Welcome to Gaia! ::

"Heeeyy!" A voice startles you as you walk into the--until then-- peaceful arena. A Woman with fiery orange hair and dark, almost witch-like clothing steps out, smirking.
"Welcome to our house, or rather, "dojo", I suppose." She glances around, pointing to a door on one side. "That's where our actual "house" section is, but we still consider this part of it. Well, that aside, welcome! Here you can train for the war, practice your combat skills, or just spar with a friend!"

"Perfect if you gotta bone to pick with some stupid vermin out there! Magnius laughed.

[magnius posts in chocolate].

" 'ey Fox boy, cool it. Some of us might just come here to socialize, hang out with friends and stuff." Rithey patted her younger brother on the head, twirling a microphone in her other hand playfully.


[Rithey posts in dark orange.]

"Whatever," the fox muttered in mock anger, "at least I wear actual clothes!" He smirked.

"While those two argue," Falina chuckled over the playful banter, "let's continue with the introductions! Ha,haa..."

Well, it's a great place for a good fighting match between friends, too," a blue bat with curly hair remarked, beaming. "You don't HAVE to be looking for a serious fight."



[Doro-chan posts in tomato.]

"Right!" A ferret and a racoon step out from behind the door leading to the house section of the dojo, one directly behind the other, both heads showing.


[Martin posts in maroon.]


[Krissy posts in burlywood.

"Krissy an' me fight all the time here, and WE'RE not actually trying to hurt each other!" Martin piped, stepping out from behind Krissy so the two twins were side by side.
"Of course," Krissy said in a level tone, a calm smirk playing on her mouth, "what need would I have to harm my own brother? What benefit would I gain from it?" She ended the sentence with a slight chuckle, sounding more menacing than intended.

"whoa, what's with the evil chuckle, Krissy?" Doro asked, surprised. "One would think that you ARE intending to kill Martin with that tone!" The last sentence was only half-serious and was said with a worried smile.

"Eh? What was at fault in it?" The racoon tilted her head to the side.

"Oh, never mind!" He laughed.

Another shape burst from the house section, wrapping its arms around Doro and giggling.
"Daddy, we have visitors?!" He piped, still giggling. The half-cat, half-bat plucked two pompoms from his pockets and began twirling them. "Yay! It was starting to get boring around here!" He glanced toward you. "Visitooors!" He threw the pompoms up triumphantly and caught them in a handstand.


[Matthew posts in pale violetred.]

Doro chuckled and ruffled his son's hair. "Of course! Have fun."

"Damn bi..." Magnius remarked before looking away.

We're almost done so far! One more actual pet, and someone who'll be with us soon!

"Um... I-I.. is it okay for me t-to come out, mama?..." Peeped a voice, and a second later a head appeared from behind the door.


[Saige posts in dimgray.]

"Of course it is, sweetie!" Falina cried, placing her hands on her skirt. She smiled encouragingly, [collor=dimgray]and the little Peahen came scurrying to her, hugging her.
"This one's a little shy, but if you can make friends with her, she'll open right up, I guarantee!" Falina smiled, chuckling.

"And lastly we have our youngest family member, Ichi!"

A small squirrel dashed from the room, pouncing on Saige and nibbling on her ear feathers.
"Mmf, mmf!" Ichi mumbles through a full mouth, grinning from ear to ear.


[Ichi posts in peru.]

Saige giggled, attempting to dislodge the squirrel good-naturedly.
"She's my little sister!!"

"It's rather hard to seperate those two. Saige likes being a big sister very much." Falina said, grinning at the peahen swelling with pride, then turned back to you.

"SO." She said, clapping her hands together and standing straight. "Now that we've got all that out of the way with, why don't you go ahead, spar some, maybe just hang out and chat if you're not a big fighter, but have fun!"

"You sure this is the right place, Jinx?" Serenity looked around worrying.
"Yepp, my friend doro-chan told me about it. You can learn how to spar without using your pixies now." She started giggling.
"Oh this coming from the one who uses shadows to do her dirty work." she sticks her tounge out
"Fine, I give but you're learning how to fight. Doro~" she calls as she walks into the dojo with Serenity trailing behind, and sees a black cat infront of her. "Who are you and where is Doro-chan and family?"

"Haha, trying to show off to my sister Mag? Hello Falina, I brought my sister here so she could learn to fight. Doro said he'd help..."

"Hello Falina." She smiled sheepishly, she was still abit freaked about Magnius's little...display. "I hope we aren't intruding, oh and mother wanted to come but shes planning things for her soon to be grandchildren..."

"They don't wanna hear about that, sis." She looked towards Falina and company. "Do you want Serenity to show you what she can do? so you can see what she can do...which isn't much....OWW!"

"That's what you get." she glared at her younger sister after she backhanded her.

"Intruding? Nooo, not in the least!" She waved her hands, laughing nervously again. Errm, Krissy, you wanna spar with Errinth here? I'm sure you'd make a good opponent!

Krissy nodded obligingly and stepped over towards the black cat, sword cocked and ready.

Magnius glared at the floor and hefted his ax again. He blushed when he glanced over at the slightly scared panda. Stupid, stupid, stupid! he cursed inwardly, Now you frightened her-

"And Magnius, you wanna get serenity started-- you know, teach her the basics and such?" His owner's voice shook him from his thoughts. "O-okay," He replied, self-conscious from his earlier embarrassment. He padded over to her and continued, beckoning for her to follow, until they reached a clear fighting space.

Rithey stepped up to Haru and Jinx, and clapped her hands together. "You guys doing anything now?" She inquired, glad to have some company after spending so long with the same faces.

Errinth bounced excitedly facing his opponent. He readied his sword and smirked, trying to be like his older brother, but kept finding himself smiling instead. He hadn't yet had a chance to learn to control his hyperness when fighting. "Ok! Let's go!"

Haru nodded. "Alright sure, as long as we're staying relatively close."

"Wow...I love you're room...so much better than mine. I'll have to come over more often." She smiled at the butterfly. "what do you think o sister-in-law of mine~" (lol)

Serenity blushed a deep red. "Well I only know abit of defense with the staff and this..." she closed her eyes and cupped her hands. A bit of silver sparkles started condensing to the form of a small pixie. "hello, ann." she smiled at the little silver haired pixie. "hello mistress, why do you call?" "just showing you off, say hi to magnius" "hello, good sir" Serenity looked up to the fox "Bit old fashioned but I love her and her siblings....Its kinda sad that I have pixies and sister has wolves but eh" shrugs "what do you think?"

Krissy chuckled softly, and whirling around to go in for another strike, added as she swung, "You're not at all as amateuristic as I had expected, though," and between breaths, "Perhaps I've finally found myself an adequate opponent."

Magnius laughed good-naturedly. "We can certainly do something with those pixies! Now... Shall we start with some simple defense? He readied a fist. "I won't do a full-blown punch," he informed, seeing her uneasiness, "So don't freak out to much--if it DOES hit, it won't hurt too badly. Perhaps a minor bruise, but... Ready?"

"Ahaha, you really think so? I guess I-" Just then, the butterfly caught on to Jinx's other comment. "Sister in law?!"