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 Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:28 am
 ___________________________||The List||___________________________
1. Table of Contents
2. Introduction
3. Funds
4. The Character
5. The Animal
6. Art
7. Links
[Got around to reading Joliette's journal, and turns out the island already has a paprazzi nut stalking Vasile gonk I may have to tweak this... xp ] [under major reconstruction! Like, practical rehaul or something. I got a brilliant spark of inspiration the other day so I'm in the process of re-doing Lola's entire character] Questor Information Username: Lady_Brimstone Mule SN's: Lola Snow IoDM Newbie? (Y/N): Yes Serum: 54 CODE for your quest banner(s):n/a for the time being
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:30 am
 ___________________________||The Intro||___________________________
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:41 am
 _______________________||Show me the Money||_______________________
Funds
Pure Gold:
---20,000
Items:
---Coco Kitty
---Whip of Fire
Total:
---50kish
Donators
None Yet
Work Done
Auctions:
---1 Lineart Auction
Things Drawn:
---24 pieces of lineart
---7 bumping prizes
Things Shaded:
---24 pieces of lineart
Costs
5 Multiple Tails (for arctic fox or arctic wolf)
---375k
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:48 am
 ______________________||Her Name Was Lola...||______________________ Name: Lola Snow [a play on the lyrics, "Her name was Lola, she was a show girl" in the song Copacabana. Her parents were huge Barry Manilow fans]
Age: 23
Birthday: January 22
Gender: female
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 140lbs
Hair Color: light brown
Eye Color: gray
Skin Tone: fair (pinkish)
Ethnicity: 1/4 Chinese, 1/2 Irish, 1/4 Czech
Occupation: Photojournalist and Paparazzi
Sexuality: Straight Assexual - Lola occasionally will comment on how a boy is cute or hot, but has no desire for any type of relationship, physical or emotional. She's been approached several of times but has never really wanted to be in a relationship or have fallen head over heels in love (nor wants to). [apparently, being named after the Copacabana song doesnt bring good luck to your love life, who would've thought?] Appearance: Hometown: currently residing in Hollywood. Likes: Photography, Chinese culture, chopsticks, being unique (or weird on purpose), belts, playing BS, color coordinating outfits, cats (despite being allergic to them), playing volleyball (not very well though), running, drawing, and uncovering a big story Dislikes: the color green, writing, PDA, feet, snakes, frogs (bad dissection incident in sixth grade), thunder (has no problem with lightning), loud noises, being told that she isnt Chinese, the idea of perfection, being touched Fears: Wind. When she was five or six she was playing outside when a storm was beginning to brew. A strong gust of wind picked her up and threw her to the ground, scratching her up quite a bit. Twas nothing horrible, but small things tend to tramatize little children. Family: grandmother (100% Chinese), mother, father, four brothers (three older, one younger) Habits: Fixes chopsticks in hair when she's bored, antsy or nervous. Personality: Lola's oldest brother is the perfect son who is great at everything, her second older brother is the rebel, her third older brother is the depressed "I hate life" and her younger brother is the spoiled baby. Surrounded by cliches Lola decided to do something unheard of and completely unique in her family; be normal. So Lola grew up a completely average child, she never really excelled at anything but she never disaterously failed at anything either. Because of this, Lola is determined to work hard to get the results that she wants. She knows that she lacks the natural gift of things to come easy to her, but isnt willing to let that slow her down. However, if Lola doesnt want to do something or isnt particulary fond of an idea, she uses the excuse of "I'll never be able to do it" and quietly slips off. She isnt an idiot, or a ditz, but doesnt spend a lot of time paying attention to details (or even important things) so she can come off as rather... well... oblivious. She has a hard time picking up subtle hints and cant read into people's character very well. Since she never picks up on the bad or even suspicious, and partly because she simply doesnt care about other people or what their thinking/feeling/plotting; she assumes everyone to be good people. She is good hearted deep down, and enjoys helping people. Since she cant distinguish good from bad, and she likes helping people out, it isnt hard to manipulate her. Despite being a social, chatty, bubbly, and pretty much perky individual, Lola prefers nice quiet solitude over the chaotic mess of social interaction (she blames growing up with four brothers to be the cause of that). She interacts, talks, has several friends and doesnt have a problem going up to stranger and asking them a question or striking up a conversation, but she would much rather be by herself in her room doing a project of some sorts rather than be out partying. She has some slight issues with being touched, especially if she doesnt know the person very well, and ever since seeing The Emperor's New Groove she screams " No Touchy"! Being one fourth Chinese, Lola likes to think that she is cultured, and knows everything about the Chinese culture; except her grandmother (100% Chinese) was adopted by an American family when she was a baby and everyone is Lola's family was raised in Iowa, causing Lola to grow up being rather ignorant on Chinese culture in general. The recent American obsession with Asian cultures doesnt help Lola at all, only causing her to be more and more vocal about being cultured (even though she isnt). She often says made-up Chinese proverbs found in her fortune cookies at the Irish own Chinese restaurant downtown, and she says them in the most inappropiate situations where they are completely unrevelant. She likes to pull her hair up with several chopsticks, even though she doesnt do it at all like its supposed to. (It falls down several times a day leading her pull it back up, she tends to perfect her loose chopsticks when she is nervous, antsy, or bored).
