#abatina

“This- This isn’t funny anymore Birch!” Snowkit cried. Looking around desperately, all he could see was snow and trees. He’s never been this far away from the quiet little camp settled in the plains. He’s never even seen a tree before!

“Birchkit?” He trembled. His coat was still mostly kitten fluff, nothing like his Mother’s yet. Snowkit could barely feel his paws from the cold, and everything smelled cold and wet. His shivering was so intense it nearly knocked him off his paws.

“I-I better, I better keep movin’.” He mumbled to himself, picking a random direction and starting to walk. Despite his best efforts, his paws were so numb it was like he was dragging stones attached to his legs. His tail felt frozen to the core, the fur smoothed down from the melted snow.

Dragging his tiny body along, Snowkit jumped as he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Swivelling his head around to peer closer, he could have sworn he saw a cat.

“No…. Gotta keep movin’.” He muttered, shaking his head before continuing to tredge on. Not like he had much of a choice, anyway. Why did he ignore his Mother’s warnings and follow Birchkit out of camp?

He let out a cry as he suddenly stumbled, falling forward into the cold snow. Snowkit could see his own breath fogging in front of his muzzle, as he trembled in the snow.

“No no no no…. I gotta- I gotta keep…. Gotta keep movin’.” He slurred, feeling frozen to his core. He barely registered the sudden warm presence next to him.

“Up, Kit. You cannot die here.” A voice rumbled into Snowkit’s ears, before he felt himself being picked up by the scruff and set onto shaky paws. Before he could fall back over, he was propped up against a larger body. A gentle nudging was all it took for him to start moving his paws again.

so what i've learned is that flower symbolism is really inconsistent and every source will have different meanings for the same flower and even the same color of the same flower so don't use me as a primary source for what each flower means lol

paradox - hyacinth. as a whole it symbolizes playfulness and rashness, and paradox is the most laid back and impulsive of the bunch. certain colors symbolize jealousy or a desire for forgiveness. paradox is a VERY jealous person, and he's constantly weighed down by regret over things that he can't ever get forgiveness for because those people are now dead.

ny - cowslip. there's a whole bunch of flowers that mean innocence and nothing else and i didn't want that for ny. there's more to him than just being the youngest. cowslips do symbolize youthfulness but also new beginnings, which ny gets when he runs away from home, and there's some connection to death which is fitting bc ny is the only one (at first) who can see ghosts.

juxt - hellebore. the name comes from the greek words for injury and food. a plant named after the fact that it's poisonous is good for an assassin with venom i think. but also he's put that life behind him. the flower language for hellebores is about new beginnings and warding off evil. as the best fighter and most intimidating of the group, he's definitely the one warding off the most evil.

mercury - monkshood :)

reaper - red spiderlily. it symbolizes death and cmon their name is literally reaper. they try to kill the main cast more times than anyone else does.

dire - violet. it means modesty and faithfulness. she is extremely faithful to astra, and even though she does an enormous amount of work she never boasts about it. also it's the flower of lesbians and her and astra are toxic yuri <3

june - cypress. she gets a whole tree bc she's a god. it symbolizes life and death which is literally what she's the god of. it's also about mourning, and june will forever mourn her beloved.