[miraphoenix]

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This is an adopt!

Tell me about the happiest day in this cat's life!
Minimum of 200 words
There is no maximum; you may answer in words, art, or both!

Ends on January 26th, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST
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[b]Owner:[/b]
[b]Cat Name:[/b]
[b]Prompt:[/b]

Owner: WolfstormSC

AGAB: DFAB
Phenotype: shorthaired sparse furred red broken mackerel tabby with mid white
Genotype: AA / Bb1 / bmbm / Cca / cucu / DD / dmdm / EE / fdfd / HrHr / ii /
JbJb / kk / kurkur / Ll / lplp / LsLs / mm / McMc / mkmk / XOXO /
pdpd / RR / ReRe / SeSe / Spsp / spfspf / ti+ti+ / wsw / WbWb / whwh

Aesthetics: 17
Athletics: 28
Health: [Untested]

[werepickle]

Owner: werepickle
Cat Name: Edison
Prompt:
Edisons happiest day was when he found his little guardian, a little tin soldier.
He was on patrol roaming through the broad forest, picking his way through roots and fallen logs when he suddenly heard a small clang. Standing stock still, ears pricked upright he strained to see if he could hear the noise again but to no avail. As he stepped forward the noise rang out again. Edison looked down and noticed an odd shape in the dirt beneath his paws. He started to dig into the soft soil and with each dig, the small clang happened more frequently. Having take breaks every now again Edison thought about giving up. But after a small while Edison was staring at the face of a little tin man, whose colour faded over time. His little hat had a hole from where the rust had eaten away at it. His toy gun, was nothing but a stub in his left hand. Gently picking it up he finished his patrol and headed home. Once he arrived home, headed to his den and placed the man standing upright and next to his bed. Whenever Edison is heading out for patrols he always says a quick prayer to the tin man and gently bumps his head against the man and leaves for patrols.

[WolfstormSC]

Owner: WolfstormSC
Cat Name: Maple
Prompt:
"You know, I never really thought about it, but it would have to be they day when I first learnt to swim." Maple tilts her head, a bit taken aback by the question that her friend had asked her. But coming up with an answer, she starts to reminisce about that time.

She was only a few months old at the time and was exploring a new area of the forest with her family.

Suddenly, she lost her footing and a loud splash could be heard from underpaw. She felt... Strange. A clear liquid had engulfed her and yet, she managed to stay afloat. The sensation was rather calming on her pelt and in no time, she was paddling with ease. She let out a small giggle to herself, enjoying the feeling of the water lapping at her pelt.

"Hey, come check this out!" She called back to her family, delighted at her new discovery.

The small group decided to make a day out of it and stayed there for a while to splash and play in the depths of the small lake.

"Yeah, those were the days." Maple let out a hearty laugh, smiling to herself.

She didn't want to let the other members of her group know just how much she liked the water, out of fear that they might find her too childish. So instead, she made a silent promise to herself to go back there one day. (241 words)

[Kazin]

Maybe mark for later

[/nyx.]

Owner: /nyx.
Cat Name: Layne
Prompt:

Layne was terrified. Absolutely frozen, shocked, paws-down, voice-stuck-in-throat terrified.

“I can’t be,” she practically begged at Kraft. Her heart felt as if it would jump from her chest. “No — no, you must be wrong.”

The other feline’s expression softened, but they replied, “I’ve been doing this for seasons, Laine. I can sense the life inside of you, and you can too. Be proud: your family will take care of you; you have nothing to fear.”

But that wasn’t true! Layne’s rebellious heart wrangled. Speir didn’t know, faeries and dragons, she carried the kits of a stranger and her mate didn’t know. Surely, Spear would kill her for this. When it came to injustice, Spear’s fury knew no bounds, and what more was injustice than learning that one’s mate was unfaithful?

Not to give away her secret, Layne dipped her head, thanked Kraft for his service, and fled from the healer’s haunt.

