Backwritten Camp WindClan first few desperate hours // asthma attack?

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This thread takes place inside the clan's camp.

owlbear

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// ooc, this takes place at roughly the same time as the bison herd thread (here), but can also double as return thread for those in the bison herd thread once yall are done!


Owlbear is not… she is not panicking. In a moment of weakness, she'd dozed off sometime during high sun, and now, one of her children is gone. Finchkit is nowhere to be seen. Oh, why did the stars have to bless her with such adventurous children…? She steps out of the nursery and glances around the camp, and not spotting Finchkit, her chest tightens uncomfortably. No, Finch… Finch was fine. She was being silly. She was probably just hiding somewhere. But despite what Owl tries to tell herself, the fear creeps up on her, grips her by the heart and won't let go. The fear of losing more of her family than she already has.

"Has anyone seen my little bird, my little finch? I…" she lets out a cough, and her chest tightens again, like tunnels collapsing under too much pressure. "Oh, for goodness sake–" a wheeze. Why was it so humid? "Finch, where are you hidin'? Don't go scarin' your mother like this anymore, or I–" her chest tightens, this time painfully so, and she begins to cough again, each one of them more painful than the last.

Her legs begin to shake as she tries to stop coughing, to catch her breath, but nothing seems to work. She begins to see little black spots floating in the edges of her vision.



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  • Owlbear, - 50 moons / windclan warrior
    peaceful powerplay allowed

 
—————————————— Dreaming along in a pace you'll understand. ✦


Really, Merrystalk should have known better than to relax with the camp being quiet. It was never a good sign, especially not when Owlbear's kittens getting more and more active by the day. He didn't have a clue anything was wrong until his ears perked up at the sound of his dear friend calling out.

"Has anyone seen my little bird, my little finch? I…"

His face knit in confusion as he looked about, once lidded eyes a little more alert. He hadn't seen Finchy, but then again, after having futzed about camp, he allowed himself a couple winks of sleep. The tom assumed maybe she was off pestering someone, but Owl's rising concern made him rise to his paws, scanning the camp with some urgency too. "'m sure she ain't gone too far, Owl, I'll have a look fer the lil' mischief maker." He didn't want to let off the fact he was worried, Goosekit had wandered off on occasion too, but usually alongside an apprentice who he had seen leave the camp or the like. But this time Finchkit had seemed to vanish completely, he couldn't even trace her scent to the borders of the camp, she had to have been gone for a while...

Merry swallowed his fear, turning back to Owl with a reassuring smile to try and bluff that maybe she had just fallen asleep in someone else's nest or the like. Only for that to falter, hearing an awful wheeze come from his friend. A lump caught in his throat, he hadn't heard her like that, not since directly after the fire, spluttering from the smoke.

It was as her paws shook and she seemed to choke more than breathe that his own paws seemed to remember they weren't tree roots, and he made haste to her side. "Shit- Owl ye sound- Here, lay down yer gonna collapse otherwise." He nudged a gentle nose against her, panic setting in quickly. She was one of his dearest friends and had three little critters who needed her; he had to do something to help...

The gale guard looked around, eyes falling on the first cat he saw. "Aye, go grab Gladebloom, will ya', somethins the matter with Owl." He near enough barked, when it came to his closest friends, he would apologise later for any hurt feelings. His priority was Owl's safety and finding Finchkit...

'Oh Starclan.... Finchkit...' Merry's stomach dropped again, he couldn't be in two places at once, he had to hope she was safe with someone. He spoke again, calling out where Owl's lungs failed her now. "Has anyone seen Lil Finchy?" He kicked himself, mentally, while he was not blood kin to the kittens, he felt a duty to protect them, and yet he hadn't been awake to see Finchkit leaving or hiding or wherever she may have ended up.... Truly, he hoped she was just playing some joke that had gone far too far at this point....

  • Merrystalk
    ✦—Windclan Gale Guard | 28 Moons
    ✦—He/Him
    ✦—"SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
    ✦—A skinny, tortoiseshell cat with bright green eyes and pelt speckled with hay.
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