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 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:32 pm
 Game: RP Prompt
When: NOW until 6:00pm PST August 19th
Essence: Snapdragon
Oil: Ocean Spray
On to Spring! ...even if it is Summer. Cough.
This one is simple -- choose one of the prompts under this post and
give it a gander -- or if you're feeling particularly frisky, you're free to
do them all (wat)! Tell us a tale of this lovely Luxia and it'll be yours!
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:33 pm
x x x x x x x x x xPrompt 1:
x x x x x x x x x xChild Stage
x x x x x x x x x xYou're stuck in the Anima Regnum, what with Malakai being too damn busy and all.
x x x x x x x x x xYou can bend the Regnum to your whim and make it as pretty or chaotic or awesome
x x x x x x x x x xor...anything that you could possibly desire! So -- what do you do?
x x x x x x x x x xPrompt 2:
x x x x x x x x x xTeen Stage
x x x x x x x x x xIn the real world, you are viewed as a human of varying appearances -- mostly depending
x x x x x x x x x xon who is looking at you. Deciding to take a stroll through the human realm, you see
x x x x x x x x x xseveral people -- an old woman picking flowers, a boy playing fetch with his dog and
x x x x x x x x x xtwo girls playing skip-rope. Who do you approach? What do you do? How does your day
x x x x x x x x x xplay out for the Luxia and the humans?
x x x x x x x x x xPrompt 3:
x x x x x x x x x xElder Stage
x x x x x x x x x xMalakai has turned to you for help with the lanterns, but being that your skill is more
x x x x x x x x x xrudimentary than his, you have to stick to your favorite things to make it work.
x x x x x x x x x xWhat are your favorite things, and what hopes do you put into the next generation?Entry Form! [size=11][b]Name:[/b] [Of the Luxia]
[b]Prompt Answering:[/b]
[b]Response:[/b] [/size]
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:02 pm
Quote: Prompt 2:Teen StageIn the real world, you are viewed as a human of varying appearances -- mostly depending on who is looking at you. Deciding to take a stroll through the human realm, you see several people -- an old woman picking flowers, a boy playing fetch with his dog and two girls playing skip-rope. Who do you approach? What do you do? How does your day play out for the Luxia and the humans?
So he left the realm, under the guise of young teen boy, maybe in his 13's and slipped through the portals of his realm into that of the human's, dropping into a not so very busy park. Two girls played with a rope, taking turns jumping over it as the swung it around them. he was interested in that, being to lazy to constantly jump. He turned his head to that of the Older woman picking flowers and cringed. As much as he enjoyed humans, he didn't like older people, they were too wise and reminded him of Malakai. Not that Kai was bad but....He wanted to have fun while he was here after all. So his last choice was that of another boy that matched the age of his appearance playing with a dog. As if the wind...or the boy...or even the dog read his mind, in his thought process of just how to introduce himself to the boy, he was smacked in the face with the frisbee, knocking him back in shock.
"Ow!" he rubbed his temple and picked up the disc like object.
"Sorry about that dude! Wasn't paying attention to the strength I put into that throw." The boy waved coming closer. Step one succeeded, Tanis thought before giving the boy a lopsided smile.
"That's okay brah." Tanis settled on talking with an almost beach bum talk before standing up. He was the same height as the other boy and concluded that this would be an interesting conversation after all. "Nice pooch." Tanis smiled at the dog that had followed behind the boy and held out his hand. To his surprise the dog sniffed at him and then proceeded to bark and growl, did the dog not like him?
"Hey raptor! Down boy! Shush!" the boy looked back and forth between Raptor and Tanis, "Sorry, He's being weird, he doesn't usually bark at people, I wonder what his deal is." The boy patted the dog and then looked at the Frisbee, and then at Tanis who was clutching it. "Wanna play with us?"
Tanis just nodded his head before looking back at the dog and glaring. Animals, maybe they knew he wasn't of the human realm? They stared each other down before Tanis attempted to throw the Frisbee, in which he kinda of chucked it, slamming it on the ground pretty much. The boy snorted and then mumbled a, "Dude you suck." Before picking it up and showing Tanis just how to throw one.
