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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:17 am
Name: Orah Gowan
Nickname: None in particular
Age:16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Birthday: Feb. 16th (1996)
Sign: Aquarius
Tarot Card: The Empress
Gemstone: Amethyst (luvulite is her gem of choice)
Blood Type: AB
Sexuality: Pansexual/Polyamorous
Fav. Food: Chocolate and/or Strawberries
Hated Food: Most kinds of meat
Schools: - Meadowview High School (graduated) - Destiny City University (graduated 2 year nursing)
Profession: Nurse at Destiny City Memorial Hospital
Hobbies:
~ Flower arrangement/Gardening - Orah loves to practice the art of flower arrangement and is quite fluent in the language of flowers. Not surprising, considering her father is a florist. While she no longer makes these professionally, she finds the work soothing and the results worth the effort. In that same vein, she's taking up tending a garden on her planet. The whole planet is overgrown and worn down, so it feels good to spend time bringing it back to life. It feels like an accomplishment to sit in the neatly tended beds and watch the flowers grow and bloom from her care.
~ Archery - A hobby Orah picked up a couple years ago, informally taught by Shale Blackwell. Even though she hasn't seen him in years too, she keeps up a general practice for fun. She enjoys the focus of it, the opportunity to block out the rest of the world while she works.
~ Socializing - Not really a hobby, but there is nothing Orah loves more than friends. She'll talk to anyone, anytime, and can usually find something in common with just about everyone to base a friendship on. Most of her relationships tend to stay casual though. She loves to volunteer for things like social events and charity work, but life in general makes it hard to find the time.
Virtues:
~ Kind/Nurturing - Orah is naturally a kind person. She finds fulfillment in making others happy and its the driving force behind pretty much everything she does. Her normal approach to any person or situation is with an open and honest expression, coupled with a desire to help them find their fulfillment. Mentoring falls into this, as does her work as a nurse. Its never about her, its always about how she can make someone else's life better.
~ Hard-working/Duty Driven - Orah tries very hard to live up to what she thinks others expect of her, even going above and beyond what is needed. Go the extra mile, give 110%. Growing up without a mother and having a family to take care of has taught her that if you don't do it, no one else will. A sort of 'lead by example' mindset. She feels a strong sense of duty to be strong support for her faction as an eternal senshi and its one of the biggest drives in her life. She's becoming a nurse not because she wants a career path, but because she feels she will be of more benefit to her faction than she would be as a florist. She will do whatever it takes, give everything she is and has, to help Order in the war effort.
Flaws:
~ Self-evasing/Low self esteem - Orah doesn't think much of herself. Despite evidence to the contrary, she never feels that what she does is good enough, and because of that, she can neglect her own feelings because she subconsciously feels she's not worth it. For those who see the good she does, it can be irritating to have someone around who can't seem to take a compliment or won't put themselves forward for the praise they deserve. This also creates an opening for those with less scruples or empathy to take advantage of her, such as taking credit for something she did or over look the fact that they should be rewarding her for her hard work. She craves praise and rewards, but has a hard time actually accepting them because there is always that little voice in the back of her mind saying 'you know you really don't deserve that'.
~ Inflexible - Her time as a senshi has firmed her views as to what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' and it has gotten very hard for her to see and accept the shades of grey that other people live in. She often has a hard time relating to different world views or understanding why a person who seems upstanding would act in a questionable way. While she is not incapable of changing how she thinks about things, she can be very put off when faced with something that goes against her own views and have a lot of trouble dealing with it.
Body type: Petite, slender and seemingly delicate, though she has no trouble toting around heavy sacks of potting soil. She sits at a small B cup with proportional hips.
Eyes: Dark brown with a hint of honey.
Hair: Dark brown with big waves. Hangs to her hips.
Face: Rounded face shape. Think Indian features softened by her Irish father. Dusky skin tone.
Clothes: She tends towards feminine clothes. Themes run towards vintage, lace, hippie, girl-next-door and bohemian. Usually understated and not flashy or showy. Hips and butt must always be covered, so dresses and skirts are the norm, but she will wear pants if she has a shirt that comes down over her hips. Scrubs are more common now as she finished up her nursing degree, while jeans are common when she's gardening.
Scars: - Long, jagged scar from ribs to top of her hip on the left side; first scar she got from Painite. Patched up at home. Covered with a watercolor tattoo of a branch with flowers. - Puncture wound next to the long scar in her stomach; got it being stabbed with the broken shaft of Painite's spear. Covered with a watercolor tattoo of flowers. - Slice across her right hip; Got this from Bischofite - Tiny silver scars on her hands; Dropped on glass on Alkaid when her energy was low. - Puncture wound in her calf; Stabbed by Painite during the chaos infection on her world.
Tattoos:
Orah has a tattoo of a celtic knot in the center of her chest that's about 2"x2". (smaller than palm size) It sits below her collar bone, but above her cleavage.
Those who know the symbolism behind celtic knots might know that a four cornered one is a symbol of protection. Its not located over her heart, as the average person might expect, but over the location of her starseed.
She also has a watercolor tattoo of a flowering branch that follows and covers the long, ugly scar over her ribs that Painite gave her when she was a basic senshi.
Passive ability - Ida's Touch: Orah's affinity to her asteroid has grown so close that she carries a faint aura of it's energy even when she isn't powered up. When she moves within arm's reach of a plant, it soaks in that energy and speeds up the growth or recovery of what is in her aura a tiny bit. This may mean all of a small plant may grow, but larger plans may only see the effect in the parts within her radius. This effect is relatively subtle in non-flowering plants. They may stretch a little bit, grow a few millimeters taller, or turn leaves towards her. Existing flower or leaf buds might open when she stands near them. The boost is only temporary and only lasts for a few moments; the plant will not continue to grow if she stays close and returns to normal growth rate. Plants she visits often, such as her own house plants, may have a more noticeable increased growth rate, appearing fuller and more lush than plants she doesn't care for. Unhealthy plants may, rather than grow, regain a little of their health when she is close to them, appearing healthier.
Senshi: Transcended Princess Ida, Senshi of Orchids
Bonded Cat: Illyria
Team: Painite Survivor Support Group (aka PSSG), with Eternal Tsui, Eternal Chaonis and Eternal Athene. The Koronis Family Court.
