#flickerpine

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Flickerpine post-Redjay's attack. His one back paw hangs on by threads, and can twist in any direction.

He had other wounds caused from the struggle, but these were the ones that weren't able to fade away. The only one not inflicted by Redjay was the throat one--that's Flicker's death wound.

I've said before that residences without eyes will have glowing lights for the pupils.

Version without it:

Why didn't Redjay kill him?

Because Flickerpine's mate, Tanglestar, was the surrogate father to Redjay's great-kit. Letting him live was Redjay's mercy. Yep. Breaking three of his legs, tearing his eyes out, and scaring his tail and ear was Redjay showing mercy.

@ambitiousauthor

Base: RUSE'S F2U CAT BASES by CarnivorousRuse on DeviantArt

[wills-woodland-warriors]

DarkForest Kits - an updating list 

bold = death

italics = born outside of the dark forest

FishDrop (bio FungiChomp, adoptive FadingFlea)

TawnyTrot (bio HornetLeg, adoptive fadingflea) 

AmaranthTuft, PoppyPerch, RosewoodSpring, RaspberryThorn, HarlequinCress, WeepingWobble, SpiceBushTumble, FoxgloveChirp, LavenderMottle, SweetpeaSnaggle, OysterGlow, FennelBones (fadingflea bio babies) 

CypressKit, BadgerKit, PebbleKit (adopted by Doesong and SparkTail) 

FrostKit, MoleKit, BrokenKit, AshKit (adopted by EmberDawn and GorseHeart)

FressiaKit, DoeKit, JayKit, ProteaFang (EmberDawn and GorseHeart bio) 

OwlGaze, LizardTalon, BreezeWhisper (bio WebStripe and DahliaBreeze)

WebFang, LilyClaw, SilkTangle, PetalStripe (bio WebStripe and LilyWater) 

MyrtleKit, AlderKit (bio SwanTail and LupineFrost) 

BlackKit, MudKit (adoptive FernDoe and JackDawFoot

JackDawKit (bio SwanTail and DahliaBreeze)

BeechBlaze, RowanShade, GooseStep (bio WebStripe and LupineFrost) 

CherryKit (possibly kidnapped by Gramps) 

RosyKit (bio PeanutFur) 

CandyKit (bio CrunchSnow)

JellyMoss, PineNutPounce, GlitterKit, StrawberryKit (bio SmokeFleck)

PaleShine, SilverCloud, ThistleTooth (TansyFang x WebStripe bio)

SlugWing, SpiderSpots, HawthornFrost, TansyKit, CarnationLeaf, HawthornKit, FawnHeart (BegoniaLeaf and WebStripe bio)

WaspKit, NightKit (Adopted by FennelBur and SableFleck)

MellowTooth (adopted by Wordweaver and DasiySong, bio WebStripe and WaxFeather)

WormKit (adopted by LoonFur, FallenFire, RoseFrost)

TreeSpall, DrizzleStare (bio AlderStar and HootPetal)

BlazeStrike, HoneyFlower, HawkFlight, StoneFrost (bio AspenRoot, KiteBurn, RookStorm, surrogate ShiverRose)

MoonTail, DaisyPelt, ThrushRun, RedSnail, AntPounce (bio BrownMouse and WebStripe) 

JumpPool, SnipNight, CrabNeedle, MinnowBlink, PranceKit/Ears (bio BrownMouse and NightStar) 

TigerKit (adopted by RoomStorm, KiteBurn, AspenRoot)

SmokeyFlame, BarkTail, SandKit/Spark, DeerTongue, WoollySpark, LeafCurl, YellowEar, EarWigKit, AphidHeart, ClaridaeGoose, bio SmallJump and BasilTooth, SparkTail as the surrogate)

KestralStorm, GoldenDusk, RookLight, CrowPine, RavenCall (bio Jackdawfoot and Ferndoe)

HareTuft, AdderClaw, LarkSnow (bio BirchFlight and GorseHeart)

SootShade, CloudStep (bio EmberDawn and foxfire)

Chukarvole, Pasquelull, Tritoniafinch, Choughwolf (bio EmberDawn and GorseHeart)

StarlingKit, BuzzardKit, AspenKit, DuskKit (GrouseMane and MyrtleWing, BrownMouse as surrogate)

DoeSnap, DaisyHeart (bio Hiverose and SandFoot)

