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Custom Contest Entry

Name: Maytag Marlee
Age: 21
Preferred Element: Copper and Iron
Why they joined the Order: It was Maytag's father's dream to join the order, but he did not have the ability to do so.
Brief Appearance: Because of her father's obsession with having a son, Maytag grew up with her hair very short, and she cannot break this habit now. Her dark hair is cut in a pixie style and is streaked with a copper color from her experiments. She is very slender and is quite short. She has bright blue eyes that are usually hidden behind protective goggles that are otherwise pushed up into her hair.
Brief Personality: Maytag, or Marlee as she prefers to be called, is a rather brisk figure and moves about very quickly. She is very driven in her work and dislikes boredom with a passion. She tends to overlook others, preferring to work alone, but to those she is close with, she can be quite kind and humorous.
Brief History: Maytag was born to a brilliant inventor by the name of Cascus Marlee. He had two major goals in life: to join the order, and to raise a son to carry on his legacy. He achieved neither. Rather, he had one daughter, Maytag. Somewhat grudgingly, Cascus taught his daughter everything that he knew, while treating her like a son, even referring to her with male pronouns. Maytag grew up both loving and hating him. Rather than following him with Inventing, Maytag followed her own study of Alchemy and Engineering. She too was brilliant, though her lack of patience cost her. During an experiment, she lost the pinky finger and the first joint of her ring finger on her left hand. This experience taught her more caution, but rather than continuing at a slower pace, Maytag threw herself into her work, even after her father passed away. Maytag now works as an Engineer, while continuing in her study of Alchemy.
Occupation: Alchemist and Engineer
Strengths: Maytag is notably brilliant. She has the intelligence to do whatever she chooses. She has drive and passion for what she does. She is considered trustworthy and humorous, with a very dry wit. She does not work well with others, but always manages to find the result and her work has done a lot of good for the Order.
Weaknesses: Despite her intelligence, Maytag lacks a lot of common sense. Rather than working things through in the traditional way, she likes to try to find shortcuts, and find the quickest way to the result. She is impatient, but events in her past have taught her caution. Somewhat. She has been called cold, distant, critical, sharp, rebellious and disrespectful. She has a short temper and lacks patient. She is also not the easiest person to get along with.
Anything Else: Maytag dislikes her name, but will tolerate it. Occasionally though, she will completely ignore the person using it until they call her by her last name.

Custom Contest Entry

Name: Analisa (her friends call her Ani)
Age: 19
Preferred element: Growth
Why they joined the Order: For a chance to see new things and have some time to herself. Plus it's sort of a family tradition.
Brief appearance: Ani has hazel eyes and wavy brown hair twisted into a loose knot. She always wears a pewter pendant of a dragon curled around a green crystal ball, which was a going-away present from her parents. She'll generally be seen in a blouse and neatly-mended jeans over heavy boots.
Brief personality: She's used to juggling several different tasks and improvising quick solutions and gets uncomfortable quickly when there's nothing for her to do. When she first started classes, wizarding life seemed almost slow in comparison with life back home, and even though she claims she's enjoying the "peace and quiet," she's adapting with difficulty.
Brief History: Ani grew up in the kind of house where it seems like something's always broken (or about to break, with help), which she shared with her parents, small sister, three younger brothers, and uncle. She also has an older brother in the Order who she doesn't see much. Her father is a wizard specializing in abstract theory, while her mother is entirely nonmagical. Her uncle (her mother's brother) is a minor dragon breeder, which is how her parents met. And between the usual half-dozen or so dragons, various beasties her brothers pick up who knows where, the magical tantrums her sister's been going through, and the occasional muffled explosion from her father's lab, it's no wonder Ani's used to handling crises. Everyone figured she'd be the practical nonwizard one in the family until her father pointed out that she was absentmindedly slapping containment spells on the messes her sister kept conjuring up.
Occupation: Student and part-time tutor
Strengths: Ani studies hard (she has to do something with all this new spare time) and is near the top of her class knowledge-wise. At home nearly the only time she had to herself was early mornings in her garden, which is now her passion. She grows mainly vegetables and a few spell ingredients, and has been learning about healing herbs to make up for her lack of talent there. She's also good at cooking and general housekeeping (though she has really odd taste in foods), and is a patient teacher.
Weaknesses: Apparently all the really good magical genes got saved for her little sister. Ani's very good with small spells but can't do anything extremely large or complicated, so she's gotten good at using her limited repertoire to do the same thing. She also still has trouble slowing down sometimes from the hectic lifestyle she's used to, and things going perfectly make her very nervous.
Anything else: One of the things she misses most about home is all those pesky dragons, strangely enough, and she hopes to become a full wizard of the Order soon so she can get one for herself.

Haiku Contest Entries

Open
The wind blows softly;
A single white blossom falls
From an almond tree.

(This is the boring one – just something I've had sitting around for a while. ^^; )

Dragons
Tapping of small claws
Beating of new wings, a breath –
My hair set aflame

The Last Time
The last time I fell:
A sonnet to no avail –
Perhaps a haiku?

Unicorn's Horn
Twisted ivory
Softly glowing, silken-swift
Gentle spear of bone

Haiku Contest Entries <3



Unicorn Horn –

It twists, elegant
White as the season and mood
Lost to mythic kin


Pie-

Sweet aroma drifts
From golden pocket, brown baked
A la mode? Perfect.

Ducks –

Bottoms up! They say
Tipping nose deep in the pool
Quacking merrily


FreeStyle

Yuki tokete
Omoi chiri-keri
Ume no Hana

((I can provide and English translation but it was built in Japanese))



Something Blue –

His eyes turn toards me
A lazy blink and curled toes
my sweet Siamese


Dragons –

They tumble higher
Winged dancing in the heavens
Dragons fill the sky


Wet socks

Small squishes sound
As I curl my toes in them
Spilled water, damp socks



Giant Robots –

Mecha? Not again
Evangelian repeats
On Cartoon Network


Two Emotions –

I sigh, eyes down cast
Until I see you came back
And brought my smile home


The last time –

I didn’t know then
When we said good bye that night
It was the last time.

Haiku Contest!

-Ducks-
Ducks eat many things
Especially mini pies
They are delicious.

-Pie-
Golden flakey crust,
Hiding delicious apples
Inside perfection.

-Never Again-
Glistening water,
Reflecting checkered tiles,
Don’t eat there again.

-Unicorn’s Horn-
Spiraling glory,
Erect gold and silver spear,
My gutter mind laughs.

Haiku Contest Entries


Open -

Went to India
Ate a burger in the street
Got chased with pitchforks


Unicorn’s Horn –

A resplendent pearl
Bright and fierce, untamed by man
But broken by time


Dragon -

He glittered like gems
Each scale like captured starlight
The sweet stuff of dreams


Something Blue –

Nothing is bluer
Peering through the jungle dark
Than a tiger's eye


The Last Time –

"Be good and be safe."
You sat at the kitchen door
God swept you away


Wet Socks -

I ran through the rain
In rainbow colored toe-socks
And caught a damn cold


Ducks (true story) -

I sat on the bus
Jerked forward by sudden brakes
Mating ducks Xing

Haiku Contest Entries

Giant Robot

A giant robot:
A useful thing to have when
Taking over the world

Pie

A beautiful snack
Fat and round and just for me
I gobble it down

Wet Socks

Squishing in my shoes
Water, water, everywhere!
My toes become prunes

Ducks

Quack, waddle and fly
How I wish I was a duck
But not get eaten