Poppy the Magpie

Poppy the Magpie is a tiny, dull black and white splotched magpie with forest-green accents painted on by her owner, Magpiepaw, to identify her as a pet rather than prey.
Poppy the Magpie was first discovered by Magpiepaw after the latter was returning from Estival Valley with her kin. Lavendersnow, Sunlit Prairies' Nurse, killed the mother of the magpie in question just before Poppy herself was discovered, having fallen out of her nest. Magpiepaw then decides to look after and care for the small bird despite the protest her sisters provided. She will go on to be tamed by Magpiepaw, and even imprint on her somewhat, growing into a protective force for the molly as well as a companion to her.
== Kinship ==
Owner: Magpiepaw
Allies: Lavendersnow, Magpiepaw
Rivals: Carrionsaunter
Kin: Confirmed deceased, only surviving parent was killed by Lavendersnow.
== Personality ==
Poppy is commonly described to be “sassy” and “protective”, which holds true, “protective” more so than “sassy”. Poppy is incredibly protective of Magpiepaw and intelligent enough to tell between friend and foe based on body language and expressions. She’s capable of mimicking the speech/sounds of animals around her, including cats and can be observed mimicking and repeating Magpiepaw’s words or words of cats it happens to be around in the moment. Poppy tends to pick up new skills quickly, harvesting delicate herbs for the medicine cats and nurse, etc. Otherwise, she’s described as aggressive or calm depending on the cat in question. Poppy being aggressive to cats they perceive as a ‘threat’ to Magpiepaw and tolerant of cats that show tolerant or kind behavior toward Magpiepaw. It’s easy to say Magpiepaw and Poppy are attached by the hip with Poppy usually refusing to leave the apprentice’s side. Poppy will swoop at these ‘threats’ accompanied by screeching and cawing. Around Magpiepaw the magpie is typically very calm and tolerant, often seen nuzzling Magpiepaw, preening the she-cat in the same way it may preen the feathers of another magpie. Poppy will often ride atop the she-cat’s shoulder or back, standing, sitting, or flying at Magpiepaw’s side if not riding atop her.
== Detailed Appearance/Identifying Features ==
Poppy is about average size for a chick of her age, with thick, scruffy feathers with the implied texture of fur, with the features near the tips of her wings and back having a more typically feather-like appearance. She’s almost completely black with a white belly and two white markings on the base of her wings, where they connect to her torso and on the far ends off her wings. Poppy’s features are dull, lacking that glossy appearance of feathers belonging to adult magpies.
Poppy has scattered splotches of light, forest green on it’s underbelly and other white markings to help signal to Magpiepaw’s clanmates that Poppy is infact a pet, not prey. Not anymore at least. The spolothes is made up of dried paste created by Magpiepaw and is reapplied when necessary (ex: after storms, rainfall, once it begins to peel/crack/fade).
Poppy has an injured wing from (falling from her nest), having a specially made brace (by Magpiepaw) to help it heal properly.
== Housing Logistics ==
The housing logistics of a pet clarifies exactly where your pet will be stationed when not in use during a roleplay. Stations are required and will be counted as an expansion to the territory at large, so it's important to pick a spot that would not dampen the livelihood of other cats. Much like they may with any other random prey-creature, with enough irritation, cats may be driven to harm a pet. This is also in regards to irritating cats through consistent harassment- pets will not be protected the same way cat characters are. If another roleplayer has reason to kill a cat's pet through harassment, it will be welcomed as to not give roleplayers with pets an unfair advantage in the roleplay. Please be mindful of this when using your pets.
A small nest built upon a ledge created by Magpiepaw. The nest in question is made of small and medium sized sticks, small amounts of fur from various animals, and dried mud & paste. Poppy, as of now, prefers to share Magpiepaw’s nest for the time being as she gets accustomed to the medicine den.