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rattarie — EBC: Castalia, the Kaleidoscope

Published: 2015-03-16 15:20:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 3863; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 3
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Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.




G E N E R A L


Name
Castalia
{pronounced Cas-TAAHL-lee-ah}
● meaning: Sacred fountain of the Muses
● previous names: Pumpkin
● nicknames: Cas, Cassie, Pump, Kin

Rank
Cub
● born in the city far away from her true home, she has since been rescued with her mother and siblings to be a cub in Shadow Empire. Despite being of apprentice age, her training will be delayed due to her physical and mental health.

Species
Snow leopard x Amur leopard
● with the build of an Amur leopard and the short limbs of a snow leopard, Cas is a ... strange mix of genes. She has a very strong build with thick limbs and low body, as well as fluffy winter fur from her mother that makes her appear even larger. One of two surviving cubs to take after her father, her golden fur stands out among the gray-scale snow leopard pelts of her siblings. 

Age
5 months
Starting Age: 0 months {born in winter}

Traits
Dominate Traits: eye spots [Aa], rosette pattern [AA], golden pelt [AA]
Recessive Traits: large size [aa], heterochromia [aa], fluffy fur [aa], splotched paws [aa]
Carrier Traits: green eyes [aa], snow leopard spots [Aa]

Physical Description
The first thing to note about Cas is her height. She's still rather large due to her father's genes, but unfortunately she also inherited her mother's shorter snowie legs -- compared to her body length, her legs are a bit stubby, but they're bound to grow as she gets older. Her apparent size is also doubled because of her extremely long fluffy fur. Well, Thalia and Laertes are both cold-climate cats, so what do you expect? Cas is literally pure fluff. Her coat color and patter are pretty much a direct copy of her father; she's the only cub in the litter that looks nearly exactly like him. In essence, she's just a large snow leopard with golden fur. Her poofy tail is devoid of any and all markings, which is kind of strange, but her siblings all seem to love it. And the poof doesn't stop there: even her ear fur is longer than usual. This should be a warning to couples everywhere; that if both of you are thick-furred, one of your cubs are bound to end up with just too much fluff. Not that that's a bad thing. I mean, this kid is the embodiment of the word 'adorable'. She even has a face full of freckles and lil chubby cheeks, not to mention her feathery whiskers. And her eyes complement her appearance perfectly: as brilliant blue as the sky, with golden streaks around the pupil that make is seem as if the dawn light were trapped in her gaze.



P E R S O N A L I T Y




PERSONALITY

{ nervous } - { amiable } - { excitable } - { naive } - { honest } - { morbid }

    nervous

      Cas is a smol shy baby -- mostly around new people. Spending roughly six months in a locked room with only one other cat (besides her family) to talk to periodically, she is new to the whole 'being social' thing. She tends to ramble and stutter when faced with strangers, even if she's not scared or frightened of them. She's inexperienced in ... pretty much everything, and doesn't really know how to act around cats who aren't her family. Large crowds make her even more on-edge, so it's advised to approach her one-on-one until she's more used to being part of an Empire. Her nervous habits are less because of fear and more because of inexperience, and she is likely to grow out of it as she grows older and more sure of herself.

    amiable

      Even if she can be a nervous, clumsy wreck most of the time, she's also ridiculously happy. Even when she's tripping over her own words (and paws) it's usually with a smile plastered on her face. She's just full of love. Literal living plush muffin. She's cute and squeaky and just really, really friendly. She loves being with her family and playing with her brother and sisters, and is one of those annoying forever-an-optimist type of people. While wary of newcomers, she is rather open with them and can quickly become attached even after just talking to them once. It doesn't take her too long to decide whether she likes someone or not -- first impressions are a big deal for her, especially because she's so utterly bad at them.

    excitable

      Naturally curious of literally the entire goddamn world, Cassie just gets riled up about everything and anything. Is that a weird looking tree over there? Holy crap Eden we need to go see it. You know that river dad told us about? I heard there's a sparkle-fish in there and I need it right now. I mean, Cas spent her childhood staring at four stone walls and not a lot else. She is amazing by everything. You should've seen her face the first time she saw a cat that wasn't a leopard. New things instantly put her in a state of awe, and her excitable nature will help develop her more adventurous side as she grows. If you ask her to do something with the right words and the right tone, she won't be able to say no -- especially if it's one of her siblings who's asking.

