#LutumLore

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Rootstar, how was your relationship with your late sister? Is there anything you regret?

Also, are you scared of death? Do you entrust you have your 9 lives? Can you or your medicine cat even convene with StarClan these days?

"My greatest regret is thinking I'd have more time to fix things."

It rained the day of her funeral.

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In her post-death state, is honeyspring even thinking clearly, or is the isolation messing with her mind?

Honeyspring counts to eight; it looks like everything's in order!

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This Willow Tree is quite worried over Palepaw!! He needs a fresh out of the dryer blanket

"He spends much of his time staring at the dirt, but he eats and drinks well enough, so all he needs now is rest," Tanglefern says softly, "I've done all I can, wrapped him up well and tight. He's just in shock, I suppose. Give him time, and I'm sure he'll open up again."

Four moons till █████████.

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Hi Palekit!!!! How is it being awake? Are you having fun?

Palekit appears to be quivering with excitement, fond of the apprentice who shares a name.

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I CANT MAKE IT MYSELF BUT SOMEONE MAKE FANART OF HONEYSPRING W/ THAT WEIRD "I FEEL FANTASTIC" AUDIO OH MY GOOOOOOOODDDDD

Didn't you hear? She feels fantastic!

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This is sort of silly but when I first started reading the comic I was so inherently freaked by Honeyspring on like a subconscious level that I was hesitant to open my own clangen game- like she'd be haunting it or something. Creepypasta vibes. I've gotten over it since then but I thought it was sort of funny (currently on moon 700 for my own clan tho!)

That's pretty neat! The idea of Honeysping being a low-key ClanGen creepypasta is humorous to me!

That reminds me that I think something's wrong with my ClanGen run. I tried to do a patrol, and my whole game flickered and crashed! Is this a part of the Halloween events?

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Oh man... Reading Sweetkit's naming comic strip just makes my mind run to different places. I wonder just how much Honeyspring's spirit remembers Sweetkit when they first interact with her - in fact, I wonder how much of Sweetkit's first meeting with Honeyspring was accidental and how much was Honeyspring *seeking* Sweetie out. Actually, if she thought Sweetkit was so lovely, then wouldn't it be just soooo sweet to have the kits play with her? Come on, Honeyspring, come out while mean Tanglefern and the rest aren't looking! After all, it seems little Palekit has just awakened and wants to play! And do not̴̗̺͑͐͠ ̸͇̱̦̐̽f̸̩͇͂͗ơ̷̰r̸̛͙̦̄̋g̴͓͠i̴͎͉̒v̴̗̲̓̌͘ẹ̷̗̄ ̸̫̈́̔̔t̷̻͗h̵͙̆e̴̠̥̎͠m̷̨̲͇̽͘ ̴̗̼̣̉f̶̧̖̾̈́̅o̸̰͑ͅͅr̴̦͓͖̚͝ ̴̬̫̮̄́̈́w̶̼̌̇̈́h̸͚͛à̴̩̥̜͒t̶̯͕̍̓ ̶͚̺̀͌t̴͉̫̱͐̾͝h̸̛͓̅ḛ̷̄y̴̼̭̓ ̶̩̂͂̐d̶͕̠̠̋̽i̵͍̽͘ḓ̷̈̀

Cradle;

Honeyspring stares blankly ahead, into the great expanse of the field beyond, scraping their claws against the dirt, and slowly scrambling free. With great effort, and the noisy cracking of bones, she pushes herself from the dirt.

It does not hurt. Their nerves had frayed a long time ago, stuffed with poison, and their bones were soft as moss, riddled with rot. All that plagues her is the deep, uncomfortable gnaw of emptiness; empty where her kits would be, empty where her heart would be, empty, empty, empty.

For a moment, they look to the sky and see the evening sun, the only star that dared witness them. She does not feel the warmth on her face, or the cool breeze blowing through her fur, only the empty nothing. So, with limp legs, she stumbles into the field, towards the distant tree line, and thinks of home.

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You mentioned a while ago that Honeyspring was the one who suggested Sweetkit’s name; does that mean the two of them interacted before Honeyspring’s death? I’d assume that Sweetkit was most likely too young to remember. I wonder how Honeyspring felt about her while she was alive…

"Sweet?" Bearface chuckles quietly, squinting at the kit rolling in his nest. "She tried nipping me on the paw today; she barely has teeth and still wouldn't let go."

"That just means she loves you," Honeyspring laughed, the pleasant sound quickly spiraling into a string of wet coughs. Clearing her throat, she continues, softer now, "And isn't that just the sweetest thing?"

Moon ???

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So, uhhh, how are you feeling about the prey thing Sweetkit? Looking a little off to you at all??

"I asked if I could go hunting with him soon, but he told me to wait until I was older!" Sweetkit huffed, pouting dramatically. Sweetkit takes a moment to stretch out before excitedly perking back up, "But Miss Molly is showing me how to be very sneaky, so I bet he'll let me go with him in no time. It will be really fun!" She exclaims, taking an eager bite out of her bird.

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Wait here just a second, Bearface says he's getting prey from the "outside," is he STEALING healthy prey from the other clans?

(I believe this is referring to this post!)

Bearface stretches slowly, settling further into his nest. "Clan cats and their silly ol' laws. 'Sides, I don't want Sweetkit gettin' sick." he drawls, "I've eaten worse, but she shouldn't hafta. I can handle a bit of crowfood."

His eyes flutter shut, and he lets out another loud yawn. "What the others don't know won't hurt 'em."

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I noticed that everyone exept Sweetkit is looking at the viewer. Whats Sweetie lookin at?

-🐤 (can i be chick anon?)

What are you looking at, Sweetkit?

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Here's a slightly more proper allegiance page for the cats of LutumClan! I don't have references for every character, but this is all the cats LutumClan currently has (that are alive, that is).

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Honeyspring you deserved better darling. Beautiful creature. You and your kits were betrayed so tragically. So brutally. You and your babies deserved better.

Tanglefern...deserves a fate I can not rightly describe for damning you and those precious babies. I hope you make him pay.

Make him pay.

Make him pay.

Make him pay.

Honeyspring breaths shakily, lungs bloating with sticky fluid.

They are alone in the woods.

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If I could, I'd give you my still-beating heart.

Moon 1, Pt. 2.

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A little white lie never hurt anyone. I promise.

Moon 1, Pt. 1.

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i have a couple questions about honeyspring's kits. what even happened to make them phase out of existence and non existence? did they die too soon to make it to starclan? did the mourningsbane somehow make it so that they couldn't go to the afterlife?

what did they even look like?

I say that Honeyspring's kits phase in and out of existence because while they physically exist, it's difficult to say if they could form spirits! They never had the chance to form likes, dislikes, friendships, etc...and they never will.

They're blank slates, and they'll be that way forever, never to grow up or become their own individuals, can something like that even form a tangible spirit? Can they exist in an afterlife when they never had the chance to exist at all?

Though, here's what Honeyspring's kits spiritually look like if you're interested! I do have actual designs for them from The Incident, but they were a bit gruesome! <3