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Oh! This journal contains some foul language and uncomfortable social situations involving children. They're a house full of orphans and a snail. Life isn't all that good to them.

(no, t here is no child abuse in this.)

Info about oozeHome Planet: Omicron Persiei 8
Job: Underling to Ruler of Omicron Persiei 8
Crime: Giving away secret to immortality.

Gaian Name: Ooze. Was originally a nickname and it stuck. ... She lives with a bunch of kids, what would you expect?

Appearance: She's.. a snail. She has the large shell of a snail and she has to sludge her way around like one. Ooze DOES leave a trail (hence her name) and her shell is the basic gray-white of any snail. It's human-body sized, though. She isn't inky dinky. Her 'human' part is from the belly up and curves from up and under the shell like a regular snail body. Her skin is a dull gray in color. It's slimy looking, although she isn't sticky or slimy.

Ooze has large, all black eyes with no whites, and two sensory 'eyes' in the form of long antennae on the tp of her head. Those ARE slimy. She has no nose, nor does she have ears. Instead of ears, she has bird-like holes on the top of her head.

We say 'she' but in reality - Ooze is a snail, and a true hermaphrodite. She has male and female sex organs - both of them are fully functional but as a physical child (and someone nearly repulsive by even Gaian standards), it doesn't really bother her. She has no nipples and wears no clothing, as the organs are SNAIL organs and are hidden in snail areas.

Her hair is black and cut short, very wispy and raggedly done. She has a kid cutting it, after all. http://www.curly-hair-styles-magazine.com/image-files/shorthairstylescurly-06.jpg That's kind of what it would look like.

Personality: Seeing as how she is from the same planet as Lrrr and Ndnd would be some years in the future, Ooze has the tendancy to speak loudly without realizing it. She enjoys things regular kids do despite having been an adult when in her other form, such as dolls and fun books. Living in the type of conditions that she does, Ooze and her guardian can't really afford toys, but they can usually get their hands on books. She loves hats, although she doesn't own any. Unlike many aliens in the ICRS program, Ooze is in no way, shape, or form ashamed or embaressed by her appearance. She finds the grey-green color rather appealing, although the lack of legs and the slime is 'unfortunate'.

She's embraced life on Gaia. Ooze never had parents, not really, as when she first met her mother, Mgnd and her siblings ate their mother. Their father was never established. Once the young human found her and took her in, she started living a second childhood, so to speak. She calls him 'Daddy Flynn' and rarely speaks about her time as a criminal. Ooze has no intention of ever going back and is surprisingly well adjusted.

Ooze LOVES salt. Unfortuntely, it makes her stomach hurt and she'll often throw up if she has too much of it. She sticks to unsalted butter when she can get it, and devours sugar with the best of them. Being a snail, she is still sort of the 'fix it' girl of the house. She can get higher than they can, and her fingers are just as able as any of the childrens.

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Flynn: Oldest at 13 (almost 14), Ooze's formal guardian. He found her when he was six and the youngest in his old group. Current group leader has been since he was 12 when the old leader, a girl named Ralph, met an unfortunate fate at the hands of an actual gang. He's only about five feet tall with hands and feet looking a bit too large on him. It means he'll get taller but for now just looks unfortunate. Flynn is chubby without being obese (see Jake from Two and a Half Men aka the links I have after this description) with an entire body scattered with freckles, shoddily cut and scraggly hair (red, of course), and a cute little button nose that will assure he looks young FOREVER. Big eyes, dirty hands although his cheeks are scrubbed clean, big ears usually hidden under the hair.

Luckily he's a cheerful kid, all things considered, and has a good sense of humor, so he probably won't have any trouble with the girls if he makes it to adulthood. biggrin He was orphaned at six, shortly before finding Ooze, and knew how to read, has insisted the others learn as well along with their numbers. Flynn's owns exactly two shirts (bright red that has faded to an almost brown, no words and a white one that's a dull gray with a Jesus fish on it), one pair of dirty khaki cargo pants, one set of converse black shoes with his right toe worn through but always nicely tied, and no socks.
Ref: http://tv.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/alan-jake-and-charlie.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/4191312355_d5a78f358f_o.jpg


Bug: 12 years old. Has been in the group of kids the longest out of any. Ralph found Bug in a dumpster outside of a drug house when Bug was around three days old. She was tiny and red and round, despite her origins, so Ralph named her bug. She is a street rat prodigy, the MacGyver of the group and quite possibly her age group. She's the one who taught Ooze about Gaia gadgets, having been the one to fiddle with everything and anything mechanical in the general vicinity since she was old enough to grasp things.

Bug is always dirty, despite Flynn's determination for them to at least appear clean. She doesn't steal or pick pocket, choosing instead to do the more dangerous profession of salvaging metals resteraunts and other places would throw out, taking them to the scrap yard for money. Ralph taught her that and it is a way of earning money that Bug is fiercely proud of, along with her love for her late foster-parent she had in Ralph. Her clothing consists of overalls much too large for her with badly sewn in patches of polka-dot material at the knees and a Barbie t-shirt with the words and Barbies face half-worn off. she usually has a screw driver and plies tucked somewhere on her person. She isn't even five feet tall, more around four-eleven.

Her hair is kept in two braids hanging down over her shoulders to her collarbone. They're tied with rubber bands. She has no bangs. Bug is at the age where she's loosing what baby weight she had and so she's caught in the age between 'baby' and 'teen'. See ref for body type! Her hair is naturally white blond, appears a dark blond due to her own issues with bathing.

