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Hiiii, welcome to my storage! Please don't post in it. I'm going to use it for everything OOC and related to this site that isn't coding. The "updated" text above refers to the last significant update, like updating their motivations or appearance, not for stuff like changing their post count or age.

This post is where I'll be showing off all the characters I'm currently playing. If you'd like to plot with any of them, feel free to dm me on discord (pikaihao) or drop into one of my character's channels on their clan servers!

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    NAME
    PRONOUNS
    AGE
    CLAN
    RANK
    Cherrypaw
    She/her
    7 moons
    SkyClan
    Apprentice

    POST GOAL
    TAGS
    12/15
    Here

    Daughter of the SkyClan deputy Orangeblossom, Cherrypaw is regarded within SkyClan as something of a spitfire and a prissy piece of work. She is an elegant, ruddy-toned calico with pale, moon-yellow eyes, who stands just above the average domestic feline height.

    CHARACTER GOALS
    Right now, Cherrypaw is primarily a selfish character. She takes her large support system for granted and rarely ever considers others when acting. She wants to be a better apprentice than those she dislikes, while also having as much fun as possible.

    OPEN TO
    Friends, rivalries, enemies, bullying or being pushy, gossiping about y/c, hyping up y/c, getting into minor fights (physical or verbal), being manipulated into carrying out a task, and more! She functions well as a minor antagonist to many characters.

    CLOSED TO
    Death, maiming or serious injury, long-term relationships, litters, etc.
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    NAME
    PRONOUNS
    AGE
    CLAN
    RANK
    Downypaw
    They/she
    4 moons
    WindClan
    Apprentice

    POST GOAL
    TAGS
    11/15
    Here

    Secretly the daughter of WindClan exiles Hyacinthbreath and Pollenfur, Downypaw has been raised to be a loyal WindClan tunneler despite the "traitorous" heritage of their guardians Brightshine and Heavy Snow. They are a very small, puffy-furred seal point with deep blue eyes.

    CHARACTER GOALS
    They just want to make friends and be happy amid the (occassionally violent) chaos of their WindClan friends and family. They aim to do this by trying not to piss off their peers and superiors and, moreover, doing/being whatever WindClan requires of them.

    OPEN TO
    Friends (especially extroverts who would drag them into shenanigans), enemies, bullies, puppy crushes, admiring y/c, and more!

    CLOSED TO
    Death, maiming or serious injury, litters, etc.
 
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CHARACTER CONCEPTS
This post is where I'm putting all my ideas that relate to characters I'm not already playing! If you see one that you'd want to play, feel free to dm me and ask about it because there's a good chance I'm never going to put them to use.

  • houndcry / houndsnarl
    flop-eared (ear mites) oriental, tortoiseshell to mimic foxhound or beagle markings, or black ticked tabby

    mercenary daylight warrior. absolutely sucks at hunting so only eats food from their twolegs, but is there for skc w patrolling and fighting. maybe a daylight warrior bc a skyclan cat saved their life once

    stormpath, stormchaser
    stonejaw, stonepool, stonefrost, stonefang, stonefern, stonehawk, stonebrook, stonepath

    broken-
    half-
    fallen-
    lost-
    dead-

    horizon-soaked
    antiphons of the known world
    i made the lions purr
    long-limbed circe
    sought in starry eyes
    glory of the moon
    flattery's gilded sieve

    Red-, Yellow-, Blue-, Violet-, Silver-, Silvery-, Silvered-, Gold-, Golden-

    marten, stoat, and weasel, trickster trio. (mink could replace one of those.) maybe wolverine and badger as older siblings/parents
  • amab demiboy

    - wolfsong is a wolf, so ___kit is a husky! curled tail and canine features.

    VERY IC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED
    - quiet but mischievous. he's not much of a talker, but you'll catch a twinkle in his eye and realize quiet doesn't mean boring. observant, tests the boundaries of what others will and will not accept. knocking on enough doors, eventually someone will answer.

