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"Get fucked!" Great-grandfather through her parent, Lighterfluid.
Great-granddaughter. It doesn't seem that long ago my grandchildren were becoming warriors, and even my son, and now the grandchildren are growing up... She is a lot like her parent. At least that means they've both calmed down some.
"My little fluffy bundle of joy... he's soft as a duckling and as handsome as his father!"
Dad. He's a good dad, very soft and warm and such but also with like big muscles to keep ya safe. Real good design for parenting small children, gonna use that if I ever have a babeh. Good job, very successful child-rearing.
Sibling; I'm the big boy, Honey is the small egg. You can tell cuz I'm the solid fuckin' unit in this interaction. Now. What's the plan for today? Been thinkin' a lot about hives and anthills lately, and the concept of "untapped potential."
Brother from the same litter.
"Dammit they're too fucking cute to ignore. Is this how Marigoldsear felt when we were born?"
Aunt Hornet! We know all about the frog she caught in her early days. This was the beginning of Hornetsoar's long and ongoing career as a Warrior Cat, though the title would not be bestowed upon her until a later date.
"You can really see what he got from both of them, huh..." Nephew through their brother, Venomscratch.
Kin, a lot of my family is in ScrapClan. Someday I'll get in and then I'll see all the monsters with my eyes instead of my imagination, which I imagine to be faulty. Like, what's the odds we're gonna imagine things right? It's low, Lighterfluid.
"Cousin. Too much fur to swallow whole, presumably."
Cousin; I'm supposed to scream loudly if I see two of him. Well LAST time I got kidnapped and I screamed no one could hear me cuz I was all muffled by the dead animal they were usin' as a sack though.
"They're both so tiny... they have Venomscratch's dashing looks, though." Grandson through his son, Venomscratch.
Grandpa; he's not fluffy at ALL. He's so tall though, just like his boy, of whom I am the boy of. He keeps all his secrets up there, and now, I'm getting tall enough to ask him questions. So gramps. What's inside a turtle's shell?
"He has Uncle Venom's weird fucking face." Cousin through their parent, Lighterfluid.
Cousin, fellow fluffball, but the fluff is a different brand. See, she has a mom, and that's girl fluff. You can tell because of the way that it is. Don't be fooled though. I'm warning you. If you get fooled, well, don't say I didn't warn you.
"Oriolekit gave us quite the fright when he went missing. Thank the stars he was safe.. gosh. I hope it doesn't have any... adverse effects on him." Grandson through her son, Goldensequoia.
Grandma is a nice old lady. That's good. Wouldn't wanna still be a dick as an old fart. Like, what's the point anymore? Maybe you're not that old, granny, but it's good to get a head start. Maybe you'll have more grandkids later.
"The one who started it all, so they say, even if it was Wrencry's bitchery that royally fucked the feud. She saw my potential from the get go and is super fucking cool, regardless, so I try to tell my kits stories about her when I can." Ancestor through their father, Shredshadow.
Descendant; They were a sickly kit, so I paid them extra attention. And look! They've grown tall! So successful by most metrics. So glad that they were in the handful of cats that survived to adulthood. Hehe, the family is in an uproar because I said that.
"Pipi says she taught them how to fight and, if I'm lucky, one day she might teach me too. Well, guess what?! I don't need her help! I can already kick ass!"
Descendant; Well aren't you just a fluffy ball of nightmares? Bless her little heart, if you can, with all that fluff in the way. Good armor, I guess, how many times have you gotten someone's claws tangled in your fur so far?
"I'm glad he's making friends. It'll distract him from the trauma." Son with their mate, Knotpaw.
Parent!! They're a bit angry sometimes, but still good. The thing that's really admirable about our family is that we all have got each other's backs, with the exception of some that have died, but even most of them have someone they care about.
"He sure looks like his parents..." Grandson through his child, Lighterfluid.
Grandpa! He's tall... and mysterious! I don't think I could be mysterious, I kind of have this habit of running my mouth a little too fast. Maybe if I half-lid my eyes and pout ever-so-slightly though, I could look mysterious, for a moment.
