Tomie
Tomie is clearly her mother's child at a glance, the only sign of her father's genetic contribution might be found in her frame. Tomie will be a bigger child from the get, rounder and bulkier than usual. For a while the exact idea of what she'll look like will be unclear, is her shape from muscle or from fat? But as she grows more into her body it'll become clear the girl is simply built like a warrior. The awkward look will eventually smooth out into a tall fighter's build, though she will eventually only grow to 40 inches tall she will easily outweigh her smaller mother. Though she will never truly grow into a graceful creature, Tomie is perhaps poorly named in that regard as she hardly seems to be comfortable embodying traditional femininity, in her walk or her stances, instead she's clearly aware of the power housed within her and confident in it.
Her pelt will she short and coarse, which will serve the girl just as well as it means she doesn't need to worry over it much. Tomie is wrapped in light and shadow, though the deepest colors of the night on her pelt will never reach quite as dark as her mother's do. The majority of the girl is a slate grey with that color only getting darker on her extremities, her tail and all four limbs darkening gradually into an ashy black. The grey marches up her chest and ends only at her jawline where it fades into the other most predominant color on Tomie. A snowy white marks the girl's face, the back of her neck, and flecks along her back some, a few splotches also marking her rump and tail. The white intermingles with the grey on her back, sides of her neck, and cheek fur where the two become muddy. The grey also barely marks slightly above her nose. The final clearly defined marking is a black mark around her eyes and dotting her brow, very similar to the markings her own mother bears.
Finally peering out from that dark eyeliner-like space on Tomie's face are a pair of brilliant blue eyes.
Whoever Tomie was gonna be, she's not that. Sure she could still probably be considered a tom-boy, she's certainly not feminine but it's probably less to do with a quirk of her personality at this point and more to do with the quick way she was forced to grow up. Tomie had to be the strong one. So she modeled what she thought strength meant.
So she became taciturn and cold, she is very untrusting. As far as she's concerned she can only trust her sister Jaybird and her mother, the only consistency in her life has been those two and in a short life that's been mostly in flux those two are the only way she's been able to ground herself. By contrast, everyone else, including her brothers are inherently distrusted. She's learned to put up a very strong wall, others will inevitably disappoint her so why bother trying to be social right? Probably why in the few instances when she's forced to be she will be clearly out of her element and may lash out in an attempt to push others away.
She's not incapable of tenderness or kindness, certainly not but for the time being there are very few who will ever see that part of her, and anyone stubborn enough to finally earn her trust will probably find her quite easily flustered as she frankly has not learned how to handle kindness or affection from others outside her little bubble of safety. Still, she does care, and is fiercely protective of her little inner circle, she wants to know and do everything she can to protect the few who will earn her loyalty. If that becomes you, count yourself lucky, and pick a god and pray if you ever betray that trust.
Tomie is in a word, a tom-boy. As a child she's rough and tumble, always eager for a tussle and to prove herself. Tomie is prone to bumps and scrapes and will hardly be stopped by them, instead wearing them like a badge of honor. While she is certainly capable of putting her mind to things it'll be clear that Tomie's preferred method of dealing with problems it simply to brute force them. But she's not nearly as unobservant as this may let on, she simply learns better through action than by sitting quietly and listening and will as a child often be found mimicking the adults around her.
As she matures she'll be a little less prone to solving everything with violence though she'll not soften up much either. While not unsociable Tomie will be gruff, blunt and unafraid of offending others with her words if she feels they are true. Conversely, she will be slow to anger and rarely put her pride above others, though she'll still take any excuse to pick a fight if she thinks it'll be fun. Due to the constant patching up she'll have needed as a child Tomie will have an interest in learning the arts of healing and hold herself to a high standard, her bedside manner could certainly use some improvement but she'd never let anyone tell her she's not damn good at what she does.
Anyone who's willing to see past her prickly exterior will find Tomie's a good friend, with an easy sense of humor and a strong sense of loyalty. She's a hard worker and dedicated to those she's close to. Tomie is just as likely to play a drinking game as she is to rib at her loved ones, while certainly not the life of any party she can be quite fun to be around as long as you're willing to leave your ego at the door and understand that she'll do the same.
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