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 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:11 pm
 Welcome to the journal of Karl and Taylor. As is true of most journals, this one is private and should only be written in by Karl, Taylor, and their designated friends.
If you would like to house your own interplanetary criminal, please visit us at the ICRS.
Interplanetary Criminal's Name: Ryykt
Crime: Being an illegally created species, murder, and assassination.
Date of Sentencing: 1/31/07
Guardian: Taylor Penrose (Lupe_Oceana)
Stage: Toddler
Gender: Male
Approximate Height: Bigger than a baby
Eye Color: Luminous, pale blue
Hair Color: Dark red, fading to black
Skin Color: Dark blue-gray
Other Distinguishing Features: Silvery markings, concentrated on his limbs, large bat ears, long nails, lil' bone spurs near his ankles.
Likes: ???
Dislikes: ???
Significant Other: ???
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:07 am
(contents)
1. Archie's post
2. Contents
3. Rules
4. Important events
5. The planet
6. The criminal
7. The gaian
8. The guardian
9. Pictures
10. Friends
11. Family
12. Home
13. Stuff
14. Reserved
15. Credits
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:09 am
(rules)
1. Archie Saturn may post. I can post. NOBODY else can post, okay? If you want RP, PM me. If you want to drop off a gift or something, PM me. Sorry, I'm just a control freak about my journals like that.
2. No stealing the art. It rocks hardcore, but it's not yours. Breaking this rule will force me to disembowel you with a toaster.
3. Karl is not for sale, so don't ask.
4. There is no rule 4.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:11 am
(events)
1/26/07- Ryykt gets blasted off into space.
1/31/07- Ryykt, now a squishy baby named Karl, crash-lands on Gaia and is promptly adopted by Taylor. Huzzah?
4/20/07- TODDLER Y'ALL.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:13 am
(homeworld)
The Planet
Arana is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful planets in the known universe. The Arnathians have completely tamed their home world, and the whole planet could be considered one huge garden. Cities are clean and pollution-free, the wildest forests are cleaned of all dangerous animals and plants, and every inch of nature is groomed to be as pleasing as possible.
The aforementioned cities are generally multi-layered: huge towers with streets branching off from building to building. There are usually small gardens on every level, and the buildings are designed to fit well with the natural environment.
The technology is highly advanced, and Arnathian scientists and engineers are some of the most highly valued workers in their solar system.
Of course, anything this nice-looking can’t really be all that great underneath. Tourists don’t know it, but most cities of Arna are, essentially, run by very high-tech gangs, with the main factions always coming up with new ways to get into fights and assassinate the crap out of each other. The government turns a blind eye to this as long as it can, because the gangs have the technology to completely annihilate the largest cities, and they have threatened to do it if the government steps in.
The Gang System
There are approximately twelve major gangs in Nyr City (where Ryykt is from). Most are named after a color mixed with the name of an animal. The Red Cranes are the most powerful, followed by the Blue Dragons. Gangs basically fight for domination of territory. The more territory a gang has, the more money it can squeeze out of the government in exchange for not blowing the place sky-high. Plus, it's a status thing.
Territory and rank in the pecking order are determined by fights, which may appear haphazard but actually follow a strict set of unspoken rules. The territory up for grabs is defined before the fight begins, as is the number of participants each side is entering. Projectile or laser weapons are prohibited, but any other weapon can be used. Killing is completely legal, and the last side standing wins. There are also more subtle ways of climbing the gang ladder: assassinations of leaders are common.
Most gang members devote their time to training for fights or acquiring new weapons. Ryykt basically qualifies as a weapon.
Akanats
Strictly illegal under Arnathian law, an akanat is a genetically modified Arnathian. The technology for greating an akanat was banned years ago, but it still flourishes in underground circles. Scientists with the knowledge and equipment are in high demand, and they charge exorbitant fees for their services.
Gang leaders are the typical customers for akanats. They often order one created to their particular specifications, then train the child to be, essentially, a living weapon.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:14 am
(criminal)Name: Ryykt
Name meaning: 29. That's it. He's got a number, not a name
Gender: Male
Age: 20 (just about equal to the same age in Earth years)
Species: Akanat (genetically modified Arnathian)
Appearance/Distinguishing features: Green skin and bluish-green hair. His haircut is pretty sloppy- maybe he did it himself? His eyes are vivid red with no pupils. He's also got some wicked cool elbow spikes and tail spikes. And he certainly likes his bright colors for clothing. The top is designed for easy wing movement, because he has to fly a lot when fighting.
