Foxpounce

Foxpounce is a mellow and pacifistic warrior of OrchidClan. He is pleasant enough to be around, but he doesn't let many cats into his circle. Formerly an energetic and inquisitive young tom, his spirits were dampened considerably following Myrtlepaw's efforts to isolate him and the subsequent mishaps that kept seeming to befall his friends. With Myrtlepelt gone and a support system back in place, though, hopefully he'll be able to open himself back up and let his emotions run freely again soon.

## Identity

### Sexuality

He's pretty sure he likes girls, but he tries not to think about it because Myrtlepelt freaked him out so much.

## Relationships

### Parents

Scorchstripe (father, dead) & Strawberry (mother, irrelevant)

### Other Relatives

Moonmist (foster mom for like two months), Firecloud, Smokystep, & Smallmoss (foster brothers for like two months), some grandparents he never met

### Friends

His sisters, Lotusmoon, and Daisyblossom. He’s still friendly with Suncurrent, too. Formerly Voletuft and a loner named Seagull, but Myrtlepelt happened.

### Enemies

Myrtlepelt. And they aren’t enemies, but things are tense and unfriendly with his apprentice Petrelpaw.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

unusual-looking. silly ears. odd stripes. a fox tail. to be expanded on later. he has no physical scars (yet) actually good for him

update: haha sike actually he has a small notch in the side of his right ear now, but the fold covers it up and u cant actually see it (side-eyes petrelpaw)

(i promise his ears are still only half-curled they just look fully folded in my art bc i’m bad at drawing them 😔)

### Personality

(+): Curious, witty (he hides it), kindhearted, intelligent, focused

(=): Deferential, withdrawn, quiet, pensive, solitary

(-): Indecisive, defensive, doubts himself, self-deprecating, emotional wall

autism kitty <3

## Biography

**(CW for a pretty bad dynamic w/ Myrtlepelt whenever I get around to writing this)**

### Kithood

1 moon- leaves TLP, dad names them

2 moons- badger abducts him pfhjbt

4 moons- arrives in OrC

5 moons- dad dies

### Apprenticeship

6 moons- mentor suncurrent, apparently besties w myrtle

8 moons- myrtle warrior, apple leaves, vole incident

10 moons- myrtle beats up his sister rip

11 moons- the borders shut down and lavenderstar stops doing leader things. so that’s somewhat stressful

### Warrior Life

13 moons- myrtle beats up his sister again. this is a sign that foxpounce is in a bad relationship!

14 moons- he yells at myrtle and she guilts him into feeling like hes evil for it L… but also hes mad at her so. well. also the plague starts

15 moons- meets seagull, hangs out w her bc hes feeling rebellious like that, suncurrent walks in on them once and its awkward

16 moons- oh god oh frick myrtle murders seagull uauauuggh panic.. she gets exiled & he meets w her awkwardly on the border that night just to tell her to screw off, well done sir, red immediately starts trying to make him hang out w people and he gets bullied into spending more time w lotus & daisy, hes surprised that lotus is rlly chill n he melts when daisy gives him some flowers as a consolation gift shsjdbdv

17 moons- redfire politely invites him to join the rebellion and he politely declines on the grounds of being too traumatized to deal with that rn <3

18 moons- daisy convinces him to go out and make things with flowers w her and moonmist, he has kind of an awkward moment w moon where they almost talk abt myrtle but then Dont… their relationship is so strained it makes me sad i want to ramble abt them but i Wont

19 moons- plague ends yaaaay, also the rebellion is successful and peaceful! fox feels pretty bad for lav actually, but he believes it was the right thing to do nonetheless

21 moons- borders open back up again! redfire forces him to go visit voletuft in oac and its awkward and nothing is really accomplished but oh well. murderkits show up, he mentors petrel & is stressed about it & petrel hates him, also hike w apple, lotus, & strike

22 moons- goes to gathering n hangs out w siblings, then gets picked for the meeting afterwards and panics over it but he does alright good job boy

## Other

### Trivia

- Strawberry was a Scottish Fold, hence Foxpounce’s funky ears. I don’t think that’s actually how genetics works, but hey, y’know. Hush. I can do what I want.

- He and Redfire still have slight Irish accents from their dad, who had picked it up from Strawberry during his time with her. Foxpounce is mostly able to hide his, but it still comes through a bit when he’s stressed or not paying attention.