Challenge: The cold of winter must always give way to the flowers of spring. I am Sailor Ida, and this flower will not wilt!
Attacks:
Sailor Scout Attack: Beautiful Petal Darts! [What it does] A thrown hand casts a cloud of orchid petals, which harden into needle-like darts that fly in the direction the petals were first cast. Downside to this attack is its lack of accuracy with a single opponent, and lack of strength against multiple enemies. Its merely a spray of needle-like petals with some velocity behind them. The petals don't do much in the way of damage and are equivalent to paper cuts... irritating but not actually damaging. As any cuts received are barely skin deep, clothing can protect against this. Range is short, about five or six feet. Can be used twice per battle.Twice will exhaust her and she will have to retire from the fight until she's rested.
Super Sailor Scout Attack: Beautiful Petal Barrage! [What it does] A thrown hand casts a cloud of orchid petals, which harden into needle-like darts that fly in the direction the petals were first cast. Downside to this attack is its lack of accuracy with a single opponent, and lack of strength against multiple enemies. Its merely a spray of needle-like petals with some velocity behind them. The petals are damaging enough to leave shallow cuts, but leather or multiple layers of fabric may block them, though not without damage. Range is short, about five or six feet. Can be used twice per battle. Twice will exhaust her and she will have to retire from the fight until she's rested.
Eternal Sailor Attack: Heavenly Orchid Arrows! [What it does] An out-flung hand casts a trail of petals that form a bow-like shape. She takes it up and uses it to fire arrows of light with hardened petals as arrow heads. The arrows have an 'aura' of power to them and explode on contact. The explosion is more concussive, causing a pressure that can push a target backwards a foot or two, but doesn't do much in the way of actual damage. Unbalanced enemies could be knocked over, if they were caught unaware. Particularly heavy opponents may not be moved by the attack, but could be distracted or slowed by the pressure of it. Each arrow takes a lot of power to cast and her limit is three, which exhausts her and can force her to retire until she's rested.
Royal Attack: Glowing petals fall around Ida and up to ten allies of her choice feel their energy restored, refilling 30 sec of a Knights magic pool, 20 sec of a squire’s pool, or giving a Senshi one more use of their strongest attack (up to eternal rank). Idan knights are exempt from this restriction; because of their connection to her power source, all Idan knights in range of sight can freely access this boost of energy, completely refilling their magic pool. This refill can only be applied to one of a knight's magic pools, of player's choice.
Royal Passive: A floral scent surrounds Ida when she takes princess form, making those in her vicinity calmer and less prone to violence. It won’t stop someone in mid-attack, but can influence them passively to be less violent in her presence. For those already passive or friendly, the smell gives comfort and can ease the mind. It lasts for a minute before the scent fades.
Symbol:
Personal Item: Healing Amber
Physical Description - a bracelet with a large amber stone that sits on the back of her hand
Benefit/Boost - When Ida (or any other transcended) focuses her transcended energy through the bracelet, the amber in it adds a healing boost. It has enough power to heal a large/serious wound about fifty percent (enough to reduce lethality or stop major bleeding), a handful of moderate injuries such as sprains, strains, bruising, cuts etc, or a large number of small wounds such as scrapes and bruises.
It takes concentration to use and can't be used in battle.
Permanent Accessories:
Article of Resilience - An ancient piece of jewelry customized by the player (An Orchid-shaped crystal charm for a necklace) The Article of Resilience will take the form of any wearable piece of jewelry the player likes, either a ring, bracelet, necklace or earrings (or other approved jewelry, with staff approval). When worn, this item will grant -1 to all damage done to a character through IC Dice Rolls in any staff run roleplay hosted by The Space Cauldron. This may not carry over to player run events and is at the discretion and decision of the player host. The item is non-transferable and can only be worn by the player who claims it. It can be worn and used as a civilian, or when powered up.
Physical Description - The size of a sailor-moon-esque brooch or compact, purple and plastic looking, with Ida's symbol inlaid on the top in gold. The seam around the edge is also edged in gold. When opened, it shows a dark screen with a grid of lighter lines over its surface and a couple of buttons below the screen.
Benefit/Boost - This item continuously scans a five mile area for first level order power signatures that are not registered in Ida's phone and displays them on it's screen. When a new power signature appears for the first time, it makes a small bell sound. It does not show chaos signatures or ones for senshi/knights beyond the first stage. It does not show anything beyond location relative to the device. When the order character powers down, or Ida registers them in her cellphone, their signature disappears from the screen. The buttons on the bottom let her toggle the zoom on the image and filters the number of signatures it shows, allowing her to focus on one or more specific signatures. It can be operated by other order aligned people, but will turn itself off if its held by a chaos aligned agent. It can only be used when she is powered up, much like her cell phone.
(think DBZ and the dragon ball locator)
Transcendence ability:Energy-Giving
A Transcended Senshi may choose to follow a less combative path. Rather than using their energy to boost the magic power they use in battle, these Senshi are able to transfer their excess energy to civilian victims and wounded allies. They must maintain physical contact in order to make the transfer, and as it requires intense concentration it would be impossible to accomplish in battle. The transfer would help with mild-to-moderate energy loss but would not offer a sense of full recovery in either case. It would simply decrease recovery time by half.
Why Transcendence?
Ida has always felt a connection to her planet and a deep love for the place as it struggled to recover after whatever had reduced it to its formerly life-less state. When she got emotionally involved with Alois and later found out he was a negaverse agent, she was consumed with pain and self loathing. Ida was the only place she felt safe and regular trips there only deepened her bond with it. When she had memories of a ceremony that devoted her to the asteroid, she decided to reproduce it and use it as a way of letting go of all the bad energy that had been plaguing her. She also used it as a way to fully devote herself to being a senshi and give up having a normal life.
It was really something of a natural progression for her, and a way to reset after being emotionally broken. It gives her a new drive and dedication to the cause, and leaves her more emotionally stable.
With this, she has become a good deal more enamored with senshi planets and hers in particular. Its taken on a sort of spiritual significance to her and things involving it can bring out deep emotion. When she is upset or hurt, it is the place she wants to go, because she feels safe and secure there. This can on occasion be seen as running away, however, and tends to isolate her from finding support in other people instead.
She has formed the belief that her planet has a sort of intelligence and awareness of its own, with its own needs and desires. There is no proof that this is true or untrue, but it will show up in situations involving her and her asteroid.