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:49 am
 ________________________||The Rap Sheet||________________________
Lola has always been, well, average. Her oldest brother, Lewis, always did everything perfect and was the best; her next oldest brother, Lex, never did anything at all; her older brother, Lloyd, was never very good at anything; and her younger brother, Linus, could do no wrong because he was the baby. Lola was somewhere in the middle, never doing particulary well or particulary bad. Just average. Lola tried everything to find something that she was great at, heck, she even would settle for good. But she just couldnt find anything that she had a knack for, with the exception of poetry, in which case she was horrible at it. Since she was constantly overshadowed by her brother's extreme personalities growing up (she could never do better than Lewis and could never do worse than Lex or Lloyd), Lola began, at a young age, being different in an effort to stand out from her brothers. Back then, it was cute, like when she put Kool-Aid in her hair turning it a bright blue that wouldnt wash out for two weeks, or when she drew on her skin with permanent markers giving herself "tattoos") and when she reffered to herself in third person as "Madame Lola". But the cuteness just grew more and more outrageous as Lola grew up, her attempt to being different getting wilder and wilder as she reached high school. Around the age of 15, Lola began using her Chinese heritage as another attempt to stand out not only in her household, but in the ever competitve life of high school. Lola's grandmother (on her father's side) was born in China and is a pure blood Chinese. She was adopted as an infant to a traditional American couple living in Iowa and has grown up as an Iowan, never once visiting China or meeting with her birth family. So hereditary wise, Lola is one fourth Chinese, but culture-wise, she is zero percent Chinese. She THINKS she's really knowledgable in the Chinese culture, but she isnt, which makes for humorous moments. In an effort to be different Lola tends to exaggerate her "Chinese culture". She wears four pairs of chopsticks in her hair which gives her a crazy spiky hair look, tells random Chinese proverbs (that arent really Chinese, but made up in some department in Philadephia and shipped off to Chinese restaurants across the country) at times when they don't apply, and is constantly getting facts about the Chinese wrong. She is as culturally ignorant as you can get, but she doesnt realize it. In high school, Lola learned a valuable lesson, you dont have to be good at something in order to enjoy it. This came in the form of photography for her. Her teacher was never very impressed with her work, and was constantly nagging at her to pick a style; journalism or artistic. Lola couldnt really explain to anyone what the difference between the two were, so she just did her own thing. It paid off, and on Lola's wall she has a plaque that she recieved for placing third place in the Best Clubs/Organizations Photo Contest at the state journalism level. Granted, there were only five participants (placing Lola as, once again, average) and the photo was accidently taken as Lola was cleaning the lens to her precious digital SLR. But she doesnt tell people that. Lola graduated high school with a B average; some As, some Cs but mostly Bs. Undecided for college, Lola packed her bags with a friend and decided to backpack (by backpack, she means drive around aimlessly) across the US. While staying in Phoenix, they stayed at a cheap motel to save some cash. While checking in, Lola recgonized the new hot rich young star off of some reality TV series (who happened to be married) checking in with a hot young woman (who wasnt his wife). Camera always on hand, Lola and her friend tiptoed and followed them to where their room was. And Lola snapped away as the star and woman kissed and held hands, then entered the sleazy motel room. That night, the two girls called up a tabloid magazine and emailed their story and pictures. They each made an easy 10 grand that night. Lola then realized her dream job. It involved her passion, and as long as she had a nice zoom lens and new a vast understanding of how to work her camera (which she did) she could make a pretty nice living stalking celebrities. Lola finished her trip, then packed her bags and moved to Hollywood. Quote: How Does You Character Get to the Island? [ PLEASE NOTE: I would like to get permission from Kamiki and IoDM staff before using this idea, since it ties in with the character, Vasile. And if this idea works out and I somehow miracuously get on the island, Lola will be spending some time stalking Vasile. Humorously, mind you xd ] Being in the celebrity stalker business, Lola has made quite a few friends and a whole lot of enemies. Bigtime editors at the local, nation and a few international tabloids have Lola on their speed dial and send her a card at New Years. However, the local stars, their managers, directors, and a number of rich heirs have Lola on their LOATHE list. Dedicated, clever, and good with faces (but horrible with names, she has a large memory