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ruined-station · 1 month
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PROLOGUE | MOON 0
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My paws burn. I've trained, though. StarClan! I've ran for seasons upon the trains, along the thunder rail. I've followed my mother, my father, my clan's pawprints.
Today was different. The train was picking up, and my friend Chestnutecho sitting at the back of the train, face strained. He called for me with a shout. "Songsky! Cmon, please get on the train."
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"That- that's-" My voice couldn't be heard, with Chesnutecho's voice was but a whisper on the wind, but I ran. My paw up on the train's end. So close. I lept onto the train. It begun to pick up. I wheezed, tired from the running on the metal track. My voice met Chesnutecho's ears better here. "That- that's everyone right? Every cat?"
"Yes that must be-" Chesnutecho froze, like a deer in the middle of a thunderpath, staring into the eyes of a monster. He sounded choked up, voice filled with emotion. "Oh.. StarClan!"
I turned, a small bit wobbly with the train's increasing speed. And I saw. Sunrisekit was running towards the train. It was a terrible mistake that the clan forgot to grab the kitten. Sunrisekit was barely a new member of the clan, at the last stop of a train, they met a tomcat called Frankie.
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Frankie was a kittypet who had no long for a life outside his home. However, he had a kitten. His little sun, he would call him, could be taken away by his housefolk once he was old enough. So the clan took his kit with grace.
I lept without a second moment, grabbing the kitten by the scruff. I was filled with adrenaline as I chased the train. Chesnutecho was frozen, watching me. The tom was yowling out, anguished, but I was to far to hear it. I just got farther and farther away.
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I got off the track, running along a broken wooden path to keep up. Before I couldn't. My paws burned, the kitten weighed down me down, tears blurred my vision, and the train was far too fast. The train's screeching against the thunder rail got quieter. And Songsky stopped. She put the shocked kitten down. "...I can't."
"I can't... catch... up." Tears stung in my eyes, Sunrisekit looking up at me with bewilderment. My breath was caught in my throat, and I stood in defeat. The kitten, just two-no- three moons old, lay his head against my leg.
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finally trying this again! a clangen blog. i really wanted to take pressure off myself while making a new blog, as im always super extreme with my pressure of drawing. its why all the panels are different, im not putting as much pressure on my self. i may even do experimentation with different styles anyway, meet songsky and sunrisekit. part of a train riding clan that rode along the lands, never quite settling down. but now, songsky and sunrisekit are left with no other option, and rumors from other felines in the woods.. heavily inspired by @silkclan, @fringeclan-rebirth n @juniper-clan (massive apologies if tags are bothersome i will remove them if you want or do @/tag!! so sorry if they do bother)
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ruined-station · 1 month
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Moon 2 - Clans?
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WARNING : This chapter contains a semi-detailed depiction of a cat's prey, and the kill. There is blood, but minimal blood appearance on the prey's fur.
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I raced with as much energy as my body could muster, along the thunder rails chasing a quick rabbit. All too familiar from running towards the train...
I've been trying to put that out of my mind. I make the final leap, nipping the rabbit in the back of the neck before quickly snapping said neck. I paused, ear twitching.
I lift my head from the kill, blood in my mouth. Snapping the neck usually does not leave blood, but the things struggling had let my fangs sink into the thing's scruff. I lapped around my mouth, hunger clawing at my stomach. I still followed the warrior code, even if no longer in my clan. Sunrisekit will eat first.
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I look past the rails, taking a break from my chase. I could have probably caught more prey with less energy, but rabbits will help the growth of Sunrisekit and keep us strong.
I hear steps.
Pawsteps, I'm sure. The ever-familiar pitter-patter along the grasses, then the pitter-patter onto the rails. Onto.. the.. rails? Songsky lifted her head so fast she felt a bit dizzy.
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My head shot up to see a cat. A small tortoiseshell cat, apprentice aged. Midway to be a warrior, I guessed. My ear twitched as a singsong voice met my ears.
"Hi there, Songsky!" The chirpy voice answered. The young cat's blue eyes-tinted with purple- seemed to stare right into me. How did she know my name? My fur stood near on end. "Is it true you're part of TrainClan..er.. StationClan?"
"State why you are on my territory. Also, how do you know my name?" I tried to make my voice sound as intimidating as a grown warrior would. It's not all too successful. It was a younger cat. But.. I have no desire to harm.
"I.. came to join your clan. My name is Heatherpaw." Heatherpaw meowed slowly. Her eyes certainly matched the name. She seemed to deflate a bit, my eyes tracing her body. She was by no means starving, but some of her ribs were visible. "I was told by a kittypet."
"A.. kittypet?" I paused. My brain darted right to the thought of many the clan once met. My eyes held a far-away look. I couldn't even trace the thought her name was clan structured. She was an apprentice.
"His name was.. Frankie." The apprentice meowed sorrowfully, and I nearly froze. The fur on the back of my neck stood high. Sunrisekit's father? "He was injured when he came to the clan. His leg was mangled, he was incoherent. He talked about a 'TrainClan.' But.. he died. Our healer said he was too far gone."
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"Anyway, I wanted to join you! You guys have only been in ender tales!"
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Heatherpaw joined the clan, leaving Songsky with a lot to think about...
Thank you guys for 58 followers, seriously yall r awesome <3 I didn't expect someone new so fast! wonder what all they are saying means. Asks open for Heatherpaw, Songsky, and Sunrisekit! Perhaps Frankie too.. if you are curious..!
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ruined-station · 1 month
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MOON 1 - SETTLING IN ?
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Songsky has been kind to me. I think she's also quite sad. It.. is kinda my fault, but she won't let me say any of that. I think she blames herself.. I think she misses her parents, too. I miss my papa too, but everyone was nice.
The calico cat sits mournfully upon one of the broken pillars of strange rocks. They look like the ones by the old house papa n' mama n' the siblings lived at. I think she wants her friends to come back, but she knows it won't happen. I felt like that when my papa told me I was leaving with the clan.
I hope he's okay. And the rest of the cats are. I told Songsky that, and she looked a bit less sad. Maybe. I hope she is..!
She let me share prey with her! She gave me one of the fat pigeons she found on the outskirts of the city, and helped me decorate the nests with the feathers.
I hope that made her happier. ~ Sunrisekit
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first experimental thing! tried lineless, and drew a kinda bad train. ironic im focusing on trains where i can't quite draw em.. i'd like to think the perspective is from sunrisekit himself. i wanted to focus in first person, to put you into the character's head! thats why in the prologue, you are songsky. she's kind, she rushes to help a kid, and she can't catch up with her family. her friends.
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