SHE ONCE WAS A TRUE LOVE OF MINE // COTTONSPRIG

[juncoclaw]

Juncoclaw had avoided Cottonsprig, ever since she returned. As if she wasn't here. As if her very existence was proof of Junco's unworthiness. She felt like the dirt beneath the medicine cat's paws; like the sorrow behind her distant blue gaze.

She had done well to avoid her, until now. There were burning questions in her throat, always, and yet she has abstained - until now. What had become of the lively medicine cat? What of her kits, that sent her away? What of their sire; would they return soon as Thriftfeather had?

If she were so ready to leave, why did she come back?

A rabbit is dropped at Cottonsprig's paws, big enough for two, as she lays in solitude. Juncoclaw's gaze is shielded as she stares down at her, dull and cool as river pebbles. "You're not eating," she comments something she had observed throughout the days. Rumor had it that Cottonsprig had abandoned a gifted mouse, seemingly busy - but Juncoclaw didn't need to hear it to know. Always knowing, always watching.. it was that same curse that constantly pulled her in Cottonsprig's direction, no matter how much she willed it away. Now, here she ways, uttering words to her for the first time since Cottonsprig had left, blunt requests that she will not take a 'no' to. "Eat with me."

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• JUNCOCLAW ✩ prisoner of windclan
  ⭃ she/her ━ afab ━ 17 moons
  ⭃ a long-haired blue/silver tabby with green eyes, one blind.
  ⭃ penned by ixora ↛ @.ixora on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[cottonsprig]

In the midst of everything, Cottonsprig wishes she could say that she hadn't noticed how Juncoclaw avoids her. She wishes that her mind could forever be indulged with the pain of separation and the curse of knowledge - but even she has down time. Even she sees how her former friend looks at her, standing in freedom whilst she cages herself.

Her paws are tucked beneath her chest when Juncoclaw approaches. The sun has since moved but she's grown too comfortable to follow it - lethargic, she would call it if she were anyone else. Grieving, she knows it better as. A rabbit finds the place before her and immediately, her stomach lurches with discomfort. Immediately, Cottonsprig moves to voice her thanks - until the graveled voice of Juncoclaw reaches her ears.

Blue eyes reach to see green, one faded compared to the other, and she feels like the rabbit before her. Likely cornered before stricken down, fear swelling in her abdomen. But Juncoclaw has not relinquished what she knows yet. Cottonsprig cannot discern why, but simply hopes it is out of respect and that neither of them will trouble with secrets when unnecessary.

"Eat with me." Cottonsprig can feel from the other's tone that there's no room to argue. She shifts her weight, offering the warrior a bit of residual warmth. It takes a long moment before the she-cat finally takes the first bite, and after her bout of silence, she posits quietly, "So... Sunstar has let you wander," as a means to have a conversation.

𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 ˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖ 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

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• ❥ MEDICINAL KNOWLEDGE
  ♥♥♡ WOUNDS ; can confidently stop bleeding and mend lacerations. will often request that you keep your injury clean and wait it out first.
  ♥♥♡ INFECTION ; as a side effect of likely her own doing, very dutiful with technique and treatment shortly thereafter.
  ♥♡♡ ACHES & PAINS ; will defer to a dark tunnel and rest. if pain persists, maybe she will offer something.
  ♥♡♡ BROKEN BONES ; has never dealt with a broken bone. likely will ask that you never move. ever again.
  ♥♥♥ TRAVELING HERBS ; learned well from her previous mentor. will pile even too many remedies to tough the wilderness with.
  ♥♥♥ KITTING ; having kittens of her own and helped several others with their litters, she is very well versed with calming techniques and quelling pain.
  ♥♡♡ POISONS ; she knows what they are... but that isn't enough, isn't it?
  ♥♥♡ ILLNESS ; having worked through two yellowcough bouts, she is confident in her remedies. much else... she's operating on trial and error.
  ⸻ cottonsprig is a dutiful and excitable medicine cat. she enjoys company and loves conversation. she'd rather not have too many curious noses snooping around her den... but who is she to quell curiosity?

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  ⸻❥ cottonsprig is the primary medicine cat of windclan. a former princess to the moors, she harbors many guilts for her actions throughout her short life. she has no consistent partner, unwilling to commit and settle, and she is training celandinepaw in medicine.

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