on her picture phone that lists the stars alphabetically. Most of the time her hints will tell her what roles they have done and Lola will know their face instantly) she does an excellant job of waiting for hours, following, and even seeing through star's disguises. She wasnt the best of the paprazzi, because she still gives the stars some respect (she doesnt yell at them or get terribly close, and at times even put away her camera when asked) but she was climbing through the ranks quickly, and her ever growing apartments proved that fact. After the mysterious disapperance of the world famous star, Vasile DiRossi, Godzilla 2005 became an instant hint and Vasile's former director and manager rose through the ranks of their respective proffessions faster than their talents would've previously allowed. After recieving a hint from a local prostitute that Lola played cards with every Tuesday, Lola staked one of the sleaziest streets a few cities over from Hollywood. And the hint paid off, the director of Godzilla 2005 drove down the street, parked his car and proceeded to talk to a nearby prostitute. After handing her at thick wad of bills, the prostitute got into the car and the two proceeded to have Rated R fun; and all the while Lola was snapping away with her camera undedetected in the safety on her car. But fortune had smiled too long on Lola, and her life proceeded to go downhill in the form of a fender bender. A drunk civilian misinterpreted the distance between his car and Lola's, and while trying to park his car he rammed speed on into Lola. Hearing the racket, the movie director looked up to see a frazzled Lola speed off. With her crazy hair up in chopsticks and her CHINESE PRIDE bumper sticker, the director had no troubles recgonizing her. So no prizes for guessing who called Lola when she was three blocks down; and he had a very generous offer if she didnt send out the photos until after they had a meeting. He proceeded to tell her that he would pay her handsomely if she waited until tomorrow, and had an offer for her if she would sell him the rights to the photos. Now at this time, Lola wasnt interested in the money but making a name for herself. So the thought of a bigger catch coming along than the director of Godzilla 2005 didnt seem promising, but Lola was always open to offers. So the next day she carried a CD with the burned images (all copied mind you, the duplicates were safetly stored in her safe at home) to the movie directors office. There, he paid her for waiting and told her of a bigger story than his. The doubt was clearly on Lola's face, so he wasted no time in pleading his case. The disappearance of Vasile was no accident, he explained, and rather, the star is hiding out on a tropical island while the media grew frenzied over his so called death. Then, when the climax had reached it's pinnacle, Vasile would return with a valiant tale of his adventures. It was all merely a plot to make him more famous. Lola laughed at this. The director then produced a document. He explained that if she signed the copyrights of the photos over to him, then he would give her a helicopter ride to Vasile's hideout. There, she could exploit him for the fraud that he is and make herself the most famous paparazzi, no, photojournalist, that ever came to Hollywood. Then he pointed to the fourth paragraph. He explained that if she couldnt find Vasile, then the copyrights would return to her and she could exploit him for the womanizing, adulterous man that he was. The document was legit, Lola read over it three times, and the director looked sincere. And she couldnt lie, the idea of exploiting Vasile and jumping through the ranks overnite excited Lola beyond her dreams. So Lola signed the papers, gave the director the CD, packed her bags, and was on the helicopter that night. Quote: On the Island: Doctor Moreau wants Lola because she can easily disappear (shes so flimsy and forgetful she hasnt called or contacted her family in months, they're used to her wild adventures) and paprazzi are notorious for coming and going at the tip of a hat, and never returning when a better offer comes along. Moreau also wants her because of her sexual orientation; she's assexual. Moreau has been experimenting with changing victim's preferences in partners, but he has yet to try to make someone more or less sexually active. Lola's personality is also in the extreme of optimisitic; she can see a perk in almost every situation and very few things ever get her down. With the help of the new psycologist, Frost, Moreau wants to see how far she can go with the effects of the serums; how much pain and will affect the personality, how the animal instincts begins to take over the human mind-- since Lola is so open, honest, and, well, oblivious, she wont hide any of the questions that the doctors ask of her and any sort of depression or decrease of optimisim will be most apparent in her. Frost would also be most interested in how the serums affects her allergies to fur. When Lola first gets to the island, she is going to be disappointed when she finds out she wasnt the first to try and track down Vasile, a disspointment that wont go unnoticed