Open Camp I got your back || fireflies

[flowercloud]

{$title} Fireflies flicker and dance around camp...

Flowercloud rested carefully on the dirt, pulling her tail to rest her paws on top of as she watched the camp start to wind down. Murmurs and chatter filled the air, the air a calm serenity that Flowercloud could relax too. Sure... There was hints of frustration, of tension- but she chose not to focus on those aspects on this time being. The amber molly instead chose to sparse through and focus on the positives-

The way the breeze gently licked her fur, the way the clouds in the sky almost glowed orange in the twilight haze, and the way lights began to blink and flicker as insects so familiar to her danced their dance. A paw lifted, and she managed to grasp one- a firefly, and it's light blinked slowly in and out as it stood at the tip of her white and caramel toes. Green gaze softened as she watched it, before it floated back into the air of the camp. She chose to focus on the smiles her clanmates managed, the way the apprentices eyes lit up as a pair was showing kittens stuff they had learned earlier.

However ... Another kitten caught the attention of the large molly, green eyes gentle as she watched from the corner of her eyes. The child carefully stepped forward, moving to swing their butt in the air, before pushing themselves forward- paws swung in the air, but the little insect managed to weave around the attempt. Flowerclouds paw lifted to cover her mouth, eyes crinkling in the giggle that managed to escape her. "dont give up!" She encouraged softly with a purr, the injured deputy straightening to sit up now. "try again, you can do it, I know you can."

flowercloud - 38 moons - skyclan deputy - mentoring none

 

[Berrykit]

BERRYKIT

Berrykit had never seen anything like this before - his mothers have talked about bugs that light up the world before, but he hadn't believed them. How could he, when it didn't make any sense? And yet, as he stared up at the insects flying around him, he knew they were telling the truth.

He tried to sit still and enjoy the spectacle in front of him, but his instincts were just too strong, he couldn't help crouching, wiggling his hind legs and pouncing. He caught no insect, his movements too clumsy and aim too off, but it was okay. He still had fun. Don't give up, Flowercloud called to him - but Berrykit didn't plan on giving up, though he wasn't set on catching anything either. He was simply playing with the insects.

One of the insects landed on his nose and lit up. As Berrykit tried to look at it, his whiskers twitched and his nose itched and he couldn't help but let the sneeze escape, startling the insect into flying away again. Berrykit jumped around with the insects, attempting to touch the lights and failing, for the most part. A few times he managed to grab the insect in his paw, but he let it go after looking at it, the bug no allure to him.

SkyClan | Kitten

 

[Quailstep Quailstep]

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QUAILSTEP

Quailstep too finds herself enamored by the flickering creatures as they flit about. They roll onto their back, front paws drawn close to her chest as she watches the little bugs flitter through camp. A mimicry of the stars above, but a pleasant one, nonetheless.

Flowercloud's voice is companion to the reverie, the sneeze of Berrykit a diversion. This night in camp is peaceful and pleasant, and for a moment, Quailstep can almost imagine herself back in the gorge, a young cat barely out of apprenticehood, still delighted by the blinking lights of the bugs.

Her eyes open, and a pair of fireflies dance before her, blinking and swirling in the air. This may not be the gorge, but the little delight of watching the fireflies among the cats of their Clan even still seems to bring her joy.

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[YOLKKIT YOLKKIT]

A few of the apprentices are teaching Yolkkit how to do a hunter's crouch when the stars appear to visit SkyClan's camp, a flicker in the corner of his eye that has him tumbling over and ultimately landing on his back. Baby blue eyes grow wide in confusion, searching the surroundings above him for just what it was that frightened him out of his — really good, in his opinion — stance. It flickers again — once, twice, and then more.

" What is that? Stars? " Yolkkit squeaks, hopping up to his paws for a closer look at the stars — no... bugs! The boy thinks back; hadn't one of the nursery's caretakers talked about these things before? Black and white moves before him, and the deputy's words reach his ears. Don't give up. Oh! Berrykit's trying to catch them! " Yeah! You can do it! "

Yolkkit wants to try too, but he waits a moment to see if his friend is successful in the endeavor. A sneeze earns a giggle from the boy, and soon he is following after the fellow kit, bouncing around and weaving between the fireflies.

And then — and then he spots the perfect one, flying low enough to practice what those apprentices were showing him! The boy crouches, a kitten-toddle to his attempt in crawling toward the spark of light. Soon enough, Yolkkit deems himself close enough, and... he pounces! Front paws surge forward in hopes of catching the firefly, and a rough landing follows, but that doesn't get the boy down!

Carefully, he moves his paws. A small glow leaves his gaze bright and the kit excited over his prize, but not for long. Its shine rises, escaping his grasp to join its friends once more. Aw.