[Pending] Bogtumble

[dino.]

In their presence, any cat would feel small.

Keen eyes gaze at you, judging you for your worth. You know you are not the first cat to come here - nor will you be the last. But you've come with a mission, and all you have to do is sell yourself.

"What makes you stand out from the rest of the cats who want another chance?"

“...I'm hungry.”

A quiet, pathetic whimper from the shadows, before Bogtumble slunk into view - tail dragging, long ears limp, expression tired but oh so desperate. He wasn't sure how this whole process worked, but if it landed him a meal, he was willing to try.

“I've been HUNGRY. For so long. I've forgotten what fur feels like underneath my claws. How flesh splits between my teeth. The warmth of blood on my tongue…”

He stared down at the ground. “There's no way for me to eat here. I've TRIED. I got so close, and then the opportunity vanished before my eyes. I- I shouldn't even BE here. If Daddy had just done his JOB, if he hadn't LEFT ME, I wouldn't be STUCK in this hell, withering away like this! Forgotten!” He slammed a paw against the surface he stood on, eye starting to water and limbs beginning to shake.

“Let me back,” he pleaded. “I want to run, to hunt, to eat. It's been so, SO long. It's killing me a second time, not to be able to sink my claws into something!”

His last attempt had been cut short. If he could actually get back, with solid ground beneath his paws and the sun on his back, the ability to finally once again consume... well, he might actually die a second time from the sheer joy that would overcome him.

[BEAR.]

"What a miserable little creature."

It was rare Brokenstar attended these, prefering to leave it to cats.. more sympathetic. "These grounds are meant for cats who think they have value, not cockroaches like yourself who can only blubber for mercy.

"I'll let you back... to Hell where you belong. Would you like a headstart or shall we skip the chase to your ass-beating, Bogtumble?"

[ @dino. / @ any other warden ]

[Rani]

Dustpoppy | Female + She/Her | Dark Forest
Dark tan cat with black points and light blue eyes.

It was.... Rare to find a soul so foul trying for a second chance, even more so to find one so remorseless about their rot. Most cats came with hats in hand, thinking that'd earn them some clemency and found this not the case, though it did occasionally work. Not Bogtumble however, and perhaps thats what drew Dustpoppy's attention.

He was a change from the droll and dull regrets and wails of the endless cats who thought being 'good' was enough, and that alone earned him consideration.
"Now now Brokenstar, isnt it our duty to give all souls at least a chance to make their case before passing on judgement?"
A thin excuse, Dustpoppys belief in the wardens creed wasnt as fervenent as the others but she wanted to hear this out. Bogtumble was interesting.

"Besides, some of the clans have been a little.... lax, untested of late. Perhaps Bogtumble here might add in a source of change should he have a plan beyond his... Hunger. Do you have such plans dear? Plans to sate your hunger without ending up 'in this hell' again? Because otherwise theres not much point of us bringing you back at all."




@dino. @BEAR.

[Mica]

Barkblaze
StarClan
he/him| Ancient
[Long-furred white cat with black spotting and green eyes]
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[Bogtumble - @dino. ] [Brokenstar - @BEAR. ] [Dustpoppy - @Rani ]
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Oh for StarClan's sake--Barkblaze was used to the pathetic wailing of cats who did not deserve a first chance, let alone a second, but this one took the entire prey pile. As the former medicine cat slipped out of the starry shadows and joined Brokenstar and Dustpoppy, he regarded Bogtumble with an unimpressed glare. Brokenstar seemed ready to refuse the idiot here and now, but Dustpoppy wanted to hear him out.

A pluming white tail lashed, sending small stars twinkling away and fizzling to nothingness. "I think we are forgetting to bring up Bogtumble's recent escapades into the WindClan Nursery." He might have been in StarClan for a long while now, but Barkblaze had never forgotten his roots in WindClan. Seeing another cat threaten to eat kits just for a laugh was a sick form of evil. Barkblaze had only known about the incident because he had been keeping an eye on Bogtumble's activity after the rat invaded StarClan's camp and made a scene. "Are you even listening to him? After threatening to eat kits he comes wailing to us about returning so he can hunt?" Barkblaze studied both of his fellow StarClanners with an incredulous look. The tom huffed, composing himself into his usual calm state. He was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and believe they just didn't know. "It is my opinion that this cat is nothing good. Unless you can convince me otherwise, I refuse to let him through."

[dino.]

The first cat to approach him was a mood-killer and a half, and Bogtumble wondered with a glare in his direction if he tasted spicy or like garbage. Maybe a mix of both - and probably too tough to eat anyways, if he was as old as he looked.

Two others joined Brokenstar before Bogtumble had the opportunity to spit something out. Dustpoppy was willing to give him a chance, but Barkblaze, like Brokenstar, seemed to be blinded by biases. Maybe if kits didn't taste so good he wouldn't have gone after them!!!

“It was- It was a lapse in judgement," he croaked out, dropping his gaze to the floor in shame. He hadn't even come close to getting what he'd wanted, anyways. "I won't go for the little ones, won't even go for the grown!" His Clanmates, he could restrain himself from them. "I'll- I'll find corpses. The already d-dead ones, I'll feed myself on those." It would make him feel like some sorry scavenger, but if it got him a place back in the living world, he could tolerate it. "Or O-Outsiders who are stupid enough to threaten WindClan. My Clan. Protecting them, killing what endangers them and feeding from that, that won't land me back in the dark, right? Surely?”

He... could wait. Until opportunities came. Couldn't he?

[ @Mica @Rani @BEAR. ]