Post by banana on May 21, 2016 22:09:12 GMT -6
cuckoopoppy
MALE
67 moons
MEDICINE CAT
SHADOWCLAN
DEMIsexual
CHAOTIC GOOD
stR 020
sPD 010
AGY 010
RFX 010
END 020
VIT 020
RES 010
WIP 030
INT 020
WIS 030
PER 070
total stats
250
total pen
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ONTHE OUTSIDE
CUCKOO |► BRIEF,
he's similar to the blue-grey bird
A flat faced blue tom with yellow eyes
► APPEARANCE,
Cuckoopoppy is as unappealing and visually unorthodox as his long and awkward name suggests. He's got a super flat face that really just looks like someone poked his nose in. His forehead is perpetually grumpy, making his eyes look annoyed and depressed at the same time. They also bug out a bit. His tongue likes to poke out, all the time, just cause. The tom is a little on the heavy side too. His belly sags and his cheeks are round like a squirrel's. He's got huge paws but in contrast his tail seems weirdly short. Not bobbed, not cut or broken, just awkwardly shorter than usual. He may not be one sexy beast but he's definitely got his own brand of style.
There's no silk hairs or cascading layers of well-groomed fur on this cat. His pelt pricks up with long, sporadic guard hairs always on edge. The look is spiky and rough, and definitely doesn't scream "PET ME." It's hard for him to clean so he ends up with random patches of pelt that haven't been groomed in ages. Things are always sticking to the tough hairs too, and herbs can often be seen sticking to his butt. His fur color is a blue-grey, and his eyes are yellow.
Cuckoopoppy walks with a slight hobble. He's not injured, and he's not in pain. He just hobbles a little, particularly when he runs. It doesn't slow him down too much, really it just looks awkward. He's also a bit of a bumbler. He'll get distracted and run into things, or overestimate how far a distance is to run.
He's got a nick in one ear and a few scattered scars over the rest of his pelt. Sometimes he injured himself, or some are from battles he's been in where when helping others he got accidentally attacked. His left eye is growing cloudy and his eyesight in general is getting bad, making him worry about getting an apprentice soon.
ONTHE INSIDE
POPPY |► TRAITS,
like the seed he's great at calming cats and offering mental health solutions along with physical.
+ Compassionate
+ Empathetic
+ Devoted
+ Driven
+ Genuine
= Impressionable
= Obsessive
= Fanatical
= Unceremonious
= Unpredictable
- Neurotic
- Bizarre
- Brittle
- Erratic
- Disorderly
► PERSONALITY,
Healing of the soul is just as important as healing of the body. Cuckoopoppy might not be too soothing to look at, but his heart is brimming with love for his clanmates. It allows him to help resolve their troubles and to relate to whatever concerns them. No matter how small the issue is, from a tiny stomach ache or a gnat bite, he'll do whatever he can to help his patients. He's utterly devoted to his clan and his calling as well. This means he'll go way out of his way to find an herb for someone, or to attempt to discover a better cure. Nothing could get between him and his job as healer.
Cuckoopoppy is too kind, if anything. While he's not totally gullible he can and will easily believe that someone is suffering or in pain. He believes in the good of everyone, even when proven wrong. Unfortunately he also is a bit out there with some of his medical practices. He doesn't like to take the road well traveled and will often give patients odd concoctions of possible cures rather than a direct remedy. Sometimes his diagnosis will be far more extreme than necessary leading him to give cats too many herbs for a simple ailment. And while he's loyal to StarClan above all else he does see tradition as a cut and dry rule. He'll step right over it when it suits his patients while praying to the ancestors for forgiveness in his own way. This makes him pretty hard to get a grasp of, and most cats can't get a single foot-hold in his head.
His erratic behavior doesn't stop there, though. When it comes to StarClan signs Cuckoopoppy sees them all, and in everything. 99% of the time it's all a load of hooey, but he's convinced that each and every thing represents a truth. This can lead to fanatical behavior and drastic attempts to alter the life of his clanmates. And watch out if he thinks you're cursed! This happy tom will go out of his way to get rid of anything that threatens the clan. He might not even be above a few drops of poison... but no one's pushed him that far yet. One thing's for sure, the older he gets the more outlandish and crazy his justifications are. But beneath it all this is still a sensitive, loving tom who breaks easily under insult or doubt. He doesn't want to be a loner, and so he takes every criticism to the extreme.
THEFAMILY
MOTHER // Roachface (deceased)
FATHER // Browncrow (deceased)
LITTERMATE // Jaypaw (deceased)
LITTERMATE // Falconpaw (deceased)
LITTERMATE // Eaglefrost
MENTOR // Mallowcloud (deceased)
MENTOR MEDDY // Loonroot (deceased)
AHISTORY
Cuckookit was born alongside three other kits in the ShadowClan nursery. His mother, Roachface, was a beautiful solid blue she-cat with high standards and a dream to become leader. But when she fell in love with the stoic Browncrow and kits came into the picture she feared it would be the end of her dreaming.
