lydyn

Growing Up | It's Anything But Simple

@Lady Amalthea@HushedWhispers - I don't feel super confident right now or motivated for personal reasons, but I'm still here! Right now for me, I guess I'm not really waiting on anyone, so... the skip would be nice, but not required. ^.^

Bound (Private 1x1) Characters & Information

Premise
Welcome to the world of Anima, where twelve Houses rule over the continent.

Each House specialised in a particular expertise; cultural arts, agriculture, communications, ... and others, including war.

It is not unusual for Houses to have tensed relations with the others. While some are genuine political liaisons, a few exchange pleasantries as a guise for espionage before a catalyst occurs to set war into motion.

Thus the Houses often marry their children away as offerings and gifts, to appease and bring closer two forces together. It is easier to make enemies than allies, a law of nature that the weaker Houses are fully aware of.

Kingdoms and Ruling Types

Alphas (Dominance fights.)
Wolf, Bull

Queens (Monarchy)
Cat, Snake

Royal Couple (Monarchy)
Stag, Swan

Ministers (Democracy)
Falcon, Fox, Wren

Chieftains (Aristocracy)
Horse, Salmon, Seahorse

Characters

Luciera

Luciera Fortis

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Appearance

Neutral, serious, unamused.

*The left eye scars are included.

Happy, present.

Happy, past.

Zodiac Familia
Wolf

Position
Past hero's daughter, exiled.
Leader of bandit gang, "Crimson Stripes".

Age
??

Personality
Daredevil, vengeful, blunt, strategic, possessive.

Notes
After her father fell in a challenged duel, she was left to fend for herself. The new Alpha made it difficult for her, ejecting her from the pack after a prolonged period of bullying.

She left the pack, which was moving to explore and conquer new territories, and together with a few newfound allies, they formed Crimson Stripes, a bandit gang that usually robs unsuspecting merchants and aristocrats.

Her signature blade, an azure sword gifted by her father, is her greatest treasure. Well, before she saw the purdy lil' girly anyway.

Kei

Kei Miyoshi

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Appearance

Cute Princess

Zodiac Familia
Cat

Position
Youngest of two princesses

Age
20

Personality
Sweet, stubborn, intelligent, sensitive

Notes
She grew up often finding herself alone. Thus her passion for the royal libraries isn't exactly surprising. She spends hours with books usually. She's even been (secretly) studying beginner arcane spells, which seems unusually easy for her.

Her mother the queen and her sister are practically estranged from her at this point. They only see and talk with each other when needed, which isn't often when Kei hardly leaves the castle grounds. This has only made it more frustrating that they're forcing her to marry.

Kei was born with two different colored eyes. No one knows why though, but usually it's a bit of a shock to strangers. A lot of people wave it off as nothing, though some feel it's an omen to something.

Nateen

Nateen Milost

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Appearance

He doesn't smile to most people.

Zodiac Familia
Stag

Position
Youngest of three princes.

Age
??

Personality
Curt, literal, passive, wistful.

Notes
Growing up behind two overachieving brothers, he always felt like the runt with no redeeming skills to rival his siblings. At such, out of frustration, he shut himself from the world and grew distant to everyone.

When one of the young maids, untrained and childlike, stumbled upon his guilty pleasure (find out in RP ( ˘ ³˘)♥), the two grew closer. At one point, the maid-in-training, innocent and honest, proudly declared she would grow up to be pretty and marry the third prince.

As they grew up, he saw less of her; when the king and queen announced the bethrotal, he never saw the maid again.

Cat Family

• Queen Sakura Miyoshi (Age 44): Well loved by most of her people. She is strongly independent and iron willed. However her relations are very close with only her oldest daughter, which some people are still confused about.
• King Cobham Miyoshi (Age 29): Originally from the Swan family, he is much more submissive in nature than the queen - so much so that he even tries at times to anticipate what the queen is wanting or thinking. Some think he's only there for power and wealth, but generally he is well liked for his loyal attitude.
• Princess Nori Miyoshi (Age 21): Kei's older sister and next in line for the crown. In only a few years time, Queen Sakura will be stepping down to let Nori take her place as is tradition and take a king of her own. She is much like her mother, though a bit more involved in the community and less stubborn about things.

