Stars Catvent 2025 ✧ Build-a-MYO edition

[Thani]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Thani 509675
✧ Clan Link: Iris Canopy

✧ Word Count: 292
✧ Prompt: Aisling was no longer a fan of the holidays. That was always…her favorite thing. The day was now plagued by the memories of the two of them in her realm decorating some strange little tree with knick knacks collected over the many, many years of their godhood.
Aisling sighed as she wandered around in her dream realm, trying to keep herself locked away from both the prying eyes of Anima and the Questioning gaze of her friends. They always worried about her during this time, and she grew tired of it. She was fine.

As she wandered around she must have been lost in her thoughts too deep as she found herself running straight into one of her tables, knocking over the whole display. ‘Shoot!’ She inwardly cursed herself as she snapped herself out of her thoughts and leaned over to begin cleaning up the mess. Her heart stopped once she realized the contents of the box she had knocked over. Why was this even here? Why now?

On the floor, in a carefully spilled mess were several mementos of herself and…her. Several pictures of the two of them from holidays past, in their much younger years, looking as happy as ever. Amongst the pictures were bits of fabric and ribbon and loose buttons, and several bits of something broken. ‘Oh no no no!’ Aisling began to put everything back into the box carefully and pick up the broken pieces of the ornament, moving it around in her paws. You could vaguely make out it used to be something…catlike…black and white with button eyes and little ribbon tied around its neck. Only now it was in pieces in her paws, covered in tears.
Maybe she was not fine after all.

[River Song]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: River Song + 93964
✧ Clan Link: Neo-Haleth

✧ Word Count: 178
✧ Prompt:

⟣ Ptarmigan is not particularly one for decoration. For many years, she did not decorate her house at all, regardless of season. However, that changed when her coworkers started gifting her festive trinkets – mainly as a joke, just to see her whiskers crumple with dislike.
Nowadays, the trinkets have grown on her. Her favourite of the gifted pieces is from her good companion Gyrfalcon. It’s clearly handmade, a paw sized, felt ornament. The piece is a rough interpretation of Ptarmigan’s face, with visible, uneven stitching holding the details of her white markings in place. The button eyes are stitched on slightly unevenly, and the white paint used for her eyelashes barely shows against the light grey felt that he’d used for her fur. It jingles when shaken. Although Ptarmigan would never admit it to any of her companions, she is completely enamoured by the work that was put into the piece. Gyrfalcon’s work is lopsided, but startlingly accurate to her character, and when Ptarmigan hangs the piece on a pine bough, she always feels truly recognized by her friend.

[polaris.]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: polaris. + 688591
✧ Clan Link: hollowclan

✧ Word Count: 101 words
✧ Prompt:
sweetsyrup would make ornaments for all of her friends based off their interests! they'd be of varying colours, likely made from different plant dyes, to help distinguish them from each other. her materials are limited to what she's able to get her paws on, but she would do her best to make them all unique! they wouldn't be made of traditional materials, instead likely being made of rocks with patterns painted on them (it's close enough.. kinda!). her own ornament would consist of a triangle-shaped rock painted with small flowers in her and frostbite's colours, pink and white, for example.

[Hazelfang]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Hazelfang + 941669
✧ Clan Link: The Blessed Lupus

✧ Word Count: 145 words
✧ Prompt:

Flower petals of many colors were crushed under paw as the blue feline kneaded against them, grinding each petal into a delicate pulp. A purr rumbled in her throat as the younger feline presented the first of the clay ornaments- a crudely shaped blue jay with a crooked beak. She blinked slowly at the younger feline, affectionately brushing the tip of her tail beneath the molly's cheek. "Lovely work, Lus," she spoke slowly, shaping each word carefully. "Now time for some color," her attention returned once more to the colorful pulp. With delicate precision, Eritha began painting the details on the bird ornament, ensuring to capture every minute detail. Luscinia watched with joy sparkling in her deep gaze, her paws kneading with unbridled excitement as she returned to the pile of clay, ready to form yet another bird. Perhaps she would do a cardinal next.

[SushiFoxx]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: SushiFoxx 1005758
✧ Clan Link: Fallen Rose Kingdom

✧ Word Count: 109 words
✧ Prompt:

Faire, being the fortune teller she is, adores the holiday season. For some reason cats always seem more drawn to her ability during these times. But today, she was with the younglings as they made ornaments. They were all different colours, using dyes supplied by the clothmakers for their plastic baubles. Her ornament was carefully constructed as she worked, making sure each minute detail was in place. When you stepped back it looked almost like her favourite crystal ball, the same reflections and swirls she cherished so dearly. All of the younglings seemed fascinated by the careful details and ended up dragging her to help them all with theirs.

