[P] blood, sweat, tears... and seeing eyes?

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​☆｡. o Hazycry
❧ Shadowclan Warrior | She/Her
❧ Purrks - Shadow Fiend, Kitty Softpaws T2, Silver Tongue T1, Monkey's Paw
"I once believed that the road of happiness continued forever and ever into the distance. When it was destroyed, I realized for the first time that it lies upon a thin sheet of glass."

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[timeline-wise takes place after hazycry gains sight]

she needed to get over her... fear? displeasure? with her cousin. she let out a shaky breath as she stopped at the entrance of the medicine den. "sleepysunrise" it came out quieter than she thought. eyes still adjusting to the world, she blinked several times as her still-cloudy eyes were overwhelmed by the beams of light.

how long had it been since she spoke? since... hawky. "i... wanted to... talk. if that was.. okay with you. i also... want you to watch me... while i try to climb."

her eyes finally were able to make out the shapes in the darkened den, a small figure -was that sleepysunrise?- was standing in it. "sorry if you... don't want to be... bothered."

- @Estelle

[Estelle]

ׂ╰┈➤ Sleepysunrise ✘ Shc Medicine Cat ←
☽ She/Her, 14 Moons ✧.* Petite dark semi-long-furred feline with white tufts across her body, white freckles and piercing blue eyes ☾
Shadow Fiend * CALL ME MONSTER * Purrk * Purrk


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Her ears adjusted to the quiet sounds emerging from outside her den, movement pausing where she'd been tracing random squiggles in the ground with her claw. She stayed still as a statue; un-moving, unblinking - you could swear she had frozen in time, only listening to her cousin's words as she entered and pleaded her case. Sleepysunrise had no sympathy for slacker - what?

"...Climb?"
Is what she echoed, her voice tilting up into a query at the end. You will fall. You will break your bones. I will break your bones. She flinched, visibly. Her ears flickered as if trying to cast aside a thought; she turned around, her movement a little wobbly as she did, her head on occasion twitching with rough, jerky-movements.

"Talk?"
She repeated a second query, flashes blinding her gaze as she tried to lift her eyes up to Hazycry. She blinked them shut a few times, snarling at the seemingly random visions that plagued her mind.
"About what?"
Her own voice was quiet; tired, almost. She opened an eye and lifted her head to look up at Hazycry, trying to meet her gaze despite the blinding sun shinning behind her through the den, despite the violent flashes through her mind.

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⊹ [ @c1nder - Hazycry | @/mention - Character ] ⊹

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​☆｡. o Hazycry
❧ Shadowclan Warrior | She/Her
❧ Purrks - Shadow Fiend [Inactive], Kitty Softpaws T2 [Permanently Active], Silver Tongue T1 [Active], Monkey's Paw [Permanently Active]​
"I once believed that the road of happiness continued forever and ever into the distance. When it was destroyed, I realized for the first time that it lies upon a thin sheet of glass."
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she knew her cousin was small, but she never really knew how small. the small black-and-white shape paused in her movements, whatever her cousin was doing she didnt really care but it didnt look too important.

"yes... climbing. its... it'll be an asset to have... ambush would be... easier? better." she tilted her head. was sleepysunrise always like this? what had happened? had it been similar to what happened to herself? who died? two ends of the line, one went insane, the other a heaping broken pile. how humorous.

"mostly... a chat, to sort of... break the tension between us. and something... else." she flicked her tail, "do you want to come?"

- @Estelle

[Estelle]

ׂ╰┈➤ Sleepysunrise ✘ Shc Medicine Cat ←
☽ She/Her, 14 Moons ✧.* Petite dark semi-long-furred feline with white tufts across her body, white freckles and piercing blue eyes ☾
Shadow Fiend * CALL ME MONSTER * Purrk * Purrk


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She eyed her cousin with suspicion. She wasn't one to judge cats' abilities based on what they lacked, but she sure didn't feel like mending any broken bones today. Not that she knew how.... Yet. Maybe Hazycry wouldn't be a bad test dummy, the blind cat wouldn't know what a bad splint looked like anyway.

The medic stayed silent for some time, letting the air that blew into the den lightly ruffle her fur. Sleepysunrise stared at the ground, uninterested in meeting her cousin's eyes. What would a chat between them even bring? They'd just argue or something anyway, maybe Hazycry would try to kill her. A light laugh bubbled in her throat at that thought.

"Very well."
She decided after a long silence, dragging the herbal scent with her as she passed Hazycry in direction of the clearing.
"Lead the way."

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⊹ [ @c1nder - Hazycry | @/mention - Character ] ⊹

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​☆｡. o Hazycry
❧ Shadowclan Warrior | She/Her
❧ Purrks - Shadow Fiend [Inactive], Kitty Softpaws T2 [Permanently Active], Silver Tongue T2 [Active [acting blind]], Monkey's Paw [Permanently Active]​
"I once believed that the road of happiness continued forever and ever into the distance. When it was destroyed, I realized for the first time that it lies upon a thin sheet of glass."
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a burning fire raged inside of her, metaphorically, of course. she needed to be better, to be greater than her siblings, her father, her deadbeat mother. doing this would... only be able to solidify both her relationship with her cousin and her ability to do... pretty much anything.

"we've... gotten off on the wrong paw... not... right now, or anything... but in general." she murmured as she padded along. why was two word so hard to say? just say it. "i'm... sorry. if i've... hurt you... or caused any pain... it was... not my intent... it never was." why was 'i'm sorry' such a hard thing to say? it was almost as if biologically she didnt want to say it.

she had mapped out a tree beforepaw, low hanging branches and thinner bark, her theory was that she could dig her claws into the wood and hoist herself up. right? that would work, yeah? "this tree. here."

oooohkay so how was she gonna get down after she gets up there? let gravity do its thing orrr.

[rolled a 15, 10]

unsheathing her claws, it took a moment for her to get the courage to put a paw on the tree, once she did, she pressed it into the wood, claws sinking into the porous plant. she reared up and placed her other paw on the tree, and slowly, one pawstep at a time, she clawed herself up the tree, eventually getting to a lower-hanging branch, a rest stop.

"the... other thing... i wanted... to talk... about..." she panted, her limbs were tiring, but not quite done yet. "hawkpaw died... and ever since then... i dont know how, or even why, but i can.. see."

she moved to continue up the tree, using her claws to dig into the wood and more quickly drag herself up the giant. getting to the second branch took a lot more of her energy so she sat down when she got to it. "any clue how i can get down without dying or are you gonna leave that to me to figure out?"

- @Estelle