Post by Kalaharii on Oct 2, 2017 22:37:20 GMT -5
[attr=class,name]REDLARK
MALE heterosexual | tHIRTY-FOUR -- sept. 17, 2017 | SKYCLAN warrior |
i try twice as hard and i'm still half as liked,
but here they come again to jack my style.
PHYSIOLOGY
RED- was chosen not only for the bold amber of his coat, but was also chosen after his father, redfox, since he bore the most resemblance to the dark ginger male. In fact, even redfox was named after his father, redclaw, and the tradition has gone on since they can recall.
PELT →
uniform, short, but rich and dense, redlark sports a sleek and well-kempt coat of fur. beneath the radiant sun his body shines a lustrous amber, brindled over with red stripes and complemented by dustier, creamier undertones that form as a wild breed of ombre from face to flank. flecks of white streak across his frame, heaviest in the facial region, while his tail is struck by bold clashes of snow-white along its length.
BUILD →
uncommon amongst the brawnier lot of skyclan, sported by redlark is a willowy, long-limbed physique. what he might lack in auxiliary muscle and strength he makes up for with astonishing agility and an enlightened weight, allowing him greater air and greater dexterity when moving through the leaf-infested canopies.
NOSE →
remote and plain, his nose is dressed simply in a pale, diluted salmon tone.
EYES →
the winsome colour of leaves in the depths of newleaf, redlark's eyes are a handsome sight to behold.
HEALTH → 95%
VOICE → stephen merchants
accented and light-pitched, it's not difficult to recognize his voice as he is no stranger to speaking. generally he speaks with an optimistic lilt, almost inquiring, but he also speaks in an almost obstinately squirrely tone of voice.
THEME → some nights, fun.
SCENT →
beneath the avid aroma of skyclan timber lies the tang of mint. as a kit redlark was prone to venture into yewthorn's den and became intrigued by the sharp-scented herb, and often seeks it out on his own to spruce his nest before rest.
PRESET → link, created by magpei
"a lanky bright ginger tabby tom with striking green eyes"
DEMEANOR
LARK- was the suffix to celebrate his adventurous and chivalrous disposition. It's generally assigned to cats who yield charming and amiable characters, and redlark luckily hosts both of these kindly traits.
redlark is always delightful company if you're looking for a kind and casual conversation partner, or even a lifelong companion. he only wishes good for others, even more than he does himself. any sort of talk with redlark is sure to lighten up an unpleasant day.
→ trustworthy
once you've earned redlark's trust, he considers it a lifelong thing. he would never try to cross nor betray you, and always be there for support or otherwise emotional conflicts. furthermore he is incredibly dependent on those he holds close to his heart, and is hesitant to let them go for fear of losing them for good.
→ quirky
fidgeting is a way of life for redlark. he is quirky in the friendly regard, trying twice his best to please and ensure that everyone is at peace. this does tend to fade away once you get closer to him, however, as he grows progressively more comfortable.
→ mature
not mature in the sense of being full of sage and wisdom, but mature in the sense that he understands. even if he sometimes loses his train of thought or stumbles over himself, redlark isn't a naive sort of cat. he has a moderately philosophical outlook on simple things in life, like fathering a family or dealing with something traumatic.
→ anxious
just about anything can make redlark lose his train of thought and transform into a bumbling, sheepish wreck-- but being put in a difficult situation is among the top inspirations for this particular trait of his. he does tend to overthink things, or be unable to react in a cognitive and eloquent way, ending with broken fragments and laughter to cover up his embarrassment.
→ submissive
redlark has never been very confident in himself, looking often for validation from others to ensure that he's done something right. likewise, he's a subordinate soul; a follower. consequently, he can't stand up for himself without some major reinforcement. however, with flintsong's help, he's been slowly gaining his own courage.
FUN FACTS,
→ initially, redlark wanted to become yewthorn's apprentice. but the closer his sixth moon came, the more he realized he favored hunting and sparring with his littermate instead of counting juniper seeds.
→ redlark is younger than nettlenose. ironically, he was also particularly small at birth, a thorough contradiction to his now matured, limber build.
→ redlark was named after his father, redfox, who was in turn named after his father redclaw. it was a family tradition to carry on naming a kit with the prefix red, but redlark wants to be the first to break this custom. he believes it takes away the individuality of a name; he wants his kits to be their own cat.
→ redlark has a mild anxiety disorder. not extravagant, but enough to warrant some sort of reprieve after he gets upset, flustered, or frightened.
