private SIMPLE DREAMS // pinekit

[splashdance]

@Pinekit ⭒ ♡♡

Iciclefang is as cold as her name entails, and it seems that she is no stranger to raising her children the same way. Splashpaw cannot blame her and, in fact, doesn't think she ever would. Let alone the fact that she is, in effect, a stranger - it'd be wrong to admonish a mother for investing in her children when that is exactly what Ferndance did for her. The tan coated molly fostered a love for exploration and adventure in Splashpaw and that led her here, to RiverClan. It's far from the easiest transition but it's one she's come to enjoy parts of. Even whilst cats like Iciclefang glower at her, she smiles and carries on. It's honestly not like she has much else to do.

Splashpaw had returned from a border patrol with the shed of a snake slung loosely over her shoulders. She's not sure why she's collected it - maybe it reminded her of ShadowClan? - and even worse she's not sure what to do with it. Sleeping on it would only crinkle it up, dismantle it to little paper pieces... But what other use would it be? She bids a farewell to her mentor, debating whether or not to leave the shed out of camp when she notices a patchwork molly looking at her from across camp. She has her mother's narrowed gaze, but she's unsure if scrutiny is something learned or something borne in blood. The dark furred apprentice takes a pause and then releases a breath. Worse the kitten can do... is call for her mother, she supposes.

"Pinekit, have you ever seen a snake's shed before?" she asks, ears twisting back as she slides the paper thin trinket out before the kitten. "Do you know what it is?"
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[Pinepaw ⭒]

-ˋˏ ༻ ❆༺ ˎˊ- Pinekit had been feeling good about herself since she had answered her mothers questions in a way that seemed to appease whatever the queens goal had been. At first, the child could only assume there was something cold being thrown in the mysterious Splashpaw’s direction under the guise of coolly toned small talk. Yet, the apprentice's response had been so cheery, and the conversation dissolved into something completely different, anyhow.
Ultimately, Pinekit had decided to not read into it, perhaps she just clocked her mother wrong, it wasn’t impossible. She just had to focus on being better than the kitten she had been the day previous, no time to overthink.
As though summoned by probing thinking, Splashpaw trots right onto Pinekit’s radar. The kit doesn’t intend to make her stare so intense, she just couldn’t make sense of anything about the molly. The apprentice was an unsolved puzzle. Eventually, cerulean meets aureate, and Splashpaw is coming her way. Golden hues fall to the oddity that the other brings with her, have you ever seen a snakes shed, before? “I’ve never seen a snake.” Pinekit’s reply is quick, blunt. Cautiously, she reaches out a forepaw to give it a light press. The texture feels as though it wasn’t to crinkle, but it hardly makes a sound. Pinekit’s eyes light up with fascination, “woah! Where’d ya find it?” Golden optics stretched wide flicker between Splashpaw and the snakes shed. Pinekit would be sure to remember the name.

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  PINEKIT ✩ she/her, kit of riverclan, 2 moons.
  ⭃ plush-furred tortoiseshell she-kit with white dipped forepaws, tail tip, and muzzle and round, honey hued optics.
  ⭃ daughter of Iciclefang && Stormywing ࿏ sister to Cragkit && Crabkit
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by Noor ↛ @toyangel on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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