Originally Posted by Suspiciousmindz (Post 85181) @Hexict @Duskflight @Tiny Moony @TehDerpyShoelace @Lonestar23 Aroused from her motionless stance to the pawing at her face, Lotusheart turned to see Quailkit. Green eyes seemed to spark back to normal for a moment before her gaze saw Lochkit. Her only son was there to witness the heartbreaking moment. The Maine Coon's head moved past Quailkit and Blossomkit as her tongue rasped gently over the gray and white tom-kits head and as she slowly moved back she repeated it to the other three until finally she was listening to Quailkit talk. Lotusheart's ears flicked a little towards them and she processed what they said. She had seemed a little out of it, constantly having to think about what other say before she was able to reply. "Okay," she spoke. Her voice gentle again like it had always been. "What do you want to play?" She asked Quailkit, waiting for them to reply. Her paw lifted and she mocked them as she tapped the pad of her paw lightly onto the little kit's nose. Although right before they could reply, her gaze flicked upwards towards a familiar voice. She seemed spooked for a moment until she realized it was just Jasperpelt. "We- we were just about to play a game," she replied gesturing towards Quailkit, although her tail wrapped around the kits a little tighter. It was just habit after the big battle, nothing to take personally. Lotusheart was paranoid she would lose more of her little family and she's vowed to do whatever it took to protect them.

"A game? Sounds like fun...you don't mind if I join in, do you?" Jasperpelt asked, making his voice as calm and gentle as possible. Lotusheart had had too much heartbreak and fear since the battle. He was trying to make things easier for her, not harder...and he definitely didn't want to cause her any more heartbreak. The Bombay's yellow hues swept over her kits, noticing that she seemed protective of them around him. Like she thought he might hurt them somehow. Maybe that was just something she did. Surely she wasn't trying to make him feel unwanted or uncomfortable in any way...right? He awaited her reply, a small smile on his maw as he tried to make the mood a little...lighter, perhaps. Although maybe now was not the time. Maybe it would be better for him to just be there for her for now, later he could try and cheer her up a little.

Jasperpelt's yellow hues swept over the kits again. They certainly were beautiful. It was terrible that they would grow up without a family. The warrior sighed, looking a little more ruffled than usual. Jasperpelt sat down, his position fairly stiff, and he curled his dark tail around his paws as though to close himself off from the rest of the nursery. Despite loving kits so much, sometimes they made him uneasy.

It was as though he thought he might break them, just by touching them. And he definitely didn't want to accidentally hurt Lotusheart's kits. That would be awful...especially after everything else she had already been to. The warrior glanced over at Lotusheart a little expectantly, his tail twitching back and forth as he did so. He was a little worried- after everything that had happened, he wouldn't blame her if she was worried having him around the kits. I hope she thinks she can trust me...I would never hurt her...or her kits...not on purpose, at least, right? Jasperpelt thought, with a nervous expression. The tom sighed, the tip of his tail twitching back and forth with slight anxiety.

Pinekit lay in an empty nest in the corner, curled up against the cold, his tail over his nose. Pinekit wasn't asleep though, his eyes stay open staring at the wall. His ears twitched, he could hear every little snore of the tiny kits. It was starting to feel crowded in the nursery and Pinekit couldn't wait to be made an apprentice.
His paws felt restless but he didn't want to leave the nursery because he was already in trouble and he might be stuck in the nursery forever if he was caught doing something wrong. He lifted his head up and squinted his eyes, searching around the nursery for something to do.

Originally Posted by Fallen (Post 86494) (sure @Socks ) Ripplekit sat at the side of the entrance, feeling the soft breeze.

"Ripplekit, hey, Ripplekit!" Pinekit called quietly across the nursery, getting shushed by by a nearby queen which he flinched at. He pulled himself up on wobbly legs, squinting his eyes as he walked across, avoiding the nests and tails as he padded to reach his friend.
He greeted Ripplekit by rubbing his head against the other's cheek briefly and offering a smile.

Originally Posted by Fallen (Post 86521) Ripplekit looked at Pinekit and smiled. "How was your small dream?"

"I had a dream that I was a grown warrior and I tried to jump at a water vole but jumped straight into the river because I couldn't tell how close I was to everything." He mumbled, running a paw across the ground and scrapping the hard soil with tiny claws. "And then I couldn't get out because I didn't know how close I was to the shore, and I was washed way down shore." He shivered at the thought of the cold water, feeling his pelt fluff up.
"But then I was in a flower field, and everything felt nice and there were a lot of scents. Like all the stuff I can smell near the Medicine cat den, but they weren't the same smells it just reminded me of it because so many smells mixed." He said, liking this dream rather than the other.