unreachable depths, uncrossable distance ☾☼ a cavitymorrow srp

Bright beams of summer sunlight streamed through the ring of trees around ThunderClan camp, warming the patch of grass where Cavitymorrow lay to nap. A light breeze brought with it the chirps of songbirds and, faintly, the trickle of a small forest brook farther out. For a moment, the young warrior felt perfect happiness, perfectly at home, entirely satisfied with her lot in life. With the simple pleasures of a sunny spot to sleep, abundant prey to chase, and a loving family to share it all with, what else could she want?

Always, her mind taunted her with what she had had, at a time. What happiness she had grasped, only for a moment, before time and circumstances and darkness snatched the light away. She would fight the dream, she always did, but nothing could change the end. Now that it has started, she must see it to the end.

“Cavy?” Her father’s soft voice brought comfort, lulled her into a sense of security. Nothing bad could ever come to Sablesoft, whose stories and speeches calmed storms. “Your mother and I want to take advantage of this beautiful day. Would you join us on our walk?”

She wanted to scream, to convince them to stay within camp’s sanctuary, never to leave again lest— but she knew they would never hear her. So instead she agreed, pleasantly, excitedly, and started out of camp in the same way she did that fateful day, the same way she had so many times since, with Clippedcanter to one side and Sablesoft to the other.

Why hadn’t she insisted on her siblings coming too? Was it selfishness or thoughtlessness that doomed her to forever walk this path?

The dream blurred, hours of bliss passing in moments, until the screech. The hawk’s call, which now rendered her frozen with fear, brought her memory self only curiosity. Before her parents could speak, before she could cry out, before anything could be done to prevent it, the raptor swept over the trio and snatched Clippedcanter between its prying talons.

Now she could scream, in grief and anger and determination to bring down the hawk. But it was Sablesoft who leapt after his mate, managing to claw the hawk. Too late. Always too late. Her injuries were overwhelming. Clippedcanter would soon pass on, and Sablesoft of a broken heart not long after.

“Go!” yelled her father, who never yelled. “Find someone, you have to—”

Usually, she would wake up, cold with sweat, safely back in the warrior’s den— though was it really safe without her parents? Tonight, however, the dream changed. Her mother’s pained voice joined with her father’s, and unified they demanded her, “Find!”

Cavitymorrow shot up.

Around her, cats slept on, unbothered by the nightmare that had somehow chased her across the sea. “I thought I left it behind,” she murmured through bubbling tears. But the past was not so easily abandoned. She stood and crept carefully out to the clearing of ThunderClan’s new camp, grateful for the cool night air.

Memories are set in stone, unyielding to her attempts to mold them into something, anything, less broken. Forever, her parents would be out of her reach. Their home was across a wide expanse of water, their spirits now rested with the stars. Devoted though she was, they had never sought her out across that distance and depth. Until tonight, when the dream changed and their demand finally reached her as a single word.

“Find what?” she screamed at the stars, twinkling innocently in the sky above. They provided no response.

But she already knew the answer.

the li’l gentleman ✺ ༄ a dandykit application

hello hello! i’m blossom (they/them, @wiidblossom), a long-time scratcher and avid storyteller. i love love writing, reading, worldbuilding, rockclimbing, and arts of all sorts and spend most of my freetime taking part in one of those. my favorite books are the locked tomb series by tamsyn muir (lesbian necromancers! in space!) and my favorite musical artist is lord huron. not really sure what else to put here so on to the rest of the app :)

which kit & why apply

i am applying for dandykit because my southern little heart just fell in love with this sweetie and i can’t get him out of my mind <3 i found the litter through the shepard’s pie ship, who i think are absolutely so adorable, and geodecharn is such a fun character that i’d enjoy interacting with! i’ve never had a character in windclan before, and the generation that is about to begin seems like such a fun time to get involved! and, of course, i’m applying because i enjoy getting to develop a character from birth, seeing them and their relationships grow over a long period of time.