Stag Family

• King Hathaniel (Age ??): TBA
• Queen Agertha (Age ??): TBA
• Prince Fareed (Age ??): TBA

Swan Family

• Princess Odette (Age ??): TBA

Wolves of Red Lake (Closed ignore this thread)

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Location: Red Lake Camp Site
Interacting With: @Nallore's Riley & Anyone Else
Date: August 2nd, 10:43 AM

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Gloria had stayed for the rest of the day, mostly enjoying the surrounding lake and thinking about what happened earlier, but she wasn't in a hurry to go anywhere. However she did glance back as she heard the engine of the RV and saw the massive thing come into the parking lot with several other cars. It must've been that camping trip Riley was gushing about earlier, which she had to admit was cute. Low and behold, there she was, getting out and smiling right at her. Gloria returned the wave in a manner that was a tad bit more friendly - especially since no one really knew Gloria besides Riley - even her parents had limited contact with her during her stay. "Hi Riley," she replied sweetly and watched the teenager for a few moments. 'I bet she breaks a lot of hearts with all that warmth,' she thought to herself and returned her attention to the lake.

Date: August 2nd, 3:47 PM

Everyone had set up and by this time, Gloria was making some sort of notes in her notebook again, having mostly stayed in the same place the whole time. She had watched and listened and enjoyed the weather, though not a soul had come up to her and said anything. To be honest, she had eyed the women a bit, just out of curiosity mostly and enjoyed many of the boys. In particular she took notice of Vanessa as she walked out towards the forest, seeming to focus on her for a few more moments than seemed polite. Just then, she got a random idea and started to draw in the dirt once more, making another circle - after all, she had all night anyways, right?

War of The Angelic Trio

@MonsieurShade - Hehe, that's not really the point. The point is that I'm a huge romantic... and the road block is that there are no bisexual / homosexual girlies for my character to potentially romance! I understand this is an oddity to most people. A lot of individuals who enjoy adventure role-plays or ones like this often think, "it'd be nice if there's romance, but it's definitely not a requirement for me." That's where I'm different. I recognize that. I hope that's okay and that it can be respected, even if some people may not understand that need.

War of The Angelic Trio

@Dracogenius@Wisp - Just time for quick replies right now... since for me it's day and I'll be out most of it. However yes! The mix of adventure, war, etc with romance is exactly why I went after this one! I'm glad that it wouldn't be hard to inject here in that sense then! I'll have to look at wisps girl then. ^.-

Edit - I'm guessing the girl in question is the princess?

War of The Angelic Trio

@Dracogenius Um.. hello... just kind of popping my head in here. This looked kind of fun, though I'm not sure if you have room for me? I mean, there's plenty of slots... but I'm fairly picky in the sense, I am a huge sucker for romance. So much so that a role-play without it is not really my scene. I'm a unique one in that way. =3 That being said... I also play lesbians? I'm just mentioning this, because this is usually the biggest road block for me playing in any group setting.

If that's still possible... would definitely want to play a good character... hmmm... and assuming everything is okay with the above - you could give me a list of things you'd like to see me apply for, maybe? If the above is not okay, no hard feelings, and hope you guys have fun! ^.^ (Also might be some time before I reply again, has a going out day tomorrow.)

Wolves of Red Lake (Closed ignore this thread)

Anastasia Beaumont

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Location: Red Lake Camp Site
Interacting With: @lydyn's Gloria & @Nallore's Anastasia
Date: August 2nd, 10:07 AM

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Gloria had paused for a moment as she heard the soft roaring of a car pulling up, glancing back to see a woman who'd she'd instantly describe as both beautiful and cute - just having one of those faces. They had exchanged looks for a brief moment before the wiccan returned to the task at hand, shrugging slightly to herself. She didn't expect for the woman to come greet her anyways, so she kept on taking notes for just a few more moment. Before long however, she clasped the notebook closed and went to the middle of the circle, examining it, and adding one more detail - a solid circle in the middle.

Nodding with satisfaction, she whispered a incantation under her breath, then a sudden gust of wind to rushed past her as if from nowhere. The wind blew the symbols drawn into the dirt away and Gloria just stood there for several seconds, her eyes closed in concentration. Her eyes shut wide open again though as if she suddenly realized something, spinning around on her heels and staring straight at Ana, giving the woman an examining gaze. Pursing her lips for a moment, her sight found the sun before walking towards the other woman, sweeping up her notebook on her way over. "Um, excuse me..." she spoke up.

Anastasia glanced towards the redhead seeing her looking at her for a moment and smiled towards her, she was rather cute she thought. Ana took a step back and ran a hand through her hair as her feet dug down into the dirt and sat down, she looked out towards the lake it was rather soothing and relaxing to her. She felt a sudden gust of wind going through her hair, looking towards Gloria once more as she stood up. Ana could hear some sort of incantation but couldn't truly make out any of the words.

