[RiverClan] Alone in a crowd. [GarlicFeather interaction and relations finder!]

[Fritter]

Welcome!
Hello all! This is GarlicFeathers newest interaction finder thread and as he’s the first silly kitty im giving a full 360 revamp on their personality and whatnots, first of all im using the fact they’ve been missing as an advantage. It means a lot of offscreen stuff happened to him and he’s not quite who he used to be!
Who is GarlicFeather now?
I could be simple and just slide over his biography with a summary already, but i’d rather dedicate some actual time into this finder and show that he’s not as much of a plain side-character as before! Let’s start off with a few things…
Also! As a warning, the spoilers below contain long rants, explanations of garlic feathers troubles, grief, pain and regret as well as all the new struggle pain grief and regret he faced off screen. At this moment garlicfeather is not necessarily stable.

 

In his last moments before going missing GarlicFeather was the embodiment of the title for this finder, alone in a crowd. He couldn’t find purpose or anyone to un-bottle all his worries to, he simply had to march on with them. GarlicFeather originally was very goofy, lighthearted, had a bajillion pretty rocks and had things planned out in his head. GarlicFeather was happy, very open to conversation, he was silly even. When Riverclan was exiled GarlicFeather didn’t really have much to say, but during the battle he was fighting with all his might, not as if this did anything toward the final battle of course, he was very passionate about his clan and revenge. GarlicFeather’s purrk “just a scratch” (or whatcha ma call it) made identifying his own injuries harder until too late, meaning he had a bleeding ear all the way until he was missing.

GarlicFeather has this funny tendency to end up leading patrols, from what i can recall? He got annoyed with for being too bossy and was never really a team-player although he tried. GarlicFeather was a character i got from a family finder thread thing, one that i believe never really went further than some roles being filled and never adopted children. This technically meant that garlic did have an entire full-fledged family at some point but lost all of them.

GarlicFeather honestly was extremely family oriented, he wanted to have a big family and a stable relationship, he wanted to settle down and watch his kits grow into warriors and then settle into the elders den once he’d finished his part of being a warrior. He wanted to see his kits come back with their first hauls of prey, all of the typical stuff somecat who used to have all that would dream of having once more. GarlicFeather often gets stuck in his head or thoughts, sidetracking or hip-hopping from subject to subject, regret about his previous significant others or thoughts on the past in general was often the most prominent subject he would jump to mentally. Garlic wasn’t ever intended to have more of a role beyond be a silly family character whose the stereotypical gentle giant before the family fell apart.

Also, i’d like to talk about how GarlicFeather has always been obsessed with getting little gifts or collecting rocks for those he’s close to, and for this winter bingo can be thanked. GarlicFeather as a character enjoys collecting and giving these rocks and things to people because it’s the easiest way to say “hey! Your cool and i hope you dont die.” He planned on taking all the pretty rocks he could find in the mountains back to riverclan so that he could decorate his nest with a rock that had been along the journey with him, but he’d lost the original one he’d been dragging along. Anyhow, i dont think this interaction finder was meant to turn into a “free rant about your characters thread”. So i’ll summarise!

Garlic feather was a family oriented, starclan believer who’d lost more cats close to him then intended and turned into a complete grump who struggled with staying focused and had a fickle train of thought.

 

Let’s dive straight into this! First of all, GarlicFeather went out hunting and because he wasn’t familiar with the territory he got lost. Really lost. When he tried to find his way back he ended up going in the completely wrong direction and had to shelter where he could whether that be in dug out holes or caves in the mountains he could rest in. After all that walking his only way of returning (his scent trail) had already become long-gone, so GarlicFeather kept travelling and eventually he came across a forest, long after the mountains. This is where he stayed, lived and hunted for half the time he’d spent gone and was admittedly going a little crazy because not only was he used to having a warm warriors den to sleep in every night, surrounded by other cats and the knowledge that if somrthing happened he’d be safe- but he also had others to talk to. Alone? There was no one. He hadn’t the slightest clue on herbs so everytime he got hurt he’d simply hope that it wouldn’t get worse. Speaking of getting hurt, garlic-feather has tier 3 beefed up/killer aptitude and can definitely take on things larger than him without help needed. Paired with the fact that he’s naturally stocky he didn’t have a hard time fighting predators away. What he did struggle with was doing it everday. For the first moon he had to constantly move where he slept because foxes and badgers were creeping around the woods and because the forest was near a farm it meant there were a few more predators nearby than anticipated. It was exhausting fighting for his life and then hunting the very next day as if he hadn’t just been bitten by something with the worst dental care on earth. And again, he had no access to medical knowledge, he had no one to guard him well he rested or to hunt for him when he was too hurt to. Due to all of the extra heavy lifting one must do when they can’t always depend on someone else to help ease the burden. After that first moon GarlicFeather couldn’t bear living on his own anymore and trekked off to find the rest of his clan, which took the rest of that moon with stops along the way.