The four littermates were all named after birds to symbolize their mother's high wishes, and their early kithood was spent in health and Greenleaf warmth. It was simpler times then, and the four clans lived in peace during the abundant summer.
From a young age Cuckookit was often picked on. He snorted when he drank milk, wheezed and stumbled when he ran, and couldn't seem to keep up with his littermates. Some of the older kits would tease him for being different, and an old she-cat even declared that the kitten was cursed by StarClan. But the gentle, happy kit did his best to ignore it all and just enjoy what he could.
The current medicine cat had had her eye on the litter. She knew she was coming to the peak of her life, and she wanted a companion to train and to aid her. Little Falconkit had quickly grabbed her attention. She was spunky, able-bodied, swift, and cunning. Her nose was always on the herbs and she would often help her flat-faced brother whenever his breathing got too intense. Roachface and Browncrow were approached with the idea and the two quickly accepted when their daughter happily agreed.
Cuckoopaw was apprenticed to a slow, white-pelted and heavy-bellied senior warrior named Mallowcloud. The big, white tom had difficulty hunting in the dark marsh, but he had developed a set of techniques to help himself succeed non-the-less. That kind of thinking was precisely what the leader wanted to impart upon Cuckoopaw. The two were quick friends.
Behind in his training, Cuckoopaw often watched his sisters with adoration. Jaypaw, Eaglepaw, and Falconpaw progressed quickly and easily (despite eagle also having a flat face). They teased him in tern, although Falconpaw was always there to comfort and assure him. He was there for them when they fell, or cried, and despite their differences the group stayed close.
That is, until one fateful assessment. Wanting to check on the status of all apprentices, the leader had instructed the mentors to send them all on separate hunting tasks while the deputy and themselves watched from the shadows. Falconpaw, at Loonroot's own demand, had been included in this as well. She wanted her apprentice to be just as skilled as a hunter for it was her belief that a medicine cat needed a rounded education.
But Falconpaw and Jaypaw would stray too close to the Carrionplace, despite being warned. Rats swarmed the girls and both were later found dead. The family was crushed, and the clan mourned their medicine apprentice.
Eaglepaw and Cuckoopaw grew distant after the accident, although they had never been the closest. She graduated early, earning a name suiting her driven and focused demeanor. He lagged behind, taking his time to get over the loss and to learn what he needed to survive.
But he found himself drawn more and more to the medicine cat den, thoughts often going to Falconpaw. She frolicked in his dreams and whispered on breeze. Her presence became so strong that he started to wonder if, perhaps, she really was with him still. He'd always believed in StarClan's many powers and believed heavily in the mystical.
After a particularly tough border patrol, where Eaglefrost had gotten into a scrap with some loners, she was hauled back into camp and was struggling to catch her breath. Her flat face already made it difficult to breath and the exhaustion had pushed her beyond her limits after days of overdoing it. Cuckoopaw had quickly run to her side and was accompanied by the medicine cat. As Eaglefrost's breathing grew more labored with panic fear began to cloud Loonroot's eyes. But to her amazement Cuckoopaw's soothing demeanor and voice was able to calm his sister down enough for her to swallow some herbs without risk of chocking. As he turned to thank the medicine cat a falcon's cry split the air. She began to think, and think hard.
That week she dreamed of falcon feathers, and couldn't get the picture of the smiling tom out of her head. She watched him carefully, noticing how despite his struggles he seemed to be in tune with every cat around him, and he responded well to their needs. Finally, after consulting his mentor and the leader, she approached him and asked if he'd like to learn how to heal. The prospect of helping his clanmates was enough to convince to join.
His training with her was tough, but through it she was convinced he was the right match. During his first visit to the moonstone he met with his sisters, and they assured him of his path. In the following moons he would accurately read a sign from StarClan hinting towards a terrible rainfall and flooding. Loonroot had taken it for granted, thinking it nothing more than his imagination. But when the storm came to pass she wondered if he had a gift for prophecies.
Eventually he gained his full name as Cuckoopoppy and worked besides his mentor for many moons. The older he got the more eccentric he became, although at first it was in small ways. Loonroot died due to a rotten tooth preventing her from eating. He became paranoid of illness and saw signs of devastation in every single little thing, thinking he should have foreseen her illness. He became known for being a little bit "out there."
When ThunderClan was overrun and then RiverClan and this strange group of cats appeared his paranoia became worse. His eyesight is degrading and he's keeping an eye on litters in fear that he'll loose his sight all together.
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OOC USERNAME // Banana
TIME ZONE // est
OTHER CHARACTERS // clovertail <333
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