.... I'm going to go crawl in a hole somewhere. ;n;
This thing took forever and was tedious. Haha. Was doing it in between commission work.
Anthro version will come later.... a lot later.

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Tora is a bit of a goofball who's always smiling and giggling. She's a little slow and a little clumsy, but still able to keep up with everyone. She's quiet though, but opens up rather well after a while. More or less "studying her friends/companions/new people/etc" so to speak.

She loves to sing and listen to music. She adores foreign artists like Gackt, Dir En Grey, Malice Mizer, and so on. She also loves other types of artists too, like Micheal Jackson, who she listened to most of her life as she was growing up. Another favorite of hers is Korn as well. Secretly, she loves to dance even though she knows shes not good at it.

Tora has been through a lot of grief in her life. One was the loss of a great friend of hers when she was just an elder teen. Another the loss of a 'child'. Both of those things, among many more, has greatly affected her and still burns quite a bit to this day. Yet, somehow, every day, she puts on a smile to hide the pain.

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Most of her markings have some sort of meaning to them, along with her accessories too (No, she doesn't have to be drawn with the accessories).

- Her forehead marking is Kanji for "Believe". It can also be said as Shinjiru (Shin-jee-rou [The R is rolled]). I have scars on my forehead, part of the reason I stuck it as kanji on Tora. Also as a reminder to believe in whatever deems worthy to believe in. "Whatever makes you happy."
- The three dots on her chest forms a triangle. They are marks that I have on my own chest in real life.
- Her eyes are dull and pupil-less most times because I am slightly blind and slightly colorblind.
- Her gorgeous wing markings have a long story to them but to shorten it, I've always wanted to fly. Be it in an airplane or by sky diving, etc. I never flown before. I'd like to, some day.
- Her scar on her back paw has been there my whole life. I do not know how I got it and will probably never know to be honest.
- Those neck decorations: Steel blue scarf, glow-in-the-dark tiger gem on a red string, and a crescent moon. Her tiger gem is to remind her all the wonderful things that happened in her recent past. It was to go with another though. Her crescent is something that one of her many Aunts have given to her as a birthday gift. Her scarf has little meaning except that she loves it. She also, sometimes, wears a steel blue bandanna too.
- Her iPod and headphones have been a huge part of her life since she was a kid. For years, she "tuned out" everything around her when things got so tough that she couldn't bear them. She always has these things with her.
- The blue tail-band and ice-like gem are newer accessories that are still building meaning to them. She did have an older tail-band that was placed into hiding. Along with a few other accessories too.

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I think I covered everything for right now. Tora has a lot of "me" in her. Lol. :3
If you'd like to draw her, you are welcome to! Just not in Adult rated situations (unless it's me the one being commissioned for it).

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Random songs:
Ayaka - I Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjGxYbXyTs