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 Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:07 am
 ♢ ♢ ♢ Logue gave me permission to use her quest format! *u*
Still setting up, pardon the dust!
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:09 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:11 am
♢ Current Choices ♢ ▫ Misted Rust ▫ Mist is a thin sheet of water vapor condensed into droplets, colorless and odorless. This mist, however, shimmers with reds, oranges, golds and browns, which is creepy enough on its own, but upon examination, it's discovered to actually be a fine cloud of rust hovering over a dried out lake bed. There’s no iron present – or water for that matter – and yet the mist doesn't seem to be going anywhere. The former lake must have rusted in the storm, and this is all that's left of it.
▫ Whistling Sand ▫
Under specific conditions, the wind moving over sand dunes creates noise best described as a whistling, booming, or barking. Called the "Song of the Dunes," it's not a constant noise, and most often accompanies a swift sandslide -- and is only found it about 35 deserts worldwide. This particular batch of sand, though, seems to delight in whistling whenever someone comes close, even when there's no wind to speak of. If you lift the jar and hold it close to your ear, you can hear the sand piping out a tune for you...
▫ Shrinking Violet ▫
Violet bushes are beautiful and fragrant, and their scent is harvested for all sorts of lotions and perfumes -- and this particular bush is fuller and more fragrant than most. When there's an attempt to pick the flowers, however, the blooms shrink back and away, rapidly minimizing to the point where it's difficult to get a hand on the bush at all, leaving only a small handful to harvest. As soon as the danger of being plucked has passed, though, the bush bounces back to its former glory.
▫ Slippery Sap ▫
Pine tree sap is a thick, slow-moving, sticky liquid that is produced as a protective layer over wounds and as a defense against bugs that would burrow into the tree's bark. One tree in a particular forest grove seemed to produce an abnormal amount of sap, though, and even stranger: the sap was slick and slippery to the touch! Insects looking to burrow in this tree weren't able to get a foothold on the bark, as it was covered from branch to root with a generous, slippery coat.
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:12 am
♢ ??? ♢ ... come back later for this rofl
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:13 am
??? & Misted Rust ♢ BASICS ♢ Name: Magda
Origin: Polish
Pronunciation: MAHG-dah
Meaning: Short form of MAGDALENA.
Nicknames: Mogs, Maggie Mae
Guardian: Dani Romero
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Fel Essence: Misted Rust
Soul:
Posting Color: ▊▊▊▊
♢ PERSONALITY ♢ Mischievous and cunning, Magda’s first priority is always to have a good time, and she’s not overly concerned with breaking a few rules to do so. Casual destruction is her favorite pastime, though she prefers to be subtle rather than obvious; she particularly enjoys watching people react to the messes she's made, and doesn't necessarily need to take credit. Sometimes, she likes to break things just for the sole purpose of ruining them -- it's often mistaken as her acting out or being unhappy, but in truth, she just likes small-scale destruction.
She’s inherently wary of strangers and so tends to try to creep them out to test them, but if you can look past her initial defensive attitude, she’ll become a very loving individual. Calm and protective, she takes very good care of the few people she takes under her wing, and becomes quite defensive of the few she trusts. This doesn't make them exempt from the pranks she pulls, though, and she'll still often lie and misrepresent her abilities to cause trouble because she thinks it's funny.
Magda is introverted, which doesn't mean that she's shy, only that she's a little more private with her thoughts and true feelings, and after extended interaction with more than one or two people, she needs alone time to recharge. She can be insensitive and sarcastic when she isn't given this time to herself, and rarely apologizes for it, as she's very stubborn and proud.
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Negative: Likes:
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Hobbies: Sustenance: Magda feeds by pulling the iron out of things, typically through touch. A side effect of this is that she tends to rust iron objects, but if she were to, say, feed from iron supplement pills, she would simply render them inert. There's not enough concentrated iron in a person's blood for Magda to effectively feed from it, and so no human is in danger of her making them anemic.
Stat Overview:
♢ ABILITIES ♢ [ Active ] Oxidation: Magda is able to speed up the process of iron oxidation and cause susceptible materials to rust much faster than they would when left under normal conditions. She has to make physical contact with something to rust it, and the longer she holds on, the more the iron will degrade, replaced with the higher-volume rust. She can cause quite a bit of structural damage if left unsupervised.
[ Active ] Rust Cloud: Magda is able to produce a thin layer of rust over her own skin and flake it off, creating a small cloud of rust around her temporarily -- which is a great cover if she feels threatened and wants to get away in a hurry. It settles after a few minutes, just be careful not to breathe it in, or it'll leave a bad taste in your mouth. Her skin is pleasantly softer to the touch after shedding a layer of rust.
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:14 am
 ◇ BASICS ◇  Name: Daniela "Dani" Romero
Origin: Spanish
Pronounciation: dahn-YE-lah
Meaning: Daniela [ Feminine form of DANIEL, meaning "God is my judge" ] Romero [ A person on a religious journey or pilgrimage from Rome ]
Age: 28
Race: Human
Birthday: August 3rd
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Latino
Sexuality: Bisexual
Occupation: Registered Nurse
Residence: She is presently staying with her mother in Durem, in the home she helped her parents put a down payment on. It is a modest three-bedroom house and, in addition to helping pay on the mortgage, she cares for her mother as she ages and can work less.