Liveable world: Unlocked!
Additional Guests for Visits: +2
Present Day Asteroid Ida
Most of the radiation that Ida once produced bled off in some mysterious event over a thousand years ago and only recently started to return as it's senshi awakened again and began to tend it.
At first the only plants that started to come back was a lot of grass and wild flowers. Over time and tending, the growth and rejuvenation spread. The great trees that used to serve as buildings, once petrified, returned to life and put out leaves and flowers again, the technology within their walls starting to awaken as well. Most of the use of this technology, and the language most of it is written in, is still a mystery to Ida, but some memories have returned about particular parts of it.
The level of radiation in the asteroid has returned to nearly the level of the past, and with it has come new life beyond just plants. Bugs have returned, and then small animals like birds. The restoration has gone far enough that parts of the asteroid have returned to a livable state, able to support habitation.
The remnants of Ida's civilization can be seen in the petrified tree houses and buildings that stand tall, surrounded by wild gardens that have come back to life. Everything is over grown, but there are still hints of the order and structure it all used to have.
The locator ********* made for Ida many years ago proves that Idan technology can be converted or merged with Earth technology, allowing it to ultilize other forms of energy than Ida's radiation.
(See 'Past Life' below for more info)
RP Items:
(unused)
Christmas 2016 Raffle
Crystal Flower - A small, crystal flower. It can be found growing on homeworlds or wonders, in the cracks of Mirrorspace, or in the remains within the Dark Kingdom. The crystal flowers can look like any flowers found on Earth. The stem of the flower ends in a little point and to activate the magic, the character must p***k themselves with that point. Their blood will flow up the stem and the flower petals will turn a vibrant red color before glowing faintly. The crystal immediately imbues the character with double their normal strength, speed, and hardiness for the next twenty four hours. If the flower is used while powered, the abilities still carry on to the civilian side. Once the magic fades, the flower glow does as well. The flower does not have to be kept on the person for them to feel the magic’s bonus. The flower petals will remain blood red after use and the flower can be kept as a memento.
(unused)
Halloween 2018 Raffe
Foggy Gem - A gem, half the size of your palm or smaller, and capable of appearing in many colors or shapes. A strange mist seems to swirl inside of it. It can be found discarded on Homeworlds, Wonders, Mirrorspace, and the Dark Kingdom. To use this item, you must press it over your heart. The fog will crystalize into a golden lightning shape mark within the gem. Once it has crystallized, the you will find yourself in a dream like haze, facing an ancestor of their bloodline. This person can either have been powered or unpowered, and can be an ancestor from this life or a past life. Any ancestor can appear, though their starseed must be currently in the Cauldron. The ancestor will appear for a short, personal conversation. No canon information or anything about the war or the Cauldron may be discussed. After ten minutes have passed, the haze will lift and you will feel as though you have just awakened from a dream. Once used, the gem may be kept as a memento.
(unused)
Star Festival 2022
Seed of Growth - A small cloth bundle, tied off with a delicate ribbon. It appears ancient, but is still holding together despite its age. This odd little bundle feels as if it is filled with dirt and seeds but it is impossible to identify anything inside. If the contents are buried in dirt, be it sand or soil, it will cause an immediate burst of growth in plant life in a three foot circle around it. Burying it in Destiny City will cause ordinary, seasonally-appropriate (if exceptionally hardy) plants to grow, but if it is planted in soil in any sort of magically-charged place—a Homeworld, Wonder, the Rift or Negaspace, or in Mirrorspace—the plants that grow will be strange and magical, reflecting the location in which it is planted. These may be flowers or crops, but not trees; the seeds are not enough to be sustainable in the long run, but with plot approval, a certain type of plant can continue to grow and be harvested in the area; players need only contact the Space Cauldron to outline what they are hoping for. The cloth bundle can be kept as a memento
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:22 am
Apartment:
** Orah moved out of her father's house and into an apartment with Arian Laith (aka Sailor Athene). Orah sleeps in the balcony-adjacent room as her time on Alkaid tends to make her feel claustrophobic. Ash Eaton/Sailor Selinur moved in with them after arriving on Earth and occupies the room below Orah's. **
Family:
Father - Art Gowan; Irish, owns a flower shop, single father. Met Farah after an business trip to Turkey, when he was younger and working for a large computer company as a programer. Grieved by her death when their son was barely two, he struggled to fill both parental roles. Cheerful, up-beat, supportive, but a little socially awkward. Never remarried or dated. He was born 1972.
He has medium brown hair and blue eyes, his form slightly pudgy from a sedentary life. He wears a pair of round, black spectacles and his hands are usually dirty during business hours. Most times, he wears a light blue button up shirt and brown slacks with dark brown loafers, a cream apron over it all with the logo of his shop on the front.
Mother (deceased) - Farah Gowan; Fell in love with Art when he was visiting her homeland, eventually moved to his country and married, giving birth to two children. She died of cancer at 29, when Orah was four. Before she became a mother, she was a popular model.
She bares a heavy resemblance to Orah, but her features are sharper and more heavily Indian, her hair darker and curlier. They have the same eyes.
Little brother - Matthew Gowan; Orah's trouble-making little brother. She dotes on him and tries to mother him, something he resented as a teenager. He often got into fights at school, coming home with torn or damaged clothing. Art's low income meant the family didn't often get new clothes, so Orah patched them up as best she could. Their relationship has shifted subtly since she moved out of the family home and no longer looks after him like she used to. He still seems protective, but it feels like he's keeping secrets from her.
Misc - Orah has more family, but her father and brother are the only ones in her life right now. Her paternal grandparents died slightly before her mother did. Her mother's family still lives in the country she came from, but they disapproved of Art and refused to have contact with their estranged daughter. Orah has never met them.
Lola - A while ago, Chaonis gave Orah a little calico kitten he stole from a petstore. The little cat become the center of her family, adored by all. Even if the men of the family wouldn't admit it, they've both been seen feeding her treats or playing with her when they thought no one was looking. Orah took her along when she moved out and she spends her days lazing in her cat tree by the balcony and cuddling with Liryn or Illyria.
