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 Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:39 pm
Name: Sidney Jude Castle
Guardian: Eshaa Cooper [Smerdle]
Spirit: A young boy who disappeared with the Lost Colony
Vessel: Venus flytrap
Season: Summer
Powers: Unknown
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:05 pm
 Name
Sidney Jude Castle
Three to five words that describe Sidney
impulsive, charming, active
Summer traits
outgoing, passionate, exuberant, overwhelming, high strung, witty, restless
Age
10-ish
Approximate current height
5'4"
Hair color/texture/style
Pale, floppy, thick. One might wonder how he can see at all...
Skin color
Pale green, with brown spots and bumps on his neck, face and elbows.
Eye color
It is a mystery.
General build
Very skinny, almost to the point where you wonder how he's holding himself up.
Distinguishing marks and features
Roots and plant-y bits all over. A ridiculously long tongue that somehow still manages to fit in his mouth most of the time. Sid also possesses questionable bones that can bend in ways you would think would be dangerous, but somehow aren't. Yay for plants!
Favorite clothing
T-shirts, shorts, jeans. He's in love with his boots, too. Srs. Don't mess with the boots.
Personality
coming soon
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:07 pm
 Name
Roxanna Castle
Three to five words that describe Roxanna
demanding, controlling, self-assured, possessive, correct
Age
32
Approximate current height
5'10"
Hair color/texture/style
Black, a little shorter than shoulder-length. Chemically relaxed from its natural tight curl into a looser wave.
Skin color
Brown.
Eye color
Brown.
General build
You could say Roxanna's body is average in every way, but if she found out you said that she would probably hire someone to beat you up.
Distinguishing marks and features
None.
Favorite clothing
Comfortable, professional-looking fare.
Personality
Roxanna Castle is a mysterious woman who runs an even more mysterious organization. She is Sid's true guardian, but she will rarely be seen with him, leaving him in the care of her assistant Lex more often than not.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:08 pm
Alexis Matthew Davis
Three to five words that describe Lex
calm cracking up, attentive, clean, smart, unexpected
Age
26
Approximate current height
6'0"
Hair color/texture/style
Dirty blond, curly, cut short to hide the curl.
Skin color
Caucasian, slightly tanned.
Eye color
Brown.
General build
Lightly muscled, but otherwise average. Lex spends his mornings doing yoga and he rides his bike when he's not surrounded by children, but that's the extent of his exercise.
Distinguishing marks and features
Freckles, small scars, nothing remarkable.
Favorite clothing
Polo shirts, khakis, jeans, dress shoes, sandals, the rare t-shirt.
Personality
An only child raised in a middle-class home, Lex is level-headed and easy to please most of the time. When he feels he is being taken advantage of, or that important information is being kept from him, Lex can become quite difficult to be around. He might be slow to anger, but once he becomes so, he stays that way for a long time. His life took an unexpected turn when he was hired on as Roxanna's assistant and given the task of watching a toddler for more than 9 hours a day, but with all of the strange things that have happened since, he's quickly becoming accustomed to chaos.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:10 pm
 name | katurian
relationship to sid | uncle
in a nutshell | quiet, quick-to-trust, quick-to-smile, distracted
age | 22
approximate height | 6'2"
hair color/texture/style | blonde, straight, worn unkempt and nearly to his shoulders.
skin color | pale
eye color | blue
general build | thin, but not toned. kat neither engages in physical activity nor eats much.
distinguishing marks and features | 'wings' made of broom straw stuff that stick nearly straight up out of the skin behind his shoulders and extend to just above the top of his head. pointy ears.
preferred clothing | comfortable things that are too large for him. he doesn't really have a problem with wearing nice clothing, but someone has to buy it and lay it out for him.
