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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:40 am
T A B L ExO FxC O N T E N T S
o1. Staff Post o2. Table of Contents o3. Rules o4. Happenings o5. Seziah Cein Yreka Arkis (Sez) o6. History o7. Statistics o8. Abilities o9. Roleplays 1o. Battles and Hunts 11. Art Gallery 12. Plots 13. Relationships 14. Growing Strong! 15. Credits
Page Two: o1. Introduction and Reflections
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o1. Basically, if you don't post here, we're golden! o2. But I'd be happy to discuss plot and things with you through a PM or Slack! ;D Slack: sheyherzik@yahoo.com o3. Oh, and follow Gaia's and Tendaji's rules, yadda yadda...
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:17 pm
H A P P E N I N G S
12/13/17: Seziah was approved for growth to Scholar. 11/13/17: Seziah's first children, Valek and Vyvala are born. 07/08/17: Seziah was submitted and approved for growth to Monk. 12/29/16: Seziah was submitted and approved for growth to Healer. 07/29/16: Sez's custom quest was approved!
Likes: Red, Tree leaves, Pillows, Soup, Baths, Having her hair brushed, Bubbles, Sunshine, Sand, the Beach, Presents, Art, When other people are calm and sensible and don't try to harm her, Her mother, Foot rubs, Storage, Anything that belongs to her, Wood furniture, Reachable cabinets Dislikes: Dust, Being touched, Strangers, Screaming, Bugs, Unfamiliar places, Crowded areas, Traveling, Intruders, Knick-knacks, Dolls, Face paint, Makeup, Mirrors, Not being 'good enough,' Various foods on her plate touching each other, Rugs, Animals, Dirty people Strengths: Meticulous, Calm, Earnest, Soft-spoken, Sociable, Clean, Cooperative, Decisive, Clever, Spontaneous, Honest, Reliable, Vocal, Attempts to stick to 'accepted' standards as she learns them Weaknesses: Disinterested, Poor communication skills, Weird, Selfish, Emotionally distant, Rude, Possessive, Tactless, Rigid, Flat, Indifferent, Narrow-minded, Obsessive, Anxious Fears: Bugs eating out her eyes, Being unwanted/worthless, People touching/breaking her things, Strangers stealing her things, Getting 'worse,' Getting lost, Sami, Small things that wreak havoc unnoticed Quirks: Combs through her pillow stuffing nightly to remove bugs and debris, Has a firm and unyielding belief in things that are 'supposed' to be true, Won't sit on anyone's furniture but her own, Has difficulty making eye contact with other people to the point where she can't even look at her own eyes in the mirror Personality: For as long as her parents can remember, Seziah has been a predominantly solitary child, with little interest in her own family, let alone other youngsters. Tidan and Inala tried not to think much of it. Without any siblings to encourage her to share and communicate and learn, their young daughter was forced to take interest in whatever mundane things she could find on her own. And she did find interest in peculiar things, such as colored rocks and sand, tree leaves, and pillow stuffing.
Speech came slowly to her, and she never quite seemed to understand the things that upset those around her- not when anyone was angry or afraid or just plain sad. Reasoning for other’s emotions was a peculiarity, unless it was immediately relatable. She wasn’t afraid of tumbling off the countertop, so her parents shouldn’t be either. She wasn’t offended when mother’s friends called her a ‘young, skinny beauty,’ why should anyone else be upset when she called them ‘fat, old bats?’ It didn’t make sense. She didn’t understand. One of the most notable things Seziah did understand was selfishness. When people touched things, they were liable to break them. She did not want or like broken things, so did not want her things being touched. If she tried very hard to remember, she could at least offer the same courtesy.
Companionship was something she didn’t need, silence was something she was comfortable with, and other entertainment could be found wherever she wanted to look for it. So she didn’t mind being an only child. She didn’t mind her parents’ busy work schedules. Whatever or whoever was available, she could make do with. During her toddler years, Sez’s parents blamed her meticulous cleanliness and vocal possessiveness on the fact that she was young and simply didn’t know what else to do with her time. Seziah would grow out of it.
She didn’t.
