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Hm. You're making many extremely valid points. And I'm thankful because you're ultimately helping me out with planning things for the Raevan/essence/soul - for that I'm very appreciative Ravi. I'll respond to what you have posed to me in the morning. :3 I'd respond now but the day has been long and I'm a little fried from it all. I'd like to make credible valid points back. :B LOL

Mmk! I'm now up and refreshed after catching up on the many hours of sleep I'd been losing lately. xD

Hmm. This is true. I hadn't researched too much into flower/gardening competitions to be honest. xD It was just a thought that had popped into my head and I was entertaining. If I did do that though - it could be something drama related to happen to the Raevan. Though I wouldn't want to put her through that. D:

Like I said last night, you make many valid points. I'm glad you brought them to my attention. I'm also glad I slept on it because I think I had a good epiphany with what to do in regards to the fel/Raevan. Instead of making her a full Anthokinetic, where she can spontaneously grow things, I have her exactly as you brought up: a super fertilizer. If she is in possession of the seeds, she can make them grow into full maturity in a matter of seconds. Also if she senses their presence or sees their sprouts, she can enhance their growth at the same time. Within this, she can still alter different things like conventional size, color, etc. She herself will be lending her own energy into the seeds/flowers/crops/plants/etc so at first she won't be able to do it a lot or in a mass amount in one go, as it'd make her faint or extremely tired, but as she grows she'll contain more stamina within herself. This will also allow her to effect all things, instead of just flowers. But the bigger they are, the harder and more energy it would take until she gets to that level. Like growing an oak tree. She wouldn't be able to get it past the sapling stage without passing out as a first born. Maybe not even that. That seems to make a better fit doesn't it? o3o

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XD Didn't see your post there. xD /didn't refresh before posting/ There's wood Nymph's and faeries. But I didn't know how inspiring they would be. Especially since the lore on faeries is a lot different then how people have come to view them in like say, the movie Pixie Hollow with Tinkerbell and all them. /had to watch it with his nieces - it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be/

Hope you don't mind me taking a swing at Lette since everyone else is concentrating on your Essence <3

NAME : Trinity Nicolet Smathers, aka Lette
GENDER : Female
AGE : 24
OCCUPATION : Mechanic // Freelance Tattoo Artist
RACE : Human
LIKES : Any form of body art; Driving around on her crotch rocket ...lol what's a crotch rocket?; Fast cars; Coffee (preferably Vanilla Almond); The country side; Drawing; People; Risk-taking (sky-diving, skinny dipping, jay walking – though nothing too dangerous I wouldn't count jay walking as a risk... xD everyone's done it at some point and it's not even a legit law to break.); Dressing risqué
DISLIKES : People who have no idea what they are talking about - Ignorance; Posers Hey, now D: Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Eh, I think anyone and everyone can be considered a "poser" at some point in their life, so this essentially means she hates everyone -claps for Lette-; Two-faced liars; Wimps; Lemons; Ignorance; Alcoholics She seems to have a lot more likes than dislikes; maybe you could narrow down her Likes section so it's even with her Dislikes?
LOOKS : Standing at 5'6", Trinity sets forth an imposing figure for her size. Moderately proportioned, with a full figure, and thick, curly, long black hair over piercing silver eyes is usually the first things noticed about her. Riding by with tight jeans and a leather jacket, or walking down the street in a skirt and stiletto boots with a high collar, is her usual choice of clothing. Through an incident while in technical school, Trinity also wears glasses, something she thinks enhances her beauty, rather than detract from it.

PERSONALITY :
Trinity, known by Lette to friends, has always been someone who lives her life to the fullest. Known to get loud, once her mouth gets running it's most likely not going to stop, with no censors or predilections of limits *, unless someone distracts her or lets her know just how unwarranted her opinion is. She’s mostly so loud and rambunctious in an attempt to hide her feelings of inadequacies - that she’s not good enough for her friends and family, resulting in many nights where she’s cried herself to sleep. Why does she feel this way? There's nothing in her history that explains this, so it seems quite useless and a "pity me" tactic for no real reason other than to get Lette attention, and if she can't get attention on her own merit (ie; the personality that she shows to everyone) then it's not a very effective personality at all, is it?

Lette is also a very responsible person having held down jobs while in school - at her parent’s request no less (so as to imbue her with a sense of value and accountability). She even took up caring for the families’ horses and household pets, developing a sense of care-taking for things, something she found she quite enjoys.

