[ Continued from here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/911717672/ ] ────〖Summary/TLDR〗──── Sorry, that was pretty long— even longer than I expected! Essentially, this described what would have happened to Buttercuprain in his absence and the personality reasons that would have influenced him to do so. I’ll provide summaries of those two categories below and will try to keep them as concise as possible. 〈The Journey to Find Wasppoppy〉After Wasppoppy ran away from the clans, Buttercuprain set out to find him at the age of 14 moons, still an apprentice after just barely finishing training with Clearflight, his mentor. After moons of searching, he found himself trapped in a storm without shelter, in no condition to go any further. There, a nearby loner saw his struggle and took him in, using their limited knowledge of herbs and moss to help Buttercuprain regain strength. Buttercuprain told the loner of his quest to find his father, leading the loner to join his cause. On the journey, the two taught each other medicine cat skills, allowing Buttercuprain to keep up his training. Eventually, however, it became clearer and clearer that perhaps Wasppoppy simply couldn’t be found, and so he had to return after coming to terms with Wasppoppy’s disappearance. When he was about 32-33 moons, he arrived back in RiverClan, where the loner quietly left, sensing that they were out of place in the clan. Upon arrival, Buttercuprain found Thrasherquell and told him what had occured, and of how he had continued his training by sharing knowledge with the loner, allowing his medicine cat ceremony to take place. Buttercuprain learned of his mentor Clearflight’s death, along with the demise of his grandmothers and some updates in his siblings’ lives. Overwhelmed by this, and realizing he hadn’t properly thanked the or said goodbye to the loner who had helped him, he— admittedly not learning from his mistakes very well— set out again to find the loner, hoping they hadn’t gone too far. Unfortunately, he was yet again unsuccessful in finding the one he sought, and wandered for around 17 more moons (taking us to his current age) before at last giving up, unable to give see the loner once more. This time, however, he’d at least had the sense not to stray too far from clan territories, but did end up lost inside of them. The wandering adventurer of RiverClan, Paradisepaw, found and rescued him, bringing him back to his home— to stay this time. This brings us to where we would be now (should this plan be acceptable to actually use irp), with him having just returned to RiverClan and still processing all that had changed in his absence. He is now 50 moons, so the journey would have lasted 36 moons total. 〈Overall Reasons〉There are several reasons for Buttercuprain to be motivated to leave the clans, stemming from the inciting incident of Wasppoppy’s disappearance. He is extremely clingy, rushing to prevent any sign of physical or emotional distance between himself and his family, leading for him to wish to find his father. His emotional tendencies could exacerbate this, further persuading him to take such drastic measures. Buttercuprain is shortsighted and optimistic, causing him to underestimate the risks of leaving and overestimate his chance of finding Wasppoppy. He is considerate, and if he believes he is helping either his family or Wasppoppy by searching for him and hoping to find him, he would be even more motivated to do so. He is patient and passionate, helping him to continue after he set out on his journey. He is timid, unconfident, indecisive, dependent on others, and forgetful, lengthening his journey and leading him to easily become lost. Despite those disadvantages, he is perceptive and was taught extensively in a wide range of skills by his mentor, Clearflight, aiding him in survival. ─────〖Conclusion〗───── That should be everything :D Let me know if you’d like me to elaborate on anything. Thank you for reading all of that, regardless of whether you read the entire thing or just the TLDR! ——•—— → Part 1: → Part 2: → Part 3 (TLDR): You’re here!
──────〖Credits〗────── 〈Description〉@PaintTheSea (me) 〈Ideas〉@PaintTheSea (me) and @Buttercup_Bloom (Gem helped me finalize ideas) 〈Character Owner〉@PaintTheSea (me) 〈Roleplay〉The Four Clans Roleplay - RiverClan (TFCRP)