- Jul 6, 2023
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Patience seems a fleeting thing more than ever now... every mewl and demand for attention or play or food makes their fur stand on end anxiously. Their cries bring tears to their own eyes, bubbling with overwhelm the moment they squeak in protest or dismay. It is too much, so much... and nothing like what little silly moments they'd shared with kittens in the nursery had been. They can never have a break, a moment of silence or peace or solitude... It is a uniquely difficult change to swallow and one they stumble through with wild tide emotions. A pawing at their hindleg as they rise to stretch their legs for the first time that day is enough to make them prickle with frustrated misery- "Please," they plead gently, pressing their nose stubbornly against the side of a whining face, "Just a moment, just a moment- I'll be back, please just a moment."
They tear themself away from the makeshift nest of their Twoleg's fashioning, high walled to prevent their unsupervised escape but not soundproofed to prevent their sniffling from carrying across empty rooms.
They think to get something to eat, to drink some water as their mouth becomes painfully parched, but a shadow near the window attracts their attention- it feels too early for Spicepaw to be home and Hazelbeam is nestled comfortably on their owner's bed, content to enjoy her own freedom since these kits were decidedly not her responsibility (not that she never helped, of course). Big-eared head tilts curiously as a wisp of smoke passes by, stealing some of the sunlight that pours into their home. It is a glimmer of familiar, prying eyes that sends their heart soaring with eager relief for a moment, even two... before the daunting, squeaking reminder of why they're hidden here says that they should be afraid instead. Glancing back to be sure no eager paws have learned to abandon their nest, Edenberry wonders briefly if they can make this work...
Just a moment with a friend, sorely missed... Just a moment. Please, just a moment.
Clambering onto the countertops in a desperate effort to feel like more than a body meant to serve others, they approach the shining pane, left cracked barely open for their escapades to SkyClan to be made easily. "Lu-... Lupine?" They stifle a nervous cough, reminded of the tale they've convinced their little sister to share to hide behind. "What.... What are you doing here?"
They tear themself away from the makeshift nest of their Twoleg's fashioning, high walled to prevent their unsupervised escape but not soundproofed to prevent their sniffling from carrying across empty rooms.
They think to get something to eat, to drink some water as their mouth becomes painfully parched, but a shadow near the window attracts their attention- it feels too early for Spicepaw to be home and Hazelbeam is nestled comfortably on their owner's bed, content to enjoy her own freedom since these kits were decidedly not her responsibility (not that she never helped, of course). Big-eared head tilts curiously as a wisp of smoke passes by, stealing some of the sunlight that pours into their home. It is a glimmer of familiar, prying eyes that sends their heart soaring with eager relief for a moment, even two... before the daunting, squeaking reminder of why they're hidden here says that they should be afraid instead. Glancing back to be sure no eager paws have learned to abandon their nest, Edenberry wonders briefly if they can make this work...
Just a moment with a friend, sorely missed... Just a moment. Please, just a moment.
Clambering onto the countertops in a desperate effort to feel like more than a body meant to serve others, they approach the shining pane, left cracked barely open for their escapades to SkyClan to be made easily. "Lu-... Lupine?" They stifle a nervous cough, reminded of the tale they've convinced their little sister to share to hide behind. "What.... What are you doing here?"
- @LUPINESONG
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-- edenberry / skyclan daylight warrior / any pronouns / 15 moons
-- mostly white with black pinstripe and green eyes / scarred face and back / thinning where previously plump
-- color #728c69