Haven Springs

[BEAR.]

"Never thought of that." But in hindsight, it made sense... "What if the sun's like, the ancient founders? If our stars are warriors in general?"

Sedgeflake plopped down beside Dusklion and peered up at the sky. The indirect light already made him squint, but he was determined to win. "You're ON! I'm gonna show you why you're DUSK lion and not DAWN lion." Cause she fled the sun, hah!

He adjusted his gaze to land on the fiery orb, doing his best to not squint. He had to beat her now!

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[taillow]

Dusklion - RiverClan Deputy

Ancient founders? That sounded cool. Still squinting up at the sun she tried to picture it - cats so old that every part of them had been lost to time itself... She hoped that never happened to her. She wanted the name 'Dusklion' to be remembered for all time.

Still squinting up at the sun, the deputy let out a guffaw. "Oh you're on, Sedgeflake. Gonna make you Sadflake when you lose, so don't come cryin' to me!" Kneading her paws against the ground she continued to stare right up at the sun, ignoring the dull ache that was developing in her head. She just had to keep holding out... a little more...

...Ooooof.

With the heat bearing down on her and not moving for a bit, she could feel her pelt heating up. The dull ache spread down towards her shoulders and she rolled them back, feeling just a little bit off. Black ringlets started to circle her vision, and though she was stubborn...

Dusklion broke away, not sure if she had beaten Sedgeflake or not as she got to her paws. The ground swayed a bit as the deputy laughed. "That ancestor's... got a mean stare..." she chuckled breathlessly, feeling a bit like she was overheating and woozy.

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[BEAR.]

Ow! Ow! Ow! OK, so maybe Sadflake was more of a reality than Sedgeflake thought and wanted because the sun HURT. His eyeballs were burning up like a salty slug and he couldn't....

quite..

"Ugh!" He had to throw in the towel, ripping his head away from the sun in favor of aggressive blinking and tears. Why'd it have to hurt so bad! Unfair! Hacks!

He grunted between painful blinks. "Must be a RiverClan cat 'cause ain't no way you'd be beat by anything less."

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[taillow]

Dusklion - RiverClan Deputy

After awhile of blinking and lots of shaking her head (and maybe a stumble here and there), Dusklion finally started to get her vision to return to normal. Okay, lesson learned; no staring directly at the sun. "Must be. Came starin' with a vengeance, that's for sure," she grunted humorously in response and gave another shake of her head.

Still feeling a bit woozy she glanced around them. "Wonder how many moons of my life that took." Stars still sparked here and there but for the most part things were clearing up. Taking a few steps forward and still blinking, however, caused Dusklion to miss where she was putting her paws and -

Yelping suddenly she scrambled backwards, hissing with her fur fluffed up. But there was nothing there except a really bright rock. Lifting her paw pad and turning it over she winced; a weird bubbly like blister protruded from her paw, causing her to flatten her ears. "Careful of that spot over there," she grumbled towards Sedgeflake, glowering at the spot as she flattened her fur, "feels like the damn Sun Spirit came back for round two."

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[BEAR.]

"Stars, I hope none. RiverClan needs you for a lot more." Sedgeflake's vision was only now coming back, gradually, but not perfect. He could still see sun spots.

His hackles rose when she yelped, and the sight of the blister made him... relax just slightly. At least it was a rock and not some animal. "Why don't we get out of the heat?" He offered, moving a ways away til they were in a more shaded spot. Movement across nearby roots caught his gaze and Sedgeflake abruptly lunged and pounced, catching a mouse by the tail and killing it.

It was the first bit of prey they'd seen since being out.. and Sedgeflake planned on catching more! But it'd been a while, he was getting kinda hungry, and now Dusklion had a hurt paw. "Look, we're gonna be out here all day and we might as well take a break until your paw is at least feeling better. Split with me?"

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[taillow]

Dusklion - RiverClan Deputy

Shaking out her paw and trying to not keep scowling over it, the deputy immediately agreed with a nod. She gingerly placed her paw on the ground, a low snarl leaving her when a sharp stinging pain shot up her leg. It wasn't bad, but it would sure suck until she was able to shove it into a stream.

Following him to the more shaded spot, there was immediately relief in not having the sun on her back anymore. The sight of a mouse had her ears perking back up and she wanted to jump with excitement when it was caught. "Finally. Good catch." The sight of the prey reminded her how she hadn't eaten anything since the previous day.

"No arguments here. 'S a good place to stop for a bit. Thanks." Settling down under the shade with her injured paw stretched out a bit, Dusklion let out a sigh. "'M ready for this hot weather to be over. But at least it's good weather to sit 'n share prey." Taking a bite of the mouse, she used her other good paw to shove it towards Sedgeflake, still recouping from the heat and subsequent sun staring.

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