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This, is quite possibly one of the hardest quests I will ever embark upon. A GMFC is one of the most coveted B/C concepts ever. I've started this quest several times, the most memorable for me was within the first year of my Gaian membership, but that fell apart when a few things in my life did. But now that I'm back on my feet, I wonder, why not keep trying? I realize that I don't exactly have a male counterpart to quest with, but I would like to quest for a donor instead <3. Whomever my baby's father is, my character will love him/her/them.

Mother:

Name:
___Uenoh'ai Macézori
Gender:
___Female
Race:
___Human
Age:
___24
Hair:
___Dark brown with red and gold.
Eyes:
___Light Brown
Ethnicity:
___Hawaiian
___Portuguese
___Cherokee
___Italian
___Northern European
Body:
___Curvy, 5'8", tanned.
Modifications:
___None.
About:
___In real life Uennie has traveled almost all over the world. She is adventurous and exploratory, the place she views as most beautiful second only to her home Hawai'i, is the Maasai Mara in Africa, where she spent an amount there with the natives. Her musical choices are eclectic, and she embraces life fully with open arms. Her fear of death spurs her on to dream of everything and to dream it big. Music speaks to her in many different ways, it makes her cry to share the sadness or because it simply sounds to beautiful. She has high emotions and morals, but turns a three-sixty when she throws her inhibitions to the wind for some fun. Usually though, she is very practical. The man she dreams of is unafraid and ethnic, with a healthy appreciation for the arts and the beach.
Personality:
___She can be very hard-headed, abrupt, and crude. She prided herself on her harsh outside with people, but after years of loneliness, she's accepted the fairly soft inside and tries to treat everyone with manners and a smile. She can be a prude, but she does her best to never judge people, even if she does want to assault them right off the bat. Old habits are hard to break ...

Uennie's Entry for GMFC Flatsale:

Group A, Prompt #1:
Your new baby is finally in your arms for the first time. Everything seems well until the next day when Dr. Kamiki comes in and speaks to you. For some unknown reason, your child's spinal column did not develop fully. Most likely, they will never be able to move their legs. Please RP a scene of your reaction to this news.
___Uenoh'ai stopped as she stared at the female doctor, watching her speak with a clear and firm voice. She felt her eyes well up, as the familiar twinge assaulted her nose and spread across her cheekbones. She furrowed her eyebrows and clenched her child closer, now feeling the lesion on its back. Doctor Kamiki was right, her child had Spina Bifida. Suddenly aware she was possibly hurting the baby, she loosened her protective hold and broke into the conversation, interrupting the Doctor quickly.

___"There is a cure, a way for my child to ... Isn't there? Can't you fix this?" Uennie's words rushed out of her mouth in a desperate flow. She was chewing her lip and biting it wildly, fighting the hot water that longed to pour from the corners of her eyes. The Doctor seemed a bit taken aback by the sudden verbal intrusion, and slowly slid her hands into her coat pockets. She cleared her throat, picking up a clipboard and lifted a few papers.

___"Your child has what we call, Myelomeningocele." Kamiki continued, sounding out the syllables so that Uenoh'ai could pronounce it. "It is the most common and severe case of Spina Bifida. The sac you more than likely feel now is filled with a cerebrospinal fluid. We can place what we call a 'shunt' in it, to drain the fluid and reroute it so that the fluid will not build up and damage the brain, heart or abdominal cavity."

___Kamiki paused and looked back up from the clipboard, watching the new mother cry silently against her sleeping baby. Uennie closed her eyes tight as her body shook, large tears pouring down her cheeks as she clung to her child. She began whispering fervently to the small form.

___"I love you, I love you." The woman began softly, suddenly whispering quickly into the sleeping child's ear. "Everything will be okay, Mama's going to take care of you. We'll fix this, you're so beautiful my little baby. My baby girl you're so beautiful, we'll make you better." Uenoh'ai held her baby closer, while Dr. Kamiki continued on, undeterred.

___"Basically Miss, your child has a missing part of her vertebrae. As a result the nerves and spinal cord pass through the hole ... And this results in the sac in your child's back. As I have told you before ... She may never be able to walk. For all we know possibilities of this forming are genetics, environment, or some form of intake involving folic acid."

