Welcome to Gaia! ::

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These are simple rules to help you become acquainted with some mechanics of the game as well as what you will be allowed to do after receiving your fae.

- Be aware that there are certain aspects of the Elemental Spirit you control and certain aspects that the creator controls:

Physical Appearance (Identity Card Image)
Creator (Me): Bodily appearance, such as hair/eye/skin color
Master (You): Bodily appearance (skinny/fat depending on food), clothing, facial appearance (according to personality type)

Personality:
Creator (Me): Natural temperament; genetics (if your fae attempts to breed later)
Master (You): Development; future personality and job affinity

Elemental Spirit:
Creator (Me): Special Events (read below); grading card (read below)
Master (You): Daily events

idea DO NOT ask for masters to sell their Elemental Spirit; additionally, DO NOT ask me to give you special advantages in obtaining a fae. Fae will be available for adoption occasionally; please wait patiently for these moments.

idea DO NOT ask me to private message you when a fae becomes available for adoption. As said before, I refuse to give people an advantage in obtaining one. If you desire one, check this shop regularly and wait patiently.

idea There is a limit of one Elemental Spirit per Gaia user. There will be limited amounts because I will have to draw specific pictures for each one. This is not merely drawing lineart and coloring ten different colors. I draw each Elementa Spirit according to the changes in their lives.

idea The ONLY way that an Elemental Spirit will be given out is through RP contest, raffle, or auction. Please read below for further information on how you can participate in these.

idea You will be required to role-play in this game, and the better at RPing you are, the more you can encourage your fae's growth. Read the "Game Play" section to find out what will happen if you refuse to role-play or abandon your fae for long periods of time. More specific guidelines for role-playing will be included in a different message thread.

idea When you role-play, you are allowed to role-play both yourself (as a master) and the Elemental Spirit (for daily events). However, you must role-play the fae according to their natural temperament and the "grading card" you receive. This presents a special challenge, because you could be a rather good-nature person and receive an evil child. You are not allowed to automatically convert your child to the side of good during role-playing. Treat them certain ways, and you will receive a grading card to guide how you should continue to role-play the fae. I WILL NOT be happy with people who alter the fae's personality in role-play to suit their own wishes. For example: A Fire child with a confident, short-tempered personality should react violently when being picked on by other children. This child would not run home, cry, and ask you to hold him after such treatment.

idea At times, I will "take control" of your Elemental Spirit through special events. These are not very dramatic moments (they only last 1-2 sentences long), and are made to act as a guide (like the grading card) to your fae's character. They are also graded more critically than regular daily interactions that you write about you and your fae. Thus, it is important for you to consider what course of action best to take when reacting to a special event. Please read below for more information on these events.

idea You must place your Elemental Spirit identification card in your signature. This is a MUST. More specific instructions may be sent to you if you receive a child.

idea Please do not complain about the status of your fae after you have paid and received it. If you have read ALL of the information contained in this shop, you will know that there are some unexpected aspects with the fae. It is your job as the RPer to adapt to these characteristics to the best of your ability and learn to raise your fae with love, regardless of their nature.

idea Bumps are welcome.

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There are numerous ways to interact with each child. Isolating your fae from other children (for example, by making him study books in your home rather than allowing him to play outside) will negatively affect his social development, but may enhance his mental development. Punishment may alter children in different ways, especially according to their natural temperament (for example, an Earth child already prone to wickedness will learn to become crueler, while a Water child may improve his performance to gain your approval).

Each interaction will either add or deduct points from certain characteristics in their personality (Violent or Peaceful, Stingy or Generous, Confident or Uncertain, etc.) and job affinity (Military, Maid, Doctor, etc.). Every one a while, your fae child will bring home a "Grading Card" which will give the appropriate markings so that you are aware of how your child is developing.

Temperament - Perhaps one of the largest influences that will affect your fae's development is the temperament that he was born with. In the earlier years of life, a fae will especially decide matters and react by his temperament. A Fire child who is scolded too often may be destined to be very volatile and hot-headed as an adult, because of his existing affinity towards these traits. However, a Fire child who is not scolded enough may become overconfident and careless as an adult, unable to realize his own faults.