After an hour of playing, Raptor had come to a nice friendship with Tanis, pleased with the Luxia that he had played Frisbee and though sucked at first, got better the more he did it. He found out the boy's name was Hayden, he was 14, Raptor was 5 years old, that he went to a school. He had a love of his life, he liked to ride bikes and play video games. Tanis was pretty sure if he had stayed even longer, he would've learned a whole life story rather then the boy's more recent events. But alas, he had gotten bored with the Frisbee, and while enjoyed the brief interaction, itched to go back to Anima and do whatever again. So after said hour, He waved to the boy, thanking him for the play before disappearing back to the Anima and just.....flying around. Eventually he would get those urges to see a human again, but for now, He enjoyed that he could make friends so easily on the other side.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:59 am
Name: Llyr [Pronounced: "Lear"]
Prompt Answering: 3
Response:
Llyr smiled as he traced his finger around the top edge of a lantern. To his left swirled a cacophony of scents; to his right whispered a swarm of essences, yearning for life. The Elder Luxia heard, inhaled, none of it. His mind was far away, miles away. Years away. He was lost in a memory.
Splash, crash! The lure of the ocean had called the then-teenage Llyr to the sea; it spoke to his inner oil, and he had answered. Atop the sandstone cliff, he flung his hands into the air and laughed! All around, the sea sparkled blue into eternity, and it was beautiful. He sighed. Glancing behind him, he leaned back into the arms of the Luxia with her arms around his waist. "God, Esti, isn't it beautiful?"
"It's gorgeous," purred Estinne, feathery yellow hair billowing in the sea breeze.
Llyr remembered that distinctly, the heady scent of the ocean breeze. That scent in particular recurred throughout his memories, but whenever he discovered it anew, it was always that moment he though of. Full of salt, full of seaweed, full of sand, it, indeed, was one of his favorites; to him, it smelled of a heart's home. Llyr smiled as he picked up the small dish of teal oil and poured it into the lantern. Closing his eyes, he remembered.
"Hey, hey, Li-li; I have a gift for you." Impatiently, Estinne began tugging at Llyr's waist, pulling him away from the cliff's edge, and he laughed, glancing back at the ocean only once more before following her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"If I told you, that would ruin the surprise, wouldn't it?" Llyr could only huff a sigh; there was no arguing with that, and there was definitely no arguing with Esti. He could only smile pleasantly as she led him into a grove of olive trees and sat him down. "Close your eyes, and open your mouth!" An odd request... but he trusted her, and obeyed. He heard her shuffling around, then felt a weight upon his tongue and closed his mouth. "Eat slowly," she had commanded, but he scarcely heard her. The candy treat melted away on his tongue, sweet and creamy, soft and nutty. It tasted divine.
"What was that..?" Llyr asked, amazed, as he opened his eyes and looked down into the box upon Estinne's lap. Within the confines of the cardboard lay a plethora of tiny fruit made of some kind of tan substance, all glazed over with color to make the imitation fruit look a little bit more realistic.
"Marzipan," she answered, eyes sparkling, and pressed another piece to his lips.
He ate it up eagerly, and breathed the word, "Delicious." He saw her pick up another piece, but rather than putting it to his lips as he expected, she put it to her own, half in, half out. Her eyes beckoned. He stilled. He felt his chest shiver with the force of his pounding heart as he leaned in. Gently, he took a bite, their lips first brushing, then pressing together in a kiss as the two moved closer together. After just a moment, they separated, and he repeated, "Delicious."
"Isn't it?" she had answered, a blush just starting to color her cheeks.