Bug is loud and jaded for her age. She doesn't like adults due to inexperience with them as opposed to any trauma. She prefers her machines/toys/electrical thingies to people and likes Ooze for Ooze's intelligence. Like Peter Pan, she refuses to grow up.

Bug Body Type - http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/10250039/2/istockphoto_10250039-preteen-girl.jpg But without the boobs.


Packrat: He's 12, like Bug, but is the newest member of the group, having only been a runaway for around six months. Packrat's real name is Jeremy Ronald Patrick but he's been insisting on using the nickname Ooze gave him when she saw how many belongings he had with him when he ran away. Despite being younger than Flynn, Packrat is taller at five feet, four inches, gangly to the point of being too skinny. He has artist hands, long and thin, and a face much too old for a kid his age. Large eyes under small wire-rimmed glasses with chronic dark smudge and pointed features, many would agree he looks like a handsome rodent. Not unpleasant to look at but rodent-like all the same.

Packrat's hair is growing out of a neatly trimmed 'proper' hair cut, looking like the reference below. His hair and nails grow slooowly. He has the most clothing out of the rest as he had brought it with him when he ran from his foster home, ranging from collared polos to regular t-shirts an sweaters. None of them have logos or pictures on him. He wears jeans and running sneakers. He is also the one fueling the kids fears of GOING to a Home due to his own experiences and stories. He wears a small, feminine looking watch that is hidden if he wears long sleeves.

He is he one who pick pockets, and is teaching Cricket and Cory how to do the same. Artful Dodger, without being an a*****e and exploiter. He's a nervous, quiet boy who recoils at people touching him and likes to spend his time with books. He's assisted Flynn in teaching the others to read, even pushing multiplication, long division, and a crude form of algebra from a few tattered textbooks he's stolen from second hand stores. He isn't smart like Bug, resorting to simply being 'resourceful' instead.

His hair: http://www.hairstylestalk.com/images/daniel-radclife-hair.jpg
http://www.laurietobyedison.com/discuss/images/skinny male models.jpg Without the half-grown boy muscles. He's a skinny shizznit, not almost-buff.
http://geniusbeauty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Skinny-Boy.jpg His body type + hair

Cory: 10 years old, he and Cricket stay home with Ooze during the day. He is the only black child out of the small group. Flynn, out of frustration with Cory's hair, has opted to keeping his hair very short. Small ears, round face, the kid is adorable - and a spoiled brat. He isn't the youngest but despite that he tends to be babied by the older kids, especially Packrat. He's the only child with piercings - two small plastic rings in his ears, one in each. He doesn't talk about his family (he was seven when he was found) but has made it known his mother pierced his ears with a sterilized needle and an orange.

He has ears a bit larger than what is 'normal' (a plight Flynn sympathizes with) and full lips, smaller dark eyes with thick lashes. He runs around in overalls (hand-me-downs from Bug, complete with the badly done patches) and a black, long-sleeves shirt. His shoes are too big sandles, giving the short, skinny child an uneven look. Cory seems to have the metabolism of a bird! He eats like no ones business when he came but comes out of it as being thin in the way a healthy child should be, not overweight like Flynn.

Cory is the only child with a toy. It is a stuffed purple elephant Flynn got for him the previous Christmas. He doesn't keep it with him ALL the time but if he's being read to or about to sleep, it's clutched to him. It's name is 'Kaboodle'. He is the most affectionate out of all the children, stubborn as all hell, and is more interested in drawing on the scraps of paper he can find than anything else.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/90/b/AAAAC1mo1Z4AAAAAAJC86A.jpg
http://www.shilohfoundation.com/images/BlackKid.jpg

Cricket: Youngest member at 6 years old, Cricket was found and named by Bug in honor of her and Ralph. He came to the group two years ago, when he was four, toddling around idly in a nearby park. It is very possible he was just straying from his mother but Bug pretends that isn't the case and claims she saved his life. Flynn didn't bother to disagree and still doesn't.

Cricket could be asian, or hispanic, or a mix of black/white/asian/hispanic. Whatever the case, he has a naturally darker tone to his skin than the other white kids, straight black hair that falls over his ears and to the back of his neck in sloppy layers akin to Flynn's own. His eyes are small and angled enough to have on believe there is a strong eastern influence but he lacks the epicanthic fold on his eyes to 'prove' he is asian of any sort. He's still young, so he has the apple cheeks and slightly pudgy frame. It's hidden by his t-shirt (a relatively new T-shirt with the 'Do You Like Waffles' thing on it) and his very loose (hand me down from Cory) jean shorts. He is the only child with socks and, again, rather new shoes - sneakers.

He is Flynn's favorite student as he still wants to know absolutely everything about everyone. One of the quieter children, Cricket is the one most content to play with Ooze and doesn't mind her oozing on him when they play. The only time he's ever raised his voice was when strange people were about so he is, in essence, their look out. He can often be found ducking in and out of the multiple hallways although he often looks clean. He, unlike Bug, likes water.

Cricket shirt: http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2008/07/29/267338/GrippWafflesFontana500.jpg
http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/BLD/BLD023/asian-child-blowing_~BLD041913.jpg Younger version of Cricket, possibly of him at four/fivish. Same sort of hair, etc.

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