[So I totally forgot where you made this post, been looking for it, glad I found it.]
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Originally Posted by Alchemist Kitsune
| Lightningpaw |
It had been a quarter moon since they had arrived to their new home, and her clanmates had begun settling in nicely. Or at least, so she hoped! Truth be told, she hadn't the foggiest. Their arrival to the new camp had been marked by so many things keeping her busy. All of the injured from the fire. All of the injured from the fight. The injuries from the foxes - no wait... they had incurred no new injuries from that, StarClan be praised - followed by that long trek. And then her own testing. Her own search for the perfect cure. The way to give Milkpaw the ability to breath with ease once more. It had almost been as if she'd forgotten to do so herself. Take a moment. And just breathe.
It was this exhaustion that had led her to take a break outside. A small breather. She was getting nowhere fast with her research. Her mind was too full of failed ideas and anxieties. The potential to never get this right. The lithe calico needed a new outlook, and she couldn't do that by staying inside the den all the time. Even Cowtuft with his injury walked amongst their clanmates from time to time. It was only fair she followed her mentor's example. Especially after she'd failed him so badly.
Large ears perked up at this thought. Her... mentor. He hadn't always been her mentor, had he? No. For one moon, she'd had Leechscar. WindClan's own resident grump. A genuine grin played at her maw at the memory of their first meeting. He'd seemed less than enthused. Not that she had made the job any easier for him. But he was just so fun to tease! And he'd been an honestly good mentor. He'd taken her seriously... when she had been, of course. The wiry framed apprentice realized with a jolt that she hadn't seen the tom since the fire.
Had he been hurt? No. He would have gone to Cowtuft and her if so. But was he doing alright? That part she did not know. She didn't know much about him, if she were to be honest, but what she did know was that he hadn't seemed the most social of cats. Maybe it was his way with words, or his bright, sunny disposition other cats steered clear from. Or maybe it was his preference. To be away from it all. Unfortunately for him, Lightningpaw had made a promise to him. She had solemnly swore, after all, that she would be nothing but annoying to the gray furred giant. Besides. If she didn't go bother him, he'd start getting used to his own thoughts. That didn't sound very nice for anyone. Being stuck with nothing but his thoughts. He might even get grumpier in those circumstances. So really, checking up on him was her duty. A need for the wellbeing of the clan.
With a plan to follow, Lightningpaw regained a bit of a pep to her step, this time unforced. In a considerably cheerier mood, the spotted molly bounded toward the heather bush that had been turned into the warriors' new den. Hopefully he'd be in his nest and not out and about already. That'd make tracking him much harder, if not impossible. It wasn't like she could just head out into the territory and find him. Stupid apprentice rules stating she couldn't go out on her own. Look, once the body count you'd encountered in your life raised over five, she believed it was well within reason to let her go out by herself! Shaking her head to dismiss the rant that was beginning to build up inside her - it was really much more fun to rant away at unsuspecting adults - she entered the den, almond shaped eyes searching for the familiar mass of gray.
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@ Undertaker [Leechscar] |
The tom was sleeping or at least trying to sleep. His mind refused to silence itself and continue to bring up things he'd rather avoid. His first concern as always was Twilightstar. His mother was as always, an inspirational leader that this clan seemed to constantly overlook or take for granted. He hadn't been able to check on her recently and see how she was really doing with all this change. She liked to keep things close to her chest, much like him, when it came to any issues or problems she was having. She was strong, stronger than any cat he knew, well besides her foster mother. He'd deem both of them the strongest cats in this stupid clan.
But even the strongest cats can get worn down. He needed to go and visit her, or see if she wanted to go out hunting with him or something. On top of that, he'd count this as grand news, but Dreamlight had finally reconciled with him after moons of being distant. That was great and all but the reason she had bothered overlooking his mistake that resulted in the loss of her tail was that she almost got eaten by a fox?! He was a bit sour about not being there for her, even though everything had worked out and he technically owed a few of the clan's warriors for having his sister's back. Leechscar still felt horrible for not being at her side. She wasn't bothered by it in the slightest, but it was bugging him.
That was bugging him along with a bunch of other stuff, mostly it was no sense. He didn't really want to pester her since she had such an important rank and new mentor, but Lightningpaw tended to pop up in his head here and there, Wolffang and Leopardsong as well, Beastpaw, his lost and dead apprentices, then his mind would also stray to how Batglare was doing with Twistedpaw. The latter he shouldn't worry about in the slightest since it was Batglare doing the training, he couldn't just turn his throughs off like he could emotions.
This is not working! The giant gray warrior grunted and opened his lids, glowing green eyes darting to the opening of the warriors' den as he heard incoming paws. Leechscar needed something to do, he should go and find Dreamlight. She was always a great distraction when he didn't want to be stuck in his head. Besides, the scent of heather was giving him a headache, getting out would do him some good. Climbing smoothly to his paws, stretching as he moved towards the open, he paused, narrowing his eyes as a familiar face stood in his path.
"You." The tom drawled and fixed his former apprentice with a deadpan expression. He looked over Lightingpaw for a full moment, finished, satisfied that she seemed to be fine to him, physically at least. He began to make him around her so he could get into the clearing.
"If you're here for me, whatever it is the answer is no." He said grumpily. Something in the back of his mind told him she was here to annoy the hell out of him. He was not interested in being aggravated today, he already had enough of that when Leopardsong came looking for him. Besides, he wanted to find Dreamlight.