—

After a few more days of sitting on the fence, Layne dared to approach her beloved mate on the matter. Speir beamed upon spying her, straightaway enveloping Layne in a soft, pelt-brushing, feline-style hug.

“Layne,” Speir greeted, “I’ve not seen you in ages! Is Gaile working you too hard? Just say the word and I’ll tell our esteemed leader to cut you some slack; faeries know you deserve it.”

Layne laughed; oh, how she had missed Speir’s attitude! Only, the mirth flowed out of her upon remembering what she came to do. Layne pulled out of the embrace, put a good tail-length between them just in case.

“Layne?” Speir queried, expression blinking to concern-hurt.

“I, uh,” Layne stumbled. Her gaze flashed down to Spear’s paws, the pink campions in the distance, then back to Speir’s eyes. She blurted, “Speir, I, kits — I’m carrying.”

Spear paused, visibly untangling the jumble of words, digesting that information. “Truly?” she prompted after what seemed like forever. It took all of Layne’s power to remain still.

“Yes.”

“With whom?”

“Koi.”

For a moment, Lain believed that Spear would slice her throat, that she was going to die. The molly held her breath as Spear clenched her jaws together, batting down her fondness as Spear’s powerful muscles rippled. This was not the time. Spear despised Koi, a foolish youth who could not keep his paws to himself. Laine believed that she could resist, long ago, but apparently not.

And then, Spear laughed. A disarming, genuine laugh, one that rendered Laine defenseless as Speir closed the distance, leaning into Lain once more. “Ours,” she purred, “Dragons and faeries, you’re carrying and they will be ours.”

Laine accepted the warmth with a smile, and yet: “I don’t understand. You’re not… upset?”

Speir leveled her with a stern look. “Did he take you without consent?”

“Well, no,” Laine muttered, thanking that her fur hid the flush of embarrassment.

“And do you want these kits?”

“I would not dare desert them!”

“Then no, I am not upset,” Speir replied, adoring. “Rather, I cannot believe… your kits, my kits… and they are truly ours.”

It was at that moment that Laine recalled an important bit of information. “Great Drakon, you look so dissimilar that I forget that Koi is your litter-brother.” If Laine thought she was flustered earlier, now she was paws-down mortified.

That stirred another Speir into another round of laughter, and with her main worries gone, Laine eventually joined in glee. It would take moons, years for her to look back and realize that this day was the happiest in her life.

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— homophones:
laine, a type woolen cloth; lain, past participle of lie; layne (chiefly Scottish), to refrain from telling (information)

[miraphoenix]

Congratulations, WolfstormSC! I hope Maple gets to go back there one day!

I would also like to extend Honorable Mentions of 10 supplies to /nyx. and werepickle!

Owner: WolfstormSC
Cat Name: Maple
Prompt:
"You know, I never really thought about it, but it would have to be they day when I first learnt to swim." Maple tilts her head, a bit taken aback by the question that her friend had asked her. But coming up with an answer, she starts to reminisce about that time.

She was only a few months old at the time and was exploring a new area of the forest with her family.

Suddenly, she lost her footing and a loud splash could be heard from underpaw. She felt... Strange. A clear liquid had engulfed her and yet, she managed to stay afloat. The sensation was rather calming on her pelt and in no time, she was paddling with ease. She let out a small giggle to herself, enjoying the feeling of the water lapping at her pelt.

"Hey, come check this out!" She called back to her family, delighted at her new discovery.

The small group decided to make a day out of it and stayed there for a while to splash and play in the depths of the small lake.

"Yeah, those were the days." Maple let out a hearty laugh, smiling to herself.

She didn't want to let the other members of her group know just how much she liked the water, out of fear that they might find her too childish. So instead, she made a silent promise to herself to go back there one day. (241 words)

[WolfstormSC]

Thank you so much, I look forward to developing her further!

Congrats to the other two for the HMs!

[miraphoenix]

This cat has been health tested! Their health stat is now 44