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3-28-20

6/26/18
new art and relationship updates

9/11/18
Updated relationships and bg

Name - Squirrelpounce
*Name meaning -
Squirrel- Here ginger fur and strange curl in her tail earned her this name
Pounce- Extrodinarily good at leaping and pouncing, also named this for her boundless energy
Clan - ThunderClan
Age - nearing 40 moons
Gender - female
Size- Normal

Rank - Warrior
Mentor/Apprentice - none atm
Breed: Turkish Angorian, Scottish fold, Cymric, American shorthair
*Physical appearance: Pinkish ginger she cat, darker calico-like markings and a tail that curls in much like a squirrel's
Accessories:
*Season born: New-Leaf/spring

Abilities

Strength: 60

Adaptability 70
Thinking: 60
Speed: 75
Night Vision: 30
Swimming: 10
Climbing: 70
Fighting: 50
Stalking: 60
Hunting: 60
Medicine: 15

Traits
Fun-loving - Squirrelpounce seems to have endless energy and it always looking for someone to run around with or someone that can even keep up with her, as she is always bouncing from place to place. Much to older warrior's exasperation because she will fling mossballs at them, pounce on them or simply talk their ears off

Passionate - Squirrelpounce is always one to follow her heart and do what she feels is right for her. If she feels like it should or needs to be done, she will do everything in her willpower to make it come to reality. With her boundless energy comes equally endless determination as well to follow her goals.

Unpredictable -
Sometimes it is hard to tell what Squirrel what will do, be it because she is hyper and just acts on a whim or because it is intended. Sometimes she will make choices that shock her clanmates because they did not expect it from her and sometimes that can lead to bad things, but most of the time it works out for her.

Stubborn - Going along with her passionate ways, Squirrel refuses to give up on whatever is in her heart and will put her all into everything. Any choice she makes is basically set in stone and she is not easily swayed in her decisions. However this also makes her resist change and if a drastic change happens in her life, she will try her hardest to restore it to how it was before.

Childish - Tying into her stubborness, Squirrelpounce is resistant to any change or anything that isn't her idea and tries to bend the arguement or conflict to better fit her wants and if that doesn't happen she tends to get frustrated and pout(this doesn't last very long because she'll get distracted and is easy to cheer up) However this trait also causes her to act like a kit, common phrases being "I don't wanna!" or "I didn't do it! If I didn't hear/see it, it didn't happen!"

Opportunistic - If a situation that Squirrelpounce thinks could benifit her comes up, she pounces on it without hesitation(hehe see what I did there?) and takes it for all she can. It being something like chasing prey deep into another clan's territory or other things of the like.

History

Kithood:
Born into a happy family, a pair of ThunderClan cats Hazelberry and Oakface became the parents of three healthy happy kits. First born, Grasskit, a beautiful cream furred tom, Sagekit, a ginger and white she-kit and finally, Squirrelkit. Though the litter had been unplanned to the young warriors, they did their best to care for their kits and give them a happy kithood. Oakface spent all his free time that he wasn't out hunting as much as he could to provide for his new family, taught the trio of kits to hunt and fight through playing with them often. Grasskit, the most timid of them all, would do his best to please his father, which was very easy to do, but he was never any good at battle practice. Sagekit was a natural fighter they found, taking on the moves quickly that their father would slip into playtime to give them an early lead and even surprising her father when she'd pounce out from a bush and all in the meantime, Squirrelkit was far too distracted and would much rather chase feathers and mossballs rather than "train" with her father. She found that play to be a bit repetitive and boring sometimes. When she was very small she actually met another kit that was about 2 moons older than her named Treekit. The two bonded quickly due to Squirrelkit's mindset of 'squirrels like trees'. The bond was made for a lifelong friend and supportive partner.