[chuuya nakahara]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: chuuya nakahara 661008
✧ Clan Link: eucalyptusclan

✧ Word Count: n/a really
✧ Prompt:

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"My favorite ornament is, of course, my crow. Mephisto doesn't seem to like it, though."
"I don't think it's any of your business."
"It's one of Wataru's doves!"
"i have something to say too"

[VenomousParadise]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: VenomousParadise 888989
✧ Clan Link: Tribe Of Roaring Rivers

✧ Word Count: (if applicable)
✧ Prompt: 154
It hangs crooked when you first spot it, though you can tell the tilt is intentional. Or at least you think so. A loop of thin twigs form the body of the ornament, each piece bent and threaded through the next. The twigs show signs of having undergone twisting and bowing from the traditional practice of being soaked in water and bent while still malleable, and then tightened by wrapping thread around until they held firm when dry. There's a couple broken at their bends, but they seem to still hold on well enough at least. At the very center, a single feather is wedged between the branches. It's a duck feather of sorts, off the wings from one of those fancy foreign birds that get blown off course here and there. The piece as a whole is... interesting.. At least it has the benefit of having been done by an actual child, Drizzle.

[ToraOkami303]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: ToraOkami303 || 1006275
✧ Clan Link: Eagle Camp

✧ Word Count: 241 words
✧ Prompt:

Snowflight has been trying for months to get a bell ornament for her daughter Cedarflight since she expressed interest in having something that makes a gentle noise in the nursery. Snowflight first found a golden bell that was nearly broken in half which had no ringer, it also had a weird image of a twoleg with wings on it. Which she found strange because twolegs cannot have wings. She then found one with a big chipped section out of it that also was missing the ringer, it was white and had an image of holly berries on it. She was a little sad to discover it was broken since it would have been cute. Next she found one that at first appeared to be completely intact, it even rang a little when shook but she quickly discovered it only had a small piece of metal inside and a large crack along the side that threatened to shatter at any point. This one was dark blue with an image of a strange deer that had a glowing red nose. Finally with the help of Crystalwing she found the perfect bell for Cedarflight, it was another white bell that had no blemishes at all. Even better inside was a little white ball that caused the bell to ring loud and true when it was shook! And the very best part in Snow’s opinion? It had a little green Cedar tree on the side!

[Embergleam]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Embergleam #127087
✧ Clan Link: In The Wake Of Giants

✧ Word Count: 255 words
✧ Prompt:
Martin Mouseheart is one of the few cats in the Wake who not only knows what an ornament is, but knows exactly what his would look like. It would be a castle, of course, but no mere ordinary castle. His would be a work of art in miniature, all soaring towers and spires reaching skyward, every surface studded with elegant stained glass windows or decorative brickwork straight from the mind of some master artisan.

Lean in close, squint through that stained glass, and scenes from the lives of the castle's tiny inhabitants swim into view. In the great hall a grand feast is being laid out, ducks and geese and cheese piled high atop silver platters arrayed on beautifully embroidered tableclothes. More mundane rooms flank the hall: kitchens, an armory, storerooms, and so on, everything one might need to keep a castle running.

One story up, the court wizard has taken over the library, filling it with the piled-high books, scattered potion ingredients, and glittering lights so vital to spellcraft. Slightly less vibrant colors spill out into the guards' quarters, brightening again as they flow up into each of the towers. They are the crown jewels in this treasure chest: sumptuous private quarters decked out in the sort of luxuries that boggle the mind, each in a different vibrant jewel tone.

[Zentropy]

✧ Catvent Short Day !!

✧ Username & ID: Zentropy + 75749
✧ Clan Link: SableClan

✧ Word Count: (if applicable)
✧ Prompt: 125 words


Galefrost has been waiting for the perfect moment to create something to give to her companion. When Nightspark mentioned a new clan tradition revolving around gift-giving, an ornament sprung almost immediately to mind. Delicious truffles was first, of course, but those are hard to come by. She decides to make a wreath-like ornament made of dried grasses, ribbon, and fur woven together. It's to show her affection for her boar companion, symbolizing their intertwined life and how it's made her stronger. She finds the tall grasses on the outskirts of Badgerleaf's winterized plot, the ribbon from a box Havenpath had lying around, and the fur from both her and her friend's own back. Now to find the time to make it in secret!