CONNECTIONS
→ immediate family
father, redfox; a huge dark ginger mottled tabby male with deep green eyes, deceased
mother, brownbriar; a light brown tabby female, white features, golden eyes, deceased
littermate, nettlenose; a stocky brown-and-white tabby male with hazel eyes, living
older brother, yewthorn; a small, thick-furred dark brown tabby with yellow eyes, living
grandparents,
- paternal; redclaw x rooksong
- maternal; deerhop x beechfoot
→ love life
sexual orientation,
redlark aligns subconsciously as a demisexual. he doesn't experience true attraction, sexual or romantic, until a strong platonic bond has been previously established. additionally, he is a polyamorous cat.
former mates, flintsong; a sturdy pale grey she-cat with dappled hindlegs, stormy blue eyes, deceased
current mate, not interested
offspring,
- starlingkit, tortoiseshell female with green eyes, living
- rosekit, mottled brownish-ginger torbie with green eyes, living
- loonkit, black male with a white blaze, green eyes, living
- seedkit, tortoiseshell-and-white female with blue eyes, deceased
→ education
current rank, warrior
previous ranks, kit, apprentice
mentor, volepounce; a small dark brown female with green eyes, living
list of apprentices,
- emberheart; a small, stocky fawn-grey female with blue eyes, living
ASPIRATIONS & IDEOLOGY
→ religion,
he firmly believes in the religion of starclan. yet, as a warrior, does not share a personal connection with them.
→ politics,
all redlark desires is to serve his clan to the fullest and keep it alive with at the very least a smile on its face.
he does not wish to ascend in rank currently. however, as it is with most kits, it was a dream to one day lead the clan in his more ambitious apprentice days.
→ personal,
due to the very recent loss of his mate, redlark is not interested in any way to pursue another romantic relationship. he still loves flintsong, and intends to keep it as such until he joins her in starclan. he watches over their children now.
HISTORY
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→ redkit is born alongside nettlekit to brownbriar and redfox, two skyclan senior warriors. during his birth, his medicine cat and eldest brother yewthorn confronts with redfox - delving into a feud that had existed long before redkit was born - before yewthorn storms out.
→ from the very start, redkit is an upbeat and excitable character. he takes an immediate liking to his cynical older brother, often invading his herbal space and needing to be stopped from chewing on unnamed leaves he finds in yewthorn's herb cache.
→ nettlekit is notably more reserved than his adventurous littermate, and is often the one to pull redkit back into the nursery after his troublesome antics land him on thin ice with some of the eldest warriors. in fact, there was one instance where redkit went up to eaglestar and a pawful of his senior warriors, redfox included, and spoke up to them, asking if he could lead a patrol. they all laughed, but it was yewthorn and nettlekit who ushered the confused redkit back into the nursery.
→ redkit begins to notice his father's supposed hostility towards yewthorn. under redfox's intense stares, he begins to take his leave from yewthorn's den more and more often, afraid of his father's caustic temper. he instead invests an ardent interest in hunting and climbing.
→ upon his sixth moon, he is made redpaw, apprenticed to the young warrior volepounce for his warrior training. he has a growth spurt in his first moon as an apprentice, growing out of the stoutness of kithood and proving to have a lanky, lean, and light bodice.
→ three moons into his apprenticeship, on a dare from other more bravado apprentices, redpaw climbs the highest oak in skyclan territory. he reaches substantial height before a branch creaks, and before he can throw himself off, it breaks beneath him and sends him down to earth. he ends up breaking his left forepaw, and is rushed back to camp by the panicking apprentices.
→ redfox is there when redpaw is transported to yewthorn's den, as mousesong, the old medicine cat and his mentor, had passed away only a few weeks prior. brownbriar is there, as well, but yewthorn brushes them out of the den in order to make space for the injured redpaw. he is swiftly but skillfully treated, rambling and stuttering to his older brother about how he would never climb another tree again.
→ redpaw is unable to train for a moon and a half while his paw mends. according to yewthorn, the break wasn't substantial; it was quite diminutive, but enough to keep a young cat hurting if he tried to hunt, fight, or climb.
→ redfox, after a tree-climb gone wrong, passes away from blunt force trauma after climbing too high at tallpines. redpaw is shocked when his father is returned to camp, but is unable to follow the parting ceremony to brokentrees due to his injured foot.
→ it was rumored that it was the disease of a broken heart, but brownbriar retires to become an elder shortly after redfox's death due to a sudden sickness that made her weak and thirsty. yewthorn manages to keep her relatively healthy, despite her sad look and frame.
→ when redpaw's foot is better and he is able to walk, run, and jump, yewthorn and eaglestar allow for his training to continue. he is two moons behind his brother, and therefore will not become a warrior at the same time as him. he tries not to let this disappoint him, instead looking on the brighter side of things: he was still alive, and not with a limp foot. however, he was still afraid of climbing after the traumatic and painful experience - not to mention his father's recent tree-related death.
→ amberpaw, a female apprentice who was born under the same moon as he, takes notice of redpaw's new phobia. she works hard to get him to climb with her for a few days, and eventually, with the help of redpaw's mentor, is able to help him conquer his fear of climbing. it takes roughly two weeks for him to feel comfortable gliding through the canopies again, all thanks to amberpaw, who he vowed a silent oath to the day he could finally stand being up in the sky.