by Moreau. Once again Lola is proven to be average, and it begins to irk her (and she takes an instant dislike to Joliette). Taking advantage of the situation (and since candid shots is one of her specialities-- her only in fact) Moreau hires Lola on as a "wild-life" photographer to keep an eye on his subjects. Lola thinks she is being hired to spy on the actors and make sure that they are in character (and since Moreau gave her specific directions to follow Vasile and that she could keep his shots after she decides to leave) she agrees to stay on full-heartedly (like she has a choice). Thus begins Lola's stalker antics, which includes (but are not limited to) hiding in trash cans, in trees, in people's showers, and underneath tables. Since she loves the natural look of candid shots, she hates posed pictures with a passion and doesnt like to be around when people know that she is there. Quote: Things in the suitcase: 1. Digital SLR camera & accessories (batteries, chargeable batteries, a hand-held printer, etc.) 2. A notebook with a pencil 3. 9 different pairs of chopsticks 4. a victorian fan (that Lola swears up and down is Chinese) 5. a bag of clothing 6. a picture taking cellphone (which would later either be taken away, stolen, or just be useless) 7. A book of Chinese proverbs 8. 9. 10. Quote: What do you think really makes this concept? Why you? While going through the RPs of current islanders, the questing threads of island hopefuls, I noticed something; nearly every character is really serious. Im a comedic at heart; not a very good one, but a good majority of my writing style is more-so humorous than it is serious. I know that the IoDM is supposed to be serious, and I love all the serious plots, but I think it would be interesting to throw in a character for comedic purposes. A stalker at heart, and a pretty bad journalist, Lola could be quite funny as the writer out to uncover a huge coverup, only to find that the huge "cover-up" was exactly what everyone was telling her all along. And her stalking random characters like Vasile is just screaming funny xd On a more serious note, Lola's character is always trying to find a way to differentiate herself from everyone else, so although she may be shocked at first, I think she will grow to really like her changes and how she is "one of a kind".
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:51 am
 ________________________||The Inspiration||________________________
Choice of Animals
1. Artic Fox
2. Snow Leopard Congrats for making it to the island, Risth!! heart
3. Ermine
4. Arctic Wolf
5. a Porcupine (to make fun of her spiky hair with excessive amounts of chopsticks blaugh )
6. Chipmunk
Arctic Fox Common Name: Arctic Fox, white fox  Scientific Classification: KINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Carnivora FAMILY: Canidae GENUS SPECIES: Alopex lagopus Characteristics & Information: DESCRIPTION: The artic fox has thicky, bushy fur and a long, fluffy tail. During the winter its fur is white, thick and dense; during the summer it changes to a shorter brown/gray coat. A less common coloration is the blue fox, which has blue-gray fur in the winter and dark grew fur in the summer. SIZE: 108cm or 43in WEIGHT: 6-10lbs DIET: small mammals, insects, seabirds, fish, seals, berries, carrior and stool. They stock up on food during the summer and store a surplus in their dens for winter. GESTATION: 49-57 days. A typical litter is 5-8 pups. Females usually have one litter between April and June and a second during July or August. Arctic foxes reach sexual maturity at 10 months. LIFE SPAN: 14-18 years HABITAT: Arctic and alpine tundra (treeless areas) typically in coastal areas. They build low mounds in the open tundra or in a pile of rocks at the base of a cliff. They are found in the arctic regions of Eurasion, North America, Greenland and Iceland. Ideal 100%: Nothing fancy, just the typical fox anthro form. Covered in white fur and her brown hair is now white with a fluffy white tail. Her grey eyes can stay the same or changed to any color, no preferences. No more human ears, only fox ears. Longer nails. If she can still wear her chopsticks I would be estactic. Why This Animal for Your Character? : Lola is sociable and very friendly, but she doesnt let people close to her. Theres no particular reason, she just doesnt like to be touched and has never felt the need for a relationship (shes kind of leaning towards the asexual side of things). Arctic foxes live in groups and mate for life, so I think it would be fun to push her to become less of a loner and more of a people/animal person. And for her develop feelings for someone would be fun. Shes a virgin so maybe her first time can result in a pregnancy, which would make an interesting twist for the transformations. Just an idea, it can easily be ditched. I wanted Lola to have an arctic animal so she can develop into the "Ice Queen" persona. Where she used to be sociable and friendly but a loner, I want her to become closer to others and develop close relationships and want to hang out with people as she becomes more and more withdrawn and, somber, and apathetic Ermine Common Name: ermine  Scientific