by eagle, » Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:27 am
Username: eagle,
Clan: highgarden
Cat Name: sapphirestream
Gender: nb (afab)
Name a time where this cat's clumsy nature was shown: the full moon shone brightly overhead, casting the entire garden with silvery light as sapphire sat on the top of the fence that separated the twoleg property from the vast expanse of what lie on the other side. it was a precarious balance, and a gentle breeze stirred the sapphire's soft fur, but they were undeterred from sitting and listening. out in the wild, there was a world left to explore, and sapphire could feel the power in their muscles, ready to spring at any moment. they imagined the soft, cushioned grass of the familiar garden giving way to coarser grounds, where there was no hot pavement. instead, the ground would be laced with tree roots at random, ready to trip up a cat at any moment. it would be dangerous, to be sure, but there was prey, there were running streams and the sun beating down through the canopy of leaves to warm their fur. the very thought sent a spike of adrenaline through sapphire's body, until it was all they could sense: the desire to be out in the wild, to be one of them. sapphire stood, still balanced on the fence and tipped their head up towards the moon that reflected back in their pale, blind eyes. "i'm going to be the greatest wild cat ever," sapphire told the moon. "i'll be fierce, i'll be fearless. and no one will ever, ever, knock me down."
at the same moment, a voice rose up from the garden next door, spooking sapphire. it was in that instant of surprise that sapphire lost their balance and toppled over, knocked down to the ground, back into the yard. "did you say something, sapphire?" their neighbor asked, and sapphire scoffed, blowing out a puff of hot air.
"nope," sapphire said. "don't mind me." (301 words)
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