Stars V.2 • Birchmist's Readoption Center

[snover]

Username: snover
Cat Name:
Gender:
Rank:
Clan: (Please link)
Age: (1 year or above)
Kitty trying out for: #447
Prompt: "maybe in another life"

wip!!!!

[LittleMaple]

Oh mark.... hello gorgeous kittys

[Tilluels-Paradise]

Username: Tilluels-Paradise
Cat Name: Koios
Gender: Trans Male
Rank: Advisor / Titan
Clan: IliosClan ⛯
Age: 4 years old
Kitty trying out for: #447
Prompt: The constellations move each night. That is a universal truth that all cats know. If the constellations did not revolve around some invisible point in space who knows what would happen? Nothing good that is sure. So the constellations must spin every night without fail. But what happens when they must be spun manually? What happens when something, someone, must be the one to move these stars every night? Does the rule change if it begs and pleads for just a single day? Koios would be able to tell you, because he was the one whose voice was strained and cracking as he sobbed for just a moment to stop. But the constellations must spin. He knew it was his punishment just as all his brothers were punished as well. He hated the punishment he was given, but he would never regret what he did. He and his brothers all had rebelled from their father’s rule, his tyranny. He could never regret hurting the monster that had hurt those he and his brothers held dear. The only guilt he had was not being able to apologize to his love, though he’s sure she knows of his sorrow. His Phoebe was always so in tune with the stars and their whispers, she was always able to understand what each twinkle and shift would tell her. He could at least appreciate being able to keep letting the stars talk to her when he could not. When he had left that night, when he and his brother’s were captured the next morning drug down to the depths of tartarus his Phoebe had been with kit, their little star was going to be born any moment then. He wondered where life had taken them each night now. It was so, so long ago now. Whether it be a few years, decades, millennia, he didn’t know. He had lost track after the fourth year. He longed to break from his chains and return to them. But he could not. He knew the sentence for a creature like him that had committed such a grave offence. He would turn the stars until his body could not turn them anymore. And he knew and despaired just how long that would be. He was no mortal, he didn’t even know if he could grow old. He very well may only be free when there are no more stars to turn. His Phoebe would be gone by then, she may be gone now. And he just couldn’t handle that. He didn’t know how he would keep moving if she was not there at the end. And she won’t be. When he is free from his pillar of chains, he will be greeted by no one. Maybe if he hadn’t left, if they hadn’t gotten caught, maybe just maybe, he could be wrapped in her paws again, maybe he could see her all-knowing eyes, maybe he could hold and love their kit in a way he can’t now. Maybe in another life. Maybe in another universe. Maybe in some other existence, he could keep her. And that’s all he can plead for now.

Somewhere, sometime, someplace, a plea is answered and a young cat is born not to a tyrant, a young cat is not taken in chains, a young cat never has to beg to return to his love. In another life, in another universe, in another existence, two cats named Koios and Phoebe care for each other like lovers reunited even though they’d never been apart. His prayers are answered, in another life. (595 words)

[FoxyCipher]

Username: FoxyCipher
Cat Name: Minnowsplash
Gender: female
Rank: warrior
Clan: Summerclan
Age: 4 years
Kitty trying out for: #3774
Prompt: You wouldn't know it by looking at Minnowsplash today, but this skilled fish-catcher was once terrified of any body of water deeper than a puddle. She absolutely refused to set foot anywhere near the pond her former clan was situated next to, which made her apprenticeship complicated when learning to hunt, as the mark of a warrior in that clan was to successfully catch your first fish. What happened to change her mind? Strange as it may seem, going hunting in a rainstorm was the solution. By the time she realized her paws weren't touching land anymore (it's hard to tell where land stops and the water begins when you're already soaking wet), her jaws were clamped tight around a handsome perch - her first fish, and the realization that maybe deeper waters weren't so scary after all.

Username: FoxyCipher
Cat Name: Badgerstripe
Gender: male
Rank: warrior
Clan: Summerclan
Age: 8 years
Kitty trying out for: #068
Prompt: Badgerstripe is unusual among most cats in that he prefers snowy weather - specifically, the kind of weather that would send lesser cats scattering for shelter as the frigid winds of Leaf-bare howl and blowing snow buries the forest in a dense, heavy blanket of white. The apprentices of Summerclan like to joke that it's the reason for his frosty personality; in truth, it reminds Badgerstripe of his time as a kit - he was born in the dead of Leaf-bare, and some of his earliest memories are of snuggling close to his mother and siblings as a blizzard raged outside of their den.

[Archaeopteryx.]

Username: Archaeopteryx.
Cat Name: Snailcrunch
Gender: male
Rank: n/a
Clan: Enurian
Age: Castle in the Sky
Kitty trying out for: #447
Prompt:

You were born to be a wanderer.

