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 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:30 pm
 Presentimenta memoir of rain Presentiment: noun. A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:58 pm
Kintoki Akiosoul of autumn
  Nothing but a name: Akio's full name is Akio Kintoki. Translated, Kintoki means 'golden time' or 'moment' (spelled 金時), however he usually goes by simply as Akio for his relation to the season of autumn -since, translated, it bears the meaning of 'boy of autumn' (spelled 秋男).
One of many faces: Akio is a rather quiet, lonely individual. He doesn't like associating with others a lot and takes a long time to adjust to people. While staying away from a lot of social interactions he can often be found daydreaming while gazing out of windows or sitting in clearings when he's not working. It's not like he finds other people to be a bother or hates socializing... it's more like he prefers his personal space and his thoughts to gatherings and conversations. Furthermore, he generally prefers actions to words and is a dedicated and efficient worker that can be found doing all sorts of odd-jobs helping out whoever needs his help with anything at any given time. Even so, he doesn't like being praised a lot as it makes him feel awkward. If someone wants to thank him, he kindly refuses saying he's only doing what he has to do.
Akio is kind and forgiving most of the time, shrugging most things off as nuisance and willing to overlook mistakes when he can. His anger is supposed to be terrible when invoked though, however hard he appears to be to anger. The few times he does get angry he comes off as a completely different person, harsh, cruel, insensitive and violent, vengeful and unforgiving, unlike the quiet person people are used to.
Akio himself doesn't treat his 'dark side' as a change to his original persona. He believes that in general people 'don't change' even though one might want them to. Nothing changes, not even nature, not even in autumn that everyone seems to title the season of changes. Everything grows and matures naturally but it doesn't 'change' fundamentally which means that it's just the same only showing a different face of it. Akio believes true change to be a miracle, hard to gain, possibly the highest form of perfection one can achieve, for 'to change' it means to face yourself, confront yourself and that's not the easiest thing to do, really... However he still yearns for it and wishes for other people to achieve it as well as he denies that he has the ability to do this just yet.
The things Akio enjoys the most are warm beverages on cold mornings, the sound of rain as well as taking walks in it and literature, both poetry and prose. He knows how to sew and knit and often makes clothes for others to give as gifts. He also likes gardening and cooking and might also be interested in learning proper flower arranging -though he avoids most flowers due to them being fragile and easily destroyed in autumnal tempests. He is often described by others as to having the behavioural patterns and likings of 'an old man' even though he doesn't appear to be much more than a child.
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:07 pm
Magical Whispersthe strength of a season
Transformation: The act or an instance of transforming, the state of being transformed, a marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.
Akio has the power to trigger the change in himself and others, even though he doesn't realise that or admits to that when brought face to face with it. Through himself, his words and his actions, all inspired by almost divine will, people change, showing their true self to themselves and to him as well, thus becoming the miracle Akio himself seeks but so stubbornly refuses each and every time.
Creation: The act of creating, the fact or state of having been created, the divine act by which, according to various religious and philosophical traditions, the world was brought into existence, an original product of human invention or artistic imagination
Akio was always inventive and loved making things from other things such as small devices to help with his everyday work or things to help resolve people's technical problems. He is very adept in using materials and things he makes are sturdy and hard to break as they are imbued with his magics the moment he makes them.
Wind: Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground, a movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
Akio can whip up strong wind currents at whim, as well as control existing ones making him capable of changing the course of a storm or tornado for an instance.
Flight: The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space, an instance of such motion, the distance covered in such motion, the act or process of flying through the air by means of wings, the ability to fly.
While it isn't considered an actual power, Akio believes that it's the most wonderful thing he can do with the powers he has been given. Making strong, large kites using his ability of Creation and manipulating air currents to stay afloat, he can travel great distances, staying above ground, thus avoiding obstacles and getting tired by walking.
The downside...
Both his ability to trigger Change and Create require additional elements not found everywhere and at any given time and take time to start influencing anything, making preparation beforehand a crucial part of the whole concept as he can't make anything occur spontaneously in regards to them.
As for Wind, his mere association with it makes him extremely sensitive to lightning and thunder magics adding up to create a severe phobia of lightning storms as well. He also needs to stay perfectly focused when invoking his power -not during its overall control however- as the slightest mistake can cause either nothing to happen or yield unpleasant, too powerful to be good results.
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:13 pm
Of Autumnmelancholy woods
Deceiving beauty: Autumn is a preparatory period between summer and winter. It isn't exactly mild or exactly rough and has many faces according the time you choose to look upon it. In a sense autumn is much like spring in the aspect that it triggers change in people and in nature. However, where spring is a season of rebirth, autumn is a season of slow death, growing old and withering away as the weather turns colder. Autumn itself changes faces as mentioned before. It arrives dressed in crimson and orange and bright yellow but it slowly sheds its pleasant exterior provided to it by the retreating summer and turns to look much more like winter instead. The cloudy weather and rain of its later part instill a feeling of loneliness, melancholy and nostalgia, making one yearn for the past seasons and the time gone thus also becoming a perfect excuse for introspection, reflection and revision. Its association with death calls for festivals to honour the souls and spirits and one's ancestors. Besides that the season is also one for hard work as the illusion of time being plentiful during summer has faded and people realise that they have too many things to do still and winter is approaching fast. But autumn, however dull in comparison to its predecessors, isn't all that bad after all. The harvest, however tiring, is always rewarding and one needs to prepare for winter's harsh stillness after it has come to pass. For that, people gather and work together to achieve better results. Bonds between people that were nurtured through the early months are now becoming ripe and slowly begin to show their true faces, changing for the worse or simply developing as something much stronger, much like actual crops that grow in this season.
Mirrors: Akio's personality reflects in autumn and its changes. The serious personality overtones, misfitting and misleading appearance and overall hobbies stem from the various aspects of autumn as well. As autumn is a season of preparation, he too needs to prepare his powers beforehand to be able to use them and in the same way that autumn brings maturity and growth in nature he does so with helping people mature and achieve personal growth as well.
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