    naive

      She's just so ... innocent. In a really weird way. Because of what she's been through, she has a warped view on a lot of things, and misunderstands nearly everything she's ignorant of. I mean, before her escape, she had never even seen clouds before. Her and her siblings have strange quirks and ways that they grew up with, such as made up words and their own silent language. However, this also means she knows almost nothing about the world and how it works. Except for what people tell her; and Cassie is inclined to believe almost everything that someone tells her. If you say the moon does actually turn blue every once and a while, she'll stay up all night from then on to try to see a blue moon. Until of course one of her parents or siblings tell her it's not true. Then the entire thing starts all over again with someone else.

    honest

      To go along with her naive nature, Cassie doesn't really understand the concept of lying either. She's always honest to everyone no matter the situation, even if the truth will get her in trouble. Secrets aren't really a big thing for her either -- what's the point in hiding something? Of course, she'll do anything her siblings tell her, and any secret they tell her is a secret that's going to the grave. Cas just doesn't believe in hiding things from others, and is an open book to pretty much anyone and everyone. If she doesn't say it straight, her eyes will definitely speak for her. The girl wears her emotions on her face -- she couldn't lie even if she wanted to.

    morbid

      So Castalia isn't all sunshine and cupcakes. What did you expect? Being raised as a prisoner in a city where cats regularly fight to the death will leave its marks on a kid. She has a warped view on death like most of her siblings, and has a thing for dead things. She doesn't understand the concept of death -- she's actually kind of grossly fascinated by it. She's so acclimatized to it that's she's not exactly numb to it ... just ... neutral? To an odd extent. Ya, she's just one more messed up cub in a family that's practically made of cubs with varying degrees of issues. Let's just leave it at that.



H I S T O R Y



DEVELOPMENT

[caged]
Castalia was a lot more ... feral, you could say, when she was in the Room with her family. Food was hard to come by, it was dark 24/7, and a small kid that was born into that can only act so civilized. Her happy personality was more subdued, and she spent most of her time cowering behind various siblings (most often Eden or Athios). Since escaping and joining the Empires, she has become the cub she was never able to be in the city -- bubbly and happy and carefree, even if her nervous habits still cling to her like a dark shadow.

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HISTORY

    [ hear my song ]

      I was born in darkness. That's all I really remember. It was dark, and damp, and ... it was home. It was just me and my family in that room. Momma, and my siblings. They all have different names now, but I know them as their original names. My brothers, Fuzzbutt and Flufficus. And my sisters, Snowpuff and Poffle. Momma called me Pumpkin. There were others, too, but ... momma doesn't like to talk about them. It was just us and the room. Others might have hated it, but for me it was all I knew. It was all any of us knew, except for momma. She used to tell us stories of dad, and the Empires, and the sky and the rain and the grass. But to us they were just stories. The room was real. The darkness was real. And none of us really minded.

      Momma got worse, though. She got sick. She stopped talking. She stopped telling stories, and we were left to mostly take care of ourselves. It wasn't much, but it was our life. And it wasn't that bad! We had each other. We loved each other. Fuzzy kept us all in line. He stepped up to take care of us. We got food, and water, and we survived. All we had to do was wait for rescue. I knew dad would come for us. Momma said he would. Avita said he would.

      Five months passed with most of the same every day. Fuzzy made sure all of use got our rations and that we all got along. We played, we slept, we did ... well, whatever we wanted really! Sometimes we got moved to the big-cage-room. That's when Avita would come and talk to us and tell us stories when momma couldn't anymore. Everything was great!

      And soon I would meet dad. And get to see all the things momma and Avita told us about!