- I’ll add this to his biography when I write it, but Foxpounce doesn’t remember Strawberry and will never meet her. When he was younger, though, he liked to picture her in his mind and imagine interactions with her based on his dad’s stories and descriptions. He wishes he knew her.

- On a similar note, he doesn’t see Moonmist as his mother since Scorchstripe was always so adamant about Strawberry maintaining the role, but he has a lot of respect and appreciation for her- even if looking at her makes him feel a little sick to his stomach now after all the times she unwittingly fed Myrtlepelt’s fixation on him.

- This’ll also go in his bio at some point, but Daisypaw/blossom gave him a bunch of verbena flowers as a gift shortly after Myrtlepelt got exiled and he was so touched he almost cried. He keeps them in his nest still.

- He has some pretty bad trust issues and PTSD from the whole Myrtlepelt thing. He’s blocked out most of his apprenticeship as a coping mechanism and only really remembers it in hazy bits and pieces. He avoids thinking about it when he can.

- Despite only knowing him for a couple of weeks, Foxpounce really misses Voletuft. He feels badly cheated out of the chance to have friends and he wants to reach back out to him, but he’s afraid to. He doesn’t want to risk rejection and he doesn’t know how to explain that it was actually Myrtlepelt behind the tail thing.

- Foxpounce’s love language is quality time.

- His favorite prey is field mouse. He used to like prairie voles, but he doesn’t anymore because Myrtlepelt had also liked them. They used to share prairie voles a lot. The things just give him bad memories now. He likes mostly everything else, though. He’s never had fish, but if he were to try it, he would like it.

- His favorite flowers are lilacs. He knows it’s a pretty generic choice, but he just likes them. He thinks they’re pretty and they smell nice.

- He’s randomly allergic to snapdragons.

- Foxpounce’s favorite color is reddish-orange. It’s a familiar color that he associates with his family. It used to be green, like grass and leaves and his father’s and Redfire’s eyes, but Myrtlepelt ruined that for him, too. Maybe Lotusmoon can redeem it.

- If it seems like Myrtlepelt is kind of dictating over every aspect of his character at the moment, then that’s on purpose. She did that to him intentionally. She’s rude like that. It’s gonna take a bit to fully undo.

- Between Lotusmoon’s fancy pink markings and Foxpounce’s curly ears and stripes, their potential future kits would be so pretty and unique looking.

- He’s surprisingly a really good fighter. Or maybe not so surprisingly, since his dad was quite strong, his mentor wasn’t half bad, and he got the majority of his tips and extra help from Murderpelt herself. My point is that he could absolutely beat you up if he wanted to.

-On the other hand, he sucks at hunting. He never really learned it right from Suncurrent in spite of their best efforts, so he’s still a lousy hunter. He can only ever catch anything if he’s working with a partner.

-He’s pretty good at climbing trees. Nothing outstanding, but he’s fine at it. He used to enjoy climbing trees to get up high and feel comfy, but he’s been a lot more wary of them ever since the Voletuft incident.

-Foxpounce has never tried learning to swim. But if he did, he’d be alright at it.

-He doesn’t like to be touched. At least, not without being warned first. It just kinda freaks him out. Even things as minor as little nudges or being flicked with a tail.

-I’ll add this to his relationships/opinions segment if I ever make one for him, but he is absolutely convinced that Leafstar hates him. He’s kind of scared of her and thinks that she thinks he’s pathetic and dumb and a loser. In actuality, Leafstar thinks he’s smart and has a lot of potential and she’s really confused as to why he’s scared of her and she’s just bad at handling it lol but oh well

### Quotes

**Redfire (to Appleshine):** *“There’s a war coming. Objectively, that sucks.* However, *it* also *gives you an excuse to come back home. So, how about it? Do ya want to stick with your HorizonClan pals, or do you want to spend some time with us for a bit?”*

**Foxpounce:** *“I feel like any sentence starting with* ‘however’ *in this context can’t be good.”*

*“How about this: take a few days to think it over. Figure out what exactly you want. Then have Mistrunner come and tell us, yeah? You don’t have to decide right now.”*

*“I have an… s’cuse me. I-I have an idea for that. Fish rot quickly because they’re mostly made up of fat, which spoils much faster in the air than meat or muscle does. Burying them definitely helps, but even then, most fish shouldn’t last much longer than a week at most, I don’t think. Animals with less fat— m-more muscle, like in rabbits— will keep for longer. Maybe… maybe two or three weeks, even. Nearly a moon.”*