by Arcaii » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:00 am
Choices:
1: You're a free cat
2: It's up to you
3: I'd rather you do
4: It's up to you
5: It's up to you
6: I'd rather you do
Roll says... 5: It's up to you.
"It's your choice," you say. "I wouldn't mind - I don't think Thimble would mind either - but we won't force you to go with us."
Scat stares at you unblinkingly for an awkwardly long time. Then he turns tail and heads back to where he was hidden without answering you. You're not sure how to take that.
"Well..." Thimble says finally. "Either way, I guess we should prepare?"
"Yeah." You sit down and sigh. "Too bad Redstorm isn't here."
"Your medicine cat, right?" Thimble sits down opposite you.
"Yes," you say. "She has this particular mixture of herbs she uses whenever Whitestar had to leave for StarClan business, or an apprentice had to do part of their assessment. Can't remember what it was, but I remember hearing about it from recently made warriors, and they all said that stuff is potent. I think Mudtail was the one who said she could've ran around the lake in a single day with that mixture."
"Eating plants sounds kinda gross, honestly," Thimble says.
"It is, sometimes," you admit. "But it helps to know that it's going to heal you. Even if that includes eating stuff to make you vomit."
"Double gross." Thimble makes a face. "And you'd rather deal with that than a vet?"
"Much rather," you say. "At least I know what I'm eating and what it's going to do."
There's a few minutes of silence, during which you get lost in memories. You recall wandering into Redstorm's den quite a bit, back when you were still in the nursery and her old mentor was alive. What was his name, Fallowfur or something? Maybe Fawn-? It ended with -fur, at any rate, or maybe -pelt. You think he was blind in one eye, too, but-
"Hey, Asterpaw," Thimble says suddenly.
You start out of your reflection. "Yeah?"
"You never did tell us how you ended up on the road."
You freeze.
"I mean, from what I've heard, it was a long distance from your territory, right?" Thimble tilts her head. "So how did you get there?"
Ignore her.
Change topic.
Make something up.
Tell the truth.