Moonfall Lake

[moxie_the_slime]

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ The Tricksters Tragedy ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
《☆| Moxie |☆》
☆ Show Me A Hero ☆
☆ I Shall Show You A Tragedy ☆
☆He/They/She/It • Starclan • Goober☆
Worldweaver T1 • Nightmare Fuel T1 • Heightened Perception: Whiskers/Touch • Ultimate Predator
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☆Deep Into That Darkness Peering☆
☆I Stood There Wondering, Fearing☆
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Moxie's ears perked, and the small tom trotted after him, sapphire eyes blinking as he followed it. "Where are you going..?" They asked, following it with perked ears. Why had it suddenly not gotten mad at him? didn't she piss it off? "Can I come?" It asked, eyes sparkling hopefully.

@kairosclerosis

[kairosclerosis]

THE QUASAR
27/75

The Quasar grumbled.
“I’m going back to my den. And no, you can’t come.” it growled. It just wanted somewhere where it could dry off and actually RELAX.
It turned away, and began to walk off once more.

@moxie_the_slime

[Rani]

Larkthroat
Starclan Queen | She/Her | 25 Moons at death

World Weaver T2 | Previously Windclan


She came back screaming.
It felt like an eternity of agony, her own horrible drawn out death having been kinder, less painful. This second death was naught but devastation.
The dream, her own ill fated attempt to contact the living world had torn her asunder as the dream collapsed in on itself, starclans fractured connection falling to pieces under her paws.

Usually being killed as a spirit netted a quick come back at the lake, the molly would know, she'd been killed by a fellow ghost before. But this time? This time there were moons between when she'd been fractured like the starcave that'd caused this mess, not that she'd known.

No, to Larkthroat it felt like she'd spent an eternity of writhing torture in that lake being put back together, and when she'd burst from its surface she screamed.

"H̷̢̡̛̤̳͚͚̖̹̗̯͉̱͇̮͋͂͛͋͊͠͠E� �̡̧̗͕̝͇͓̤̖̲̫̬͔̠͑̈́͝L̷͑̑̄̾̕͘ ̲̭̦͐͒̀̆P̵̤̜̏̀͆̀̓͆̑̑́͑̕͘͝͠� �̩͚ͅ ̴̰̓̉̈́͋͐M̶̹̝̹̱̬̦͉̄̄̎͐̈́̒́͜͠� �̫Ė̷̯͕̮̆̍̇̔͆̒̐̈́̓͝!̴̛̀̏͑̆͘� �̲̪̜͕̱͖̼̩͒́̚ H̵̢̲̤̜͙̩͂̀̔̽̓̚̕Ę̶̪̭̪̗̍̂͂̃ ͓̱̖Ḽ̷̢͖͖̈́̈͌̎̓P̴̧̻̯͔̺͖̰̯͠ ̵̰͉͔̮̰͉̟̲̃͗̈̇M̸̬̼͖̖̪̥̖̅̔̈́� �E̶̡̨̧̱̦̣̲̲̐́̒̍̋̓̐̃ ̵͈̞͕͙̞̓P̸̨̺͖̍̎̉̈͗L̵̛̃͂̑̈̔͘ ̙̭̣̤̮͓̳̋E̶̛͚͋́̈́̊̇̑͗Ä̷́̓͆͒̒ ͓͈͈̺̺̥S̷̭̭̬̣̓̋̂͑̄̾́͘E̶̓́̔̚ ̬̣̙̙͓̒̒̇̍͘!̷̱̼͈̙̹̭͍̖̔̉̕͝ I̶̢̼̥͈̓̈̒ ̵̪͈̇͜C̴͖̰̞͐̋ͅA̴̰͍͊̈̐̊̓N̴̑̒� �͓̙̙̕T̶͇̲̥̀͑̌ ̸̫̋T̸͎̼̆́̔͐Ȧ̴͔͇̘̯̏͐̒͜K̷̋͂� �̡̡̦̓E̷̙̊̇ ̸̫̫͍̈́͂̂̇̄Į̷̦̳́̏̒T̵̼͍̥͑̊̚͠ ,̴̳̂̉͋̿S̴͈͌Ȏ̴͖͋ͅM̷̂͜ͅE̸̺̫̋O ̷̞̻̉N̷̗̄E̷͌ͅ ̸͉̈́̔H̸̯̹̊̕E̶̱͐͝L̸̺͎͛P̷͎̬̎̎ ̷̬͙́M̵̩̀E̴͙̣͐̃!̷̠̩͗


D̷E̸A̴R̵ ̴S̶T̷A̶R̸S̶ ̴J̸U̶S̸T̴ ̸S̸O̵M̷E̶O̷N̸E̷ ̴S̴A̴V̵E̴ ̶M̷E̵!̴"

The queen collapsed on the shore with a gurgle, starry sides heaving as she gasped for breath she didnt need, shuddering as lances of agony still shot through her. Her wide brown eye saw nothing as the starclan queen just lay limp, a low whine of pain ripped from her throat. Did her cow print pelt still drip with ichor? Did the holes and tears the dream had ripped into her skin and being linger? They didnt, but she felt them on her like a scar that the dead rarely had.


Her scream was loud, distorted and wrong, and had rung across starclan like some warped bell tormenting the ears of those that heard. Other denizens of starclan would be approaching soon, investigating the sound and Larkthroat just... couldnt process the thought as she lay on the lakes shore.


