{ Twigbounce } [04/08/16]

Name & Meaning
{Twigkit, Twigpaw, Twigbounce}
Twig - For her small stature and brown pelt
Bounce - For her exceptional agility

Nicknames
None at the moment

Sex & Gender
Female - She/Her pronouns

Age
22 Moons - Ages 1 moon every Friday, Born during the daytime in Newleaf

Clan & Rank
CragClan - Warrior

Desired Clan & Rank
CragClan - Warrior

Religious Beliefs
Believes in both StarClan and the Dark Forest

Voice
Peggy Schuyler - Played by Jasmine Cephas Jones in "Hamilton"

Themes
Main Theme - Gusty Garden Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy OST)

Preset
I actually haven't downloaded it yet. - Made by AstralSkies

Physical Description
Twigbounce is a small, short-pelted brown tabby. Her body is lithe and muscular, with a lot of flexibility. She has small paws and long claws, along with paw pads roughened by the terrain she often climbs over. The CragClan warrior has a relatively average muzzle with small teeth and a dark nose. Her ears are somewhat small and dully pointed. She has an average-length tail and longer legs than most cats her size.

Her pelt is a dull brown colour with a lighter underside, covered mostly by somewhat bold, dark stripes. No scars adorn her pelt quite yet. Twigbounce's eyes are a light yellow with a slightly milky tint to them. They're relatively big for her face, and very expressive.

Twigbounce does not have any physical disabilities or impairments.

Fighting Skill
✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧
Despite her excellent ability to dodge, landing a hit is a slight difficulty for Twigbounce. As she is so small, her hits are often weaker than she would like. Her size also works as an advantage, and she can sometimes slip and leap around a larger cat and tire them out rather than doing any serious damage.

Hunting Skill
✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧
Twigbounce makes up for her debatable battle abilities with her growing expertise in hunting. She is fairly good at keeping herself undetected, and very good at pinpointing her target. Her moves are swift and calculated, leaving little room for error. She strives to improve every time she goes out of camp.

Talents
► Climbing - Especially cliffsides and boulders
► Agility - Especially leaping and flexibility
► Stealth - Better in rocky or plant-covered terrain
► Speed - Especially in open terrain

Flaws
► Strength - Her size limits her overall power
► Swimming - She was never trained to swim. She can only rely on instincts in the water

General Personality
Twigbounce is an energetic young warrior with a kind heart and an adventurous soul. Often times she can be found exploring various parts of camp. She is practically attached at the hip to the Warrior Code, and strives to be as loyal as she can from day to day. She tries her best to serve the Clan in as many ways as she can; volunteering for patrols, going out of her way to find extra prey, and offering her assistance to those that need her help.

The CragClan warrior is light-hearted most of the time, and difficult to anger. However, she is easy to upset, and though she is optimistic, it is embarrassingly simple to make her cry.

She is a very determined feline, however, to the point of being stubborn with her goals. If she has her mind set on something, she will find a way to do it, ever if that means losing sleeps or skipping a meal or two. This is why she spends plenty of time leaping around the boulders around the Clan camp, honing in on her already evident parkour-esque skills.

Twigbounce does not have any mental disorders or disabilities.

Positive Traits
► Friendly
► Optimistic
► Determined
► Loyal
► Slow to Anger

Neutral Traits
► Adventurous
► Energetic
► Observant

Negative Traits
► Stubborn
► Childish
► Easily Upset
► Easily Scared
► Gullible
► Trusts Too Easily

Fears
► Darkness
► Conflict
► Deep Water
► Fire

Offspring
--


Younger Siblings
--

Littermates
Twigbounce was an only child, and was the only child her parents ever had.

Older Siblings
--

Mother
Hawkrunner - NPC, CragClan senior warrior

Father
Ridgewing - NPC, CragClan senior warrior

Aunts & Uncles
Bushsnap - Aunt, mother's side, NPC, CragClan senior warrior
Bouldercrash - Aunt, father's side, NPC, StarClan warrior
Ravenwhisker - Uncle, father's side, NPC, CragClan senior warrior

Grandparents
Rockleap - Grandmother, mother's side, NPC, StarClan member
Beetletongue - Grandfather, mother's side, NPC, StarClan warrior
Thornjaw - Grandmother, father's side, NPC, CragClan elder
Skyheart - Grandfather, father's side, NPC, StarClan warrior

Notable Ancestors
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Romantic Orientation
Biromantic

Sexual Orientation
Bisexual

Most Desired Traits
► Friendly
► Romantic
► Adventurous
► Energetic

Romantic Interests
--

Crushes
--

Mate
--

Believer of True Love
Yes - Twigbounce, in fact, has a rather childish way of viewing love. It's like a fantasy to her.

