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DUSKPOOL

how the most dangerous thing is to love
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DUSKPOOL
The walk was damn near silent considerin' the events that'd taken place just minutes from now. His hated the look in her eyes. The all too familiar numbness, like yer there, but a part of yer soul is nowhere to be seen. He'd lost too much of his soul to consider himself a heroic bastard, but an empty husk.

He ain't ever wanted her to go down the same path he'd been walkin' since ancient times. He might not regret killin' the bastards that harmed his kids, but Duskpool had been long tainted. For his claws had been stained by the lifeblood of others. But that was his sins to carry, not Flowercloud. Stars. Not his little sister. Those she trusted had wrought her dry.

Why call himself her brother if he ain't able to protect her? From the madness. The bitterness that came with it. The paws stained ichor. He heaved a tired sigh, makin' his way to Flowercloud's side, pelts brushin' against each other, makin' his skin prickle with unease at the sight of her amber fur stained crimson.

He ain't to sure he agrees with Hawkstar at this point. Not the blood stainin' their fur. Somethin' felt wrong about the eerie sight. As if Rosebelly was the enemy and not their clanmate. His scarred lips tugged into a frown, wooly plumage sweepin' the ground in a low, lazy sweep. "Kiddo." He rasped softly.

In the end of things, Duskpool would be her sword. If it came to battle, then he'll gladly stain his paws than let her deal with the fallout of what came after the storm. The deadly silence. The realization. Duskpool might not regret Chi or Kyungmin's death, but they'd been rotten bastards, foxhearts in the highest possible way. Abusive and dirty folk that ain't got a right to live. "I ain't sayin' ya gotta stop, but kiddo, ya gotta think about this." He rumbled to the amber-furred molly.

"I want revenege more than anyone, ya know this, but these folk are like us. They ain't aware of the code, or anythin' that makes us a clan, but if this ends in war, do ya really think it's worth the blood bein' spilt?" He uttered lowly, brows furrowed. "But it ain't matter what I think I suppose. Nothin' but an old tom nowadays." He remarked sourly, scarred helm shakin' lazily. "I'm with ya till the end, kiddo. Just take a deep breath and think if this is what ya really want." He ended with a low, guttural rumble.

we're only haunted by the things we refuse to accept

  • DUSKPOOL he/him a storm carved in flesh and smoke, duskpool towers with the bulk of a maine coon and norwegin forest cat. his wooly black pelt bristles with ghost-stripes and scarsโ€”old wounds etched like lightning through dusk. one copper eye burns like molten steel and the other a mangled ruin of war. every step is heavy, thunderousโ€”war-born, death-burdened, and unflinchingly alive.

    แฏ“โ˜… senior warrior of skyclan (sun guard during coffeestar's reign)
    แฏ“โ˜… brother to outlawbite & thistlestrike, half-brother to flowercloud
    แฏ“โ˜… eighty-three moons; ages on the 1st of every month
    แฏ“โ˜… speech thought action
    แฏ“โ˜… peaceful/healing powerplay permitted
 

back when she was a kid, everything was easier. sure, she dealt with bullies, and dealt with others who didn't understand her or why she cried, but in the end, they were her family. she'd grow without the threat of Clans around them, she'd grow with an innocence and belief like coffeestar- that things could be dealt with without bloodshed.

shed climb on duskpool, demand badger rides, and attack him the same as if defending her clan from the very beast that shed ride the next day. her laughter was contagious back then, her bright green eyes innocent-

but now, as she cast them to look at duskpools molten gaze, her green eyes did not hold the light they once did. did not hold the innocence that once wondered- why did momma abandon me?

green eyes were cold as duskpool droned on, a sigh breathing out her nose as her fluffy paws stepped across the dirt, head lifted high.

"how can they speak of starclan and not know the code?" she almost hissed. that didn't make sense. "they must know of the code, they stood in Clans, with leaders, deputies, medicine cats- these Clans stood here for generations. there is no excuse." her gaze drifted to those orange eyes, before turning.

"you know, rosebelly said before he died, as he was dying in my paws, that he didnt hate me. that he loved me. when his light was leaving his eyes, you know he cried for me, he-" her throat caught, her features distorted, she felt the burn in her throat.