→ amberpaw becomes a warrior before redpaw does, but he is thrilled to see his friend receiving the warrior name amberblaze. he thinks it's incredibly fitting for her.
→ redpaw is sixteen moons of age when he is finally crowned with his warrior name. a senile eaglestar calls his ceremony and brings to light redpaw's radiant attitude and chivalry, naming him redlark in honor of the chittery songbird. redlark is delighted with the name choice. in honor of the new namesake, redlark is obstinate to keep up his optimism - since he knew there were so many dark, angry faces in skyclan, why not shed a little more light?
→ eaglestar passes away shortly after redlark's naming ceremony. in fact, it was the day after. the clan gathers as teaselblaze leaves with yewthorn to go to the moonstone and receive her nine lives. upon the new leader's return, she names bramblethorn as her deputy, to the surprise of the clan and to redlark, as bramblethorn was a fabled non-believer of starclan.
→ his mother, brownbriar, passes away from her sickness. yewthorn announces that she had a cancerous disease that no known herbs could have fixed. redlark takes it upon himself to comfort his older brother, a medicine cat who couldn't save his own mother no matter what he tried.
→ redlark is assigned an apprentice called emberpaw upon his twentieth moon. he is worried that he might be underexperienced, but some older warriors come by to console him.
→ ROLE-PLAY START
→ redlark hears that riverclan's leader, shellstar, might have been replaced by the recently named koiflower. he speaks and then hunts with flintsong, growing fond of the silver she-cat's company in doing so. he and his companion flamesky also spar.
→ emberpaw, as a practical joke on her fastidiously tidy mentor, runs into camp covered with mud and shakes her pelt. redlark is mortified when he learns that teaselstar had been splashed by the stuff, and hastily tries to make vocal amends when snaketalon prowls onto the scene and threatens emberpaw. redlark is too afraid to stand up for both he and his apprentice, but fortunately teaselstar is there to tear snaketalon away so that he and emberpaw can quickly take leave from camp.
→ still frazzled from the dramatic encounter, redlark goes with teaselstar on an impromptu patrol in hopes of reconciling without reconcile. they wind up by the riverclan border, where koistar, egretcloud, and frognose are on the opposite shoreline. teaselstar barges up a fallen tree-bridge to confront them, while redlark stays on the shore, too nervous of the water-slicked bark to follow up his leader. the confrontation ends tensely, judging by his leader's ruffled fur and irate mew.
→ redlark attends the gathering alongside many other skyclan warriors, and talks first with hemlockfrost of thunderclan. when the leaders begin to announce their clan statuses and hemlockfrost leaves to listen with some other thunderclan cats, redlark recedes to the back where amberblaze, flintsong, as well as whitefrost and twitenose from thunderclan, sit. koistar, after reporting of shellstar's death, asks for a new addition to the warrior code.
→ the gathering is in remote uproar, with doestar and teaselstar fueling the fire. tension fills fourtrees so thickly that redlark is certain he can taste it in the air. vulturestar, shadowclan's leader, becomes heated after being compared to the vindictive shellstar. claystar is the one to break up the leader's riling arguments, calling an early end to the gathering.
→ skyclan returns to camp and some cats resort to infighting, particularly bramblethorn and snaketalon, before yewthorn rushes over to disparage and pull them apart. redlark is still stunned from the episode as a whole, but is calmed by flintsong. he later goes out on patrol with her and duskstorm, becoming exasperated and feeling out of his depth when the two begin to bicker about the morality of koistar and teaselstar's dynamic.
→ redlark is speaking with laurelnose at camp with bluemask when lionflame asks the former to accompany him on a hunting patrol with flintsong and the newly apprenticed timberpaw. they split into partners, redlark with laurelnose, before he notices flintsong hunts alone. he invites her over, and their hunt is frivolous. when lionflame calls them back, however, flintsong asks for the two of them to remain back -- they had been planning a race through the trees for suns as their bond grows more profound.
→ redlark and flintsong race through the treetops, and while redlark gains and eventually passes his challenger. he hears a yelp and rushes down to see flintsong dangling from one foot, the other wrenched from stumbling over a broken bough. he hastily rescues her, hauling her up by the scruff and helps her down in the same manner. they make way to camp together to see yewthorn for her afflicted foot, and after treatment yewthorn teases (unbeknownst to redlark) them about mates needing to be more careful.
→ flintsong later tells redlark that yewthorn and marshpaw have confirmed that her paw is doing much better. naturally he is relieved, but when flintsong goes on about fetching materials to make his nest more comfortable, he is hesitant to let her; she got hurt during the race, so her paw healing was enough of a reward, he told her.
