pafp psychic wound ⋆⁺₊ ☾ ⁺₊⋆ mushrooms

[Swansong]

⋆⁺₊ ☾ ⁺₊⋆ 　Grief is a strange thing.

It bleeds from each ShadowClanner, seeping into the swamp-dirt and staining it red. A million different pictures of mourning circle around Swansong. Mirestar's isolation, Halfsun's anger, Needledrift's hollow voice. Scalejaw's is tangible, though she remains as stony as ever. A growing pile of mushrooms collects near her nest, and Smogstar's echo lingers in every scrap of fungus.

Swansong tries to help, as much as she can. Her own grief is a hollow thing, but she knows her purpose. There is solace in the comfort of others.

They do not greet Scalejaw, merely place the mushroom they themself have gathered by her paws, keep their eyes trained upon it. "This one..." Their voice is soft, meandering. A hazy echo of memory laces through each word. "Chanterelle, he said. It's... a pretty name. Chanterelle... That is why I remember..." It was moons ago. She was younger. He had grown less interested in material things as star-given authority settled its grip into his flesh - but now, all the moons of Smogmaw bleed together into one aching ghost. She remembers him smiling, excitedly twlling his kits about his rare find. Chanterelle. She pushes it forward. "For you," she murmurs simply.

‎‎┌── WE FOUND TWO DEAD SWANS ⋆⁺₊ ☾ ⁺₊⋆ AND FILLED THEIR BODIES WITH FLOWERS ──┐‎

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  SWANSONG　⋆⁺₊ ☾ ⁺₊⋆　she / they, warrior of shadowclan, seventeen moons.
  ➳ a pale, silky-furred cream tabby with tired blue eyes.
  ➳ dreamy and detached, known for her perpetual sleepiness.
  ➳ halfshade x smogstar, littermate to applejaw, garlicheart, & ashenfall.
  ➳ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ➳ penned by SATURNID ↛ saturnids on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[scalejaw]

★ She has been seen- read through. Some of Smogmaw's children were perspective like that. Eyes of hawks, with a guile much like his. It hurt to see, sometimes, how well they took after him just as much as their mother. Both lives gone, or missing. She did not mourn Smogmaw's former mate perhaps as hard as she should have- but each and everytime the ghost of them presented in how her children cared, it made a lump sit heavy in her throat.

Scalejaw didn't do it intentionally, piling up the mushrooms. They were tucked near her nest, but each one she grabbed reminded her of him. It was easy enough to trade them out day for day, when one began to wither, she tucked a new one near. She's lounging in her nest, eyes half upon the pile when Swansong approaches, glowering coals of eyes shifting to the daughter of the once-leader. Ears twitched as she followed the other's line of action, focusing on the mushroom there.

This one... Chanterelle, he said. Scalejaw swallows gently, her paws flexing with a need to bury itching talons into something. Not out of anger- but a need for relief, of stress, to stretch her muscles and move from here. Yet, she remains idly still as the cap joins the rest, her breathing quiet and barely heard. It's only moments before Scalejaw is lifting her vision, searching Swansong's. Are you doing this because you pity me? Or... no, this is because you hurt as I do. Scalejaw makes a quiet noise of appreciation. "It... is lovely. Thank you." Scalejaw manages, but her tone says more then her words do.

The line of grief dotting her words is easy enough to hear, but the bleeding appreciation she has for Swansong's action is more apparent with each syllable. She clears her throat, paw shifting and moving the Chanterelle with incredible care to the top of the pile.

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── MESSES WITH YOUR SANITY ⋅❁⋅ TWISTING ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AROUND ──┐‎

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• SCALEJAW 🌧 she/her, warrior of shadowclan, sixty five moons.
  ★ A SH black/LH blue smoke chimera with glowering orange eyes, tufts of fur that make her look dragon-akin, and scars that she wears with pride. motherly and stern attitude, with a warm streak for clanmates and a cruel streak for enemies.
  ★ mentoring no one
  ★ padding after no one / / mother to bonerattle, nightwhisper, and shadefall
  ★ 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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