Apprenticehood:
Becoming the apprentice to a very patient and consistent warrior, Dapplefoot somehow managed to keep up with the hyperactive apprentice and managed to get her to focus long enough to actually train her how to hunt and fight like a warrior should know. Beleive it or not, she calmed Squirrelpaw down a LOT compared to how wild and crazy she was as a kit and managed to train out a lot of the rebelious energy that would cause her not to listen to any other warriors other than her parents and mentor. There was even a stretch of time from kithood to near the end of her training where she even had a bit of a nasty temper. She was prone to getting irritated and making snarky remarks and even getting into a tussle or two but mostly learned how to hide most her anger under a gentle, smiling face. She's grown out of that stage thankfully. After passing her assessment, Dapplefoot actually chose to watch over her and make sure she upheld her vigil and responsibility to the clan and couldn't be more proud when she found her time after time, patroling the camp and staying up the entire night protecting the clan. She was Squirrelpounce now. No longer Squirrelpaw

Warriorhood:

Squirrelpounce's warriorhood has gone pretty calmly despite what cats outside the clan would think a warrior's life would be like, she made friends, found love and was very, very happy. Not long into warriorhood, she met Scorchsky, a cat who became her mate and she loved very dearly and before too long, she fell pregnant with his kits and she could not of been more excited! Then the news of the Clans moving came and being barely pregnant with her very first litter, she was understandably worried and gravitated towards another queen from ThunderClan named Honeywing, a cat who has had a litter before and was currently pregnant once again. She fell in love with her friend's litter and is excited to meet her own, but she has a lingering fear that this journey and the stress of it all will negatively impact her pregnancy, leading her to constantly bother Wrenwhisper. The gravity of the situation has caused Squirrelpounce to calm down significantly from her hyperactive apprenticehood days. Maybe one day she will get back to normal but the stress makes it hard sometimes. (worried first time mom~!)
Making it to the new territories, Squirrelpounce went into labor almost immediately once there was a safe little hidey hole that she found in some ferns, the nursery wasn't even built yet but with help she ended up giving birth to four, beautiful kits. Two were rather small and worried poor Squirrelpounce to death. On top of being small, the only male, named Rustkit, was born sickly and remained so though the warm moons of greenleaf and cooling moons of leaf-fall. All would of been fine, but during the journey, Scorchsky went missing and ended up missing the birth of their kits. No one knew where he went, so she did her best to go on and to smile for her kits. Having Honeywing at her side really helped as well and watching her friends kits grow up alongside hers was a great enchouragement. She knows she'll be just fine, she is just a little down at this point in her life.

After the kits became apprentices, Squirrelpounce found her life returning to normal. She was able to properly learn the new territories, stretch her legs and become a functioning member of ThunderClan again. It was actually even peaceful though there was a scare for a time with severe rainfall worrying her. She learned that if it rained for more than a few days at a time, that she tended to get very anxious, worried that StarClan truly was angry at the clans and were determined to flood away every home that they made but thankfully that cleared up and skies slowly became clear again. Then sicknesses hit and Squirrelpounce became very ill for a time, nearly losing her life a few times but she made it through with the supports of her kits, Cloverwish, Treeleg and sister Sagepetal.

Time continued on after that and day-to-day life always found ways to keep her on her toes and after many moons, after getting over Scorchsky and being afraid of potentially ever finding love proper again, she noticed that she was slowly falling for her best friend, Treeleg. Only to find out that he fathered Sagepetal's kits. While she was incredibly happy for the two, knowing the pair had always craved kits in their own individual lives, she couldn't help the familar pang of sadness and heartbreak deep down. But her nieces are beautiful and she loves them deerly and is very, very proud of her now warriored kits Ruststorm, Robinspark, Emberprance(she's particularly fond of Ember's warrior name. It flatters her) and Sun(name to be updated)

Relations
Bullet Guide:

// Slight attraction
// Attraction
// Lust

// Like
// Respected
// Very respected

// Wary
// Cautious
// Avoided

// Uneasy
// Disgust
// Aversion

// Slight crush
// Crush
// Love

// Friend
// Good friend
// Close friend

// Wants to get to know them
// Misses
// Can't bear without

// Relative
// Family
// Joint at the hip

// Adores
// Admires
// Idolizes

// Slightly suspicious
// Very suspicious
// Not trusted

// Annoyed by
// Dislike
// Hate

// Shy
// Nervous
// Discomfort
// Fearful

// Family
// Dead
// Mate
// Ex-Mate
// Fling

//// //
Scorchsky-
I really enjoy spending time with him. He's really funny and he's so incredibly kind. I could just spend moons with him and never get bored. (TLDR; she liiiikes him. She's just clueless on that sort of thing)
I honestly love Scorchsky so very much... He was a great friend that turned to even more in such a short amount of time. None of it felt rushed... I cant wait to have his kits, he just makes me feel so happy.
Oh Scorchsky... I wonder where you went.. I miss you so much. It's a little tough looking down at those little faces of our kits and seeing so much of you in them. Especially Rustkit.. You would of loved him, he's such a fireball and he looks almost just like you. I hope to see you again one day.