→ he finds laurelnose and approaches her, and she is incredibly excited to lead him into the nursery. confused he cuts himself off from asking if she suddenly had kits, and sees that she has destroyed the nursery in its vacancy. obviously his anxiety spikes from this, and as he stutters and flusters about it (and laurelnose tackles him once or twice in her own fluster) snaketalon enters. a confrontation goes down, ending with snaketalon tackling redlark after he finally mustered up some shaky courage to say something against him. laurelnose is quick to defend, jabbing a stick into snaketalon's side and dragging the stunned redlark out. he spends the night in yewthorn's den, not because of injury but because of need for a social reprieve.
→ soon after he sees flintsong, and seeking emotional amnesty, approaches her with hope in his eyes. his spirits aren't slighted, and he leaves her feeling better than he did going in. he later considers his thoughts and feelings towards flintsong-- for the past handful of moons, they've been getting progressively closer, in both the mental and physical sense. and he isn't opposed to it -- in fact, he ends up craving more of flintsong's presence. he gets that later when he spars with flintsong and loses, and she asks for a favor-- that he shares her nest for a night.
→ he goes out on patrol with flamesky and flintsong, and while hunting he becomes playful and pounces on flintsong's tail when she's hidden beneath a shrub. flamesky found this dissatisfying and kicked dust and grit into their faces, and redlark flounders trying to lessen the new tension between the austere flintsong and the other she-cat. flamesky ends up leaving the two alone, and redlark explains to flintsong that flamesky could have felt hurt by her icy tone when his friend gets confused. the topic strays into a more intimate one. redlark admits that he cares deeply for flintsong, but couldn't find the strength to admit the growing feelings he's been gaining for her. he doesn't think it's time yet.
→ he sits with amberblaze and flintsong in camp (with yewthorn sleeping off to the side in some ferns), and timberpaw comes up and speaks with them. she suggests a game, and redlark is the first to bounce up and entertain timberpaw in trying to catch the twilight fireflies.
→ redlark speaks with wolfmask, who admits to not being able to sleep well for the past week, plagued by nightmares. expressing concern, redlark tells her she could confide in him. but before she's able to, snaketalon intervenes, and redlark is immediately put off when snaketalon begins to uncharacteristically apologize for what he did to redlark. he asks for forgiveness, but redlark has none to give; as he stated, "i'm not doing this for myself but-- for all the cats you've hurt. one 'i'm sorry' isn't going to fix anything you did."
→ he tries to tell flintsong about his encounter with snaketalon, but before he can tell her what the senior warrior did, owlpaw crashes into him, having been stalking through the leaves unbeknownst to the older tom. flintsong and redlark end up helping him with his balance for tree-climbing.
→ he approaches wolfmask again, feeling bad for snaketalon's interruption the last time. they do get to talking, about wolfmask's neglectful mother and the cause of her nightmares. he comforts her and offers the best support he can, surprisingly sage despite his squirrelish nature. foxpaw, wolfmask's little sibling, then butts in, warring redlark off for fear of him courting wolfmask. the fourth member of their party happens to be willowthorn, and redlark and she are left alone to talk the rest of the night about the other clans and their peculiar attributes.
→ he finds flintsong the next day, culpable that their previous talk had been cut off. things get deeper than they'd both initially thought, jumpstarted by flintsong calling redlark one of the bravest cats she knew, and that she admired him. something in redlark burst and he affectionately jumped the she-cat, rolling her over and finally admitting to having been thinking of her a lot. of them a lot.
→ redlark confesses his full feelings for flintsong: how she's always been by his side, supportive and an ear to listen to his thoughts and fears. he is afraid of a life without her by him, and he voices all of these thoughts without hesitation. yet when it comes time to pose the question, it is flintsong who asks him him to be her mate, and redlark with a powerful purr gladly accepts. they go to tell teaselstar of their engagement.
→ the very same evening, he is assigned to patrol with laurelnose, wolfmask, willowthorn, and rowanwing to be led by snaketalon. he is skeptical but doesn't voice his doubts. as the patrol nears the riverclan border, a dog bursts from the treeline and confronts the patrol. snaketalon perishes during the fight. wolfmask dislocates her shoulder, redlark later learns, but he was able to escape with scrapes and bruises. the first thing redlark does when he returns home is see if flintsong is okay.
→ he learns days later that riverclan threatened a patrol of skyclan appreciated and begins to fear for the safety of the forest with koistar only growing more hostile by the sun. the next gathering poses even greater grief, where he learns through gossip among clanmates - as he was unable to attend due to a newleaf sniffle - that teaselstar confronted koistar and was shut down, with clouds that covered the moon and showered the forest as a sign of starclan's anger.
