Post by Marcus on Apr 14, 2011 10:09:44 GMT -5
YOUR BASICS
Name: Kara
Alias: None
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Height: 1'0"
Weight: 15 pounds
Appearance: She's a young red fox with black tipped ears, a white muzzle and chest, dark paws, and a white tipped tail.
Picture (optional):
She's the one on the right. The one on the left is Marcus.
YOUR BACKGROUND
Mother: Vixey.
Father: Tod.
Any Siblings?: An older brother named Marcus.
YOUR PERSONALITY
Basic Personality: Kara is the yin to Marcus' yang. She is timid and quiet as opposed to his bold personality, and prefers to keep to herself. Adventure is not something she was quite meant for, but more often than not Marcus finds some way or another to drag her along in an attempt to bring her out of her shell. Kara is more knowledgeable than Marcus, which is why the two tend to stick together so she can try to tell him about various dangerous situations and what could happen. However, her advice is usually ignored and she follows along with Marcus anyway. More than anything she just wishes her brother would be more careful like her. Kara loves to learn and is fascinated by simple things in nature like the starry nights.
Likes: Staying home, fish, star gazing, learning, and secretly she enjoys swimming.
Dislikes: Adventure, dangerous situations, Marcus not listening to her advice, and going too far from home.
Fears: It would be fair to say that Kara seems to be afraid of pretty much anything unfamiliar to her. Particularly humans. Hearing the story of how her mother and father could have potentially been killed by a hunter frightened her to the point that she would likely curl into a little ball of nerves if she were to ever run into a human. If she were to meet some non-threatening humans, though, maybe she'd see not every single one is out to kill foxes.
Hopes and Dreams: She desperately hopes that Marcus will outgrow his adventurous streak. For the moment, though, it appears as though that won't be happening any time soon.
Temperment: When she first meets people usually she hides behind Marcus until it has been confirmed whomever she is meeting is friendly. Even after that, though, she still retains a bit of that timidness and tends to remain quiet for the most part. Once she gets to know the new individual, though, she is quite friendly.
YOUR STORY
History: After Tod and Copper went their separate ways, Tod and Vixey decided to settle down. They wanted to start a family in the forest. Several months later, two kits were born to them. The eldest of the two was quickly dubbed a mischief maker due to how lively he seemed, while the other kit was the more quiet of the two. Vixey decided to name her Kara because she thought the little kit would be kind and caring, while Tod named the other kit Marcus. Vixey could only hope that Kara would shed the quiet air about her when she got older.
However, that was not the case. Kara remained a timid little thing as she got older, and once she and Marcus were old enough to start walking she found herself being dragged on little adventures away from the den with her big brother. Of course, they would always be found out and dragged back home much to Kara's relief. Kara much preferred the calm, serene air of the forest to anything that could have laid beyond it, and this was firmly established as her safety zone after Tod warned the two kits of the dangers that could lay beyond the forest.
One day, though, Marcus seemed to have vanished from the forest. With the only other kid she considered a friend gone, Kara seemed to go into a bit of a panic. However, she eventually plucked up just enough courage to do a bit of exploring of her own and eventually found herself outside the forest as well. It didn't seem particularly dangerous, giving Kara just a bit of confidence to start exploring, but the sight of an unfamiliar creature (a dog) startled Kara into fleeing farther away from home than she could ever have imagined going. Once she finally stopped, she spotted that same vast expanse of water that Marcus had. She caught a bit of his scent on the air and, fearing he had drowned or something of that nature, dove into the water to try and find him. Like with Marcus, the water proved too strong for Kara and she was quickly knocked out. Hours later, she found herself on the very same island that Marcus had found. Alone, scared beyond belief, and sopping wet, Kara decided to try and find Marcus as quickly as possible so they could go home.
JUDGEMENT
Sample Post: "M-Marcus? W-Where are you?" Kara stammered as she quickly got to her paws. She was no longer in the water, that much was easy to determine, but she had no clue where she was or how long it had been since she had been knocked out. The little kit was trembling, both from cold and fear, and felt more alone than ever. Oh, why had she decided to leave the safety of the forest? Why hadn't she just told mom and dad that Marcus had vanished?
...Well, there was no use in crying about it. She was there, and she needed to make the best of it. Kara shook a bit of the water from her fur and looked off in the direction she thought Marcus was likely to have gone in. Picking a direction at random, the timid fox kit began to make her way toward the inner parts of the mysterious island. Oh, Marcus... why did you have to leave us? Kara thought.
Little did Kara realize that she had walked right over a set of familiar fox kit paw prints going in a different direction. She was too upset by the sudden turn of events to really notice them, though. Kara just wanted to find her brother and get out of there.