The Elder smiled, feeling a warmth in his heart. "Ah, young love..." he mused as he reached for Essence of Marzipan. "Sweet as candy, but more delicate than any flower." In the silence of space, Llyr fused the essence into the lantern, completely and utterly alone.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:42 pm
Name: Felix
Prompt Answering: Prompt 1
Response: Felix was bored - appallingly bored, if he had anything to say on the matter. Malakai, the stuck up self important elder Malakai, was just too damn busy, and just hadn’t seen why he, Felix, might actually want to, you know, do something. Once again ruffling his already tousled hair with a growl, Felix stared out into the blackness of the Anima Regnum. “Hey look, there’s a light over there. Gee wow, there’s another! Oh my stars and garters, what would you guess, it’s another. Stinking. LIGHT!”
With these final words said in a bellow, Felix went and kicked one of the lights, but sprung back just a second later, his foot smoking and curses spilling from his mouth.
“Oh isn’t that great, JUST GREAT!” he fumed, his tirade echoing through the darkness, while the lights just flickered on, unaware and uncaring. After awhile Felix finally ran out of steam, and he curled up with tail drooping, gazing blearily at the unchanging landscape. Why. Why did it have to be so empty here. If there was something else, things wouldn’t be nearly as bad--
Suddenly Felix stopped. Upon that thought, a strange flicker had gone through the darkness, almost as if the very fabric of space around him had shivered. Was.... was he able to influence the Anima Regnum?
“Let.... let me have my own light!” he shouted, heart beating from a mix of nervousness and excitement. Suddenly, Felix was surrounded by a halo of light, and he gave a startled yell, which was soon replaced by a cackle of excitement. He zoomed around in the darkness, leaving a trail of light behind him with his tail that would linger for awhile before fading. Soon he was drawing and writing all kinds of things with this ghost light (including some ruder things, but Malakai didn’t have to know, it would fade before he got back), and then he paused, panting, a huge grin on his face. What else might he be able to do?
Struck by a second bout of inspiration, Felix shouted out to the darkness, “Show me what I’m made of!”
The unchanging darkness disappeared, replaced by the scene of a sea side cliff. The ground immediately in front of the cliff was rough and rocky, and the ocean could be heard constantly pounding at the rocks below. A particularly large wave crashed against the cliff, and a giant gout of water was launched over Felix’s head, the potent scent of brine lingering in the air. Ocean Spray....
Turning around, the luxia saw the rough black stone beneath his feet gradually fading into grass, and the grass into a field of flowers swaying lazily in the breeze, the brilliant color of the blooms almost giving the impression that the plain before him was ablaze. Striding over to one of plants as the wind made his hair even messier, Felix carefully plucked off one of the blooms, cradling between his thumb and forefinger. Then, ever so gently, he squeezed the base of the flower, and the petals bobbed open and shut, as if it were a tiny mouth begging to be fed. Snapdragon....
For a short while Felix simply stayed there, gazing at the sky and drinking in the surroundings, not even noticing when the wind tore the cradled flower from his hand, his tail flapping in this powerful gust of wind. He loved this scene – but he had a feeling he could make it even better. What he saw here was the two components of his being side by side, in harmony, but at the same time separated, never truly together. It was time for that to change.
Turning around once more, Felix faced the cliff, coiled his muscles, and then broke out into a sprint. There it was, the cliff edge coming right at him, almost there, it was right there! Screaming in both terror and elation as he jumped off the cliff, the luxia flailed for a few moments in midair before finally directing himself into a dive towards the water. Out of the corner of his eye he saw what looked like flames flowing down the cliff; he gave a whoop of joy at seeing that his plan was working, and therefore was grinning like an idiot when he hit the water with a sound like a cannon shot.
Spinning dazedly in the water, Felix shook his head to try and stop his ears from ringing, and then nearly choked himself by trying to breathe in a huge gulp of seawater. Sounding as if he were trying to hack out his lungs as his eyes bugged out, he frantically thought his surroundings, Breathable water would be VERY NICE RIGHT NOW! The moment after this thought finished he was able to breathe just fine and dandy, and he gave himself a mental kick for forgetting such an important detail, his face hunched into a scowl as he finished hacking. With one last feeble cough, Felix finally got a good look at his surroundings. For the most part it was a normal scene of the shallow ocean, the only difference being that instead of seaweed on the ocean floor there were snapdragon plants. The luxia made an almost teacher-like tsking sound. This wouldn’t do, not at all! He rubbed his hands together, cracking his knuckles as a maniac glint came into his eye. Time to have some fun.