→ doestar, led by wolfmask, teaselstar, and wrenpaw, comes to skyclan's camp. she and teaselstar vanish into the leader's den to speak, and redlark has a pleasant talk with the newly named thunderclan warrior, birchheart. teaselstar later makes an announcement about what they're going to do about riverclan, and redlark is the first to agree, starting a chain reaction out of others. he later tells wolfmask, emberpaw, lionflame, and oriolesong about the news.
→ redlark is assigned the head of the back-up sunningrocks patrol to run out if riverclan reacts aggressively to their presence. he unfortunately has to charge them into battle when koistar calls for attack. he pounces on saltsnarl, a riverclan she-cat, alongside emberpaw. a riverclan apprentice eventually joins in, and redlark is very, very hesitant to fight an apprentice-- he doesn't want to stoop to riverclan's level. in his moral delirium, a huge shadowclan warrior takes advantage of him and holds him down unnaturally. redlark is thrown against the stones by the back of his scruff, sending him into unconsciousness for the rest of the war.
→ he wakes up in yewthorn's den with an intense headache, one that lasts for days. his leg is heavily strained but not broken, he learns with relief from his older brother. he stays in the medicine den for a handful of suns, though is able to leave due to the lack of deep wounds on his body-- save for his aching hindleg. he stays with flintsong, however, due to the extensive injury she received on her back, much to his dismay.
→ he speaks with wolfmask when he is first let out of the den, immediately taking notice of amberblaze speaking with a slightly familiar cat -- a loner -- he had seen out on the territory before. he's keen to learn more, and persuades wolfmask to go with him towards the tom-- sand, formerly misha, who was let into the clan after fighting for skyclan during the war, but gets cold feet last moment and runs off before he can say hello.
→ he is unable to attend the next gathering, but is confused when cats return incredibly pale and shaken. he asks around in the hopes of learning what happened, and gets it in the form of teaselstar when he asks foxstorm about what happened. starclan leaders, including shellstar and eaglestar, came down to bicker and argue on the great rock, much to the shock of the clan cats below. he's astonished by this news, left wondering what starclan's infighting means for the forest.
→ he pacifies a small rise between briarpaw and badgerfrost, easily comforting the apprentice and trying to extend the same solace to badgerfrost by offering to share a rabbit. a few suns after, he and filntsong share tongues beneath a larch tree near the edge of the ravine, and she remarks how easily he gets along with younger cats. thinking of emberpaw, redlark is ludicrous. but flintsong indirectly hints towards the idea of kits-- and redlark is immediately concerned. it isn't that he didn't want to have a family with flintsong, but rather that he thought that this was an inconvenient time with riverclan creating so much tension and paranoia. but they vow, that if a moon from then, things are better, they can try.
→ redlark assesses emberpaw, and is worried at first due to the fact that he doesn't believe she is taking the assessment seriously. thankfully, she passes after catching a mouse, a bird, and a plump rabbit that had been hiding in the shade. he reports her assessment's completion to teaselstar.
→ after nearly stumbling over her coming home from patrol, he spends an evening talking with larchtail before strange phenomenon overtake the forest: loud, rolling thunder, splintering skies-- and before skyclan knew what to expect, a stampede of deer happened upon them. redlark made haste to the sides of the ravine, eyes huge, before he darted briefly into the fray to find flintsong. he runs with teaselstar and the rest of the clan to tallpines, where doestar and a patrol of thunderclan cats find and take them back into the safety of thunderclan's camp.
→ redlark is nervous, but he and flintsong go off together after the clan is settled and yewthorn, who redlark realized too late was trapped back at the camp after a buck kicked in the medicine den roof, is returned with a limp. bramblethorn, skyclan's deputy, had been killed in the stampede.
→ he goes down to speak with birdflight the day after the stampede, and the two are found by robinheart, an inquisitive, but diffident, thunderclan molly. later, emberpaw receives her warrior ceremony in the middle of thunderclan's camp, and is named emberheart.
→ he is present when skyclan returns to their camp to assess damages and name a new deputy-- he is astonished to learn lionflame is crowned teaselstar's successor, but is glad for the former rogue nonetheless. he grows apprehensive of yewthorn's aggressive, explosive reaction.
→ he approaches flintsong when she speaks with a thunderclan tom called spiderleg, promptly lying down beside her, weary from a hunting patrol. she voices some concerns about health, and spiderleg muses about her expecting kits-- which promptly lures in laurelnose, and redlark quickly tries to dismiss the thought.
→ he attends the next gathering; skyclan remains silent on their forge with thunderclan. he is horrified when a shadowclan warrior runs rabid, threatening and attacking clanmates-- his horror only deepens when vulturestar kills his warrior before the whole gathering, under the truce of a full moon.
→ shaken, but better after a few suns, he talks with robinheart again, talking about the stampede and of windclan. they talk about the moor, and how ravaged it looked. the two of them go out of camp together after receiving permission from gorsetalon to look at the edges of the blackened, charred heathlands.