A few seconds later Gloria started to take a few steps closer towards her carrying a notebook, Anastasia looked up at Gloria covering a hand over her eyes as the sun shined on them. "Can I help you?" Anastasia asked.

With hesitation, Gloria actually chose to lower herself onto the ground as well, so Ana didn't need to cover her eyes, smiling, and yet still focusing on her. "Yes, you can, um... it might seem like a random question and I don't exactly mean to be rude, but may I ask... are you new here too?" Gloria gave Ana a soft smile at that, getting more relaxed as she crossed her legs, setting her notebook in her lap - her eyes never leaving Ana.

Ana continued to hold Gloria's gaze as she sat down next to her, she smiled softly at Gloria's question and gave her a quick nod. "Yes I am, I bought a house here about a week ago I just came into town today." Anastasia answered as she crossed her legs and leaned herself backwards. "I'm guessing you moved here as well?"

Letting out a heavy sigh, Gloria pursed her lips again for a moment, looking all around them. There was a man at the other end of the lake - trying to fish it seemed - but that wasn't really important right now. Her eyes went back to Ana, almost confused for a few moment before suddenly adorning a very gentle expression. "You remind me of someone..." she replied carefully. "But you don't seem to recognize me... or you would've said so, I'm sure. So why did you decide to move here?" It was bold and straight forward, and it wasn't because she didn't want to be pleasant company, but she always been the curious type.

She froze for a minute staring at the woman in front of her before smiling. "Why I am here? I am just looking for a place to call home." Anastasia answered leaning herself forward. "And I promise you, I don't bite."

Gloria listened intently, but then felt herself tense, almost blushing in fact as she heard Ana's promise. That was an unusually sweet gesture, considering the situation and her experience with most strangers. It didn't help that the woman had leaned forward when doing so. For a moment, Gloria broke her steady gaze to briefly glance at the ground. "Uh.. thank you.." she said softly, looking back to match her eyes. "So what do you do? I'm Gloria, by the way..." She then held out her hand to shake Ana's own.

"I am actually an author I've written quite a few books over the years. Another reason why I moved here just to help me write more, I could show you some of my work someday if you feel like it." Anastasia looked down at Gloria's hand as she extended it to her to shake, she smiled and leaned forward and gently kissed the top of Gloria's hand and looked up at her. "Pleasure to meet you, I'm Anastasia but if you want I go by Anna as well." Ana said as she gently shook Gloria's hand.

"You write books?" she asked, suddenly showing a very intense interest. "I love reading," she admitted with a gentle grin, "despite really being into video games." Finally having her hand grabbed in return, she soon felt the soft lips press against the back of her hand, causing her to blush lightly and smile shyly in return to the woman - wow, she was a flirt. "Oh.. um.. okay Anna.." She slowly pulled her hand back into her lap and rubbed where it had been kissed for a moment.

Anastasia smiled nodding towards Gloria. "I have made quite a lot of books in the past, I enjoy it a lot, and actually I can show you some of my older works or some of the stuff that I am working on right now." Anna offered, she saw Gloria blushing after the kiss which made her smile. "So why did you move here, if I may ask?" Ana asked.

Gloria just nodded a few times to the first comment only to perk slightly, again, at the mention of books. The thought made her smile, but only nodded thoughtfully in response, obviously enjoying the idea. Then things got more serious, making the her adorn a more sullen expression. "... well, it's a long story, but a big part of it is that my girlfriend had passed away..." The statement earned a sad sigh from her, forcing her to lift a hand up and brush her orange hair back. Gloria pursed her lips then and shrugged. "Since.. she was gone, I decided it was time for a new start." Her gaze found Ana's eyes for a moment and just smiled, weakly.

Anastasia looked down. She knew the feeling of losing someone that you love. She looked towards Gloria, feeling bad that she had lost someone that she loved. "I'm sorry to hear that happen to you. And I'm sure that she was a great person." Anastasia said as she gently patted Gloria on the shoulder.

"It's okay.." she replied softly and took in a deep breath. "It was some months ago. I mean, it doesn't mean I don't miss her, but... it's done and over with now. I won't forget her, but..." Gloria shrugged lightly. "I'm not going to let her memory be in vain by sulking around all day. She'd probably scold me if I did." Gloria smirked at the thought and looked to Ana. "And if you ever felt like you wanted, you'd just need to come over to my place... it's protected by some wards..." She paused then and blushes lightly. "I mean... um, of course, hehe, I could just... go to your place. Because you have your own home, of course!" Gloria shut her eyes for a moment in a moment of embarrassment. She wasn't exactly sure why she said that! Opening them again, she just smiled softly, her cheeks still a tad pink.