As Sez grew older and interaction became necessary for schooling, tendencies from younger years cemented themselves more thoroughly. She didn’t want people touching her or her things and seldom expressed any desire to bond through anything physical (hugs, hand holding, hair brushing, etc). She had trouble making and holding eye contact, and as such, had a very minimal grasp of facial cues, often completely unaware of how her company actually felt about her. She was obsessively absorbed in things the general populace didn’t care about- most prominently, the decorative dyed sand brought to her by her parents, that Sez would dump onto parchment and arrange into intricate assortments.
The things she was interested in weren’t often appealing topics for her ‘friends,’ but so long as she was engaging others in public (rather than in her own home and around her perfectly organized possessions - which she was extremely anxious to bring anyone or anything near), Seziah didn’t seem to mind. She was never expressly asocial (always willing to make friends, if they happened to be available) and has always wholeheartedly and unashamedly conversed with anyone regardless of race, class, or age, though she seldom takes it upon herself to seek others out. The only major drawback being that she couldn’t read people’s faces and or express herself with anything more than a quiet, flat, monotonous voice and downturned gaze, leaving many to see her as insensitive, uncaring, and unfeeling.
Which, of course, isn’t anywhere near true. Behind a soft tone and calm outward demeanor is a young girl with just as many feelings as anyone ‘normal;’ Sez simply lacks a means of displaying it. Her frustrations usually come to a head when she makes mistakes with her sand or when others touch anything that belongs to her. She’s happiest treading down the snaking path of tree roots and observing market wares. Unfortunately, ‘sadness’ is still almost entirely lost on her.
The bonds Seziah builds take time, but they are permanent, in whatever form they take. Her enemies are her enemies, regardless of amends that try to be made. And her friends are her friends, regardless of injustices that occur after she’s made that decision. A sense of social responsibility and expectancy lead her to feel obligated to help others. She doesn’t do it to be nice or to win favors, but because she thinks it’s required of her. She is more functional alone than in a group and is likely to recede immediately to the background in a crowd, rather than try and make herself known to anyone. Although, when pressed, she will speak her mind and only say exactly what she's thinking. She doesn't mince speech and doesn't spare feelings. Description: Prentice Seziah was never much more than just 'passable,' in terms of appearance. She is a small, mousy girl, with thin lips and large eyes, who never goes out of her way to be anything more than she is naturally. With the dark, mocha-toned skin of her race, long, drooping ears, and dead, black-sclera'd, pale glowing eyes, most mainlanders would find her quite creepy, though hard to be truly afraid of, due to her diminutive stature. Her most striking feature is her wild and untamed mane of dark violet curls. Healer The passing years have not added much in terms to Seziah's overall size. She isn't malnourished, but is probably very near on the brink of it, just due to her refusal to eat certain things around certain people and the stress of living where she does. She's been taught 'proper' posture and how to be presentable, so while she still doesn't care much for her appearance, there's a noticeably straight-laced and clean-cut set to her attire, and she's adorned herself with a few of the trinkets her parents have sent her over the years, including a single ear piercing. Monk Seziah has shed the faith of her homeland and traveled instead to the bright, sandy shores of Oba, on Tendaji's mainland. This has affected her in mostly only very minute ways: a nearly imperceptible lightening of her hair and darkening of her skin. Cosmetic changes, like her attire and style, reflect that of a mixture between where she's come from and where she has landed. The most notable and striking difference, is that the Yaeli glow in her eyes has faded. Scholar TBD Speech Color: #372744 Theme Song: Home - NateWantsToBattle Disturbia - Rihanna Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
((Lines for Seziah by The Only Black Uke; color by kaname423.))
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:27 am
H I S T O R Y
Tidan and Inala were young when they threw themselves into a bond of holy matrimony that they expected to last an eternity. They spoke of forever and wanted near everything they thought the word entailed. They wanted adventure, romance, travel, a large house, lots of land, many things, and in time, a big family to enjoy all of it with them. Any time they had, they spent together. For the first few years of their engagement, thoughts of what might be and things that could happen were exciting enough to keep them together and happy.
Unfortunately, the world had a more mundane future in store for the couple.
