#ddd!powers

(for my double death duplex au. spoilers for the broken code. I’ll rb this with additions for other characters!)

the idea is that cats who have died twice (spirit deaths) end up in the duplex (which is actually an apartment complex but shh). the duplex cats have unique abilities.

here are the initial three roommates: Bristlefrost, Spottedleaf, and Ashfur.

Bristlefrost: item (radio, probably)

can connect with the living world

I’m imagining she has a console radio that at first only goes one way and it’d hard to tune, but eventually she learns to broadcast outwards and that’s how rootspring receives her peaceful final thoughts (time works differently in the duplex)

could be with a radio or a camera, or a journal/sketchbook, kind of up in the air atm. I like it being a radio because that can start off staticky. plus it works with the idea that the duplex is in a pocket dimension in the center of the earth - which hasn’t been super important to the au so far but is still fun

hers is the most vague so far but that’s okay! I originally wanted her to be the only one without an ability because she’s “meant” to live again rather than stay in the duplex

she can do this because she didn’t have a death and then a spirit death — it happened all at once (same as canon)

discussion in the notes of this post

Spottedleaf: item (perfume/mace)

can summon an old-fashioned perfume bottle

like one of these:

(left image: a pink heart-shaped perfume bottle with flower decorations growing from the base and a pink crystal top. right image: a pink crystal perfume bottle with a puffy thing and tassel on top)

it works both as perfume and mace — changes according to her needs each time she summons it

she may originally only be aware that it’s a weapon and only realized it can be used as something nice later

OR, she’s unaware that it can become a weapon until she’s confronted by someone she despised (probably Darkstripe or Ashfur when he shows up)

idea from this drawing by @vhs-warriors

Ashfur: shapeshifting

can shapeshift and change aspects of his form

his ability is an inversion of his powers over the dark forest: he has control over himself rather than controlling others and his environment (like the trapping the spirit cats and flooding the dark forest)

starts of with minor shape changes and gets more powerful over time. he can also change his fur color so he can give himself highlights lol

doesn’t discover his ability until he realizes his overly controlling nature is a flaw

this growth goes along with him finally doing the dishes

She can summon liquids of any kind. Snake venom is a liquid soI thought what if in general? Like she can summon water to water plants etc

Ooh I like that!! And that goes nicely with the domestic apartment thing she has going on with Spottedleaf like she could water their plants no problem

I can’t remember now if I actually posted it but I was thinking of her being able to cry venom but that seems a little too specific. so now what I’m thinking is combing these ideas!

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at first, frecklewish is too deep in her own sadness to summon anything but the venom that killed her. and as she learns that there’s more to her existence in the duplex than the trauma of her life or the confusion of her afterlife, her powers grow.

one day she’s spending time with spottedleaf at the apartment she shares with bristlefrost and ashfur and spottedleaf is showing her all her house plants. she can’t find her watering can — did one of those two misplace it again? she bets ashfur has it stowed away in his room.