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IC

Name: Satika Mertuldan (Hasarenware)
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Species: Kagnaen (OOC: From the world of Kagnae, visibly human, except for the eyes)
Any Children?: I have an adopted daughter, she is, somewhat unusual. To my shame, I can not bear children of my own.
About Me:
There is little enough to be said of me. I have been over a year in Gaia now, and in such time, made to be aware that I have become a widow, my husband's life lost in the land I left. I am no great beauty, but I am an honorable woman, who would serve a new husband with appropriate humility. I am not untalented in the domestic arts, and have some experience in bringing grace into a home.
Hobbies:
I am not a woman given to idleness, but do enjoy those arts that are appropriate, some music, and painting.
Talents:
Though I would not think to call myself talented in any particular area, I have had much practice in the feminine graces. I teach poise at the school of my people, and also train the girls in the arts of flute, dance and harp. I cook well, sew neatly, and have some small sense for decorating.
Looking For:
I would ask for a man who is not unkind, and not given to raising his hand against his wife in anger. I can not start a household of my own, I am barren, so of course, I would understand if I were not the primary woman of the household.
Other
I am not Gaian, and I do not understand, easily, the ways of this place. The men here are both bolder and more kind than I am accustom too. As such, I beg for a patient man, and one who can respect, to what ability he is able, the customs of my people until I am able to fully adjust to his.


OOC
Player: Lithle
About Me:
Umm... I think I'm a fairly nice person. I'm a bit shy and skittish, and as such hope to find an RP partner who isn't prone to, you know, pushyness or fits of screaming. I've been RPing a long time, though I won't say that makes me skilled. I'm not a scary person, I don't think. I am, on occasion, an easily excitable one. I tend to not be very good at idle chatter on AIM, so if we're not talking about the RP, it's likely I won't have much to say. Don't think it means I don't like you, I'm just... not chatty.
Likes/Dislikes (IN RP):
I'm interested in the psychological growth of my characters, the way they twist and change as they encounter things that challenge their ideas of what is right and wrong. I don't mind a little drama and angst, but would like to spice that up with some simple, sweet moments. I'm... not action packed by nature, sorry. It's unlikely that Satika will be up for fighting off vampire werewolves anytime soon.

I'm of the strict fade to black school, and that's not negotiable. If our characters end up in an intimate relationship, we can talk out what's going on so that we know, but I will not RP it. It's not that I disapprove of it, but I'm not comfortable with it, I don't write it well, and frankly, I don't enjoy it.
Style:
I tend to post a few decent sized paragraphs when RPing, dependent on how much is going on. I'm not the sort to spell out every nuance of my characters every thought and emotion, but I will make those clear. I RP third person, past tense, and other styles do bug me a bit. I won't do first person, at all. It feels creepy. I'm also a usually a SLOW RPer. I'm unlikely to get in more than a post or two a day, so if you are the go, go, go, sort, we're a bad match. I like board style, because I can do slow tag RP, but I have done AIM before, and can do it, if its needed. I admit that it can be fun, under the right circumstances.
Availability:
Weekdays, mostly. That's Monday through Thursday with an emphasis on Wednesday. I'm not around much on the weekends, and that's not going to change. Gaia's cool and all, but my boyfriend is cooler.
What I want for the character:
Satika, as you may have noticed, is a bit different. She comes from an extremely patriarchal culture, and she's got a bunch of messy, strange ideas in her head as a result. She's also got some very strong notions about purity, and chastity, so don't expect her to be easy to seduce. She's likely to insist on an escort at first.

What I want for her is a man who will not take advantage of those things, but gently help her become more independent and proud. She's smart, she's kind, and she's lovely, she just doesn't know these things. I don't want her completely remade into a kick a** heroine though. She likes the domestic arts. I'd just like to see her find a man who can appreciate her talents without treating her like a slave, and in doing so, teach her not to act like one.
Other:
Satika does have a daughter, but from a dead shop. And I do intend to get her more kids. She loves kids.
Also, she has no problem with polygyny, so if your character intends to have a few women around, she certainly won't be shocked.

IC

Name: Dominique Whisper
Age: Does it matter that much? Fah. 28. I look fantastic for my age.
Gender: Female; I'd make a snide comment, but it's just not as fun on paper.
Sexuality: Heterosexual; women are catty and coniving. Men aren't much better, but at least on occasion they look damn good.
Species: Purple ******** people eater. Tch. I lied, snide comments are just as much fun on paper as they are out loud. Also, I'm human.
Any Children?: ...Changing diapers just isn't my specialty.
About Me: I am the head of the Whisper family mafia. Because of this most of my time is devoted to keeping the business running. I've been doing this since my father died two years ago, and I'm good at it. It has it's challanges though, there are still those who don't believe that a woman can run this kind of business.