"Hey! Pay attention to me! We're SIBLINGS for fuck's sake!"
Sister. We grew a bit apart as kits since she was picking on others, and my friends didn't vibe with that. She's gotten better now though; apparently she's in LoOooOovVveEe~ ohhhoho. Tough gal got a soft spot for a giiiirl?
"We're the only two left, really. Gotta admit, it's nice to feel a little closer to her, she's always been pretty fucking standoffish."
Half-sibling. We're close. Lighter's the only sibling I still have around since Venom left and the others all ascended. I did my fuckin' best, but it's a game you can only ever lose, and if you've ever tried herding cats, you'd know.
"... she... she looks a lot like Polarspirit's family." Step-daughter through his mates, Shredshadow and Polarspirit.
Step-father. He's distant, and if you asked me what his motivations and goals are, I'd shrug, but I trust him well enough. Him and my mom got with my other dad without knowing just what they were getting into. I'm the last of his step-kids.
"You know I'm right! Stop looking at me like that!" Aunt through her parent, Lighterfluid.
Niece. I never wanted to openly take her side in warring against another child, but it seems there was likely some validity in her stance on what happened to get her and her brother kidnapped. I was suspicious, but... you know.
"Can't believe I'm saying this but having sex with him was a bigger mistake than fucking Hoot." Sperm-donor of his kits, Camas and Lotus.
I don't know what the fuck he's up to. I'm the father of some of his kits... unfortunately. There were a lot of conditions involved when I finally agreed to that, not that any of them mattered in the end. I should have trusted my instincts.
"Father; He's just another flesh body."
Son, biologically. He was never supposed to be mine but I still feel responsible... which is bad, because he's terrible. My mother acts like the boys are mine too, and it seems that everyone who knows sees it that way.
"I saw him at the fight... he went over the cliff. I hope he's alright." Cousin through his mother, Tansyleaf.
Cousin, in Wrencry's family. I guess, in some way, he was braver than the rest of us. Sometimes it seems like 'yeah, sure that would happen' then I try to imagine ending up with Shredshadow and break out into hives.
Cousin, one of the two kits that's both a descendant of Wrencry and Rustytalon. I don't know them personally, but I am pretty sure Venomscratch wouldn't enjoy another family reunion, and quite frankly, I'm not keen on it either.
Cousin through their father, Goldensequoia.
"Seeing him go over the edge filled me with a sense of dread and accomplishment 'cause I didn't. If he'd died I would've probably felt bad about that but he didn't so I don't." Cousin through her mother, Tansyleaf.
Cousin, I don't really know her. There's a branch of the family over in BearClan, which I imagine is very different being bordered and allied with ScrapClan, where all the Rustytalon descendants were up until the end of the feud.
"I wish you could've been raised without the threat of the feud... you seem like such a nice young man at heart." Cousin through her father, Bertie.
Cousin. She is a nice cat, shame she was involved in all this. I'm not sure when her side of the family left WildClan; most of the group has historically been pretty loyal to it, but I suppose Wrencry was a loner to begin with anyway.
"Twin brother, used to resent the shit out of him when I was younger, actually ended up leaving my birthclan because I was so sick and tired of being compared to him. Seems pretty stupid now that I think about it but I'm happy that I did it. Flareclan's been good to me. I miss him a little but being deputy's kept me too busy to dwell on it."
Sibling; I don't really remember when we grew apart... they moved to another clan, and I kind of realized it then. I miss them. I suppose that's only natural when it feels like the world is just tearing everything away from me, but...
"Big brother... I'll never forgive my parents for what they did to him. I want to talk to him so bad but the timing never seems right. It's been moons since I joined Desertclan and we're still skirting around each other."
Little brother, just found out 'bout him pretty recently. Poor fellow... dunno what's worse, bein' thrown out or kept in that situation. S'pose getting thrown woulda been worse if it killed me 'stead of doin' whatever it did to my brain.