MouseHollow (bio SandFoot and FrostWish)

ThistleHollow (bio SandFoot and Shademask)

OtterBounce, TurtleBreeze (adopted by PoppyHill)

OppossumKit, RaccoonKit (bio SkunkSpots and TangleStar)

LionKit, BirdKit (bio FlickerPine and TangleStar)

CreekKit (bio GhostWatcher and TangleStar)

WaspRib, FallenIris, (Bio MyrtleWing and AlderStar, surrogate TangleStar)

ShrikePaw (adopted by MyrtleWing, AlderStar, GrouseMane, HootPetal)

LightKit, LittleKit, RoseKit, SweetKit, BubbleKit (bio MellowTooth and WillowRuffle)

CardinalKit (bio TawnyTrot, ProteaFang, and doner webfang)

ToothwortLeaf, LilacLight, OrchidSnap, ButtercupBloom (bio FoxgloveTrot and MellowTooth)

AppleKit (bio sandfoot and cherrystar)

AntKit, CinderKit (adopted by AspenRoot, KiteBurn, RookStorm)

LavenderKit (adopted by HillMinnow and BlackDawn)

HootKit, FlareKit (adopted by CricketClaw)

TrillKit, CardinalKit (bio ProteaFang and doner WebFang, adopted by TawnyTrot and ProteaFang)

WoolCarderStripes, AshyToes (bio TawnyTrot and doner WebFang, adopted by ProteaFang and TawnyTrot)

SprinkleToes, SyrupSplash, SkrunklyBelly (bio CreatureFall and SnakeWhisker, surrogate CrunchSnow)

OspreyKit, CoyoteKit, ScorpionKit, IbexKit (bio DoeFire and LilyClaw)

GlasswortSnap, IndigoCloud, SassafrasKit, CeladineSniffle, LoquatKit (bio RosewoodSpring and HawthornFrost)

OakKit, SkyKit, BloodKit, DustKit (bio Motheyes and SnowWing)

ScabKit/Drip, BlightKit/Train (bio BlackFinch and FallenIris)

VultureKit, PoplarKit (bio HoneyFlame and SpiderSpots, doners are SmokeyFlame and AdderClaw)

RhubarbKit, AlmondKit (bio SpiderSpots and HoneyFlame, surrogate HawkFlight)

MallowBlight, JayFrost, LightFern (adopted by EmberDawn and GorseHeart)

GlassRiver, PagrusRose (bio Shallowfig and Banshee)

CoalFlower, PebbleHare, CricketFreckle (bio WebStripe and CloudFang)

AngelFishTooth, FidgetGills, TetraTail, BlueSpore (bio GoldfishFur and CreatureFall, with BrownMouse as surrogate)

RedRuffle, SandKit, IvyPurr, AntlerPaddle (bio TetraTail and FennelBones)

MeowyRibs, SeaNymph, MouseNectar, RosemaryWarble, BullFrogThistle, GingerKit, AmbrosiaWater, CinnamonKit (bio SkrunklyBelly and FennelBones)

EmberPoppy, ParsleyKit (bio FennelBones and CrunchSnow)

Dullahan (bio AlderStar, MyrtleWing, and HootPetal)

KITS UP FOR ADOPTION:

PalePaw

Mates - an updating list 

GrouseMane X MyrtleWing X AlderStar X HootPetal 

EmberDawn X GorseHeart X Foxfire X BirchFlight

JackDawFoot X FernDoe

FadingStar X FleaThistle 

FidgetGuts X MottleCry

AspenRoot X RookStorm X KiteBurn

Avery x BristleBlaze

BasilTooth x SmallJump

FallenFire X LoonFur X RoseFrost

FoxFlake X ShiverRose

HawkWhistle X Lola 

GustTalon X AshFlower

GremlinPaw X LaughingMoss

LighteningSpring X RedBloom

FungiChomp X SmokeFleck X BrownMouse X NightStar

SwanTail X LupineFrost X DahliaBreeze

FennelBur X SableFleck

WordWeaver X DaisySong

TawnTrot X ProteaFang

FoxgloveChirp X MellowTooth X WillowRuffle

BlackDawn X HillMinnow

SkunkSpots X TangleStar X FlickerPine X GhostWatcher

BlazeStrike X DrizzleStare X KestrelStorm

WeepingWobble X DoeFire X LilyClaw

RosewoodSpring x HawthornFrost

SnakeWhisker X CreatureFall X GoldFishFur

FallenIris X BlackFinch

SpiderSpots X HoneyFlame

ShallowFig X Banshee X FennelBones

SkrunkyBelly X FennelBones

Ex-Mates

FungiChomp X BrownMouse

GoblinSnap x GremlinPaw/Frost

SnakeFern x SparrowFall

HiveRose x SandFoot

CoyoteTuft X RoseClaw

FleaThistle X BrownMouse

Let me know if I missed anything! @residents-of-the-darkforest @liberhoe @ambitiousauthor @starfalcon555