Once again, a shiver went through the fabric of the space before him, but this time it wasn’t just a hint – it meant fundamental upheaval. The first scene he had created could have occurred naturally, while the second was just a minor tweak. He wasn’t going to tweak this time. He was going throw it in the blender and put it on liquefy.
First there came the snapdragon plants. Independent of the currents, one of the plants suddenly twitched. A moment later, its neighbor began to twitch, and this cascaded until the entire swath of plants before Felix was a writhing mass. This writhing was soon shown to have a purpose, as large clumps of the snapdragons began to twine together, growing higher and higher as the overall shape of these clumps bulged and depressed randomly. Finally, the bulk of the mass began to settle towards the top, and with one final large roll, a dragon’s head was revealed, with flame scales, curving horns, and wicked teeth. The group of half dragons regarded each other with golden slit eyes, and then without warning they roared en mass, the sea around them vibrating from the mass of sound. Teeth knocking together as he was carried along by this sound wave, Felix noticed something about the dragons. While the heads were now definitely dragon instead of flower, they still clung onto their plant heritage. Scales were petals, horns were dense wood, and teeth were spiny thorns.
From the bases of the dragon head plants vines suddenly erupted – but Felix didn’t know of many vines that had suckers along with thorns, and he had to quickly swim out of the way with a yelp as one of them took a swipe at him. It didn’t take him long to realize that these vines were how the dragons caught their prey, and as the dragons treated themselves to lunch Felix began to see how it wasn’t only the snapdragons that had changed. While the snapdragons had gained more animal traits, the ocean animals had gained more plant traits. Overhead a majestic whale swam with what seemed to be an entire forest growing on its back. On the luxia’s side was an octopus that gradually shed flower petals, and when Felix tried to get closer he was blasted by ink with such a strong floral scent that it made his head reel. There were barracudas with nettles for teeth. Otters with moss taking the place of fur. Turtles with tree bark for their shells. Everywhere he looked there was another weird, wacky, wonderful plant ocean mash up, and at that moment it almost felt as if his chest would burst from the elation he was feeling.
“Yes....” he said in a hushed whisper, but soon his voice started to become louder. “yes. YES. HELL. YES!!!” Crowing in boyish excitement and young joy, Felix chased his own tail, did back flips, threw punches, and overall did a ridiculous amount of celebratory swimming. Eventually he calmed down, but he continued swimming around the area, floating on his back with hands behind his head, tail swishing lazily to propel him along.
Felix probably would have stayed that way, swimming along admiring the surroundings for the rest of the day if something else had not caught his attention. Just as he had closed his eyes to take as short nap, he heard a snatch of what almost sounded like.... mewling. Eyes blinking open in confusion, the luxia looked around for the source of the sound; when he found it his eyes widened, and he quickly swam down to the ocean floor.
“Hey there little guy,” he said softly. “You doing alright?”
Before Felix was another one of the dragon heads, but this time there was a key difference – while most dragon heads were massive, this one was the same size as him. It was a child, like Felix himself. In response to the question the kid dragon mewled again, but this time sounding much happier, and without any pretense it snuggled up against the luxia. Felix’s eyes widened, but soon he found himself smiling widely, and gave a hug to the little dragon, who burbled happily in response. This small moment of peace wasn’t able to last however.
A roar vibrated through the water, and it was the only warning before a tentacle vine came barreling down towards the two of them. Felix was able to spring out of the way at the last moment, but the young dragon head, rooted down to the ground, was unable to do the same, and it mewled frantically as the vine began to coil around it, ready to uproot it and bring it in for dinner.
“LIKE HELL YOU WILL!” Felix bellowed, and with just a moment of concentration he summoned a sword, and hacked through the vine in two strokes. He realized a second later this might not have been the best way to solve the problem.