[OPEN TO ALL STARCLAN CATS WHO HEARD THE SCREAM!]
[FOR CONTEXT: LARKTHROAT ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE LIVING AND THIS HAPPENED. GATHER HERE FOR LORE ABOUT STARCAVE STUFF~]

[Fish]

It really was an unfortunate set of events that brought Skycloud to where he was today but thinking on it he decided not to blame himself. He wasn't a very smart cat self admited but he had done nothing wrong to deserve an exile. It was just the wrong place, he had no ill will towards Windclan but all the higher up cats seemed to think he wanted to cause a violent revolution.. That was the right word, right? One day he would try to get revived or resurrected to be brought back to Windclan but he had to wait till Twilightstar to pass on that was for sure. Maybe coming back as a kit would be better, maybe then his head would let him think good like the others.

Starclan was fine and all but it wasn't where he wanted to be, it was much more funny to run around on the open fields and do silly things! Play silly games! But it didn't seem like anyone wanted to play up here and it was to depressing to be around the kits, for hopefully obvious reason. Then something ripped him out of his boredom. Screaming?! This was Starclan what was with that bone chilling scream for. Only good things were supposed to happen in Starclan.

Terrified but too dumb to not run into danger, Skycloud ran over to see what was going on. Was this somehow his fault? Sometimes things were his fault which he didn't understand. Then he saw it. He didn't know the shecat but she was by the shore of the lake looking terrible. Unsure what he should do he walked over and started to lick her face. Maybe just being an annoying twerp would be enough to get her to slap him, then come to! Yeah this was an amazing plan! He was so glad to be the most helpfulest cat!

"Wakie wakie, the birds are singing for you!~"

@Rani

[Minku]

…Soaringpaw…
STc. She/Her. 13 moons/12 Moons at death
No Purrks
“Who have I become and who will I ever be?”

[ @Rani @Fish ]
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She thought. She thought the living would be scarier than. Starclan. She was wrong. Very wrong. And at this moment. She’s never heard a scream like that. Not in the living world. If she.. She’s already dead. She didn’t need to fear getting attacked. And killed. But it still like muscle memory to her. To fear. She’s just been locking herself ever since she met her mentor. After death. So what the hell was this. Was it. Was it because the starcave. Was it because the Starcave that Starclan spirits were in pain. Was the afterlife not as secure as she thought?

She moved. She moved in fear. She expected. Some kind of creature from the depths of hell to be clawing through the ground

…But maybe not

For one. A cat she doesn’t know looking very much in pain. Was she the source of the distorted screams? Why did her screams sound like someone being tortured? And two. This. This random guy. She also doesn’t know him and she’s kinda glad she doesn’t. Cause he did not seem like he was helpful. …Just..just what the hell was happening. Should she be scared? Should she? Should she be scared she’s gonna end up like that? Her gaze flickered to the lake and her eyes narrowed slightly. She didn’t. She didn’t wanna go near those waters. The thought of the screaming she-cat emerging out of the water begging for help. It didn’t sit right with her. It didn’t. No it didn’t. Her own dead body was probably still at the bottom of the waters she drowned in. Never to be found. Just slowly rotting away. Unseen.

She eyed the pairing. For now. It was just them. No one else had came yet. Yet. She expected more to at least check.

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Blazingstar]
Former Leader of WindClan
Worldweaver T2

Screaming wasn't something he thought he'd hear today... or really ever being in the realm of the stars. Despite his distrust and suspicion about this place he roams, he couldn't fight the instinct that drove him to keep trying. The golden feline was on his paws in moments, thundering noises moving with him as his steps hammered across the shores. They were unfamiliar, he'd never came here, but this was the direction the screams came from, so he followed.

Then two cats came into view, between them laid a familiar pelt -- familiar though he hadn't seen it in... seasons. The name rolled off his tongue, just like it would've seasons ago when they shared the clan together. A protective manner that the former leader hadn't used since his reign:

"LARKTHROAT!!"

His paws beat against the shoreline faster, skidding to a halt and butting in between the cats. "GET BACK!" He'd snap towards Skycloud, giving the other a small window of opportunity to react before he'd actually shoulder the warrior away. Deep down, Blazingstar knew it was good intentions, but there wasn't controlling the concern and protective feelings that radiated from him. He also didn't know who either of these cats were, thus making them untrustworthy in a situation like this.

The tom would crouch down, attempting to nudge Larkthroat. She was conscious, that was good. Something was amiss, though. "Hey, what happened? Do you need anything?" What was he supposed to do? Use some magical power to heal her? Could he do that? Surely not. He was just jumping to conclusions at this point, going over the run-down that was embedded into his brain. He just wanted her to say something, anything, to ease his racing heart.

@Rani - Larkthroat | @Fish - Skycloud | For anyone else that's watching the thread, only mentioning those Blazing is directly interacting with

[Beaan]

Screaming. He heard screaming.

Wildtwist was at leaf's normal spot, which was secluded from the rest of starclan, and heard a scream. not any scream. loud. wrong. bone-chilling.

corrupted, even.

leaf raced on over to the queen who was the source, seeing a few cats gather around, along with a former leader that leaf couldn't put the name on him. his tortoiseshell chimera watched in horror as the she-cat returned back to normal. what had happened? wildtwist fluffed their pelt as they took a few steps closer.

"what in the skies happened?" he asked, not specifically to lark but to cats who had already gathered. and what was that scream!?

[ @Rani ]