Altering Temperament - Yikes! You got an Earth child. Why, you don't want some kid who's going to end up as a minion of the dark gods! Unfortunately, there is no way to alter the temperament of a child you receive; this is after all, the nature he was born with. However, the manner in which you raise him can affect his personality, overriding some of these natural tendencies. Want an extremely evil child who will conquer and enslave foreign lands in the future? An Earth child with naturally wicked tendencies will become the epitome of evil if raised correctly. However, teaching your Earth child compassion, heavenly religion, and kindness could result in an adult who is pleasant and only slightly cynical.

Abnormalities - How will you react if your young child possesses an unusual trait, such as blindness or missing wings? These fae have been abandoned for one reason or another, but primarily due to imperfections that would not be accepted in the fae society. Will you become frustrated and scold your child for causing you more trouble than he's worth, or will you attempt to sympathize with his struggle?

Fae Versus Human - You're human, he's fae. Of course, there's going to be some complications in attempting to explain the relationship to your child ("Where did I come from, Mom?", "Why don't I look like the other children?", etc.). The way you attempt to handle your fae's heritage will also influence his development. A fae who has been converted completely to the ways of humans may fail to connect to his natural environment but will be able to use his fae powers to aid mankind. By contrast, a fae who is fully aware that he was stolen out of his world and stuck in the realm of humans may become bitter, and possibly disappear for periods of time to wander in the woods and search for his original race.

Age Growth - If you want your fae to grow into adulthood, you MUST interact with him. (This is a roleplaying game, after all). Simply letting the kid sit there and waiting for him to develop will not work. Even in its early emryonic stages, talking and caring for the fae may prompt it to "hatch" from its flower. Because the age growth is partially dependent on its naturally tendency and partially dependent on your interaction, your fae could grow to the adolescent state while the fae of others in the same generation are still stuck as kids for a while.

Job - Future careers are not determined by job affinity alone. Their area of expertise will be determined by this affinity, but the specific job may be dependent on the personality. For example, a high mental development with a love for reading history (personality) and occasional violent reactions to school fights (job affinity) will result in this sort of equation: Intelligence + Violence = Future Job = Military Tactician.

Items - Everyone wants to buy items/toys for their young kids, right? Well, maybe not. It depends on how you want your child to develop. A Metal child with an affinity for valuables may demand more items than others, and whether he receives those items or not will affect his growth. The type of items you give are also important (for example, giving your kid a twig to play with is entirely different than purchasing a set of jewels). If your Metal child asks for a wooden sword and you give him a pencil instead, how will he develop? Items are important in developing personality, job affinity, and physical appearance as well (maybe a child flooded with items has potential as a Merchant in the future). What will happen if you feed your fae too many sweets when he asks for them (uh-oh, perhaps he'll become a little pudgy!)?

Selling/Abandoning the Child - Feel like leaving Gaia? Are you a poor Gaian who really needs some cash? Feel up to selling your poor kid to someone else? This is HIGHLY unadvisable, but...this is your child, and your decision. A child who is abandoned could potentially die (If you leave for a vacation and have no access to the Internet, please send your child to live with a friend for a week or arrange another situation. Otherwise, by the time you return, your kid may have run away or been killed while attempting to fend for himself. In some cases, "child services," a.k.a. me, will come to rescue the child and put him up for adoption.). Of course, you may feel like selling a child...DO NOT do this if someone is begging and pleading you to do this, even a friend. The child will become confused, hostile, and potentially run away if put under the care of a stranger...especially after being SOLD (how would you feel if the person who has promised to love you has sold you away like some commodity?). Doing so will detrimentally affect his personality and development.

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This section lists the current masters who possess Elemental Spirits and the names they have granted their children. More information per child will be introduced in the future.

Nekura - Pink Seedling - Cordain
Absalom - Black Seedling - Toshihiko
Xue-Lien - Silver Seedling - Blarq
Kizzy - Orange Seedling - SailorM4ev
Shin Daiko - Green Seedling - Dio da Goat
Linnea - Blue Seedling - DivineSaturn
Seriva - Gold Seedling - Zeejay

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They look quite wonderful~! Though, the lil G bag....does that mean....we .....get ....gold......?_?

This has yet to be decided. The fae receive careers in the future according to how you have raised them...However...I am a starving artist as it is. sweatdrop I think there will be a "point" system implemented that will operate like money once they receive their job, so that they can buy extra accessories or items.

Bump for myself! sweatdrop

;; Gimmie *lunge* xD