There was a roar twice as loud as before, filled with pain and rage, and soon the water around them was absolutely filled with tentacle vines intent on killing them. Felix hacked and vanished the vines as much as he could, but he could only do so much, the entity he had helped create in no way eager to leave. Finding himself backed up against the kid dragon head with far too many vines left, the luxia sent out one final plea for help to the Anima Regnum. Help us.... Please....
Suddenly Felix felt an impact on his back, and he whipped around, expecting to see a vine that had slipped through their defenses and was ready to kill the kid dragon head. What he saw instead made him gawp in awe. The child dragon was gradually changing from a dragon head to a full dragon. There was the neck, the shoulders, the chest, the wings, glorious beautiful wings unfurling, the body, the legs, and finally, the long tail snaking out onto the ocean floor. A vine took a swing at the newly formed dragon, but the flame bright dragonet simply burned it to a crisp with flames of its own, water boiling around the bright jet. Felix was still gawping when the dragonet motioned for him to come over, and he gave a start when he realized what it wanted. The dragon wanted take him flying. Eyes nearly watering with elation (though one wouldn’t be able to tell, with them being under water and all), the luxia went over to the dragon, and after just a few moments of scrabbling on its side, found himself on the back and ready to go. The dragon rustled its wings, crouched down and shifted its haunches, then launched itself up and through the water.
A yell was torn from Felix’s throat, and moment later they broke through the surface of the water, the dragon giving a roar as it soared into the sky. It flew upward for a few more moments, and then changed directions; Felix gave another yell as the dragon dived, it pulling up at just the last second so it skimmed the surface of the water. Now the dragon glided along at this height, beating its powerful wings periodically to stay in place. Felix’s hair and tail fluttered in the wind, and he stared open mouthed and elated at the scene before him; a setting sun dyed the shifting water, and every now and again they would be sprayed by a wave, its cool touch and potent scent lingering with them for a moment as they flew onward.
This was what he had wanted. All he had wanted and more. For once, Felix figured he just might be able to forgive Malakai for leaving him behind.
....Maybe.
Shouting in glee as the dragon roared in joy, the two of them flew on towards the sunset, ready to see what the Anima Regnum had in store.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:49 pm
Name: Bryony
(meaning: Name for one who wants to be balanced their male/female or their light/shadow sides. The name can help you move from a water-dominated space into a more grounded place.)
Prompt Answering: 1,2, and 3 but they all connect, or attempted it xD
Response:
Child
You say I am left do what I will with this little darling, mold her as I see fit, but you know as well as I that there is much more then meets the eye here. I've gotten to know this little one one and has honored me by granting me her friendship and considers me her protector in this young years. Thus I've been able to learn many things about her even for one so young, there was indeed a lot to learn, but there are many days ahead yet....
The child is gracious and keen on sharing this is for sure, a big sister type at first glance. She is seemingly kind and playful, making friends with great ease. She has no fear in going up to complete strangers, greeting children and adults alike. This little one also hates to see others, big and small, bullied and trampled, but do not be deceived for she is no sweet angel herself.
Though she is no angel, nor is she a demon she is not cold blooded or without mercy, she will simply hold in debt and call you to to repay the kindness she once showed you, a small favor is all just one thing she asks....Do Not ask her questions about the favor just do it....no questions asked......
Even at her young age she does variants of this, but nothing to severe, it's usually to the extent of something to pay off another kids debt from a bully or just to a stop to a kid from being bullied all together without getting her own hands dirty, or even something as trivial as planting her a small flower. You'll never know what to expect with this little one. Even so she may ask nothing of you....for now and she will merely save your favor for later, as young as she is she'll never forget a name or a face.
If your truly a lucky one you may even find a good friend in her, which I don't think would be too terribly difficult, unless your a bully. Should you befriend her, you'll have to worry about owing favor to her and she may be willing to do you one instead. One thing she never does is lie, cheat or make her friends fall in her debt. She isn't heartless, even as a child to those she doesn't befriend she's willing to make a deal, after all she's got one hell of a sweet tooth.....but don't tell her I told you.