In the short weeks before Inala’s twenty-sixth nameday, nearing a decade spent with her husband, she had something of an existential crisis. The textile work she had (dying, patterning, and occasionally stitching fabrics in preparation for them to be made into clothing), the home she lived in, and the things she’d accomplished weren’t in line with the dreams and hopes she’d had so many years ago. Her life was boring and meaningless, and while her husband was a good, honorable, easy-going man, that simply wasn’t enough for her, anymore. Not when they’d spoken of so much more.
Inala was ready to let her work take her elsewhere, out of Ilidan, away from home, far from Yael and her husband. In a unilateral decision to stop her, Tidan decided the precise order with which they obtained the things they wanted didn’t really matter. Adventure, land, and money were clearly harder to obtain, but a family could be built from home. And a child would give them something new to bond over. A kid would save their marriage. The gods apparently agreed. After ten years of playing it safe and patiently waiting for the right time, Inala suddenly found herself with child and with less freedom to roam of her own accord.
Nine months later, after surviving his wife’s throes of hormonal imbalance, Tidan discovered that sporadically imposing a child on his woman didn’t make her especially receptive to the idea of staying home. If anything, Inala was less pleased with their set-up than ever before. She still wasn’t interested in Ilidan, but she felt obligated to stay in a place she didn’t want to live with a man she was rapidly growing distrustful of to raise a daughter she hadn’t been ready to have. The next few years, in their entirety, were less than pleasant for the young woman.
For all her attempts to remain fair, patient, and loving, Inala occasionally struggled with her daughter. Seziah wasn’t normal. She was easy enough to get along with and required very little attention, unlike most toddlers. She didn’t scream or cry, want or do much of anything. And it was terrifying to have an infant that didn't wail after waking or when hungry. Initially, Inala feared it was her fault; she was projecting something unsavory onto the young girl with her negative thoughts. That wasn't fair or right. She had wanted children, and Seziah should be such an easy, low-maintenance one to raise.
Instead, Sez only continued to make her mother more uncomfortable as she grew, and the Yaeli woman found her thoughts increasingly flicking to the idea that there was something wrong with her daughter. Or at least something well beyond her control and comprehension- something she wasn't prepared or equipped to raise properly. By then, Tidan would’ve done anything to get back in his wife’s good graces, including offering what was supposed to have been his miracle child to the Sanctum.
He told them she was special, explained that Seziah didn't need companions, couldn't look at people, or convey emotions because her mind refused to bridge the gap between mortal feelings and the gods' own fondness for their creations. It wasn't the same. Seziah didn't understand. He showed them the meticulously and painstakingly arranged clusters of her dyed sand. Unfortunately, they didn't believe she had anything more than a very normal, average connection to the gods.
The visiting priestess offered a second solution. If Seziah was truly beyond their care, she could be sent to a home for young men and women like her, where she would be taken care of by people with more experience doing such things. It was a paid service, of course, but it would be easier in the long run for all parties involved.
Seziah decided she didn't mind the way that sounded. She didn't care what reason they put to her anomaly, but she did appreciate that there was a reason at all. Her parents didn't expect a teary farewell, and they didn't receive one. As per the usual, Sez didn’t throw a fit, or even seem to care at all when she was moved the capitol city. Her surroundings didn’t matter so much. The new people invading her space weren’t especially important (though there were a great many more people in Pajore than where she lived before). And as a seven-year-old girl with so little structure in her life previously, the greatest adjustment was trying to conform to the new schedule imposed on her and the vast array of others suddenly threatening her belongings with their fingers.
Despite her anxiety and distrustfulness about sharing living quarters with so many strangers, as well as what appeared to be an unhealthy dose of disinterest, Seziah continues to live in her new 'home' throughout most of her teenage years.
But as she nears closer to adulthood, and the dynamic within the Institute begins to chage, due to Granny stepping down and surrendering the place to her son, Seziah begins to feel even more uncomfortable than the norm. Litanu abuses her and looks down on her, and she is eventually taken in for a short while by her magical and healing mentor, Diavel. She stays with him until she learns that the pregnancy brought on by Litanu's advances has ended in a miscarriage.
