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Sleet Tempest Snape

Noble Vampire

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:22 pm


Name: Katya

Nicknames: None

Breed: Russian Blue

Attached to: Moves about from agent to agent and corrupted senshi to corrupted senshi.

Alignment: Negaverse

Blood Type: Type AB

Fav. Food: Salmon, Tuna, fish, seafood in general.

Hated Food: Cheese, milk, yogurt, anything dairy. There is just something about it which bothers her. The only good thing is ice cream.

Hobbies:
Reading Whether she's reading over your shoulder, or reading on her own. She spends a lot of her time reading, learning about history mostly, you can learn a lot from history and even learn battle tactics. But not only is it a way to learn battle tactics and learn of mistakes people have made. Reading can also provide information about people, thought processes, and human nature. It comes in handy to read, really it does! This is something she takes rather seriously, so don't interrupt her when she's reading unless it's urgent or a matter of eating. She may at times forget to eat, too engrossed in a book, so dragging her from a book to eat is at times a needed thing.

As for the books themselves those are either property of some senshi of her's, an agent of the Negaverse, or a book she asked then to borrow from the library for her. Unfortunately she can't exactly carry around books herself and certainly can't take them out from the library on her own, it's really an unfortunate situation. But she does thankfully have those around her who can do both those things for her!

Window Shopping She may not buy it but she will stare at from the street, she might even walk inside the store and inspect it closer. She likes clothing, but she especially loves jewelry. It's the shiny for her. If she could just liberate that necklace from the window display she just might, it would look great on her! Not to mention something like that should really be worn and not just left in a window display. It should be shown off to any and everyone and the best way to do that would be to wear it. But since she isn't likely to get away with the liberation of jewelry. and she can't afford it, she will settle for staring and wishing. If she were human, in form and appearance, she would apply for a job so she could spend every penny she made on such fineries; forget food and other expenses (not that she doesn't at times anyway).

It's a self torture in a way even, she knows she can't and never will have what she stares at; yet it continues. She can't help but appreciate such things, and imagine herself in those fineries.

Exploring Katya likes to wander, and not simply for the sake of doing so. No, she likes to wander to get an idea for the city she's living in. It could help her in the future, and others within the Negaverse. Katya thinks it's a good idea to know the city as well as she can, including every alleyway and hidden alcove she can possibly find. Who knows, this could possibly save herself, or others, in the future when being chased. It's a very good thing to know ones own territory, especially when in a war. You don't need to be taken by surprise when you make a turn and find yourself down a deserted dead end. No, not something she'd like to ever have happen, so she does work hard in the evenings to make sure this won't happen. This isn't to say she goes on these explorations of the city alone, that wouldn't exactly be a smart idea considering she could always run into a situation she can't handle on her own. No, she likes to always take one of her senshi or a Negaverse agent with her, just in case.

Virtues:
Duty Bound When it comes to her senshi, those within the Negaverse, Katya is very outgoing. She will actually put down a book, no matter how good it is, in order to assist one of the senshi in whatever they need as she considers their needs important to her. In fact, Katya considers their needs the number one thing, they are senshi and thus it is her duty as a guardian to guard them and to lead them on their paths. Katya will do whatever she can for the Negaverse agents as well, since their goals should be the same as her senshi. The goal being that they must defeat the senshi of the White Moon.


Helpful Katya loves to read and should she find herself faced with a question, from a senshi or agent, which she hasn't the answer for she will find it. If it takes hours, days, or weeks to track down the answer she will dedicate herself to finding the answer and being able to properly help the one in need. She'd rather she find the answers, and take the time needed to do so, rather than they go looking for it and get lost in that and not properly dedicate themselves to their duties. Beyond this Katya is also the helpful guardian kitty in other ways. One way is that she is learning the layout of the city in order to better help those she considers hers, whether they approve of being her's or not. Katya also being one who likes to read up on many things, including human nature, will try to help with personal problems a senshi or agent may face, whether the answer she gives is a good answer however could be up for debate (clawing a girls eyes out isn't exactly the best advice unless you ask Katya). This helpfulness isn't simply do to duty but also, in larger part, because Katya honestly loves those she considers her's and wishes for them to be as healthy, mentally and physically, as they can during this war. When this war ends, and she is sure t eventually will, she wants to them to come out of this as best they can, she will work hard to see to this.

