pafp LOOKING FOR THE GOLDEN LIGHT ࿏ judging

[Pinepaw ⭒]

-ˋˏ ༻ ❆༺ ˎˊ- It was by mere happenstance that Mothpaw had fallen under scrutinizing golden fire, momentarily distracted by the trinkets that had been being incorporated into her fur. It was only after the bobbles had been put away that the apprentice had earned more than a second glance from Pinekit, and when she did, it was squinted with confusion, judgment. It’s always going good! Mothpaw had chimed to Midnightpaw, her voice light and akin to the chipper song-birds that blared in the kittens ear drums every morning.
The tortoiseshell hadn’t kept herself at bay for too long, maybe long enough for the older apprentices to wrap up their conversation before she approached again. Jollyness wasn't something unfamiliar to her, but to keep it up for the entirety of the afternoon? Ferngill was happy, but in a laid-back, lead warrior type of way. Cragkit was a solider in the making, Crabkit a burr to their frosty mothers flank, Hazeclouds kits could be loud when they wanted to… but none of the cats that popped into the girls mind mirror the strange apprentices behavior. “Are you ever not smiling?” The blunt question would pop from the younger she-kits maw before too long, giving her plush chest fur a couple of obligatory rasps. “‘Cause I’ont think that’s normal.”

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── AND I BEG TO BE TESTED ⋅ ࿏ ⋅ BY GODDESSES RESTING ──┐‎

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  PINEKIT ✩ she/her, kit of riverclan, 2 moons.
  ⭃ plush-furred tortoiseshell she-kit with white dipped forepaws, tail tip, and muzzle and round, honey hued optics.
  ⭃ daughter of Iciclefang && Stormywing ࿏ sister to Cragkit && Crabkit
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Noor ↛ @toyangel on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[. Mothpaw]

♡ After a conversation with her friend and watching as they trotted off, a small question would make her ears twitch. Are you ever not smiling? The chocolate and white apprentice would glance down as wide hazel eyes focus on the young daughter of Pinekit. ”Maybeee when I'm sleeping? Why wouldn't you want to smile?” Mothpaw would inquire after answering the kit's question, an eyebrow curiously rising. What wasn't normal about smiling? A long bushy tail of hers twitches as she settles on her haunches, so she isn't hovering over the young child. How could not smiling that you get to see the next day be something to smile about? Waa~ How strange!

”What's there not to smile about?” Mothpaw would question Pinekit with a toothy smile. There was so much to enjoy in life and to smile about, really! The fresh scent of dew on blade of leaves in the morning, the sunrise that brought onto a new day that you get to spend with friends and family. There was so many things to smile about even if it was just basic things, it could be people or things you loved too!
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[hazecloud]

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Pinekit is most certainly her mother's daughter, it seemed. Hardly holding back any word within her own thoughts, her fur bristled in the face of outsiders, and yet she still held her kit-like wonder. Today, her wonder meandered into the question of Mothpaw's attitude. Too smiley, she implied, and her judgement amused the queen. Twinklekit was not so different, was she?

"The sun never gets in your eyes?" Hazecloud joined with a light tone. "Maybe Mothpaw's special, there's nothing that can make her sad! What a great gift to have."

✿ ———— I'll be your regular mama ✿ ————— And I'll put that gun away

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  Hazecloud
  —⊰⋅ Queen of RiverClan
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  "SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
  —⊰⋅ LH blue smoke with green eyes.
  

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[HORIZONPAW [transferred]]

At Hazecloud's side is her son's storm-hued form, now tall enough to outsize some of the queens inside but clearly plagued with the gangliness and soft lines of youth. Deep verdant eyes study Pinekit in her stride towards an apprentice, ever-so-slightly amazed at the boldness infused in each white-gloved step. Certainly, one had to be born with confidence to be like that, and her sharp-eyed mother had no shortage of confidence to pass to her children. But... Horizonkit gives Hazecloud a soft, sidelong glance as he thinks for the moment. Hazecloud never struggled to approach others as he did; in fact, neither Twinklekit nor Eveningkit had his disease either.

Is the apprentice never-not smiling? Horizonkit couldn't tell. All the apprentices seemed the same to him, save for Pebblepaw and Shellpaw. Always off doing something, trotting obediently at the heels of their mentors. And it's true: that life didn't seem like something to smile about, so how could she be so cheerful, if Pinekit's observation was to be believed? "Do you think that when she's sad, she still smiles?" he murmurs to his mother, tucking his long tail around his paws. Horizonkit hadn't smiled while Hazecloud, Eveningkit, and Riverpaw were missing. Even now, when he thinks about Riverpaw, he doesn't think he would want to smile even if he could draw his lips in that shape. Maybe the masked feline just had nothing to be sad about, instead of everything to be happy about.

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[Pinepaw ⭒]

-ˋˏ ༻ ❆༺ ˎˊ- The response is anticlimactic, to say the least. Pinekit cannot help the discontented twist of her lips, what’s there not to smile about? The apprentice quips.
“War. Dogs. Gettin’ your paw hook’d ‘n somethin’ pokey.” Off the top of her head, Pinekit would miss the light-tone of the apprentices question entirely. The toothy smile Mothpaw offers seems to only be there to prove her point. Pinekit was no stranger to laughing, smiling… but all the time? “ ‘S weird.” Is the only conclusion the dappled child can come to when she turns in Hazeclouds direction, genuinity evident in her tone despite her brash words. Horizonkits questions is murmured with polite discreteness, the soft touch of his tone just barely drifting to Pinekits ears. “Yeahhh.. do ya? smile when’ur sad?” It was a good question, right? Horizonkit should’ve been brave enough to ask it himself, but Pinekit was okay picking up her denmates slack.

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── AND I BEG TO BE TESTED ⋅ ࿏ ⋅ BY GODDESSES RESTING ──┐‎

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  PINEKIT ✩ she/her, kit of riverclan, 5 moons.
  ⭃ plush-furred tortoiseshell she-kit with white dipped forepaws, tail tip, and muzzle and round, honey hued optics.
  ⭃ daughter of Iciclefang && Stormywing ࿏ sister to Cragkit && Crabkit
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Noor ↛ @toyangel on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[. Mothpaw]

Ivory ears shift forward as she listens contently to the three, her lips pursing as she tries her best to contain a stifled laughter at Hazecloud's inquiry. ”It only makes my eyes close!” Mothpaw would purr towards the queen as she overhears the whisper of Horizonkit to Pinekit, chuckling internally. It doesn't take long until Pinekit quickly lists off some reasons to not smile and the apprentice tilts her head owlishly, ”Wars are bad but we hadn't had one anytime recently~” The white and brown tabby would remark, her tail flicking to the right. Her gaze wafts between the three of them as she cleans a small paw for a moment.

”I don't think I've been sad, maybe when I was a kit and my ma took away the mossball. There's so much to be thankful and smile about.” Mothpaw would admit after grooming her paw momentarily, flashing a toothy grin at the small kit. ”Like getting to spend time with your ma and brothers, catching minnows, watching the sunrise and sunset. Ahh~ There's too much to list!” A dramatic sigh leaves her lips as she plops backwards on her haunches and flattening herself on her back almost as struck by an arrow, a paw raising to the heavens.

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