It wasn’t as if garlicfeather was without company! Of course not! He was accompanied by two cats who had been stealing his prey when he went to hunt other peices, lurking most of the foxes or predators he had to fight off roght where he slept and generally refused to leave him alone. Doing all of this without being so much as detected once due to garlicfeathers goal of staying alive. So far things didn’t look quite peachy, garlicfeather was tired and his entire body was basically on fire with pain. When garlicfeather finally found his way back toward the mountains he came upon the wonderful surprise that riverclan was no longer there.

GarlicFeather made the returning trip with much exhaustion and a lack of belief that he was going to make it to the right place at all.

 

GarlicFeather is nowhere near who he used to be, this family oriented cat has turned into someone who cannot stand the idea of being around others, someone who has become tired and distant. GarlicFeather has few positives and many negatives to the experience of when he went missing. One of the negatives being that he was constantly scared that he’d been forgotten, brushed off. GarlicFeather is also going to struggle with the fact that he cannot simply walk back into a clan he’d been gone from for ages and assume that everyone will know him and want to speak to him or catch up. He will also need to steel through the fact that not everyone he knew when he left will still be there. Garlic Feather is still trying to be a selfless, confident character through it all and the idea that he’s still the same as when he left is going to be the main thing keeping garlic feather striving for that “selfless, overconfident, goofy character.” GarlicFeather will likely never give anyone a pretty rock again unless he already knew them, he’ll likely never be able to step a paw outside of riverclans own territory again (dont expect to see him at any gatherings anytime soon).

In curt and crude summary for “who is he now?” Now, garlicfeather is back where he left, he’s grumpy and missed home a lot.

Congratulations! You’ve made it past my rants
Now, past who this character is, we can finally move onto what this character needs for interactions! Starting off with the fact that im still warming back up to the idea of roleplaying, especially as a pre-established character! Which is why i needed to reshape him a little so i could have something to actually work with. Let’s begin with the major two.

Friends and foes.

 

GarlicFeather is not in his best form, and what a better time to make enemies then when your bitter and paranoid? Cats who are looking to get on the wrong side of GarlicFeather will not need to seek far or try hard to do so, at this time in his life garlicfeather is more likely to make foes than friends. GarlicFeather needs cats who can question his loyalty to riverclan since he’d been gone so long, cats who can really get on his nerves. He doesn’t have to have some everlasting long-term grudge, and they can even end up as friends! Foes don’t need to be actively malicious toward Garlicfeather let alone evil.

 

Friends are going to be a tricky subject, GarlicFeather has always had more dead-friends and family than he’s ever had alive ones and it’d be great if some cats could try to notice the fact that GarlicFeather isn’t exactly in the best state and try to start up friendly conversations or whatnots.The friendly interactions could always turn into something sour or they could become the closest of pals! I’m especially open to rekindling of old friends, it’d be great to have garlicfeather interact with someone he already knew before he went missing.

Other interactions.
I’m absolutely open to old friends having casual chats with garlic, catching up ext. Cats who don’t have any intent of interacting further chatting with him, garlic being pranked maybe, joining patrols, ext. Any interaction helps, since im trying to get comfortable with rping garlic again.
Romantic interests
I’d be genuinely surprised and horrified if anycat took one look at someone who’d been missing for 2 (almost 3) months and weren’t necessarily stable and leapt into a relationship with them. So of course if a romantic interest is happening it will be slow-moving, garlicfeather has had far too many lost love ones to risk jumping into a relationship again too fast. But for the future, the gender doesn’t quite matter, as long as this is a cat who can 100% be by garlic. If it does turn to something more.
I’ve never really been the best at making these so- excuse any mistakes.
Forms

For interactions

Name:
Rank:
Clan:
Private or public thread:
Friend/foe/neutral by the end of interaction?:
Mention me: @Fritter

For Friend/foe, no form needed! Just make sure to sum up the basics and mention me! And for potential future romantic interests, no form but try to keep creative!

