Irina - F - Loner

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IRINA
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she-cat : 62 moons : loner adult : heterosexual
- - smells of vodka, fire, and the air before snow - -
APPEARANCE: {large, fluffy ginger tabby she-cat}

Irina is not at all a dainty woman; she is a powerfully built feline with thick fur making her appear even more imposing, with a thick bushy tail, wide body, and thick legs that end in large paws. By contrast, her face is delicately proportioned with a small pink nose and olive green eyes- yet they remain no less intimidating as she tends to wear a severe glare or a disinterested, furrowed sort of look as she works.

In color Irina is a creamy ginger tone with a very pale undercoat, with thin red lines on her face indicating tabby of some kind even though the thick fur on her body has completely obscured whatever striping may be present there. She has wideset ears of normal height, though they appear short due to the mane of fur around her head. She doesn't have a drop of white on her, though her muzzle and toes are fairly pale.

Her fur is fairly soft, and she takes great pride in keeping her pelt tip-top condition in record time, freeing her up to do the harder work. She has a husky voice, but seldom ever whispers unless she's about to yell very loudly or comforting someone.

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PERSONALITY:
{positive; tough, determined, strong, loving}
{negative; harsh, vicious, controlling, petty}

Equipped with a sharp tongue and a harsh philosophy of survival, Irina will keep a family together even if it means crushing someone's dream- be it her own, her husbands, or any future child. They are of course free to have their own lives, but if they abandon their family, Irina will personally lock them out completely and prevent any interaction ever again. Even so, Irina is a mother at heart, and has a lot of love to give to anyone who can withstand her personality. Her aim is never to be cruel, but to raise strong children and trust that they understand her harshness is just to prepare them for the world around them. She can be a bit snide and grudging, often playing tit-for-tat with those around her if they've slighted her somehow.

She is extremely proud of the life she has fought tooth and claw to get and keep together, and won't let a single part of it go without a fight. She'll pester and lash at Vlad day in and day out, but she wouldn't trade her strong mate for the shiniest of pearls.

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HISTORY: 

Irina was born behind a theater in spring, along with three brothers. The smallest of her litter, she was expected to die young, but something about her made her mother pretty sure the little fireball would pull through and be just as stubborn if not more than the boys. Competitive and reckless as a child, Irina became known even by local twolegs as the cat that slept in trees just to prove she could do it even in storm winds. She argued with her parents often, fought with her brothers even more, and loved them all fiercely as they loved her back. Every sting was an intentional scab to toughen each other, and when things truly got bad, they huddled together against blizzard weather or scouted out alleyways for dogs and rival families as a whole.

As her brothers found their loves they drifted away, except for Vitaly, who had been half-blinded by a dog and chose to stay with his parents and help them into their old age. They met here and there, but Irina found herself wanting romance of her own- but not just any man would do. When, one day, a muddled brown and black tom strode up to her and introduced himself as Vlad, she wanted to scratch his nose off and chase him down the river- and that's how she knew he was the one. Any other tom was a fun fling to flirt with, but something rose an ire out of her when she looked at Vlad. He had been just as bold and strong as her, and she loved that sort of competition. Eventually, they became a couple in earnest.

Not too long after, some unusual twolegs captured the two of them and sent them away to a place of silver boxes and white lights, separated by an awful racket of other animals and two layers of thin bars. Against the odds, they were taken out of there together, and when they arrived at a partially finished home being renovated, they took their chances and made their escape into a new land of unfamiliar sights, smells, and seasons.

Irina is not afraid of this place, though. She will conquer it like any other alley- with love, food, discipline, and her teeth and claws.

Other notes; A bit of an oddball with food, likes to "spice" it up with edible plants when she can, and is very excited about all the green in the new land.

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FAMILY:
parents
Alina[mother][unknown] - street cat in Russia
Marat[father][unknown] - street cat in Russia

siblings
Pyotr[brother][unknown] - street cat in Russia

Timur[brother][unknown] - street cat in Russia

Vitaly[brother][unknown] - street cat in Russia

relations
Vladimir[mate][alive] - loner

"If we cannot be placing our roots in the motherland, we will be infiltrating this stranger land of summer and short coats"