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Name: Qas Vixsto
Gender: Male
Spirit: the Sandman!
Eyes: Misty dreamy dark blues swirling around a crescent moon shaped pupil.
Hair: The style of it may change whenever he so chooses; how that happens even he doesn't know. [Depends on mood perhaps?] He prefers it to be somewhat waving up at the back of his head and longer strands in the front curling out at the ends and often times braided. But the color is something else, it has always been and shall remain a faded black with shocking blue streaks.
Skin: Pale, pale, pale! Possibly even paler than the moon? With a dark glimmering undertone reflecting the night. His limbs luminating a bright white which tends to be most visible at night.
Body: Though he is rather on the skinny side, his body is like an athlete's. His foolish manner may blind you to the fact that he is quite strong.
Style: He prefers dark shades of any color and designs of moons and clouds especially. Most of the time you will see him in his wispy pajamas that seem to desire being away from his body revealing various places of skin around the tummy, shoulders and ankles. He goes no where without his little nightcap, which is a shimmering cerulean type blue, almost camouflaging to the effect of appearing to be made of water, and a star that swims in and out of view on different spots of the cap. But as he gets older, his style along with his personality slowly gravitates in a different direction.
Piercings: An upper ring shaped like waves colliding on his right ear and he has thought about a lip piercing for the fun of it [of course when he's older].

Background: Folklore!
Likes: Loves to sing melodies and lullabies when no one is around. Loves to make people smile. The moon, the sky, the stars, the clouds. Day-dreaming in the shade on sunny days. Tea parties and bees. [He thinks they're funny.] SURPRISES.
Dislikes: On some occasions you'll see his great dislike for the sun in a hilarious over-dramatic act of pretending to melt, sizzle, and all that other good stuff. He doesn't like eating flowers. [Could you imagine that?] The 'law'. [He scoffs at it, apparently.]
Tidbit: He has a hidden split-personality of Nightmare; he doesn't even know it yet. : (

Abilities:
Well, he's the Sandman spirit! And he can put you to sleep with an enchanting dust that comes from the palm of his hand! Not only can he create a shiney dust-like sand, he can pull things from his nightcap as if it were a magician's top hat. But what he pulls out could be anything, at his young stages he is unable to control what he pulls out and as he grows older he learns that the nightcap is linked to his mind. So basically whatever he thinks he wants to pull out, he'll actually pull out! Ruining the surprise in other words, but people won't know that. So Sssshhh!
One very special gift is he can shrink to pocket-travel size! So if you would like to take him places without others knowing, its perfect! But beware, he may also use this for spying. ::wink wink:: And NO he is not a perv. He's quite the gentleman when he grows older, thank you very much!
Another ability that isn't able to develop until much later is the power to control a dreamer's dream. But even before that he can peek into people's minds, like a ghost walking in and out.
He can also float, zoom, fly [if you will] around but not really high to the point of going into space. He can disappear and reappear in short distances, leaving dust particles behind in an illuminating manner.
Personality:
As a child, he is a wild fun and freedom-loving spirit, going where he wants when he wants. Enjoying the normal things any child would! ... Well sort of. Sitting on the ceiling eating dust and pretending to ride around on an invisible duckie is normal...? Anywho. This one is quite the handful as a kid, you can barely hold him down for 2 minutes! Always slipping off for adventures and excitement; often he's always either floating around, asking too many questions, or playing little jokes. Laid-back, relaxed and having endless bounds of energy; he is up for any challenge! Socially awkward? He's anything but! He is built for tumbling rolling and making trouble all around. But don't be fooled by his outer image, he's got a soft side too! A very soft side if you manage to trek through the outer swamps of his mind, for that matter. Sentimental and dreamy, he's got the charm and magic of a skilled magician. Though some may find his butting in unwelcome at times, he somehow manages every time to help you out if you didn't even ask for it; in whatever odd way he chooses. As he gets older, he matures in a very strange way and you could probably describe him as the class clown: romantic, sweet, sensual and CRAZY!


Quote:
"You couldn't catch me even if you put me in a glass box!"

Papa, I can't sleep tonight...

Representation in traditional folklore

Traditionally he is a character in many children's stories, invoked to help (or lull) children to sleep. He is said to sprinkle sand or dust on or into the eyes of the child at night to bring on dreams and sleep. The grit or 'sleep' (rheum) in one's eyes upon waking is supposed to be the result of the Sandman's work the previous evening.

Ole-Lukøie, one of Hans Christian Andersen's more obscure folk tales, told of the different dreams the Sandman gave to a young boy in a week.

E.T.A. Hoffmann wrote an inverse depiction of the lovable character in a story called Der Sandmann, which showed how sinister such a character could be made. According to the protagonist's nurse, he threw sand in the eyes of children who wouldn't sleep, with the result of those eyes falling out and being collected by the Sandman, who then takes the eyes to his iron nest on the moon, and uses them to feed his children. The protagonist of the story grows to associate this nightmarish creature with the genuinely sinister figure of his father's associate Coppelius.


Information taken from the great and wonderful Wikipedia!
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The Morning After: The Follower

[in the process of being written, plot line already thought out]

If you read the first post, you'd know I have tucked away my first idea. : )

I was feeling discouraged about it... And I believe this idea will be much easier to expand on, more leg room for me!

Or... Tank space..? mrgreen

But thank you for liking my idea. Ahaha.

::twiddles thumbs patiently waiting for some opinions::
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