Ruststorm
//// //
You look so much like your father and yet.. You are so grouchy! And you have my tail~! It's really funny sometimes to see you try and act all big and bad when you are still so very tiny. I don't know where you fit all that attitude. But you're sweet in your own way, don't think I don't see you sliding Sunkit that bigger mouse or glaring at the apprentices who tease your sisters.

I am very proud of you, son. You've braved so many challenges put on you and though you're still so teeny tiny, you're a warrior now and I know that you'll be amazing every day.

Sunkit
//// //
My little ball of sunshine. You are the absolute sweetest little thing I've ever met and I love you more and more each time you open your little mouth. I know you get scared sometimes and that is what you have your sisters, brother and me for. If you ever need anything, baby. Just let me know and I'll always have a tail for you to hide in whenever you need it.

Robinkit
//// //
My strong little warrior, you are definitely a smart one and nothing ever fazes you. You could walk straight into a fox den without fear and offer grooming habits, hahaha!! Okay, please never do that. Never, never, never! No foxes, stay away! But yeah... You have an amazing brain in you and I can't wait to see the kind of cat you grow up to be. You remind me a lot of my sister Sagepetal.. Maybe you two would get along. Hm. I wonder.

Now I am convinced that you would walk into a foxes den but I swear you could take one down on your own, you're so big and strong. You've grown up to be so beautiful and I can't wait to see how Warriorhood treats you.

Emberkit
//// //
You are so much like me, it's so funny to just sit back and let you chatter on like a mockingbird. You never run out of things to say and always know just what to say to bring a smile to my face when I am feeling sad. But you have your grandma's habit of cleaning any and every cat that has just a hair out of place. I should introduce you to her soon. You'd like her. Just don't take any tips from her! I lose enough fur as it is my little curly tailed chatterbird.

You're still my little chatterbird, I don't care if you're a warrior now! But you need to stop poking your nose into other clans and pestering poor warriors! I really don't understand how you, Robinspark and Ruststorm are so rambunctious but it keeps life interesting! Just stay safe.

Honeywing -
//
Honeywing has been amazing at keeping me dis-stressed and calming my fears about having kits. Shes just so sweet and gentle and her kits are so adorable. She's just a great friend.

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Grasstuft- My older brother, He's really quiet and shy, but I couldn't love him more! He's absolutely precious, trying to hide behind Sagepetal even though we're all warriors now! hahah!
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Sagepetal - My sister! She's a bit boring sometimes, she's too calm and serious sometimes but that doesn't keep us from spending time together as often as we can with Grasstuft. i only find her annoying when she constantly teases me. Gosh, older sisters are the worst haha!

I stand by the notion that older sisters are the worst! But you've gotten more tolerable as we've gotten older and I guess you're cool sometimes. Congratulations on your daughters, Beekit and Sunnykit are precious and I totally forgive you for stealing my kit name. Oh, of course it wasn't intentional! Suuuure, tell yourself that, dear <3

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Hazelberry- Ahh, my mother. Such a sweet she-cat, though she'd still insistent on grooming me every time she catches me, I know she couldn't be happier to see me as a warrior now!
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Oakface- Father! He's so kind and even now he's trying to train me how to hunt 'properly' though now that I'm a warrior. He's just like mother, not wanting me to grow up but he is a bit more willing.

*Romanticism

*Orientation: Bi-romantic

*Status: on the hunt for fluffy butt

*Attractions:
Current: none
Past: Scorchsky

*Prefers: pretty fur, patience yet energy, some cat who can make her smile

*Disprefers: being 'boring' nasty hearted, short tempers, anyone who doesn't like her kits.

RP Method;
✔ ||Notes
✔ ||Comments
✔ ||Skype
✘||Chatrooms

RP Form;
✔ ||Paragraph
✘ ||Text (1-2 sentences)
✘ ||First Person
✔ ||Third Person

RP Rating;
✔ ||G/PG
✔ ||PG + 13
✔ l ||M (notes only!)

