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Description
|| General ||
[Shining- : for his "shining" golden pelt]
[-arbor : Definitely not so his name can be a pun. Definitely because there's so many trees. He loves trees. He lives in LEAFclan.]
Description: If his golden fur doesn't cat your gaze then his broad smile probably will. He always seems to be in a chipper mood! There's a bounce in his pawsteps that ruffles up his medium length fur and a happy glimmer in his big, green eyes.
|| Personal ||
Sexual Orientation: Demisexual Panromantic
Physical/Personality Preferences in a Significant Other:
Physical:
-HE THINKS EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL
Personality: (Things he likes or needs in a partner)
-Shiningarbor is drawn to similarly helpful cats!
-His ever bleeding heart also can't help but make him reach out to cats he thinks are sad or lonely.
-An ideal partner for Shiningarbor would probably be someone that's caring but world weary. Keep his soft, easily fooled heart safe.
+Positive -Negative +/-Neutral
+ Altruistic +
He just wants to hug every cat but that's crazy. He can't hug every cat. But he just wants to? On a less meme-y note, he truly does care about others a great deal. This tom will go out of his way to help strangers. He wants to be the knight in shining armor to everyone he meets!
+ Upbeat +
It's like... when you see him walking around you can almost here "I'm Walking on Sunshine" every time. He always seems to be so happy! There really is a bounce to his steps 24/7 and it's rare to see him act otherwise. The harshest of situations are met with positive, optimistic words and silver lined clouds. "It might be raining today but think of how green and pretty the trees will be tomorrow!"
+ Hardy +
Shiningarbor is a hard cat to put down, physically and emotionally. He has survived a lot of heartbreak and physical hardship and he's a much tougher cat than you'd think. Even if he is sad for a time, he will find some way to make himself feel better.
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- Ditzy -
To be completely honest, Shining can be a bit of a space case. He's easily distracted and his mind, as well as his paws, tend to wander even at the worst times. He sees a butterfly? He spends 20 minutes getting distracted by imaging what it would be like to fly.
- Indiscreet -
He is... not a cat you should tell secrets to. It's not because he purposefully spills the beans or tends to gossip- he is just Very Bad at not telling the truth. The same goes for how he's feeling. If he's really happy about something he'll shout it from the tree tops! His affections are like-wise boisterous and obvious.
- Clingy -
Shiningarbor cherishes his friends and loved ones more than anything and he's not shy about showing it. He always wants to be around them! Sometimes too close! Affectionate touches and warm words come easy to him aaaaand can get a lil out of control. Shining will do his best to respect the wishes of those close to him if they ask for some space but it's easy for him to forget and go back to his clingy ways.
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+/- Forgiving -\+
There's no "three strikes and you're out" for Shiningarbor. He's easy to manipulate given his strong belief that any and all cats have redeemable qualities. He could be fooled again and again by ill-meaning cats and still let them back in if they apologize, regardless of whether or not they are sincere.
+/- Thick-skinned (or maybe just dense) - \+
In general, he doesn't take things to heart and it makes him pretty slow accept reality. He takes Actual Insults and social ques that mean "I don't like you" as playful quips and it takes him longer than it should to get with the program and leave certain people alone.
+/- Emotional/Empathetic -\+
He is... Very weepy at the best of times. Happy? He cries. Sad? He cries. It can make him an uncomfortable tom to be around for people that aren't used to his "full eyes".
Kithood:
There was once a beautiful she-cat named Suzy. She was kind hearted, and despite being blind she was able to fend for herself fairly well. Then, one day while wandering a little too close to Cliffclan's territory, her paws slipped and she took a bad tumble down a rocky slope. A warrior named Hawkwatcher heard her pained cry and found her with a broken forelimb. He helped her off their territory, found her a safe place to rest, and left here there. Flash-forward one day later and he went crawling back to her, prey in tow. He couldn't take her back to his clan. He couldn't let her starve either. So, each day he would bring her food and water. Each day the two would talk. Each day they grew closer. As fate would have it, they fell in love and soon Suzy was with kits- or kit rather. She had one little kit that could have passed for her double, a tom she named "Sunshine" for his happy disposition. Hawkwatcher is... an emotionally distant father. He hadn't planned on siring kits to this rogue but he still takes responsibility for them and keeps both mother and child fed.. For a time at least.
