shattered dreams and misty memories [p]

[Rose]

This roleplay is set before Melody’s RiverClan joining posts, and after the April 12th RiverClan meeting.

Melody
She/Her

Melody was a cat who’d never known pain. Never known grief, or loss, or the weight of being unwanted. There were no burdens on her shoulders — and for that, if she truly knew the magnanimity of this blessing, she would be truly grateful. Alas, Melody was usually oblivious to the world’s harms, the sadness inflicted between comrades each day, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.

So when she came across a sniffling cat, the former kittypet faltered in her steps, the tips of her mouth pulling downward first with bewilderment, then uncertainty, then with… sadness. For this other cat, who was clearly down.

Pasting a cheery smile on her face, Melody flounced up to the stranger, beaming. “Hullo! My name is Melody! Did you know a wisteria is really a vine, not a flower?” The classic tabby plopped down a little ways away from her newfound companion, trying to bring a smile to their face. She scuffed her paws against the earth. “Did you also know fireflies are called lightning bugs? Yknow, cuz they flash like lightning I guess.”

Gold-flecked blue eyes were warm with compassion as they rest on the feline in front of her. “Sorry for interrupting, I just thought you could use some company — and so could I. I’ve been lonely for the past couple of days.” Yes, she’d pin this on herself as wanting this strangers’ company instead of saying she was here to cheer them up.

[ @alec | Format is wonky sorry, am typing on mobile at the airport lol ]

[alec]

minkpaw was drained, tears had long dried and what has left was merely painful hiccups, dishevelled fur and the shadow of a feline that had once been confident and positive by nature. once a cat that caught your eye, striped tail and unusual pattern like a star amongst nothing but the endless black dry, she could now be described as a dead man walking, hunched over and gaze empty as she sniffled and shook.
the realisation what she had really done, and what she was about to do was settling in, heavy and ever gnawing in her stomach, threatening to consume her from the inside out. she knew she had to open herself up even further, confess to marigoldkit what she had done, apologize to goldfish, blazingstar,..., cobwepaw? no, no she couldnt see her again.
caught in the blur of worry and guilt she barely noticed a unfamiliar voice next to her, taking a moment to blink the disorientation away and lift her head to look at the stranger. it wasnt a cat she had ever seen before, and against better judgement, minkpaw couldnt help but grimace at their rambling. couldnt they see she was not particularly thrilled about being talked to right now?
"im just fine on my own" she cut her off, considering to fess up for a snarl or any kind of threatening gesture but couldnt find it in her to do anything but stare. perhaps the aftermath of the thunderclan raid was enough to get the kittypet running, angry red streaks still bright and clear amonst her dark fur. and especially the dull grey eye, the tell-tale sign that she had lost her vision, vision she hadnt ever had the time to actually mourn, and a painful reminder of the gruesome act she had commited.


( excuse run on sentences oups. @Rose