roleplay experience & activity

i recently returned to tfrcp after a long hiatus. my previous and current characters in tfcrp are:
- tarantulahunter of tc, april 24 2021 to june 13 2022 — my first ever character, who i won from a litter and loved soso much. loved him so much i couldn’t possibly kill him off, and he instead set off from tc as an npc when i got too busy and burnt out to continue with him.
- daydreamsleep of tc, august 20 2022 to march 8 2023 — an apprentice signup character with twin sister nightmarewake to take advantage of the fun with boats in tfc’s second great journey! she ended up sticking around a lot longer than i originally expected and was a joy to rp, such a departure from the cheeriness of taran.
- cavitymorrow of tc, april 13 2025 to now (lol) — i’ve returned to tfcrp with this old grandpa who is beginning an arc about family reconnections. (coincidentally very soon after another great journey :0)
- fleecekit of rc, unborn — not much to say about this little gal, as she’s yet to be born teehee

i have not really been in any other warriors rps (since originally writing this i joined fidelis ad mortem as fallowspell), but was very active in a few non-warriors rps in 2020.
i’m quite active on scratch, checking several times a day and responding to threads as often as i can, generally trying to do so at least once a day when i am busy but more when i’m not.




future identities

dandydear will be cis male and use he/him pronouns. though he won’t figure it out for a while, certainly into his 20s, he is gay and on the aromantic spectrum.

personality

a gentlemanly fellow with his quirks, a penchant for gossip, and a deep love for the world. he doesn’t really know himself, but he’ll figure it out.

the contradiction at the center of dandy is “chivalry” versus , while his greatest struggle is with change, particularly his own change.

dandy’s simplified personality traits are:
+ steadfast, considerate, orderly, just, curious, generous
a reliable and loyal fellow, dandy is steadfast in his beliefs and unwavering in his love for those around him. he is careful and considerate towards others, at least to their face. dandy is very organized, with a system for everything from remembering his clanmates’ names to ensuring the wind continues to blow. he has a strong sense of justice, and works to ensure those who deserve recognition or retribution receive it. he is naturally inquisitive, sometimes poking his nose into things that don’t concern him, and getting less open to explanations that skew from his perspective as his beliefs become more set in stone. he sees his clan as an extension of his family, and extends generosity towards them all, particularly with information and (sometimes false) compliments, but also with his time and gifts.

= polite, outgoing, whimsical, particular, rule-following
though not a very loud lad, dandy is outgoing and tries to introduce himself to and get to know as many cats as he can. as his views of the world are built on the foundation of kithood stories and his big imagination, he is very whimsical, as are the explanations he has for things. obedient would not properly describe dandy, as he doesn’t follow the rules of others so much as make his own that he follows quite strictly. he finds comfort in routine, and his health (physical and mental) deteriorates in the absence of routine.

- close-minded, stubborn, nosy, worrywort, gossip, two-faced
with a very particular way of seeing the world, dandy is not open to challenges to his worldview and is extremely defensive of and stubborn about his beliefs. he can get over-involved in the business of others, particularly those he cares about, and is prone to worrying about them and their wellbeing. he gossips unendingly, enjoying sharing information that is not his to share, on occasion spreading false rumors without concern for their truthfulness—honesty is certainly not a virtue of his. he is quite two-faced, one moment commiserating “empathetically” with you over a failure and the next laughing behind your back as he tells his friends all about what a mess up you are. but if you tried to challenge him on it, he would not even understand what he did wrong.

dandy struggles with change, believing the world is the way that it is and shouldn’t shift beneath his feet. since early kithood, he has subconsciously built out a system of rules that govern how the world works and how he and other cats should behave. close-minded to challenges to his vision of the world, he has difficulty accepting things that break these rules, even if it’s as simple as learning that some cats swim when his whole life he’s believed that cats can never swim. he particularly does not like for himself to change, and lies to himself about who he is and what he wants. if he wanted something as a kit, certainly he still wants the same thing now!

future plans, dynamics, & trivia

to dandy, geodecharm is the greatest father anyone could ever ask for and he would never stand to hear another cat say otherwise — could definitely see him getting into scuffles with other kits or apprentices about who has the better parents. he admires him greatly and trusts him unconditionally, with many of his strange beliefs about how the world works coming directly or indirectly from geode’s wild stories.
- if ju wins galekit and geodecharm leaves windclan, dandykit/paw will plead with him to stay, and consider going with him but ultimately determine the correct thing according to the rules is to stay. (wrote this before the results for that litter came out)

with doozy, i’d love to explore a give-and-take sibling dynamic — brothers don’t always get along, and sibling squabbles followed by hours of peaceful play before another argument is set off is very authentic to the sibling experience. dandy loves his brother more than anything, but that doesn’t mean they always get along. as an otherwise a quite buttoned-up lad, a more explosive side of him comes out around doozy.