Looks like he's gotten pretty scarred up during his life, and that tattoo on his neck just causes more problems (it's basically a serial number, and marks him as gang property).
Important: Ryykt does NOT look like the average Arnathian. Most Arnathians are shorter, have shorter, thicker tails, have blue or green eyes, and don't have the pointy elbow things. All these changes are thanks to Ryykt's genetic modifications.
Yes, he can fly with those wings, though only for short distances. They're stronger then they look, and Arnathians have a super-light body structure.
Talents: Incredible karate skills. He's proficient with every weapon imaginable, and just as deadly with bare-handed combat. His skills lie in speed, rather then power. He also has some handy genetic modifications. He can see in infrared (good for pinpointing internal organs), and his elbow and tail spikes are tipped with a poison that causes local paralysis.
Personality: As meek and submissive as they come. Ryykt has both a powerful need to please everyone around him, and a paralyzing fear of failure (and therefore displeasing everyone). He lives in constant fear of his owner, but is desperate to make sure he stays happy. So he's always a little jumpy and very, very nervous, afraid of making a wrong step. If anything whatsoever goes wrong, he's convinced that it's his fault and has to make up for it.
Thanks to the conditioning his owners put him through, Ryykt has no concept of pain for other people. He knows, very well, what pain is, but he hasn't made the connection that he can inflict it on others. And he hasn't quite figured out what death is, either. So he can be put through the most brutal fights with no worry of him having any ethical qualms. Basically, in his mind, Ryykt killing stuff = happy owners = good.
His general perception of the world is innocent and childlike. He can't read and doesn't know much about anything outside his small world of fighting, so most of his concerns are simple and self-centered. He likes bright colors and pretty things like string, and plays with them when nobody's looking.
History: Ryykt created for the use of one of his home planet's most powerful gangs, the Red Cranes (name translated; the original is 27 characters long and involves an irrational amount of 'q's). From his birth, he was trained to be an incredible martial artist, with skills for street fighting and assassination. They then used him to take down the leaders of rival gangs and win nearly every fight that broke out. In a short time, the Red Cranes rose to top dog status.
Zarnn, the leader of the gang, was very harsh on Ryykt. He treated Ryykt with a minimal amount of kindness, but that's only because he paid big bucks for his little test-tube-assassin-made-to-order. Most of his time with Ryykt was spent in training: weapons, weaponless fighting, general physical workout- and if Ryykt didn't perform up to standards, Zarnn punished him mercilessly. Still, he was very protective of his prize possession.
The same couldn't be said for the other gang members. Ryykt just creeped them out. He was almost too good at fighting, and his disregard for pain and suffering was scary. So they arranged to have him "taken care of."
Entered in a fake fight, Ryykt was nearly fatally shot and left for dead. When the police found him, they knew he was an illegal species- but they were afraid to meddle in gang business. So, following the idea of "out of sight, out of mind," they shoved Ryykt into an ICRS pod and fired him into space.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:46 am
(gaian) Name: Karl Penrose
Gender: Male
Age: Baby-aged?
Species: ....your guess is as good as mine...
Appearance: Dark gray skin with weird silver markings, blue eyes, long red-black hair, bat ears, and extremely pointy extremities. He likes wearing anything colorful, especially his bead bracelet. The piercings are Diacyn's fault. Where the collar came from is a mystery... he had it when he got here. Nobody can get it off, and Karl screams if they try.
Personality: Generally happy, and very easily amused. Anything pretty or colorful or sparkly is an instant favorite. But he's very easily frightened as well. He's also normally very quiet- even when he cries, he doesn't make a sound. And why does he like pointy objects so much?
Hobbies: Paiiiiiiiiiinting. With his FEETS.
Likes: Bright colors, music, candy.
Disikes: Loud noises, angry people.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:03 pm
(guardian)
 Name: Taylor Penrose
Sex: Female
Age: 19
Species: Human
Personality: Very smart, bookwise. Dumb as a post, streetwise. Likes order, logic, and gets confused when she can't find either of them. A total perfectionist, except for when it concerns her extremely messy room. Has a soft spot for all animals (but only a few people).