Interested in Love
Neutral - She is not out looking for love, though she is open to meeting new cats. Realistically, she probably won't be settling down for quite a few seasons.

Mentor
Grassfeather - NPC, female, CragClan elder

Apprentice
Gullpaw - Male, CragClan apprentice

Previous Apprentices
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Teaching Style
Twigbounce would likely be gentle with her apprentice. Her main focus would be teaching the laws and ways of a warrior, then hunting, and fighting as a bottom priority.
Discipline would be dealt by way of volunteer tasks, such as cleaning the elder's den, removing ticks, going on early patrols, or fetching herbs with the medicine cat.

Learning Style
Twigbounce is a hands-on learner, and must normally complete tasks in order to learn how they work. She needs a lot of practice in order to effectively learn new tasks.
When learning things that do not require physical ability, she is a discussion-based learner, often asking questions to figure out what is right and what is wrong.

Before Roleplay
► Twigkit was born on a warm newleaf day to two old, yet proud parents; Hawkrunner and Ridgewing.
► She spent most of her time as a kit running around the nursery with boundless energy, taking any opportunity she could to go outside and explore camp.
► She probably visited the medicine cat's den at least once as a kit.
► She was apprenticed to Grassfeather at the normal age of 6 moons old, and was a dedicated learner, always striving to do her best. She was up to any task her mentor could throw at her; with the exception of battle-training.
► Twigpaw spent plenty of time in the medicine cat's den due to cracked and bleeding paw-pads, at least one sprain and probably a break. This was because she chose to pursue a dangerous habit; climbing. Because of all these visits, she forged a connection with the Clan's medicine cat, Poppygaze.
► After a successful final evaluation, Twigpaw was promoted to warrior at the age of 13 moons, later than she should have been, since she spent quite a bit of her time healing.
► During her first moon as a warrior, Twigbounce had to get medical attention yet again, although it was just a deep cut rather than a sprain or break.


