- Nov 20, 2023
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//this thread is retro to Shellkit's kidnapping and the war thread! please wait for @BRONZESHINE to post <3
It was nice to be on patrol with her fellows. The reason they were forced to stick together was ominous, but Feathergaze didn't mind that company was easier to come by. It helped take her mind off of... well, everything. The not-so-distant horrors of yellowcough, the lives the sickness had stolen, and even the Red Water rogues themselves. Did you know they would come, Icebloom? Did you know they were watching us, hating us? Do you see them now from your place in the stars? She forced her walk to a trot, trying not to let her tail droop. We're doing a quick scout of the territory, not tearing up over the past. Icebloom would not have wanted her to hold her memory with such sadness. Grief the old molly had understood, but wallowing? Feathergaze shook her head, a ghost of a smile fading onto her features. She'd say there's no time for that. Especially not with rogues all over-
Streams of sunlight had been filtering through RiverClan's territory all morning, giving a pleasant warmth to the afternoon. The snow had even seeped away in some of the more open spots of the territory. Feathergaze had grown quite used to treading on hidden ice throughout leafbare, and could keep her balance nearly all the time. As her paws slid out from under her with a squelch, too late she realized she'd forgotten just how slick fresh mud could be. With a heavy 'oomph Feathergaze went down, silvery pelt immediately spattered with viscous earth.
"Oh, fishbones," she huffed, murmuring further curses under her breath as she scrambled to her feet. Her fur was caked with dark ooze, which both clung to her skin yet managed to slide uncomfortably down her chest. Gross, gross. How am I to get all this off? I'll have to bathe in the freezing cold for an hour, at least! Sure, she adored the river, but for StarClan's sake-
Oh. Oh dear.
As Feathergaze drew her head up expecting to sheepishly meet the eyes of her chuckling clanmates, she realized not everyone watching was unscathed. Bronzeshine had been heading the patrol and had spotted the mud easily, opting to nimbly hop around it. But as Feathergaze had been plowing ahead lost in her own thoughts, she'd ended up on Bronzeshine's heels, and... well, the mud patch turned out to be more of a mud puddle, with Bronzeshine standing right in the splash zone.
"Oh, Bronzeshine I'm, I'm really sorry! I didn't, I-I was lost in my thoughts and, w-well I didn't see where I was stepping, and I slipped, and..." She trailed off, feathery tail whisking back and forth as she fumbled out her apology.
Streams of sunlight had been filtering through RiverClan's territory all morning, giving a pleasant warmth to the afternoon. The snow had even seeped away in some of the more open spots of the territory. Feathergaze had grown quite used to treading on hidden ice throughout leafbare, and could keep her balance nearly all the time. As her paws slid out from under her with a squelch, too late she realized she'd forgotten just how slick fresh mud could be. With a heavy 'oomph Feathergaze went down, silvery pelt immediately spattered with viscous earth.
"Oh, fishbones," she huffed, murmuring further curses under her breath as she scrambled to her feet. Her fur was caked with dark ooze, which both clung to her skin yet managed to slide uncomfortably down her chest. Gross, gross. How am I to get all this off? I'll have to bathe in the freezing cold for an hour, at least! Sure, she adored the river, but for StarClan's sake-
Oh. Oh dear.
As Feathergaze drew her head up expecting to sheepishly meet the eyes of her chuckling clanmates, she realized not everyone watching was unscathed. Bronzeshine had been heading the patrol and had spotted the mud easily, opting to nimbly hop around it. But as Feathergaze had been plowing ahead lost in her own thoughts, she'd ended up on Bronzeshine's heels, and... well, the mud patch turned out to be more of a mud puddle, with Bronzeshine standing right in the splash zone.
"Oh, Bronzeshine I'm, I'm really sorry! I didn't, I-I was lost in my thoughts and, w-well I didn't see where I was stepping, and I slipped, and..." She trailed off, feathery tail whisking back and forth as she fumbled out her apology.