Lette also has a rather infectious mood, always smiling, with a witty joke on the tip of her tongue, causing her to never lack for a friend to hang out with due to that. On the flipside of things, her temper is one to match the gods. While the fireworks can be something to watch, thankfully it takes her awhile to boil up and let loose. With the way you first described her anger, it seemed like she would blow up at the tiniest thing--that IS what the gods generally do--so perhaps a different/better description can be used so it doesn't come off as contradictory Infringing on her family and friends, insulting her beliefs with no consideration to her viewpoint * - This seems hypocritical to me, since from the description of her mouth not having any limits, it makes me think she would do the exact same thing to someone else but get mad about it if it's done to her., or lying to her face are usually surefire ways to set her off and cause her to break your nose.

HISTORY :
Trinity grew up in a 5-story mansion, under the guidance of a tycoon business owner of a father, and ace lawyer as a mom. All of her life, everything she did was supported by her parents, who had adopted the mantra of allowing their child to do whatever she wanted to do, as the skies were the limit. This screams "spoiled rotten" to me.

As the years passed, the simple life of a hardworking Gaia citizen appealed more and more to her - getting a little grease on her elbows was exactly what she wanted. After having everything handed to her from birth without question, why on earth would she want to actually do hard work and manual labor? Explaining her intentions to her parents, she was extremely surprised that they stood by their word and allowed her the free will, without any familial punishments, to do what it was that she wanted to do. This seems a little crazy; again, she's been given everything and anything she could possibly want from her parents, why would her asking for something else (regardless of the fact that it's wanting to work like a normal citizen) be surprising to her? It contradicts what is presented earlier, as there's no given reason for such a feeling.

Following high school, Trinity went straight into technical school, where she excelled in her studies to become a mechanic. Mastering the different brands, systems, and works with little difficulty. While in school, a classmate lit a welding tool with no warning. Thankfully, she wasn’t looking at it directly, but has ended up having to obtain glasses due to the light searing into her cornea. This, also, doesn't work; the only way to get your eyes hurt from looking at a welding tool is if you are staring directly at the flame (or a less immediate effect of getting the smoke in your eyes) but it wouldn't make you blind. Besides that, the effect you're talking about is a long term one that welders complain about having after having worked many years. It seems like a silly excuse to have her wear glasses, honestly; can't she just have naturally poor eye sight?

With her parent’s help, she set-up a shop, with a nice sized garage and office, with an extra room just in case she ever felt the need to impart her love for the arts upon willing flesh. I'm sorry, but she would NEED to have gotten a license to be a legal tattoo artist, whether she does it in a shop or in her living room. This can either be done by going to a school or apprenticing under an already licensed tattoo artist. Once that was done, she located and bought a trailer, fully ready to live life on her own terms. This is just me nitpicking, but since this is actually her first step into the work world and she needed her parents help to get it all set up (including her house, I assume), it doesn't seem like she is literally "fully ready to live life on her own terms". That would mean she does it all herself, with no help from anyone. Besides that, trailers... are pretty small and cramped. Is that all she could get? I mean, if that's her preference, I can't really fault her for it...

> A > Sorry I didn't get to crit you during the rehoming event, but hopefully these points help...

Ah well...You're only allowed one Raevan ever in the shop Orion. n.n;; Unless I read that wrong and you mean her OR a Raevan from an event. o3o

On the subject of the flower colors and the salt making them more vibrant, I say that's really stretching, making the Essence overcomplicated, and also you're likely to tread into the territory of Sa'ida who's the Raevan that deals with colors. Like I said before, the salt's powers are really about the dirt, and only by (workable) extension is it about the flowers. I think it'd be in your best interest to focus on the fertilization of the earth and the the fullness and health of the plants that grow due to its influence rather than try to toss in colors or any other random trait. Remember we want simplicity. Also, if a flower is healthy, the colors are already vibrant, so that would be rather useless. Since you're so easy going and I really do like your idea, I really would think it best if you just trashed the colors idea and just stuck with the soil and fertilization. :3

And yeah, I happened on that site when I was still questing and it came in handy. nwn It's a bit lacking in a few areas, but I doubt it's very well known so that's why that happens. And I didn't know, so I'll have to take a look. :3

Well your outlook and willingness to make changes and just being all around flexible will mean you'll be able to go far. You've got a good disposition too so that's always a plus. And good luck on the search on that site. nwn Even the simplest soul will do and I think for you a flower in general would be right up your alley for a soul.

You know, since s/he's mega-fertilizer, you could always work in your hybrid-flowers/colors thing later in her development... hybrids == gene splicing, so if your Raevan gets to the point where s/he can grow/nourish plots of flowers, s/he could eventually nurture certain hybrids out of her plots. It's not instantaneous, and basically would just mean she'd be an excellent gardner, but, hey! You'd still have some really awesome flowers in her habitat! 8D

Quick thing Orion, don't forget to fix your Essence description to get rid of the 'new kinds of plants' and stuff! *was reading the front page and saw it there still*

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Made the thread all purty with codes and deleted the long-eared Jerboa from the soul choices :D