Otterstar's Death | Closed TFCRP role-play

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On the 27th of May, 2024 or almost 4 moons ago TFCRP-time (as of writing this), Otterstar, then RiverClan’s leader, was assassinated by ThunderClan’s leader Belligerentstar. This is how that fatal encounter went down. --------------------------------------------------------- Unfortunately, around the time it was decided Otterstar should die, I was preoccupied with university assignments & exams. Now I’m on break, and ready to end the final chapter of Otto’s life. The last couple years of high school are hard on a lot of people, and I feel like I'm really lucky to have had TFCRP as an outlet during that time :') I've made so many amazing friends and memories over the past few years. Thank you so much to everybody who welcomed me into the community and really made me feel like I belonged. When I first applied for Otto I had NO idea it would all turn out like this xD I literally made an application on a whim, and it was like...two messages long ATGYUH. Don't get me wrong, by the time the results were due to come out I was INVESTED, but it's funny to think about how things could've gone completely different if I just had a change of mind or something... I didn't even go searching for a TFCRP litter project, Otto's just popped up in my "Projects Loved by Scratchers I'm Following" section and I was like "y'know what? alright." PFFT Otto also almost died very young. And I mean apprentice young. Back then I got IP banned, so I could only access Scratch with my schools wifi and I was very upset about this. Even though I'd sent an email to ST and I knew I'd probably get my account back eventually, I was so stressed about it that I was seriously considering killing Otto off and leaving Scratch...BUT!! before I could get ahead of myself, I woke up one day and tried to log in and it just...let me in again!!! so uh thank god for that I guess. (He also almost drowned when he was like 3 moons old but that's another story) Instead, Otto ended up living to 159 moons old :3 And the funny thing is, longevity runs in his family actually. His grandpa Blazingstar lived to (around) 156 moons and his great grandpa Badgerstar's age is a.........funny story. If I'm recalling it correctly, due to some miscommunication Badgerstar wasn't removed from the description when he died, and he managed to ""technically"" reach 200 moons old xD We were all so excited and celebrating...until we were told it was all a misunderstanding lol (though he was also very old when he died. how old? who knows) As time has passed a lot of my memories about TFCRP have gotten pretty fuzzy. Like if I'm being honest here I know that I've (unfortunately) probably forgotten like 50% of the RPs I've ever done with Otto. Especially in the first year I had him, I RPed a lotttt of mundane-nothing-is-happening-this-is-fluff chains that have since gone down the drain that is my mind. But I know I've also forgotten a lot of amazing ones as well :( I don't think I'll ever forget Otto's deputy ceremony though :') I can even remember exactly where I was at the time. I was sitting next to the couch (yes next to the couch. I was way too excited to be sitting ON the couch) watching a whale documentary to calm my nerves AUHJK. Because the thing was, there were several candidates for deputy. I feel like nowadays (and I could be very wrong. I've been so inactive help) just one person is asked if they'd like their character to be deputy, and so long as they agree they get the spot. had a more unique method. They asked about...I dunno 4-5 people if they were interested (and we were all aware of this) and made the final announcement, in-RP, on the day. IT WAS SO NERVE-WRACKING BUT ALSO AWESOME. I had hunches as to who the other people were (because, well, we were of course the first people to show up to the meeting xD) and I thought I stood NO chance because they were all people I really looked up to and thought were awesome and had been in the RP much longer than I had. It's safe to say I was so shocked and happy when Otto got the position :') I could probably sit here typing for hours about all the people I'm really thankful for meeting through TFCRP and for being a part of both my and Otterstar's life, but I have limited description space and I'd hate to forget to include anybody. You guys know who you are. That being said, it feels remiss of me to not mention a couple people in particular, especially considering I don't know if I'll actually be able to give my thanks to them in the future, but at least here I can talk into the void, lol (and they might see it one day). I'll try and keep it short. and , it's been such a pleasure knowing and RPing with you both over the last 3 years. I know it's probably pretty hard to imagine you had that much of an impact on someone living on the other side of the world via our melodramatic cat RPs, but you'd be surprised. (+)