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 Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:32 pm
_______Info
>> Name
Jiang-Chen
>> Gender
Male
>> Owner
Naien Haigara
>> Scent
Dragon's Tears
>> D.O.B
8/31/09
>> Stage
Child
>> Likes
>> Dislikes
>> Personality
Greedy, Manipulative, Formal
>> Something Special
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:53 pm
 Bittersweet yet powerful: salty aquatic notes and bursting with dragon's blood.
Welcome one and all, to this room of records in which the life and times of the Great River Dragon are preserved. Read as you please, but the caretaker asks that you leave the scrolls as pristine as you found them, and replace them on the shelves when you are finished.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:56 pm
1. Official Recognition
2. Formal Greetings
3. Guideposts
4. Laws of the Land
5. The River Dragon
6. The Noble Clan
7. They Who Serve
8. The Dragon Palace
9. Allies and Foes
10. Great Treasury
11. Scrolls of Record
12. Sacred Paintings
13. Reserved
14. The Archives
15. Praise to You
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:00 pm
1. First and foremost, please do not post in this journal. Any gifts or requests for RP should be PMed to Naien Haigara. The only exception to this rule is Olivia Solace, for growth prompts.
2. Please be aware that any RP does not necessarily reflect my beliefs, opinions, or morals, so please take no offense should my character(s) show dislike for yours. It's nothing personal, I promise.
3. Gaia terms of service, as well as all rules of Solace Scents, must be followed at all times.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:02 pm
   Name: Jiang-Chen
-meaning: River gem
-nicknames: Jiang (only by very close friends),
Monster/Devil/Hellion/etc (by Sophia).
Gender: Male
Race: Dragon-fish-kid?
Personality: Jiang is intensely materialistic, and prides himself on maintaining a great hoard of various things shiny, pretty, or just expensive. He guards his possessions rather fiercely, and is rarely willing to part with any, unless of course it's in exchange for something he likes more. He is polite and formal towards most people, and tends to be a kiss-a**: you're far less likely to get stuff from people who don't like you, after all. He has high standards for which he'll consider someone a true friend, and thus has few.
Notes: Jiang's scales dry out easily when he's young,
so if he's out of water for an extended period of time they'll
become coated in a thin film of oil to preserve moisture.
Likes: Shiny things, Conning people out of their shiny things, Well mannered people.
Dislikes: Rudeness, Appearing undignified, Bubble baths.
Dialogue written in: Dark Goldenrod 
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:05 pm
Image Pending  Name: Rylan
-Nicknames: Ry, Miss (by employees)
Age: 35 (she claims 29)
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Class: Courtier
Employment: Though she doesn't have to work a day in her life if she doesn't choose to, Rylan is a designer and maker of custom luxury clothing for the upper class to the nobility.
Personality: Rylan is probably best described as eccentric- she's happy and exaggerated and more than a bit childish, and seems to coast through life with her head halfway in the clouds. She takes and loses interest in most things seemingly with the tides, though she clings to the few truly important things to her with unexpected tenacity. All that said though, you don't survive the upper echelons of society by being stupid, and for all her immaturity she can be surprisingly shrewd when the situation calls for it.
History: Other than the fact that she inherited a great deal of money- as well as her house and the land it sits on- upon her parents' passing, nobody knows much about Rylan's past, and she seems to want it kept that way. Truthfully, her childhood was quite uneventful, and she'd rather leave it to people's imaginations than tell the boring old truth.
Mental and/or Physical Conditions: Is terminal immaturity a condition? xD
Physical Description:
Hair Style/Color: Dark chestnut brown, long and stick-straight, usually pulled up into a large elaborate bun of some sort, with some left loose to frame her face.
Skin Color: Very, very pale- sun is not her friend. Her choices in makeup also emphasize this- dark but sparse eyeliner, and bright lipsticks.
Eye Color: Extremely dark brown, enough that they look black unless you're literally inches from her face.