    [ we were bred to fight ]

      [ during the events of the raid ]

    [ i reach for kindness ]

      [ after the events of the raid ]


Q U I R K S  &&  F E A R S




● bright sunlight can startle her, and her eyes have trouble adjusting when she's directly in the sun -- she happens to be more active around dusk/night, as she's much more comfortable in the darkness

● large spaces make her VERY nervous, as she's used to being in a closed space. More often than not, she'll outright refuse to take one step into an open field, and stay nice and safe under the cover of the trees

● sometimes suffers from night terrors, but she can never remember what they're about when she awakes. After an episode she'll be really quiet and skittish for a few days before recovering

● loves collecting all things dead: bones, teeth, feathers, anything. She also likes giving dead things to others as presents, so if she randomly comes up and drops a dead and mangled bird at your feet, just smile awkwardly and wait for her to trot away before whispering to yourself, "what the actual fuck"

● EXTREMELY attached to her family. She's less loyal to the Empires and more to her family. Wherever they go, she goes, and she would readily turn on someone else for her family's sake

● plush muffin. that's literally it

● stars are fucking amazing to her. The first time she saw the night sky she didn't sleep for two days straight. Don't even get her started on the moon. She still doesn't know what the hell that thing is

● first time it rained the entire litter flipped out and Cas thought the world was ending. Lesson: don't take these cubs ANYWHERE

● I could literally write ten more bullets about all the hilarious ways these cubs act because jfc it's just hilarious

● knows kitty sign language! Or at least something kind of equivalent to it. Her brother Athios can't speak, so the siblings created their own silent tail-signal language to communicate with him back and forth. Along with that, they also have strange words for objects they're not familiar with, such as big-water for a lake and clear-milk for water



T R A I N I N G  &&  M E N T O R S




→ cub

     Draw your cub with their parents / siblings / Empire caretaker: n/a
     Draw your cub playing: n/a
     Draw you cub meeting someone new: EBC: ... who are you?


→ apprenticeship

    mentor
    TBD
    ● [ still a cub ]

     Have your apprentice meeting their mentor for the first time: n/a
     Have your apprentice practicing "offensive" type moves: n/a
     Have your apprentice practicing "defensive" type moves: n/a
     Have your apprentice hunting: n/a
     The apprentice needs to sneak up on Evander and take the purple sapphire from him while he's walking about the territory: n/a



F A M I L Y  &&  R E L A T I O N S




FAMILY
→ blood
Thalia
    mother; alive; Shadow Empire healer
    rp'd by Asante-Sana

Laertes
    father; alive; Shadow Empire gladiator
    rp'd by Staniqs

Flufficus   [aka Caedric]
    brother; alive; Shadow Empire cub
    rp'd by PancakeShiners

Snowpuff   [aka Eden]
    sister; alive; Shadow Empire cub
    rp'd by Staniqs

Fuzzbutt   [aka Athios]
    sister; alive; Shadow Empire cub
    rp'd by Asante-Sana

Poffl e [aka Freya]
    sister; alive; Shadow Empire cub
    rp'd by Firewolf-Anime

Tiny
    sister; alive (assumed dead); Roman Bounty Hunter cub
    rp'd by Asante-Sana

Lily
    sister; deceased; Shadow Empire cub
    rp'd by ---

EXTENDED FAMILY
Evander
    uncle; alive; Shadow Empire leader
    rp'd by Sky-Lily

Cilina
    aunt; alive; Ice Empire gladiator
    rp'd by NeonNica

Benedictus
    uncle; alive; Roman Bounty Hunter leader
    rp'd by Staniqs

Oceanus
    aunt; alive; Roman Bounty Hunter
    rp'd by akiya

Tatiana
    aunt; alive; Roman Bounty Hunter
    rp'd by NiaWolf15

Willow
    grandmother; alive; Solus
    rp'd by Staniqs

Insanis
    grandfather; alive; Solus
    rp'd by baliwik


FAMILY
→ heart

Castalia currently has no mate, crush, or cubs !


RELATIONS



S T A T I S T I C S  &&  R P / E P  T R A C K E R




TDR Statistics
Tactics: 7
Endurance: 5
Speed: 5
Strength: 7
Defense: 9
Attack: 6

STRENGTHS //

        --

WEAKNESSES //

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RP/EP TRACKER




A R M O R  &&  I T E M S




ARMOR

    no armor
    ● [ Cas is a cub and therefore has no armor; she does, however, dream of one day having armor like her father's ]



ITEMS

    no items
    ● she has yet to find something to carry on her person at all times, but she does seem interested on finding a special bone of some kind to make into a necklace.