dandy is very family oriented, and wants to have a little family of his own from quite young, sometimes playing a form of “house” with his friends where he’s the father and them the kits rather than the more traditional games preferred by most kits. his love for families and personal romantic obliviousness are the crux for my most favorite plot concept for this little fellow — as a young warrior, he will want to become a father but not realize yet that he is gay, leading to him becoming mates with a childhood friend who he mistakenly believes he has a crush on (“romance just means love, and i love my friend!”). after accepting that his wants can change and realizing the crush was false and the love platonic, he will initiate a divorce arc. (all of this would be done with the other rper’s knowledge and consent, of course, and i think it would be fun to play around with a two-way beard, lavender marriage in tfc teehee)

dandy’s names for geodecharm are “da” and “deodecharm” — he and doozy have names starting with the d sound, so their father should too!
- this extends to him calling any cat he feels very close with, to the extent of them practically being family, by their name with the first sound replaced by d. for example, applehug would be dapplehug or treasuretide would be deasuretide.

a great lover of gossip, dandy would be nowhere without friends (and enemies) to take part in his grapevine. he thrives in the large size of his generation, making many friendships as a kit that he’ll work to maintain throughout their lifetime. he’s always all up in everyone else’s business, so can be a bit of a toxic friend (and an easy enemy for anyone who prefers keeping secrets), but he really does care.

dandy is a quite musical fellow, spending long hours listening to and learning to mimic birdsongs, then weaving their melodies into wordless tunes of his own. as an apprentice he realizes melodies are easier to remember than names of other cats, plants, and animals, and begins setting short mnemonics to song.
- dandy has difficulty remembering names, something he struggles with because he believes it’s polite to refer to others by name.

as a kit, he believes dandelions are named after him, and because every dandy must have his doozy, goes looking for the evasive doozylion flower.

he does not have imaginary friends, but does conceptualize as his sister dizzy and their mother as large white swans, always watching over him, doozy, and geode from above. for this reason, swans are his favorite animal and every sighting of them (or particularly swan-shaped clouds) must be followed by telling everyone who will listen that look, his mother loves him! she’s here to tell him so!

part of dandy’s routine is eating at the same times each day, and he tries to always eat with others. family suppers!

like any good southerner, dandy will endlessly comment on (read: complain about) the weather (“it’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity!”), but still make fun of any cat who can’t stand heat. meanwhile he can hardly function below 50 degrees fahrenheit.

particularly as a kit and apprentice, dandy watches other cats around him with wide eyes, trying to figure out the rules of interactions and, later, to overhear all the gossip. he enjoys eavesdropping, but his gleeful giggling often gets him caught.
- at some point, he overhears an older cat (possibly a kittypet or loner if no one in wc fits) using “mister,” “miss,” “ma’am,” and “sir,” and really latches onto the words, finding happiness in the formality.

taking after a dignified southern lady, dandy does not always say what he means and can be rather passive aggressive with his “bless your heart”s and “in’t that sweet”s. a gossip at heart, he’ll act all kind and caring to your face while badmouthing you to his friends behind your back. (just like my grandma fr)

i’m still on the lookout for voice claims, but he definitely has a virginia southern accent, gentlemanly and approachable, like richard gansey iii from the raven cycle.

as his name might suggest, dandy likes to keep a crisp image, more and more as he grows older. though he’ll always love running around in dirt and getting all muddy, the time afterwards spent grooming himself will grow as he ages.


roleplay examples

roleplay starter examples

{ dandykit ; four moons }



{ dandypaw ; ten moons }

a long day of training

{ dandydancer ; nineteen moons }



joint roleplay threads

dandykit & doozykit jrp with quick (quickstrike–)
dandykit & doozykit jrp with liam (leavqs)

other examples

fallowspell & rabbitquill thread
cavitymorrow & tuliptwirl thread