Atbash's October CDC Tracker

[ATBASH CIPHER.]

Longing

    The meaning of longing is having or showing a yearning desire. So, in a sense, Atbash was longing for many things. The she-cat longed for the day she and her brothers would be united again. But the truth of the matter was, that was never going to happen. Caesar was too stubborn to accept that he's done something wrong and didn't want to change his ways, and Vigenere wouldn't talk to their younger brother until he did so. Atbash, luckily, still had a somewhat good relationship with Vigenere (even if he didn't show up very much). Even so, the savannah longed for them to erase the past behind them and be together once more.

    The feeling of this emotion was a hollow, sinking feeling that ate Atbash up. Each day, she was reminded that her brothers were no longer by her side and wanting to be with them hit her hard. She longed to feel their fur pressed against her body as they all slept, or the way Caesar used to prank their brother. She missed Caesar's laugh and Vigenere playfully growling that he'd get Caesar back. Not a day went by without Atbash thinking about her littermates and how she wished things returned to normal.

    There was a longing for home, as well, and this one was a different feeling than the one she felt with her brothers. This feeling made her sick, her stomach dropping as she thought about Dimension FiveX. Atbash wanted to go back home, despite feeling at home here in Snowbound. She wanted her family back, even if they had to be Outcasts for the rest of her life. She'd give anything to be back home, with her parents and her brothers. But she could never go back, as the dimension collapsed in on itself. There was no hope in going home, but there was hope in her brothers forgiving each other, even if it was an unlikely scenario.


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