Interesting Facts About Orah/Ida:
Orah can't swim, and because of that, she has a deep-seated fear of water deeper than five feet. She is most comfortable in water up to her ankles, but when it starts getting to her knees, she gets nervous. This manifests most often as just avoiding most activities where she would swim, preferring to remain on the sidelines and watch her friends enjoy themselves.
Orah's personality makes her put other people before herself. As a faucet of this, she will put someone else's safety or happiness before her own. During a fight, she will and has sacrificed herself to save someone by attacking something that is beyond her abilities. If it were just herself, she would run away or talk it out first, but when someone is in trouble, she will throw herself into harm's way fearlessly. While this is a noble trait, it can also be very foolish. She also has a tendency to over work herself or fight despite her injuries because she doesn't see her own well being as important.
Because of her low self-esteem, she doesn't take compliments well. They put her off and can be a very good distraction when it appears that the other person truly means them. Sarcasm she can deal with, but a cute boy or girl telling her she's pretty can really put her off her game. This has the potential to be troublesome when she's facing an opponent who knows how to sweet talk her.
Orah has a romantic side and secretly wishes to be the princess to someone's knight/prince. She had a short, unhealthy relationship with Alois Scholz before she found out he was Bischofite that left her a little gun shy as far as accepting a real relationship with someone until she met Hvergelmir. Her girlfriend's gentle support helped her grow more confident in herself and taught her how real relationships should work. When Hver left, she was heartbroken and its taken a very long time to work through that. Orah is very quick to develop crushes on people she finds attractive or has qualities she admires, and usually doesn't expect that to be reciprocated.
Orah's family is not religious, but not atheist either. If pressed, she would say catholic, but only because she was baptized when she was a baby. Her mother was Hindu and their beliefs are the ones Orah tends to follow in day to day life. Her father never pushed the religion he was raised on his children, preferring to let them make their own choice. The moral stories Farah told Orah as a child had the biggest influence on her and shaped her general belief in karma and rebirth, but as non-confrontational as she is, Orah would never argue with anyone about her beliefs.
About the Sphere/Name:
Asteroid Ida, or 243 Ida, is a main belt asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is an S-type asteroid. It was the second asteroid visited by spacecraft and the first to be discovered with its own satellite. Ida's moon is named Dactyl.
Asteroid Ida is part of a family of asteroids believed to have been created when two large bodies collided. They are the Koronis family.
In Greek Mythology, Ida and her sister Adrastia were the nymphs that Rhea gave Zeus to, hiding him from his father. There is also a Mount Ida in Greece.
Ida is a genus of the orchidaceae family, containing 35 species.
Orah is an OC of mine, who's original form was a Zorse, a hybrid of zebra and horse. Thus, the stripes. In SoA, she is a striped lioness, the mortal form of the goddess Akemi, who's domain is Misfits.
Art Gowan quit his programming job and moved his family to Destiny City after the death of his wife, wanting to make a fresh start as a florist and remove his children from their painful memories. He lives quietly now, content to work his shop and function as a single parent devoted to his children.
Orah threw herself into a social life as a way to forget her lost mother and has never learned to be independent and self-assured. She's often torn between wanting to fill her mother's role and wanting to be a child with everything taken care of for her. Most of her time at home is spent cleaning and cooking, since she got old enough to do it, and working on school work. She rarely has friends over, so she tries to fill any free time up with little busy work.
After Awakening:
Orah became Sailor Ida one evening in the park when she was attacked by a youma, given her pen by the guardian cat Poseidon. She spent most of her time getting used to this new power and learning what it meant to be a senshi, as well as meeting all manner of people involved in this secret war. Seeing all the monsters attacking innocent people, and her powered friends, put her firmly on the side of order and she grew to feel a sense of responsibility towards protecting civilians from them. She will most likely never see things from the Chaos point of view because of their need to drain people.
After interrupting a fight between General Painite and Eternal Sailor Tsui, the general managed to find Sailor Ida alone and attempted to kill her, though she was distracted by a civilian and then scared off by the arrival of Eternal Sailor Chaonis. The attack left Orah afraid to transform in case the general sensed her power signature and found her again. She was full of self-doubt and fear, questioning whether she was really cut out to be a senshi and if she would be better off 'retiring'.
Things took a turn for the better though. With the support of her friends and a heart to heart with a guardian cat, Ida found her purpose and it helped her set aside her fear and upgrade to Super Sailor Ida. Meeting back up with Tsui and her friend Athene, the senshi of beads asked for help with a project he had plans for, to help and guide senshi when they first awakened. As this aligned perfectly with what Ida herself had decided to do, she offered to help and the three decided to become a team, half-seriously named the Painite Survivor Support Group, or PSSG. With a close up, long ranged and support role filled, they're confident that they'll be a strong team.
During her time as a Super Sailor, Ida met many new senshi and many negaverse agents as well. Most notable was Bischofite, who she met many times, and all to bad effect. She came to distrust the negaverse any anyone who would side with him. On one particular meeting, he crushed the starseed of a girl she knew from school and she watched her become a youma right before her eyes. During this time, she was also there for the awakening of two of her family members, Florentina and Bohlinia. Her search for them has intensified, as well as her search for new senshi to mentor.
After many months, Ida finally confronted Painite, who had come to seem like a monster from her nightmares, and found the power to reach the next level as a senshi with the help of Horatio, a guardian cat and her good friend. She became Eternal Sailor Ida and faced down her fears. Not long after, an eclipse of the moon brought shade faeries to Earth, her own doppleganger searching her out whenever she powered up and trying to kill her. The event ended with the arrival of the Shade Queen, who was taken down by the combined power of all sides. A chance run in with Bischofite during this time, where they argued and he goaded her to kill him, ended with the realization of what her anger and hate was doing to her. She refused to kill him and resolved to never let herself get to such a state again.
Months passed with little incident, the young woman making new friends and dealing with living two lives as more of her asteroid family began to awaken. Trouble surfaced one night when she got into a fight with a negaverse captain and three of his youma. In the ensuing battle, she sustained heavy injuries and the loss of her starseed, later returned by Squire Shangri-la after he killed the captain to recover it. In debt to him, her feelings for her savior deepened even as a young man named Alois came back into her life with a request to help him through his withdrawl. Time spent with the strange man confused her, leaving her both drawn to and repulsed by him, until an outburst in the backroom of her shop ended with a kiss that became a whole lot more...