She promptly abandons Yael and her gods to set out for the sandy shores of Oba.
Fate guides her to meet a man named Tytus, an animal caregiver for a noble estate. He helps her to find coin, shelter, and work in a place alongside him, and the pair begin the develop feelings of mutual love for each other. They spend a single night together, and from that brief time, Seziah comes to be with child.
Despite fearing that Tytus would abandon her during this revelation, he instead admits to wanting more opportunities to try and become closer to her and they struggle to find balance in their lives between work, each other, and the beginnings of a family.
Panacea: A soothing touch from a friendly hand. This spell allows a healer to remove a status aliment on themselves or another player as well as heal over 3 turns. Stage 2 heals 2 hp per turn, Stage 3 heals 4 hp per turn, Stage 4 heals 6 hp per turn. Can only be used once every 5 turns. Considered a full action. This attack is not effected by powering up.
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Magic Mend: Magical mend uses magic to gently envelope a person's body to heal it slowly over time. This spell can be used on yourself, or on another person, and each turn that person will gain +2 hp. This attack uses 2 spell slots. The effects only last 4 turns. Considered a half turn action. This attack is not effected by powering up.
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Living Words: A word uttered by a Scholar can hold much power: words like 'Amplify,' 'Empower,' 'Slow,' 'Bind,' and 'Blind.' The word of choice must be announced at the beginning of the turn. Each word uses 1 spell slot. Words must be targeted at a single player (some words are meant for allies, others for enemies). The word's effects only last 3 turns. Amplify: This word amplifies the damage dealt by magic attacks by +3. Empower: The word empowers the damage dealt by melee attacks by +3. Slow: This word is cast upon a target enemy and gives them a -3 to any rolls that require speed bonuses. Bind: This word cast upon an enemy will stop them from being able to 'run away' or 'retreat' (including avoiding trips). Blind: This word causes your attacker to suffer a temporary loss of sight. When attacking they suffer a -3 to hit. Can only be used once every 5 turns. Considered a half turn action. This attack is not effected by powering up.
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R O L E P L A Y S
Code: M = META, ORP = Open RP, PRP = Private RP, S = Solo /// C = Crafting, V = Versatile [Type of RP - Participants - Link to Journal Reflection] **Note: Solos do not have Journal Reflections
Scholar [PRP - Seziah/Tytus - JR] Made Arrangements - Ongoing /// ??? Posts /// JR Words: ???
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:42 am
B A T T L E SxA N DxH U N T S
Code: M = META, NRP = Non-RP, PRP = Private RP, S = Solo /// B = Battle, H = Hunt, T = Taming [Type of RP - Opponent - Outcome - Link to Journal Reflection]
Prentice Prentice stage characters are too young to fight!
-- Seziah meets with Granny's special friend, who takes on the role of teacher and mentor in her efforts to become self sufficient. There are days when he is helpful and days when he is very difficult. -- Though Sez has lived with her housemates for many years and is nearing the end of her time with them, their social dynamic seems to have changed since Granny allowed Litanu to take over... -- Eventual pregnancy and miscarriage.
o2. Monk:
-- Tytus saves her during an Oban marketplace expedition, and Seziah finds herself adopted into servitude of the noble family he works for. -- [Solo] Seziah encounters her new young ‘boss’ and is introduced into the noble household as an exotic handmaiden. -- [PRP] With Tytus helping her settle into her new home, the pair attract the attention of Tytus’ earlier flings and must deal with angry and jealous maids. Seziah admits that she has little patience or heart for girls who act cruelly, since they remind her of Sami. -- [PRP] During a particularly late dinner, Seziah learns of a case of infatuation from a certain young noble boy. Confused at how to proceed, she seeks out her only friend Ty for guidance (could also potentially inform him of her past experience dealing with men’s nether regions?). -- [WE] Seziah and Tytus discuss pregnancy complications and Sez's past with infants. -- [Solo] It has become obvious to everyone Seziah works for and with that she is carrying children. Because of this, the interest of her young noble suitor has waned, and with it his willingness to continue to provide work for her. He warns her that his family is not interested in providing for the upkeep of both her and her spawn. -- [Solo] After the altercation with Zakeel, Seziah searches for a place she could be more of use that would also be less stressful to her. Her thoughts land on the task she'd set out to do upon leaving the Institute and boarding with Diavel: becoming a healer. She has no contacts in Oba, but she has been seeing a midwife during her pregnancy... -- [Solo] The babies are born! -- [Growth Solo “I Am Seziah”] Sez decides to leave the estate of her own accord and seek out the job of healer that she’d actually been trained for. She takes the role of “secondary” healer/assistant to a woman in the upper part of town and is granted use of the upper story of the shop to reside in, as shop owner has her own home on noble grounds.