Hobbies: Busting kneecaps and braining those who piss me off; does that count? No? Hmph. Well, I suppose that on occasion I also tend to enjoy going to the firing range for some practice; I've also recently taken up archery. I also know how to play the piano, I guess it's sort of a hobby.

Talents: I have an excellent eye, and not just for detail.

Looking For: A man with some brains; I can't stand idiots. I'm also admittedly vain, so he has to look good standing next to me. Also, I'd like a man who isn't easily intimidated by a woman in a station of power. In other words... I'd like to find someone who isn't about to turn tail and run the moment they found out what it is I really do. I'd like someone who can accept me... for me. Gore included. Sorry, it's part of the package.

Other: I am a rather cold person, and it takes me awhile to warm up to people. Because of this I often come across as blunt, and not particularily nice. I won't apologize for it, either.


OOC

Player: Chibi_Dragonfly, Dee for short!
About Me: I am an INDIVIDUAL~ just like everyone eeelse...

Speaking a weee bit more seriously (but not much), I am currently nineteen and residing in the same town I've lived in for ten (eleven?) years. I work at McDonalds full time (usually, unless they're screwing me over) and am looking to aquire a second job for the summer. I'm not really that busy, but I do have some form a life once in awhile, and occasionally it takes me away from the internet. But everyone is like to some degree I suppose. I'm very tolerant of pretty much everything and anything, but if something bothers me I'm not against speaking my mind and saying so. I try to always act mature, but on occasion the sugar goes to my head and I become a hyper little livewire that can spew random assortments of words and phrases that make that loony bag lady standing at the corner of your nearest fast food restaurant speaking into a walkie talkie that clearly doesn't work because the back is torn out of it and selling flowers she stole from the pots at Dairy Queen look sane by comparison. Nothing against bag ladies mind you, it was just an example.

I like getting to know the people I RP with, not just about the roleplay, but about their likes and dislikes and I don't mind listening to ranting.. All in all, I just like talking to people in general, and learning about their experiences as well as sharing some of my own.

I can be a grammar nazi if you ask me to proofread something for you or an opinion on an essay/literary piece/etc. but otherwise I won't stick you on a pike for the occasional grammatical and/or spelling error. Lord knows I am only human and make more than enough of them myself.

Something that should be kept in mind is that I am applying to go to work in Ireland come September for a year. If I'm accepted, I don't know what this will do to my online schedule. I'd really, really like to go, seeing as I'm not doing anything with my life at the moment and it doesn't feel particularily good to have no goals. Harhar.

Likes/Dislikes (IN RP): I am a very flexible roleplayer; I'm down with writing pretty much everything, but if there's something that I don't feel comfortable doing I'll let you know. I don't mind writing, as one of my friends once put it, 'the ol' in and out', but it requires plot and a comfortable relationship with the other player to write it. In other words, I have issues with feeling people judge me about writing that stuff, but if I know for sure you're okay with it, then I'm fine with it too.

I like angst, I like drama, but I like it in balanced amounts. I like happy goofy stuff just as much as I like the soul-wrenching raging torments of emotion kind of writing.

I ADORE literacy, and I hate chatspeak with a loathing passion. I can't even use chatspeak when I text from my cellphone; it insults every english teacher I've ever had, and I had some great ones. I like moderately sized posts, but a couple of one liners here and there doesn't bother me. However, know that if you drop a one liner you'll likely receive one in return, as they don't usually give me much to work off of.

I very much love to learn about the histories of peoples' characters, and even if it doesn't come up in the roleplay if you have a random story about how so and so met a lion and walked away with a pet leprichan I'd probably like to know. You can pretty much feel free to ramble at me as much as you want, because I like listening! I also ramble a lot in kind, (as is exhibited in this here form) but if you tell me to shut up I will. Promise. xD

Style: I am most comfortable writing in the third person past tense; I do enjoy writing first person musings once in awhile, but it's rare, as I enjoy describing things. (So I'll unpack my adjectives~)

Asterix roleplaying is fine for fun and games and joking around, but I never really apply it to in character activities.

^-- Clearly the laziest answer included in this form. Sorry about that.

