego, nor to his rather scathing reply. As scathing as either one of the pair could be really. "I take it that you venture there often, then?" She wouldn't be particularly surprised by that tidbit if proved factual. She wouldn't confess to regularly sneaking out to see it, even to Rainbowpaw. Not wanting there to be space for any assumptions to be laid between them, she knows that he is sharp and as such she was rather pleased to not give him any additional ammunition. What a pair they make, the tom tall and an endless source of thick fluffy fur, his bottle brushed tail flicking was the best example of his fluffier build. Her own serpentine tail lifts just barely above the ground as she walks slow, close to leisurely but of course it's not that. She's more compact, steadily he was growing to be taller and larger than her and her fur stuck to her save for a minute spiky tuft. If she cared more about her self image like that maybe she would be envious, instead she can only think about how that must be such a pain to maintain.

"We haven't spoken much since the pair of you became an item" she points out bluntly with a shrug, feigning indifference. That has been mostly on her part, taking an extended break from being around him in an attempt to sort herself out. To figure out just why that had bothered her "I am merely curious, he is my friend as well" his side eye is met with one of her own, trying to assess if he had bought this or not. He doesn't push on it, so she assumes that she was able to construe it to be casual enough. "Clingy?"Her ears perk up at his words, curling her tail around her hind paw as they stand together. "I believe some might just call that being affectionate" she wouldn't, the idea of affection being shared between them sickens her. Her jaw clicks softly as she shifts the weight of it, pressing her tongue against the soft palette of her maw to hold herself back from showing any physical signs of illness at the idea.

Distantly, she thinks she spots a rabbit on the outskirts of the moors. Disappointed to see that it was merely a weed, though watching in fascination as the wind blows it across the moorland. He acknowledges her question somewhat, that's enough to divert her gaze from the Thunderpath momentarily to look back at Rainbowpaw. It's a fleeting thing, flicking her eyes to the side of his face for a half second before focusing back on the self imposed mission at paw. The scoff that finds her is unable to be suppressed, a knee jerk reaction to the counter question. Her eyes rolling so hard she thinks it might hurt. "Oh do entertain me, Rainbowpaw. What do I lack?" A usually neutral tone drips in a dry sarcasm as she digs her hind paw on her tail ever so slightly in a subtle attempt to not allow it to lash. It vibrates with the suppressed action all the same.

She takes the tone at face value, while anger doesn't find her features so much as disappointment her ears pin back all the same. "I see no reason to be jealous of him, do you think I should be?" How highly does he think of himself? It might just be her placing words in her mouth but she wouldn't doubt the tom to think like that at all. "I do notice that you avoided answering the question with your usual honesty." Her ears perk up once more, satisfaction finding her that she could somewhat turn that back on him. Though, given another heartbeat he does eventually answer her.

What I have? Her jaw shifts once again as her gaze drifts from the Thunderpath once more. Shifting to her own paws as her brows furrow in confusion, the answer sitting in her head and permeate within her thoughts. "Just what do I have that he does not" Her question isn't given much air to breathe, eaten up by the presence of a rabbit across the moors. She stands alert as it judges the distance, bracing herself to be ready to intercept it. As it runs across the Thunderpath she crouches to chase after it too, though she is stopped before she can cross the threshold. The rumbling of a monster and Rainbowpaw's voice halting her, watching in dismay as it collides with the rabbit. Sending the creature sprawling across the Thunderpath, a disappointed sigh finding her.

"More will come" she decides with a huff. It seemed that it was going to be a long night. Though she didn't really mind that much. "Should I expect to see you move your nest then?" She pivots the conversation back to the nature of the toms relationship with Promisepaw. Figuring it would spark a witty response and distract them enough from the disappointment of missed prey. ​

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The song is loud and beautiful and I am so very afraid

PUDDLEPAWㅤBIOGRAPHYㅤ/ㅤTOYHOU.SE
: ̗̀➛ㅤfemale (she / her)ㅤ/ㅤunknown sexuality
: ̗̀➛ㅤ10 moons oldㅤ/ㅤages realistically, every 8th of the month
: ̗̀➛ㅤapprentice of ShadowClan for 04 moons
: ̗̀➛ㅤSister of Buzzardpawㅤ/ㅤApprentice of Wormwatcher
: ̗̀➛ㅤpenned by Juiceㅤ/ㅤmessage Ouijeejuice on discord for plots!

A slick rosette fawn tabby / rosette black tabby chimera. Quiet and calculating, struggles being able to describe or identify her own or others emotions. All opinions are IC as she can be quite harsh in her judgements.​

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