Classification: KINGDOM: PHYLUM: CLASS: ORDER: FAMILY: GENUS SPECIES: Mustela erminea Characteristics & Information: DESCRIPTION: in winter, its fur is pure white except for a black-tipped tail. In the summer the upperparts are brown, the tail is still tipped black, and the legs, sides and chest are a creamy white. SIZE: (females) 8.5-10.25 inches WEIGHT: DIET: primarily small rodents; also reptiles, fish, birds, eggs, inscets, worms, and carrion. GESTATION: 4-9 offspring every spring LIFE SPAN: HABITAT: It has a wide range throughout Northwestern Ontario in coniferous and mixedwood forests. They also exists in shrub areas, lakeshores and forest edges. RANDOM: Ermines have a high metabolism, which makes them agile and effective hunters, but their slim body demands that they constatly eat to survive. Even during winter, it is constantly storing food for colder months. Ideal 100%: Why This Animal for Your Character? : I wanted Lola to have an arctic animal so she can develop into the "Ice Queen" persona. Where she used to be sociable and friendly but a loner, I want her to become closer to others and develop close relationships and want to hang out with people as she becomes more and more withdrawn and, somber, and apathetic Arctic Wolf Common Name:  Scientific Classification: KINGDOM: PHYLUM: CLASS: ORDER: FAMILY: GENUS SPECIES: Canis lupus arctos Characteristics & Information: DESCRIPTION: SIZE: WEIGHT: DIET: GESTATION: LIFE SPAN: HABITAT: Ideal 100%: Why This Animal for Your Character? : I wanted Lola to have an arctic animal so she can develop into the "Ice Queen" persona. Where she used to be sociable and friendly but a loner, I want her to become closer to others and develop close relationships and want to hang out with people as she becomes more and more withdrawn and, somber, and apathetic Porcupine Common Name: porcupine, spiky thingy (okay, so maybe only I call it that)  Scientific Classification: KINGDOM: PHYLUM: CLASS: ORDER: FAMILY: GENUS SPECIES: Erethizon dorsatum Characteristics & Information: DESCRIPTION: yellowish-brown in color, darker in the back. Back and tail covered with thousands of sharp-pointed quills. Short legs. SIZE: 2-3 feet WEIGHT: DIET: Mostly a herbivore. Eats leaves from shrubs and trees, a variety of boreal forest herbs, inner bark and needs of trees (preferable white pine). Porcupines like salt and will anything with a high sodium content. It will wade into ponds for waterlilies and other water plants that have high sodium levels. Occasionally, porcupines will eat man-made objects such as oars, boat seats, and outhouses. GESTATION: one offspring a year, rarely two. LIFE SPAN: HABITAT: NATURAL PREDATORS: fisher, bobcat, lynx, coyote, gray wolf, red fox, horned owl RANDOM: Porcupines thrive in large numbers. They can climbs trees. They use their quills as a defense to their predators. When a quill penetrates the flesh of an attacker, the muscles of the victim draw it in deeper, causing festering and even death. Ideal 100%: Hopefully, Lola could be covered in dark brown/black fur, especially on the belly and front of the body. The quills would mostly come from her back and backside. I would like her to still have her natural hair and chopsticks, no quills on her head. (In nature, porcupines dont have quills on their heads, but roll up in a ball to avoid attackers). I have no idea how this could work for her clothes xd Everything would end up in shreds... Why This Animal for Your Character? : Mostly to make fun of Lola's crazy hairdo. Also, a good majority of the animals on the island seem to be predators (from my observation at least). This would be one more prey to attempt to even things out (and I dont think anyone wouldnt enjoy scenes were people are constantly being poked, proded and cut by her quills xd ). I originally thought of a hedgehog, but since that is already taken, a porcupine is close enough 3nodding Chipmunk Common Name:  Scientific Classification: KINGDOM: PHYLUM: CLASS: ORDER: FAMILY: GENUS SPECIES: Tamias minimus Characteristics & Information: DESCRIPTION: SIZE: WEIGHT: DIET: GESTATION: LIFE SPAN: HABITAT: Ideal 100%: Why This Animal for Your Character? :
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:54 am
 ___________________________||The Album||___________________________
Being a digital photographer, Lola has a habit of printing her favorite photos and stashing them in her multiple albums, or putting them in her bags/pockets, or using them for obscure things, like bookmarks. Ironically though, she doesnt own a single frame. Fanart from Mobster Lobster heart ideal 0% ideal 100%
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:44 pm
 ________________________||The Connections||________________________
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 12:15 pm
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 12:20 pm
Okay, people can post now if they want. I accept and love critiques of any form 3nodding Just no flaming please, although I wouldnt expect that here xd
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:00 pm
Why do I keep thinking that I can color in photoshop? confused xd I'll get this headshot of Lola done eventually...
