pafp The sunset threw a tantrum ✶ Missing?

[Owlheart]

She likes to think she can keep good track of her siblings, Cherryblossom is usually in the vicinity of Lupinesong or Edenberry if she's within camp and if not then she's out training Ricepaw. Tawnyclaw has been absent a lot recently, she's learnt to look sky wise for him, hiding away in the trees but he's talkitive enough for her to know where he is via other clanmates. Glimmersun is scarcely seen but they're usually with others as well, they're quiet but it doesn't look like they're trying to avoid anyone lately. If anything Owlheart has found that Eggbounce is the hardest one to keep track of, he flitters away often and isn't seen around too many clanmates other than Kitestorm but now that Kitestorm has their warrior name she's certain that will change.

He doesn't really give her too much reason to worry, even if he's seen few and far in between. He's excitable, genuine, having faith that she will see him at least once or twice a day. Today is different though, she hadn't seen or heard from the tom cat since this morning. The daylighters came and well... He left. Concern swelled within her, was Eggbounce being added to the list of those who were acting different lately. She wonders if he's in trouble as the sun starts to set, or if he was visiting someone he shouldn't.

She recoils like she's been burnt at the thought, no, he wouldn't. And she's not ready to add her brother to a growing list of those who seem uncomfortable around her right now. So the only acceptable answer had to be he was in trouble- maybe injured, or dead-

"Has anyone seen Eggbounce?" She asks trying to hide the fear in her tone, only to fail miserably. "D-did he get sent out on patrol?" Surely that had to be it, he was hunting or something

// please wait for @Eggbounce.
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[Eggbounce.]

I'M GONNA BE THE SNACK THAT SMILES BACK
I'M GONNA BE THE KIT TO YOUR KAT ​

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eggbounce & 18 moons & male & he/him & skyclan warrior ​

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Eggbounce expects his... momentary absence to go unnoticed - and, in doing so, forgets entirely that he should probably get back before that absence is no longer momentary. Paws carry him across asphalt as swiftly as he's ever run in his life, leaping over strange items and claws scraping against wood and metal as he picks his way over this fence and that. And still, he only returns after the sun has begun to set, fur in disarray and a smile on his face that doesn't reach his pale eyes.

And he does so just in time to catch Owlhearts words, a guilty look flashing across his features for a moment before it vanishes, smile returning in full force. Apparently, one cat was a lot easier to notice missing then a pawful of poppy seeds. " Ah- haha, nope! I just went for a walk! By myself! Yup! To clear my head for a little while. Y'know, cause of everything... " he almost feels a bit guilty for blurting that out, but he reminds himself that it's not entirely untrue.

Owlheart and Orangestar and Cherryblossom - each of his family members have started to make lives for themselves, lives that don't really seem to include a place for him anymore. Things had changed at some point, and he'd been left chasing memories and meaning. What was he supposed to do? Who was he supposed to be? Tail swishes nervously, but he stills himself - best not too look even more guilty. " How are the kits? " he asks instead, hoping to change the conversation. Hers and thier newest siblings both.

━ actions & " speech, " & 'thoughts/quotes' ━

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( I ' M ━ G O N N A ━ B E ━ T HE ━ O N E ━ Y O U ━ U N W R A P )

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[FLUFFYPAW]

Fluffypaw, if clued in, could perhaps understand the way Eggbounce feels as though he's been shuffled to the side, lost in the cracks. The cream-colored tortoiseshell is the last of her littermates not to have successfully completed a hunt; she has never fought in a battle, and her only encounters with predators had led to her being saved at the near-expense of others' lives. Her mother, too, has spent moons preoccupied with rearing Budkit.

She knows what it's like, she thinks, to look out into her future and see a white horizon, terribly blank. Lately, her anxieties have crescendoed; her destiny, in comparison to her denmates', looks bleak.

When Owlheart goes to look for her littermate and can't find him, Fluffypaw shoots her a worried look. "He must just be busy," she murmurs. Her tracking skills are poor, but she offers, somewhat hesitantly: "Would you like some help to find him? I can —"

But the foliage trembles, and Eggbounce appears, looking a touch rushed, a tad guilty. Fluffypaw looks between them, brother and sister, wondering what lay between the lines. "To clear my head for a little while, y'know, because of everything..." Fluffypaw's tufted ears twitch with understanding.

"Walks are good, but you should be careful. We still haven't found those dogs," she murmurs, suppressing a shudder. After what had happened to Mallowlark and Dawnglare, being along in the forest seems like it's asking for trouble.

『 out of character. 』 ✧･ﾟ:* 『 about. 』

• ooc: —
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• Fluffykit . Fluffypaw, she/her w/ feminine terms.
  — “speech”, thoughts, attack
  — 11 moons old, ages realistically on the 8th.
  — mentored by Greeneyes ; mentoring n/a ; previously mentored n/a.
  — skyclan apprentice. butterflytuft x dandelionwish, gen 3.
  — penned by Marquette.
  
  lh chocolate tortie/cream chimera with jade eyes. frightened, clingy, anxious, gentle.
  
  

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[edenberry ?!]

They're prepared to leave for the day... to depart home to scarf down what meal has been abandoned for them by their Twoleg. It is the anxious, soft question of Owlheart that stops them in their tracks. They are painfully aware of her presence, when it's near... fixating on her voice like it is an alarm bell. It had been a defining domino, had cascaded a host of events... but they tried not to blame her.

Especially when she sounded so upset.

When had they last seen the freckled warrior? Earlier... far earlier, when the sun was still fresh in the sky. Fluffypaw prepares to offer to go look for him when Eggbounce comes bounding through the camp entrance proclaiming his return. They frown at him and it only deepens as the apprentice comments on dogs.

Suddenly their coat feels sticky... their shoulders heavy, as if Mallowlark has been laid across their back once more through indirect mention alone. Edenberry swallows down a stifled breath before speaking, "The dog was in Twolegplace...." If anyone ought to be nervous, it should be the daylight warriors who must return that way to go home.

"Welcome back Eggbounce... try not to scare everyone like that again."

⟡₊ ⊹ i ll betray you like a man

• 
• -- edenberry / skyclan daylight warrior / any pronouns / 18 moons
  -- mostly white with black pinstripe and green eyes / scarred face and back
  -- color #728c69

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