𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 | 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 ✨

[Cradily]

"I'm sure they do," Sootface agreed, blinking gratefully at the loner for his comfort. "It's just hard living in the past when everyone else has moved ahead. But I don't feel like I can move on yet." He needed closure, some sort of resolution. "I just feel like there's something else I still need to do..." But what could he do? His only living kin were dead, there was nothing he could do to change that. He shook his head. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pour all of this out on you. But thanks for listening."

[MotherFortune]

Reed
Gender- Tom| Loner| Age- 18 moons| Tags- Sootface
Reed nodded. "It's fine," he meowed. "It's not healthy to keep things hidden. The longer you do that, the more it'll hurt you later." Reed knew he was being hypocritical, but he wanted everyone else to get better. "What do you think you need to do?" Reed asked, tipping his head to the side.

[Cradily]

Sootface couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed to be receiving comfort and advice from a tom he barely knew, and one so young at that. Still, it felt good to get things off his chest. But what Reed asked him next made him think. "I don't know," he admitted. "I don't even know what there is I can do. My kin are dead. I can't bring them back to life. The only one who's still alive, that I know of, is...is my mate--no, my former mate." At the mention of the she-cat, Sootface's gaze both lit up and darkened at the same time, as if an idea had suddenly popped into his head--a bad idea.

[MotherFortune]

Reed
Gender- Tom| Loner| Age- 18 moons| Tags- Sootface
Reed twitched his whiskers at Sootface's expression. He seemed thoughtful. "What are you thinking?" Reed asked. He wondered if this had anything to do with Sootface moving on. It probably did, as that is what the two of them were just talking about. Reed had his own ideas about what Sootface could do to try to move on, but he wanted to hear what Sootface thought first. Reed felt slightly unnerved at Sootface's expression, however. It didn't look very kind or happy, he noticed.

[Cradily]

"Maybe..." Sootface paused in hesitation, then continued. "Maybe I should...go look for her, or her mate, in twolegplace." He didn't elaborate on what he planned to do when and if he found them, but his tail tip twitched anxiously and his eyes now glinted with interest. Then it occurred to him that while it didn't seem as though Reed had ever been a kittypet, he traveled a lot, and so perhaps he would know his way around twolegplace or even the cats who lived there. He looked up from the ground to meet Reed's gaze questioningly. "Do you know of a tom called Jack?"

[MotherFortune]

Reed
Gender- Tom| Loner| Age- 18 moons| Tags- Sootface
Reed tipped his head to the side. "Er, I've heard the name. I haven't actually met him. Why?" Reed replied. He had a feeling this was that kittypet Sootface's old mate had left him for. But, he wasn't completely sure. He had met a fair share of kittypets through his travels, and he had been through many different places filled with twolegs. He had also been through the twolegplace in this territory, and he knew that there were kittypets with a lot of strange names, Jack was most likely one of them. He had really only heard the name through word of mouth, but he hadn't actually met the tom.

[Cradily]

Sootface's eyes lit up and he immediately rose to his paws. "Do you know where he lives? Can you take me to him?" His eager tone changed to a more serious one as he added, "I need to find him."

[MotherFortune]

Reed
Gender- Tom| Loner| Age- 18 moons| Tags- Sootface
"I might be able to," Reed replied. "It's been a while, but I do have a general idea about where he lives. But we'll have to get past a thunderpath, if you want to go." Reed didn't really wait for a response, before turning around to walk to the twolegplace. Though he did look back to make sure Sootface was following him.

[Cradily]

"Fine by me," Sootface replied, although Reed had already started walking off. Sootface quickly padded after him, his tail swishing eagerly behind his and his claws sliding in and out, as if he were thinking about tearing something apart with them. He couldn't believe he had never thought of it before. It almost seemed too good to be true, and he reminded himself that there was a possibility that Reed wouldn't be able to find Jack after all, but he had to hope. It was all he had left.

[MotherFortune]

Reed
Gender- Tom| Loner| Age- 18 moons| Tags- Sootface
"So, uh," Reed started after a few moments. "What exactly do you plan on doing when you find Jack?" Reed didn't want anything too negative happening to this kittypet, especially if he didn't actually know that he was stealing someone else's mate. It wasn't that Reed didn't trust Sootface, but he just wanted to be sure he didn't have any ill intentions.