[Neptune.]

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*-Pebblepaw-*
18/100
they/them || 10moons || no purrks
a grey spotted tabby with a white muzzle, chest, belly, inner legs and tail tip and bright amber eyes

Pebblepaw was scared. If Bumblestar's yowl for a meeting wasn't enough to freak them out on its own, then her addition that all kits should be kept in the nursery was even more jarring. And then, as they psyched themself up to exit the den, there came the anguished wailing, the pleading of grief and the fury that it often morphed into. Now Pebble really didn't want to leave the apprentice den, but... well, it would look bad for their family if they didn't attend the meeting out of fear and the thought of that was almost enough to send them to StarClan right then and there.

Quietly, the grey tabby made their way to the crowd of cats, perpetual slouch on full display, wishing they were anywhere but here. The furious yells had come from Mapleface, a pretty queen who Pebblepaw had never spoken to but one they saw around enough, and the dead cat was... Cracklekit. And, not far from him, was the body of another kit. Pebblepaw didn't know this one's name at all. Maybe Leafkit? Vinekit? Something about plants that was for sure. The accusation Mapleface threw out about an entire clan being unable to protect two kits from dying stung, and Pebblepaw shrunk even further in on themself. She was right. How had this happened? Did it happen inside camp? Did the two sneak away in search of adventure? Pebblepaw shuddered, suddenly feeling so unsafe.

They wished there was something they could do, something they could say, but on top of the fact that they'd rather drop dead too than go up and speak to her, there was little words of comfort could do to quiet the oppressive voice of grief, fury and anguish. Even if they did talk to her, try and offer comfort, what could they say? There was nothing that would be able to quiet her grief and Pebblepaw had a feeling that the next thing Bumblestar says will just make it worse... why couldn't they have just stayed hiding in their den??

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[ all mentioned, no one directly spoken to lmao || bumblestar - @dino. || mapleface - @Rose ]
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