    <--- OLD --->
    general
    - sunlitkit? sunkit? kinda reluctant to use sun-related names because cherry kind of has a sun theme too
    - amab demi-boy
    - windclan kit, not planning on leaving unless in dire circumstances

    appearance
    longhaired marbled red tabby with low white
    - colors: blotches, within blotches, spine and forehead, main body, white spotting
    - from sunstride: "squared-off" fur texture; darker nosebridge, hind legs, and tail stripes
    - from wolfsong: pale hind legs, ear tufts, and facial markings; curled tail and somewhat canine features
    - from both: tear marks; pale forelegs, tail tip, and chest
    - masking chocolate tabby; carries solid, dilute, & cinnamon
    - small enough to be a tunneler but expresses interest in moor running because they love the stars and the sky and the fields. forced into tunneling anyway because the ongoing plot.

    personality
    enfj - "the protagonist"
    caring / charismatic / patient / witty
    self-conscious / unambitious / breezy
    insecure / unreliable / forgetful / submissive
    sure, you could call them "irresponsible," but would you lay off them a little? starclan's kits, they're really sorry. sometimes they just, you know, forget, okay? it just slipped their mind; it won't happen again, they promise. they don't like having responsibility in their paws anyway. the burdens of others are far too much to bear. they can help shoulder others' at one point or another, but making the decisions that could possibly, through some convoluted chain of events, lead to life or death? count them out of it. they don't really enjoy making the smaller decisions even, like where to hunt or who to talk to. they'd rather just be told what to do, like how they were told to be a tunneler even though they kind of don't want to be, or like how they were told to hope their sharpened claws would one day pierce their enemies' bones though they have no enemies personal and no hope for such either.

    they seem to lack motivation aside from the ones their clan provides, and still it doesn't feel like their real purpose. when it's real quiet, they can hear the discontented growling of their empty heart. what they really like doing is taking care of stuff, little things like watching the new shoots come in at newleaf, or rolling around with the newest batch in the nursery. they like taking care of windclanners too, even as they continue to tread down a darker path. ___kit likes being the endless plains of their territory, always there for you to fall into, feel the golden wrap around you, and listen to the gentle ruffle of ten thousand strands of grass. they appreciate the little things, quiet things, the stuff that slips beneath the warpath radar of windclan. it doesn't make them favorable in the eyes of sootstar and the higher ups, which they are distinctly aware of, so they try to suppress this side the best they can. it can make a kid resentful.

    still, they're a talker. they've got a distinct, carefree charisma about them when they're even the slightest bit comfortable. bring them around someone more intimidating and they'll try to bring of this energy to placate them at least, though they're easily coerced into submission. ___kit is actually a rule-follower, they just suck at remembering the rules and remembering to care. they try their best to please their olders and wisers, but their best is often not enough.

    interaction
    - not the best fighter, but able to get up over and over again, they've got a lot of stamina (what i mean by study & hardy)

    aesthetics: cottagecore / little house on the prairie, soft goldens & browns

    General.
    ✧ Warblekit | Kit #3
    —— Warble, for the few birds that make their home in the ShadowClan pines. Suffix determined IC'ly, but I'm thinking Warblefur or Warblepelt, something incredibly plain; possibly Warbleheart if given the chance to prove themself.
    ⤹ AFAB demigirl | she/they | okay with feminine terms, e.g. "girl" or "molly"
    ⤹ Kit of ShadowClan | unknowingly half-WindClan
    ⤹ 0 moons | ages on the _th of every moon

    Appearance.
    ✧ Longhaired warm-toned black classic tabby with hazel eyes | carrying solid
    —— Warblekit takes after the short, fluffy build of Forestshade when she was a kit, but grows into something a little more reminiscent of Vulturemask's Oriental heritage. This results in a perfectly normal-looking molly as an adult, if not a bit on the shorter side. WIP

    Personality.
    ✧ Envious, people-pleasing, manipulative, diplomatic, imaginative, easily influenceable
    —— As an apprentice, Warblekit soon learns they're not particularly good at anything. They're too clumsy to hunt, giving themself away with the rustle of a fern or unable to see the slightest ripple of a frog in the dark. Fighting doesn't come easily to them either, for they're reluctant to hurt others, nor are they strong or quick enough to land serious blows. In fact, they must work incredibly hard to break even with the rest of ShadowClan. All their efforts go towards the end of completely average skills.

    This aspect of their personality depends entirely on IC interactions: if Forestshade and others continue to encourage them or become something of a role model to them, they will lean towards being an idealistic cat who is determined to make the most of what they have in order to do good for the ones they love, i.e. a shounen protagonist; on the other hand, if they're continuously disparaged or mocked by others, or have no good influences in their life, they will simply give up on the physical elements of being a good ShadowClan warrior, and while they will become complacent and pessimistic in regards to the trajectory of the things they care about, they will seek other ways of pleasing the ones they love (possibly in a warped fashion).