o3. Scholar:
-- [Solo] Sez has spent years training and learning beneath the woman who took her in. Though the healing lady was not especially aged, she takes ill from a disease she cannot recover from and passes away. Care and management of the shop is left by will in Seziah’s hands, and while this once would have horrified her, she finds that she is prepared to take on the burden and grateful for the woman for granting her the opportunity. -- [Solo] Someone get this girl a cat.
Alkidike ❤Akacia: A bold Alkidike woman wandering too far from home, played by Fluffesu. '(N/A - Met during NRP battle - Outcome: Win/Win/Lose/Lose/Lose/Lose/Win/Lose/Lose/Win)'
Earthling: Shifter ❤Alassiel: This rider woman is a long way from home while she's in Oba, played by Tasinei. 'meeting'
Earthling: Leaf Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
Earthling: Wind Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
Earthling: Ice Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
Earthling: Fire ❤Mash'al: The first son of a noble Oban businessman, played by akuma_kessaku. 'meeting' ❤Tytus: A young man serving as the stable hand for a wealthy Oban estate, played by Sabra Knight. 'The first person I met in these lands proved to be the greatest connection I could hope to make... I am sure his intentions started innocuous enough, but as we spent more and more time together, it became apparent that there was something between us that I cannot explain. On the sands of the beach during our first date, we consummated whatever relationship there is blossoming between us, and from that union I came to be with children.'
Earthling: Water Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
Earthling: Yaeli ❤Finnufarinel: A magic-wielding Yaeli boy in Oba, played by Painted Moose. '(N/A - Met during NRP battle - Outcome: ???)' ❤Kieran: A young Yaeli bug-catcher man, played by Sabra Knight. 'We had only the briefest interactions, while he captured a bug that had crawled its way into my room. I am appreciative that he removed the vermin, but he is a strange fellow. He said he had to 'keep it,' instead of killing it. I do not like bugs, and I do not think the people who willingly keep them are very good. I also am not overly fond of strangers spilling sticky oozes in my room. I will likely not invite him back.'
Elaria ❤Nivalis: The young Mystic of the Elarian tribe, out to protect her borders from Earthling scum, played by Fluffesu. '(N/A - Met during NRP battle - Outcome: Win/Win)'
Earthling: Lightning Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
Earthling: Geian Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
Hybrids ❤Skadravi: A lazy Fire/Water fish man, played by Fluffesu. '(N/A - Met during NRP battle - Outcome: Lose/Lose/Win/Lose/Win/Win/Win/Win)' ❤Valek: Seziah's secondborn child, played by Sabra Knight. 'I would never have thought that of all the people in the world, Fate would see fit to bless me with two beautiful children at once... Though nothing has ever been more unexpected, Valek is my miracle child: a boy born as if the world were apologizing for taking away what would have been my first so quickly and unfairly those many years ago. I look at him and think that my people may even accept him, if that was something he was interested in...' ❤Vyvala: Seziah's firstborn child, played by Fluffesu. 'My mother used to say that daughters were the greatest gift the gods could offer us. When I look at my oldest girl, it is clear that my mother was right about this, if nothing else. Vyvala is strange, I think, in ways entirely different than I was and perhaps not as classically beautiful as my people considered me, but she is not unmanageable. She is beautiful and perfect, and I will cherish nothing more than my daughter.'