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Confusing Lack of Feelings (short story)

Fallenkit tried not to make her discomfort obvious, but her whole body was tense, ready to spring at a moment’s notice despite the fact that she knew–she knew–that she was safe in her dad’s embrace. She wasn’t discreet enough. 

Myrtlewing paused his grooming. “What’s wrong?” he asked, because he always has to ask when he notices someone of the Eye-Out Thorns is unhappy. Why does someone like him care? 

Pipitfeather died just over two moons ago. Myrtlewing hadn’t so much as shed a tear.

“Nothing,” she mumbled back.

“You lie as well as your father,” Myrtlewing told her gently. Too gently. “Would you mind not making me pry like he does before he admits that something is bothering him?”

Fallenkit sighed. Sitting up, she turned to face him, his paws still stretched out on either side of her. Her voice was scratchy as she spoke. “Was he really your son?” They had looked similar enough.

Myrtlewing’s eyes remained blank. “In the blood sense, yes, he was. I didn’t know he even existed until he arrived here as an adult, however.”

“Does that make a difference?”

Myrtlewing shrugged. “It does for me.”

“Would you not care if you met me as an adult?”

Myrtlewing’s eyes widened only a fraction as he realized his mistake. “I don’t know,” he answered. “But I would like to get to know you. And I love you the way you are now, adult you would be the same, only with more great traits for me to love.”

Fallenkit wished that what he was saying was helpful. She knew that it was kind, endearing, but she also knew her dad was a wonderful liar, and that everything he was saying could be utter dung. “Do you not love blood?” She still didn’t understand why she was so different, why Myrtlewing was so furious about seeing her hurt at the same time he stared at Pipitfeather’s decaying, dying form without a twitching whisker.

“I don’t think blood is everything,” Myrtlewing answered. “I didn’t love Pipitfeather, he never bothered talking to me. I did respect him, because if he is my kin then he is good, until he attacked you. There was nothing for me to love or respect then.”

Fallenkit wished that she could shake her head and have all the jumbled thoughts she had spill out of her ears, so that her dad’s words could fill the space and make sense. She knew it should, she knew it sounded reasonable, and she knew that her mind was so overfilled with confusion that more words only added to the collection instead of dispersing it.

She wasn’t even sure if her dad’s lack of emotion was what bothered her the most. It was her own.

She had been comforting by many healers–Myrtlewing, Fleathistle, Shiverrose, even Pumpkinpatch who also hates her father, every one of her kin from great ancestors to siblings, and her aunt Ferndoe. They had all said the same thing, that they understood she was hurt and confused, that it was okay to cry.

The problem was that Fallenkit only felt the confusion in addition to anger. She was angry at Pipitfeather and all those cats, most dead again now, for tricking her, for earning her trust and shattering it so that she looked like a fool. She was angry because they had hurt her and Waspkit for revenge they had nothing to do with. She was confused because that is the only thing she felt, and she was confused because Myrtlewing seemed to feel nothing, besides his concern for her.

Waspkit was still having nightmares. He still didn’t like talking about what had happened.

Fallenkit only had bad dreams for a few nights before they went away, and her reaction when she woke up was no where near as intense as Waspkit’s wailing. He cried about being attacked and witnessing Pipitfeather’s horrible death. 

Fallenkit didn’t think seeing it had been a huge deal until others started to say that it was.

What was wrong with her?

Her dad was the same. She knew that much, they were open about it, how he had trouble feeling things unless it was for those he already cared deeply for–that itself also confused her. How could you care deeply for someone and care nothing for another? How do you begin to care deeply for someone if you feel nothing for them to begin with?

Was it really a blood issue? Did she get it from him, or because he raised her?

