camp LOST IN A SEA OF HANDS = [ nerves / open / rta ]

[horizonthroat]

He's staring at the water.

Frozen water crisps at the banks of Riverclan, yet it doesn't freeze- not yet, he thinks, maybe the height of leafbare hasn't found them. Yet, he finds his skin prickles anyways with the chill of the air, he feels his short fur betray him for the coolest season of the year. An ear twitches backwards at anyone who approaches, but he doesn't look, not yet. In the last twelve months- he must catalogue. Put things together like a book, mull over them. His birth, the moons following of growing and aging and then training. The Red Water Rogues, the tales of a deadly sickness and a great journey... then what was recent, yes?

The fire, the way the smog still seems to sit heavy in his lungs. The way that the sun touches the horizon mimicking that of the eclipse. The moor fire. The taking of Sunningrocks and subsequent deaths. Finally does Horizonpaw turn his head, deep greens finding whoever had called his name or stared at him or- anything. He dips his head, ever the first to take the road of being quiet before turning back to the almost-frozen edges of the water.

His ears press backwards now, a paw moving to touch the icy cold, letting it ground him briefly. And now he must think of the future- of what meeting his mother was about to call. For all the jealousy that had sat in his heart towards his sister, his prodigy sister, it still terrified him. He wouldn't be able to hold onto Salmonshade's tail. He'd have to think and make decision on his own, and sure, his assessment had gone fine and all, but still, it felt like his heart was growing paws and attempting to claw it's way out of his throat.

Instead of spilling his guts, he speaks- ".. Y' think that newleaf will be better?" His voice feels odd, from hours of unuse, to suddenly volunteer himself like this? He cringes inwardly, withdrawing his paw from the water.

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ┌── DONT NEED YOUR NAME ⋅❁⋅ I NEED YOUR HEART ──┐‎

• "speech"
  // feel free to be the cat he's speaking to!

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• HORIZONPAW he/him, apprentice of riverclan, twelve moons.
  ⭃ SH blue tabby with low white and deep green eyes. he is gangly, with long limbs and a longer tail that give him the illusion of being tall despite being average height otherwise. looks on with slightly anxious but normally happy expressions
  ⭃ mentored by salmonshade / / mentoring no one
  ⭃ padding after no one / / littermate to twinklepaw, eveningpaw, and snowflakekit
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by dallas ↛ dallasofnines on discord, feel free to dm for plots.

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[TIGERSPLASH.]

two full cycles of the seasons had passed, and tigersplash was quite sure that leafbare was her least favorite of them all -- a sentiment likely echoed by most of her clanmates. she was glad that the waters hadn't yet frozen, and perhaps they would be blessed by a mild leafbare that didn't steal the water from them. then again, nothing about the season seemed mild, with everything that had happened so far.

tigersplash was at least grateful that her thick pelt provided some insulation, but even she could feel the biting frost -- she's sympathetic to horizonpaw and his shorthaired pelt as she pads over, noticing the tabby's anxious gaze into the water as she purrs a greeting. being an apprentice is difficult, and being an apprentice in these times even more so. she doesn't pry, though, letting the apprentice initiate if he wanted to talk.

".. Y' think that newleaf will be better?"

the warrior's ears twitched sympathetically. "it'll certainly be warmer, at any rate," she says, tone light as she dips her own paw into the swirling depths before them, letting it brush against the bank before pulling it back. warm enough so that she could swim again soon, she hopes. "the changing moons will always bring other changes with them, but we'll persevere -- we always have," she adds, smiling encouragingly at the tom.

｡:ﾟ.°✧ DONT SUGARCOAT ME BABY

• ooc.

• TIGERSPLASH (she/her/any) is a 26 moon old riverclan warrior with longhair chocolate/cinnamon fur with high white and amber eyes. she is the gen1 daughter of redfur and dawnflower.
  
  TAGS. penned by riyue. dm me on discord (xriyue) for plots.​

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