- Dec 22, 2023
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"At least we've been granted a break from the heat," Palefire mused lightly as she trod along beside her clanmates. While the sun would normally be beating down on them about this time of day, black clouds filled the sky and provided much-needed relief for the little hunting patrol they had taken out; though admittedly, the darkening horizon felt like a mirror of the shadow that had been cast over her mind. A tinge of dread prickled up her spine as a rumble of thunder sounded in the distance, but it wasn't the growing storm that set her teeth on edge. Her paws slowed as the brush around them began to thin, and her cold blue gaze narrowed as the looming figure of an all-too-familiar oak tree appeared in front of them. The young warrior had not been to this terrible place since the night her fellow apprentices had been mercilessly attacked by the owl residing here, and in truth she had hoped it would be some time still before she had to venture back.
As she stepped out into the clearing surrounding the tree, visions tormented her of bloodied bodies strewn across the forest floor. The moon painted them in a ghostly silver light as she helplessly watched her elder warriors drag their injured apprentices away, the screeching of a beast piercing the otherwise still night air. Thunder crashed again, closer this time, startling her out of her memories with a jolt. Quickly blinking away the troubled images, Palefire cast a glance around at her companions, hoping that no one had noticed how badly this place was rattling her. She made a show of tasting the air, savoring the tang of the cool breeze that promised an impending shower. "We should hurry, it's going to rain soon. We don't want to be caught out here when it starts." Don't want to be stuck here with that feathered nightmare after nightfall. The lilac-pointed molly roughly shook out her fur, set her shoulders back and forced her mind to focus back on their current predicament. The clan needed food, and they didn't have much time now to find it.
As she stepped out into the clearing surrounding the tree, visions tormented her of bloodied bodies strewn across the forest floor. The moon painted them in a ghostly silver light as she helplessly watched her elder warriors drag their injured apprentices away, the screeching of a beast piercing the otherwise still night air. Thunder crashed again, closer this time, startling her out of her memories with a jolt. Quickly blinking away the troubled images, Palefire cast a glance around at her companions, hoping that no one had noticed how badly this place was rattling her. She made a show of tasting the air, savoring the tang of the cool breeze that promised an impending shower. "We should hurry, it's going to rain soon. We don't want to be caught out here when it starts." Don't want to be stuck here with that feathered nightmare after nightfall. The lilac-pointed molly roughly shook out her fur, set her shoulders back and forced her mind to focus back on their current predicament. The clan needed food, and they didn't have much time now to find it.
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PALEFIRE ♡ she / her, warrior of thunderclan, 16 moons
⭃ lh lilac lynx point w/ low white and blue eyes. tall and slender, fast and agile.
⭃ currently emotionally withdrawn, all opinions are strictly ic and likely spur-of-the-moment.
⭃ single, open to relationships / / mentor to no one // formerly mentored by nightbird
⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking.
⭃ penned by limerence ↛ @limericks. on discord, feel free to dm for plots.