⭒. ──. ˚₊‧ ✿ ‧₊˚.── .⭒ UPBRINGING: forest and cherry blossom grew up in a household consisting of two twoleg owners, their mother, sunset, and their sister, snowdrop. their home — even without a father figure present — was one full of love, support, and intrigue. the kits spent their childhood climbing couches, dancing to radio music, scaling fences, stargazing, and playing in their backyard garden. their mother told them lots of stories about the clans and took them to visit clan territory a couple of times. both orie and eri, once they reached roughly twelve moons or so, began exploring outside of their home and into the different territories: forest to the loner region and shadowclan's meadows, and cheeri to windclan's midnight desert. however, both siblings soon realized that their roots in the neighborhood were far more important to them than wandering... at least, for now. ⭒. ──. ˚₊‧ ✿ ‧₊˚.── .⭒ PARENTING STYLES: forest is completely out of his comfort zone raising kids, but he will try his hardest to be equal parts supportive and silly. he will teach the kits everything he's learned about life — how to make friends, dig in the dirt, find freedom, the importance of family, and more! he will most likely roughhouse with the kits and won't give them a pass simply because they're younger. orie will push them to be the very best and to take all sorts of risks, because what is life without lots of wonderful mistakes? however, due to his inexperience, he won't really know how to discipline and will be a fairly lenient parent. he would be a big-time snuggler and comforter, but he would also be the parent to say, if one of them got injured, "aw, you're okay! just rub some dirt on it and shake it off." forest will prioritize spending time with family, going on lots of adventures through shadowclan and loner territories, and simply enjoying life. he will rely heavily on cherry blossom's guidance, who will act as a second, more mature parental figure for the kits. cherry blossom has never needed to be a good influence before, never had his maturity mattered before. he loves his other half, really, but can he be trusted with kittens? he’s a quieter parent, gently parenting the kits from the sideline and fretting over them or giving them advice instead of just playing with them. his personally-appointed obligations include making sure the kits learn about and understand the world in a more philosophical and moral way than orie may bestow them with, teaching them about hopes and dreams, keeping them presentable individuals, and instilling the basic morals and values of loyalty, kindness, honesty, etc. he can often be dragged into kitten adventures and shenanigans though, as he often finds difficulty scolding, expressing anger, and saying no. he would also likely teach the kittens about his beliefs and abstract ideas such as dandelion and shooting star wishes, soulmates, true love, the afterlife, guardian angels, morality, reincarnation, and consequences. ⭒. ──. ˚₊‧ ✿ ‧₊˚.── .⭒ INTERACTIONS: the kits will spend the majority of their childhood with their immediate family, but they will also be allowed to meet a lot of their neighbors! forest won't mind if the kits talk to strangers; on the contrary, he thinks it's a grand ol' idea for the kiddos to meet as many new faces as possible! :D anyone living in the neighborhood has his oh-kay and clan cats or loners are good as long as he's nearby to facilitate the interaction [with fathomcatcher and gloamingveil as the exceptions]. cherry blossom is generally a bit more cautious than forest may be though he wouldn't discourage socialization. in fact, riri himself often wandered away from home in his youth and still does to this day, collecting acquaintances to learn about the world. riri's only rule when it comes to meeting new cats is to avoid bringing them home without asking him or orie for permission first... especially himself. ⭒. ──. ˚₊‧ ✿ ‧₊˚.── .⭒ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: "THE FLORIST SHOP" link: ⭒. ──. ˚₊‧ ✿ ‧₊˚.── .⭒
