Oh gosh I hoped I finished in time!! If I did that was clooose- The day I did all this was super busy so I had to beg for some time. --About Me Hi! I am Tinsel_Eater and I'm applying for Leakkit here. I usually just go by Tinsel or Foxglove though! My pronouns are she/her. I love to draw and write stories, or make comics. I also like to read, especially dramatic stories! I have been on Scratch long enough to become a scratcher (yes, I know it says I'm new, but the become a scratcher thing is just not working). --Have you been in Generations before? Yup! I had a character in Urchinclan called Mayflypaw, but I signed her up to weekly predator and she oofed :( I promise I won't make that mistake again, especially with a selective litter kit! --Kit you are applying for, and why I am applying for Leakkit!! She is just so adorable aaaah. So when I was looking at the kits in the project Leakkit really caught my eye, and when I looked at her basic info, I saw she has OCD and selective mutism. I always thought it would be nice to roleplay as someone with selective mutism (I'll get onto the research later, but it's like being mute except you can talk, you just, don't want to or you're scared to for reasons). I also know a about OCD so I just thought "OH THIS BEAN IS SO INNOCENT I NEED HER!" --Pronouns, gender and sexuality Pronouns (kit): She/her as young kit, but they/them as she gets older. Pronouns (apprentice): They/them Pronouns (Warrior): They/them Born a female but uses They/them for most of her life (I'm using she/her pronouns while talking cause she is she/her as a small kit). Sexuality (apprentice and warrior): Bisexual (Will like females, males and bi gender all the same) --Personality!!! Positive: Kind, understanding, sympathetic, Neutral: Negative: Self-conscious, nervous, shy Detailed: Leakkit is a kind cat who is usually nice to all cats, no matter who they are (unless, of course, they are her enemy! In which she just avoids them at all costs). She is also understanding and sympathetic, always trying to cheer up her friends and family. Unfortunately she can be self-conscious and nervous, always judging what she does or thinking about how she could have done better. She can get in her own head sometimes, but is grateful for any support coming her way. She knows what it's like to feel nervous and sad, so she always tries to understand any cat having problems. She is also shy, but will sometimes be comfortable enough to open up to good friends and family (however, again, she sometimes gets a bit stuck in her head and doesn't! But she'll probably come around eventually). Little leak doesn't like meeting new cats, but she is always happy to be around friends! --Roleplay examples Leakkit sat in the nursery, flicking her tail onto the ground repetitively. One, two, three, four, she counted silently. She wondered if every kit felt like this- nervous and feeling the need to do things for no reason, or maybe everyone else was normal. And she was weird. Leak told herself to calm down and be 'normal' like the other kits, but she couldn't stop flicking her tail on the ground. She looked up to see her dad, Sunflash, and smiled at him. Sunflash made her feel safe and calm, and she didn't mind if he was overprotective because Leak wouldn't want to do something too dangerous anyway. --Trivia Favourite food/prey: Birds and shrews Voice claim: None yet but I will poke around!! Scent: Vanilla and flowers Favourite flower: Tulips or daisies Hobby: Making things like rock piles or flower chains --Codeword "I wonder a leak even is... Can I eat it? What does it taste like?" -Leakkit --Research I know about both OCD and selective mutism, I have several books from the view of people with OCD and I have looked into different types of mutism. I will do some more research. OCD: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental disorder where the person does something called compulsions- maybe it opening doors until it feels right enough to stop, or tapping your fingers a certain amount of times. These compulsions leave you feeling less stressed for a bit. But you feel the need to do them again later, even if you do you're best to ignore them, ignoring them might make you feel terrible and stressed so you do them anyway. This goes in a cycle: Do the compulsion, feel better for a bit, feel stressed again, do the compulsion. There are many different symptoms that people with OCD can have (In fact, are there specific symptoms that Leakkit has or is that up to me to decide if I get her?) Some symptoms can be: Fear of germs or contamination, so you may clean yourself too much or avoid touching things that other people have touched. Following a strict routine, such as doing things in a certain order. Counting things and having a 'special number'. If this is one symptom that Leakkit has, her special number would be five. Maybe you always need 5 feathers in your nest, or you need to tap your foot 5 times or (Continued in N+C)
a multiple of 5 times (such as 10 or 30 or 25), or maybe if there are a 'wrong' number of things it makes you feel stressed. Sometimes you need to check things, such as checking over and over, like going to check that someone is guarding the camp entrance lots of times or checking you're family is sleeping in their nest over and over. Selective Mutism: Selective Mutism is when someone appears not to speak at all, although they are capable of it. They just do not feel capable of it, and maybe they feel like if they talk they will do something bad. Usually the person only feels safe speaking in certain situations, such as only with certain people or family, but will not speak to people they do not know VERY well, or maybe they don't even want to speak to anyone. It is usually caused by stress. --Bonus Facts None?