Recorded History
► After being spotted on top of the camp wall by a warrior named Loonheart, she made her way down and engaged in a friendly conversation. He expressed concern for her habit, and they talked about their days, but their chit-chat was cut short by the fact that both of them were exhausted and needed a nap. They went their separate ways.
► Twigbounce approached an apprentice and introduced herself. The apprentice, Hailpaw, responded, though quickly left, leaving her confused.
► Whilst exploring the walls of camp, Twigbounce lost her balance and fell through the "escape route" of the warrior's den, landing in a bush and injuring her paw, though not severely. Hailpaw had heard the commotion and approached her while she was sitting outside of the den. She explained that she was all right. After expressing his desire to leave camp, Twigbounce said she would take him out, but that she needed to rest her paw. She then returned to her nest for a full night's sleep.
► Twigbounce later went on a hunting patrol with Loonheart and Hailpaw, only to have to head home early without them. She had tried to use a rock as a launchpad in order to catch a bird mid-flight, but had forgotten she was supposed to be easy on her paw. Therefore, she hurt it again. It wasn't sprained, but the pain was worse than last time.
► The next day, Twigbounce was sent out along with Brighteyes to find a Hailpaw, who had vanished form camp. Unfortunately, he had strayed into GladeClan territory, and, with Poppygaze's assistance, she retrieved him. He freaked out at Poppygaze whilst they were on GladeClan soil, leading Twigbounce to panic more than she already was, but they returned home safe.
► At 16 moons, Twigbounce was preparing to go to the Gathering whilst a patrol went out to remark the borders. To her horror, the CragClan cats return wounded: Shadestar had lost an eye, Hailpaw's leg was shredded, and another warrior (Pantherclaw), was paralyzed. For the most part, it was the missing eye that left an image in her head, and during the Gathering, she sat alone, quivering and traumatized. As if things couldn't get any worse, Shadestar and Rosestar broke out into an argument at the Gathering, and a storm started. Lightning struck the tree behind the Great Rock, starting a flame. As the fire quickly spread, Twigbounce found herself unable to move, no matter how much she willed her paws to run. It wasn't until Shadestar found her and rammed into her full-force, sending her sprawling, that she snapped back into it. Immediately after, she took off a top-speed towards the camp. When she reached home, she did not slow down, and tripped over another warrior (Leopardclaw), and began to lash around on the ground, unable to stand for long periods of time. She ended up just crouching, shuddering, on the ground, until Leopardclaw poked at her, causing her to lash out. By that point, Poppygaze had wandered over. She placed her paw on Twigbounce's head, preventing her from moving, and as Twigbounce lashed at the she-cat's legs, Poppygaze placed poppy seeds into her mouth. After having taken the medicine, Poppygaze let her up, and Twigbounce backed away, crouching again and staring at the medicine cat until her vision came into focus. She apologized, and cried into Poppygaze's fur, comforted only a bit by her words, and was led to the empty nest beside the spotted medicine cat's, where she fell into a dreamless sleep.
► Twigbounce woke up the the medicine den the next day and gathered the courage to go outside, spotting Shadestar, thanking him and apologizing to him for what had happened. He told her not to blame herself, but that she should also try not the freeze up again. She apologized once more and crept off to where she could be alone. After spending most of the day there, she returned to the warrior's den.
► Twigbounce had left camp with her parents to hunt. During their time alone, she was given words of encouragement. She returned to camp with prey to deposit in the pile before picking out some food for herself and eating whilst thinking over her pep talk.
► On the day she turned 17 moons, Twigbounce volunteered to go on a hunting patrol with fellow warriors Pantherclaw, Loonheart, and Blueflight, as she felt she needed to do something for the Clan - even if it meant possibly running into a GladeClan patrol. Luckily, no patrol was found, and the four cats hunted around a flock of geese. Twigbounce had chased one over a large rock and leaped on it as it was in mid-air. Somehow successful, the two animals crashed to the ground and after a quick tussle, the goose was dead. She lay on the goose for a while to calm down. Afterwards, she carried her kill around a rock and noticed Loonheart was being chased. She tore after the two of them, ignoring the pain in her body and got into a fight with the large bird, being bitten twice; once in the tail, and once in the shoulder, before the goose flew off. Loonheart apologized for not being useful and Twigbounce said not to worry about it. The two then carried her goose back to camp.
► A storm had been getting worse while they were hunting, and after Shadestar announced that the new deputy was Pantherclaw, he ordered that everyone go to their dens. Twigbounce tried to sleep, but could not, and the injured she-cat thought it would be a brilliant idea to rock climb. She scaled the slippery rocks on the camp entrance with difficulty, but she just wanted a view of the lightning. She'd done it before! Just... Not in a storm like this. As the storm worsened, she noticed that the boulders underneath her were unsteady, and as she attempted to get back to the ground, they fell underneath her. The she-cat fell a long way, her fall only broken by the hard rocks that were falling with he. After landing harshly, as one would expect, she was somehow flung over to the other side of the river, where she was already blacked out. She should have died then. All of her legs were broken, and she shattered a shoulder.
► Poppygaze had found her and brought her and Blueflight to GladeClan camp, as CragClan's camp was inaccessible.
► As she healed in the foreign Clan's camp, she spent most of her time asleep.
► Twigbounce woke up one time as Rosestar was in labour. However, she was simply given more poppyseeds and fell back asleep.
► The young warrior returned to her home when she was able to walk that far. Her parents greeted her, relieved to see that she was alright.