Availability: Week nights after six pm PST mostly, though sometimes I go to the movies or hang out with friends or play pool or just have a life in general. Saturdays I don't get out of bed until about 2pm PST because I still like to watch saturday morning cartoons, and television gets boring after two.

/Geek

Sundays I'm around generally all dayish, depending on if I decide to go and do stuff.

What I want for the character: I merely want to find someone that can handle the extent of violence Dominique has in her every day life, and accept her for her, and not judge her by the lifestyle she lives. Dom also needs someone to soften her up; she's a cold hearted b***h, to every definition of the phrase, and she needs to get back in touch with her emotions, past the giddyness she feels when shooting someone in the face. That doesn't count.

Other: Clearly, I ramble a lot. Sorry about that. Also, by the end of this form I was getting tired, so I got lazier. Sorry about that, too. XD; I don't get lazy in roleplays though, because roleplay is fun. Yes indeedy!

AIM isn't a must, but I'd really appreciate it if you had AIM to communicate with me outside of Gaia. Sometimes I don't sign in for awhile just because, and if you're waiting for posts from me or what not it's a good way to poke me. I admit to occasionally needing to be prodded for responses.

IC

Name: Madeline Adrian (Call me Maddy!)
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Species: Skull Monkey Mostly human
Any Children?: Yup, one! His name's Taig, he's the sweetest little thing!
About Me: I'm very positive, practical, and honest. I'm the no regrets type of girl! I admit to loving being in a position of power, but don't get me wrong in saying so; I'm no control freak! <3 I loooove company, all sorts, throw them at me, I'm flexible! There's the little part where my past gets complicated, but I hope it won't get in the way, as it seems to with a lot of g people. I thrive in social situations, so you'll find me as one of those people who knows a lot of people and enjoys hearing more about everyone (so long as they have something interesting to say!)

Hobbies: Cooking!! And going along with that, all kinds of cuisine. I'm not afraid to try new tastes! Music's big for me, I love EVERYTHING. Some people say they love everything but don't really mean everything. I def. mean it! I like hands on type of stuff; I'm taking a pottery class, but I'm really not that good yet.

Talents: Cooking!! Wow, how redundant of me, heehee. But I haven't spent countless hours in the kitchen, cooking for dozens of mouths (I come from a big family, it comes with the territory) without picking up some things!!

Looking For: some fun! Really, anyone who takes life too seriously has gotta loosen up. I'm pretty traditional so flowers and little surprises will win me over, but I'm also totally cool with a guy who just wants to go spend a day enjoying each other's company at a social event, or something. Oh, and you've gotta love food, 'cause I'll be making you eat a whole lot of it! Gotta be fun and social, no brooding dark strangers, please!

Other I can grab a babysitter most of the time but be aware that they aren't as reliable as I'd like them to be, so you'll probably meet my son eventually one way or another.


OOC

Player: quietsnooze
About Me: I'm a full time student of animation, so suffice to say I'm pretty busy. Though, I can't seem to peel myself away from Gaia, and I own and run a B/C shop, so it's not like I'll be hard to track down if I slip up in attendance, ;D. Though RP and writing has slipped on my priority list, I certainly draw a lot more, so if you're with me, and there's some fun scenes going on, I might just pick up my pencil and sketch a little, X3. Oh, and I'm pretty silly. No "all srs biznizz, all the time" with me, thanks~!

Likes/Dislikes (IN RP): Oh, the usual. Bad grammar gets on my nerves, strange abrupt or non related responses will confuse the heck out of me, yadda yadda. I love insight into a character without having to read entire novel length back stories and monologues. [Maddy won't like monologues either, she likes getting a word in, haha.] If you're taken care to match behaviourisms and quirks to a character's persona, hun, you're on my admiration list!

Style: I write in third person present tense, so anyone who isn't automatically confused by that = win. I don't expect you to change yours to match, just be aware that even with a conscious effort to write past tense, I always, by the end of the RP, am back at present tense, x_o. Sorry! Oh and sometimes I can ramble with description, but that's only usually in my own solo RP spiels, so you should be spared from that, hehe.

Availability: Nights and weekends during the school year. Summer months, unless I explicitly say so, should be pretty key for catching me for RP.

