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13 years ago
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
-William Shakespeare Hey everyone, this is Damian. Yep, I’m taking over Roaming Shadow’s journal for the moment, as I thought I should be the one to introduce you to a few people. These would be the “cast of characters”, to put it lightly, that RS mentioned not to long ago. You know, the whole “carving my niche into FA” announcement in that he made in that journal three months ago, and the “looking for artists” request in that last journal. Well, he’s finally comfortable with releasing them onto the webs, and you’ll meet the crazies I have to deal with on a regular basis. Granted, he might go into further detail with them at a later point, but that’s for another time.
Damian:
First of all, I’ll take a moment to reintroduce myself. Like I’ve said before, I’m Roaming Shadow’s muse, a personification of that which keeps his creativity in check. It’s not a thankless job, but it’s also a rough one at times. Much like the ideas I have to manage and organize, I kinda came about on a whim, one of those fabled “jolts of inspiration” on par with a creative epiphany. You know, those rare ideas that just feel “right” the moment their conceived? Yeah, it’s a good feeling.
I am, in a sense, RS’s first “furry”, my appearance first conceived long before I was, and long before he even knew of “furries”. That was back when wolves and werewolves found a special place in his head and heart, a place they still occupy to this day, if you couldn’t tell by the stuff in his gallery. For those of you who don’t know, likely if you’re new to my writer’s work, you can see what I look like by clicking the link here. He’s still planning on getting a commissioned reference of me, but that might be a while.
Like my writer, I’m not exactly great with talking about myself, but I’ll give it a shot. I think I’m a practical sort, seeing as how someone has to keep a sense of order around here. I’m comfortable in my own fur, and I’m not afraid to express myself. I’d say I’m laid back for the most part, and not a whole lot really gets to me, at least nothing I can’t bounce back from quickly.
Devon:
One of the earlier personifications to manifest around here. Devon is the representative of RS’s interest in vore, including a gravitation towards ooze/amorphous characters. Unlike the others around here, he’s quadruped (though I’m not entirely sure why…likely connected to the piece “Climax Into Darkness”). He’s reptilian in appearance, kind of evoking thoughts of “dragon” without that really being your first impression. He’s not living in the traditional sense of the word, being a magical construct of some unknown black ooze. I don’t know exactly what it is, and neither does Devon. Whatever it is, he can shift his viscosity a few degrees, and when he wants to be mostly solid, he actually has a pretty solid texture to him of a scaly hide and such. If it weren’t for the fact that he was all black, it might be easy to mistake him for a creature of flesh and blood.
To put it kindly, Devon has the intelligence of an adult and the knowledge of a child. He’s not stupid in any sense, but he just doesn’t know and understand societal norms and the like. He’s, well, simple, purely on the fact that, as part of his personification, he hasn’t been sentient all that long. He’s learning, but dealing with him is like dealing with a smart child; you never quite know what to expect. Oh, he’s a nice enough guy, but he still hasn’t quite gotten the understanding yet that engulfing someone isn’t an appropriate substitute for a hug. Fortunately he knows well enough when others aren’t enjoying his ministrations, and won’t have his idea of “fun” with others if he’s aware that they actively dislike such treatment. I’ve been engulfed an assimilated into him more than a few times, but we know each other well enough that I’m usually okay with it, and he lets me go if I’m just not in the mood.
Nick:
Nick came from a different corner of the Department of Creativity, a sub-section of the department that RS didn’t even know existed before coming to FA. Come to think of it, the vore offices were like that too. Nick, however, comes from the inflation offices. While taking up a little less space than vore, inflation comes in a close second in interests of the fandom around here. It took him a while to get personified, but he too was one of those ideas that sounded right the moment it came to mind. He’s a living inflatable toy, life size, of a grey gerbil. The name is actually an homage to a prior pet gerbil RS used to have a long time ago, though the similarities end there. Unlike Sharon, the gelemental wolf, Nick holds to ties to the direct works of others, and is far more a toy, with a perfectly smooth body, features painted on, visible seams, and an air nozzle for a belly button. His hands are the most articulate thing about his body, and the extent of their ability is turning knobs like those found on air tanks.