Ive started a lineart auction in a feeble attempt to raise funds for Sabin's auction xd This should have... interesting results. I dont know how many more blows my artistic ego can take rofl
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:57 pm
What Contest are you entering (in this post)? +++NEWBIE Character Name: +++Lola Snow [a play on the lyrics, "Her name was Lola, she was a show girl" in the song Copacabana. Her parents were huge Barry Manilow fans] Character Appearance (Human): You may include Ref. Images. [ X] +++24 year old female with pinkish skin (not pale, but not tan). She is about 5'11" with light grey eyes. She has thick light brown hair that goes past her shoulders, but she usually keeps it up in a mess of about four-ten chopsticks. At around 140 pounds she is healthy for her height. She is proud of her flat stomach and tends to wear low capris to show if off along with short T-shirts with bright graphics or sayings such as "Assexuals: we have T-shirts". Character Personality: +++Surrounded by a household of brother's that were either child prodigys, or complete failures Lola became well... average. She never really excelled at anything but she never disaterously failed at anything either. Because of this, Lola is determined to work hard to get the results that she wants. She knows that she lacks the natural gift of things to come easy to her, but isnt willing to let that slow her down. However, if Lola doesnt want to do something or isnt particulary fond of an idea, she uses the excuse of "I'll never be able to do it" and quietly slips off. Being average though has gotten on Lola's nerves since she was a child. What began with dying her hair with blue kool-aid, or changing her name to "Madame Lola" when she was in Elementry school soon became an obsession to become "original". +++She isnt an idiot, or a ditz, but doesnt spend a lot of time paying attention to details (or even important things) so she can come off as rather... well... oblivious. She has a hard time picking up subtle hints and cant read into people's character very well. +++Despite being a social, chatty, bubbly, and pretty much perky individual, Lola prefers nice quiet solitude over the chaotic mess of social interaction. She interacts, talks, has several friends and doesnt have a problem going up to stranger and asking them a question or striking up a conversation, but she would much rather be by herself in her room doing a project of some sorts rather than be out partying. She has some slight issues with being touched, especially if she doesnt know the person very well, and although she is rather flirtateous and finds the occasional male to be attractice; Lola is completely assexual. (Meaning she has no desires to get into a relationship or has felt the hormones to jump in bed with someone). [apparently, being named after the Copacabana song doesnt bring good luck to your love life, who would've thought?] +++Being one fourth Chinese, Lola likes to think that she is cultured, and knows everything about the Chinese culture; except her grandmother (100% Chinese) was adopted by an American family when she was a baby and everyone is Lola's family was raised in Iowa, causing Lola to grow up being rather ignorant on Chinese culture in general. The recent American obsession with Asian cultures doesnt help Lola at all, only causing her to be more and more vocal about being cultured (even though she isnt). She often says made-up Chinese proverbs found in her fortune cookies at the Irish own Chinese restaurant downtown, and she says them in the most inappropiate situations where they are completely unrevelant. She likes to pull her hair up with several chopsticks, even though she doesnt do it at all like its supposed to. (It falls down several times a day leading her pull it back up, she tends to perfect her loose chopsticks when she is nervous, antsy, or bored). Having a birthday in January, Lola mistakenly thinks that she is a Pig of the Chinese zodiac, when she is really a dog. Character Background:+++In high school, Lola learned a valuable lesson, you dont have to be good at something in order to enjoy it. This came in the form of photography for her. Her teacher was never very impressed with her work, and was constantly nagging at her to pick a style; journalism or artistic. Lola couldnt really explain to anyone what the difference between the two were, so she just did her own thing. It paid off, and on Lola's wall she has a plaque that she recieved for placing third place in the Best Clubs/Organizations Photo Contest at the state journalism level. Granted, there were only five participants (placing Lola as, once again, average) and the photo was accidently taken as Lola was cleaning the lens to her precious digital SLR. But she doesnt tell people that. +++Lola graduated high school with a B average; some As, some Cs but mostly Bs. Undecided for college, Lola packed her bags with a friend and decided to backpack (by backpack, she means drive around aimlessly) across the US. While staying in Phoenix, they stayed at a cheap motel to save some cash. There, they noticed a former reality TV series star buying drugs from a local thug. Camera always on hand, Lola snapped a few shots discretly and promptly emailed them to a tabloid magazine, make an easy couple hundred dollars. Lola then realized her dream job. It involved her passion, and as long as she had a nice zoom lens and had