Username: Kazin
Cat Name: Tigerpaw / Tigerstrike
Gender: demiboy/genderfluid [he/they]
Rank: Apprentice
Clan: TreeClan
Age: 6 moons as apprentice / 12 moons as adult
Kitty trying out for: #803
Prompt:
"The most exciting day of my life, huh?" Tigerpaw grins widely, his eyes lighting up with mischief. "It was a day that got me into the most trouble, but also where I found my calling!
"So I was alone, and I liked it that way... at least I thought I did. I was sure I was strong, brave, and able to be on my own. I was a little naive though, because I really wasn't ready. But I was too far away and too lost to even attempt to find where my family had gone, and we didn't really get along anyway. So I was traveling, wandering, and found myself in a forest. I thought the forest was empty of other cats, and thought it would make the perfect hunting grounds for myself! ... only I didn't know how to hunt.
"I tried from dawn to dusk, day after day, until I was finally rewarded with a sparrow!" Tigerpaw's claws were kneading the ground in front of them as they remembered the feeling of catching his first prey. "I purred in excitement, ready to dig in, until another voice broke into the air."
"You're stealing TreeClan prey," they had growled. I was so caught off guard that I dropped the sparrow, whirled around, and came face to face with a cat smaller than me! I don't even think I moved, just tilted my head curiously. What was a cat the same age as me doing around here?
"And then, when we both realized we weren't going to fight each other, they let me eat the sparrow, and even shared a bite, and told me about their family, their clan, and the ways of the forest! Not only did I catch my first prey on my own that day, but I found my first friends, found a place to call home, and got to meet so many great cats! I'll never forget that day and the joy and excitement it brought me. Not ever."
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Username: Kazin
Cat Name: Frostflower
Gender: tom, amab
Rank: Warrior
Clan: TreeClan
Age: 2 years
Kitty trying out for: #3710
Prompt: It was no secret that Goosewing loved the snow, and loved their snowman building every chance he could get. Goosewing was rather known for the snowmen he would litter around the forest, using sticks, stones, and whatever else he could find in the snow for the eyes, nose, and accessories - even finding a carrot left behind by some random deer, or human, or something else a few times.
Most of the other would shake their heads in amusement and ignore the snowmen, even when the eyes fell out or when the snow become a little lopsided. But Frostflower always had another goal in mind - showing how much he cared and appreciated the little snowmen that Goosewing would leave around the forest.
Frostflower started fixing the snowmen on his daily walks in the snow. He would find new eye stones, or find sticks to replace eaten carrots, or even work on scraping some moss together to give a snowman a hat. He would watch from a distance as Goosewing would come to look at their snowmen, and be delighted at what it found. Frostflower made it part of a daily routine every single snowfall, to help Goosewing keep the magic of the snowmen alive, and as time grew on, started coming out with Goosewing - no matter if he felt too cold or the wind was blowing too hard - to show that he loved and appreciated Goosewing's hobby.