Nick is also childish, but in a different manner than Devon. Nick has what I like to refer to as a “Toy Story mentality”. He’s a living toy, he knows that, and the purpose of a toy is to bring happiness. As making others happy makes him happy, he’s just fine with that. And besides, who doesn’t like balloons in some way, shape, or form? The guy is great at cheering people up, and it’s hard not to be happy when he’s around doing his thing. Though, being alone is rough on him. After all, if he’s alone, he’s not brining happiness to anyone, which makes him unhappy. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of people around here who enjoy his company. I know he’s more complex than he lets on, but he really enjoys his niche in life, and who am I to spoil that for him?
Valerie:
Valerie is, to say the least, the biggest handful around here without question. She’s an embodiment of both RS’s vore and inflation interests, but…taken a bit to the extreme. I’ll get to that in a moment. Valerie looks like a Jaguar; tall, lean, graceful, and sexy. Her breasts, I feel I need to make note of, are actually within the normal range for a female, maybe just a tad larger than the “average”. Yeah, call him weird, but RS isn’t a fan of massive breasts. She’s usually seen in almost too tight jean shorts and a dark blue midriff top. However, in reality, she’s just as much an amorphous being as Devon, though I’ve never seen her in her “natural” state, and I doubt I ever will. She is a near perfect shape shifter, even creating clothes from her body mass, though these clothes are not separate entities and so cannot be taken off of her. Other than that, it’s virtually impossible to distinguish her from the real thing, as she even replicates the insides. However, there are a few signs of life that she cannot replicate, though these are beyond what most normal senses can pick up, as she even feels and smells like the real thing. Interestingly, she seems to have adopted that jaguar form as her default, though I’ve seen her take other forms from time to time.
To be blunt, Valerie’s defining characteristic is her complete lack of inhibitions. She could care less what social customs are; if she wants to have fun, and wants to include you in that fun, good luck stopping her. Now, to be fair, she’s not really mean, she just takes the thought of “it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission” a bit to the extreme. She always makes it up to those who were less than willing to have “fun” with her, and as far as I’ve seen, she’s got almost no limit to how far she’ll go to repay such people for the “fun” she had with them. Valerie is very outgoing, practically to the point of intimidating, and is always looking for a good time. That girl doesn’t really have a neutral state, and would easily be the life of any party.
Like Devon, I’m not exactly sure what composes Valerie, but I do know some of the details of her being. For starters, Valerie’s form exists in more than three dimensions. Must of us can only perceive and comprehend three dimensions; length, width, and height. Valerie is conscious of more than that, and can actually willfully distribute her mass along those dimensions. What’s usually visible is but a fraction of her true mass, and she can rearrange her mass along dimensions so that it seems like she’s screwing around with the law of conservation of mass when she’s really not. To explain further would start including String Theory and other such stuff that I really don’t want to get into now.
Like Devon, she can assimilate mass into her own, storing mind and soul within her as well. However, she can redistribute that assimilated mass elsewhere to regain her figure, where Devon can’t; if he wanted to keep his shape and size, his density would go up, and that gets cumbersome. When it comes to vore, Valerie is equally fond of traditional oral and engulfing, and the occasional unbirthing. Her body is also more than capable of inflation, and not only can she reach sizes that Nick can’t, she can also control the distribution, often to naughty ends. Another feature of her body is that, not only can she merge others into herself through assimilation, she can merge herself into others, giving their bodies properties similar to her own. Using this, she can inflate others or force herself into others. The catch is that she can’t actually separate herself, meaning that she is quite physically attached to those she is “granting” her properties to. Along these lines, she’s also been known to trick preds into eating her, only to assimilate them from the inside out. Trust me, it’s a strange sight to see.
Shadow:
This guy has actually been around longer than anyone else here, though he only possesses a “furry incarnation” here, and even I respect his seniority. He is, in a sense, a combination of all the things RS likes in protagonist characters, or at least the protagonist trend he had gone through for quite some time not that long ago. Shadow is a totally black furred wolf, an antihero if there ever was one, with unadorned leather armor and two swords strapped to his back that he wields with a master’s skill. He’s an expert woodsman to boot, capable with a bow, and pretty good at hand to hand.
