[Goatmom]

Username: Goatmom
Cat Name: Sparkleap
Gender: female
Rank: Warrior
Clan: Grove Clan
Age: 13 moons
Prompt:

Let my People Go- Prince of Egypt soundtrack

This song is her struggle with her evil mother Honeythorn. Honeythorn mentored her to be a strong fighter who only cares about being the strongest and as a kit and young apprentice she wanted to make her mom proud. However as she grew and Honeythorn saw she wasn't as strong as she hoped, her mother tried to kill her. Luckily her sister helps her escape.

[Archaeopteryx.]

Uhhh if this is too late ignore it, wasn't sure if it was rollover 16th to 17th or 17th to 18th.

Username: Archaeopteryx.
Cat Name: Apricatehaze
Gender: A'xhe (female, she/her)
Rank: Head Medic
Clan: Clan of Eternal Sun
Age: 8 years
Prompt: The Curse - Agnes Obel

xxxxIt is a fine line that the cats walk. One that the humans tread before, captivated by the allure of knowledge, allowing themselves to be led deeper and deeper into its murky depths by its siren call. To go beyond the search of knowledge to help, and into knowledge to harm. Most cats have done well resisting the temptation themselves.

xxxxApricatehaze is not most cats.

xxxxDesert cat she may be, but not from this one. She journeyed far to join the Clan of Eternal Sun, her mannerisms almost desert cat, just slightly off-kilter enough to make her desert cat Clanmates' fur prickle. Wherever she came from, those cats did not honor the unspoken agreement the Clan of Eternal Sun and surrounding neighbors made. Her Clanmates are content, even happy, to remain in the stone age, constructing clay pots and drying herbs in the sun and living in tune with nature. Apricatehaze, however, seeks more.

xxxxThe knowledge Apricatehaze seeks, the knowledge she discovered hidden deep beneath the city she was born in, the knowledge that made her Head Medic, is both a blessing and a curse. She will save her Clanmates.

xxxxBut never herself.

[nindroidzane]

Username: nindroidzane
Cat Name: Bananabread
Gender: Female
Rank: Warrior
Clan: FluxClan
Age: 43 moons
Prompt:
I Like Bees - she likes bees. what more can i say

[kyeza]

Username: galaxyy.
Cat Name: aspenshade
Gender: nonbinary, they/them
Rank: adventurer (painter)
Clan: wip
Age: 43 moons
Prompt: creature - half·alive


xx if you met aspenshade several moons ago, you would not recognize them for the cat they are today. they are known as an eccentric artist among the clan, recognized for their captivatingly colorful and unique art, as well as their fondness for pastels and landscape illustrations. presently, they are quite the free spirit: they roam wherever they see fit, settling for the day wherever they find inspiration flowing. as a travelling painter, one would not expect them to return to camp often. however, as fickle as their allegiance may be, they frequently find themselves returning back to their nest for a night, checking up on their fellow clanmates. the rest of the clan does not mind their sporadic presence, as they are used to this type of behavior from their clanmates. many spend days travelling in search of materials for their craft.

xx while it may not seem so on the surface, aspenshade is a former rogue with a dark past. their mother died giving birth to them, her only kit, and their father was quite displeased. he treated them like dirt on the bottom of his paws, no more than an unworthy speck needing to be washed away in a rushing river. he found them nothing but a burden; one his mate carried around for moons, only to fade away naught but a moment after bringing them into the world. he frequently took his anger out on them, making them do unpleasant tasks as if they were his personal servant, and if they disappointed him further, they may find themselves sporting a new scratch. thankfully, they resided in a grove thick with foliage, so if they ever needed to slip away when he got a bit too hotheaded, they could vanish into the trees and find a nice little nook to hide among the branches and undergrowth.

xx they were in a bad headspace for a while growing up. it took one final push to tip them over the edge: one wrong word on the wrong day, one stray claw landing its mark on an old bruise, an attempt to rile them up as an excuse to inflict more of his venomous hatred for them. despite their mistreatment, they couldn't bring themselves to harm another—even if that other was the monstrous creature that called himself their father. so instead, they used the next best thing: words. biting, piercing, stinging words, leaving a festering, blistering, scathing wound.


don't play games with me. don't ever think you're capable of that.


xx those words, they'd never come to regret. they simply turned and padded away into the jade-lined brush, their father stupefied and rooted in place. they walked and walked, no footsteps following, until they eventually found themselves in the clan's territory. shuddering and on the brink of collapse, the clan took them in. the healers soothed their scars into repose and honey-coated words soothed their mind into inevitable trance-like slumber.

xx aspenshade has never told anyone this story.

xx this song perfectly captures their history, their mentality after breaking free of the chains that kept them from being themselves. yes, they may be a bit unstable. who isn't? aren't those who say they're invulnerable even moreso the opposite than one who openly accepts their flaws? for a long time, they were walking inside the void, a kid inside a cave. now, they are no longer afraid. they've mapped the cavernous maze of the minotaur, the fiendish one who called himself their father. they have accepted their flaws and live every day to its fullest, haunted and holy as they may be. they are neither complete nor incomplete, perfect and imperfect. their past that once haunted them has become their greatest source of strength. early days and sleepless nights, spent relieving themselves of spite. slowly, they're recovering, with help from the beauty of discovery.

xx once, they were held down by a mercilessly vindictive spirit. now, they are perfectly content to wander the land and paint whatever their heart desires, returning once in a while to trade amongst their clanmates and take a moment to rest. they prefer the loose ties, as it reminds them less of their melancholy past and more of how they'd overcome it, standing free of restraint today to capture the aurelian sun's departure to sea, drowning in all its fading glory; the breathtaking valley of blossoms, all its flora dispersing into a kaleidoscopic array of chroma; the irenic woodland, its gentle emerald and malachite foliage filtering the sun's incandescent rays; the moon's luminous light, beaming down on them from far beyond. they were free. liberated.


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[Guest]

Uhhh if this is too late ignore it, wasn't sure if it was rollover 16th to 17th or 17th to 18th.

Username: Archaeopteryx.
Cat Name: Apricatehaze
Gender: A'xhe (female, she/her)
Rank: Head Medic
Clan: Clan of Eternal Sun
Age: 8 years
Prompt: The Curse - Agnes Obel

xxxxIt is a fine line that the cats walk. One that the humans tread before, captivated by the allure of knowledge, allowing themselves to be led deeper and deeper into its murky depths by its siren call. To go beyond the search of knowledge to help, and into knowledge to harm. Most cats have done well resisting the temptation themselves.

xxxxApricatehaze is not most cats.

xxxxDesert cat she may be, but not from this one. She journeyed far to join the Clan of Eternal Sun, her mannerisms almost desert cat, just slightly off-kilter enough to make her desert cat Clanmates' fur prickle. Wherever she came from, those cats did not honor the unspoken agreement the Clan of Eternal Sun and surrounding neighbors made. Her Clanmates are content, even happy, to remain in the stone age, constructing clay pots and drying herbs in the sun and living in tune with nature. Apricatehaze, however, seeks more.

xxxxThe knowledge Apricatehaze seeks, the knowledge she discovered hidden deep beneath the city she was born in, the knowledge that made her Head Medic, is both a blessing and a curse. She will save her Clanmates.

xxxxBut never herself.

winner!
i'm also giving a RU to galaxyy. and an HM to Chanceuxcat!