    Regardless of who she turns out to be, Warblekit will idolize her mother. WIP

    Potential plots.
    ✧ If you're considering picking Warblekit, please DM before because I have a plot in mind that will definitely affect her family!
    ⤹ Warblekit could lose most of her tail during early apprenticeship, either from being bitten and getting infected or possibly mangled by a monster on the thunderpath. This sets her progress back even farther, and it's up to her and her influences to see whether her morale recovers from it.
    ╰ ・ SNOWKIT ┊ ˚☽⁎⁺✧༚

    i. general ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    ╰ SNOWKIT | "snow", "schneelein" | no aliases
    —— snow. noun. named for the strange flecks of white on their body at birth like snowflakes on black fur, early signs of vitiligo that smokethroat may know will develop into a veritable flurry of white in adulthood. also named after smokethroat's first apprentice, iciclefang; or is for the ice in cicadastar? | kit. noun. the young of certain animals.
    .:*・ cisgender demiboy [♂] | masculine pronouns, he/him
    .:*・ 2 moons old | ages realistically, every 10th | born month xth, 2023
    .:*・ kit of riverclan | no former allegiances

    ii. aesthetic ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    ╰ TALL, WAVY-FURRED, AND WHITE-DASHED BLACK TOM WITH SALT-BLUE EYES | LIVING
    12 IN. | 12 LBS. | HEALTH: 100% | REFERENCE
    —— with cicadastar and smokethroat cutting imposing figures, it's no wonder snowkit is tall for his age. snowkit would be a black swan of a cat, ebony-cut and statuesque, were it not for how he cringes and cowers behind the backs of his kin. even with his head bowed and shoulders hunched, he cuts a graceful figure, a weeping willow blackened over the edge of a burnt river. his limbs, as he is in his entirety, are long and svelte, more suited to perching above the water like a heron than diving beneath its waves. with riverclan cats moving the least to catch their prey, and snowkit's lack of enthusiasm for battle training, he is noticeably less muscular than either of his fathers, able to endure a trek across the territories but not much else. he bears a faint curl to his fur like wisps of fog blowing off the surface of a chilled lake. wavy as it is, he's long since given up parsing it into the sleek perfection of other riverclanners, and simply settles for having it in a constant state of slightly tangled.

    strangely, snowkit "inherits" the pure color of cicadastar's salt-blue eyes. while his are intense and sharpened in ice, snowkit's are tempered by kind features and a round gaze. he has cicadastar's high cheekbones and narrowed snout, but rounded by smokethroat's moggy influence. his ears are large, but not oriental-large, and the same goes for the rounded square of his jaw and definition of his face. his features are soft and relaxed; it's often hard to get a read on him in this neutral state because of how rarely he uses his facial muscles. his cheek fur is ruffled and tangled, as though perpetually on the shore of a windy beach, saltwater and oceanic breeze styling his close-cropped hair into loose waves.

    at birth, he is a solid inky bundle, with only a few errors in printing. one is constant: the gentle gashes of white on his form. they mimic cicadastar's unorthodox placement, somewhat distal from the symmetrical tuxedo pattern. it won't matter as an adult though, because the other error is ever-growing: at first innocuous little speckles, his vitiligo is a constant state of war against the black on his body. no one knows where it'll stop; perhaps on the day his body becomes completely encased in white. snowkit does not "rust" in the sun. rather, his body shines blueish where the light hits black, reflecting the cooler tones of winter even in the middle of a summer day (this is more of an artistic design choice than what's actually happening).
    .:*・ current injuries: everyday wear and tear
    .:*・ scent: tba
    .:*・ voiceclaim: name as name from media
    .:*・ genetics: sh black w/ low white, vitiligo, laperm fur (carrying albino, straight fur, and longhair)

    iii. psyche ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    ╰ INFJ - "THE ADVOCATE" | LAWFUL GOOD
    ╰ TYPE 9 - "THE PEACEMAKER" | PHLEGMATIC | IX. THE HERMIT
    ╰ TROPE | TROPE | TROPE
    .:*・ observant / patient / empathetic / compassionate / selfless / imaginative
    .:*・ sensitive / imaginative / impressionable / soft / absentminded / dreamy
    .:*・ complacent / delicate / submissive / timid / air-headed / distractible
    —— snowkit makes both a lasting first impression and hardly any one at all. the riverclan prince is the meekest of the meek, rarely seen speaking unless it's overheard in conversation with his family. trying to speak results in a stone lodged in his throat, his lungs. snowkit has many a word to say; he sees the beauty in his life and longs to share it with others, tell them they're strong and witty and doing the best they can, kneel at the side of even the strangest of strangers and lift them with his voice. but the moment he tries to say something, it feels as though he loses all grasp of language, or the air suddenly slides out of his chest. attention on him feels like being caught in an industrial-grade spotlight, so harsh he can barely even nod "yes" or "no." addressing him directly only leads to an averted gaze and a slight shuffle away.