"all he wanted was to go home. brother, how would you feel? would you not want to rip the throat out of someone who gutted your son? who did not spare but a glance or an explanation? I always thought that things could be solved with peace, but I have learned that others will destroy the peace. they will rip it to shreds right in front of your eyes."

her voice was nearly gone, hoarse, her large head turned, letting a tail run across duskpools body. she was threatening to release tears, but stuffed it down in the anger that she felt boiling at the brim. "i know, i know your paws feel dirty. but let me handle my problems. i am not little anymore. i am not a child you can protect. now, now i must protect my family. if they think they can act as rogues, they will be treated as rogues."
 

DUSKPOOL
And like most of SkyClan, Flowercloud was driven by revenge, uncarin' about anythin' until justice was served. Fuck. He might be a rotten two-timin' bastard. A downright hypocrite considerin' the older tom gone after folk who'd done wrong in an act of revenge, but to this scale? It'd turn into a slaughter with lives lost on both ends. "Are ya ready for the consequences?" He uttered quietly, voice no less a gravely pitch. "If more of our clanmates die?" His molten iris stared at Flowercloud. "Are ya prepared to stain Rosebelly's memory then, kiddo? When a gatherin' is meant for peace?" He rumbled. "They might not know that, but we do." They'd be no better than lawless rogues killin' for sport and bathin' the lands in chaos.

He thought of Ryuji then, alone durin' the siege of rogues and loners beneath a starless moon, dyin' without family just like every other idiot that gets swept into this mess. His heart throbbed with grief. His bones weary and old. His molten iris squeezed shut, twistin' his helm, unable to look at Flowercloud. To see her this grief-stricken. It was a sight no brother wanted for their little sister. "You were his mother." He rumbled softly. "Nothin' would've ever changed his love for ya. No matter what was said in the past. The things that happened." He uttered wearily.

His expression saddened, rough around the edges, but his gaze set ablaze with sorrow. "I'm yer big brother." He breathed. "'M supposed to be protectin' ya."His gaze narrowed at the implication, wonderin' if today would be the end of everythin'. Rosebelly had been just as much a part of his family, perhaps a nephew in the grand scheme of things, but family nonetheless. "I know it's painful, kiddo. Losin' a child ain't ever easy, no less watchin' and bein' unable to do crap. It'll haunt ya forever. Nothin' won't ever be the same without 'em." He grinned ruggedly. Thoughts of Sakura's shredded form a hauntin' reminder. His little girls gone in a flash. The pain afterward was worse than anythin' he'd ever experienced because he had to live without 'em.

"Whatever ya decide, I'm with ya till the end, kiddo. Know that." He murmured gruffly. Even if it ended in death, then at least, he'd done somethin' for this family, because if he couldn't protect Flowercloud from becomin' somethin' unregonizable, then why call himself a brother? A so-called protector. What a joke. He was supposed to be the one to fight evil, not her, not anyone in this forsaken clan. She shouldn't have to deal with this gappin' hole, angry and cold.

Whoever killed Rosebelly? Duskpool ought to strangle someone. Fury rolled like angry thunder beneath his fur, but so did icy logic floodin' through his veins. It was a war, emotions battlin' against each other, leavin' Duskpool nothin' more than an angry thundercloud.

we're only haunted by the things we refuse to accept

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  • DUSKPOOL he/him a storm carved in flesh and smoke, duskpool towers with the bulk of a maine coon and norwegin forest cat. his wooly black pelt bristles with ghost-stripes and scarsโ€”old wounds etched like lightning through dusk. one copper eye burns like molten steel and the other a mangled ruin of war. every step is heavy, thunderousโ€”war-born, death-burdened, and unflinchingly alive.

    แฏ“โ˜… senior warrior of skyclan (sun guard during coffeestar's reign)
    แฏ“โ˜… brother to outlawbite & thistlestrike, half-brother to flowercloud
    แฏ“โ˜… eighty-three moons; ages on the 1st of every month
    แฏ“โ˜… speech thought action
    แฏ“โ˜… peaceful/healing powerplay permitted