Conflicted over physical attraction to someone she disliked, she struggled to come to terms with her feelings until the night of the city wide blackouts. The battle at the power plant and later warehouse came to a devastating climax when Bischofite was so beaten by allies and enemies that he lost his power and reverted to Alois before Ida's eyes, revealing the man she had slept with was also the one who had tried to kill her so many times. Unable to deal with what she saw, she fled the ware house and has been floating through life like a ghost, going through the motions with little passion. Nightmares keep her from sleeping well and have shifted from dreams of Alois turning to Bischofite as he ripped out her starseed to seeing the world destroyed by a column of black fire. She has taken to escaping as much as she can to her asteroid, the only place she can find any peace.
Master RP List: (chronological | top = oldest | * = finished)
Basic RPs:
[Re] Welcome to Farah's Garden! (Orah & Uuni) * - Uuni comes into the flower shop on a whim, tries to get terrible smelling flowers, and leaves with a single free lilly. [Re] Targeted (Orah & Chaonis)* - Orah meets Chaonis, who saves her from a youma. [So] Farah's Garden celebrates the Chinese New Year with a sale. (pg. 2) * [Ba] And so our story begins. (Orah/Ida & Poseidon) - Ida awakens. [Ba] Two idiots; One week (Myrkviðr, Ida & Pandora) * - Ida mistakes Myrkvior for a hobo while escaping a youma, and Pandora saves them both. [Ba] Tiptoe through the tulips (Ida & Tsui) * - Tsui surprises Ida in the garden and they decide to train together. [Re] So... you come here often? (Ida & Remarque) * - Ida meets Remarque and is tempted to the Dark Mirror [Ba] Of All the Things (Ida & Aventine) * - Ida meets a lovely page and they spar. [Ba] Sparring Fountains (Ida & Ate) * - Ida meets big sister Ate and they spar [So] Diary Entry (pg. 2) * [Re] Valentine's at Farah's Garden (ORP) * - Orah runs the shop while Anella, Gwen & Sirce stop by to buy flowers [Re] But that was my last heart! (ORP) * - Orah visits the arcade to play a game. [Ba] Picked the Wrong Lady (Painite/Tsui/Richard/Ida/Chaonis) * - Ida and Chaonis save Tsui & Richard from a new general; Painite [Re] Live a Little (Orah & Nate) * - Orah meets civ-Chaonis at the mall and he steals her a kitten. [So] Welcome Home, Lola (pg. 2) * [Ba] Not This Again! (Ida & Camelot) * - Oran and Tony are attacked by a youma at the library, & power up to fight it [Re] A poet's darling (Orah & Alexandre) * - Orah helps Alex pick out flowers for a painting [So] In a Dark Classroom (Pg. 3) * [Re] Returning Home for the First Time (Ida & Persephone) * - Ida visits her homeworld for the first time and takes a new friend with [Re] Finish your pi (ORP) - Orah meets fellow student, Lily, and is introduced to Chris Gallo, Zia & Trevor [Re] Quick, Catch it! (Ida & Lassell) * - Ida meets Lassell while hunting a youma [So] Time for Spring Cleaning (pg. 3) * [Re] An Unexpectedly Familiar Face (Orah & Anella) * - Ida & Aventine decide to meet up out of uniform & go shopping [Ba] Turning Point (Ida, Myrkviðr, & Painite) * - Ida ends up on the wrong side of Painite's spear, saved by Uuni & Chaonis [Re] Home Away From Home (Orah & Anella) * - Orah ends up at Anella's place and gets patched up [Ba] Stick With Me (Tsui & Orah) * - Afraid to power up, Orah is saved from Mirror Wraiths by Tsui [Re] The Debate - 2013 (ORP) - Orah attends the City Council election debate [Ba] Training Day (ORP) * - Ida attends a sparing day set up by Maia & Pandora, then spars with Shangri-la [Re] Before you go (Irene & Ida) * - After sparing with Shang, Ida decides to talk about senshi things with Irene instead
One heart set, two names = knows both their identities Senshi:
Sailor Acubens ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "We have some things in common, but a lot that's different too. She hates Bischofite as much as I do... probably a lot more, even."
Eternal Sailor Athene / Arian Laith ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "The unspoken leader of our team and my room mate. Probably my best friend too. He sees more of me than any one, and I feel bad when I worry him. Quiet, but steady and dependable and caring."
Sailor Bohlinia ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I saved her from Ate the day she awakened. She's one of my family! I'm so glad I've found her... I hope I can help her find her feet as a senshi."
Prince Castor ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He helped me with a youma that was too big for me to handle and beyond an annoying habit of calling me 'Little Bloom' and apparently thinking I need to flaunt my womanly assets to win my fights, he wasn't unpleasant to talk to. After seeing the pile of Negaverse bodies he left as a message, though, I'm wary of him. I hate his methods."
Eternal Sailor Chaonis / Nathan Darrow ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met Chaonis when he first saved me from a youma, before I awakened, and then later as a civilian, Nate gave me my kitten. He's saved my life and I'm proud that he's part of my team. He's a good friend."
Sailor Chariklo ♥ "My memories of the future might be fake, but my feelings for you are not. I trust you without question and I would do anything you asked me to, because I know you would do the same for me."
Sailor Cybele ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "She helped me hunt down a youma. I wish she didn't patrol alone so much... she obviously takes on more than she should and someday she's going to get hurt. I hope she calls me if she ever gets into something she can't handle."
Sailor Claudia ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Another senshi I've saved the day she awakened, and another from my family! I want to know you better, just like all of our family."
Eternal Sailor Ganymede ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "We are two of a kind now, like sisters. I'm sorry I burdened you with my sordid past, but... thank you for understanding. It means a lot to know you don't think less of me for it."
Super Sailor Irene ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met her at one of the training events, back when I was having a hard time. She seemed to feel the same way. I think she's a good person and I hope she found her strength like I found mine."
Sailor Kepler ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Another sweet new senshi girl I hope benefited from talking with me. Hopefully I'll get a chance to share Ida with her, and see Kepler."
Super Sailor Leda / Sirce Xanthis ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "She helped me save a civilian from Bischofite, and then saved me when he tried to take my starseed. She's a super sweet girl both powered up and powered down. A little confused about being a senshi, but hopefully our talk helped straighten her out a bit. I'd love to patrol with her sometime and get to know her better."