→ he seeks out marshpaw, finding the medicine cat apprentice in the clearing, and probes about flintsong-- her concerns about her health were still doodling about in his mind, and he had to vent it to some cat who knew what it may mean. marshpaw promises to check flintsong in suns to come, leaving redlark feeling much more relieved than before. he speaks with birchheart later, and is endeared when she gives him a blue flower.
→ he hides from greenleaf's first rainstorm, hailing laurelnose under his fern. the two lament on their homesickness, and decide to go out together to the skyclan ravine. it's a bittersweet sight, but it consoles them nonetheless. they work on the nursery together.
→ he notices that flintsong has been getting progressively more sick, and frantically tries to abate her pain, visiting both yewthorn and marshpaw.
→ redlark goes with the huge skyclan patrol to make reparations to the skyclan campgrounds. he works together with a kindly thunderclan molly called silverbird, clearing sharp, annoying debris from the clearing while other more apt warriors wove the demolished dens back together. he ends up enjoying the she-cat's company and speaks to her a few times more back at thunderclan camp.
→ flintsong approaches him while he is lounging on a boulder near the gorse tunnel, and he notices for the first time how truly sickly she is. it is then that flintsong reveals that she's expecting, and redlark is shocked at himself for not noticing before. he expresses his concerns for how their circumstances aren't the most ideal, but if they're together, they'll be just fine. he introduces her to the nursery immediately.
→ he speaks with mintshade and adderflash of thunderclan, and briefly, wolfmask. mintshade is a thunderclan permanent queen, and he tells her that he hopes she can look after flintsong whenever he can't-- mintshade accepts. she expresses her own desire for kits, saying her pelt would prevent it, but redlark is quick to try to comfort her.
→ when shadowclan invades thunderclan's camp, redlark is the first to run to the nursery to protect the queens. thankfully, no shadowclan cats even make a move towards the nursery, but he keeps a steadfast, defensive position at the mouth of the nursery in case.
→ he hops up on a stump beside quillnose, thankful the short thunderclan molly allowed him up with her, before lionflame calls him to go on another final reparation patrol. he and quillnose work together to repair the last errors in the elder's den, and redlark hopes he's gained a friend in doing so, even if he steps on her toes a little bit.
→ he is lying with flintsong in the nursery the morning after the half-moon when suddenly, she jolts with a loud cry. shocked, redlark starts up, before frantically calling for yewthorn and marshpaw-- who, he learns later, was named marshclaw the night before. as it turns out, she's in labor, and he is temporarily kicked out of the nursery as yewthorn helps her deliver the litter. he sits outside with laurelnose, watching in horror, dismay, anxiety, but most importantly hope.
→ when yewthorn allows him in, all the kits have been delivered -- but, unfortunately, the last and smallest kit does not survive. both he and his mate grieve over the lost forth kit, and decide to name her with the others. flintsong dubs the lost kit seedkit, and the speckled tortoiseshell starlingkit, after her sister. redlark names the only tom loonkit, for his black fur, and the dusty torbie rosekit for her red-coloured tail. he spends the night with flintsong, soothing a kit whenever it would begin to cry and flintsong couldn't move herself to comfort them.
→ he stays with flintsong in the thunderclan nursery when shadowclan invades thunderclan's camp, and helps her return to the refurbishes skyclan camp when she is too weak to return to the campsite without his help. her condition only worsens.
→ their litter grows to be a rambunctious bunch, fiery and adventurous and blunt. redlark, more than a handful of times, plays single parent to the kittens, especially when they begin to start fights with wolfmask's younger litter.
→ he hears of the gathering where shellstar appeared and called for a divide of the forest. redlark inwardly decides that he would much rather stick to a traditional warrior code that they understood and appreciated, than walk a wayward path.
→ he bears witness to rowanwing's and teaselstar's ceremony of avowed souls, thinking sadly back to his own with flintsong moons prior. her body is failing. he visits her in the nursery for the umpteenth time, whispering words of solace to her as she fights through a particularly bad episode of nausea.
→ redlark enters the nursery two suns later, bearing a squirrel for the kits who have been weaned from milk. wolfmask had been assisting in feeding them, as flintsong was unable to produce enough to support the litter of three. flintsong is fruitless, weary, and dull, only able to muster a few parting words with redlark-- which he doesn't understand. he falls asleep beside her, before rosekit wakes him, fussing about flintsong being unresponsive.
→ he realizes in panic that his mate is cold to the touch. he calls for help, frantic, and marshclaw, amberblaze, and laurelnose are quick to rush in to assess the situation. but it was too late.
→ flintsong is gone.
