snailpaw, windclan apprentice.

Like most young cats, Snailpaw radiates energy. Unlike many young cats, it doesn’t seem like he will outgrow it anytime soon. He is bouncy and lively. He can hardly hold still, which can often make hunting a challenge. He seems like he will never run out of steam and needs a bare minimum of sleep to function adequately. This can prove a challenge for the young tom; he often is far too eager for those around him to handle well. For some of the drearier members of the clan, he can be a perpetual annoyance. The young tom absolutely an optimist and he isn’t afraid to let everyone know it. He thinks there is always something to look forwards to. Things might be bad, yeah, but they could be worse. He spreads his ‘wisdom’ whenever the time calls for it. He is very proud of his positivity and tries to encourage others to follow in his path.

He needs to be directed and given tasks constantly, for if he is left to his own devices, he often finds himself getting into mischief. He doesn’t do this purposely, but he tends to not think things through. He is a doer, not a thinker. He doesn’t stop and think about what could happen. He just jumps right into things without considering the consequences. For Snailpaw, this has meant more than a few trips to the medicine cat den for injuries sustained in his foolish antics. None of them were serious enough to teach him any better, however, so the cycle of impulsiveness continues. He is fearless. Often, however, his sense of fearlessness crosses the fine border of brave and stupid.

Snailpaw is a natural when it comes to wooing others. He was born with suave and charm and the uncanny ability to talk to just about anybody about anything. He has a lot of friends and acquaintances. He does his best to find something good in everybody. He is stubborn in this aspect and he doesn’t take a hint. It isn’t that he doesn’t understand when someone doesn’t like him, he is able to read this just fine, and he is just unable to accept that someone wouldn’t want to talk to him. If someone doesn’t like him it genuinely bothers him. He wants to be liked by everybody and if he can’t figure out why someone doesn’t like him it eats him up. He tries to respect, and like, everyone even if they ultimately don’t like him.

As an apprentice, he is still discovering himself. He has discovered his way with words. As he becomes older, he has begun developing a silver tongue. Paired with his charisma and sense of humor, he can be fairly charming. He is polite and always uses his manners. He is always willing to help out. He is also naïve and gullible. Talking him into believing something requires little conviction on the convincer’s part. It isn’t hard to manipulate him into taking over a shift on a patrol or taking care of the chores of someone else. He usually can be talked into doing it willingly too.

Snailpaw takes pride in being good. He wants to always make the right choices and do the right thing. He hopes that being good will lead him to an important role in the clan. He is ambitious, even if he doesn’t realize it. He is willing to work hard to get somewhere. There are sacrifices he won’t make, his morality is a driving factor, but the growing ambition could mold who he becomes in the future.

Snailpaw is a proud WindClan tom born to Dawnlight and Duskclaw. He was half of their offspring and brother to Timberkit. As their parents balanced each other it seemed their sons were meant to do the same. Snailkit reflected his father’s confident and ambitious behavior from the time he could speak. Timberkit was his polar opposite. Snailkit never understood his brother, but not for lack of trying. He flourished under the social pressure of being a kit. He was friends with nearly everyone in the nursery.

After the death of his father Dawnlight tried to hold him back. But Snailpaw would not be held back. He had far too much to do to mope. It wasn’t to say that he didn’t miss his father, but he wouldn’t let himself be downtrodden by grief. He was too young to give up. He understood his mother only wanted what was best, but it wasn’t best for him. He couldn’t face grief that way.

He faced grief again with the loss of his mother. It was a little harder than losing his father, but he approached it the same way. He is not sentimental and he has already let go.

He excels as an apprentice. His eager-to-please nature and excitability make him a natural in training. Snailpaw is extremely social. He never grows tired of spending time with people and he tries to be everybody’s friend. He looks forward to becoming a warrior and hopes his path leads him to become deputy, if not leader one day.

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