Then, one day when Sunshine was about four moons old, he stopped coming. Hunger eventually forced Suzy out of her next and back into the hunt. She taught her son as she went. However, blind and with only three working legs, pickings were slim. She gave every scrap she was about to scrounge up to him but eventually starvation left her too weak to hunt. So Sunshine promised to take care of her! Suzy smiled and nodded and wept when he ran off to find food. His success were the result of luck for the most part. Each time he came home with a meager meal he would offer it to his mother! Only to be turned down. Suzy would smile sweetly and insist he should have it... and he was too hungry to say no. The occasions that she did accept... ended up not being quite enough. She grew thinner and thinner until one day he woke to her feeling cold and still. She'd passed away in the night. Sunshine couldn't bring himself to leave her though. He stayed at her side until scavengers were drawn in by the smell of a dead feline. He was six moons old.
For the next four moons he just did his best to survive. He hunted where-ever he could find food and slowly his path took him to Brambleclan territory. He was promptly run off! Leafclan patrols found him hungry and wounded just within their borders. He was now about 9 moons old and nearly an adult but his malnourished body was so skinny that they took pity on him and healed him up. For the first week he was fairly quiet but as he got his strength back his voice returned as well! The medicine cat and their new apprentice, Rowanpaw, could not gethim to quiet down after that.
Apprenticeship:
At ten moons old, one moon after he arrived, Sunshine was renamed Shiningpaw! The new apprentice was given Thorndapple, a fairly young warrior, as a mentor. As far as hunting went he didn't need much help, he had the basics down. Sparring and battling came with a great deal more struggle. Shiningpaw was pretty pacifistic as it was and didn't like the idea of having to hurt anyone. The lessons did lead to one good thing though. The medicine cat apprentice, Rowanpaw, did want to learn some sparring. Likewise, Shiningpaw was quite interested in medicine. This lead to them meeting daily and setting up time in their schedules to teach each other the skills they desired. The chipper tom also used this time to wiggle his way through her armor. It wasn't easy and it wasn't fast. It started small. At first their conversations were one-sided but eventually Rowanpaw started to talk back to him. One or two words turned to fully fleshed out conversations. As his apprenticeship started to draw to a close she distanced herself from him. Their words grew fewer and fewer until the tension between them snapped and she tried to drive him off for good. And Failed. Shiningpaw knew how scary it was to be alone and how scary it was to have someone to lose. He understood why she would rather not have to live with that fear but still refused to leave her.
Warriorhood:
His apprenticeship only lasted four moons given his age, experience, and the hard work he put into training. He was given the warrior name Shiningarbor! To celebrate he dragged Rowanpaw off to chase fireflies! Regardless of how childish that seemed. The next twenty or so moons were uneventful. He stood by Rowanshade through the death of her parents and did his best to cover for her when she wasn't feeling up to her medicine cat duties.
Mother: Suzy
Father: Hawkwatcher
Siblings: N/A
Mate: N/A
Kits: N/A
+ Likes/ - Dislikes
+Spending time with Rowanshade
+Validating Rowanshade
+Making sure Rowanshade knows how wonderful she is
-Rowanshade not feeling Valid In This Chillis
-people not EATING THE FOOD HE OFFERS THEM.
Fun Facts
-He looks handsome in his app art but 99.9% of the time his fur is full of burrs and twigs.
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hello! if you would like to continue with the-long-dark upon reopening tomorrow, please resubmit your application! <3
also, high ranks are still open so feel free to try out!
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due to failure in participating in the seasonal activity check, shiningarbor is now listed as MISSING, and cannot be drawn, roleplayed, or engaged with in the group until he has recovered.
to recover, simply submit an activity check before january 1st - otherwise, he will be listed as DECEASED, something that he cannot recover from !
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