Eternal Sailor Lenka ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “She had questions about transcendence, but rather than seeing it as something good and even wonderful, she found it disgusting and horrible. I don’t understand and its very upsetting. I haven’t done anything wrong… Does she want to be corrupted, that not being able to would be so awful?”
Sailor Machholz ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "A new senshi I met and mentored. She's sweet, I hope I was helpful."
Eternal Sailor Maia / Liliana Jacobs ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Maia has been running training sessions for Knights and Senshi. She's really nice and seems to know a lot about combat. She's a wonderful asset to our side. I met Lily when 17 Waverly had a free pie give away for Pi day. I really like her, we have a lot in common. She went to Meadowview and she likes to sing too. I hope we can hang out more!"
Sailor Medea ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Such a sweet senshi. I hope my mentoring helps you in the fight. I wish I could do more. I'd love to be your friend too."
Transcended Eternal Sailor Megrez ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “I remembered her from those other memories, but met her for the first time during the transcended meet up. I was surprised to see her, but glad. I’m happy she’s okay and seems cheerful. She seemed glad to see me too.”
Sailor Pandora ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Pandora saved me from a youma after I used up both of my attacks. It was lucky she showed up, or I might have been in big trouble. She seems to have a good head on her shoulders and would be useful to have around. I have her number in my phone."
Transcended Eternal Sailor Penthesilea ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “We didn’t get off to the best start when she woke up in the hospital, after I pulled her out of that anti-mirror operation at the warehouse. She’s transcended now, and with Megrez. For that, at least, I can be more tolerant of her roughness.”
Sailor Sandrine ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “I met Sandrine for the first time when she helped rescue the prisoners from the fun house after New Years. She’s so energetic and friendly, with such a unique and wonderful personality… I hope I didn’t mess anything up between us by letting on how broken I am. She reminds me so strongly of that time before the war became so serious to me, when I was still a teenage girl who had this magic power. I want to preserve that innocence forever, even if I know it won’t last long.”
Eternal Sailor Thraen/Quenton Marinus ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “You seemed to try to put me at ease when you called me to your Catfe, and you thought I deserved to know about Alois. I don’t know what to think about you any more. I wish you weren’t so cold and hard to read. Maybe I’m missing something.”
Eternal Sailor Tsui / Gwendolyn Caspian ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met Tsui out on patrol and we hit it off right away. I saved her from Painite once and ended up with matching scars. We've decided to team up with Athene and now there are few people I trust more."
Chibi Senshi:
Chibi Sailor Florentina / Evangeline Nene ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I saved her from a youma and ********* awoke her. I wasn't sure that was a good idea, the girl is so sweet and innocent, but now I'm glad she did. She's one of the Koronis, according to the list I found. I haven't told her yet, but I will. I feel sort of like I have a new little sister."
Chibi Sailor Elvira ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I found her playing around town powered up and set her straight. Another chibi to add to the family! Don't worry, I promise I'll keep you safe."
Chibi Sailor Urda ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Another Koronis! He’s so sweet and energetic. I really want to get to know him better.“
Dark Mirror Senshi:
Super Sailor Amytis ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Chariklo’s girl and one of my very dear friends. Its a shame we didn’t meet until after the memories, but I still feel close to her. She’s sweet and wonderful.”
Eternal Sailor Navi ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Chaonis introduced her to me as his girlfriend, and said she had a commonality with our team. She seems so nice, and I’m so happy my friend has found someone. I’d like to get to know her better.”
Eternal Sailor Remarque ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Despite his history of neutrality in my memories, he stood beside us at the end and helped us escape. For that, I owe him my good will, at the very least.”
Sailor Tantalus ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "We helped each other fight our shades. He was nice to me and it just confuses me. Aren't they supposed to be on the other side?"
Knights:
Page Ashur ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He saved me from a youma once. He's so new to all of this... I think I overwhelmed him a bit, but I was just trying to warn him about the dangers of patrolling alone. Hopefully he stays safe and calls me if he needs help."
Page Aventine / Anella Harwood ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met Aventine while out on patrol. We've become really good friends both as senshi and civilians. I spent any free time I have with her, and we patrol together when we can. You could probably say she's my best friend."
Transcended Knight Babylon ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “He’s another transcended knight that I heard about through Hver. I got to meet him for the first time, this timeline, when I called a meeting of those who were glowing like me. He was very nice, though it was embarrassing to have him kiss my hand and call me princess.“
Knight Camelot / Anthony Darrow ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met Tony at the library where he works. We were attacked by a youma among the shelves and he helped me defeat it before introducing himself as Camelot. He's very nice and helpful, and he has the cutest corgi puppy."
Transcended Squire Camlann ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “He came with Babylon to the meeting I called and was polite, but a bit cold. And I honestly have no idea what to make of ‘I tried to commit ritual murder’… Though I don’t have room to talk, I guess.“
Transcended Knight Celsus ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Another transcended who showed up to the meeting. I didn’t even know about him until he appeared. He was one of the ones captured on NYE, but I’m glad he’s seems recovered. He seemed nice too, I’d like to get to know him better.“
Knight Gehenna ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He seemed so upset the first time I met him, I felt bad for him. He's gruff, but gentle with me. He's afraid he's a danger to everyone around him, but I'm determined to show him he's wrong."
Knight Hvergelmir ♥ “You’re always there when I need you. I've never done this before and I'm scared, but for you... I'd do anything. I will try my best to be my best, for you.”
Squire Hyperborea ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "A young page I met. She's very sweet and had so many questions. I hope I was helpful. I'd like to see her wonder like she offered."
Knight Kairatos ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "In my memories of the future, he was a royal knight and I tended him often in his quest to take down Bischofite. I know he has a good heart somewhere in there, but his anger burns so hot it's painful to get to close. Maybe back when I was less broken than I am now, I could have withstood it better."
Squire Lassell / Trevor Rose ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He helped me out of a tight spot and he's Maia's boyfriend. He's a good guy and a good guy to have on our side."
Page Myrkviðr / Uuni Kierstedt ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ / ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Myrkvior was hiding in an alley when I met her. She didn't seem particularly friendly, but I guess it wasn't the best time to chit chat. I distracted the youma while she escaped, I hope she got away okay. Uuni came to my shop and asked for stinky flowers... I have no idea what she could want those for. We didn't seem to make a good impression on each other, so I gave her a lily in the hope next time will be better."
