#drypaw

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People, humans, fleeing. Siren knew the city was failing. The walls echo with the starvation of the streets. Now though, ships sailing through the sky to flee. It was surreal. Siren, now a grown molly, watching the place shred itself apart while she sits on the mountains she always thought were too far away as a tom-kit. Kesterelstar rests a wing, uncanny a cat can have those, on her back. "You can do this."

Aliases / Nicknames: ??

Gender: trans male

Sexuality: gray-bisexual

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, unnamed littermates

Other Relations: unnamed mentor

Clan: Riverclan

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: tears away flesh and meat from corpses so that their ‘beautiful bones’ can be seen and admired

Number of Victims: 5

Number of Murders: 0

Murder Method: N/A

Method of Harm: eviscerating and tearing bodies

Known Victims: Drypaw, four unnamed Clanmates

Victim Profile: those who were teased or thought poorly of themselves due to their looks, those who died outside of camp

Cause of Death: chest torn out

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

He spent more time with the elders than his fellow denmates. It wasn’t just the stories that interested him, but the cats themselves. The fact that they were once kits like him, apprentices, warriors, fighting for moons for their Clans and now giving all their attention to him.

It made him feel like the world. 

When he first saw the way their bones jutted from their pelts, he had panicked, running for the medicine cat. It was then that they explained, quite humourously, that their pelts simply drained with age.

That in itself didn’t affect him much, but it was a foreshadow to his future.... interests.

As well, in spending so much time with the elders in kithood and apprenticeship, he was asked to join them in helping burying a Clanmate. He was too eager to oblige the great honour. 

The body was badly harmed following a dog attack. The blood made Pearlpaw queasy, but when he saw the bones! The moonlight glinted on the ribs as though Starclan was telling him ‘look! the beauty of warriors, the most marvelous of stones.’ 

The awe lasted all through the night, after burying them and leaving for his nest. The elders were concerned, thinking seeing the body like that had been too much for him. But really, it had ben amazing!

He couldn’t shake the image away. Everything else, the guts, the fur, the skin, the blood, was blurred away to nothing. But the bones, oh so glinting, so perfect! 

He saw it in everyone, unable to look away from his mentor or fellow apprentices or leader or anyone. They would jump, or walk, or talk and laugh, and he would stare and wonder what it looked like beneath all the flesh and guts and skin that covered and blocked the beauty within.

He was overcome with annoyance when the other apprentices began teasing Drypaw for her unflattering appearance. Sure, her snout was oddly bent, but inside she was no-doubt so beautiful! They had to know that she was captivating, that her nose was simply a setback created by muscles, and would disappear once she was dead.

He didn’t kill her, but he did find her body. He was almost a warrior and allowed to hunt on his own, which is how he found her beneath an incline, a gash on her head and splatter on the stone next to her. It was the beginning of leaf-bare and the forest floor was slippery. She must’ve slipped and hit her head.

Through the gash, he saw it. The tiny glimmer of perfection. It wasn’t enough to see her, not truly, not if you weren’t looking. It was for her that he pulled at the skin, tearing away her pelt. But there was still all the horrible guts sticking to the bones, blood dripping from them, and he had to clean that away as well.

The Clan was at a loss as to how she could be eviscerated so horribly. A predator would have eaten the meat, not simply tear and leave it. And  the bones were not broken aside from her head, so they didn’t chew at her. But that was just fine with Pearlpaw, as it meant they would spend more time looking at her form.

When at last they gave up and buried her, he was happy. He couldn’t prove her loveliness in life, but had done it in her death.

He did it a few times again, targeting specifically those that were either teased for their looks or had poor self-esteem.

He was helping them, proving to them and everyone who ever spoke against them their beauty. 

Of course, the Clan was always wondering who could have done such a thing to the bodies, but that was okay. They didn’t need to understand, they just needed to see.

But luck rang out on the fifth cat. It was bound to happen, with how long it took to clean the stones. He was caught by a patrol and jumped. He tried to explain that he had never killed anyone, but they didn’t listen, biting into his chest and ripping. 

As Pearlgaze’s vision became covered with specks of black, he only hoped that they could see the bone.

Additonal Information:

--Drypaw was out hunting to prove her skill in the hopes that that would overshadow her bent snout.

--Decide to indulge myself and give him purple eyes. If this blog can have demon cats who have babies, it damn well can have cats with purple eyes.

As you know, the server is opening memberships on August 30th!

In the meantime, we’ll be counting down the days and featuring some of SOTC’s characters on our Tumblr!

Today is the second day of The Clans’ longest roleplayed characters! With 15 days to go before the membership applications return, we’re featuring Wolfjaw of RiverClan, played by Akila! This old Drypaw was submitted December 31st and has been actively roleplayed for the last 8 months! Wolfjaw's childhood-sweetheart romance with with his leader Ripplestar has earned them RiverClan Duo of the Month in the past, as well as his close bond with his apprentice Firestorm. He was the first to train an apprentice from his in-rp ceremony to his warrior name, and can be seen hanging around RiverClan's nursery, doting on his grandkits, Bouncekit and Flopkit.

Tomorrow, we’ll be featuring WindClan’s longest roleplayed character; look forward to discovering who it is!