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We need an authority figure... heck I am an authority figure // Springclan Deputy
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Post by Nova on Mar 6, 2021 14:52:38 GMT -5
As the days towards her apprentice ceremony neared, Subtlekit had been doing all she can to avoid the nursery. Her mother, no doubt, would be going on one of her many tangents about the importance of the arranged marriages. How it was their duty to Winterclan. Duty... what does a kit care about duty? Shouldn’t they be more interested in playing? Talking with eager voices about the days they’d share as apprentices? Why should she have to worry about marriage? Now any talk about her apprentice ceremony left a sour taste in her mouth. Even the thought of it caused the young kit to curl a lip in distaste. She would not have it. Why...she’d make her betrothed so miserable that they’d run to Wintrystar’s with their tail between their legs just begging for a divorce.
Subtlekit quite liked that thought. A small smile spread across her features as she imagined it. How pathetic they looked, begging like that. The fluffy tortoiseshell let out a soft purr as she began to carefully clean the space between her claws. Perhaps there was still time to convince her mother that she had no interest in being forced to marry someone that she positively detested. Maybe she was being a bit unfair... Subtlekit thought about it for a moment before she quickly shook her head. No, she was being completely fair. racer
If you want to shine like the sun, first you must burn like the sun ~ SunClan High Priestess
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Post by racer on Mar 6, 2021 15:07:14 GMT -5
Dappledglacier finished grooming Phantomkit "Now don't forget to make a good impression" she pressed upon him, before releasing him to go off and play with some of the other kits. There were several she-cats in the group that she had been considering for marriage for him, and now that the list of candidates had been narrowed down she was allowing him to have some choice in the matter. Her biggest concern is that whomever he picked from pure blood, from a decent family, and that the she-cat was agreeable.
With one kit out of her hair for a bit she turned to Subtlekit, leaning down to lick the fur between her ears. It wasn't that she wanted her children to be unhappy, but there was a certain way that the noble families in WInterClan were expected to behave. "Subtlekit, your brother is off having a great time with some potential suitors. Why don't you go and join him? Perhaps one of them can introduce you to their siblings that are available"
We need an authority figure... heck I am an authority figure // Springclan Deputy
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Post by Nova on Mar 6, 2021 15:20:19 GMT -5
Subtlekit flicked her ears the moment her mother appeared. She looked up quickly at Dappledglacier, before her amber eyes quickly landed on the group her brother was playing with. The young kit watched for a moment, her tail curling around her paws. To anyone outside of Winterclan it was the perfect picture of healthy clan kits playing with one another. Subtlekit new better. It was match-making. Which pair of kits had the most chemistry? Which pair would bring a healthy, new generation to Winterclan. The tortoiseshell let out a little huff before she looked away, lifting her head high.
“I’d rather not ruin Phantomkit’s fun, mother.” She chirped. “If he would like to focus on finding a suitable match, then that is his prerogative. I, on the other hand think that waiting is the better option. Don’t you?” Subtlekit questioned, glancing back up at her mother once more. “If the gods wanted me to find my potential suitor now then they would have arranged it already. But they haven’t, so it must mean that I’m simply not ready for such an important step.”
If you want to shine like the sun, first you must burn like the sun ~ SunClan High Priestess
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Post by racer on Mar 6, 2021 15:35:07 GMT -5
"I disagree" her voice was firm, but there was a softness in her gaze to show that she wasn't angry. Subtlekit was strong enough to question things, which would be both a strength and a weakness should she question the wrong cat "Right now you have the chance to explore your options, and get to know your potential suitors. This is a time for you to explore and experiment, to figure out what it is that YOU want. As you get older those options will begin to disperse, for all winterclan warriors must marry. If you don't figure out what or whom you want now, then your choice as an adult will be taken from you"
She and Emberbrand had been an arranged marriage, and although it had worked out for the two of them there was no love in their relationship. They were simply together to bring the next generation of kits into WinterClan, and that was it. They simply had a job to do, and it wasn't what she wanted for her kits. If they could find love within in the clan, she would have preferred that "All WInterClan cats must do their duty to their clans and family Subtlekit"
We need an authority figure... heck I am an authority figure // Springclan Deputy
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Post by Nova on Mar 6, 2021 15:53:07 GMT -5
“I am but a kit, mother, why should I have to worry about duty now?” Subtlekit mewed as her gaze slid back to her brother. Didn’t he feel the same? Or was he as blind as the rest of them. “If I am to play with another kit, than I’d rather do it so I can have fun. Not so that I can pick among them as I might pick among the pile of fresh-kill for a piece that satisfies me. Though I do suppose one could make the argument that, since I will be a kit no longer, it is time to think of such things. But where has the time gone? Wasted away worrying about whether I’ll snag a suitable catch, I suppose.”
