CW: fictional death and murder and described below, skip to N + C if u dont wanna read it Zodiac laid her head down on the roots of a tree. The gentle song of birds and patter of rodents' paws as they stocked their acorns for leafbare filled her ears. She was glad she wasn't on rocks, glad there were no seagulls overhead, and the sound of the ocean was one she would never hear again. She could almost lie here forever. Xey had to admit it wasn't all pleasant. For starters, red gashes covered her body, wounds still not yet healed. And even unrelated to those, her joints now ached when she moved. It was easier to stay here, let blood soak in to the moss. She wouldn't have to clean up after herself, unlike if it was her nest in camp. Bloodied bedding had to be replaced by her, but in the unclaimed territories the entire world was her belongings, and she could simply leave and find a new place to sleep if it became too soiled. But for now, they could just lie here. Usually she'd had needed to get up to hunt by now, but they'd been feeling less hungry recently. Mostly they just drank water now. In fact, she felt rather thirsty. But she didn't stir, preffering just to lie there. The moss felt softer than anything. Rowan, the carrion crow, poked her. They seemed to sense xeir condition, and apparent laziness. Yet, Zoe didn't react at all to her companion's probing, and simply shut xeir eyes. Starfruit scurried across xeir body, but he didn't respond to hymn either. Zodiac felt a sudden weight on xeir chest. Not like a paw or even the pressure of stress or guilt. Just weight, like her body was caving in on itself. She gasped for air, fighting the invisible force that was suffocating her. But you can't fight yourself. Their breathing, after several minutes, slowed. They couldn't move if they tried. They shut their eyes, their heart stopped. No injury or cat had taken her life. She passed away peacefully as a feline like her could. At her birthplace, alone but with the Earth. Their eyes again opened in the familiar crimson forest, feeling in her chest gone. All the feelings were gone, at least temporarily. The wounds, the aches, all of it. He laid there for a while, still on darkened, gnarled tree roots. Cats crowded xem, but he didn't respond. She didn't understand what had just happened, but all she cared about at that moment was that xey wanted to sleep. They'd deal with all of this when they got up, but he only wanted to return home right now. ERP for clarification: Zodiac died from fatigue/dehydration caused by kidney failure.
if you got a notif im sorry i couldnt link this but scratch hates mass link sending so.. trying not to get every comment taken down... hi gng thank you all for making zodiacs life goated !! first im gonna thank as many people as i can, and at the end ill yap about how i feel rn and stuff !! @JohnnyTeatimeFan09, ty for making Carambolabloom an awesome mom to Zodiac, she def shaped a lot of how xey are today !! also thanks for rping Eruptionpaw and falling for odie's propaganda LOL @CEDARKIT_THE_INSANE, ty for rping Katniss, one of Zodiac's only friends lol i needed that exp... Zoe will always owe her some of his buffness @Mermaid5509, ty for rping Flickersable their lore is everything to me ok we love divorce /silly @DaisySays, ty for rping Divinedeluge! Zodiac would probably not have been as epic as she was if she didn't have Divine's encouragement /pos @Celovesart, ty for rping the GOAT Sorastar, and giving Zodiac a chance to join UC and compete !! Potentially one of the biggest canon events in her life lol @MoonlitFroggo, ty for rping Riverspirit !! thanks for grinding all those hunting threads back in the day :'D River was truly awesome, im glad we got to battle so many times !! @Redadmiral444, ty for rping Heartkit even though it was for such a short time :'(, i still wish she couldve lived bc you were so dedicated and i think zodiac never got over the bond they had @Pyrophyte, ty for rping Timekit, even though her time was cut short </3 again missing that dynamic she and odie had sobs @-_Warriors213_-, ty for rping Fleshkit , he had so much potential, and i enjoyed the thread we did together .. wish he lived so we could rp more @Twilight_WoF, ty for rping Dovedivinity and 100% truthfully healing zodiac !! /silly, the first and only cat to turn zodiacs poisoning on her B) @Miso_CatFrom_Mars, ty for rping Knowingpaw,, i love the aura you gave her even though we haven't really gotten to fully do a canon rp yet, ill still reply to our ongoing thread ok @Fallendrop, ty for rping Codsplash, i enjoyed training together and Zodiac yapping about Squirrel to Cod lol @-c0nquest-, ty for rping Squirrelstar,, ik our characters were very much at odds but I wanna say i really appreciate you rping with me even though I only had a regular warrior/loner, and the exile was so cool and fitting for the lore :0 @Inky_rp, ty for rping Deepabyss! I was not expecting your request for Zodiac to oof Deep at all, but it was really cool and tysm for letting me interact with ur lore in this way !! also @generations- for this rp or something and also @-CaramelArr0w for those crazy rolls keeping zodiac alive fr fr okkk im done, i cant list every character that zodiac interacted with but even if you werent on here know i enjoyed rping with you, tysm for your time and effort!! Now for my current feelings/ramble: Honestly I'm relieved that Zodiac is dead, I've been considering killing her off since she was apprentice aged LOL, and she's just never seemed to die even when I wanted her to. I will be taking a small break from gens, as I usually do after my characters die. However, unlike when Squidsplash died, it's not out of anger or anything. Zodiac genuinely could not have had a cooler life and better lore, even though it never went exactly as I expected. I'm glad that her story got the resolution it did. I want my next character to be some sort of high rank, but I definitely need to rest before then to get my motivation up lol. and zodiac has taught me that i can still have fun even if they arent one. See yall next time ! song is Paper Dolls by Stomach Book