THOUGHTS
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SKYCLAN
teaselstar,
[ respect / neutral / trust / nervous ]
i. . . i don't know why it was us that starclan decided to punish. . . we haven't done anything wrong! . . have we?
lionflame,
[ friend / respect / proud ]
regardless of what cats are saying i'm-- really, i'm okay with you as a deputy! i remember when you joined , and-- you've done nothing but good for the clan, you know? even if all this is a little-- different! from what's been in the past, yeah?
☀ yewthorn,
[ deep trust / familial love / respect / frustrated ]
y-- you could have done something-- anything! why-- why didn't anything work?
☀ marshclaw,
[ helpless / respect / like / sadness ]
you. . i. . she's-- with starclan now. . but-- is that a good thing? what about-- all the... all the infighting!
nettlenose, NPC,
[ trust / deep trust / familial love ]
p-please, where-- where are you? i-- i really need someone-- anyone right now. .
☀ starlingkit,
[ familial love / pride / protective / sadness ]
please. . be strong, for me. for her. i can't lose you too. i can't.
☀ rosekit,
[ familial love / pride / protective / amusement / sadness ]
will you still be brave? . . i never wanted this to happen, not in-- not in any of our lifetimes.
☀ loonkit,
[ familial love / pride / protective / sadness ]
i-- i can't be like her, not-- not anymore. i never wanted you-- or any of you to ever have to-- go through something like this. not ever.
emberheart,
[ friend / pride ]
all that frustration must have paid off! or something! lo and behold, emberpaw is now-- uh, emberheart! wow, stars, i-- i can't believe i trained an apprentice-- and you're just walking proof of it!
☀ amberblaze,
[ good friend / trust / confidant ]
we-- we didn't deserve this, amberblaze. she didn't.
flamesky,
[ friend / respect / sadness ]
don't worry, you're fine! i just don't get why you had to kick up grass at us, is all!
☀ laurelnose,
[ like / friend / deep trust / concern / dependence ]
i. . . i don't know what to do, laurelnose. she's-- she's just gone, and now i'm all. . i really need someone, so--
timberpaw,
[ like / friend ]
sorry about yewthorn-- he's always like that, but he means well! . . . most times. but! i think we should do that again sometime. honestly, it's-- not the worst thing to do for training!
wolfmask.
[ friend / likes / deep trust / concern ]
. . can you keep an eye on her? please? for me.
☀ rowanwing,
[ respect / happy for / sadness ]
i'm-- i'm happy for you two! i mean it.
foxstorm,
[ likes / acquaintance ]
starclan coming down, can you believe it! i-- i almost couldn't, but teaselstar seemed so earnest i couldn't just not believe her, you know?
willowthorn,
[ like / amused ]
i don't normally talk about the other clans like that, but, stars, sometimes they puzzle me!
duskstorm,
[ like / neutral ]
i actually haven't spoken to much to you-- that kind of shocks me! i know you were teaselstar's apprentice, so that could be why. i would've been a little starstruck-- but! i'm happy you didn't, err, ha, implode on us back there. you seem-- okay!
squirrelclaw,
[ neutral ]
thank you for- uh, stepping in, squirrelclaw.
thymecloud,
[ neutral ]
believe me! i'm all for pacifism, if that's the-- the right word to use. but i think even i know riverclan's beyond helping. . . let alone getting friendly with!
sand,
[ wary / curious / grateful ]
another loner? i-i mean! you-- flintsong said you were the one who pulled me out of harm's way when i went unconscious, so i guess. . . thank you?
briarpaw,
[ like ]
hey, see? it all turned out all right!
badgerfrost,
[ sympathy ]
well-- if you really meant that you weren't hungry, okay! i won't press for what happened-- you really looked upset for a moment, so maybe i can-- uh, guess.
volepounce, NPC,
[ friend / respect ]
you tought me everything even when the clan doubted you because you were still fresh out of the apprentices' den - thank you! i don't know where i'd be without you, actually.
THUNDERCLAN
doestar,
[ unease ]
thanks-- for, uh, letting us stay! it-- means a lot, i promise. we're all just-- homesick, you know? it's so odd. . in a good way! promise! uhh-
silverbird,
[ like / friend / trust / curious ]
really, you do remind me of flintsong, sometimes! oh-- don't tell her i said that, that probably sounds bad. a-anyway! thanks for that, um, talk earlier. and helping with the clearing! you know, being here, it's-- made me realize how like the clans can really be-- when they aren't, um, quarreling. hah-- i remember being an apprentice and we were still fighting over tallpines!
hemlockfrost,
[ like / neutral ]
aha--ha, no, um, there's no she-cat in my life right now. maybe. i don't know? but i wonder how thunderclan is receiving the. . . things, from the last gathering.
birchheart,
[ like / trust / acquaintance ]
even though, uh, i don't pick flowers, or-- anything (well, there was that peony, but, i had to do that! you know?) i liked the one you gave me! you're-- really, uh, wise for your age, i suppose. i feel like it was just yesterday you were still-- a birchpaw!