___"So it's my fault." The woman looked up horrified. "This is all my fault. If I'd been more careful. If I'd known and watched." Uennie's shoulders trembled for a moment before she broke down and clenched her child to her. "God it's all my fault I did this to my child. I crippled her, my baby my baby ..."

___Doctor Kamiki reached forward, taking the baby from the sobbing mother. Upon breaking contact with her maternal shelter the child stirred and began to wail, reaching small fingers out.

___"We will do the best we can." She said before turning and heading out the door. Uennie looked up quickly and screamed as she lunged for her child. IV's ripped out of her arms as she grabbed at the walls and tried to walk out of the room. Nurses came tearing in, picking up the woman and pulling her back to her bed. Uenoh'ai flailed, screaming and crying, reaching her arms out to the retreating back of the doctor.

___"I love you!" She cried out, sobbing wildly. "I love you!" Uennie continued to whisper this to herself over and over, slapping and pushing away the nurses and doctors that tried to tend to her bleeding IV cuts. She pulled a pillow close to her bosom as the nurses left and turned out the lights. The footsteps echoed back into her room, the sterile air becoming cold and sharp in her lungs. Gently she cried over the pillow, holding it and stroking it. She cleared her throat and softly sung in a watery and broken voice, recalling a few verses from a book she once read long ago.

___"I love you forever,
___I'll like you for always.
___As long as I'm living,
___My baby you'll be ..."

___Uenoh'ai lowered her head into the pillow, crying as her body wracked and shook. She quivered and gently closed her eyes, pressing her lips against the clean cotton and imagining it was her child's forehead.

___"I love you ... Forever ... No matter what ..."

Group B, Prompt #2:
Your 10-12 year old child opens the door and stumbles into a scene that is potentailly scarring or damaging to a child! What happened and how do you react?
___Uenoh'ai wrapped her arms around her lover's neck tightly, arching her body upwards and basking in the warmth of his body. She smiled and giggled, loving it when his long canines nibbled and nipped roughly at her neck. She began to make soft noises of approval, trailing her fingertips down his shoulders and raking gentle nails across his back. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a small sliver of light open and she tilted her head just as she let out a loud moan.

___The door banged open, and Uennie gaped to see her small daughter clenching her plushie lamb furiously. Dropping the stuffed animal Uenoh'ai watched as her daughter quickly grasped a meter stick, and launched herself forward. The ten year-old shuffled as fast as she could in her monkey pajamas and began to hit her father with the stick.

___"Geh off ma momma!" She shrieked wildly. "Geh off!" The child began to wail while smacking her father ruthlessly. The man yelped and jumped off of Uennie.

___"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! She's okay see?" He whimpered, wincing from the hard raps his daughter had given him across the back. Uenoh'ai snorted and giggled into a pillow before covering herself in a sheet and picking up her daughter lovingly. Gently Uennie smoothed her daughter's hair from her face and kissed her cheek gently.

___"Shhh ... Shhh ..." Uennie cooed gently, resting her cheek on her daughter's forehead and rocking her back and forth in her arms gently. The little girl hiccuped as liquid dripped out of her nose and she suckled on her lamb's ear. Gently Uenoh'ai rubbed her daughter's back and patted it, a small burp erupting from her tummy gently. "It's alright sweetheart ... Daddy was protecting me from the darkness ... I'm fine baby I'm fine ..."

___The child nodded and leaned her head against her mother, snuggling closer as the energy use from crying began to catch up with her. Her father reached out a hand and began to gently stroke his daughter's hair, smiling gently to himself. He leaned forward and slid his arms around his wife, kissing her neck and watching his daughter be rocked and drift back to sleep.

___"She's beautiful isn't she ..." Uennie whispered, placing a kiss upon her daughter's forehead.

___"Just like her mother." He smiled and kissed Uenoh'ai's bare shoulder gently. Quietly Uennie handed her daughter to her husband and watched him cradle her delicately in his broad arms.

