Coping with death by use of sand [PRIVATE] - Page 2

**Willowfern** · #11 January 24th, 2021, 10:36 AM

@Phoenix Fall

Runningpaw
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“Appleseed, Fishspeckle? Who are they? Friends of yours?” He sighed, the poor molly would have to have had friends, and now she was leaving them behind.

**popsicle dream** · #12 January 24th, 2021, 10:40 AM

"Yeah!" Ravenpaw said, before frowning and looking around. "Where's Appleseed? They should be here!" She looked at Runningpaw. "Have you seen them?" Appleseed couldn't have gone to the Dark Forest, could they? She didn't even know if it was possible to go to the Dark Forest! @Willowfern

**Willowfern** · #13 January 24th, 2021, 10:43 AM

@Phoenix Fall

Runningpaw
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“Appleseed, Appleseed, hm, haven’t met anyone of that name, though of course, if they were happier in their apprentice or kithood they might’ve reverted back to that so they could always be Applepaw, or Applekit, though I doubt it...” Runningpaw looked at the she-cat, “First, May I have your name? Also, when did they die? Did they die recently, or...?”

**popsicle dream** · #14 January 24th, 2021, 10:52 AM

"Oh yeah! Ravenpaw! And sorta!" Appleseed hadn't died too long ago. But what if they were Applekit or Applepaw now? Would she find him? This moment was so confusing that she couldn't even be herself right then. Ooh, wait. "Sand! Do you have sand? I love sand. Sand it great. It's SAAAAAAND!" @Willowfern

**Willowfern** · #15 January 24th, 2021, 10:58 AM

@Phoenix Fall

Runningpaw
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“Welp,” He muttered to himself, “If sand is her coping mechanism...”
Out loud he meowed,
“Alright Ravenpaw, I’ll show you the beach, okay? It has crabs, saltwater, and sand! Follow me and I’ll show you!” Runningpaw started walking in the direction of the beach, he looked back to see if Ravenpaw was following.

**popsicle dream** · #16 January 24th, 2021, 11:05 AM

Ravenpaw brightened up immediately. "Beach? Sand?" She remembered when she first found out about sand... And it really wasn't that long ago. But it was fun. Even though she was technically going there to hunt for pinchy red sand spiders. With Fishspeckle. She trotted along behind Runningpaw. @Willowfern

**Willowfern** · #17 January 24th, 2021, 11:10 AM

@Phoenix Fall

Runningpaw
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After a short while, the twosome reached the beach, where the rumbling waves and the seagulls made everything seem so... so alive.
“Here we are!” Runningpaw smiled, “This is the beach, one of the only places that feels connected to the real world, in my opinion at least.”
He spotted a crab scuttling across the shore, he quickly pounced upon it and killed it, biting into the soft flesh, he turned to Ravenpaw,
“Have fun! And don’t worry about drowning or anything, you can’t die here!”

**popsicle dream** · #18 January 24th, 2021, 11:19 AM

Ravenpaw padded along happily with Runningpaw, and when they reached the beach, it looked amazing, just like the beach she and Fishspeckle went to! "Whoa!" There was lots of sand! And she couldn't die? That didn't matter right then, because she saw SAND! She ran towards it and hopped up and down on it, before shoving her face into it to take a bite, like she promised herself earlier. And it did not taste good. It tasted like salt and something else, and was really grainy. She lifted her face out of it and spat it out in disgust, but there was a lot still in there! She ran to the water to try and wash it out, but the water was worse! It tasted saltier! @Willowfern

**Willowfern** · #19 January 24th, 2021, 11:23 AM

@Phoenix Fall

Runningpaw
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Watching her antics from a sunning rock, he meowed,
“There’s a freshwater stream that feeds into the sea if you want to wash the bitter taste from your mouth, it’s just over that sand dune,” He motioned to the dune to Ravenpaw’s left.

**popsicle dream** · #20 January 24th, 2021, 11:31 AM

Ravenpaw's head turned to the side, and she spat salt water out of her mouth and raced to the dune. But she didn't make it over and slid on the sand back down to the bottom. It wasn't a big dune, but it was hard to get up! She tried again, and made it over and found the stream. She jumped in and cleaned the taste out of her mouth. Then she raced back over the dune, this time with no difficulty. "Thank you!" she called, racing to the water. This time she wanted to swim, despite the fact she never learned how when she was alive. She jumped into the water, surprised to find it was relatively warm. And the ground under her paws was sandy! @Willowfern