If she talked to someone else in her blood, someone not on his side and who felt things, who was normal, perhaps she could be normal then, too.

She had been silent for a while in her thoughts, so Myrtlewing had resumed his grooming. After a while longer, he began to doze off. His chin rested on her back. Carefully, she slipped out and began moving through the thorns to the outside. She was almost there when behind her, someone spoke.

“Where are you going?” Wolfpool asked. He and his siblings, as well as their parents–everyone in the family, in fact–had temporarily moved back to the main den after the kits had been attacked. Fallenkit should be grateful for it. Yet she felt nothing.

Of course she should have known that they would be extra ditiligent. There were multiple guards keeping watch on each side. Fallenkit wasn’t allowed to leave without an adult. 

Wolfpool was an adult.

Debating on a lie, she decided to tell the truth. Wolfpool looked at her, then looked around them. “Okay,” he said more hushed, “duck under my belly so they won’t see you.”

Fallenkit did was told. It was difficult to manuver around the remaining branches that blocked their path, and to move as fast as her nephew while mud sucked all along her legs. She stayed hidden while Wolfpool asked anyone who passed them for directions, until at last they stopped at a large rock. It was tilted, leaning heavily against another, with vines draping down the entrance.

“Hello?” Wolfpool called.

A young, black tom with orange and bright flecks stepped out. He raised a brow. “Uh, yes?”

“Is Tanglestar here?” Fallenkit asked, stepping out.

The tom blinked at her. He turned to face the entrance. “Tanglestar! You have–uhm–visitors?”

There was shuffling, and a mumbling response, then a sleepy black tom with bigger orange and white splotches stepped out into the red light. When his eyes met Fallenkit’s, they stretched wide.

Fallenkit held his gaze firmly. “Are you my other dad?”

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--Fallen calls Alder “father,” Myrtle “dad,” and Grouse “papa.”

--The Pipitfeather thing happened 2+1/2 moons ago. Fallen and Wasp are about 3+1/3 moons old, roughly.

Fallen is a ‘wise beyond her years’ kit while Wasp is a sweet baby.

--Remember how I said that Fallen feel nothing like Myrtle does, but questions it? Here we are!

--Taglist: @ambitiousauthor @wills-woodland-warriors @umbranoxs @starfalcon555 @liberhoe @elementaldeityoffood (if you weren’t tagged it’s most likely because Tumblr doesn’t tag some usernames for some reason, not because I forgot or don’t care!)

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Name ideas for SkunkTangleFlickerGhost kits :3

Lionkit (fathered by Flickerpine): black tom with green eyes (named after Flickerpine's brother Lionfeather)

Birdkit (fathered by Flickerpine): ginger and white tom with yellow eyes (named after Flickerpine's sister Birdsun and Ghostwatcher's adoptive mother Birdfall)

Raccoonkit (fathered by Skunkspots): black and white tom with blue eyes (named after another trash-scrounging animal)

Opossumkit (fathered by Skunkspots): black she-cat with a white underbelly, white paws, and green eyes (named after another trash-scrounging animal)

Creekkit (fathered by Ghostwatcher): white she-cat with one blue eye and one green eye (named after Creekpond, the medicine cat who helped Ghostwatcher heal from his mauling)

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

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Skunkspots: I can't believe that I can be loved because I'm covered in trash!

Tanglestar: I can't believe that I can be loved because I'm super insecure and I take it out on others!

Flickerpine: Well I LOVE YOU BOTH DAMMIT!!!! PLEASE BE MY MATES!!!!!!!!!!!

Ghostwatcher, The Most Aromantic Man Alive, still wanting to support his zucchini: GO BESTIE YAAAAAAASSSSS, SHOW THEM THAT SELF-WORTH AND SELF-LOVE

I'm wondering how they got together. Flickerpine and Ghostwatcher has been established.

Maybe Tanglestar agreed to be a donor because he didn't think he would have another chance to have kits, and met them either while pregnant or shortly after giving the kits off.

Perhaps Flicker heard that Tangle had / would have the kits of Alder and Myrtle (Flicker's inspirations for so long) and decided hmm I want to see how this guy is doing.

Still not sure about Skunkspots though...