Familiars Name: description, played by controller. 'feels'
My NPCs ¤Cyna: The priestess that referred Seziah to the Institute. Short Description: Though usually no member of the Sanctum would be important or even relevant in Seziah's life, the decisions and advice made and given my this small, unassuming woman have impacted Sez greatly, despite only having ever seen her once when Seziah was still very young. Though Sez has no reason to vocalize it, and probably couldn't find the words if she were able, meeting this woman has instilled a bead of distrust in her. 'She must think she is a very important person and that it is her place to tell parents what they should do with their children and where they should send them. I do not like her. She lied to me about having people 'like me' in this place, and she told my mother and father that it was safe. I am not dead, but it is not safe. I am not certain who gave her her information, or why she believes it, but since I have not seen her since that first day, I can only assume she has never been here, herself and knows nothing about it. This is all her fault.' ❤Devello: The vocal counterpart to Mackell, patient at the Institute. Short Description: A middle-aged Yaeli man that has a great many opinions about nearly everything and is quite vocal about all of them. He seems to like very few things, with the most notable being another patient by the name of Mackell. His dislike for the world in general has earned him many hard lines across his face, making him look perpetually sour. Though he can be violent and abusive, he's never so toward his woman. 'He is... alright on some occasions. I think I would prefer not to tempt fate and be too close when he gets offended, if I can help it. But it is difficult to tell when he is mad, most of the time... Devello is always very loud, so that does not seem to be a very good indicator for upset, in his case. He can be rough, but only when he is angry, I think, so I probably must forgive him, since if he is angry at me, it will surely have been my fault...' ❤Diavel: A healer and Seziah's instructor in the magical arts. Short Description: Diavel is a short, thin, bespectacled old man who has mastered the healing arts. He owns his own shop in Pajore, and sees people regularly to cure their ailments and strengthen their immunities. He is neither especially kind nor cruel, but is straightforward and duty-driven. As a healer, he is inclined to help rather than hurt. He and his wife took Seziah in for a short time, but she opted not to tell them when she left, and she has not seen them since. 'I am grateful to Diavel and his wife, both for teaching me their trades and for taking me from the Institute after Litanu took advantage of me. They are both good people, and if I felt any inclination to stay, I would not have left them. But they do not need me to live happy lives, and I cannot continue to be a burden on them, Diavel especially... He is quite aged, and it will do him no good to have me about, not with the uncomfortable twists of my mood.' ❤Granny: The ancient woman that owns the Institute, former manager. Short Description: Granny is a skinny, old, rickety woman in her early nineties. She has good intentions, in that she tries to take care of people who can't take care of themselves and whose families have abandoned them, but it's a job for a much younger person, as, in her age, she's losing the ability to perform necessary tasks adequately and also growing ever-so-slightly more impatient as time wears on. She's since moved out of the Institute and into town. 'Granny was always perhaps one of the people who has been most kind to me throughout my life. She has made many mistakes regarding my care, in that she will sometimes side with one of the Others instead of me, but I think she tries very hard, and she has always done very many good things. She used to, anyway. Like many others, she has also chosen to move on from me... She says it is 'because of her hip' and that I am being selfish for wanting her to stay, but I do not know how to do anything without her. She said she would take care of me, and now she is not. She is a liar too.' ❤Granny's Shadow: A small, generally quiet little boy forever attached to Granny's leg. Short Description: Seziah is a selfish girl, and hasn't much delved into the history and background of her housemates. This is no more true for anyone than it is for this boy, whose name she doesn't even know. He is a quiet thing, and doesn't seem to garner much attention from anyone. She's never seen him anywhere except glued to Granny's hip, and even the old woman seems to act like he's almost not even there at all... 