Oct. 11th, 2016

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OOC INFORMATION
NAME: Andie
AGE: Y
PREFERRED CONTACT: [plurk.com profile] rainfell
CHARACTERS IN GAME: Ruby Rose

IC INFORMATION
NAME: Nepeta Leijon
AGE: 6 solar sweeps / 13 human years
CANON: Homestuck
CANON POINT: Alterniabound, before Shit Goes Down™
CANON INFORMATION:Later there was a cave-in.

PERSONALITY: In introducing the post-scratch trolls, Homestuck canon states that their race is a bloodthirsty and ruthless one, highlighting their warlike mannerisms as they fight for survival. The feline-focused Nepeta, however, is none of those things—a bit of an oddity in troll terms. For the most part, she's genuinely happy, upbeat, and naive; a far cry from her more abrasive co-players. She's just along for the ride to have fun, fight with her friends, and roleplay in a weird meta way, making cat puns all along the way.

Perhaps the most defining traits of Nepeta's—other than her catlike mannerisms—are her eagerness and excitement to meet people. Unlike the other trolls, for example, Nepeta actually likes the other eleven trolls to some extent! Despite having lived in a cave for her whole life and literally hunting animals for food, she harbors no violent or murderous intent toward anyone she knows, which is saying something given troll culture. The only ones she feels less than enthusiastic about are Vriska, who she's a little intimidated by, and Eridan, who she finds kind of creepy due to his awkward attempts to flirt with her. Her friendliness even extends to speaking with the humans in the universe the trolls create, whom the others take to... well... trolling—she has friendly conversations with Jade; politely asks Rose to talk to the other girl's deceased cat-turned-sentient-sprite; and even engages in roleplaying with Dave. In fact, her only on-screen show of the ferocity she's capable of comes in the form of her attacking Gamzee during his first murder spree, where she doesn't even hesitate to attack him in order to both avenge her fallen friends and protect the ones who are still alive, though she is ultimately overpowered and killed as a result.

The one thing Nepeta loves more than her friends... is her friends loving each other. Relationships mean a lot to her! She devotes an entire wall in her cave (and later, in the trolls' base on the meteor) to tracking and theorizing about her friends' romantic relationships; her interest in matespritship, kismesissitude, and everything in between may rival even Karkat's, whom she herself harbors an unrequited crush on. Even so, she's the kind of person who is happy simply if the person she loves is; whether it's just a case of teen kitty love, or an actual meaningful attraction (Nepeta herself seems to be conflicted on what her feelings for him actually mean), she never reveals her feelings to him, and manages to just keep carrying on for the sake of the greater good.

Her feelings for the trolls' de facto leader aside, Nepeta is actually one half of one of the more successful and straightforward troll relationships in the series. She is in a moirallegiance with Equius, which means the two function in a sort of symbiotic way—Nepeta calms and pacifies the overly macho and hardheaded Equius, while Equius keeps the naive and free-spirited Nepeta grounded and safe from getting in over her head. Where one might see Nepeta's deference to Equius as her acquiescing too easily to his controlling nature, she sees it as keeping the delicate balance of troll relationships; "if not you, then who? Everyone has an important job to do." Her experience with him also makes her a natural peacemaker, or at least someone who tries to resolve conflicts in the absence of another mediator; she frequently acts to pacify her friends if they start getting a little too out of hand, even if it's not her actual designated responsibility.

Interestingly, a slightly different side of Nepeta is revealed either through conversations with or directly by various incarnations of Jaspers, Rose's aforementioned cat. Speaking with him comforts Nepeta, as he reminds her of her own deceased cat lusus, as well as someone who's removed from her situation almost entirely; she's able to confide things in him that she wouldn't even discuss with Equius, which, when taking into account their status as moirails, is a noteworthy detail. When speaking with Jaspers in a still-alive state, Nepeta reveals to him her crush on Karkat, which she has never spoken of before. Later, a further prototyped Jasprosesprite makes her feel sheepishly flattered by proposing to take her out on a date, as she says that regardless of her interest in romance, she's never dealt with it firsthand herself. Jasprosesprite also gets her to admit that she refuses to act on her feelings out of fear of embarrassing herself or being seen as stupid by her friends, the people she holds in the highest regard—a bit of a different perspective on the perception of the silly catgirl troll.

Finally, Jasprosesprite also suggests that Nepeta became so engrossed in shipping in the first place as a coping mechanism for her loneliness, much like the enthusiasm she pours into her roleplaying fantasies. Living in isolation for her whole life with only her lusus to accompany her kind of did a number on her, causing her to want nothing more than to actually be around the people she'd come to care for; when she first meets Equius in person thanks to Sgrub, she full body tackles him (a "pouncegreeting," as she would call it), and is beyond excited to be with all the other trolls as they finish their session. For a young girl who desires companionship and the feeling of being liked by people, it's the best thing that could have ever happened to her.

At the end of the day, Nepeta stays true to those she cares for, in spite of her heritage and everything that's come along with being a player of the life-altering game known as Sgrub. It's not hard at all to get on her good side, but lord or whatever deity you believe in help you if you manage to get on her bad side; contrary to her fun-loving first impression of a girl who just wants to draw and ship her friends, much like a rose with thorns, this cat's got claws, and she's not afraid to use them.

ABILITIES: Nepeta is very good at fighting, as she spent a vast majority of her life hunting and defending herself in the wild. She favors hand-to-hand combat, using retractable claws hidden inside her gloves as her main weapons; she's also been known to use her razor sharp teeth in combat, too. Theoretically, she should also have access to some sort of power theft as the Rogue of Heart, but nothing explicit has ever been stated (and Nepeta died without going god tier, whoops).

She's also really good at art! That's totally an ability!!

INVENTORY: Nepeta has only her clawgloves and her tablet computer, and whatever crayons and other assorted art supplies she can cram into her pockets. (Why didn't Hussie ever give us an actual description of how her sylladex works.)

MEMORY ALTERATION: She'll just think that one of the other trolls found a way off the meteor so they could escape from Jack Noir.

SAMPLE: Sad Karnep and test drive thread!

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