Description

_-EDIT-_
3-28-20

6/26/18
new art and relationship updates

9/11/18
Updated relationships and bg

Name - Squirrelpounce
*Name meaning -
Squirrel- Here ginger fur and strange curl in her tail earned her this name
Pounce- Extrodinarily good at leaping and pouncing, also named this for her boundless energy
Clan - ThunderClan
Age - nearing 40 moons
Gender - female
Size- Normal

Rank - Warrior
Mentor/Apprentice - none atm
Breed: Turkish Angorian, Scottish fold, Cymric, American shorthair
*Physical appearance: Pinkish ginger she cat, darker calico-like markings and a tail that curls in much like a squirrel's
Accessories:
*Season born: New-Leaf/spring

Abilities

Strength: 60

Adaptability 70
Thinking: 60
Speed: 75
Night Vision: 30
Swimming: 10
Climbing: 70
Fighting: 50
Stalking: 60
Hunting: 60
Medicine: 15

Traits
Fun-loving - Squirrelpounce seems to have endless energy and it always looking for someone to run around with or someone that can even keep up with her, as she is always bouncing from place to place. Much to older warrior's exasperation because she will fling mossballs at them, pounce on them or simply talk their ears off

Passionate - Squirrelpounce is always one to follow her heart and do what she feels is right for her. If she feels like it should or needs to be done, she will do everything in her willpower to make it come to reality. With her boundless energy comes equally endless determination as well to follow her goals.

Unpredictable -
Sometimes it is hard to tell what Squirrel what will do, be it because she is hyper and just acts on a whim or because it is intended. Sometimes she will make choices that shock her clanmates because they did not expect it from her and sometimes that can lead to bad things, but most of the time it works out for her.

Stubborn - Going along with her passionate ways, Squirrel refuses to give up on whatever is in her heart and will put her all into everything. Any choice she makes is basically set in stone and she is not easily swayed in her decisions. However this also makes her resist change and if a drastic change happens in her life, she will try her hardest to restore it to how it was before.

Childish - Tying into her stubborness, Squirrelpounce is resistant to any change or anything that isn't her idea and tries to bend the arguement or conflict to better fit her wants and if that doesn't happen she tends to get frustrated and pout(this doesn't last very long because she'll get distracted and is easy to cheer up) However this trait also causes her to act like a kit, common phrases being "I don't wanna!" or "I didn't do it! If I didn't hear/see it, it didn't happen!"

Opportunistic - If a situation that Squirrelpounce thinks could benifit her comes up, she pounces on it without hesitation(hehe see what I did there?) and takes it for all she can. It being something like chasing prey deep into another clan's territory or other things of the like.

History

Kithood:
Born into a happy family, a pair of ThunderClan cats Hazelberry and Oakface became the parents of three healthy happy kits. First born, Grasskit, a beautiful cream furred tom, Sagekit, a ginger and white she-kit and finally, Squirrelkit. Though the litter had been unplanned to the young warriors, they did their best to care for their kits and give them a happy kithood. Oakface spent all his free time that he wasn't out hunting as much as he could to provide for his new family, taught the trio of kits to hunt and fight through playing with them often. Grasskit, the most timid of them all, would do his best to please his father, which was very easy to do, but he was never any good at battle practice. Sagekit was a natural fighter they found, taking on the moves quickly that their father would slip into playtime to give them an early lead and even surprising her father when she'd pounce out from a bush and all in the meantime, Squirrelkit was far too distracted and would much rather chase feathers and mossballs rather than "train" with her father. She found that play to be a bit repetitive and boring sometimes. When she was very small she actually met another kit that was about 2 moons older than her named Treekit. The two bonded quickly due to Squirrelkit's mindset of 'squirrels like trees'. The bond was made for a lifelong friend and supportive partner.