other things | katurian is happy to float and drift through life, not engaging in any of the activities that mark one as an adult, such as holding a job or brushing his hair. he's an excellent listener, but one might wonder if that's because he's actually paying attention or just really good at looking like he cares while not actually giving a ******** src="https://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt222/sidneycastle/michal.jpg" class="user_img" alt="User Image" style='float:left' />
name | michal
in a nutshell | flighty, friendly, agile, perky, curious
relationship to sid | aunt
age | same as katurian
approximate height | 12" at the shoulder.
hair color/texture/style | brown, spotty fur
skin color | furry
eye color | blue
general build | hyena
distinguishing marks and features | hyena ones
preferred clothing | katurian likes to dress michal up in little cute doggie outfits and she loves to wear them.
other things | michal is insanely curious for a hyena. she's constantly butting her head where it doesn't belong, and will not hesitate to attempt to facilitate a love match between two strangers or adopt a child just for fun. the only time she expresses any sort of negative emotion is when katurian finds himself in danger as she usually blames herself for not preventing it.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:12 pm
 Name
Liam Davis
Three to five words that describe Liam
quiet, sleepy, creepy, observant, kind
Age
10-ish
Approximate current height
5'3"
Hair color/texture/style
Brown, lank, a wee bit longer than chin-length.
Skin color
Pale blue.
Eye color
Liam doesn't have eyes. His empty eye sockets are blackish though!
General build
Thin.
Distinguishing marks and features
Liam has four arms and the aforementioned empty eye sockets. He doesn't ever close his eyelids, and all of his joints and jaw are socketed and hinged like a doll's.
Favorite clothing
Whatever Lex dresses him in. Liam's not picky.
Personality
coming soon
Name
Ariel
Three to five words that describe Ariel
???
Age
???
Approximate current height
???
Hair color/texture/style
???
Skin color
???
Eye color
???
General build
???
Distinguishing marks and features
???
Favorite clothing
???
Personality
???
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:17 pm
Venus Flytraps are very popular as cultivated plants, although they have a large reputation for being difficult to grow. This reputation is almost exclusively due to inappropriate treatment of the plants by retailers and their consequent ill-health on purchase. However, Venus Flytraps are safely grown in pots under conditions that mimic those in their natural habitat.
Venus flytraps can be grown outside on a deck, window sill, or position in the garden that receives at least 2-4 hours of sunlight per day. In areas of lower humidity, the plant can survive with frequent watering and a drainage system to prevent fungal growth. It is also beneficial to keep it in a tray with about an inch of water to maintain higher humidity levels. Stagnant water is dangerous for the plant, so using pebbles to elevate the plant from the water is safer for the plant. Venus flytraps grow better still in a greenhouse which often leads to healthy, vigorous and colorful plants. The color of the trap leaves may be used as an indicator of sufficient light; in appropriate conditions the inside of each trap should be bright red in color for most varieties. Insufficient light leads to the inside of the trap turning light green, although studies have shown other factors can contribute to the lack of red pigmentation. Low light also causes etiolation and makes plants more susceptible to diseases.
Venus flytraps are best grown in mixtures of sphagnum peat moss and/or peat often with the addition of sand, perlite or other inert salt free material. Soil pH should be in the range of 3.9 to 4.8.
Venus Flytraps ideally should not be watered with tap water as accumulated salts in tap water may kill carnivorous plants. The soil should be kept constantly moist by placing the pot in a tray full of water, with the root bulb of the plant allowed to be above the level of the water at least part of the time to prevent root rot in stagnant water. There is no danger of over-watering as Venus flytraps can survive short periods of immersion underwater.
Some horticulturists have experimented with giving small amounts of fertilizer to Venus flytraps, usually applying diluted solutions of products formulated for epiphytes, using cotton swabs, to the plant's foliage. Another method of fertilizer application is a spray bottle or pump. Beginners, however, and those without expendable plants, would be wise to avoid fertilizer in favor of insects.
Venus flytraps are entirely capable of catching their own food; thus, feeding them manually is not necessary. If for some reason a grower wishes to feed a flytrap, live insects no larger than 1/3 of the size of the trap may be used, as larger insects tend to have a detrimental effect on the plant as they often drastically shorten the individual trap's life and/or cause it to die. Algal growth near the plant is an indicator of overfeeding, as is an abundance of dead, black traps.
