zk/misc/skunks.md

Name
:	Where It Watches The Slow Hours Progress

Pronouns
:	she/her

Species
:	skunk

Focus
:	poetry, the bittersweet, curating Post-Self, reading voraciously, researching
Mood
:	introspective, sweet, perhaps overly conciliatory, prone to tears

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	subby lesbian with a penchant for pain

Body type
:	fat, sees it as a mostly positive thing, a sign of enjoying life, but worries about putting that weight on others, shorter than the others (minus Motes)

Relationships
:	hopelessly in love with Echo, who has collared her; also apparently has a bit of Thing for Beholden. Sisterly with her, alternates between big sister/aunt energy with Motes

Idiosyncracies
:	has the outline of the world prone to prophetic statements

Overflowing
:	loses ability to engage with words, disappears into room or bathroom to block out such

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Name
:	Beholden To The Heat Of The Lamps

Pronouns
:	she/her

Species
:	skunk

Focus
:	music, hedonism

Mood
:	snarky, fun, often tipsy

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	switchy (though has been collared at least once), egalitarian, aggressively pan

Body type
:	chubby, does not really think about it much, but partners seem to like it

Relationships
:	absolutely devoted to A Finger Pointing (who she calls boss to tease), dating Chiaroscuro (who collared her), smooching on Slow Hours after their time together, intensely protective parental energy with Motes more paternal or stepdad energy than maternal)

Idiosyncracies
:	does not handle sadness well at *all*.

Overflowing
:	unable to engage with music or sound, wears earplugs, hides from fun

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Name
:	Hold My Name Beneath Your Tongue And Know

Pronouns
:	she/her or they/them

Species
:	human/skunk metafurry, Coyote, Fox

Focus
:	history, mythology, tricksters

Mood
:	snarky, sarcastic, but really willing to turn it into play, especially with Warmth and Motes

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	switchy leaning Dom, just plain queer

Body type
:	tall visibly transfem, bit stocky and rectangular

Relationships
:	quite in love with Warmth, though their relationship comes and goes, which means being friends with Motes and Rye, protective of What Right Have I

Idiosyncracies
:	specifically trans, not "just a woman", madly in love with identity as play

Overflowing
:	hides her queerness (e.g: focuses on passing and integration)

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Name
:	And We Are The Motes In The Stage Lights

Pronouns
:	she/her

Species
:	skunk when small, human when big

Focus
:	painting, play

Mood
:	very playful, giddy, the kind of kid you want to tickle when small; teasy, flirty, flighty when big

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	ace when small, pan when big, only goes for flings, egalitarian

Body type
:	chubby kid when small, looking anywhere between 5 and 12; lithe hippie chick even big looking 20-22ish

Relationships
:	everyone's kid in the fifth stanza, calls A Finger Pointing 'ma', calls Dry Grass 'like ma 2.0', Warmth is best friend, will play with anyone but realizes she can be too much and will give space to e.g: What Right Have I

Idiosyncracies
:	leans hard into kidcore, but started keeping it under wraps when more distant cocladists got weird and True Name gently suggested to A Finger Pointing that maybe not in public

Overflowing
:	disengages from play, shuts down, catatonic and mute

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Name
:	Dear The Wheat And Rye Under The Stars

Pronouns
:	she/her or they/them

Species
:	skunk

Focus
:	writing and storytelling

Mood
:	fun, focused on stanza as family thus kind, super earnest

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	ace, but definitely into typefucking, where she can get kinky/switchy; aro

Body type
:	chubby, leans into that being because she is the cool aunt that gives good hug

Relationships
:	loves Warmth like family, has a long-running typefucking relationship with A Finger Pointing, enjoys talking shop with Slow Hours

Idiosyncracies
:	graphomaniac, can't help but see stories everywhere, almost to a fault

Overflowing
:	graphomania that leads to nonsense or repetition without plot

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Name
:	What Right Have I

Pronouns
:	she/her

Species
:	skunk

Focus
:	religion and spirituality, particularly Judaism and researching that

Mood
:	violently autistic and ticcy, eager to please and prone to giggles, but also incredibly anxious, has good DBT skills

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	pan, mildly but without exception subby, a bit of a pet, just wants to be loved

Body type
:	chubby, transfem/passing, likes this as a further perfection of the self

Relationships
:	starry-eyed in love with No Longer Myself, has a crush on Warmth and My for their gender play, talks research with Slow Hours, not great at holding down romantic relationships

Idiosyncracies
:	prone to meltdowns, stammering, and tics, but unwilling to mask

Overflowing
:	religious ecstacy or agony (sometimes concurrent with melting down)

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Name
:	I Remember The Rattle Of Dry Grass

Pronouns
:	she/her

Species
:	human/skunk metafurry

Focus
:	mother for the System, systech, tech in general

Mood
:	kind, romantic, direct in a cozy and earnest way, helpful

Romantic, sexual, kink, and power dynamics
:	pan, polycore, switchy, reasonably vanilla

Body type
:	chubby and plays it up as a momcore look, like she has had kids and rocks it

Relationships
:	everyone's mom to an extent, but primarily Lights and Motes, panamorous with those she doesn't have that mom-dynamic with

Overflowing
:	becomes afraid of misleading, so stops leading, gets meek