Posting Color: ▊▊▊▊
◇ APPEARANCE ◇ Height: 5'6"
Weight: 164 lbs
Build: Dani is athletic and sturdily built, a testament to the dedicated personal fitness schedule she's been on since she was an athlete in high school. She comes in at 5'6" and is built stocky and solid, with wide-set hips and particularly muscular thighs.
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Dark brown
Hair Style: Always pulled into a bun for work, though during her down-time she usually wears it in a high ponytail.
Skin Tone: Medium-dark with rosy undertones. She tans very easily and almost never burns.
Distinguishing Marks: Several small scars from childhood mishaps, all but faded now.
Casual Attire: always pulled into a bun for work, though during her down-time she usually wears it in a high ponytail.
Uniform: Scrubs, though she has a variety of pretty, stylish tops. She doesn't tend toward cartoons or graphic designs on them, though she does have a few she's gotten as gifts.
◇ PERSONALITY ◇ Above all, Dani is a fiercely enthusiastic, ambitious person. She believes in throwing herself into anything that she does 100%, which makes her an excellent nurse and caretaker for her mother, but does sometimes lead to her being overbearing and pushy when it comes to her friends' personal lives. She can sometimes burn herself out if she takes on too many projects at once, and she has a difficult time turning away people in need, especially her friends. If she can help, Dani feels like she has an obligation to help.
It's difficult for her to admit when she's wrong, and she rarely apologizes; she tries to be careful to make decisions in a way that she won't have to apologize, but on the rare occasion she realizes she's been wrong, they're always very heartfelt.
She is a motivated, positive person, believing that you have to grab life by the horns and make what you want out of it, rather than sit back and passively expect things to fall into place. Hard-working and confident, she always sets goals for herself and strives to reach them, and does her best to inspire the people around her to do the same. She is very team-oriented and has a no man left behind mentality for all the work that she does, preferring to ensure success by pooling the resources of the best and brightest rather than trying to do everything on her own.
Likes:
- Weight training & exercise
- Movies, romantic comedies and horror especially
- Theatre
- Cleaning & organization
- Competition
Dislikes:
- Small, confined spaces
- Too much idle time and/or alone time
- Wasted potential
- Tea
- Science fiction
Hobbies: Hand making greeting cards, making soaps and bath bombs, baseball (she used to coach softball, and would like to do so again), and shopping. Dani shops like a champion. She'll shop for you, too, if you let her. (Even if you don't actually let her, she'll still try.)
◇ HISTORY ◇ Written History: Nothing has ever been handed to Dani her entire life, and that's exactly the way she likes it. She was taught the value of hard work and personal determination from an early age, watching both of her parents clock in long hours as a mechanic and a janitor, proud of them both, no matter how un-glamorous their jobs might be. Her parents were determined to give her a better start than they had, and encouraged her to work hard in school so that she could go to college on scholarships and have as many opportunities and options as she could get her hands on.
Dani threw herself into academics and sports both, involved herself in clubs and student council, and took AP classes for college credit when she was in high school. She graduated valedictorian and immediately enrolled in college, pursuing nursing out of a desire to make a difference and because she knew she could live comfortably on the salary and give back to her parents sooner rather than later.
She didn't make time for dating until after she'd graduated, but her relationships didn't tend to last long, especially once her father had a heart attack and she split her focus between her career and caring for her family. He passed when she was twenty-three, and it was then that she met Tristan, whom she married only a handful of months later.
Their marriage was rocky from the start, perhaps because she'd been in such a vulnerable place when they began dating, though Dani tried her best for several years -- and through several stints of marriage counseling -- to make it work. They just recently finalized the divorce and she is moving back home to spend time with her mother and make a fresh start.
◇ FAMILY ◇ Romero, Ricardo (Ricky): Father, deceased. Was a mechanic, and Dani was close to him when she was young. He always encouraged his daughter to play sports and learn how to work as part of a team, knowing the value of cooperation in the work force as well as the fact that she would do much better in the world with friends.
Romero, Camila: Mother. Janitor for the local school district, though it's an on-call position and, as she gets older, her joints are giving her difficulty and she's having a hard time working as much. She prefers to speak Spanish to English, and is very proud of her daughter -- both for her accomplishments and for the fact that she grew up to be someone who puts so much value in family and looking after one another.
Graves, Tristan: Ex-husband. A college professor and several years older than Dani, their marriage was tumultuous though not always bad; both of them with strong personalities and sometimes strong tempers, they often fought much longer than they should have, and it put an enormous strain on their marriage. They tried marriage counseling for a year and a half toward the end, and though they weren't able to salvage their marriage, it did bring them to a place where they could part amicably. Dani does not currently keep in touch with him.
Pets: None.
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:17 am
Lab 305 © Miaow/Kyoupi/Anachrophobia.
Raevan & Guardian Personality © Derivative.
Font © daFont.com.
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:19 am
This thread is currently CLOSED for critiques! :> Still setting up, ohohoho.
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