On a side note the research is mostly done via books and reading - the old fashioned method. But if an agent or senshi would let her use their computer, laptop, or netbook she would put it to good use, the only problem might be the keys for typing, due to her paws and the keys being close together, especially with a netbook or laptop, if someone would get her a keyboard with larger keys she would put the new way of researching things to good use.


Good Listener Need to talk to someone, to pour out your woes and all your self doubt? Katya is more then willing to listen. That book she was reading? It's book marked and sitting on her desk. She will make the time to listen and help you, in whatever way she can. Your boyfriend/girlfriend cheated on you or broke your heart? She'll listen to the whole sorided story and offer whatever words of comfort she can, she'll even let you rant, rave, pace, and scream and shout, you can even throw some things...so long as they aren't breakable or a library book. Katya will sit and talk to you if you want her kinds words of affection and praise all the while letting you pet her, they do say that petting an animal can calm a person down.

Flaws:
Vengeful If someone has hurt an agent or one of her senshi they had better be able to handle a cat following them all around the city, yowling at them; though this is not typical behavior of a Russian Blue. If that does work, or fulfill her need for revenge she will plot something; just what she isn't sure of yet. She may just be a cat, for now, but she will find ways to make them regret whatever it was they did; in her own special way. That piece of jewelry you were looking at, or that she was looking at, might find it's way in to a targets pocket even so they get picked up as a thief. It wouldn't even cross her mind that making a senshi out to be a thief might hurt the senshi's reputation, she just wants to get you back for hurting one of her family. She is not above such things, she will sink low to reap her revenge upon someone who has crossed those whom she cares for and guards over. The whole time she does this she will, of course, try and keep the one who was hurt from finding out what she's been doing as she wants to keep them on the path to getting over the problem.

Aside from seeking vengeance against those who cross those who are her's she also will seek vengeance upon those who have what she wants. On occasion, when on the rare occasion she was window shopping and watched an item of interest come in to someone's possession, sought to ruin said item. If it can not be her's or admired by her then she will set out to ruin it if at all possible. For those who have things she wants, and fancies, but had never previous laid eyes on she'll watch, try to get close and even nuzzle said item. They did after all fancy it and purchase it before she ever laid eyes on it. Just don't stop her nuzzling of said item, she will then seek to destroy it since she can't properly enjoy it even if only for a few short moments. She's been known to follow at a person or two's heels even, slinking silently around their feet, as they leave the store wearing their new purchase. Too bad when they get home it's to find said item chewed on and clawed up, and never once did they notice the culprit.

Scatterbrained While Katya won't forget important things, things which pertain to the mission. It's the little things she will forget, eating, meeting someone somewhere, to remind them of something they need to do. It's the little non-important things she tends to forget, usually due to her reading habits, but also due to all the bigger more important things filling up her mind. So really she forgets these little things all because of the mission, her duty. This forgetfulness can at times lead to people, those she's supposed to remind of things, not getting things done or rushing through something they themselves remembered at the last minute. As she's been noted to forget eating she's had to relay on others to remind her to do so, thus she becomes the one in need of a guardian.

Jealous Katya has an issue with the green eyed demon, envy and jealousy. She wants what she can't have but what other people can, and do, have. That is what she takes issue with, the people have all the pretty things she wants, and should by all rights have! She would look better in that necklace, or with that fur wrapped about her shoulders. Why is it that no one will simply give her such things? So what if she may only be a cat? Don't they understand what she does for them all?

This green eyed monster doesn't go on vacation, ever, not even around those whom she has claimed as hers. They are her's! And thus they should pay more attention to her than some other guardian cat or even their personal pet cat, or dog, they must realize she has more to offer them than any other cat, guardian or not, dog or other such pet and if they don't realize this she will make sure they soon do. Rather than taking her take her anger, and upset, out on her senshi and agents she will work harder to gain their attention. She wouldn't take her anger out on them, she might loose their attention completely not to mention it would go against fulfilling her duty as a guardian to them and a servant of the Negaverse. If it's not a case of a senshi or agent neglecting her, and yes she'll consider it neglect, and rather an item they posses or have come into possession of she will seek to at least admire and enjoy the item, again these are her agents and senshi who also serve chaos the same as she does.