Healthy Venus flytraps will produce scapes of white flowers in spring, however, many growers remove the flowering stem early, as flowering consumes some of the plant's energy, and reduces the rate of trap production. If healthy plants are allowed to flower, successful pollination will result in the production of dozens of small, shiny black seeds, which can be sown immediately or stored in the refrigerator.
Venus flytraps have a necessary winter dormancy period, triggered by nighttime temperatures below 50 °F and reduced day length. In climates with mild winters they can be kept outside to overwinter. The soil should be kept slightly moist and the area well ventilated to prevent the growth of grey mold. Those who live in areas with extremely cold winters might consider placing plants in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for two to three months, starting in Autumn, although they can survive freeze-over for brief periods of time.
Plants can be propagated by seed, although seedlings will take several years to mature. More commonly, they may be propagated by division in spring or summer.Information taken from Wikipedia.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:20 pm
The settlers landed on Roanoke Island on July 22 1587. On August 18, White's daughter (Eleanor) delivered the first English child born in the Americas: Virginia Dare. Before her birth, White reestablished relations with the neighboring Croatans and tried to reestablish relations with the tribes that Ralph Lane had attacked a year previously. The aggrieved tribes refused to meet with the new colonists. Shortly thereafter, a colonist named George Howe was killed by natives while searching for crabs alone in Albemarle Sound. Knowing what had happened during Ralph Lane's tenure in the area and fearing for their lives, the colonists convinced Governor White to return to England to explain the colony's situation and ask for help. There were approximately 115 colonists - the 114 remaining men and women who had made the trans-Atlantic passage and the newborn baby, Virginia Dare - when White returned to England.
Crossing the Atlantic as late in the year as White did was a considerable risk, as evidenced by the claim of pilot Simón Fernández that their vessel barely made it back to England. Plans for a relief fleet were initially delayed by the captains' refusal to sail back during the winter. Then, the coming of the Spanish Armada led to every able ship in England being commandeered to fight, which left White with no seaworthy vessels with which to return to Roanoke. He did manage, however, to hire two smaller vessels deemed unnecessary for the Armada defense and set out for Roanoke in the spring of 1588. This time, White's attempt to return to Roanoke was foiled by human nature and circumstance; the two vessels were small, and their captains greedy. They attempted to capture several vessels on the outward-bound voyage to improve the profitability of their venture, until they were captured themselves and their cargo taken. With nothing left to deliver to the colonists, the ships returned to England.
Because of the continuing war with Spain, White was not able to raise another resupply attempt for two more years. He finally gained passage on a privateering expedition that agreed to stop off at Roanoke on the way back from the Caribbean. White landed on August 18, 1590, on his granddaughter's third birthday, but found the settlement deserted. He organized a search, but his men could not find any trace of the colonists. Some ninety men, seventeen women, and eleven children had disappeared; there was no sign of a struggle or battle of any kind. The only clue was the word "Croatoan" carved into a post of the fort and "Cro" carved into a nearby tree. In addition, there were two skeletons buried. All the houses and fortifications were dismantled. Before the colony disappeared, White established that if anything happened to them they would carve a maltese cross on a tree near their location indicating that their disappearance could have been forced. White took this to mean that they had moved to Croatoan Island, but he was unable to conduct a search; a massive storm was brewing and his men refused to go any further. The next day, White stood on the deck of his ship and watched, helplessly, as they left Roanoke Island.Information taken from Wikipedia.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:23 pm
August 1, 2008 - March 28, 2009March 28, 2009 - present
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:25 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:25 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:29 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:32 pm
Hiccups (c) Phoo!
Sid art and original concept (c) Phoo!
Sid now (c) Smerdle!
Liam art (c) Glass Crow!
Venus flytrap banner silo (c) iStockphoto!
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