[Luna16]

Okay, so honestly first thought I had was my Ravenpaw LOL. She’s always trying to get stronger, so she’d be totally amped to talk to Garlic about his journey and the fights he had and pestering him about training her. She’d find his reluctance in talking about it annoying and would have a hard time understanding it - who wouldn’t wanna brag about that kind of adventure?? In her mind anyways lol. I feel like this would be hilarious to RP out. She’d probably start off almost idolizing him a little and having him up on a pedestal, then be disappointed that he doesn’t meet her expectations, and then try to push him out of his (as she perceives it) “funk” personally.

She would never question his loyalty to the clan, given what he’s gone through to make it back and the fact that he came back after so long. But he find her a tad annoying and like a pestilence. Unfortunately for him, Raven isn’t shy so if he just snaps and tells her to go away she probably won’t.

All that to say, friendish? Raven is also hyper family-oriented and having a somewhat pleasant experience in her clan life right now. She had her twin Rainpaw, close friend Riftpaw, her crush, her adopted aunt figure, etc. She’s very protective of her sister, and also the cats close to her, so maybe Garlic sees some of his old family-oriented side in her a little? Just…more sassy and sarcastic lol. Raven is steadfast and loyal. She’d be the type to bother stick to be around Garlic whether he wants her there or not once she does start talking to him lol.

@Fritter

[Fritter]

Originally Posted by Luna16

Okay, so honestly first thought I had was my Ravenpaw LOL. She’s always trying to get stronger, so she’d be totally amped to talk to Garlic about his journey and the fights he had and pestering him about training her. She’d find his reluctance in talking about it annoying and would have a hard time understanding it - who wouldn’t wanna brag about that kind of adventure?? In her mind anyways lol. I feel like this would be hilarious to RP out. She’d probably start off almost idolizing him a little and having him up on a pedestal, then be disappointed that he doesn’t meet her expectations, and then try to push him out of his (as she perceives it) “funk” personally.

She would never question his loyalty to the clan, given what he’s gone through to make it back and the fact that he came back after so long. But he find her a tad annoying and like a pestilence. Unfortunately for him, Raven isn’t shy so if he just snaps and tells her to go away she probably won’t.

All that to say, friendish? Raven is also hyper family-oriented and having a somewhat pleasant experience in her clan life right now. She had her twin Rainpaw, close friend Riftpaw, her crush, her adopted aunt figure, etc. She’s very protective of her sister, and also the cats close to her, so maybe Garlic sees some of his old family-oriented side in her a little? Just…more sassy and sarcastic lol. Raven is steadfast and loyal. She’d be the type to bother stick to be around Garlic whether he wants her there or not once she does start talking to him lol.

@Fritter

I love the idea of having an apprentice pester garlic about the journey and GarlicFeather would 100% get annoyed with the constant questions/ asking about training and the refusal to leave him alone. I’d be thrilled to roleplay this sort of interaction out! Also the idea of garlic being idolised and put on far too high of a pedestal compared to how he actually is!! In short, 100% for this! If you want to/ want me to set up one of these sorts of interactions i’d be down

[Luna16]

Originally Posted by Fritter

I love the idea of having an apprentice pester garlic about the journey and GarlicFeather would 100% get annoyed with the constant questions/ asking about training and the refusal to leave him alone. I’d be thrilled to roleplay this sort of interaction out! Also the idea of garlic being idolised and put on far too high of a pedestal compared to how he actually is!! In short, 100% for this! If you want to/ want me to set up one of these sorts of interactions i’d be down

Yay! Raven heartily accepts the role lol!

If you could start it up that’d be great!

[Fritter]

Originally Posted by Luna16

Yay! Raven heartily accepts the role lol!

If you could start it up that’d be great!

Absolutely! I'll set up a private thread for it right now if that's alright!

[Luna16]

Originally Posted by Fritter

Absolutely! I'll set up a private thread for it right now if that's alright!

Totally fine! I work from home so I pop on throughout the day.

[iliri]

depending on how old garlic is i may create a potential form for weeping to be a possible romantic interest :catpeek: she’s 31 moons old

[Fritter]

Originally Posted by iliri

depending on how old garlic is i may create a potential form for weeping to be a possible romantic interest :catpeek: she’s 31 moons old

last i updated garlics age he was around 32 moons so he'd be aboutt 34 about to turn 35 at the end of this month

[iliri]

Originally Posted by Fritter

last i updated garlics age he was around 32 moons so he'd be aboutt 34 about to turn 35 at the end of this month

oooo that can work! i’ll go ahead and create a future form for this when i have time then <3 love big slow burns

[anika]

Name: Lavenderleopard
Rank: Warrior
Clan: RiverClan
Private or public thread: Public!
Friend/foe/neutral by the end of interaction?: Friend
Mention me: @Fritter