[harvestberry]

Username + ID: harvestberry 1022572
Coat Description: lilac marbled lynx mink point with low white
Edit(s): [NR] Accessories, Expression, [C] Sclera Color, Whiskers, Ear Placement, Min Fur Edits, [UC] Unnatural Eye Color
Any Additional Information:

Now and then, a figure with a marbled coat and 3 baskets full of various items can be seen slinking through the undergrowth, looking around frantically like prey before sitting at a clan’s border, striking up the potential for business with any cat who is unfortunate enough to pass. You just happened to be that unfortunate cat.

“Oh, Oh! You there! Hi! Hello! C’mere, c’mere! I’m not gonna hurt you, I promise! My name’s Clematis, and I’m here to give you all of your essentials! Apart from prey, of course.. heh. Here, look, do you want to make a trade?? I have herbs, nest and den building materials, and items from twolegs! Most of it is just… rubbish to fill the basket, but.. look! Look at this flat shiny stone circle! I call it a ‘coin.’ It would make an amazing gift for your special someone!”

The molly’s eyes are lit up brighter than this “coin” object, and you almost don’t have the heart to decline. Cautiously, you ask about the price.

“All I need as payment is prey, yep! And just this once as a special discount, if you let me sleep riiiiiight outside your territory tonight without chasing me off at the crack of dawn, I’ll give you a special deal: get two items for the price of one piece of prey! I’m not very good at hunting, and it’s pretty difficult to find a place to settle down for the night during these times.”

You hear the leader of the patrol calling you from up ahead, and you heed their call, slowly moving away.

“Hey, wait! Don’t go! Look, I have this weird twoleg object, it’s a big rusted over red cylind- awh, man. Maybe the next one. Yeah! They’ll buy something!”

Clematis has never been good at much other than collecting. She was born a loner, and no clans have taken her since she can’t hunt and doesn’t know what most of her herbs do. But, she is daring; her real seller is the twoleg items, which she bravely ventures into human society for (and by “human society” I mean, of course, abandoned towns) and sells for a higher price. Some of her items, such as the cola can she’s been trying to sell for weeks, are just smaller replicas she found in a grocery store, but her buyers won’t know the difference if they’ve never seen the real deal! The first few trips, she was so successful she had to scavenge some baskets from a building and work them into her carry-on getup. Each basket has a purpose: one for herbs, one for twoleg items, one for den materials, and one as a “cash register.” She’s still finding her place around clans, but she seems content as a slightly-sleazy buisnesscat, striking gradually more overpriced deals for her bestsellers and slipping the payment away.


To summarize a purpose outside breeding: Clematis’s store would be similar to Mousespeck’s Swaps, except you can pick exactly the herb you want for a slightly higher price. In-season herbs will be much cheaper than out-of season, and will go for 2 FP, while Out of season herbs will go for 3 FP. Clematis would not accept stardust. She could also be a low-chance encounter in explore, offering discounts on select materials (and perhaps sometimes even giving out-of-season herbs for free because they’re “too dry to sell”) This is all hypothetical of course!

[riverotter]

SHE'S..!!! i love her

[Swishy & Broken]

Ough I can't get over the personality in this design, and the way you wrote about her is beautiful!
I'm so sad we DON'T already have such an iconic character, tbh! :sob:

[SolarSonnet]

i would part with all of my earthly possessions if she wandered up to me with that basket.

[harvestberry]

putting them up for claims!!

[riverotter]

I'LL TAKE THEM!!

[harvestberry]

I'LL TAKE THEM!!

You’ve been added!

[Infinitygalixy]

Could I perhaps claim this vintage Harvestberry :)

[harvestberry]

Could I perhaps claim this vintage Harvestberry :)

you can indeed!