magic spells [p]

[Seedkit]

-for Valeriankit only <3-

seedkit smiled softly as he lay by the exit to the nursery, a small beetle within his paws. he sighed happily and blinked his light eyes at his small friend, speaking to it, "hello, what's you're name?" he asked, his voice quiet as he didn't want to frighten his 'clanmate'. he then wrapped his bent tail around his body so that it's tip was near the small, shiny creature, "shy, huh?" he asked it, "it's okay, take your time," the tortoiseshell continued, still doing his best to try and comfort the other. seedkit rested his head sideways on his tail, still looking at the beetle, whispering something to it quietly when he heard nearby footsteps.

[Valeriankit]

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valeriankit had been sitting upright on the side of the nursery, not straying too far. although, he was slightly tempted to.
he had been watching the other kits, bouncing around without a care in the world it seemed. being one who stood from afar,
watching without participating was what valerian was best at. his blank stare and no signs of remorse for anything, or anyone, had
turned off plenty of cats from him he'd assumed. his cocoa brown gaze flickered upwards, viewing dozens of soft, fluffy-looking clouds.
after a few moments of analyzing the clouds and their less-than-distinctive shapes, val had decided to turn himself into the nursery yet 
again, a bit curious to see what was happening in there at the current time. as he ambled on toward the den, he stopped a few feet away 
from the entryway when he noticed a kitten with a..beetle in his paws? valeriankit watched the seemingly happy cat. perhaps the beetle
had caught his interest quite a bit, yeah? valerian could've sworn he had just heard this other kit speaking to the tiny creature resting
in between his two paws. this foolery somewhat put val at dismay. usually, he would not be one to initiate a conversation, but the
two kits were alone with no-one else too close around, so he had decided to speak up. valerian was yearning to hear about why
this tomcat was speaking to the beetle, what was he thinking? without too much thought of what to say, valeriankit questioned
the other. "are you.. talking to that beetle?" his tone sounded more like he thought of the kitten as a fool rather than friendly, 
but it was possible that he'd get a reply. he darted his eyes to the little bug, waiting to hear the mew of the other cat.

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[Seedkit]

seedkit moved his head yet again so that he was now looking at the other cat who had approached him and his new beetle acquaintance, taking in their appearance. "indeed i am," he said in a hushed tone, moving his ears downwards a bit in order to try and get the other to turn their volume down, "aren't you going to introduce yourself to us? i'm seedkit," he continued, "my friend here's a little shy so he hasn't spoken more than two words to me yet, but he says 'hello' too," he smiled softly, not noticing the others' negative tone as he turned his gaze back to the smaller animal.

[Valeriankit]

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was he now speaking for the beetle? did seedkit think that he was able to communicate with the bug? an interesting character indeed, val thought. 
valerian slightly tilted his head to the left, his ears perking up a bit. this kitten did not seem to act rambunctious about his 'friend', he seemed to be
thinking that this was completely rational and normal, really. however, to most, it would appear far from the norm. it was not everyday that you
come across cats 'communicating' with creatures of a different species, no? the words coming from this kit's mouth sounded mad. us? well, alright. 
"oh, um, my name is.. valeriankit. but you should call me val for short. i prefer that." he meowed in a monotone voice, still intently gazing upon seedkit and
his new 'friend'. his small smile proved how genuine he was about this creature, and he seemed like an overall calm, decent cat. would that stop valerian
from being rude to him? probably not. val can hardly help it, it's his nature. a slight smirk was plastered upon his fluffy face, "so, who's this?" he
looked toward the beetle. "are they nice?" he purred on, valeriankit was feeling rather manipulative and mischievous today, and so that he would be.
why not have a bit of fun?

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[Seedkit]

seedkit purred, watching as the beetle crawled off of his left paw and onto his right. he then lifted up the empty paw and gave it a small lick, "okay then," he continued, "it's nice to meet you, val," he responded.

the tortoiseshell let out a 'mrrow' noise when val began to speak again, his smile widening a little as he pressed his small ear to the beetle's face, waiting for the creature to finally introduce themselves. "her name's aster," he said afterwards, turning back to look at the grey kitten, "she's very nice, but a little timid," seedkit explained, pressing his pink nose softly on the beetle's side.

-wow roleplaying as seed'll get so much easier when i learn to spell 'tortoiseshell' without spellcheck.-

[Valeriankit]

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"yeah. it is.. quite nice to meet you as well, seedkit." a fake smile took place upon val's face. "oh, aster? what a lovely name." he mewed, 
surprised that the shiny beetle has not tried to squirm or scramble away from seed's grasp, hmm. perhaps the tortoiseshell kit actually 
could speak with foreign species? no, no. that would be insane. cats simply cannot do that, correct? valerian had not any idea about it. 
"hm, do you plan on keeping her?" val questioned, getting a bit more curious about this cat. "and..has no one thought of your 'ability
to communicate with bugs' as craziness?" he'd wondered if seed and aster would be willing to travel beyond the nursery with him sooner
or later. valeriankit looked around before lying down on the ground facing seedkit. he had witnessed seed pressing his little, baby-pink
nose up onto the beetle. "do you think that you can actually speak to that creature?" he asked in a gravelly, low voice, possibly
even sounding discourteous. it was a bit hard trying to think of this kitten having some sort of magical ability. his questions
could not seem to stop spilling out. but hey, he wanted answers, and how else to get them but to ask?

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[Seedkit]

seedkit's eyes sparkled at val's fake smile, thinking that it was legitimate. he turned his gaze back towards aster and purred at her when the other kitten complimented her name. however, his facial expression turned to one of slight horror at valeriankit's question about keeping his new friend...