Clothing Style/Colors: Rylan is pretty much never seen in anything but a dress, and shows literally as little skin as she possibly can- her face and sometimes her hands are the only parts ever left uncovered, even in the height of summer. Even her nightgowns are full length and high-collared. Because she makes all of it herself, her wardrobe is vast and luxurious, with no expense spared in materials or workmanship- it's a proud display of her skill, and good advertisement to boot.
Extra Features/Accessories: Rylan is extremely tall for a woman- nearly six feet, not counting the modest heels she generally wears.
Other notes: She doesn't use her last name; she claims that this "Adds an air of mystery."
Likes: Oddities, Art, Exotic things, Inspiration, Expensive desserts.
Dislikes: Wasting time, Being told she's wrong, People with no fashion sense.
Dialogue written in: Sienna 
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:06 pm
Despite her outgoing manner, Rylan values her privacy quite highly, and as a result has very few people on staff (she'd likely prefer to have none, but someone has to do the actual work around the place). -image pending- Name: Sophia McClure
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Class: Upper-middle
Employment: Head Maid (The only maid, in fact- she does everything from the cleaning to the cooking to buying the household essentials. She's a busy lady, but it seems to suit her well.)
Personality: Sophia is a rather stern and old-fashioned lady, though she's not without her caring and motherly moments. Extremely hard-working, she rarely has a moment to herself, and though she likes to berate everyone else about their laziness with some frequency, she does enjoy being busy- it makes her appreciate the rare moments of quiet that much more. Unlike Rylan, she is organized and very firmly rooted in reality, which often leads to conflict between them.
History: She was a close friend of Rylan's mother, who she worked for previous for many years, and at times it seems that the only thing keeping her at the villa is a need to protect the child of her dear departed friend (though she most frequently needs saving only from herself, in Sophia's opinion).
Mental and/or Physical Conditions: None- despite her age, she's probably in the best shape of anyone in the house.
Physical Description:
Hair Style/Color: Salt-and-pepper, leaning more towards the white end, pulled up into a very simple, practical bun.
Skin Color: Caucasian, relatively pale.
Eye Color: Pale blue.
Clothing Style/Colors: Simple, utilitarian clothes of good quality, usually a skirt and blouse, or a dress, with an apron over top while working. She favors simple and unobtrusive color schemes, mostly shades of blue and cream.
Extra Features/Accessories: She still wears her wedding band, though her husband passed away very young and at some point she went back to using her maiden name. She doesn't talk about it, even if asked.
Notes: Though her official title is only 'maid', she essentially runs the entire villa; namely, she does everything Rylan can't be bothered to.
Likes: Tradition, Simplicity, Getting things done.
Dislikes: Laziness, Bats, Being taken by surprise, Most of Rylan's ideas.
Dialogue written in: Cornflower
-image pending-
Name: Stefan McClure
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Upper-middle
Employment: Rylan's driver, general heavy lifting around the house, (extremely) part time clerk at Solace Scents.
Personality: Stefan's a quiet, withdrawn sort of guy, but when he does open his mouth he rarely has anything nice to say. He's got enough professionalism in him to tone down the vitriol when he's on the job, but he's never going to be a friendly, chipper sort of worker by any stretch. The only person he seems to have a soft spot for is Rylan, likely because she lets him do pretty much whatever he wants (and still pays him!), and frequently joins him in complaining about Sophia.
History: He's Sophia's nephew, though both would much rather forget that fact. She was actually the one to get him the job, in an attempt to teach the slacker some responsibility, but it's backfired horribly on her as Rylan pays him very well for a minimum of actual work.
Mental and/or Physical Conditions: Being a chain smoker, he's easily winded by extended or intense physical activity.
Physical Description:
Hair Style/Color: Jet black, long and straight. He'll tuck it up under a cap if he's wearing one (such as when he's doing the chauffeur thing)- otherwise it's generally hanging all in his face, or in a sloppy ponytail.