Teen Stage
( got distracted with food so typing up plot only-very messy plot at that, i apologize, but ran out of time from being in pain with no meds and then eating but it gives you the idea of where it was going xD)
She is still childish in her ways and in the Human world this day she is rather bored. She first stops by the old lady and admires the flowers and the lady gives her a few. After wards Byrony decides to help water the flowers hoping to get some candy out of the old woman, knowing old people always have candy stashed about, but to her disappointment all she gets is candy that has pocket lint covering it. She tries to accept it kindly and goes on her way.
She soon find the boy playing with his dog, rather the dog finds her. The dog at first growls at her, but once she growls back it whimpers and scooted back until she olls her eyes and bends down to pet it and it relaxes and the boy comes over. Bryony thinks the boy is kinda cute so she flirts with him figuring maybe she can get him to buy her some sweets of some kind, but all he can do is stare at the girls down the way playing jump rope....jump rope I mean what girls play jump rope anyways?
Overly annoyed but determined to get something sweet she tells the boy that she will get the one girl he really like to come talk to him and go on a date with him and if she does he goes and buys her the sweetest and biggest cake he can find. When he agrees she goes and talks to the girls. Turns out both girls like him...oh boy...they start to argue and almost fight about who gets to go out with him, but Bryony says to the other girl that she will come back in 2 days with the hottest guy she's ever seen to go on a date with if she lets her friend go on the date....she reluctant agrees and then gives all these ridiculous demands for her date(6-pack abs, brown hair, blue eyes, this hair cute, blonde highlights,ect).
Bryony half way listened to the girls demands and was ready to kill her, but silently thought of her cake, her of so delicious cake and finally snapped out it and said to them, "Ok, so we're good! Great....LET'S GO!" and dragged the first girl over to the boy. They acted all shy and barely said hi, which annoyed Bryony to no end so she asked where the cake shop was and pushed them in the right direction and made him buy her cake that was 1 & 1/2 times the size of her head!! She was in heaven as she sat and ate he Chocolate Heaven with Strawberry Cake and ushered the new couple away.
She ate the entire cake and was full to the brim, when she got home she felt so sick and fell right into bed, without saying a word to anyone....Ah what a day (synopsis over)
Elder Stage
Malakai has left for me to look after you little ones, Im afraid that I may not have been the best choice for the task, but I shall do my best. I do not know where to begin....I have begun to balance my life these days, stepping away from my more wild ones, seeing the debts I held others to, were more debts I held myself in.
These words mean nothing to you, just gibberish, maybe one day I can tell you about it, one day you maybe curious what I was like and what I did...what I dreamed to do and be, what I wished for the world. I suppose that is a question, one I did not care about even then. What did I want, what do I want for you little ones now?
I do not wish for all butterflies and rainbows but nor do I want it filled will shadows and gloom for one can not survive without the other. I can see that clearly, I've always seen that I think, tis why I did what I did. I want each one of us to follow our hearts whether the path maybe one down a darker one then those that came before us, we can choose that its true, we can be corrupted but sometimes its a calling natural, sometimes its a mistakes and sometimes we have to and need to make those mistakes.
Its confusing I know and hard to see, but wisdom can be a hard thing to grasp, but one day I hope you can see what I see and you will have the strength to make those mistakes and to recover from them and never be afraid of making new ones for that's how we learn. I learned a many things that way. Until then I shall be here to the others to nurture you to the best of my abilities.
I shall try and teach you once your old enough of the world as it was when I grew up, I will always be truthful I shall never lie, I pride myself in never lying to anyone. Ill answer any question. As you are young I will explain things best as I can in simple terms. Though I speak truths, I can keep secrets unless its an emergency, but I am trustworthy. I can have a strong hand, but soft words, or is it a soft hand and strong words? I never understood that phrase....Either way Im normally good with young ones and Im told Im wise, but around them I can sometimes become a tad lost.
I shall do my best to protect you young ones, have faith and welcome to Anima Regnium. <3
(lost myself at the end)
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