Apprenticehood:
Becoming the apprentice to a very patient and consistent warrior, Dapplefoot somehow managed to keep up with the hyperactive apprentice and managed to get her to focus long enough to actually train her how to hunt and fight like a warrior should know. Beleive it or not, she calmed Squirrelpaw down a LOT compared to how wild and crazy she was as a kit and managed to train out a lot of the rebelious energy that would cause her not to listen to any other warriors other than her parents and mentor. There was even a stretch of time from kithood to near the end of her training where she even had a bit of a nasty temper. She was prone to getting irritated and making snarky remarks and even getting into a tussle or two but mostly learned how to hide most her anger under a gentle, smiling face. She's grown out of that stage thankfully. After passing her assessment, Dapplefoot actually chose to watch over her and make sure she upheld her vigil and responsibility to the clan and couldn't be more proud when she found her time after time, patroling the camp and staying up the entire night protecting the clan. She was Squirrelpounce now. No longer Squirrelpaw

Warriorhood:

Squirrelpounce's warriorhood has gone pretty calmly despite what cats outside the clan would think a warrior's life would be like, she made friends, found love and was very, very happy. Not long into warriorhood, she met Scorchsky, a cat who became her mate and she loved very dearly and before too long, she fell pregnant with his kits and she could not of been more excited! Then the news of the Clans moving came and being barely pregnant with her very first litter, she was understandably worried and gravitated towards another queen from ThunderClan named Honeywing, a cat who has had a litter before and was currently pregnant once again. She fell in love with her friend's litter and is excited to meet her own, but she has a lingering fear that this journey and the stress of it all will negatively impact her pregnancy, leading her to constantly bother Wrenwhisper. The gravity of the situation has caused Squirrelpounce to calm down significantly from her hyperactive apprenticehood days. Maybe one day she will get back to normal but the stress makes it hard sometimes. (worried first time mom~!)
Making it to the new territories, Squirrelpounce went into labor almost immediately once there was a safe little hidey hole that she found in some ferns, the nursery wasn't even built yet but with help she ended up giving birth to four, beautiful kits. Two were rather small and worried poor Squirrelpounce to death. On top of being small, the only male, named Rustkit, was born sickly and remained so though the warm moons of greenleaf and cooling moons of leaf-fall. All would of been fine, but during the journey, Scorchsky went missing and ended up missing the birth of their kits. No one knew where he went, so she did her best to go on and to smile for her kits. Having Honeywing at her side really helped as well and watching her friends kits grow up alongside hers was a great enchouragement. She knows she'll be just fine, she is just a little down at this point in her life.

After the kits became apprentices, Squirrelpounce found her life returning to normal. She was able to properly learn the new territories, stretch her legs and become a functioning member of ThunderClan again. It was actually even peaceful though there was a scare for a time with severe rainfall worrying her. She learned that if it rained for more than a few days at a time, that she tended to get very anxious, worried that StarClan truly was angry at the clans and were determined to flood away every home that they made but thankfully that cleared up and skies slowly became clear again. Then sicknesses hit and Squirrelpounce became very ill for a time, nearly losing her life a few times but she made it through with the supports of her kits, Cloverwish, Treeleg and sister Sagepetal.

Time continued on after that and day-to-day life always found ways to keep her on her toes and after many moons, after getting over Scorchsky and being afraid of potentially ever finding love proper again, she noticed that she was slowly falling for her best friend, Treeleg. Only to find out that he fathered Sagepetal's kits. While she was incredibly happy for the two, knowing the pair had always craved kits in their own individual lives, she couldn't help the familar pang of sadness and heartbreak deep down. But her nieces are beautiful and she loves them deerly and is very, very proud of her now warriored kits Ruststorm, Robinspark, Emberprance(she's particularly fond of Ember's warrior name. It flatters her) and Sun(name to be updated)

Relations
Bullet Guide:

// Slight attraction
// Attraction
// Lust

// Like
// Respected
// Very respected

// Wary
// Cautious
// Avoided

// Uneasy
// Disgust
// Aversion

// Slight crush
// Crush
// Love

// Friend
// Good friend
// Close friend

// Wants to get to know them
// Misses
// Can't bear without

// Relative
// Family
// Joint at the hip

// Adores
// Admires
// Idolizes

// Slightly suspicious
// Very suspicious
// Not trusted

// Annoyed by
// Dislike
// Hate

// Shy
// Nervous
// Discomfort
// Fearful

// Family
// Dead
// Mate
// Ex-Mate
// Fling

//// //
Scorchsky-
I really enjoy spending time with him. He's really funny and he's so incredibly kind. I could just spend moons with him and never get bored. (TLDR; she liiiikes him. She's just clueless on that sort of thing)
I honestly love Scorchsky so very much... He was a great friend that turned to even more in such a short amount of time. None of it felt rushed... I cant wait to have his kits, he just makes me feel so happy.
Oh Scorchsky... I wonder where you went.. I miss you so much. It's a little tough looking down at those little faces of our kits and seeing so much of you in them. Especially Rustkit.. You would of loved him, he's such a fireball and he looks almost just like you. I hope to see you again one day.