Anastasia blushed slightly at the offer and smiled, she was grateful for the offer to go to her house if she felt like it. "You know you are pretty cute when you blush, right?" Ana flirted. "I wouldn't mind coming over to your place or you coming over to mine if it every did come to that." Anastasia said she was glad to actually find a friend already in this new town.

"I.. I really didn't mean to be, um... so forward, or..." Gloria just sighed and rubbed her face for a moment. She gave Ana a look then, only to blush more obviously before letting out quietest huff. "... that actually might be really nice... I'd have to adjust some of my wards to let you past..." She then realized she was doing it again. "I m-mean! Um... right, just go to your place? Okay, I'm done embarrassing myself." She folded her knees to her chest and hugged them tight, half-burying her face in them, but her eyes still peeked out so she could see Ana's reaction. Gloria wasn't normally like this with new people.

Anastasia smiled. The girl was extremely cute and couldn't help but let out a soft giggle as she watched Gloria bringing her knees up to her chest and bury her head in her knees. "Well it would probably be better to do it at your place that way I could come in and visit you. That's if you want me to come over and we can hang out sometime." Anastasia suggested as she gently patted Gloria on the back and winked at her playfully once more.

Gloria pressed her face against her knees for a moment before slowly lifting it up, her face pink. "Sorry... normally, I'm not tripping over my own words so much... but yeah, that sounds fun." She smiled lightly. "Just be prepared... it's like a mix between magical arts and a nerd's video gaming lair," she added with a slight giggle. "Um, what were you doing out here anyways?" She paused in thought. "Wait. You said something about your book, right? Or am I imagining things?"

Ana smiled softly. Gloria was definitely a cute one seeing her all flustered like that. "That's totally fine with me, I won't judge what your house looks like anyway but the gaming seems pretty fun." Anastasia said, she had never played a video game before in her life which was something she was curious about. Then Gloria asked why she was out here and smiled towards her. "Just looking for inspiration to continue my writing is all." Ana answered.

Crawling slowly from her self-made shell, she reached up to pull all of her hair out of the way and let it fall back down, tucking strands of it behind her ears. "It is... I mostly got into it to escape reality... I do it a bit less now, having gotten into Wicca, but I don't think I'll ever get tired of it." She smiled happily. "I have said to myself a lot though - if video games didn't exist, I'd definitely be a bookworm. So what sort of things do you write, anyways?"

"I usually like to write any kind of fantasy or sci-fi novels actually." Ana answered as she watched Gloria tucking her hair away from her face. "I started writing when I went into college at the time, and since then I stuck with it. The stuff that I don't publish is just for my spare time, or sometimes I forget to finish what I'm writing and it ends up collecting dust somewhere."

"Wow, that's awesome, I'd love to read it. That's what a lot of games are about... I bet you're an amazing writer too, having written since college." She grinned softly almost like a little girl, seeming fascinated by the idea.

Anastasia smiled even more and rubbed the back of her neck. "I have a whole room just filled with books of my own. I am more then willing to let you have whatever books you'd like." Anasastia offered. "So would you like to get something to eat sometime?" Ana asked blushing slightly.

"Whaaaat?" she asked playfully, smiling wide and biting her lip. "So, like, I have my own personal author to read all of her books? Okies!" She giggled, showing a little bit more of her youthful side before blinking in surprise, feeling her cheeks getting hot again. "Um... I.. I mean, yeah..." She bit her lip again, though more shyly this time, unsure if she was being asked out on a date or not. "Um.. okay, but do you like burgers?" Gloria couldn't help but giggle softly.

She couldn't help but giggle seeing Gloria's reaction after she offered to have some of her own books. Gloria was really adorable and she was sure she would make anyone really happy if she was dating someone. "I still eat burgers." Ana said and smiled even more after Gloria had said yes. "And it's a date then just let me know when you'd like to go."

Gloria couldn't help but smile shy and look down to the ground for a brief moment. "A date?..." She reached up and pressed her cheeks together for a moment, feeling them getting red now. "Um.. okies... uh... I'm free whenever... pretty much... I mean... maybe not tonight, because... it's really sudden, but..." Gloria bit her lower lip softly. She never had this sort of luck with women! It was almost too good to be true.