Challenge: The Darkness shall triumph.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : CAT FORM

Face/Ears: Rather than sound like I'm quoting something, I think I'll toss in a link to the breed standard.
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Body: An adult body, not over weight but not under weight either. Someone has made sure this kitty was in good health. A lean elongated body. Mauve or lavender pink nose, the whisker pads are prominent and can make them look like there smiling, so I'd like her to seem to be smiling; but only just. Like the 'I know something you don't' sort of smile.

Fur: Short, plush, blue-gray coat that's a double coat. The undercoat is soft downy, and equal in length to the guard hairs, which are an even blue with silver tips. The tail, however, has very dull, almost unnoticeable stripes. I'll leave the star color up to the colorist, though maybe a dark silver, almost black, color?

Eyes: What color are your kitty's eyes ? Dark green.

Accessories: I'll leave it up to the colorist.

Examples:
X X X X

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : HUMAN FORM

Eyes: Dark green, not too wide but not narrow either.

Hair: Some sort of long hair, maybe angle cut. Color is up to colorist. Though maybe something dark in color?

Face: Clear, fair skin. Her face is heart shaped. A light color to her cheeks, eyes lined in eye liner with light eye shadow put to use as well.

Clothes: Think fur, elegant and Russian. Maybe velvet or silk as well.
PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:00 pm


Hey there, Sleet! I’m going to do my best at critting this for you! So sorry that you have to be my guinea pig for this, but I’m going to go piece by piece! <3
I want to say that Russian Blues are such pretty cats. And I think she will be very pretty when she is made!

Okay! On to hobbies!

Reading I like this hobby, I really do, but I just keep getting hung up on it, and I know it is one of the bases of the character, but I just want to know how she gets the books she reads. Russian Blues aren’t the biggest of cats, only reaching ten to fifteen pounds, so I can understand her getting small books, but as you mention her doing research and whatnot from books, I can’t help but think of large war journals that are going to end up being bigger than she is.
So, I’ll be fine with the hobby, but I really want to know how she gets the books, does she bully her negaverse agents and senshi into finding them for her, or does she run into the library and cause all sorts of distruction trying to get that one book from the top shelf?

Window Shopping I really, really like this hobby, and I can see Katya sitting outside of a big time jewelry store and just meowing at passersby, hoping they drop some gold or something! It’s adorable!

Wandering I think that this seems like a very cat like hobby as well! And it seems like something that Katya would do a lot, but, in the way you describe it, perhaps you should change the hobby to ‘exploring’? Since she is exploring the city—trying to get the layout just so she’s prepared! To me, wandering just seems like she’s aimlessly walking around to no purpose!

Now let’s move onto the virtues!

Duty Bound I think that this is a very fine virtue for a guardian cat of the negaverse! They need more duty bound workers!


Helpful I just have a few things I want to throw at you for this virtue, you make it seem like the only way she helps out her agents and senshi is by researching things. Does she do other things for them? Or is she only a research cat? Also, does she use other methods to do her research? Like the internet perhaps?

Good Listener I think that all cats can be good listeners, so I understand how this virtue would apply, but I think that the part about her following after the people that she has heard about hurting the senshi/agents should be omitted from this virtue. It fits well in the flaw of vengeful, and I think that these two really play off one another, it’s like night and day, to her senshi/agents she’s the perfect listener, curling up in their laps, letting them pour their hearts out, but then the flip side is she tries to hunt down everyone that ever has hurt anyone she cares about and sink her claws into them.

If that makes sense to you.

Time to look over the flaws!

Vengeful This really seems like normal cat behavior! I know that when you manage to make your cat’s angry, they will turn around and either ignore you or do their best to annoy you outright. I think this is a pretty well rounded trait!

Forgetful I’m having a hard time with this flaw, particularly due to the fact that you have said she ‘won’t forget important things’, which really seems to demerit this flaw to a simple…inconvenience if you would. Perhaps you could change the flaw to ‘scatterbrained’, I think that is a lot more of the direction that you’re trying to go in, like, if her mind is so full of random information and facts from her books, and she sometimes can’t think of what she should be doing at one time due to all of the different thoughts and facts in her mind? It’s just a suggestion!