"of course not! she's a clanmate, an equal! slavery's wrong, i'd never 'keep' her," he said, voice cracking slightly. "and so far, nobody has, no..." he continued, "then again... nobody's really taken time out to come talk to me... i wonder why?" he trailed off, genuinely confused about why he hadn't been approached... maybe it was just because he was young.

"of course i can talk to her," seedkit replied, tilting his head slightly, frowning at the tone in val's voice... did this cat doubt him? he thought he had made another friend- apparently not. "she talks to me and i talk back, it's how things work," he said, now focusing on aster's shiny body.

[Valeriankit]

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valerian's fixed stare faltered for a moment at the loudness and defense of seed's reply. why of course slavery was wrong, but he had not known
that the beetle actually meant that much to his counterpart. he quickly averted his big brown eyes to the pile of fresh-kill currently being stocked
by various warriors of the clan. slightly biting on the inside of his lip, val replied to the kit. "yeah, i wonder why nobody wants to talk to a kitten
who talks to bugs in their spare time." an ill-mannered comment it was, but it came quite naturally to valeriankit. he'd already made the observation
that he and seedkit were quite the opposite of one another. maybe somehow they would manage to become friends, but that was probably unlikely with
the way valerian was rather contemptible. you know, he could almost feel a twinge of guilt from within, he was over here practically wasting this nice
little cat's time, being doubtful and rude. however, that guilt only lasted for a split-second before another comment came out of his lips. "yep, that
is cool. how you can, er.. talk to aster here.." he looked down at the beetle. "how does she feel about rabbits?" although seeming discontent, val was
a bit amused by the body language of seedkit and the way he perceived things. maybe if he weren't so darn impudent, seed would want to be his friend.
oh well.

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[Seedkit]

seedkit shrugged gently, trying not to disturb aster who was now crawling around on the floor, "hm... i guess other cats just don't understand my relations with our smaller clanmates," he said, referencing the beetle.

he moved his small, black paw infront of aster when she began to crawl away. she probably thought it was rude that val seemed to be only talking to him, possibly implying that his shiny friend was lesser than them. "it is cool," he smiled again, grinning slightly to himself before continuing in a serious tone, "i don't know, it's not a question i'd normally ask," seedkit paused. "why don't you ask her?" he asked, moving his ear a little closer towards aster- he knew she had a quiet voice, so he'd have to listen really hard.

[Valeriankit]

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his eyes now were following the movements of the tiny beetle, aster. each of her small legs moved quite fast. to say that other
cats did not understand the tomkit's relationships was an understatement, truly. valerian did not think that any cat would think
that this was perfectly ordinary, perhaps and overly spiritual medicine cat or something, but that'd be about it. other than seedkit,
of course. why, he did not think to directly speak to aster. would the bug understand him? maybe seedkit was making things up,
pretending to be able to comprehend the beetles responses. whatever, he would ask aster a question despite him being skeptical.
"alright.. aster, do you like rabbits?" seed once again had the creature up to his ear. "can she not speak louder?" val curtly questioned 
the kitten, "are you the only one able to hear her..?" more and more questions. he had taken himself a bit aback with just how
curious he was. it was intriguing to witness how invested seedkit was in these 'powers' though, could he 'possess' more?
but just because he was curious did not mean that he didn't think that seed was buggy. he thought that this male kitten
co-existing with him seemed rather mad but calm about it, and possibly his thoughts would be confirmed. who knows?

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[Seedkit]

seedkit shrugged, "i don't think so... surely eveyone should be able to hear her? she's just like us, right?" he asked in a whisper, trying to hear what aster was saying, "she doesn't mind them," he said, tilting his head when val asked if she could speak louder. could he not hear her because she wasn't feline... or was it because she was just quiet? could anyone else hear her?

"put your ear to her and see if you can hear anything she says..." seedkit requested, shuffling away slowly from aster. he was a little worried now... was something wrong with him because he could hear her? or was something wrong with val because he couldn't?

[Valeriankit]

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val shuffled his paws around a bit, listening to what seedkit was saying. ahh, aster does not mind rabbits? that's good, because valerian thought that he 
really could go for a plump, juicy rabbit right about now. but his hunger could hold out for a tad longer, he wanted to know if he could hear aster, too.
even though he did not usually prefer to take orders from other cats, he bent his head down upon seed's request, getting closer to aster the beetle. "hello?"
he waited for a few moments for a reply to no avail. valerian felt uber-silly for thinking that he could be able to hear the tiny insect. of course he could not.
"i...uh, i cannot hear her.." he meowed, looking at seedkit. why did he claim to hear aster speak? "when did you first start 'hearing' other animals speak to
you?" valeriankit said, kind of coldly, kind of sarcastically noting the hearing part. maybe he was just harsh because he had slightly wished that he could hear
the beetle, too. val lowered his head to lick his jagged fur upward, spiking it even more since it had flattened a bit. his eyes once more had a deadpanned look 
to them. why did seedkit hear her, and how? assuming what he was saying was true, needless to say.

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[Seedkit]

seedkit smiled when val actually leaned down and started trying to talk to aster. he hadn't expected the other cat to actually try it, so was pleasantly surprised when they did.

"i don't know... i guess i just always heard them..." he shrugged... he didn't really see anything wrong with it anymore... he could just do something that other's couldn't- or maybe he just had amazing hearing. he frowned slightly at val's facial expression, "do you think it's normal i can hear her?" he asked, "maybe my brain's possessed..." he suggested.