Skin Color: Caucasian- he's relatively pale in the winter months, but tans nicely in the summer.
Eye Color: Very pale ice blue.
Clothing Style/Colors: Left to his own devices, Stefan wouldn't care what he was wearing beyond 'clean', but unfortunately for him as a servant his appearance reflects on his employer- particularly being the driver and thus the one most often seen in public with her. He's most frequently seen in slacks and a plain button-down, sometimes with the sleeves rolled up. When he's acting as chauffeur, he has a simple black uniform jacket and hat to wear, though he likes to grumble about them.
Extra Features/Accessories: He wears a thin gold hoop in his right ear, and whenever he's not working it's a safe bet he'll have a cigarette in hand (and sometimes when he is working, if he's sneaky enough).
Notes: About the only thing Rylan won't tolerate in her house is cigarettes- unfortunate, since Stefan's a chain-smoker. He can frequently be found hiding in odd places, sneaking in his nicotine fix.
Likes: Privacy, Cigarettes, Rylan.
Dislikes: His aunt, being told what to do, his aunt, nosy people, and oh, did we mention his aunt?
Dialogue written in: Cobalt
-image pending-
Name: Sebastian Delacroix
Age: 65 (1949)
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Upper-middle
Employment: Butler, Groundskeeper
Personality:
History:
Mental and/or Physical Conditions: Sebastian has absolutely horrid vision, and is in complete denial about it. Everything in his work areas, both indoors and in the greenhouse, is laid out according to a meticulous system, so he can always find everything.
Physical Description:
Hair Style/Color: White, kept quite short and very neatly styled.
Skin Color:
Eye Color: Hazel
Clothing Style/Colors:
Extra Features/Accessories:
Notes:
Likes: Gardening,
Dislikes: People moving his things,
Dialogue written in: Gray
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:12 pm
 (This is big time in-progress. Revisions are pending)
Rylan's home is a mid-size, two-story villa about an hour's drive outside Cyrus City. An ornate gate marks the beginning of a long and winding driveway through the grounds. The neatly kept gardens are surrounded by woods, which are actually part of the property as well.
-Main Floor-
Main Entryway:
Parlor:
Kitchen:
In the back corner is a door that leads to a cramped and rickety spiral staircase, likely used in the past by the servants to move about the house unseen. It leads downward to the cellar, or up to the second floor storage room.
Dining Room:
Conservatory:
Built off the back of the manor some time after its construction, the majority of this sitting room is nothing but glass and wrought iron. It's a bit drafty to be comfortable in the winter months and is mostly unused until the spring thaw, when it is filled with sunlight and potted plants, and becomes a very pleasant spot to enjoy a book or a cup of tea.
Servant's Quarters:
These were originally more numerous smaller rooms, but to accommodate the greatly reduced size of Rylan's staff, several walls were knocked down to create fewer but more spacious quarters. Sophia and Sebastian's rooms are both located here- one that formerly belonged to Stefan as well as two others are currently empty.
-Second Floor-
Office:
A modestly sized study where Rylan talks shop with her clients. The antique mahogany desk dominates most of the space, though across the room is a small sitting area with a couple comfy chairs and a small table stacked with various fashion publications.
Sewing Room:
By far the largest room on the upper floor, and really the only room that sees the rare phenomenon of Rylan doing actual work. The space is dominated by two large tables for the laying out and cutting of cloth, and a smaller third one with two well maintained sewing machines sitting at opposite ends. One end wall has built-in shelving for bolts of cloth, while the other is split between several cabinets and drawers for thread, buttons, beads, and other notions. There are several dressmaker's dummies in varying sizes, and a small, raised platform sits in a corner faced with mirrors for clients to stand on for fittings.
The room was not part of the original layout, and was created by knocking down the wall between what was formerly a drawing room and one of the guest rooms.
