Basil

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**Basil** is a lean, slightly tinted white cat with an orangish-grayish mask and blue eyes.
**Basil** was born to Peach and Quill as a vagabond alongside their littermates, Chestnut, Parsley, and Bear. At almost 7 moons, they were hit by a monster and gained unique abilities. Eventually, they wandered away from their kin and explored new lands with new cats in the area.

## Relations

Crush: N/A

Friendships: N/A

Enemies: N/A

Mentors: N/A

Apprentices: None

## Interests

*Likes*

Basil really likes to watch the sun rise and set. It’s more of a personal thing, but they always find a place they can watch it best. They used to watch it with their littermates, though after being separated, started to do it with Dusty or any of the other critters they met in the area. They tend to be super fond of making friends with any other animals they meet, just not uh… cats. They’re really bad at being social with other cats. When it comes to any other thing though? Absolutely. If it can be friendly, it will be made a friend.

*Dislikes*

They tend to not favor seeing carcasses or dead trees, especially since it’s kinda hurtful to see. They also can't explain why but anytime they see that black stretching line across a flat place, they get a bit of a shiver down their spine. They also can’t really tolerate the smell of some flowers, while they generally have a positive outlook on some things, some flowers make their nose wrinkle in distaste. No matter how much they try to hide it, some types just really irritate their senses.

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

When it comes to strengths, they’re few and far between. They’re an incredibly creative cat, being an extraordinary problem solver and rather crafty. Basil is also an extremely fast runner, being able to spring into action fairly quickly. On top of that, they can jump pretty well and climbing trees is one of their specialties.

*Faults*

They’re uh… kinda lacking in everything else. Basil isn’t good at fighting, and would basically flop over in defeat after being hit once. They aren’t great at social cues either, as well as not being super well at communicating properly. They can say one thing and mean another, then stumble over and try to explain that’s what they meant in the first place. They’re also incredibly clumsy. You could be watching the cat just trot around and suddenly they’d trip on actual air. It’s like the upper forces forgot to give them any sense of direction or clue about how paws work. Basil tends to trip on their own fur all the time and somehow always finds the worst position to fall in. Overall, a klutz and not super good at anything. Physical, or otherwise. But hey, they’re creative! They got that going for them!

## Personality

Basil is a super friendly and introverted type of cat. They pretty much wouldn’t hurt a fly even if it was a life-threatening scenario. They tend to come off as laid back (in the way of mostly being on the side. They very much give off background character energy) but can be spooked and get super defensive. Basil genuinely is very kind, and puts others' needs before their own. They can be cautious, honestly doing their own thing. They’re also a horrible liar and excessively sweat when they do tell a lie, also avoid eye contact, etc. Makes it very easy to tell when they’re not being truthful. They can be determined, but it’s not often. Usually, they tend to be really set on a good mindset, which makes them more of a pacifist. Violence really isn’t the answer in their eyes, which makes some situations kinda rough.

## Detailed Appearance

Basil is an incredibly lean cat with not much of a muscular build. They have slightly tinted white fur with a broken-up mask marking across their face. The mask is sided one with orangish and the other with a rather darker gray tone. Both have very small stripes that span from the eye and are clipped to the mask itself, not breaking out into the surrounding white. Basil has the same colors spread out on their paws, while their paws sort of have an orangish color, the toes are colored gray. These colors also spread out onto the tail where they stripe until they’re broken into the gray color near the end. Speaking of the tail, Basil has a very curled tail that sort of folds in on itself and is incredibly fluffy!

## Kin

Mother: Peach

Father: Quill

Sisters: Chestnut, Parsley

Brothers: Bear

## Backstory

As a kit, Basil wasn’t always the adventurous type. Sure, they’d go around with their family as they traveled but it was nothing super specific. They came from a cat family of few littermates and both parents, all vagabonds traveling around with no definitive home. Their mother supposedly came from a den where cats with only two legs wandered, but they only had heard stories about it. When they were nearing the age of around 7 moons old, they were rearing towards a long black-toned stretch. Basil could only remember their kin screaming out and them tilting their head to look head-on. It was like the sun had beamed into their eyes, and that’s it. Everything else that happened was a blurred memory. Basil was hit by a monster that day, tumbling off to the side with little to no injuries other than the damage done to their head. Thankfully though, because of how fluffy they are, it was covered quickly as their pelt fluffed out. While Basil doesn’t recall what happened that day and their littermates and parents never said anything, they noticed strange occurrences ever since that moonrise. Suddenly, they could see the spirits of the forest. Rabbits, mice, birds, all those spirits, and wandering cats. Basil could never understand why the sudden change happened, and even while it was frightening at first, they ended up getting used to it and having an appreciation for the forest’s treasures. A few moons after the incident though, they had managed to break off from their kin while following a chipmunk deeper into the brush. It was at this point that they noticed there was a huge stretch of land far out from the forest. They were a bit preoccupied and didn’t realize they’d split from their kin. It was at that point it was the last time they had ever seen them, instead, picking up the chipmunk and continuing through the land. They crossed near a plateau for a while and just stuck around in the area, not once did Basil notice any other living cats in the area. Though they were a little busy playing with all the prey spirits to notice anything else in the place. At one point they’d crossed paths with another loner who seemed all scratched up, really badly. Yet, the scars looked fairly healed. They greeted the other loner but didn’t bother to do much and both left each other alone. Eventually, Basil noticed there were cats in the area, suddenly becoming a lot more cautious with what they did.

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