a sneaky nature (which she did, courtesy of growing up with four brothers) she could make a pretty nice living stalking celebrities. Lola finished her trip, then packed her bags and moved to Hollywood. How does your Character get to/why was your character chosen for the Island?Being in the celebrity stalker business, Lola has made quite a few friends and a whole lot of enemies. After the disapperance of Vasile, Godzilla 2005 became an instant hint and his former manager and director rose through the ranks of stardom faster than their talents should've allowed. While following a hot tip that the director was cheating on his wife with common prostitutes, Lola's life proceeded to go downhill in the form of a fender bender. Stranded with a wrecked car and a camera filled with incriminating evidence just waiting for the tabloid presses, the director proposed an exchange. Her photos for the location of Vasile. According to him, Vasile's disappearance was actually a plot they put together to jumpstart Godzilla 2005's publicity, and the hot young actor was currently on an island "getting into character" for an upcoming film and his sudden reappearance. After making him sign a few papers that assured the photos would be returned to her if this all became a sham, the director arranged for a free helicopter ride to the island. Lola packed and was on her way to the island before dawn broke. A good paprazzi doesnt need sleep when a supposedly dead actor has resurfaced. What Serum do you want?: +++54 and 113(arctic fox) (willing to pay for four extra tails in the event of winning) Describe your ideal 100% appearance:
You may include Ref. Images. [ X] +++Nothing fancy, just the typical fox anthro form. Covered in completely white fur and her brown hair is now white with five fluffy white tails. Her grey eyes can stay the same or changed to any color, no preferences. No more human ears, only fox ears. Longer nails. If she can still wear her chopsticks I would be estactic. Not that it would affect the appearance, but in the end she would be much more sexual. Why this animal/plant for your character?: +++The irony of it. Lola thinks she knows all this stuff about the Chinese culture, but is constantly messing it up. She begins to think that she is turning into a kitsune, due to her Chinese roots, except she fails to register that the kitsune is a Japanese mythological figure. Also, Lola is sociable and very friendly, but she doesnt let people close to her. Arctic foxes live in groups and mate for life, so I think it would be fun to push her to lose her loner qualities and more of a people/animal person. And for her develop feelings for someone would be fun as she sheds her assexual stance. What do you think really makes this concept? Why you?+++While going through the RPs of current islanders, the questing threads of island hopefuls, I noticed something; nearly every character is really serious. Im a comedic at heart; not a very good one, but a good majority of my writing style is more-so humorous than it is serious. I know that the IoDM is supposed to be serious, and I love all the serious plots, but I think it would be interesting to throw in a character for comedic purposes. A stalker at heart, and a pretty bad journalist, Lola could be quite funny as the writer out to uncover a huge coverup, only to find that the huge "cover-up" was exactly what everyone was telling her all along. And her stalking random characters like Vasile is just screaming funny. Even after she finds out the truth about the island, she hates posed pictures and loves candid shots so the stalking will most likely continue. Also, I could be wrong because I havent gone through everyone's RPs yet, but I havent noticed an assexual character yet. This is one that Moreau and Frost can have fun observing and well... tweaking with. +++As for why me... yikes... I've lurked IoDM since the beginning of it, quietly admiring the breedables shop from afar. I always loved to browse the breedable forum but never felt "regularish" enough to commit to one. I hail from the Writers Forum, where I've been a reg for almost all of my two years of being on Gaia. Im very picky about commitment, it takes a lot for me to come out and say "I like this idea, I want to be apart of it" so when I do, you know that I am going to take the time to work with it. I work well with others, and growing up with several sibilings you learn how to compromise. PROMPT: ((This RP prompt does NOT need to fit into your canon backstory, this is a sample of your RP)) B Quote: Short attention spans like Lola's made long trips difficult for her. Staring out the window was suprisingly occupying, but when the view is nothing but water for as far as the eye can see, it becomes hard to tell if you're actually moving at all or just looking at the same picture over and over again. After an hour, the never-ending blue grew boring, and Lola turned her attention towards the pilot-- Jakes was his name? Or maybe it was Joel... something with a J. Names never were her strong feature. He seemed a bit nervous, or maybe he was ill? He hardly moved since she boarded the helicopter, only looking at her for the briefest moment when he helped her on. Maybe he was excited. Reading emotions wasnt something she prided herself on. "How much longer to the island?" she called out to the front. No response. He didnt even acknowledge her, or move for that matter. Maybe he didnt hear