Rylan's Room:
Jiang's Room:
Guest Rooms:
These are the remaining quarters for any visitors to the villa. Though they are seldom used, Sophia takes great care to keep them impeccably clean at all times. One is identical in layout to Jiang's room- the remaining two lack the attached bathroom.
Guest Bath:
Storage Room:
A small storage closet at the end of the hall, it contains various cleaning supplies Sophia uses, some old paint, and a few boxes of unknown, but no doubt old, stuff. In the back corner is a slim door that leads to a cramped and rickety spiral staircase, likely used in the past by the servants to move about the house unseen. It leads downward to the kitchen, and to the cellar beyond that.
-Basement-
Cellar:
The house's basement, accessible through the servant's stairs from the kitchen, but which is seldom used. The area nearest the stairs is filled with shelves of various non-perishable foods, kept in case of emergency, and rather a lot of wine, probably from when Rylan's parents still lived, as she herself rarely drinks. Past the shelves are stacks and stacks of boxes, containing anything that Rylan didn't want upstairs but couldn't quite bring herself to throw out. Considering her pack-rat tendencies, there're quite a few boxes. The rest of the cellar is dark, cold, and damp, and not really anywhere most people would want to spend time.
-Grounds-
Back Gardens:
The grounds behind the house. Though it's easy to see the signs that it was once an impeccably manicured formal garden, less rigorous maintenance has left it looking slightly wild- Rylan now refers to it as 'charmingly overgrown'.
Greenhouse:
Exclusively Sebastian's stomping ground, the greenhouse is quite spacious and impeccably organized- it's the only way he could find things with his awful eyesight. It's predominantly filled with a variety of vegetables for the house, though near the back a small area has been allocated for the more delicate flowers.
Stefan's Room:
One of several small outbuildings on the property, the original use of which is unknown. This particular one has been renovated and furnished as simple bachelor-style lodging for Stefan, mostly to get him out of the main house and away from his aunt after Rylan got sick of listening to arguments between the two. It's decorated sparsely in white and deep blue, with a small sitting area consisting of two comfy armchairs and a coffee table to the left of the door, and the double bed and one bedside table against the far wall. The washroom is small to the point of being barely functional, but somehow a toilet, sink, and tiny corner shower have been crammed into the space, and Stefan seems to make use of it just fine. Like all renovations Rylan has made to the villa, no expense has been spared, and the tiny building even has running water and electric light.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:15 pm
-Allies-
-no image-
Rylan
The lady of the house and, I suppose, my guardian. I believe she may not be quite right in the head, but she is very accommodating of me, and she overrules the harpy. I suppose I should have no complaints.
-pending-
Tevadi
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-Acquaintances-
-pending-
Keiko
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-pending-
Remi
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-Foes-
-no image-
Sophia
Ah, the broom-wielding harpy. This one is most displeased with my appearance here, and makes no secret of the fact that she would see me thrown out, if not worse. The feeling is mutual, I assure you.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:19 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:23 pm
In Character
31/08/09 - Rylan goes to town, all hell breaks loose, and the house's newest inhabitant is very strange indeed...
09/02/09 - Miss Rylan has picked up an incense burner from an odd little store, staffed by an odd little teen. Out of Character
09/02/09 - Lazy a** has been kicked into gear.
03/04/07 - Jiang's burner arrived, along with a slew of others. Journal set-up also began.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:27 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:32 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:47 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:57 pm
Firstly, many, many thanks go to Sailor Aerith, who is my #1 interweb buddy, and not only introduced me to Solace Scents, but helped me plot out Jiang from the start. Luv ya, dearly not queerly~ heart
Also, to Sukku, who just wins that way. Solace Scents is © Olivia Solace/hibi-tea
Jiang, Rylan, and other characters are © Naien Haigara
All official art is © Olivia Solace/hibi-tea
All other art is © their respective artists
Journal concept is © AnyaXD
Dragon's Tears scent is © Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs
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