Shadow is a wolf of few words, not very charismatic, but often very intimidating and imposing. In one way or another, he fits into a lot of clichés and such of “badass characters”. However, he’s perfectly aware of this, and while he doesn’t like it being brought to his attention, he doesn’t intend to change. It’s just who he is, and he’s not going to change that for anyone or anything. His sense of honor and justice may be a little different than most, but he’s certainly a good guy at heart, and a great friend once you get accustomed to his rough exterior. He doesn’t dislike people after all, he just has a hard time interacting with them is all.
Isaac:
Isaac is someone I thought I’d never see around here, and it came as a surprise to Roaming Shadow when he showed up. Isaac is RS’s fledgling fursona. Honestly, neither of us ever thought he’d have a fursona, but this guy slowly came into being and he’s feeling, well, “right” for the role. Time will tell, but I have a good feeling about the kid. To start, he’s an ocelot, with nothing all that fancy about his fur patterns. Not to be mean, but “average” is actually a pretty good way to describe him. He’s neither out of shape nor really fit, just kind of having the average body of a healthy male, maybe just slightly more fit end of “average”. Attire-wise, he’s usually wearing jean shorts and a sleeveless shirt, usually black, dark blue, or brown. Occasionally he wears glasses, but only when he needs to see clearly at a distance; otherwise he keeps them in a case in his pocket.
Isaac is also perhaps the most “normal” of anyone here, as much as that means, not being linked directly to any of the “fetishes” that RS enjoys. He doesn’t have the capacity to be a vore pred, though he can still be prey, and he’s inflated Nick a time or two, but isn’t capable of inflating himself. Isaac is, more or less, a reflection of RS, though there are some subtle differences here and there, though I won’t be the one to say precisely what they are. He’s a bit socially awkward, having trouble breaking the ice, partially due to being an introvert, but once the introductions are done he’s much more relaxed. Despite his social awkwardness, he likes meeting new people. He’s a writer (big surprise there) and a gamer, fond of fantasy, RPGs, and action games, along with some more strategic games. I don’t know much more about him, but I’ve taken him under my wing, and I get the feeling I’ll be getting to know him much better in the near future.
Well, that’s all for now. If you’d like to know anything about anyone, feel free to ask here. They may even decide to answer personally. With any luck, and all the overtime money RS is making in real life, perhaps you’ll be seeing them all before too long.
Damian:
First of all, I’ll take a moment to reintroduce myself. Like I’ve said before, I’m Roaming Shadow’s muse, a personification of that which keeps his creativity in check. It’s not a thankless job, but it’s also a rough one at times. Much like the ideas I have to manage and organize, I kinda came about on a whim, one of those fabled “jolts of inspiration” on par with a creative epiphany. You know, those rare ideas that just feel “right” the moment their conceived? Yeah, it’s a good feeling.
I am, in a sense, RS’s first “furry”, my appearance first conceived long before I was, and long before he even knew of “furries”. That was back when wolves and werewolves found a special place in his head and heart, a place they still occupy to this day, if you couldn’t tell by the stuff in his gallery. For those of you who don’t know, likely if you’re new to my writer’s work, you can see what I look like by clicking the link here. He’s still planning on getting a commissioned reference of me, but that might be a while.
Like my writer, I’m not exactly great with talking about myself, but I’ll give it a shot. I think I’m a practical sort, seeing as how someone has to keep a sense of order around here. I’m comfortable in my own fur, and I’m not afraid to express myself. I’d say I’m laid back for the most part, and not a whole lot really gets to me, at least nothing I can’t bounce back from quickly.
Devon:
One of the earlier personifications to manifest around here. Devon is the representative of RS’s interest in vore, including a gravitation towards ooze/amorphous characters. Unlike the others around here, he’s quadruped (though I’m not entirely sure why…likely connected to the piece “Climax Into Darkness”). He’s reptilian in appearance, kind of evoking thoughts of “dragon” without that really being your first impression. He’s not living in the traditional sense of the word, being a magical construct of some unknown black ooze. I don’t know exactly what it is, and neither does Devon. Whatever it is, he can shift his viscosity a few degrees, and when he wants to be mostly solid, he actually has a pretty solid texture to him of a scaly hide and such. If it weren’t for the fact that he was all black, it might be easy to mistake him for a creature of flesh and blood.