► Twigbounce was resting in the CragClan medicine den when Poppygaze returned from a comfrey-gathering trip. Asking if she had what she went out for, she got up and followed Poppygaze to her herb storage and commented on the shortage of poppyseeds, asking if she was the reason behind it. Poppygaze responded with a remark about how she is always the reason for her herb shortages. Twigbounce then began to talk about the war between CragClan and GladeClan, and how she found it was pointless. She was happy to hear Poppygaze thought the same way, and she then suggested gathering those who agreed with them in both Clans and figuring out what to do from there. To her surprise, Poppygaze thought it was a good idea and suggested that she come with her to GladeClan to talk to cats there in a few sunrises. She also told Twigbounce that she believed the young tabby could do whatever she put her mind to. Taken aback, Twigbounce noted that she couldn't do anything without Poppygaze's help. After the medicine cat said she would be there to help, Twigbounce thanked her and returned to her nest to sleep.
► Twigbounce emerged from the medicine cat's den and spotted Loonheart on a rock. She approached him, eager to start collecting like-minded cats for her cause, and engaged in a conversation that slowly turned uncomfortable. She discovered that Loonheart was indeed for the war, and for a reason she couldn't imagine going through; his brother was killed by a GladeClan warrior. After exchanging strange good-byes, Loonheart left to join a border patrol and Twigbounce returned to the medicine den.
► Twigbounce, now fully healed, was tasked with mentoring Gullpaw, but before any training could start, she and her new apprentice attended the next Gathering. As the leader's talked, Twigbounce debated whether or not to propse a peace treaty, as Poppygaze wasn't there to aid her. However, she decided on doing so, and, once the leaders were done their announcements, she asked if she could say something. Once her request was accepted, she stepped forward and nervously suggested the peace treaty. Both Rosestar and Shadestar expressed the possibility of supporting one, and Shadestar offered to take her and Poppygaze to GladeClan later to negotiate. Filled with pride and hope, Twigbounce thanked the two and the Clans headed to their respective homes. However, when CragClan returned, they were faced with rogues and stolen kits. Shadestar thanked the rogues for their service and immediately ordered them to guard the camp entrance so no one left. It turned out that Shadestar had made a deal with the outsiders to steal some of Dewstar's and Rosestar's kits. Poppygaze pulled Twigbounce to the side, and it turned out they were both thinking the same thing - they had to tell the other Clans. As the camp entrance was guarded, Twigbounce led Poppygaze into the warrior's den, where she knew a way out through the ceiling. The two climbed through the camp wall and got to the other side, where they finalized the plan. Twigbounce was to run to GladeClan, and Poppygaze was to run to WarrenClan. Then, they would meet up at the Gathering place and decide what to do from there. The two set off and break-neck speeds, and Twigbounce arrived in GladeClan camp as a panicked mess of fur. After explaining the situation, Rosestar called her warriors and the group headed to the Gathering place. They were there for a bit before Poppygaze arrived with WarrenClan, and the most important felines sat down and discussed a plan. They decided that they would barge into the camp's entrance, while Twigbounce took a few warriors through the hidden entrance to be closer to the kits. The plan was carried out, and the two groups became one again in CragClan camp. Unfortunately, Maplekit had already died, and Shadestar, in an attempt to hold them back, accidentally snapped Fawnkit's back, killing them. Rosestar and Dewstar lunged forth to attack Shadestar, and Twigbounce had to sheild her eyes and flatten her ears, pressing her face against Poppygaze's shoulder to drown out the sound of Shadestar being killed. Poppygaze eventually guided Twigbounce out of camp and into the forest, where they sat, Twigbounce leaning on her best friend. She asked what would happen next, and they discussed Shadestar, eventually coming to the conclusion that he needed to be kicked out. The two returned to camp once no one was dying anymore, and Twigbounce returned to the medicine cat's den after hearing about what happened. That night, she had a little bit of seperation anxiety from being away from Poppygaze. She had spent so long in the medicine cat's den that she had grown used to her company.
(The following may not be entirely correct or in order. I had a busy week and was not able to get online).
► Twigbounce was ordered by Brighteyes to have one apprentice and one warrior guarding Shade's prison before she ran off. Spotting Patchfur over there, she decided to join her as the "apprentice", thinking that she was small enough to fit the bill. It turns out the two she-cats were around the same height, and they engaged in a simple conversation until Pantherclaw walked over. She thanked Twigbounce for helping out with the peace situation, and then talked mostly with Patchfur. Twigbounce occasionally looked into Shade's prison/den after watching the Clan's permanent queen exit from an argument with him.
► Twigbounce approached her apprentice and a few others with a plan to go out for a group training session. However, the idea did not go through.
► Twigbounce attended a small patrol with Brighteyes/star and Grizzlypaw, watching and aiding the large she-cat in teaching her apprentice a proper crouch. Afterwards she and Grizzlypaw hunted on their own, with Twig managing two small catches and Grizzlypaw catching one.
► Twigbounce attended a Gathering and sat next to Batwatcher, a WarrenClan tom. He was kind, though he did joke about her size. Pathfur joined them but their conversation was cut short when the leaders began to speak. The young warrior then found out about Rosethorn's stepping down, which calmed her a bit as she was afraid the she-cat had died or been hurt.
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► The night before the scheduled Gathering, Twigbounce was visited in a dream by Rookstar and Minkchaser.
"The earth will split while four will come to call. (I forget the rest oops)."
Twigbounce woke up before she could ask any questions and was left confused. She debated speaking with Poppygaze about it, but decided on keeping it to herself for at least a day.