Ruststorm
//// //
You look so much like your father and yet.. You are so grouchy! And you have my tail~! It's really funny sometimes to see you try and act all big and bad when you are still so very tiny. I don't know where you fit all that attitude. But you're sweet in your own way, don't think I don't see you sliding Sunkit that bigger mouse or glaring at the apprentices who tease your sisters.

I am very proud of you, son. You've braved so many challenges put on you and though you're still so teeny tiny, you're a warrior now and I know that you'll be amazing every day.

Sunkit
//// //
My little ball of sunshine. You are the absolute sweetest little thing I've ever met and I love you more and more each time you open your little mouth. I know you get scared sometimes and that is what you have your sisters, brother and me for. If you ever need anything, baby. Just let me know and I'll always have a tail for you to hide in whenever you need it.

Robinkit
//// //
My strong little warrior, you are definitely a smart one and nothing ever fazes you. You could walk straight into a fox den without fear and offer grooming habits, hahaha!! Okay, please never do that. Never, never, never! No foxes, stay away! But yeah... You have an amazing brain in you and I can't wait to see the kind of cat you grow up to be. You remind me a lot of my sister Sagepetal.. Maybe you two would get along. Hm. I wonder.

Now I am convinced that you would walk into a foxes den but I swear you could take one down on your own, you're so big and strong. You've grown up to be so beautiful and I can't wait to see how Warriorhood treats you.

Emberkit
//// //
You are so much like me, it's so funny to just sit back and let you chatter on like a mockingbird. You never run out of things to say and always know just what to say to bring a smile to my face when I am feeling sad. But you have your grandma's habit of cleaning any and every cat that has just a hair out of place. I should introduce you to her soon. You'd like her. Just don't take any tips from her! I lose enough fur as it is my little curly tailed chatterbird.

You're still my little chatterbird, I don't care if you're a warrior now! But you need to stop poking your nose into other clans and pestering poor warriors! I really don't understand how you, Robinspark and Ruststorm are so rambunctious but it keeps life interesting! Just stay safe.

Honeywing -
//
Honeywing has been amazing at keeping me dis-stressed and calming my fears about having kits. Shes just so sweet and gentle and her kits are so adorable. She's just a great friend.

||||||
Grasstuft- My older brother, He's really quiet and shy, but I couldn't love him more! He's absolutely precious, trying to hide behind Sagepetal even though we're all warriors now! hahah!
||||||
Sagepetal - My sister! She's a bit boring sometimes, she's too calm and serious sometimes but that doesn't keep us from spending time together as often as we can with Grasstuft. i only find her annoying when she constantly teases me. Gosh, older sisters are the worst haha!

I stand by the notion that older sisters are the worst! But you've gotten more tolerable as we've gotten older and I guess you're cool sometimes. Congratulations on your daughters, Beekit and Sunnykit are precious and I totally forgive you for stealing my kit name. Oh, of course it wasn't intentional! Suuuure, tell yourself that, dear <3

||||||
Hazelberry- Ahh, my mother. Such a sweet she-cat, though she'd still insistent on grooming me every time she catches me, I know she couldn't be happier to see me as a warrior now!
||||||
Oakface- Father! He's so kind and even now he's trying to train me how to hunt 'properly' though now that I'm a warrior. He's just like mother, not wanting me to grow up but he is a bit more willing.

*Romanticism

*Orientation: Bi-romantic

*Status: on the hunt for fluffy butt

*Attractions:
Current: none
Past: Scorchsky

*Prefers: pretty fur, patience yet energy, some cat who can make her smile

*Disprefers: being 'boring' nasty hearted, short tempers, anyone who doesn't like her kits.

RP Method;
✔ ||Notes
✔ ||Comments
✔ ||Skype
✘||Chatrooms

RP Form;
✔ ||Paragraph
✘ ||Text (1-2 sentences)
✘ ||First Person
✔ ||Third Person

RP Rating;
✔ ||G/PG
✔ ||PG + 13
✔ l ||M (notes only!)