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Shade and his feien, Callisto

Shade – an "Ancient Dragon" space hopping ex-assassin who is living in a bachelor household with a magician who specializes in the dark arts, or so Shade believes. He’s a cheerful flirt, a pervert, a decent artist, and a lousy singer. He’s also rather short for a male, standing 5’10 on his good days. He has coal black skin with white streaks on his cheeks and a long lizard like tail. He’s been in love with Ice for years, but was dumped when she discovered he was a professional killer. He still bothers her on a regular basis. He still has yet to find a normal job.

Shade was raised by an insane “ancient dragon” like himself and used to further her gigantic business empire by killing off her competition or anyone that might threaten her position. A few hundred years ago he met another one of their kind, Ice, and fell in love, even going so far as to propose to her. She accepted, only to break it off when she found out where he had been disappearing to in the middle of the night. (He’s made sure to keep his pockets cleaned out ever since.)

When he finally found Ice on Gaia he came to try and reconcile with her, but things didn’t work out. He still goes to see her and her little boy Walter once in a while, and hasn’t given up hope just yet. But when it became obvious that she wasn’t going to let him move in, (especially since her adopted sister, Trinityblue was his target when he first came) he wound up moving in with a new acquaintance named Jack. He also wound up taking care of a feien fairy named Callisto.

He’s been avoiding his old employer, claiming to have quit his job as an assassin, but he secretly knows it is only a matter of time before she makes him go back to it.

Rules:
1. Don't try to buy him
2. Alert me before posting
3. Antony's a jerk under the surface, don't take what he says in private personally, please^^
4. Feel free to hit me up for rp! I'm easy like that 4laugh
5. I reserve rights to change/alter/add more rules at any time.


FAQ's:
1. Why is he named Antony? I think Shade watches too many mafia shows sweatdrop
2. What is Shade's tail good for? I would tell you, but I'm having a hard enough time keeping the perverted b*****d PG-13 as it is.
3. Why is Antony such a priss about getting dirty? Hell if I know, he just came out that way sweatdrop

NEW! 4. Is Antony OCD?
No, no he's not. I crack jokes about it all the time, but there's a definite difference. I learned it in college Ab-Psych class years ago. Antony has an obsessive-compulsive personality, a trait. You will find him absently color coordinating his underwear (even tho it's all blue) and arranging his movies by genre, title, and director. But you won't find him out in the lawn at three in the morning trimming the grass with scissors.

As much as I adore Death the Kid from Soul Eater, Antony's not like him.

Polk Sally, AKA Duchess, his corn snake^^ Drawn by MB!

=Theme Song=

Blue Suede Shoes
(By Elvis Presley)

Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.

But don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoes.

Well, you can knock me down,
Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.

Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my Blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.

Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.

=Reserved=

=Reserved=

Solo Entry » Any story or diary entry written by you alone. May be a story, or "Dear Diary" format. 400+ words.
Closed Roleplay » A roleplay between you and one or two other people, conducted privately. 1000+ words
Open Roleplay » A roleplay which is open for anyone to join, or a private roleplay involving four or more people. There is no length requirement for Open RPs, but you must personally write at least 500 words and post at least three times. (This is to prevent anyone from making a single post in an Open RP just to try and get growth credit.)

All growth requirements are flexible. If you prefer one type of roleplay over another, you can exchange requirements at the following rate:


4 Solo Entries » 2 Closed RPs » 1 Open RPs

The requirements given for each stage are minimum requirements. You are welcome to write more than what is required. In fact, we encourage it!

Because most people find roleplaying a cabbage or baby to be frustrating, the growth requirements for those stages are intentionally small. Child, teenager, and youth stages are considerably more involved, to allow for the full character development possibilities those stages represent.


Stage One » The Cabbage [X X]
Requirements » 2 diary posts of any type (diary entry, solo story, or joint roleplay)
All children begin as cabbages, but roleplaying the cabbage stage is optional. You can find more information here. At least one of your posts must be:

A » Caring for the cabbage plant, X
B » Making the decision to adopt an infant, and/or
C » Introducing your primary guardian character(s) X

Stage Two » The Baby
Requirements » 1 Closed or Open RP, 4 Solo Entries
[C][X X X X]

Stage Three » The Child
Requirements » 5 Open RPs, 6 Closed RPs, 8 Solo Entries
[O O O O O][C C C C C C][X X X X X X X X]

Stage Four » The Teenager
Requirements » 8 Open RPs, 10 Closed RPs, 19 Solo Entries
[O O O O O O O* O*][C C C C C C C C C C][X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X]
* replaced by two closed

Stage Five » The Youth
Requirements » 6 Open RPs, 10 Closed RPs, 15 Solo Entries
[O O O O O O][C C C C C C C C C C][X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ]

Once you have reached Youth, you have a choice as to how to proceed.

Option One » Young Adult
Requirements » 2 Open RPs, 4 Closed RPs, 9 Solo Entries
With this option, your Youth art becomes your official Adult image. Your character is "officially" a twentysomething adult.
[C C C C C C C C C][X X X X X X X]

Option Two » Full Adult
Requirements » 8 Open RPs, 14 Closed RPs, 24 Solo Entries
With this option, you receive a new piece of official art for the Adult stage. This could indicate a final character age of 25+, meaning a character in their thirties, forties, or older is possible.