It was ironic, she thought, that her mother would mention something about Subtlekit’s own wants. What she wanted was to chose for herself. She did not want to be forced into marriage with another, as her mother and family had. Subtlekit wanted love. A love that her parents seemed to lack for one another. Why should only they’re sovereign be the one to find love? Why then force others into loveless marriages? It just didn’t seem fair, to the little kit. “What I want is to not be treated as some... kit factory, when I grow older.”
If you want to shine like the sun, first you must burn like the sun ~ SunClan High Priestess
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Post by racer on Mar 6, 2021 16:06:00 GMT -5
"Unfortunately that is what the Gods have decided our role is to play" she nosed Subtlekit gently settling down into the nest beside of her so that they could speak "I would love nothing more for you to find true love one day and to forge your own path. To have the freedom to choose when and if you take on a mate, to not have to have kits of your own until you have decided that you are ready. But dear, that is nothing but a mere dream. Something that I can hope for all that I want, but that doesn't make it into reality" she sounded harsh, but that was the clan that lived in. Those that stepped out of line were punished, and she couldn't bare to see Subtlekit subjected to that.
"I know you are not interested in finding a match, but I am doing what is within my power to protect you. I love you, and each and every one of your siblings. I can not stop you from being forced into a marriage, cats that refuse are punished brutally" she began to groom her daughters pelt "but I can help you to find someone that you can tolerate and that will treat you well. Someone that can continue to protect you, even long after I am gone"
We need an authority figure... heck I am an authority figure // Springclan Deputy
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Post by Nova on Mar 9, 2021 13:02:56 GMT -5
Once her mother had settled down close to her, Subtlekit carefully made her way to sit between her paws and lean against her. Her amber eyes glinted rebelliously, but it was a weak glint. It wan’t so much that she wanted to be rebellious and go against her parent’s wishes. This wasn’t the same as refusing to clean a specific spot on her pelt. Subtlekit truly did not want to be forced into something that could end horribly wrong. “Why is that Wintrystar is the only one that can have her perfect match? She managed to find love on her own without being forced to marry someone. It’s not fair at all.”
And it didn’t seem fair. No one seemed happy with their match. Her mother and father seemed to tolerate it, but there was no love in their relationship. Subtlekit never doubted her mother’s love for herself or her siblings. The fluffy kit looked back out towards Phantomkit and the other kits he was playing with. “It’s not fair that Wintrystar was able to have a choice, but no one else can... and the only way anyone can have a choice is by dealing with their original match first. I want to play with others for fun, not so that I can find a suitable match...”
If you want to shine like the sun, first you must burn like the sun ~ SunClan High Priestess
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Post by racer on Mar 13, 2021 10:45:58 GMT -5
"Its not fair" Dappledglacier agreed. She herself had hope to find love one day, but truly her arrangement had not been terrible. Emberbrand made sure their family was taken care of, and it had resulted in her wonderful kits. Even if she had been able to, she wouldn't have went back and changed it "and perhaps one day it will change" she groomed her daughter's pelt as she spoke, working out the tangles in her long fur
"but for now I have to do what I can to keep you safe" she paused her attentions "but if you don't want to worry about you match, you can leave it in my paws. I will arrange something for you, so that you can simply play and enjoy your time as a kit. I won't agree to any matches until you are apprenticed"
We need an authority figure... heck I am an authority figure // Springclan Deputy
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Post by Nova on Mar 14, 2021 12:55:32 GMT -5
Subtlekit was quiet as she listened to her mother. All the while she stared at her brother. It seemed that all of her siblings were engaged or had prospective matches except for her. Limekit hadn't stopped boasting about Stormpaw the moment they were engaged. The tortoiseshell kit glanced down at the ground momentarily before she looked back up at her mother, letting her walls down for a moment and allowing herself to be vulnerable.
"It's scary..." She muttered, curling up against her mother's chest. "What if they're mean? What if they don't like me, or the way I talk or act? I don't want to be a disappointment to you or daddy... It's just really scary... Cats lie all the time, whats to say they won't lie about being nice?"