To put it kindly, Devon has the intelligence of an adult and the knowledge of a child. He’s not stupid in any sense, but he just doesn’t know and understand societal norms and the like. He’s, well, simple, purely on the fact that, as part of his personification, he hasn’t been sentient all that long. He’s learning, but dealing with him is like dealing with a smart child; you never quite know what to expect. Oh, he’s a nice enough guy, but he still hasn’t quite gotten the understanding yet that engulfing someone isn’t an appropriate substitute for a hug. Fortunately he knows well enough when others aren’t enjoying his ministrations, and won’t have his idea of “fun” with others if he’s aware that they actively dislike such treatment. I’ve been engulfed an assimilated into him more than a few times, but we know each other well enough that I’m usually okay with it, and he lets me go if I’m just not in the mood.
Nick:
Nick came from a different corner of the Department of Creativity, a sub-section of the department that RS didn’t even know existed before coming to FA. Come to think of it, the vore offices were like that too. Nick, however, comes from the inflation offices. While taking up a little less space than vore, inflation comes in a close second in interests of the fandom around here. It took him a while to get personified, but he too was one of those ideas that sounded right the moment it came to mind. He’s a living inflatable toy, life size, of a grey gerbil. The name is actually an homage to a prior pet gerbil RS used to have a long time ago, though the similarities end there. Unlike Sharon, the gelemental wolf, Nick holds to ties to the direct works of others, and is far more a toy, with a perfectly smooth body, features painted on, visible seams, and an air nozzle for a belly button. His hands are the most articulate thing about his body, and the extent of their ability is turning knobs like those found on air tanks.
Nick is also childish, but in a different manner than Devon. Nick has what I like to refer to as a “Toy Story mentality”. He’s a living toy, he knows that, and the purpose of a toy is to bring happiness. As making others happy makes him happy, he’s just fine with that. And besides, who doesn’t like balloons in some way, shape, or form? The guy is great at cheering people up, and it’s hard not to be happy when he’s around doing his thing. Though, being alone is rough on him. After all, if he’s alone, he’s not brining happiness to anyone, which makes him unhappy. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of people around here who enjoy his company. I know he’s more complex than he lets on, but he really enjoys his niche in life, and who am I to spoil that for him?
Valerie:
Valerie is, to say the least, the biggest handful around here without question. She’s an embodiment of both RS’s vore and inflation interests, but…taken a bit to the extreme. I’ll get to that in a moment. Valerie looks like a Jaguar; tall, lean, graceful, and sexy. Her breasts, I feel I need to make note of, are actually within the normal range for a female, maybe just a tad larger than the “average”. Yeah, call him weird, but RS isn’t a fan of massive breasts. She’s usually seen in almost too tight jean shorts and a dark blue midriff top. However, in reality, she’s just as much an amorphous being as Devon, though I’ve never seen her in her “natural” state, and I doubt I ever will. She is a near perfect shape shifter, even creating clothes from her body mass, though these clothes are not separate entities and so cannot be taken off of her. Other than that, it’s virtually impossible to distinguish her from the real thing, as she even replicates the insides. However, there are a few signs of life that she cannot replicate, though these are beyond what most normal senses can pick up, as she even feels and smells like the real thing. Interestingly, she seems to have adopted that jaguar form as her default, though I’ve seen her take other forms from time to time.
To be blunt, Valerie’s defining characteristic is her complete lack of inhibitions. She could care less what social customs are; if she wants to have fun, and wants to include you in that fun, good luck stopping her. Now, to be fair, she’s not really mean, she just takes the thought of “it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission” a bit to the extreme. She always makes it up to those who were less than willing to have “fun” with her, and as far as I’ve seen, she’s got almost no limit to how far she’ll go to repay such people for the “fun” she had with them. Valerie is very outgoing, practically to the point of intimidating, and is always looking for a good time. That girl doesn’t really have a neutral state, and would easily be the life of any party.
Like Devon, I’m not exactly sure what composes Valerie, but I do know some of the details of her being. For starters, Valerie’s form exists in more than three dimensions. Must of us can only perceive and comprehend three dimensions; length, width, and height. Valerie is conscious of more than that, and can actually willfully distribute her mass along those dimensions. What’s usually visible is but a fraction of her true mass, and she can rearrange her mass along dimensions so that it seems like she’s screwing around with the law of conservation of mass when she’s really not. To explain further would start including String Theory and other such stuff that I really don’t want to get into now.
