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 Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:26 pm
Name: Leana
Guardian: Otto Greenfield (Shiri Matakami)
Spirit: Her spirit is an Eskimo girl who fell through the thin winter ice when looking going for a walk on her wedding night to calm her nerves. Her walking path usually is on thicker ice but there had been a month of warmer temperatures that made the once thick ice dangerous.
Vessel: Killer whale
Season: Winter
Powers: Unknown
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:51 pm
Navigation i. Picture
II. Navigation
iii. Vessel
IV. Spirit
x. Leana
VI. Otto
vii. Café Family
VIII. Possessions and Pictures
ix. Friends
X. Journals
xi. Requirements
XII. Credits
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:23 pm
Orca
Orca are versatile and opportunistic predators. Some populations feed mostly on fish, and other populations hunt marine mammals, including sea lions, seals, walruses and even large whales. They are considered the apex predator of the marine world. There are up to five distinct Orca types, some of which may be separate races, subspecies or even species. Orcas are highly social; some populations are composed of matrilineal family groups, which are the most stable of any animal species. The sophisticated social behavior, hunting techniques, and vocal behavior of Orcas have been described as manifestations of culture.
Although Orcas are not an endangered species, some local populations are considered threatened or endangered due to pollution by PCBs, depletion of prey species, captures for marine mammal parks, conflicts with fishing activities, acoustic pollution, shipping vessels, stress from whale-watching boats, and habitat loss.
Wild Orcas are usually not considered a threat to humans. There have, however, been isolated reports of captive orcas attacking and, in at least one instance, killing their handlers at marine theme parks. Orcas are sometimes mistakenly thought of or labeled as whales.
Orcas are distinctively marked with a black back, white chest and sides, and a white patch above and behind the eye. Calves are born with a yellowish or orange tint, which fades to white. Orcas have a heavy and stocky body and a large dorsal fin with a dark grey "saddle patch" at the fin's rear. Antarctic Orcas may have pale grey to nearly white backs. Males typically range from 6-8 m long (19-26 ft) and weigh in excess of 6 tones. Females are smaller, generally ranging from 5-7 m (16-23 ft) and weighing about 3 to 4 tons. The largest Orca ever recorded was a male off the coast of Japan, measuring 9.8 m (32 ft) and weighing over 8 tones (17,636 lb). Calves at birth weigh about 180 kg (350-500 lb) and are about 2.4 m long (6-8 ft). The Orca's large size and strength make it among the fastest marine mammals, often reaching speeds in excess of 56 km/h (35 mph).
There are at least two types of general Orca behavior: resident and transient. Each type also has different food sources.
The day-to-day behavior of orcas is generally divided into four activities: foraging, traveling, resting and socializing. Orcas are generally enthusiastic in their socializing, engaging in behaviors such as breaching, spy hopping, and tail-slapping.
Orcas often spy-hop. This behavior is when the orca propels itself half-way out of the water. An orca may do this for one of two reasons. The first, and most common, reason is that they are looking for food. The other reason is a lot less common. They might spy-hop to see where they are, or more to see how close they are to shore.
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:29 pm
Inuit Bride The Inuit are the descendants of what anthropologists call the Thule culture, who emerged from western Alaska around 1000 AD and spread eastwards across the Arctic, displacing the related Dorset culture (in Inuktitut, the Tuniit). Inuit legends speak of the Tuniit as "giants", people who were taller and stronger than the Inuit.
The Inuit have traditionally been hunters and fishers. They hunted, and still hunt, whales, walruses, caribou, seals, polar bears, muskoxen, birds, and at times other less commonly eaten animals such as foxes. The typical Inuit diet is high in protein and very high in fat - in their traditional diets, Inuit consumed an average of 75% of their daily energy intake from fat. While it is not possible to cultivate plants for food in the Arctic, gathering those that are naturally available has always been typical. Grasses, tubers, roots, stems, berries, and seaweed (kuanniq or edible seaweed) were collected and preserved depending on the season and the location.
On land, the Inuit used dog sleds (qamutik) for transportation. The husky dog breed comes from Inuit breeding of dogs and wolves for transportation. A team of dogs in either a tandem/side-by-side or fan formation would pull a sled made of wood, animal bones, or the baleen from a whale's mouth, over the snow and ice. They used stars to navigate at sea and landmarks to navigate on land and possessed a comprehensive native system of toponymy. Where natural landmarks were insufficient, the Inuit would erect an inukshuk to compensate.
Dogs played an integral role in the annual routine of the Inuit. During the summer they became pack animals, sometimes dragging up to 20 kg (44 lb) of baggage. In the winter they pulled the sled and yearlong they assisted with hunting by sniffing out seal's holes and pestering polar bears. They loyally protected the Inuit villages by barking at bears and strangers. The Inuit generally favoured and tried to breed the most striking and handsome of dogs, especially ones with bright eyes and a healthy coat. Common husky dog breeds used by the Inuit were the Canadian Eskimo Dog (Qimmiq; Inuktitut for dog), the Greenland Dog, the Siberian Husky and the Alaskan Malamute. When the dog was newborn, the Inuit would perform rituals on the dog to give the pup favourable qualities. Its legs were pulled to make it grow strong and its nose was poked with a pin to enhance its sense of smell.
The division of labour in traditional society had a strong gender component, but it was not absolute. The men were traditionally hunters and fishermen. The women took care of the children, cleaned huts, sewed, processed food, and cooked. However, there are numerous examples of women who hunted out of necessity or as a personal choice. At the same time, men who could be away from camp for several days would be expected to know how to sew and cook.
