Skunkkit

A mostly black tom kit with three small white patches and bright blue eyes

A mostly black tom kit, with three small white patches. One on his chest, one on his left back foot between the middle toes, and one on his navel area. He is robust for his age, promising to be a muscular tom when he is grown. His eyes are baby blue, for now, but will turn into a clearer blue as he ages.

Skunkkit is still quite young and still developing his personality.

So far the little tom has proven to be gentle and loving with a strong sense of curiosity. He’s keen and eager, rarely disheartened by his own current short-comings. He is already developing a clear moral compass as well as views on how he should behave. So far this means he tries to act tough, but fair.

In the future, he may develop into a brave but thoughtful tom who takes his time and enjoys the world around him. He may not become the most sociable cat in the clan, but he will enjoy conversation and form deep bonds with a few cats. Fierce when needed, Skunkkit will also be fair and kind-hearted with a strong love for his family first, and clan second. Responsible and respectful, he will not be one to complain when things don’t go his way, quietly accepting what is and making the best of life. Skunkkit may one day be described as sturdy as an oak; reliable and calm.

• Born in the Moon of Cheetah's Flight (2021) 150

Kithood [Birth to Present]

Skunkkit was born to the clan elders, Orchidflame and Bravesong of Thunderclan, alongside his brother Weaselkit. The young tom is eager and enthusiastic, happily chasing after whatever takes his interest. During his first outing from the Nursery he met his adoptive older sister, Coyotebloom and instantly loved and trusted her, following her around as she showed him and his brother parts of the camp. His sister took him and his brother to the fresh kill pile, where she showed them a limp mouse. Upon touching it and feeling the unusual texture of its fur (in comparison to his parents) and the squishiness of it, Skunkkit decided that he didn’t like the idea of eating mice.

It was also within that first moon of life that Skunkkit met Skyblossom. He found her strange, odd. She claimed to find flowers pretty, but weirder than that, she tried to teach him and his brother how to weave them into their fur. It all came across as dumb to the young tom, but he tried not to speak that aloud as he mauled one of the flowers, lest his brother think he was calling <i>him</i> dumb!

Skyclan’s invasion into Thunderclan’s camp was quite traumatic for Skunkkit but not in the way many might think. At about one moon of age, he didn’t understand death. As such, the loss of his clanmates, and later seeing their bodies when the remainder of the clan had relocated, confused him more than anything. Even a moon later, he struggles to understand the concept of death or why he no longer sees certain cats around. What really shook Skunkkit, was the devastation of seeing his clan flee when all the stories said Thunderclan was so strong that they always won. The little tom couldn’t understand why he no longer got to sleep in his nice warm moss bed in the Nursery, nor why his clan hadn’t chased the intruders out. He might not understand it, but a fear that his clan has lost their identity has settled in Skunkkit’s heart, and the young tom now strives to model the great warriors of the stories, if only to prove that idea false.

• Curled in Silk (5CF'21)
• Flowers and Fun (25CF'21)
• Help! Spiders! (12SC'21)
• Home Bittersweet Home (8SC'21)
• Home is Where the Heart is (12TL'21)
• Shade and Sparks (CF'21)
• They Come (8SC'21)

Sister by Adoption: Coyotebloom

Kitten 1’s pelt type is shorthaired. (Ll, RR, ReRe, lplp, whwh, LyLy)
They are a black tom with low white. (XoY, Bbl, Dd, dmdm, aa, Mcmc, SpSp, tata, bmbm, ii, wbwb, EE, ShSh, Ccs, kk, Wsw)
They have no non-pelt body mods. (acac, sfsf, JbJb, mm, RtRt, mkmk, pdpd)

Born on Day 4 of Cheetah’s Flight (2021)

Fun Fact: Skunkkit does NOT like to eat mice or even carry them. He will do it for the sake of his clan, but he is much happier eating and hunting birds.