What I want for the character: I'm looking for someone who will push Maddy's buttons without pushing her so far as to having a snit fit. Well, actually, that'd be kinda funny and surely knock some reality into her, but I don't know how well that'd work out for the relationship, haha. She's pretty easily smitten, but also strongly opinionated and pretty prudish, so someone who can act as her opposite without being polar opposite would surely be fun to work with. Overall, I'm just looking for character development and an excuse to break Maddy from her "life sure is gum drops and sunshine!" attitude.

Other: I hope you don't mind random music suggestions. Maddy's full of them, hahaha. Other than thaaat.. you should push her buttons, but not mine. Got it? ;D

IC

Name: Olivia Crane, but almost everyone calls me Liv.
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Species: Human
Any Children?: No, but I would certainly like to start a family some day!
About Me: I guess I'm a pretty normal girl? I'm currently employed as a nurse at Durem General Hospital. I really want to return to school and one day become a pediatrician, but I have neither the time nor money for that. Hopefully sometime in the future I will. I try to stay positive even when things are looking their worst. It helps when you work in such a potentially depressing place as a hospital. I smile as much as I can. Smiling always seems to help, no matter what the situation. I've also been told by my co-workers that I'm a Chatty Cathy, and I suppose it's true. But all girls like to talk, right?
Hobbies: The long hours at the hospital don't leave much time for recreational activities. Does having fun count as a hobby? I like to have fun however I can, as long as it doesn't involve something dangerous or illegal. Socializing is one of my favorite things to do - I've been known to start conversations with strangers! I don't like to be alone. I also haunt the local clubs, but I go there more for the music than the drinks, I swear!
Talents: Are multitasking and organizational skills talents? I have to keep things organized, because it just seems to fall apart otherwise! Another thing is that I can...keep clean? Myself, my apartment, my workplace, I try to keep everything as clean as can be. Oh, dear, I don't seem to have very interesting talents.

Looking For: A nice, fun-loving, sociable, trustworthy, outgoing, confident guy! Are there any of those out there? Someone shy just wouldn't work out, because I like to be in the social scene and it would just be too awkward. Not to stay that we wouldn't spend time alone, just not all of the time! And he definitely cannot be the jealous type - I will probably be having a few "girls' night out" with my friends, and I don't want someone who's going to be suspicious of me every time I do something like that. And, also, someone who's clean. I don't think I could deal with rank teeth, nappy hair, and oily skin. Sorry!

That's not too demanding, is it?

Other I work nightshifts at the hospital quite often, so there may be some schedule conflicts. Anyone who is willing to work around that would be great!


OOC

Player: Wotcher
About Me: I am eighteen years old, female (despite the masculinity of my avatar! o: ), and live in North Carolina. I'm starting my freshman year of college this year at Appalachian State University, and I am planning to major in English. I want to become a book editor once I finish all of that. I'm a total geek and enjoy Star Wars, comic books, video games and many other geekly things. I'm pretty random - if you've seen me in any thread in the B/C, I've probably had massive amounts of stupid (and caps) in my posts.

Likes/Dislikes (IN RP): I like the usual. Proper spelling, decent grammar, paragraph usage, and a readable font color. I know that lime green text is pretty, but not for use in RP, kthx. I'm not that bad, really. XD

I do not like angst. Unless it's necessary to a plot, I don't want to see angst in any of my RPs. I don't like RPing or reading it. I find it boring and lame, and any character who's overly angsty, likewise, I find them boring and lame. I realize angst can add flavor to some plots, which is fine, but don't ask me to add it in just for the hell of it. The only time I want to see hardcore angst is when it's actually acceptable for the situation.

Style: I RP third-person, past tense, paragraph format. My style varies from character to character. With Liv, there will be more dialogue than with a normal character, but that's not to say I'll skimp out on other details.

I am a fairly slow RPer. It may be a few days between replies, but rest assured that I will reply eventually - unless you bother the ever living hell out of me, then I'll never reply. I hate for people to pester me about replies. If anything, it makes me want to reply less. Patience is a virtue, dammit. This is void if I'm involved in a huge plot and my slowness is holding up everyone else. If that's the case, then by all means, poke me to death. XD

Availability: As mentioned above, this is my freshman year of college, so I'm not exactly sure how this whole college deal is going to work out yet. I'll try to be on as much as I can, but I'm not making any promises. I honestly have no idea what to expect, schedule-wise.

What I want for the character: I just want someone to make Liv happy. <3

Other: I haven't RPed a (human) romance in a long time. Most of the romances I've RPed lately have been limited to adorable little animal thing, usually in SoA. So, this is almost like starting anew! Expect cornyness.