TW: Sensitive Content Territory flipped snowmobiles and ice weasels [100th Post] [Marbleshine]

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This thread takes place outside the clan's camp in its territory.
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AND I AM SORRY MY CONSCIENCE CALLED IN SICK AGAIN

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OOC- Trigger warning for injuries/violence!


The rabbit hadn't done down easy, but in the end it was Shadowclan paws that pinned and silenced it, finishing it off before it could make it back across the thunderpath toward the moors. It was a good first catch, a large enough prize thathe wouldn't be overly disappointed if it was all they came away with. That didn't mean they weren't going to try for more, though– which was why Wolfpack was now up to his elbows in muck, clawing a deep divot into the loamy earth so that they could stach the thing beneath chunks of dirt and moss and whatever broken off brush they could find. And while the ground was cold while he worked, the day was kind– no rain, no biting wind– just the warmth of the sun and the distant lapping of the marshwater against the catails.

"You're getting better. I didn't have to pull you out of the mud a single time." he said without looking up, voice low and easy as his claws hooked on another sodden clump of earth and tossed it aside.

It was teasing, with no real bite behind it. If anything, the tone bordered on… pleased.

Wolfpack wasn't one to offer praise lightly, especially not to cat who hadn't earned it. But Marbleshine- soft, clean-furred Marbleshine- had listened. She hadn't wandered off to chase butterflies or hesitated when he gave her instructions. No, she listened. She held her position, made the right calls, and when the time had come she'd chased that long-eared chunk of lunchmeat right into Wolfpacks waiting jaws.

Just as planned.

With a grunt, he finished patting the loose top layer of mud into place, nose twitching at the scent of fresh-killed rabbit now hidden beneath a scatter of pine needles and damp ferns. He straightened, rolling his shoulder with a quick shake to rid his leg fur of the worst of the muck, then turned toward where she lingered nearby. "Bet Geckoflame offers half the pelts in her nest for it just to eat something without scales or slime for a change."

He didn't see the shape moving behind him. Didn't smell the scent of fox that fell upon them with mud and pine still clogging up his senses.

But Marbleshine did.



  • ooc :@Marbleshine
  • shadowclan deputy - male - a large, monochrome chimera with mismatched eyes and several scars

 
MARBLE OF SHADOWCLAN

Marbleshine was practically beaming as she watched her friend capture their prey. Her paws were caked in muck, surely. Her chest was heaving just a little from the chase, yes. But her eyes... Oh her eyes, those bright, starlit things glowed with positive joy. Pride that thrummed through her very being as she puffed herself up a bit. She had done well, she had helped. And Wolfpack, gruff and sharp-edged, he had noticed that. He always noticed her. As soft as she was... He saw a certain worth in her that made her giddy and... Her life meaningful... Like she wasn't a mistake in this clan.

When he mentioned the mud incidents, a tinkling laughter left her maw, her tail curling with delight as she gave a soft sniff. " I only needed saving the first couple of times! " she chirped back with that light voice of hers, warmth in her tone like the sun shining through the leaves of the trees. " Besides! " she continued, a mischievous glint in her eyes as she eyed Wolfpack. " I'm not the one who slipped, chasing that fro-- "

Her voice caught... A whisper of fur on the wind. A shift of movement in the brush. Her ears swiveled before she even realized what she'd sensed, and then...

Fox.

A flash of red. Teeth. Malice. Too close. Too fast. Too quiet. It was heading for him. For her friend! Her heart dropped like a stone, but her body moved, it moved like there was no tomorrow. " WOLFPACK! " she screamed, loud and cracking with panic, lunging from where she stood. She was soft-hearted, sweet-tongued, a giver of wildflowers and woven trinkets, she was laughed at and sometimes not taken quite serious. But none of that mattered now. Not when something so cruel had set its eyes on him. Not when someone she loved was in danger.

She slammed into the fox with the full weight of her body, small frame fueled by pure desperation. Her claws raked across its snout, her teeth searching for flesh, for anything. She snarled, a sound so unlike her usual chirps and purrs it almost didn't sound like her at all.

She slammed into the fox with the full weight of her body, small frame fueled by pure desperation. Her claws raked across its snout, her teeth searching for flesh, for anything. She snarled—a sound so unlike her usual chirps and purrs it almost didn't sound like her at all.

When she heard the fox shriek in surprise, when she saw the surprise turn into rage, she did not back off... Even when she barely had time to move away, even when she tried to escape those sharp teeth. Fast... But she wasn't fast enough. Teeth clamped down on her shoulder, ripping through her soft pelt, dragging her down into the muck with a scream that cut through the marsh.

Pain burst like fire through her body, but still, she kicked, twisted, shrieked. Her claws found its face again and again, determined, furious, desperate to give Wolfpack time. Her blood mingled with mud, soaking into the cold ground beneath her.

She couldn't die, not here. Not now. She had her foster daughter to return to... She... She still had so much more to do, so much more to give her clan! She couldn't let this be the last thing Wolfpack would ever see of her either... She couldn't let her last talks with other cats today be just... Just that. She wanted more time. More... But if her sacrifice would give others more time... Wouldn't that be enough...? No... No... The pain raked through her, the fox was relentless... And her mind wavered momentarily to her brother...

Stars, give me strength...!




GO ON AND TRY TO TEAR ME DOWN ——・゚✦
・゚✦ —— I WILL BE RISING FROM THE GROUND