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UKALEK

Prince with a Thousand Enemies
May 28, 2024
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Blue eyes are virgin to the mysteries that is twoleg architecture, you can only imagine the look of shock when he spotted the big, red structure in the distance. Light paws make quick work on the distance despite him being exhausted. For the past three moons he has done extensive traveling from the tall mountain peaks to the lowest valleys.

’There’s nothing for you here anymore… Ukalek.’ His mothers rasping final words to him while laying on her sick-nest. She was old and frail, dying what many of his group had considered to be an undesirable death. All of them would’ve quickly chosen to die in battle then to spend their final days old and sickly, Ylva had no choice in the matter, the illness had surprised them all and consumed her swiftly.

While leaving what he had known all his life frightened him, Ukalek had known his mother was right. That’s why he found the bravery to take on this journey in search for… a purpose. Maybe following the sun’s trail was idiotic and naive, maybe all this traveling had made him go bonkers, but he had to find direction in something. Find hope somewhere.

Paws kick up peat as he leaps onto the wooden fence. An impossible to ignore stench found its way into his nostrils, his face takes on an almost snarling expression in response. He’s smelled little worse, the only thing that he thinks in this moment that topped it was carrion and death.

’Baaa’.
Bleating, a noise he’s never heard before. Mismatched pupils shone with alarm and he hurriedly walks along the fence line. He was not scared, no, he was curious. In his adventures he had oddly not found much for fear- except when it was dark- instead he found wonder in exploring the world. So many sights and smells he would’ve never known if he had not left his birth-place atop the rocky hills.

The source of the low noise is a creature he’s never seen or imagined before. A tall- yet somehow stout creature with mounds of curly fur around its back. It reminds Ukalek of the cotton fields he’s passed through, actually, he wonders if it is in fact cotton instead of fur they grew.

He leaps down, not giving mind to his unknown surroundings like he should be. He expects his paws to land firmly on the ground but instead they slip and slide, he yelps as his legs give way and his jaw is thrown into the ground. Confused and covered in muck, he realizes he’s land straight into a mud patch created by a recent storm. Grumbling he struggles to stand up, his paws unable to find traction to pull himself out from this mess.
  • @POLLENFUR @juncoclaw
  • » Ukalek
    » Loner
    » He/him . AFAB
    » An oriental-featured chocolate point with unusual blue eyes
    » ”Speech”thoughtsattack
  • » A poor fighter who uses his wits to trick his opponents.
    » Excels in smarts and using it to get his opponents where he wants them.
    » Fights defensively and at the order of his leader..
    » May powerplay minor harm. Can powerplay healing
 
Strangely, Junco had begun to almost.. like the cats that she lived with. It became easy enough, living under her false narrative, so much so that she had almost erased her true history from her own memory. It was becoming natural to interact with the barncats, and each day came a little more progress towards leaving her shell.

Today, it was a walk with Pollenfur, the cat who had welcomed her into the barn two moons ago. The older molly was mellow and relatable and a cat Junco could get along with, much easier than the barn's other inhabitants. Junco wondered how shocked Pollenfur was when she asked her out on this walk, or if she was pleased at all with the reclusive girl's progress. Junco felt almost.. proud.

Unfortunately, they had just rounded the corner of the fence when a nearby figure catches Junco's attention. The cat, one she had never seen around these parts before, jumps over the fence and lands just on the other side.. only to visibly struggle to get back up. Junco wants to ignore him and move on, as she once would have without a second thought. Her apprentice self may have even stopped and laughed before continuing on her way. But, while she is still amused, the thought of leaving the poor thing to struggle doesn't quite cross her mind this time around. Horseplace has really gotten to her, huh?

"Should we help?" she muses instead to Pollenfur, perhaps just loud enough for the stranger to hear, for she can't let this go without any cynical amusement, of course. She leads the two over to the fence and jumps up, wobbles for a moment, and then gains her bearings, staring down at the new tom-cat with a humorous gaze. "Try moving slower. Put some weight into your paws for traction. You'll get it."
  • juncokit juncopaw JUNCOCLAW "JUNCO" ━━ penned by ixora
    ━━ BARNCAT
    ━━ 13 MOONS,, ages every 21st
    ━━ CASSO xx BUDGE
    ━━ MATE to none | PARENT to none
    ━━ MENTOR to none | FORMERLY MENTORED by mockinggrin
    ━━ HEALTH ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ | junco is healthy.​
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Loneliness has settled like a roosting bird in her heart. The presence of the other barn cats is amicable, but she keeps each of them at arm's length, gunshy after losing so much. Junco is no different—at least, at first. The silvery tabby she-cat had been short-tongued and glib upon arrival, and her secrets are barricaded behind briars. She had exchanged very few words with Pollenfur upon their first meeting, and their second, and so on, so when the younger girl asks her to go on this walk... well, the seasoned calico queen is surprised, to say the least. She slips into step beside Junco, hiding a smile that borders on maternal.

"At least the weather's gotten better," she remarks idly. The sun is at its zenith, sucking the moisture from the air leftover from last night's tempest. Still, puddles of mud stretch across the Horseplace. An errant tomcat, wiry and dusty from travel, slips into one from his unbalanced post on a fencepost. Junco's inclination is to help him, which further surprises the older molly. Pollenfur purrs and approaches the muddied stranger on delicate paws. "She's right. Use your weight. One paw at a time." Amusement twinkles in square amber eyes. "I'm Pollenfur, and this is Junco. What brings you here?"

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  • Pollen . Pollenfur, she/her w/ feminine terms.
    — “speech”, thoughts, attack
    — 60 moons old, ages realistically on the 1st.
    — mentored by n/a ; mentoring n/a ; previously mentored Melonpaw
    — loner, formerly a windclan warrior. npc x npc, gen 1.
    — formerly mated to Hyacinthbreath, currently mated to n/a.
    — penned by Marquette.

    lh chocolate tortoiseshell with white and amber eyes. intellectual; mature; whimsical; philosophical; absent-minded; avoidant.