    his inability to speak results in stunted social skills, and his imagination kicks into overdrive to make up for his lack of real interaction. his wide eyes are always someplace, curiously roving over and committing whatever it is to memory, anything other than whoever's currently talking to him. some may perceive him as cold because of this: he doesn't give any indication that his lack of speech comes from anxiety, other than the half-hearted attempts he makes to escape the conversation. once again, it's not that snowkit is disinterested in talking to others, he's just so accustomed to not being able to speak that he diverts this longing for interaction elsewhere.
    important notes: n/a
    disorders/mental illnesses: selective mutism (situational anxiety disorder)

    iv. relationships ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    ╰ smokethroat x cicadastar | ideally the youngest, but good with anything! | brother to name and name
    .:*・ unknown orientation | single, too young for romance
    .:*・ rules of interaction: snowkit's personality doesn't lend well to interacting meaningfully with other characters. he will only appear in threads his siblings, parents, or mentor have already posted in. characters interested in interacting with him must make several attempts before he really acknowledges them and begins to build something like a relationship with them. i'm definitely open to characters being paired up with him for tasks, questioning him, bullying him, etc. though!

    though making friends with snowkit is an arduous, at times thankless, task, he will fall in love incredibly easily. he idolizes his fathers and what they have, a duo written in the stars. snowkit longs for a knight in shining armor to sweep him off his paws and whisk him into a wonderland haven, where they will never disagree and his knight will protect him from everything. he sees the best in all potential romantic partners, those of which include anyone who has ever been nice to him, and spins up fanciful futures for them in his imagination. snowkit rarely strays into the territory of delusion, however; he's well aware most of these cats wouldn't give him a second glance or even remember his name (which possibly crosses right into the other end of delusion).
    .:*・ very difficult to befriend | easy to romance

    v. interaction ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    ╰ PHYSICALLY EASY / PSYCHOLOGICALLY EASY
    .:*・ will not start fights | will end fights | will show mercy
    .:*・ mentored by no one | mentoring no one
    notes: snowkit could hardly lift a claw against a mouse, much less another cat. similarly, he's easily swayed, and it wouldn't be difficult to convince him of something that'd go on to affect his more important kin. all-in-all, snowkit is poor fighter, but that doesn't mean they lack coordination entirely. he's fairly good at learning through observation, though whether he's motivated to do it is a different story. he's often seen aimlessly staring at the water, or the sky or the rustling reeds, when trying to fish, only to swipe up a fish out of nowhere. likely regardless of whoever trains him, he'll be as decent at swimming as any riverclanner, though for snowkit, swimming looks a little more like drifting, like floating downstream and every so often remembering to paddle.
    STRENGTH: ☆☆☆☆☆ | STAMINA: ☆☆☆☆☆ | AGILITY: ★☆☆☆☆ | SPEED: ★☆☆☆☆
    HUNTING: ★★★☆☆ | SWIMMING: ★★★☆☆ | CLIMBING: ☆☆☆☆☆ | GRACE: ★★☆☆☆
    .:*・ feel free to powerplay peaceful or nonviolent actions | attack in underline or bolded white