'I am not superstitious. So many Yaeli are. My mother is. She never said as much to me, but I heard her and my father talk about it. Shadow-boy is a strange boy, and even if I am not superstitious, there is still a peculiar feeling in my chest concerning him. It feels like... mistrust, but different. More wispy. It is unpleasant, all the same. Sometimes he likes to reach out and touch people from Granny's leg. I do not enjoy that, either. He is a strange boy, but I have very little reason to interact with him, fortunately.' ❤Inala: A slightly unstable woman desperate to hear good things from her daughter, Sez. Short Description: Inala wasn't ready for children, when she had Seziah. She thought they were playing it safe, and that she still had many years of freedom left to go. But when her husband went out of his way to try and get her pregnant, she wasn't even aware that she ought to be trying to stop him. She didn't want a daughter, but she got one. This aside, she has tried to be a good parent, in her own way. She still worries over Sez, but the girls' oddities make her difficult to get close and feel attached to... Inala has since apologized for abandoning Sez, and has wished her good fortune on the mainland. 'I love my mother. She is a good woman, and she shared many things with me, when I was smaller. I had no way of knowing, at the time, that she was not... especially attached to me. Or I might have known, I suppose, if I knew what to look for. But it is fine. She is still my mother, and daughters are supposed to love their mothers. Daughters are also supposed to be the very best thing that ever happens to a mother. That is what I was told, anyway. It seems I am not very good at fulfilling my obligations. I do not think I am the very best thing that ever happened to my mother.' ❤Jeine: The midwife who oversaw Sez's first pregnancy. Short Description: Jeine was brought up as a young, noble lady. She has land, coin, and servants at her beck and call, but she became aware at a very early age that she could do more for her country than look down upon those worse off than herself. She practices the healing arts, and her services are open to all who may need them, whether they can be afforded or not. She has a shop in the mid-city market that comes equipped with a place of residence on the second floor. Jeine, however, stays on her family's estate, where she was born. 'We have had a few times to interact over the course of the few months where I carried my first children. I wouldn't call us overly familiar, but I am comfortable with her. She is a good woman, who has morals I would only hope would be shared by others. She is kind, intelligent, trustworthy... I suppose she has to be if she makes a career out of caring for the babies of young mothers like myself. I have also asked if I might be of use to her, since I am no longer welcome on the estate that originally took me in. We will see in time how she really feels about me.' ❤Keyla: An eccentric horticulturist married to Diavel. Short Description: Keyla is tall, round, frizzy-haired, and bespectacled. She is a ball of excitement and eagerness, while managing to not be too overwhelming about it. Her passion is gardening, and she manages all of the herbs in her husband's shop. She and Diavel took Seziah in for a short time, and despite it being a bit of a surprise stay, Keyla was very welcoming. Sez left them abruptly after her own miscarriage, and has not spoken to either of the couple since. 'Keyla is too good of a woman, prhaps the best I have ever met. I cannot be so cruel as to burden her with my mishaps and accidents. Maybe I have never needed to manage any of my problems on my own, but nor do I think I should saddle these people with them. Keyla taught me much, and was very patient with my strangeness, more so even than my own mother. They will not miss me, when I am gone, and I do not want them to blame themselves for anything that has happened. I hope she and her husband live out the rest of their days happily.' ☒Litanu: Granny's blood grandson, current manager of the Institute. Short Description: A skinny, snarling boy-man with a bad attitude and little regard for other people. By some unfortunate happenstance, he is Granny's only blood-relative, and so her only choice for whom to pass her livelihood down to. He is not kind nor gentle nor caring, but in Granny's old age, she can't take care of her patients herself, and it's not like anyone else is around to take on the task for her. He'll have to do. And surely he'll learn how to manage as time goes on. 'He is not my favorite person to deal with on any day. Litanu is quite nasty and mean and... vulgar, I think the word is. He often does and says things I would not expect of any person. He has hurt me, abused me, spoken down to me, and his presence is no longer tolerable. I am fairly certain he has never liked me, just as I have never though of him as a friend, myself. There are not many people I would wish death upon, but Litanu is one of them.' ❤Mackell: A middle-aged woman that is all smiles and soft words, patient at the Institute. Short Description: Mackell is perhaps the most likable among Seziah's peers. She is sweet, gentle, and very friendly, but she is also thought to be crazy because of her whimsy, how she talks to herself, and how she likens everything, everything to something that is alive. Every blade of grass, each pebble, and the many flecks from crackers each have their own spirit. She and Devello seem to have known each other before coming to the Institute, and they're very open and affectionate toward each other. 