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YEAH I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO SAY I THINK TANGLESTAR AND SKUNKSPOTS SHOULD BE MATES LMAOOOOO

or wait let me cook

Skunkspots x Tanglestar x Flickerpine x Ghostwatcher poly...

oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What if Skunkspots says how surprised he is at having mates (being covered in trash) or Tanglestar expresses surprise cause as much as he defends himself and hates others badmouthing him, he is very unconfident?

And that surprise at being loved pushes Flickerpine to confess his own...?

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OR ACTUALLY

since Ghostwatcher was a kittypet for the first few moons of his life, there is a chance he's seen stuff like zucchini before and knows what it is

maybe they tell Flickerpine about their life as a kittypet and somehow brings up zucchini (maybe they and their siblings liked to steal veggies idk) and Flickerpine just goes "??? the fuck is a zucchini???"

but when Ghostwatcher explains it to him he finds it hilarious

and it becomes a little inside joke between them, and eventually a signifier of their affection towards each other 💓💓💓💓

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I looked up what you call the person you’re in a QPR relationship with and apparently ‘Zucchini’ started as a joke and it just stuck

so should we go with that term? Or should we perhaps change it to something WC characters are more likely to know, like......idk ‘Fern’?

or maybe plants that could describe it, ex:

--’Furze’ (meaning enduring affection),

--’Ivy’ (meaning things like immortality, friendship, fidelity, faithfulness, undying affection, eternal life)

@starfalcon555 what do you think?

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Update for Ghostwatcher's ref! His sexuality is aromantic pansexual :3, and their gender is demi-tom (he/they)!

I imagine they would be the one who wanted to be in a QPR, and Flickerpine the one with the feelings

I imagine the same thing!

gonna edit it now

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

okay okay okay

regarding my idea

Flickerpine and Ghostwatcher become either mates or in a QPR

seems crazy but Avery and Bristleblaze are together, so 🤷‍♀️

OOOOOOHH

it helps that Flickerpine doesn't hold a grudge. He can respect being killed by a serial killer (after all, the cats he admired were serial killers)

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

rip Flickerpine, Myrtle and Alder’s biggest fan who they pretty much completely forgot about

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@ambitiousauthor wait.. if Light, Swan, and Grebe are elders.... and Flickerpine killed elders....

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Birdsun background:

Fathered by Birchcloud so that her mothers could raise kits, she was born to Russetnose and Blazepad alongside her brothers, Flickerkit and Lionkit.

The trio played together practically every day of their kithood, joined often by the leader and medicine cat, Alderstar and Myrtlewing when the pair weren't busy. The games often included the kits pretended that Alderstar was an enemy warrior, defeating him, and Myrtlewing running over to dramatically announce that they had dealt a 'killing blow,' when he wasn't also wrestling with them.

Once, Birdkit had sprained her paw after falling from the Clanrock when she tried to prove to her brothers that she could climb all the way to the top. Alderstar had gently picked her up and carried her all the way to the medicine den, sitting with her until Myrtlewing was finished wrapping her paw. 

Then, when she could go back to the nursery a few days later, Myrtlewing told her that he expected to see her a lot, as her impulsiveness would surely one day lead to bravery that would earn her many cool scars.

All those memories made it difficult to believe that both of them could have killed so many of their Clanmates, and who knows who else. She hated her Clanmates badmouthing them, but knew that they were right, and that her personal feelings shouldn't overweigh the fact that her Clanmates had been murdered.

Her determination and ambition strongly wavered after learning that the cats who had encouraged those traits in her were killers. But over time, with the affection of Elderchirp, they were able to return.

Considering her feelings toward Alderstar and Myrtlewing, perhaps it was a good thing that Flickerpine was never revealed as a killer. That is, until she joined Starclan.

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Flickerpine’s sister + Blazepad and Russetnose’s daughter! (and Birchcloud’s bio daughter)!

She gets the short fur and brown pelt genes from her dad, but everything else (eyes, nose, tongue, inner ears, pads) are colourpicked from Blazepad.

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She was one of the kits Myrtle and Alder often played with.

In her brother’s story, Alderstar is said to have once carried her all the way to the medicine den when she sprained her paw.

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Ref by Turukhan!

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for someone who admired Myrtle and Alder, Flickerpine sure isn’t brought up a lot

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Mother-son comparison

genetics kinda go out the window with this one, unless Blaze carries the gene for black fur (and if it’s dominant, let’s say she’s an anomaly). Or maybe Birchcloud had some black on him

Refs by Turukhan