{$title} TW: implied parental abuse/trauma at the start (rest of thread unrelated)
RUFOUSPAW
Welcome to the celebration, baby!
They'd been told to not leave camp on their own, but nobody would be mad if they brought prey to make up for it, right? That was what Owlpaw told themself as they wandered off into the woods. They were well and truly alone, this time: they woke up before any of their friends (even Rufouspaw was soundly asleep... snoring...), and they were absolutely not approaching Owlbark if they could help it. One thing was slaying a warrior—an equal, an actual threat—but picking fights with apprentices... that was what ThunderClan called their young. What need did he have to maim one? What was stopping him from doing the same to them in a fit of anger? They—all four of them—knew how the story ended...
The shaggy cat forcefully exhaled. They weren't in the sett anymore. Focusing on the feeling of the breeze on their fur, they dropped to a hunter's crouch, but stopped as soon as they caught a glimpse of something happening to the sky. It was just past dawn, why was it getting darker? Colder, too... Owlpaw quickly glanced side to side, growing more nervous by the minute, then noticed droplets falling on the underbrush with a barely audible thump. On their nose, too!
It caught them by surprise, just how strong rain was; it couldn't have been longer than a nap, could it? And yet, before they knew it, they were drenched from head to toe. Everything was: the ground, the plants... even the wind (now a veritable gale) smelled wet. They'd come to realize they despised the way their wet fur sagged when the sun came back, but, at the moment, their mind was playing catch-up with what was happening. It was almost too much—not in a bad way, however. At least they knew one more thing about the outside world!
Until the sky produced an ear-splitting roar, that is. Owlpaw snapped from their trance, nearly leaping from sheer fright, and ran off with all the speed they could muster. What in the world was that?!
The shaggy cat forcefully exhaled. They weren't in the sett anymore. Focusing on the feeling of the breeze on their fur, they dropped to a hunter's crouch, but stopped as soon as they caught a glimpse of something happening to the sky. It was just past dawn, why was it getting darker? Colder, too... Owlpaw quickly glanced side to side, growing more nervous by the minute, then noticed droplets falling on the underbrush with a barely audible thump. On their nose, too!
'Is this... rain?'
They licked the glob for confirmation. Yep, just water. They knew what that was, of course, and they knew it came from the sky, but to see it falling... it was something else entirely. "Fascinating,"
they muttered to themself.It caught them by surprise, just how strong rain was; it couldn't have been longer than a nap, could it? And yet, before they knew it, they were drenched from head to toe. Everything was: the ground, the plants... even the wind (now a veritable gale) smelled wet. They'd come to realize they despised the way their wet fur sagged when the sun came back, but, at the moment, their mind was playing catch-up with what was happening. It was almost too much—not in a bad way, however. At least they knew one more thing about the outside world!
Until the sky produced an ear-splitting roar, that is. Owlpaw snapped from their trance, nearly leaping from sheer fright, and ran off with all the speed they could muster. What in the world was that?!
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OOC: wait for @hazelheart to post before replying!
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KEY:
"speech"
'thoughts''owlpaw''eaglepaw''vulturepaw'
attempted action
"other character's speech"
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Rufouspaw is a small ginger bicolor tabby with tortie point patches and odd blue-green eyes. A former loner, she faces the world with her head held high and her claws at the ready—for she believes danger is lurking at every corner. It remains to be seen whether her foolhardy yet distrusting disposition is justified...
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reference sheet!
9 moons, ages every 6th.
Genderqueer (she/he/it); any gendered terms OK!
Gyrfalcon x Unknown — Generation 1
Host of a plural system of 4: Owlpaw, Eaglepaw, Vulturepaw and herself.
Mentored by Owlbark
