Open Event Territory ThunderClan IT'S YOU! — ✦ ) rain puddle

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RUFOUSPAW

THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
ThunderClan
Apprentice
8
0
Freshkill
60
Nickname
Rufous, Ruffy
Pronouns
she/he/it (no preference)
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two-moons-dance

RUFOUSPAW
Welcome to the celebration, baby!
As Rufouspaw bit into the mouse's neck, she spotted a glint in the undergrowth from the corner of her eye. Strange. She set down her lunch for a moment (not before making sure the unfortunate critter was indeed dead) and approached it... soon seeing that the situation was a lot more puzzling than she'd bargained for. In front of her was some kind of water—more than she'd ever seen lumped together, actually—and inside of it? A cat, staring at her!
"Uh, hello?"
She meowed.
"How'd you do that?"
Was this what her clanmates meant by "swimming"? This, and countless other questions, raced across her head, but she soon realized the other wasn't answering her. She frowned, and—hey!
"Why are you looking at me like that?!"
What did she do?! The more the silent stare-down went on, the more queasy she felt... this punk needed a lesson, she thought. And so, she raised her paw (a gesture they copied, much to her chagrin) and struck. Except... instead of striking them, she struck the water. Worse, her paw went inside! Ew! Rufouspaw was quick to lift it and draw it to her chest—but the stranger did the same thing, which was weird, because their paw never breached the surface...

And their paw looked a lot like hers. So did their long-and-short fur... their scars...

Rufouspaw's eyes widened at the realization.

  • OOC: short posts thread! try to keep your replies 250 words long or less (not a hard limit, i'm not measuring myself lol)
    @OWLBARK mentor tag :3
  • KEY:
    "speech"

    'thoughts'
    'owlpaw'
    'eaglepaw'
    'vulturepaw'

    attempted action
    "other character's speech"


  • Click on the image to see my full
    reference sheet!
    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...
    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
 

Rowanpaw was out on her own, having decided to take a walk to clear her head. As long as she kept deep in Thunderclan territory, she was sure she'd be fine. Although Skyclan was no longer on good terms with Thunderclan, they did at least follow their own rules. Her ears flick as she hears someone shout, and fear flares briefly in her chest– what now? She hurries towards it and finds Rufouspaw bent over a rain puddle, looking positively befuddled. One of its paws was wet, and realization strikes Rowanpaw, who can't help but let out a mreow of soft laughter. She remembers the first time she'd stumbled on a puddle, her brief confusion until Maplefrost had explained it to her.

"Shouting like that, I thought you'd gotten yourself into trouble," she meows, a bemused expression on her face as she settles on the opposite side of the puddle and bends forwards. "Water reflects what it sees when it's still. But touch it, and…" she taps the surface of the water carefully, sending ripples across it. "The illusion is gone. Oh, I hope we get a puddle in the camp this leaf bare..." she whispers, thinking of seeing all the stars in the sky reflected, for a moment earthbound.

ROWANPAW. 14 moons
mentored by serpentberry,
adopted daughter of serpentberry and thornstar
peaceful powerplay allowed
ooc -


 

RUFOUSPAW
Welcome to the celebration, baby!
Seeing her own face for the first time was quite a shock. So much so, she didn't truly notice Rowanpaw's presence until she spotted her reflection on the water. Rufouspaw glanced at her for a moment—eyes still round and wide—then mimicked her motion, eliciting a second rippling wave from the rain puddle. Her ginger brows furrowed in thought. The molly spoke as if it was normal... how did she get used to this, to seeing her own body in ways nature didn't intend her to? Then again, ThunderClanners were strange, strange creatures, and it wasn't like she could go without water for too long anyways. She slowly circled the pool of water and, once she completed the loop, sat down, still examining the reflection to the best of her ability.
"I... it's really weird,"
she finally declared.

  • OOC: me when i fail the mirror test
  • KEY:
    "speech"

    'thoughts'
    'owlpaw'
    'eaglepaw'
    'vulturepaw'

    attempted action
    "other character's speech"


  • Click on the image to see my full
    reference sheet!
    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...
    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