her. "So where are you from? Or do they make you stay in the helicopter all the time" Lola joked, perhaps some humor would wake him from his daze. Still no answer. Now this was just getting rude. Or maybe he couldnt hear her, the sounds of the blades were awfully loud...Maybe he was unconcious... or dead... or worse-- daydreaming. A moment of panic crossed Lola's mind at this thought. A flick of his wrist to the control panel to push some buttons squashed all of Lola's imaginitive assumptions. So much for some adventure on this ride. Lola pulled out her sudoku puzzle book and began working on a new puzzle. She was a whiz at these things as long as she could finish them in less than five minutes. After that, her attention span gave out and she became exponentially slow with each passing second. "I sure do love these Sudokus" she said aloud to herself in mock of the fact that he couldnt hear her. "Good ole Chinese for creating them. Brilliant folks they are." "Hoosier" the big man said. At first, Lola was so shocked to hear another voice it took her a few seconds to register that it was the pilot who spoke. "Excuse me?" she said, more suprised than rude. "Modern Sudokus were created by a Hoosier, a man who lived in Indianpolis. The Japanese popularized them 1980s, if that is what you meant." Lola should've been embarrassed at her ignorance, but her excitement at the man finally speaking overrided the previous emotion. "You could hear me all along! You scoundrel!" she grabbed her carryon bag and moved up to the co-pilot's chair, a violation no doubt of some code or another, but the pilot stared ahead taking no notice and voicing no concern. "So tell me about the island!" Lola chattered on "I can't even find it on a map, Im sure that moronic director gave me the wrong coordinates. There's no way we're off the coast of New Zealand!!! ...or are we? Is the water this blue off the coast of New Zealand?" At the mention of the island, the man's mouth split into a large grin, almost manaicly Lola observed, like an evil villain from a Saturday morning cartoon, and he began to laugh. Well, not really laugh, more like cackle. The rest of his facial features were hidden from his pilot's helmet, but the way he was cackling with that broad smile but yet remaing so still and rigid sent a chill up Lola's spine. "You want to know about the island?" he taunted "Oh, there is SO much you don't know about the island!!!" His emphasis on the word island didn't give Lola a good vibe. Oddly enough, at the moment a green fuzz became apparent on the horizon. Lola took a guess and figured that it was the island. "The island is like a ******** one-way, all-expense trip to Hell's Gates, thats what the island is like. Unsuspecting people, you goddamn gullible unsuspecting people are lured to it for some many ******** reasons I cant even keep the stories right. Who ever runs the ******** advertising for this godforsaken island sure is ******** brilliant!!!" he began laughing maniacly at this point and yet his head still faced straight, body as rigid as ever. "You're all going to change, once they give you that shot, oh you're so unbelievely ******** once you get that shot. No cure, no vaccine. Disease my ******** a**, they're giving you something worse than any disease mother nature can even CONCEIVE!!! You're going to change, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. You'll wish that you would die, but you cant, because they control that, they ******** control everything!!" The island covered up the windshield at this point, and Lola could make out a landing area, complete with a jeep off to the side and a man with white hair and a bright orange shirt. Talk about visual beacon. Any other person would've been confused as all hell at this point if not downright scared to s**t. But Lola was a different breed, she was used to working with crazy lunatics who went off on rants about controling everything; she was a celebrity stalker after all. "You want to know about the island, oh the lovely ******** island, you wish you knew about it. We're all his puppets, goddamn Moreau, even the ******** island is his puppet. There is no way you can stop it. Once you get out of the helicopter, once that needle is put into your arm, the strings are attached. You're his, you're so ******** SCREWED. You wont even be able to kill yourself, you're so ******** SCREWED." The whirs of the blades grew louders as the helicopter slowly lowered down. Lola almost chucked to herself, it all made sense now. That damn director, he put the pilot up to this no doubt. He was trying to scare her away from finding Vasile so he could profit from his valient "rebirth". Well, that double-crossing back stabbing whore-screwing neanderthal! She wasn't so easily scared as other celebrity stalkers, this was a cut throat business and some "spooky island" wasnt enough to make her squirm. With a jolt the helicopter landed. The pilot turned towards her for the first time and reached across her lap. With a single motion he whipped her door open and held his plastered smile. "Enjoy your stay, Miss Snow, because you're going to get to know the island pretty damn well.
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:45 pm
New lineart auction in the works 3nodding And Gaia's new layout has screwed up my quest threads layout, so I will be re-doing the setup sometime this weekend.
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