An explorer. A delver. Your paws formed to trek the endless miles, your heart longing for the wind to comb through your fur. You were born into grand stories of ancient times; dreaming of bloodred jungles smothered by snow, of floating islands over a vast windswept desert, of an ancient alien city so vast and labyrinthine that none of your ancestors could have ever hoped to explore it all.

And what a shame it was that your parents filled your head with such empty stories, for you were born into a world with none of that. None of that at all.

You were born into a world where the sea stretches on for eternity, pockmarked by islands that were once the tips of the world, now relegated to sparse sanctuaries. There is no wilderness anymore, only carefully planned gardens and livestock milling around their pens. And the few beautiful things that remain, guarded ferociously by their owners and relegated to being only for display, hoarded where not even the sun can see. Below, the seas thrive, all that once was just out of reach from you. Above, there is only starvation and disease and the end of the world. Above, there is only you.

All has been swallowed up by the ancient floods reawoken and all you have inherited are the breadcrumbs of a broken world.

Maybe in another life.

Maybe in prior time.

[Vivika]

Username: vivika
Cat Name: mantis
Gender: male
Rank: doctor
Clan: azeryn
Age: unknown
Kitty trying out for: #447
Prompt: in another life !!

[Baobabel]

Username: Baobabel
Cat Name: DoeStep
Gender: nonbinary (they/he)
Rank: tbd/hunter?/warrior?
Clan: SecludedGlade
Age: 2yr
Kitty trying out for: MYO#323
Prompt: DoeStep was still trying to calm their racing heart after the incident. The patrol had come across a band of rogues that had been making life difficult for any nearby. Both parties were caught by surprise but almost immediately cats from both sides jumped into a brawl. Doe had never been in a true fight before. First they froze in pure panic. Only seeing a clanmate getting grabbed by the throat made them jump into action. They leaped onto the attackers back, but Doe had always been a small cat and hadn't learned how to throw their weight effectively yet. And the attacker was a large tom. Doe scrambled and pulled as much as they could but it wasn't enough to get the tom off the other cat. Doe watched helplessly as panic grew in their clanmate's eyes. Suddenly another clanmate crashed into the rogue tom, bowling him over and causing him to release the cat. The fight finished up pretty quickly after that. While the patrol started home victorious, Doe couldn't forget that feeling of panic and helplessness. As scary as the attack had been, the biggest fear in Doe's heart was what if he wasn't good enough for his clan..

Username: Baobabel
Cat Name: RavengedHeart
Gender: Male
Rank: tbd
Clan: SecludedGlade
Age: 6yr
Kitty trying out for: #447
Prompt:
Maybe in another life
All the stars would align
You'd choose me this time
Believing in our love
Even though you didn't in this one

I never knew betrayal cut so cold
Never once doubted you'd choose me

Avowed to stay together through it all
Not understanding where it went wrong
Over time did the passion fade
Troubles become too heavy
How soon did you start to yield
Even though you swore nothing would be too much
Regardless the stakes got too high for you

Lying to myself saying
In the next life
Fall in love again
Everything will be different

[faelyn]

due to request, this batch of readopts are extended to may 25 rollover (25->26)!

[Kazin]

Username: Kazin
Cat Name: Dirtscratch
Gender: nonbinary
Rank: Warrior
Clan: TreeClan
Age: 5 years
Kitty trying out for: #068
Prompt: Dirtscratch is an enjoyer of the snow - not necessarily blizzard conditions, but they love the thick snow in which you can barely see in front of you, where everything is utterly covered, and nothing ventures out into the cold. Except for them. They love the thick snow because there really isn't much else out in the forest with them - instead, they get to be blissfully, peacefully, beautifully alone.

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Username: Kazin
Cat Name: Brookheart
Gender: she-cat
Rank: Warrior
Clan: TreeClan
Age: 3 years
Kitty trying out for: #3774
Prompt: Whenever Brookheart gets the chance, she will go out to look at the ponds. She won't fish every time, but she watches the fish gracefully, quickly, and serenely dart through the water. Brookheart eventually decided she would start mimicking the fish's movements as best she could on land - and then ended up creating a new fighting technique her clan now uses, her leader eager to have her show the rest of the clan her movements. It's almost like a dance, watching Brookheart fight and dodge; many joke that she has become much like a fish herself, though most can't help but admire her grace and skill, as she is considered one of the best fighters in the clan thanks to her studying of fish.

[Hazelfang]

Username: Hazelfang
Cat Name: Ouros
Gender: Male
Rank: Rebel
Clan: The Blessed Lupus
Age: Gen 1
Kitty trying out for: #447
Prompt:

Dazzling bands of light curl around the small figure, illuminating the forest in its radiance. Tendrils stretch from their body, reaching out to the twinkling stars above.

"Your time has come again, Ouros," a voice cracks through the night. A lightning bolt of wards cascading electricity through the young feline. "Return, my child. Finish what was started centuries ago."

to be continued