"Tonight I'll be unpacking my things anyway, so tomorrow sound good to you?" Anastasia asked and smiled at Gloria as she took out a pen from her pocket and reached over towards Gloria's notebook and quickly found an empty page and wrote down her number. "Feel free to text me anytime, it was nice meeting you Gloria." Ana said as she leaned forward and kissed Gloria on the cheek and got up to leave making her way towards her car and left the lake.

Gloria held her cheek for a few moments, sure she was beet red by now, watching the woman get in her car and leave. Then she opened her notebook to the page that Ana had written on and swallowed softly. She had given her phone number? Gloria only ever had that happen once to her. The thought actually made her quiet giddy inside.

Wolves of Red Lake (Closed ignore this thread)

@Ace of flames01 Uh, just showing clips with names to a song. ^.^ Or at least that's the goal.

Wolves of Red Lake (Closed ignore this thread)

Everyone! I want to do a video for the role-play! However, I need to know everyone's face claims (if it's not just some random picture, that is)! So please, PM me what they are so we don't spam the OOC - if you want your character included, anyways. Thank you! <3

Wolves of Red Lake (Closed ignore this thread)

Lyssa vs. Bear

Alyssa and Kimberly were walking through the forest near the lake. The sun hung high in the sky and light filtered beautifully through the leaves and branches, bathing their surroundings in sparkling light. They'd finally arrived on the much anticipated annual lake trip, the rest of the campers were setting things up while they'd ducked out for a walk.

"Kimmy, isn't it bea-" Alyssa'd been about to break the comfortable silence when she heard something terrifying to her left.

Turning she saw him. A towering creature of fur, muscle, and razor sharp claws. It was a bear, and a large one at that. It roared at them, its fangs bared in what was likely murderous intent.

"Shit!" Kimmy shouted as she quickly snapped a picture with her smartphone. She then bolted up a tree. They been discussing plans for such an event, and had decided that bears were too fast to run from. "Lyssa! Quick!"

Alyssa was transfixed by the bear's majesty and might. "No Kimmy...." She took off her jacket and popped her neck side to side. She stretched her arms. "This is my destiny...I'm gonna fight that bear."

"Lys, don't be stupid. It's a bear!" Kimmy called from the tree above. Had Alyssa gone full retard? "You can't fight a bear!"

Alyssa narrowed her eyes at the bear. "You probably think she's right don't you?" She took a deep breath. Already adrenaline was pumping into her system, her body fell into her stance as she intrusted it to instincts born of hours of practice. "I'm a fighter in my prime Mr. Bear. You may have been king of these woods for awhile, but I know what it's like to be prey. You think you can stand against that?"

The bear answered by charging. It was fast, but Alyssa was faster. Its paw sailed through air where her head had been previously, and the next thing it felt was Alyssa's fists assaulting its side. She grinned as she heard the satisfying sound of a rib cracking.

The bear lunged to the side, knocking Alyssa backwards. She hit the ground rolling with the force, and by the time she stood again the bear was swiping with its paw. She stepped forward past the claws - she didn't have time for anything else - and diminished what would have been a mortal wound to a simple thud against her shoulder.

Alyssa quickly threw an uppercut into the bear's snout. It reeled in pain, unaccustomed as it was to being punched. Alyssa pressed her advantage by hammering blow after blow into its sensitive snout, blood flowed freely where her knuckles had peeled away skin and fur alike.

Turning the bear fled back into the forest, convinced that this meal was simply too costly. Alyssa stood triumphant. She turned to see Kimmy climbing out of the tree she'd been in.

"Told you I could fight a bear." She said grinning. She held her shoulder, which she was sure would bruise. Closing her eyes she calmed her breathing. "Wasn't th-"

Her sentence was cut off by the sensation of Kimmy's hand across her face in what was probably one of the hardest bitch-slaps she'd ever received. Recoiling she called out. "Hey! What was that for!?"

Kimmy fixed her with an angry glare. "For being a retard. Yes you beat up a bear, but you're still stupid for fighting it in the first place!"

"Do I at least get a kiss for my bravery?" Alyssa grinned apologetically.

Rolling her eyes Kimmy planted a small peck on Alyssa's cheek. "I shouldn't reward stupidity, but it was pretty awesome." She gestured back towards the camp. "Let's go regale them with your tale of supreme stupidity, we'll see how many of them call you dumb huh?"

And so they returned to the camp.

This scene's been stuck in my head since the bear fighting comment. So here it is. Totally realistic I assure you. :D

@Meiyuki

Twas an amazing tale and stupidity and bravery. +1000. =P