R O L E P L A Y  S A M P L E  &&  T R A C K E R




Sample
taken from actual roleplay

No, no, she was perfectly fine. This forest wasn’t scary at all. What would her siblings think if they found out she was scared of a forest? The little dark room she had grown up in had been so much simpler than this wild and downright chaotic landscape. Sure, it was pretty, but being in such an open space made her feel vulnerable and, well, exposed, and anyone could see her now that she –

”… Who are you?”

Castalia nearly jumped out of her fur at the sound of the voice behind her. She had been so focused on her own thoughts and trying to do, well, she didn’t know what, she hadn’t been paying attention to her surroundings like she should have been. She really shouldn’t be surprised that someone had managed to sneak up on her like that. Father would be disappointed.

Blue-and-amber eyes wide with her momentary fright, she whirled around to see what was behind her, only to be confronted with a relatively small apprentice seemingly around her own age. Had she seen him before? She probably had, but she was still having trouble memorizing all the names and faces of the many cats in this Empire. The dark fur and the startling blue eyes should have stood out in her memory, but alas, you can’t have everything.

“Oh, ah, well, hello, haha –“ she laughed nervously, trying to cover up her obvious frazzled nerves. “I’m Pump – I mean, my name is Cas – erm, Castalia. I just got here, with my family, we were rescued from the city but ah that’s probably obvious at this point and I’m rambling I’m sorry I’ll just stop talking now.” She clamped her mouth shut, overly flustered and completely out of her element. First impressions were never her strong suit.



*Castalia is always open to RP, so feel free to send me a note!

Castalia © rattarie 2015

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Comments: 71

Lunet12 [2015-07-24 22:31:54 +0000 UTC]

WANNA RP LIL PUMKIN AN DONUT?
thats silvia btw ;v;

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rattarie In reply to Lunet12 [2015-07-25 02:10:13 +0000 UTC]

cassie's RPs are closed right now but I'll send you a note once one of them finishes !!

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Lunet12 In reply to rattarie [2015-07-25 04:38:53 +0000 UTC]

Sure :'D dANKE

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Wildfire-Tama [2015-07-14 03:06:21 +0000 UTC]

Aaahh she is so beautiful! <3 I love her white tail! And she has such a nice personality. I can't wait to see more of this girl! <3

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rattarie In reply to Wildfire-Tama [2015-07-15 05:02:03 +0000 UTC]

aaaaHHH omg thank you so much !! ;v;

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Wildfire-Tama In reply to rattarie [2015-07-15 20:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Of course!

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tictactie [2015-06-30 23:39:40 +0000 UTC]

WHAT A CUTIE

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rattarie In reply to tictactie [2015-07-03 01:02:04 +0000 UTC]

thE CUTEST FLOOFLE

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silentnightowl15 [2015-06-30 03:25:46 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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rattarie In reply to silentnightowl15 [2015-07-03 01:02:11 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The-Skykian-Archives [2015-06-29 01:11:13 +0000 UTC]

PLUSH MUFFIN

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rattarie In reply to The-Skykian-Archives [2015-07-03 01:02:41 +0000 UTC]

the plushiest muffin in all the lands

uwu

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eto-nyan [2015-06-29 00:58:44 +0000 UTC]

TOO CUTE ;//A//;<3 Ahh, if only she was in Ice Empire, her and Titan could be fluffy chubby buddies xD

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rattarie In reply to eto-nyan [2015-07-03 01:02:23 +0000 UTC]

omg tHAT would've been so frickin cute

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eto-nyan In reply to rattarie [2015-07-03 03:42:22 +0000 UTC]

I should do that one day x'D Just draw all the chubby fluffs x3

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Musiconic [2015-05-07 00:25:13 +0000 UTC]

Ooof. I really wanna RP with her but I dunno if you have a mansion full of RP notes xD

I need to draw her.
Shes...
Hnng.

Pumpkin, preciouuuus

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kaantarell [2015-04-21 15:06:08 +0000 UTC]

What a cutie! Her design is beautiful! c:

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rattarie In reply to kaantarell [2015-04-21 15:15:14 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much !!

