Post by VOID ◈ on Jan 21, 2023 5:06:59 GMT
APPEARANCE Short grey fur is what stands out most about Soot, being an excellent reason for his name. Unlike his bigger and stronger sister, Soot is built for speed and tracking. While he doesn't know his full abilities he's not terrible at running quickly and can hold his own in a hunt or a race. His eyes are large and round, brown like the leaves falling in autumn. He doesn't find himself particularly handsome, but that's not gonna stop him from being flirtatious.PERSONALITY POSITIVE: RELAXED - HUMOROUS - CREATIVE - OPTIMISTIC - OBSERVANT - UNDERSTANDING - LAID BACK - UNASSUMING - OPEN MINDED - ADVOCATE - CONFIDENT - PATIENTNEGATIVE: STUBBORN - SARCASTIC - RUDE - UNAMBITIOUS - UNMOTIVATED - JUDGEMENTAL - PRANKSTER - CAUTIOUS - SELFISH - AVOIDANT - DISTANT - DREAMER If anyone were to describe soot at first meeting, they would probably see him as the generally colorful and calm, laid back class clown in a sea of dark and serious, hardworking soldiers. Or at least, that's how Soot would imagine the outsider looking in seeing. Because, that's a bit of what he'd say he sees himself. Soot absolutely loves his family. They are all amazing to him, but he feels that in trying to keep up with them he was only proving to himself that he wasn't at their level and could never fully achieve it. Instead he takes a different approach to training, which tends to exasperate his father and siblings to empth degrees. He will perform till he reaches a limit he knows he's comfortable with and not push himself further than that. Even prompting from his father is unsuccessful in pushing him past this. He is more likely to become argumentative and sarcastic, than he is actually pushing himself. Just because he doesn't like working passed a certain limit doesn't mean Soot doesn't care about others. He is more willing to help those who can't help themselves or have their paws full than he is those who are fully capable of doing what it is they've asked of him. He doesn't want to understand the reasoning behind doing such things, and cares little about how others perceive him. Or at least, that's what he wants you to think. In fact, Soot is very insecure about his abilities and the way others view him. He doesn't see himself as being particularly talented or special. He would rather lift other up and point out their awesome qualities rather than look at his own imperfections. He shows himself as confident and socially intelligent when he really fears that he's merely a side character in a bigger story that will never amount to anything more than support and a good laugh. Still, while he doesn't want to overexert himself and would rather stay the way he is, Soot does have a hint of desiring more in life even though he doesn't think he deserves it. Perhaps, ambition and passion are things that must be triggered within him, rather than fostered from a tiny flame. HISTORY Even from such a young age, Soot and his siblings have moved around often. Being born to the tall and broad-shouldered Cedar and the beautiful Dapple, Soot was the middle of three siblings. With Mist being the biggest and strongest and Birch being the smallest and often sickest. Even so, despite all odds against him, birch survived, and even though Soot can easily take him down in a fight, that doesn't mean he doesn't see Birch for what he really is. Soot had always been observant. He saw how much effort his brother and sister put into trying to impress their father and mother. How hard each of them worked. It honestly stopped mattering to Soot just how much his parents cared about his "training" even as they turned six moons old. It got to a point where Mist had stopped trying to fight Soot simply because she could tell he wasn't giving it his all even when they play wrestled. Still, the pushing of his father and the growing expectations of his siblings has put a bad taste in his mouth. So instead, he tries very hard to make them all smile and laugh with jokes and harmless pranks in order to get on their good sides and help them forget that he's not as talented as they would all like him to be. It's also not unheard of for him to take small shortcuts when he does things. Shortcuts that he doesn't view as cheating, of course. It's not escaped his observation that their parents keep moving them. And whispers of a group of cats near by has not passed by him unnoticed either. He has his suspicions, although he hasn't decided what he thinks about them yet. |