Group C, Prompt #1:
Your teenager stumbles in the door one night hours after curfew. S/He's chewing hard on some chewing gum, but that doesn't fully mask the smell of alcohol on his/her breath. What do you do?
___Uenoh'ai paced the front hall, frantic with worry and guilt. Where was her daughter, her life and soul. Where was she? It is an hour after curfew and she should have been home by now. Uennie covered her face and leaned against the stucco wall. Unable to keep still when nervous she quickly resumed pacing. A soft click at the back door alerted her senses, and she sped past her sleepy husband as he trundled down the stairs.

___Uennie flung the door open and glared at her daughter as she walked in cockily. The cracking and snapping of spearmint gum echoed in the kitchen as the teenager headed for the stairs. Uenoh'ai cut her off abruptly.

___"Where have you been young lady?" Her mother yelled loudly, her voice echoing in the kitchen. Her daughter leaned on her hip while popping her gum with flashing teeth. Her daughter stared at her with a defiantly glazed look, before starting to saunter around her smaller mother. Uenoh'ai's temper snapped, and she swung around her daugher and slapped her hard across the face.

___"You answer me RIGHT now Wrinn Kanoemaileokalani!" She watched her daughter's eyes narrow with surprise and hurt at the sudden physical attack. She cussed and pushed her mother to the side, starting up the stairs. Uennie reached up and grabbed her daughter firmly by the back of her neck, throwing her back against the wall. She pushed her greying hairs behind her ear and steeled herself against the stairway. "Right NOW!"

___"I was out ..." Wrinn looked away, rubbing the back of her head. Uenoh'ai stomped forward and grabbed her daughter by the scruff and sniffed her neck. Thoroughly disgusted and angered she shoved her daughter away and slapped her again.

___"You were drinking. I can smell vodka on you. How dare you come into this house, with that attitude and think you can get away with it! How dare you!" Wrinn stood up and presented herself, challenging her mother physically. Uennie placed her hands akimbo to her hips and glared up stubbornly and viciously.

___"I may be smaller but I'm about ten times stronger than you. Go up to your room so I can decide a fitting punishment for you!"

___"I may be smaller but I'm about ten times stronger than you." Wrinn chided her mother in a mocking voice. "Go up to your room so I can decide a fitting punishment for you!"

___Uennie's knuckles went white as she clenched her fist and began to lunge at her daughter. Wrinn widened her eyes and flinched, shielding herself from her mother as her father grabbed Uenoh'ai and held her arms tightly from behind.

___"Sweetheart go up to your room like Mom asked. I'll be in, in a moment." Uennie struggled against his strong grip as she watched her daughter stomp up the stairs. He lessened his grip and she swirled, turning on him venomously. She began to yell at him for interfering as her daughter slammed her door. Furious and angry she reached a hand up and slapped her husband for his intrusion. Suddenly she gasped and cried out loudly, realizing what she'd done. Hot tears poured down her cheeks, as the woman dashed up the stairs leaving her shocked husband in the living room.

___Uenoh'ai threw herself upon her bed as she cried. Her hair was disheveled and matted, and she screamed and thumped the bed loudly. Trembling, she lay there trying to sort her anger out, but failed miserably. Finally seeking a physical outlet she stood up, grasped a glass vase and shattered it upon the floor. She crouched upon the floor and continued crying, staring at the pieces and her tears falling upon the carpet.

___Wrinn's door closed again, he was done speaking to her. He came into their room and she put her arms over her head, ashamed to have him look at her and to look back. Gently he squatted next to her and pulled her arms away from her face, kissing her tears away from her cheeks. She cried softly and touched his face with trembling fingers.

___"I'm so sorry ... I'm so sorry ..." She whimpered while shaking. "I love you so much ... I hate my temper, I hate it ..." He leaned close and kissed her quivering lips.

___"I love you ..." He whispered reassuringly. Gently he took his hands and began to pick up the broken pieces of vase. Uennie reached down and helped him clean the parts up, picking the carpet clean of any escaping shards. When they were done, he smiled and picked her up in his arms, and carried her off to lie in their bed.

___"Everything will be okay ..." He whispered, before turning out the light and covering her body with his.

___I know ..." She smiled bravely up at him as they embraced.