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kaantarell In reply to rattarie [2015-04-21 15:30:22 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome c:

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ripple09 [2015-04-14 22:53:11 +0000 UTC]

She gorgeous! I especially love her eyes omg ;u;

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rattarie In reply to ripple09 [2015-04-18 16:55:33 +0000 UTC]

AAAAA omg thank you so much ;v;

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bellyboltz [2015-04-08 09:28:06 +0000 UTC]

hhhngg gosh you're so great at drawing cats!!!

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rattarie In reply to bellyboltz [2015-04-09 18:11:17 +0000 UTC]

aaaah thank you shelly >w> !!

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bellyboltz In reply to rattarie [2015-04-09 19:28:33 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcomee!!! >D<

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PancakeShiners [2015-04-05 08:29:23 +0000 UTC]

...so that personality is there now and it's got me thinking, eheh ewe

IMMA LOVE HER K

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rattarie In reply to PancakeShiners [2015-04-05 14:15:22 +0000 UTC]

IMMA LOVE HER 2 SO THATS GOOD

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cobu96 [2015-04-04 19:21:00 +0000 UTC]

SHE'S SO CUTE I CAN'T EVEN

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rattarie In reply to cobu96 [2015-04-04 19:38:19 +0000 UTC]

COBU ARE YOU OKAY
CAN YOU HEAR ME
ARE YOU ALIVE

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cobu96 In reply to rattarie [2015-04-04 19:54:59 +0000 UTC]

NO, RATTIE, I'M NOT
IT'S TOO MUCH
THE CUTENESS
I CAN'T

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rattarie In reply to cobu96 [2015-04-04 20:04:24 +0000 UTC]

whispers
do u know what would be even more cute
cas and raf rp

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cobu96 In reply to rattarie [2015-04-04 20:15:26 +0000 UTC]

*dying whale noises*

yyeeeeesssssssssssss omg

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rattarie In reply to cobu96 [2015-04-04 22:50:44 +0000 UTC]

B)))))))))))

we shall have to make plans

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cobu96 In reply to rattarie [2015-04-04 22:52:19 +0000 UTC]



yuuussss, we shall!~

through notes or? xD

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jersey-deville [2015-04-01 17:19:40 +0000 UTC]

big YAWN
look at this cute freckle butt

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rattarie In reply to jersey-deville [2015-04-02 12:25:02 +0000 UTC]

Cutest freckle butt in all the lands

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phrixas [2015-03-31 18:03:33 +0000 UTC]

She's perfect oh my golly

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rattarie In reply to phrixas [2015-03-31 23:25:39 +0000 UTC]

heheheeee thank you >w>

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phrixas In reply to rattarie [2015-04-01 02:20:46 +0000 UTC]

oohhh you're welcome!

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UnknownLioness [2015-03-29 19:30:23 +0000 UTC]

What a pretty baby. :3

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rattarie In reply to UnknownLioness [2015-03-31 23:25:57 +0000 UTC]

thanks ;;w;; im so excited to finally have her up and ready to go !

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Lunet12 [2015-03-25 04:07:09 +0000 UTC]

AAAAAAAAAAKKK
BAB
look at thiisssss

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rattarie In reply to Lunet12 [2015-03-31 23:26:29 +0000 UTC]

she is the liTTLEST BAB OF THEM ALL
except she's actually really big

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Lunet12 In reply to rattarie [2015-03-31 23:32:54 +0000 UTC]

yYAASS
lmao, its akay. i think of luna as pretty big and she's not //shot

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2wolfan [2015-03-20 20:40:32 +0000 UTC]

cutie

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rattarie In reply to 2wolfan [2015-03-31 23:26:37 +0000 UTC]

thankss !!

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2wolfan In reply to rattarie [2015-04-01 00:52:19 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome friend! |D //roLLs aWAy

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PancakeShiners [2015-03-17 00:52:29 +0000 UTC]

AHHHH YES

One step closer to drawing Fluffi with his siblings CX 

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rattarie In reply to PancakeShiners [2015-03-31 23:27:04 +0000 UTC]

YAAAASS ALL THE LIL FLUFFBALLS

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PancakeShiners In reply to rattarie [2015-04-01 00:37:44 +0000 UTC]

YUS

LET US BE DROWNED IN THEIR EXCESSIVE FLUFF

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Nythero [2015-03-16 22:49:58 +0000 UTC]

Amazing design!

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