Jealous I’m having a hard time understanding how her jealousy affects herself and others, and I think your description of her jealousy would fit a lot better under the vengeful flaw instead. How does the jealousy factor in when it’s her senshi/agents that she’s jealous of? How does it work when it’s a person that she has never met before? Will she start slacking off in her work if she gets too jealous of one of her senshi/agents? Will she forsake them if they have something she wants but can’t have? Also, is it only items that she’s jealous of, or would she be jealous if another guardian cat was getting all of the praises from a general king, or getting more pets from a senshi/agent? I would really like you to elaborate on this flaw for me if you could!

All right! And that’s that! Feel free to quote me when you have made your changes and I will give it another look over!

Sleet Tempest Snape

Orangeish Sherbert

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Sleet Tempest Snape

Noble Vampire

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:13 pm


Thank you, I hope one day to get her. And I do think she'll be lovely.

For the books I'd say she's not the sort to go to the library and cause a problem, she might get caught! No, she'd be asking others to get the books for her to paw through.

Ok, I'll change it to exploring. It does seem more that way, now that I reread it. ::Nods::

Hmmm...I think if someone helped her she could use the internet. The keys on a keyboard might be too small for her to hit everything right the first time. Though maybe bigger keys might help. But yeah there are other ways I'd see her being helpful. I'll edit that.

And yeah that makes sense. I'll edit the flaw of vengeful as well. ::Nods::

I'll make the alteration of scatterbrained as well. And it does fit, the change.

I'll add on to the jealousy flaw as well.

Thank you for the info Orange.

Funny that I seem to be getting a lot of cat traits right but I've never owned a cat. >.>
PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:15 pm


Orangeish Sherbert

I think I got it all, let me know. And thanks a lot love.

Sleet Tempest Snape

Noble Vampire


Orangeish Sherbert

Lonely

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:51 pm


I think the revisions are really good!

Have a trial stamp! 8D

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:41 pm


Just a few snippets of info FYI and one tiny tweek and clarification and this should be good to go.

FYI
Her star can't be silver unless it's a really really dark almost black silver. It needs to be super easy to tell from looking at a cat whether they are corrupted or not.

You didn't specify clothing so I imagine it's mostly colorist choice? The major guidelines for kitty clothing is absolutely no shoes and the clothing must have a slightly fantasy/whimsical aire to them. That should be quite easy to work into your Russian beauty though!


My major concern/the thing that needs a little tweek is inside the Reading hobby. The majority of guardian cats ARE from earth and were born on earth, and the very very few that aren't actually from earth (stasis cats) do not have any clue that they actually ever lived on Mau. Regardless, without some sort of super big plot (which is even harder for corrupted cats then white moon ones, but not impossible) no cat, no matter the type, should ever think that they weren't born on earth. Katya therefore shouldn't be thinking that she's not from earth or that she needs to study it like an alien being. All you need to do though is snip those couple of sentences and it should be good.


And lastly, mostly just for my curiousity sake. Katya seems SUPER big on finding the correct answer to things, which makes me think she's the kind of person that... doesn't really make opinions of things herself and values straight facts over her (and other people's) subjective thoughts. If that's the case that's pretty unique and neat. What does she do though when she CAN'T find an answer to something, which is bound to pop up fairly often in regards to the war at hand and information regarding the Negaverse and senshi since there aren't really books for her to be seeking answers in?

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Sleet Tempest Snape

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:08 pm


Yeah I wasn't quite sure on an outfit so I tossed out just ideas. And I did edit the star color to dark silver, almost black. So that should be better. I'm sure a colorist could come up with an amazing clothing idea for her.

I think, since she does like facts, is that it would frustrate her and she'd go poking about to try and find out all she could. Since she wouldn't have all the facts, and who really could, if she had to answer questions she'd make sure it was understood she didn't know everything and was giving what information she did have. But it would be something she'd continue to try and learn more about, in what spare time she has.

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Fixed the reading thing also. Tell me what you think love.
PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:07 pm


Thanks for fixing that heart

You're ACCEPTED! Good luck getting her.

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