Open Camp ThunderClan THEY CALLED HIM HERMIT THE FROG — INTRODUCTION

This thread takes place inside the clan's camp.

BUSTARDPAW

✧ . SUPERNOVA
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Freshkill
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Pronouns
She / Her
Rank
Apprentice
Played by
Tempest
{$title} girl it is not that serious you are in like 6th grade
Bustardpaw's older brother had just been made deputy, and that normally was a point of elation for most. Celebration hewed upon each of her family member's faces, with crescent eyes and ivory-tipped grin. And yet, she could not find herself with the same mawkish sentiments, dripping out of them like honeyed rot. Being deputy was so much more of an achievement than becoming an apprentice, and though her ceremony had still been conducted... The young molly could not help but find that she did not receive the same honor. It's only natural. Everyone probably becomes an apprentice. Not all cats can be deputy. Logic, however, faulted at the blade of virulent emotion, which always aimed for the weaknesses of the spirit. So? I want a celebration, too! I don't want to be left behind or something bad like that. Why'd he have to be deputy, now of all times?! Ugh! I hate my stupid life.

She wasn't sure if she hated Brightpetal, though a teenage mind was like a cornered animal - any slight was the end of the world, and any reprieve was simply a falsity.

Sitting within the shadow of grand commemorations, Bustardpaw found herself an outlier to the joy that simmered upon each outlined smile, like she listened to the pitter-patter of rain's babble from afar. She decided "no more," heading out into the oaken forest, allowing the long silhouettes of titan-limb trees to envelop her whole. If she had to listen to her parents talk about how proud they were of Brightpetal, she was sure to implode right then and there. What about me, huh? Aren't you proud of me? The torbie would rather be nothing than "the deputy's younger sister," as though the delegation shone through her translucent soul, revealing that she had been nothing at all within. She was worth something, she was sure of it - or perhaps she had only deluded herself in doing so. Ever-burning fire sat stoutly between her ribs, so there was certainly something still worth fighting for within her. In a desperate attempt to make any sort of name for herself, Bustardpaw crouched down within the dew-laden forestry, the sunlight resting upon the leaves and bark like an illumination of some faraway world, though concrete and breathing right upon her paw-tips. Daffodil-hued eyes caught upon a blackbird, with stark sables staining the alabaster beneath. It pecked at something, beaded gaze turned only towards the monochrome earth. In a quick moment, she burst forth and lunged for the bird. This was her chance, her moment to shine! She would become the greatest hunter known to Thunderclan, and then her parents would have no choice but to congratulate her and shower her in praise, and - thud. Harsh snow cushioned her fall as the blackbird swiftly evaded her grasp and rose into the sky, only to become a speckle upon a cloud somewhere higher. In her zeal, she had totally forgotten that she was nowhere near a trained hunter. With a mist-laden sigh, she stood up and shook the fur from tigrine purls.

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  • BUSTARDPAW
    & SHE/HER & 6 MOONS

    —— Apprentice of Thunderclan / Mentored by / Younger sister of Brightpetal
    —— A longhaired torbie-colored molly with light yellow eyes and an ever-scowling face.
    —— Coming off as a rebellious and somewhat apathetic molly, Bustardpaw is not the fondest of authority. She tends to be judgmental of what she does not know and follows her own code rather than what is laid out for her. She is passionate about what she believes in and stubborn about change, which is a boon in some situations and a fatal flaw in others.
    —— Penned by Tempest. Contact on Discord (naruk4mi) for plots and threads.

 
Time and time again, Burningdawn wonders. It is a waste of time, really, but he can't help musing on what had passed, what is yet to come, and what could have been. It's an endless cycle, and the only reason he has not gone mad in this hamster wheel of his own creation is because it is entirely self-made. He does not know much else. When he thinks, he closes himself off from the world and lives in his own bubble; safe, if he disregards the pang of hurt he inflicts upon himself every now and then. At least that is controllable... predictable. Others' actions and words are less so.

Unbeknownst to the two of them, Burningdawn shares Bustardpaw's dissatisfaction. To be a sibling is to be compared. To be compared is to pick at your own shortcomings and shed light on them for all to see.

He sees her before she sees her; his previously spotted blackbird is now in her line of sight, and Burningdawn isn't about to fumble it. Determination shines in her eyes, something that shines amongst the forest undergrowth like two tiny suns. It greatly outweighs his own. The sensible thing to do is let her take it.

Those enticing black feathers soon became a dot in the sky after Bustardpaw's failure to catch it.

"Unlucky,"
Burningdawn says, trivializing all of Bustardpaw's issues in one fell swoop, right into an unfortunate twist of fate — not that he holds the context nor weight of her inferiority complex. He blinks sympathetically at her, sharing the frustration of being unable to provide. That's all a "warrior" is now, no?
"Um, do you want to hunt in pairs? It's probably easier that way. I've been struggling myself."