twitenose,
[ sympathy ]
i can't imagine what being at that gathering was like, only hearing it. i can't blame you for being afraid-- stars, i'm pretty sure i was as startled as you!
spiderleg,
[ neutral / anxious ]
kits? ha-- ha! no! uh-- at least, i don't know, actually. but! uhh, probably not. maybe.
robinheart,
[ like / friend ]
stars, the moor really was destroyed, huh. . ? i can't imagine-- we-- maybe skyclan got off luckier than windclan did-- but-- that's two stories, two sides. . but! i'm-- glad i could make a friend around here. or, at least, i. . i hope we can be? or are?
quillnose,
[ likes / acquaintance / hope ]
sorry if i stepped on your toes a little bit! but, yeah, it was really. . unfortunate, the stampede. even the fire on windclan. thanks for helping me fix the last of the elders' den, though! you're not as short as i thought you were! oh-- wait, no, that sounds a bit bad, um, you get me!
mintshade,
[ likes / curious ]
you're all right! your pelt's the reason i came up to you first, anyway! i. . hope you have kits someday, and, can you watch flintsong for me? please?
SHADOWCLAN
cloverstep,
[ unease / wary / neutral / questioning ]
i. . i don't know how to feel about the code. but-- something just-- strikes me as wrong about it, i'm-- i'm sorry. .
ibiswhisker,
[ anger / helpless ]
leave it up to shadowclan to come in! i could've kept fighting-- i-- i could've helped emberpaw if it wasn't for you!
RIVERCLAN
koistar,
[ unease ]
a new warrior code? i- despite what everyone's saying i honestly don't think it's-- that terrible. but, what teaselstar said? she's a bit in the right here. shellstar's reputation-- it's a rabbit hole, if i'm using that metaphor right--- i don't know..
egretcloud,
[ neutral / unease ]
so. . . you were the deputy! at least i guessed that much right.
frognose,
[ neutral ]
i didn't see much of you.
saltsnarl,
[ annoyed / upset / disgust ]
how could you attack an apprentice like that! my apprentice!
larkpaw
[ sadness ]
i didn't want to fight you!
hazeltuft
[ curious / like ]
aww- i'm-- i'm sorry if i frightened you! i didn't mean to, honest. but, uh, you were all right! better than i'd expect out of a riverc-- oh, stars, that-- sounds awful, i shouldn't say that, should i?
WINDCLAN
grassstar.
[ neutral / curious ]
you're leader now? i mean, i'm not against it! you seemed like you always knew what you were doing-- from, what i saw of you.
sheepleap,
[ nervous / unsure ]
i. . . i can see where you come from, sheepleap, what-- what made you want to change a code. but-- a medicine cat's duty is to their clan, right? what if-- what if they have a mate, and someone else is hurt, but -- the mate is, too? who would you pick to save?
clayfang,
[ concern ]
you retired?
OUTSIDERS
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THE DECEASED
☀ flintsong,
[ confidant / affection / love / respect / intense grief / sadness ]
i'd-- i thought you'd grow old with me. but-- there was nothing they could do, i-- did i not do enough? i'm so sosry, we-- this shouldn't have happened! none of this! you weren't supposed to get sick, or-- or die, flintsong. . these kits, i-- i don't know the first thing. .
. . . what am i going to do without you?
seedkit,
[ familial love / grief / sadness ]
it's-- you didn't deserve it. . you could've-- grown up with all your littermates and, seen the sun and gone out into the forest, but-- it just. . can't happen now.
redfox,
[ familial love / respect / unsure / sadness ]
i don't remember much of you other than you being really happy when i became an apprentice, brownbriar said you were a great cat- i was named after you, after all. and you told me, if i ever had kits, i should name one after myself to keep up this family tradition. but, you could've been a little nicer to yewthorn, and me.
brownbriar,
[ trust / familial love / respect / sadness ]
i thought you'd stick around a bit longer-- it still feels so fresh, even if it was a season or two ago. yewthorn really did try to save you- he spent every bit of free time with you, checking on you-- but it-- it just wasn't enough.
snaketalon,
[ fear / neutral / confusion ]
i'm-- sorry for what happened to you. i-- can't tell if i forgive now or not, but. . . you're dead, so it-- doesn't exactly matter anymore. but i still can't forget it. so maybe it's. . . not really forgiven. wherever you are, just. . . i don't know.
bramblethorn,
[ sadness / respect ]
oh, stars. . i know we lost cats in it, but-- i didn't think you! i. . i know you didn't believe in starclan, but-- i know you were at that one gathering, so. . maybe you're there now?
vulturestar,
[ unease / horror / fear ]
i wasn't. . out there, when it happened. but. . i don't know, is this. . justification, or something bad?
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