Squire Shangri-La / Xander Jacobs ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "You make me feel so safe when I'm with you, but I'm afraid of the other things I feel when we're together. You deserve so much better than me... someone who's not broken. You are a strong person who does so much good and it would only hurt you to get too close to me."
Captain Mariposite Knight Whisler ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He made it through purification and now stands on our side. I'm so proud and happy for him. Still that odd habit of complimenting me too much... and he managed to touch my wings this time. Happily, He doesn't seem to remember my promise to go out with him if he purified..."
Negaverse:
Youma General Bischofite/Alois Scholz — “I don’t… I don’t know what to think. It doesn’t seem real that he’s actually gone. Am I allowed to grieve for him? Why do I still feel this way after all this time and all the ways he’s hurt me? I just… want the pain to stop so I can move on.“
Lieutenant Merlinite ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He's way too eager to fight and I don't understand the way he thinks."
Lieutenant Opal ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met her at the Carnival of Fate during the attack. She's a horrible person and she nearly got my starseed. I won't go easy on her if I see her again."
General Painite ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "She's horrible... The first time I saw her, she had her hand in Tsui's chest, trying to hurt, maybe even kill her. I managed to distract her, but that only made her angry at me. She found me alone and nearly killed me... I won't let her hurt anyone else."
Lieutenant Titanlåvenite/Björn Guildson ♥ / ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Titan is a good man, whatever uniform he wears. I knew him in the future as one of my dearest friends. He always seemed to want to take care of me, whether I deserve such consideration or not. He still seems to feel that way, even if he doesn't remember everything I do. I will do everything I can to help you."
Corrupt Senshi:
Super Sailor Adonis ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He seemed terrified of me and more interested in saving his own skin than being a menace. I wouldn't put it past him to fall into line though."
Eternal Sailor Ate ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "When I met her, she was one of us and a good one at that. Now she's been corrupted and there is nothing left of the person I knew. I'm sorry I wasn't there to prevent whatever happened to you."
Super Sailor Kerberos ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "In my memories of the future, he was an ascended corrupt and killed not only Bohlinia, but Hver as well. He was almost as bad as Bischofite at the end, but he just seems lost and torn up in this time. If you truly regret what you did, then stand up and do something about it! Drinking your problems won't make them go away."
Eternal Sailor Persephone ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met her when she was still white moon, but she's fallen to chaos now. She remembers me, but she's a phantom image of the girl I knew."
Cats:
Poseidon ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Poseidon is the guardian cat that awakened me. He found me in the park and we got attacked by a youma. I'm not sure what to think of him."
*********> ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "********* helped me through a rough patch and upgraded me to super. She's so sweet and knowledgeable. I totally trust her."
Horatio ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I met Horatio at a training event. Sweet, adorable kitty. She's very dear to me."
Liryn ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Our team cat, living with me and Athene. He's the sweetest thing, and devoted in his duty. He blames himself for how the team broke apart in the future. I won't let that happen again, if I can help it."
Faust ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Thraen's cat, loveable and gruff. He's a fantastic fighter, even being a cat, and he has a huge heart under all that fluff."
Civilians:
Alexandre Evans ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "Alexandre goes to my school, but he's a year older than me. I met him when he came into my shop and bought two of my really nice arrangements to use as models for paintings. He seems nice and he showed interest in my work."
Christopher Gallo ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He seems nice. I met him during Pi Day."
Kekipi ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "The artist who gave me my tattoo. He was so very nice, he made the whole process a joy."
Nischal Dwivedi ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He's a sweet boy that lives with Bjorn. We got to talk a little bit when I dropped by Björn's place to drop off some food I made them. I like him, I hope we get a chance to hang out more."
Shale Blackwell ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “I met him by accident at the library. He’s new to the city, from what I gathered, and uncomfortable with both it and technology in general. Wherever he came from has to be incredibly different than here. He’s kind though, and steady. He’s teaching me archery and I feel incredibly comfortable around him, as long as he keeps his clothes on.”
Slate Blackwell ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "He’s Shale’s younger brother and he reminds me, a bit, of Alois. He seems to delight in poking at me and making me uncomfortable. He also reminds me a bit of my younger brother though… Maybe it just takes a bit to get used to his personality.”
Zia Connolly ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ "I think she's one of Maia's friends. She seems nice!"
Ida belongs to the Koronis family of asteroids, believed to be created when two large bodies collided.
Asteroid Ida of the Past
(Art (c) their artists, used for inspiration)
Geography:
Ida is a relatively small world with no real oceans to speak of. It does have two large bodies of water at opposite poles, but at best they could be called 'seas'. Most of the world's water is below ground, in countless springs, aquifers and underground lakes. There are some rivers and smaller bodies of water, but they are not as numerous as other worlds. For the most part, everything is pretty shallow since the asteroid doesn't have a lot of differences in height relative to sea level; meaning it has a lot of hills, but few mountains or areas that fall below 'sea level'. There are some, but not many.
Life Forms:
Ida is covered in lush vegetation of a great variety. There are many types of animals, but for the most part plants dominate the asteroid. Most areas are cultivated or otherwise groomed to grow a certain way by the inhabitants, so there are not a lot of truly wild areas that haven’t been put to some use, outside of wonders left purposefully wild by their Knights. Most animals are not much bigger than a goat or bob cat and of those, a large number are domesticated to some small degree. Anything larger is imported, and if its not owned, probably got loose and is running wild.
The largest areas of vegetation are farms of plants used for medicine.
Rain falls only rarely on Ida and for the most part, water is underground. Most plants have developed large root systems to reach the ground water, or form symbiotic relationships with other plants for moisture resources. One in particular has evolved to pump water up out of the group into a shallow pool around it. In and around this grow other types of plants which bring in animals that feed the water plant.