Like Devon, she can assimilate mass into her own, storing mind and soul within her as well. However, she can redistribute that assimilated mass elsewhere to regain her figure, where Devon can’t; if he wanted to keep his shape and size, his density would go up, and that gets cumbersome. When it comes to vore, Valerie is equally fond of traditional oral and engulfing, and the occasional unbirthing. Her body is also more than capable of inflation, and not only can she reach sizes that Nick can’t, she can also control the distribution, often to naughty ends. Another feature of her body is that, not only can she merge others into herself through assimilation, she can merge herself into others, giving their bodies properties similar to her own. Using this, she can inflate others or force herself into others. The catch is that she can’t actually separate herself, meaning that she is quite physically attached to those she is “granting” her properties to. Along these lines, she’s also been known to trick preds into eating her, only to assimilate them from the inside out. Trust me, it’s a strange sight to see.
Shadow:
This guy has actually been around longer than anyone else here, though he only possesses a “furry incarnation” here, and even I respect his seniority. He is, in a sense, a combination of all the things RS likes in protagonist characters, or at least the protagonist trend he had gone through for quite some time not that long ago. Shadow is a totally black furred wolf, an antihero if there ever was one, with unadorned leather armor and two swords strapped to his back that he wields with a master’s skill. He’s an expert woodsman to boot, capable with a bow, and pretty good at hand to hand.
Shadow is a wolf of few words, not very charismatic, but often very intimidating and imposing. In one way or another, he fits into a lot of clichés and such of “badass characters”. However, he’s perfectly aware of this, and while he doesn’t like it being brought to his attention, he doesn’t intend to change. It’s just who he is, and he’s not going to change that for anyone or anything. His sense of honor and justice may be a little different than most, but he’s certainly a good guy at heart, and a great friend once you get accustomed to his rough exterior. He doesn’t dislike people after all, he just has a hard time interacting with them is all.
Isaac:
Isaac is someone I thought I’d never see around here, and it came as a surprise to Roaming Shadow when he showed up. Isaac is RS’s fledgling fursona. Honestly, neither of us ever thought he’d have a fursona, but this guy slowly came into being and he’s feeling, well, “right” for the role. Time will tell, but I have a good feeling about the kid. To start, he’s an ocelot, with nothing all that fancy about his fur patterns. Not to be mean, but “average” is actually a pretty good way to describe him. He’s neither out of shape nor really fit, just kind of having the average body of a healthy male, maybe just slightly more fit end of “average”. Attire-wise, he’s usually wearing jean shorts and a sleeveless shirt, usually black, dark blue, or brown. Occasionally he wears glasses, but only when he needs to see clearly at a distance; otherwise he keeps them in a case in his pocket.
Isaac is also perhaps the most “normal” of anyone here, as much as that means, not being linked directly to any of the “fetishes” that RS enjoys. He doesn’t have the capacity to be a vore pred, though he can still be prey, and he’s inflated Nick a time or two, but isn’t capable of inflating himself. Isaac is, more or less, a reflection of RS, though there are some subtle differences here and there, though I won’t be the one to say precisely what they are. He’s a bit socially awkward, having trouble breaking the ice, partially due to being an introvert, but once the introductions are done he’s much more relaxed. Despite his social awkwardness, he likes meeting new people. He’s a writer (big surprise there) and a gamer, fond of fantasy, RPGs, and action games, along with some more strategic games. I don’t know much more about him, but I’ve taken him under my wing, and I get the feeling I’ll be getting to know him much better in the near future.
Well, that’s all for now. If you’d like to know anything about anyone, feel free to ask here. They may even decide to answer personally. With any luck, and all the overtime money RS is making in real life, perhaps you’ll be seeing them all before too long.
Astro Pantherion
~cg-panthera
Are these all characters you have been thinking up lately? I can see you have been busy! Nice.
Roaming_Shadow
~roamingshadow
OP
Over about the past month or two, yeah. They're not 100% fleshed out yet (well, so to speak, considering three aren't even flesh and blood), but enough has been finalized for me to bring them forth.
Astro Pantherion
~cg-panthera
As long you have a loose idea, that is mostly enough
