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Time for an Incantation


Name: Isidor (named for Isidor Isaac Rabi, the physicist whose work on atomic resonance was responsible for the first atomic clocks)
Gender: Male
Spirit: Atomic Clock

Hair: Gunmetal grey, with a soft metallic sheen.
Eyes: The sort of bold red that wouldn't be out of place on a digital clock display. There is a bright white line in each iris that is constantly rotating, counting off the seconds in every minute. Isidor wears glasses because he thinks they make him look smarter.
Skin tone: Dark olive.
Physique: Skinny, angular, and fine-boned. A gunmetal watchband with a digital display circles his left wrist, and it doesn't seem to come off. Metallic patterns on his forearms are vaguely reminiscent of circuitry. Finally, Isidor has a long whip-like tail... that is actually an extension cord.
Clothing: Always crisp, neat, and modern. Geek chic at its finest. He might start wearing a lab coat when he gets older, if other, dorkier jackets don't capture his attention first. Isidor is meticulous about keeping his clothing clean and well-ironed. He likes anything with clean lines in classic colors, and isn't likely to be impressed by pastels or crazy patterns.

Likes: science, math, charts, dweebery, travel
Dislikes: the outdoors, fads, lateness, messes
Quirks: Organizes his clothes closet by fiber type, with a preference for synthetics. Has to plug his tail into a wall socket in order to get a really restful sleep. Named his plush turtle after Einstein. Secretly adores Dr. Who, in spite of constant bitching about the show's plot holes and scientific inaccuracy.
Favorite foods: Electricity, anything that's artifically sweetened, instant coffee.

Personality: Isidor is a fussy, prissy, spazzy dork. He strives to be precise in everything he does and nothing bothers him more than disorganization. Because of this, it's almost laughably easy to drive the spirit into hissy-fits of nerd rage. Isidor isn't shy, but he's a little socially maladjusted, and he doesn't often realize how much of a know-it-all he can be.

That said, the Spirit of the Atomic Clock isn't so bad of a guy. Isidor is responsible, hard-working perfectionist. Inflicting his a**l-retentive ways on others is his way of trying to be a good friend. He's curious to a fault and always willing to go on missions of discovery, provided that they conform to his little schedules.

Abilities: Always knows what time it is, down to subdivisions of nanoseconds. Can act as a human stopwatch. Never gets lost, because he has the ability to pinpoint his exact location on the globe by instinct.

Isidor may, when he matures, gain a minor ability to harness microwaves. This would basically give him a built-in long-range radar, the power to superheat water molecules, and the power to disrupt television, radio, and internet transmissions.

Past: Unlike several other Spirit children, Isidor has no real memories of a past life or any other prior form of existance. The Spirit of the Atomic Clock was born of the hopes and dreams that generations of physicists and engineers poured into their experiments. Naeli was able to bend and shape that energy into human form.

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I gotta say, this is definitely one of my favorite quests. XD I love the design of Isidor, especially the twist relating his eyes to a clock (durr because he's the atomic clock~), with the second hand around the irises. His personality tickles me pink, too. I'm conjuring up all sorts of wacky situations between him and Sophie and I can't stop giggling. BRILLIANT, I say! BRILLIANT~ heart whee

Eee! Thanks so much. heart I know his description is still a bit sparse, so I'm glad that you like him.

Oh, gosh, he and Sophie would be trainwreck after hilarious trainwreck. Isidor would probably give himself an aneurism trying to "organize" her. Poor, misguided children!

I quite like Sophie, BTW. She reminds me of a mre subdued version of Deleruim from Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which I've always thought was a very interesting character.

A-ha! See, that's who I'm sorta basing her off of, but--hopefully--loopier than Delerium herself. X3 It warms my heart to see another fan~ heart

I have to say I love his personality... I mean, it's someone who would tick me off but that's always fun, no?

Keep the circuits, but maybe change the colour to gold or something? (is copper a little too weird?) I dunno, really. xd