The marital customs among the Inuit were not strictly monogamous: many Inuit relationships were implicitly or explicitly sexual. Open marriages, polygamy, divorce, and remarriage were fairly common. Among some Inuit groups divorce required the approval of the community, if there were children, and particularly the agreement of the elders. Marriages were often arranged, sometimes in infancy, and occasionally forced on the couple by the community. Marriage was common for men when they became productive hunters, and for women at puberty. Family structure was flexible: a household might consist of a man and his wife or wives and children; it might include his parents or his wife's parents as well as adopted children; or it might be a larger formation of several siblings with their parents, wives and children; or even more than one family sharing dwellings and resources. Every household had its head, an elder or a particularly respected man.
There was also a larger notion of community, generally several families who shared a place where they wintered. Goods were shared within a household, and also to a significant extent within a whole community.
The Inuit were hunter-gatherers, and have been referred to as nomadic. It is mistakenly believed that they had no government, and had no conception of either private property or ownership of land. In fact they had very sophisticated concepts of private property and of land ownership that, as with their form of governance, was so drastically different than the Western concepts understood by European observers that the existence of such went entirely undocumented until well into the 20th century.
The Inuit people lived in an environment that heavily influenced a mythology filled with adventure tales of whale and walrus hunts. Long winter months of waiting for caribou herds or sitting near breathing holes hunting seals gave birth to stories of mysterious and sudden appearance of ghosts and fantastic creatures. Some Inuit looked into the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to find images of their family and friends dancing in the next life, and they relied upon the angakkuq (shaman), while the nearest thing to a central deity was the Old Woman (Sedna), who lived beneath the sea. The waters, a central food source, were believed to contain great gods.
The Inuit practised a form of shamanism based on animist principles. They believed that all things had a form of spirit, just like humans, and that to some extent these spirits could be influenced by a pantheon of supernatural entities that could be appeased when one required some animal or inanimate thing to act in a certain way. The angakkuq of a community of Inuit was not the leader, but rather a sort of healer and psychotherapist, who tended wounds and offered advice, as well as invoking the spirits to assist people in their lives. His or her role was to see, interpret and exhort the subtle and unseen. Angakkuqs were not trained, they were held to be born with the ability.
Inuit religion was closely tied to a system of rituals that were integrated into the daily life of the people. These rituals were simple but held to be necessary. According to a customary Inuit saying, "The great peril of our existence lies in the fact that our diet consists entirely of souls." By believing that all things, including animals, have souls like those of humans, any hunt that failed to show appropriate respect and customary supplication would only give the liberated spirits cause to avenge themselves.
The harshness and randomness of life in the Arctic ensured that Inuit lived with concern for the uncontrollable, where a streak of bad luck could destroy an entire community. To offend a spirit was to risk its interference with an already marginal existence. The Inuit understand that they work in harmony with supernatural powers to provide the necessities of day-to-day survival.
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:31 pm
Leana Greenfield Name: Leana Greenfield
Nicknames: Lea, Tails, Flapper etc.
Guardian: Otto Greenfield
Gender: Female
Age: Child
Posts in: Blue
Race: Inuit
Nationality: Canadia
Martial Status: Single
Crush: none at the moment
Best Friend: no one at the moment
Eye Colol: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Skin Tone: Healthy Tan
Distinguishing Features: Fins, and a tail
Markings: White spots around her eyes
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:36 pm
Otto Greenfield Name: Otto Greenfield Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts in: GreenRace: Human Nationality: Gaian Martial Status: Single Crush: Neil Best Friend: Shiri Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Red Skin Tone: Tan Distinguishing Features: Red hair History:Personality: Likes: Dislikes:
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:38 pm
The Café Gang "Playmates" Tanz:
Beast:
Shawn:"Grown ups" Shiri
Neil:
Quentin:
Collan:
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:40 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:43 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:45 pm
Dear Diary EVENT:
- Flaming Orca
- A Child?
PLAYDATES:
JOURNALS:
Otto
-Vacation
(or what happens when the oldest Matakami kicks his brothers out of the Cafe)
-They Think I'm Crazy...
(or I might have given them reason to believe that my therapy isn't working)
Leana
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:54 pm
Requirements Preparatory of Vessel meeting Spirit -> Toddler
- Journal entry
Toddler -> Child
- Three documented roleplay sessions
- Three entries from guardian
- One entry from Hiccup
- At least one toy or learning object introduced and gained
Child -> Adolescent
- Eight documented roleplay sessions with at least five different people
- Five entries from Hiccup
- At least three toys or learning objects introduced and gained
Adolescent -> Adult
- Sixteen documented roleplay sessions with at least five different people
- Seven entries from Hiccup
- At least three new possessions introduced or gained.
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Hiccup's name:
Hiccup's desired stage: [IE. What is the next stage of growth for them to reach.]
Most influential aspect of the Hiccup's life during his/her current stage of development: [Did their parental units divorce? Did they get a new sister? Did they meet new friends? Were they primarily happy, sad, disturbed, confused, etc.?]
Any changes in appearance? Why or why not?: [Haircut, different style of clothing, ear piercing..]
Any changes in personality? Why or why not? [Grumpier? Happy-go-lucky? More responsible? You tell me!]
Toy/Item: [What is your Hiccup's favourite toy or item? What is its use or purpose? What condition is it in? This is for what will appear in your official art, and should be kept in character.]
Anything else:
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:58 pm
Credits Hiccups © Quietsnooze.
Leana © Shiri Matakami
Otto and Cafe © Shiri Matakami
Official Artwork © Quietsnooze
Orca & Inuit Info © Wikipedia
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