Diacyn's brought her out of her antisocial shell a little bit, but she's still a total nerd.
Appearance: Shaggy brown hair, a sharp nose, and pale features. Often mistaken for a dude. Always wears a black knit hat, and likes things with math equations written on them. Never seen without some kind of textbook.
Hobbies: Studying like a maniac, reading science books, trying to conduct random experiments on things or people and simutaneouly annoying the crap out of them, sleeping, yelling at Diacyn, and beating up her frequently broken laptop.
Likes: Science, math, books, computers, animals, sci-fi, kung-fu movies, caffine in any form, pie.
Dislikes: Crowds, loud noises, interruptions, bad grades, romance, idiots.
History:Taylor came to the city from a town that was shockingly normal, and she found herself thrust into a world of multispecies wierdness. She put up with it in order to study biology at the college, where she managed to win a scholarship due to her performance in high school (she graduated two years early) and performance on all the standard tests. She has always been excellent at every kind of standardized test but tends to fail miserably in the highly unstandardized realm of real life, where her social awkwardness renders her inept. In general she finds she gets along better with animals then people. She devotes almost all her time to her studies and is determined to make every little thing perfect.
Taylor doesn't get along well with her family (they think she should try for a decent job, like flipping burgers), except for her brother Liam... but she hasn't seen him for years. She didn't have a lot of friends, so she was pretty much a loner until Diacyn showed up. Then things just went crazy-nuts.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:04 pm
(pictures)Criminal
Here's the picture we found in the spaceship. Who the heck is this? That knife's kind of scary... but he looks sad for some reason. Hm.Baby What the CRAP? Where did this alien baby come from? And what's the deal with the collar?
He's a nice enough kid, though he gets scared easily. And he sure likes his paints. Toddler Awww! The little guy can walk... and talk... and kick stuff? Er...
Um. Anyhoo. He's been collecting shiny stuff like a little magpie. Still won't let anyone take the collar off.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:06 pm
(friends)
Kian- thoughts in progress
Patrick- Thoughts in progress
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:07 pm
(family) Diacyn
Snarky, aggressive, ninja-wannabee owl-winged Guardian of Death. FEAR. He was Taylor's first "child," who started off as an owl and Taylor's science project... now he's a maniac teen. Ako
GOtP wand thing. Eventually, it's going to be a psionic vampire. BE AFEARED. Todd
Incredibly British Fables kid. Likes knives. Likes threatening people with said knives. Also rude, greedy, and perpetually irritable. Liam
Taylor's brother. He'll be important later.    Fibbonacci, Mandelbrot, Julia, and Snowcone
Taylor's "normal" pets, a fox and two cats. Fibbonacci's as hyper as a two-year-old on Pixy Stix, and Mandlebrot and Julia mostly sleep in the most annoying place possible, and annoy Diacyn by not being edible. Snowcone is Diacyn's rat, and he knows a lot of tricks (like eating Diacyn's homework and playing dead)
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:15 pm
(home)
Taylor and Friends live in a smallish, second-story apartment: white walls, blue carpet, paper-thin walls, you know. The place is a total mess, with Taylor's books, assorted items of clothing, empty soda cans, ramen cups, takeout containers, newspapers, and just about everything else scattered everywhere. Obviously nobody gives a s**t about keeping things clean.
Taylor's room is more like a library with a place for sleeping. It's ankle-deep in books and various school projects. She's also got a fishtank, and most of the cats sleep in here.
Diacyn and Todd share a room. Diacyn's side is fairly clean, just because he doesn't have much stuff. He's got a pile of blankets for a nest/bed, and a bookshelf with ninja stars (real and origami), kung-fu movies, and the skeletons of multiple small animals. Todd's side is fairly dangerous to enter, because he hordes sharp pointy objects like a magpie. The window is always open, at Diacyn's insistence.
Karl and soon-to-be Ako share a different room. Karl's side looks like a bag of Skittles exploded thanks to his paintings covering the walls, and the spilled paint covering the floor. He's no Picasso, but it's still bright and cheerful. Ako's side is completely empty because... he ain't exactly in physical form yet.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:56 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:57 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:00 pm
(credits and stuff)ICRS (c) Archie Saturn
Art (c) Archie Saturn
Ryykt, Karl, and everyone else involved (c) your truly.
Old contest thread, for personal reference. Read for more then you ever want to know about Karl and stuff.
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