    vi. plots ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    ╰ I. MENTOR
    .:*・ planning for his mentor to have a huge influence on his personality. i'd love for an active mentor to tag him in most threads they appear in, because at this age he'd be expected to be out of the nursery and would be forced to follow them around. riverclan apprenticing kits by 3 moons is also a factor in this, because at a younger age he'd be more influenceable but more unstable as well. a stern, "tough love" sort of mentor would lead to some darker development, while a patient and understanding mentor might bring out the better side in him.
    ╰ II. RELATIONSHIP WITH FATHERS
    .:*・ i don't know how smokethroat and cicadastar would act as fathers so this is all just speculation based on what i've read of their personalities! given smokethroat's standoffish, closed-off nature, snowkit might be hesitant to approach his father with anything. sein vater, on the other paw, will be exposed to all his thoughts, worries, and wonders, given his more generous nature in regards to the youth. they're absolutely thrilled by the notion that their parents are protective over them and their brood, but may develop a more strained relationship as the two try to mold their litter into the warriors that riverclan needs. snowkit wants to be accepted as who he is, and he can only be pushed so far by others instead of himself.
    ╰ III. RELATIONSHIP WITH SIBLINGS
    .:*・ whether they're uptight bullies or blue-blooded heroes, snowkit trails on the heels of his siblings like a lost puppydog. he's quite the easy target for bullies, and whether his siblings defend him or become them is up to the roleplayers. snowkit, however, will always take any jeer or criticism from his family lying down. he may disagree, but would more likely internalize them and direct all resentment for them inwards. they're annoying at times, always wanting to be included in whatever they're doing because their siblings are the only playmates they have, and as they grow their littermates may get exasperated with their self-defeating and submissive nature.
    ╰ IV. FIGHTING
    .:*・ i do not plan on snowkit ever having a scene where he "breaks" and reveals a willingness to fight brutally when provoked far enough. he doesn't have an aggressive bone in his body and i'd like that to hinder him when he and his loved ones need it most. snowkit might take a few, feeble swipes, but the darker impulses of ciacadastar and smokethroat are entirely absent from him; he lacks all knowledge of how to generate and wield lethal intent. there's always the potential for snowkit to be a villainous character though, but what i have in mind for that is "obsessed with starclan and sending cats there (or convincing them to go)," so any lethality he'd possess will be motivated by delusional kindness.

    vi. ooc ↪ ❝ lyrics ❞ :*.+
    .:*・ i know some german, so i can drop german phrases into snowkit's speech if cicadastar would pass that down
    .:*・ i'd plan on making snowkit an avatar that slowly accumulates white speckles over time, showing the progress of his vitiligo where i wouldn't have to redraw him every time lol
    .:*・ if medicine cat apprentice tryouts open i would be very interested in applying with snowkit; his development absolutely wouldn't depend on it but i have some thoughts!
    —— roleplayer notes: i consider myself fairly active right now, with a loose goal of posting once a day, even if it's like 100 words. cherrykit of skyclan is hogging all my muse at the moment, but i think that's more because i really like playing characters from kits onward in traditional warriors roleplay. i made 50-ish posts with her in 5 weeks and have long-term plots with ~3 characters. i have a couple of other characters right now, but one is very casual and the other i'll dial back on a little if i get snowkit, as i can't see myself actively playing 3 characters at the depth i want to and would have muse for.
 
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from writer-ace on tumblr:

I don't know if some people just experience panic attacks way different from the way I do, but a lot of writers seem to write panic attacks as though they read a list of symptoms and just picked some to go with. Here are things for writing panic attacks:
  • I always, always notice when a panic attack is starting. The panic is usually a pretty good indicator of it. Why do all your characters end up mid-panic attack before they notice the panic attack is happening?
  • Panic attacks should include at least 80% more thinking than they're usually written as including. The thoughts can/should be disjointed, incoherent, and repetitive. The reader should feel like the character is panicking instead of having to be told that they're panicking.
  • Panic attack symptoms don't abruptly disappear when the main panic attack stops. A person isn't automatically fine 30 seconds after finishing having a panic attack.
  • There are varying degrees of panic attacks. Go with symptoms beyond "can't breath and feeling like I'm going to die".
  • Please.
  • Look up some other symptoms. Include the shittier ones like irritability, screaming at people, etc.
  • It's hard to be coherent during a severe panic attack. A bizarre number of characters will stand there going "I can't breathe" as though they're vaguely having an allergic reaction. Give me characters apologizing four hundred times in a row. Give me characters who can't complete a sentence. Give me characters who can't say anything.
  • If you have to tell the reader the character is panicking, it's not a well-written panic attack.
  • Bystanders almost never react as well in real life as they do in stories.
  • A lot of people (me included) don't like to be touched during panic attacks. Every character in stories seems to react well to a hug. Give me characters frantically shoving someone away. Give me characters who can't manage to tell the other person to get off of them because they can't get the words out.
  • The experience of having a panic attack can be exceedingly embarrassing. People will do a lot to hide them.
  • Stop pretending friendship is the cure for panic attacks. It can certainly help, and having people who are there for you is exceedingly important, but a friend/lover existing doesn't make a panic attack magically go away.