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EBC Rivulet — Description

Name: Rivulet
Nicknames: Rivu
Meaning: A very small stream
Birthdate: October 7th, 36 BC
Astrological Sign: Libra
Current Age: 4 months
Starting Age: 4 months
Faction: Shadow Empire
Current Rank: Cub
Previous Ranks: NA
Sex: DFAB
Gender: Non-Conforming
Pronouns: She/they
Species: 50% Tiger 50% Cougar
Physical Description
Overview
Rivulet has a top coat consisting of mid gray tones and a deep red underbelly and face. Black markings dot her face and the lower portion of all her limbs. Patches of white mark the tips of her ears, chest, and tail, with small bits of white smattering her face by her eyes and nose. Big bright golden eyes peer out of the center of her face and a cresting of gray fur comes up to a point on the top of her head. One little tooth, on the left side of her face often is seen jutting out of her face.
Build: Lean limbs with prominent belly
Stature: Lithe
Pelt Texture: Extra fluffy, thick, and plush
Grooming: Messy, often dirty and gets leafs and dirt stuck in her fur
Dominant: Black Markings, White Tail Tip, White Chest Marking, Gold Eyes,
Recessive: Red Underbelly, Pink nose,
Carrier: Brown pelt, Purple eyes, Melanistic coat,
Mutations: Overbite
Personality
Big bright eyes without a thought behind them, is the most concise way one would describe Rivulet. A loud, chittering little cub without a scrap of common sense in her little noggin. She often narrates her schemes and little pranks loudly and is constantly befuddled when her plans get found out. Lacking basic understanding of how things and life works, she does not pick up on subtle cues and requires direct communication on things.
Dense
“We’re friends?! I mean we hang out all the time, sure but you’ve never called me your friend before…”
Rivulet is dense. Social cues are not her forte and she has no idea where she stands with anyone unless she is told directly.
Chatterbox
“Do you think if I eat a firefly I can glow too? Are fireflies called fireflies because they are made up of fire?”
If there is one talent Rivulet has it is to yammer, on and on nearing incessantly. Perhaps it’s her disdain for silence that causes her to yap so much, as she doesn’t seem to even mind if no one is listening.
Mischievous
“Hehehehe when they go to sleep tonight they will find a half eaten mouse in their bed.”
A prank is perhaps the funniest thing in the world to Rivulet. She gets quite the cackle going when someone is fooled or she can get a nice jump scare in. Silliness is what makes the world bright after all.
Clingy
“Okay! I’ll just come with you then!”
Once someone engages with Rivulet she is sure to follow them around like the lost little cub she is. Even for simple mundane tasks she is happy to clomp around at anyone’s heels.

History
*** CW: Contains mention of Parental Neglect ***
Prelude
Born alone out in the elements, just a single cub and her mother, before the weather would begin to shift to colder. The tiny cub’s mother seemed at odds with herself from the start, often going from loving the new life she brought into the world to wishing the small creature would just disappear. At times she found herself leaving the cub unattended for increased periods of time only to race back to find it nearing starvation.
By some miracle, despite the mother's battle with herself, the cub continued to survive, much to her relief and at times despair. However as the cub grew older and started trying to wander when the mother left, their mother began to grasp that she was not safe for her cub.
So in the dead of night a few hours before the first rays of light dared to creep up the sky, the mother carted a chatty, incessant cub along, headed for where rumors said a collection of cats were said to live. It was a risk, but surely if there was a chance the cub could live a full life, it was better odds than with her. She set the cub down by a small little stream, and took off.
It was sometime after dawn that a Shadow Empire cat came across a hollering little cub stomping in a frozen rivulet, breaking up the ice and screeching every time her little paws touched the icy water below. When the tiny cub noticed the onlooker she simply shouted, “Good fellow I think I've frozen my beans!”
The little cub, dubbed Rivulet for the little stream she was found in, was carried back to the Shadow Empire camp, where her story now begins.
Family
Mother: Unnamed Tiger | NPC | Alive
Father: Unnamed Cougar | NPC | Unknown
Additional Info
Likes: Ice, eating mouthfuls of snow, pranks
Dislikes: Quiet time, boring cats, rules
Fears: Being left again