Present Day Discovered Plants:
Orchids: the main energy gathering plants of Ida, fueling Idan technology. Most buildings have a central room filled with these flowering plants to power them. Glowing flowers: used as light sources, they can be found growing on walls, pillars or alongside paths. Most have some way of activating them, though the path variety glows when sensing motion. This was a survival instinct to ward away herbivores by announcing their presence to predators, later harnessed by the Idan people. The wish tree: a purely sentimental and ornamental tree grown in the central area of some densely populated areas. Large, fancifully curling branches crown this tree, and inhabitants would attach small charms or bits of folded paper holding their wishes for anything from good fortune to specific things and events. (see religion section) Grave Marker trees: (see technology)
Present Day Discovered Animals:
Small, jewel toned song birds that live in the branches of the tree buildings. Various butterflies and bugs
Radiation:
One of the unique things about Ida is the type of radiation given off by the material at its core. It radiates outwards from the center and fades off just past the orbit of Dactyl, Ida's moon. This radiation can be absorbed by most life forms without any sort of damage, but it has a few special effects. Plant life that absorbs the radiation grows exceptionally fast and hardy, living longer than it might normally. Some plants can even store up the energy of the radiation and conduct it like electricity.
While it doesn't have the same growth boost on animal life as it does on plants, in both life forms it promotes the production of pigments. This means brighter, more vibrant colors appear, even colors that would never appear elsewhere. Animals exposed to the radiation will change color slowly over time, taking on new patterns and colors after two or three years. Humans, and other animals, can expect to form spots, stripes, barring, and other natural patterns on their skin or fur. Leaving the radiation will make the markings fade at about the same rate.
Technology:
Natives of Ida have taken advantage of the radiation of the Asteroid and harnessed it as a source of free, clean energy. This is possible because of the way plants react to it. Instead of technology based in metal and electricity, Ida tech is plants and energy, though the fundamental function is relatively the same.
While not as advanced as Mau or Mercury, Ida has come a long way and has many advancements not available on current day Earth. Transportation, housing, and most things you'd use metal or plastic for is grown to shape from plants through a process where Ida radiation is gathered and focused into the plant they want to shape. Transportation on Ida is slower than some forms in modern Earth, but trades speed for not needing to be fueled, as the plants that make it up absorb the ambient energy to run. The same goes for computers and other 'electronics'.
Present Day Discovered Technology:
Computers that function like Earth computers Medical beds that read the vital signs of their inhabitants and display that information holographicly Grave marker trees; These trees are cultivated as off shoots of a main 'mother' tree, and used to mark the graves of the deceased. Most are planted for the deceased by family or descendents, but may be planted by a local dignitary if there is no family. These trees are able to access and store the recipient's entire genetic code, and when touched, will display this code in glowing script across it's bark like a computer screen. This was used both as a memorial and as a storage for useful genetic information.Planting one of these triggered Ida’s transcendence.
Culture:
While many of the traditional jobs exist on Ida, the primary occupation is a sort of cross between farmer, scientist and doctor. Most of the research conducted on the Asteroid is to grow and develop medicine for the diseases of the universe. Those who don't do research usually have someone in the family who does, or someone who devotes their time to caring for the sick that come to the asteroid for healing.
Clothing is usually loose and flowing. You could describe it as an elvish/anime/fantasy style with futuristic or indian-like elements, heavy on the plant motifs.
Ida does not have an army as such, relying on the Knights who chose a combat path and the presence of Dactyl between them and the rest of the universe to defend the asteroid.
Religion:
Most people born on Ida consider themselves too enlightened or scientific to follow an organized religion, but if there is anything worshiped, it is the planet itself. Those more inclined consider the asteroid like an earth mother goddess and consider Sailor Ida something of her living avatar. The planet's guardian is revered highly and with that comes a heavy responsibility to care for the planet, and by extension, it's people.
One practice Idan people perform is the care and growth of special trees that are trained much like bonsai into fantastic curves and shapes. From the many branches, people hang charms, poems, scraps with wishes written on them and various small items by ribbons and string. Some are hung in the hope a wish will come true, others as thanks for something good that has happened in their life. On occasion, people will request Sailor Ida hang their item for them for something they consider particularly important, in the hope that her connection to the planet will influence the outcome for the better.
Government:
Government on Ida is run primarily by a council of scientists who have made notable advancements in research of some kind. There is also a noble family, but while they have ultimate control, most of the governance is left to the council. Sailor Ida holds a prominent seat at the head of the council, both for her extensive knowledge and training in medicine, and for her noble lineage.
Space Travel:
Travel outside of Ida is limited to the distance of Ida's radiation. The denizens of the planet can reach the moon, but need a different power source to go farther than that. They have come to rely on other planets coming to them and importing off-world technology for space travel.
Main Exports: Medicine, exotic and new plant species, trained specialists, non-plant technology
Main Imports: Metals and plastics, new plant species, trainees, the sick or infirm for treatments, food animals and pets
Dactyl:
Ida's moon is it's space port and buffer. All travel in and out of Ida goes through it and the guardian senshi of the moon is almost always a sibling of the current Sailor Ida. In their last life, Sailor Dactyl was Ida's older brother.
Shake it off (Florence & the Machine) Empire (Shakira) Sound of Settling (Death Cab for Cutie) Pompeii (Bastille) A secret I found in the mud (Rose Betts) Symphony (Livingston)
Songs for Orah & Alois:
Human (Christina Perri) Du lügst so schön (Juli)
Songs for Ida & Hvergelmir:
The Unquiet Grave (Sarah Calderwood) Arms (Christina Perri) Summerbreeze (Emiliana Torrini) Let Her Go (Passenger)
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:32 am
Crown Token Total: 1
Crown Tokens Spent: 4 - Given to Aeeth 6 - Given to Feyln 3 - Given to Noir Songbird 11 - Given out in Candy Craze event ( feb 2018 )
I was never meant for happiness, only toil and strife. Perhaps that is the trade off, because only through my blood and tears will I be able to make a difference for the rest of you. Its only through sacrificing myself that I will change the world... and I count the cost worth the reward.
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:54 pm
“I feel like a part of my soul has loved you since the beginning of everything. Maybe we’re from the same star.” — Emery Allen
“It is terrifying to think that one day you will trust somebody enough to let them see you naked. You will undress and remind them that you’ve stretch marks and birth marks and scars from having chicken pox when you were little and scars from all of the other things now. You will blush thousands of shades of red, painting yourself as a rose losing its petals. And that person - that person will take it all in. And I wonder if they will reassure you. But mostly, I wonder if they will even see anything worth reassuring you about. I hope they see each freckle on your back as if it’s a star and you are the whole universe to them.” — K.P.K
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