'I like her. She is strange, but never cruel. She doesn't bother me when I am not interested in being bothered, and she is not loud, either. She is older than me, though not as much so as my mother, but I think of her as a friend and perhaps a sort of role model. If I was ever going to like a boy, I think I should appreciate a relationship more like Mack's and Devello's than one like Litanu's and Sami's. I am not good or nice or quiet like Mackell, though. I will have to try very hard to be pleasing.' ☒Sami: A mean girl roughly Sez's age, patient at the Institute. Short Description: Sami is small, in much the same way that Seziah is. Unfortunately, she is much more vicious and domineering and has a bad habit of using all of her minute stature for evil. She greets people by biting them, and her games with Sez generally involve Sami trying to injure the other girl in some way. She doesn't care who else is watching or what she is and is not supposed to do. Her attacks come without warning and without apology. She does seem strangely drawn to Litanu. 'We do not get along. Or, I do not think I get along with her, anyway. Sometimes I wonder if she considers us friends. She does give me much more attention than she gives to our other housemates. But she is not very good at giving attention, because all of her attention is bad. I have scars from some of the times she has bitten me, and it is not infrequent that she makes me bleed. It is no fun to be liked by Sami, if that is what this is. But I am not sure if I like her way of liking me less than I like her way of liking Litanu... Together they torment me, and she is another reason I find myself unable to stay in that place.' ❤Smudge: A tall, broad man that silently watches everything, patient at the Institute. Short Description: Just like with Shadow, little is known about Smudge, including his actual name. Seziah isn't even entirely sure where the name 'Smudge' came from, since he doesn't seem like an especially dirty person. She expects it likely happened before her time. He towers over most Earthlings and is broad enough to block out the sun, but he is a gentle giant and seems to be closer friends with Mackell and Devello than with anyone else. 'He does not say much of anything, ever, but he is also not peculiar about it, like Shadow-boy is. He does not bother me, and I do not bother him. We can sit in mutual silence next to each other and both be fine with it, I am sure. He poses no threat to anyone, but sometimes I have the sensation that he might also dislike Sami and Litanu. It is in the way the creases at the corner of his eyes become sharper and faintest pinching of his fingertips. But they probably dislike him too. He seems very patient with everyone else.' ❤Tidan: Seziah's father and the funder for her stay in the Institute. Short Description: Tidan has always loved his wife. When she started having notions of adventure and leaving him for something more exciting, he stopped her by giving her the gift of child. It wasn't what Inala wanted, but it did manage to keep them together. They're still together, despite having sent Seziah away. He worries for his daughter and tries to supply her with things that will keep her happy, but he is always more interested in doing what he thinks is best for his wife. 'He is my father, but he is just okay. We never often did much together, and he did not teach me what was proper and not, like Mother did. I suppose I love him, because that is what daughters do, but I do not mind being away from him. He says that so long as I tell Mother only good things when they visit, he will be sure to send me presents as often as he can. This I am not so sure of. How will he know what to send me to make things better if I cannot tell him what the wrong things are?' ❤Zakeel: The youngest member of the noble household Seziah serves. Short Description: As the youngest son of a noble family, Zakeel has all the play, good fortune, and service that comes from his title, along with none of the responsibility. Unlike his older brother, Yu, Zakeel is selfish, spoiled, and prone to taking a possessive fancy in anything that catches his eye, including 'exotic' submissive females from foreign lands. His interest in Seziah is purely physical, and his attempts to woo her seem far less impressive with Tytus seeming to show an actual interest in her life and well being. 'I have expressed an uncertainty in my feelings regarding this boy. He is a couple years my junior, so I feel it unfair to expect for him to behave perfectly, and I am grateful to him for the opportunity to work within the manor, servicing him... But it is clear that his interests lie only in my looks and 'exoticness.' When he speaks to me of my former life, he does not really seem interested, and I am positive that he cares very little for my feelings as a person. He has never harmed me and is not outwardly rude, but... I still find myself feeling uncomfortable with him.'
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Tendaji (c) kaname423 and Satin Doilee Official Art (c) The Only Black Uke and kaname423 Seziah (c) mine~ All of Seziah's unofficial art is credited in the art post!
