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Posted 3 years ago
Oh shit it's been 2 months?? ???
There's a lot that's happened with me
so let's break it down into the big 3 once again:
Health, Art and what's coming up.
Health: April was a fantastic month for me that sadly took a turn for the worst by the last day/first day of May. I started having really bad panic attacks back-to-back, every night I feared going to bed despite knowing nothing was stressing me out etc. It got to the point where I had to check myself into the ER every few nights for awhile just to get an Ativan shot to knock me out long enough to rest for a few hours. Eventually after being classified as a "Somniphobic" I broke down and said the wrong thing to the wrong nurse and ended up having CIT cops come to my home. They escorted me to the hospital, stuck me in a mental health facility out in Spencer, OK for 5 days and things got better slowly after that -- for a time. The nocturnal panic attacks started coming back but once I changed my diet and stopped doing medical MJ/having caffeine everything for the most part stopped. I still struggle with heart palpitations here and there but I'm seeing a cardiologist sometime later this month. Oh and they did a Sleep Study on me on like June 16th but they didn't find any sleep apnea, or rather not enough to issue me a cpap machine right away. ...But hey my blood sugar is getting easier to manage!
Art: There's just not much to say here. I feel an immense amount of guilt and disappointment for not having cleared my queue up by now but it's honestly so hard to get into art when you're suffering physically/mentally with all this shit. I hope those who I have left (I've been putting pieces out this past week, I have like 6 left total) understand and continue their patience with me. I am actually starting to get back into my normal routine again so I'm confident this coming week I'll be 100% back on track. Which is just as well, because I plan on reopening my Melty YCHs/making new adopts for awhile. I will need a slow ease back into comms before I open/draw new ideas for them. I want to ensure I'm back and know I can handle the extra responsibility because I hate making people wait on me like this. It sucks. If it all goes well though, I have a lot of ideas for art/merch type stuff so it could be a really good month for me. We'll see!
What's next? So since my medical hiatus I got a lot more organized in my personal/social life. I recently accepted a new trustee position for Oklahoma's Scissortail Fandoms Inc. (Sci-FI for short) and hosted another (HOT) successful SFE Summer Cookout with a bunch of locals. It got up to 104 degrees F out there in Edmond that afternoon but we had 48 people turn out, which was super rad. Hosting events/furmeets just fills me with such joy I just can't explain it. It's a magical feeling knowing you had a small part in bringing people together and watching new relationships blossom from those events. I think volunteer work through the furry fandom might actually be a calling for me as cheesy as that may sound. It's the magic of it all. I look forward to my new position with Sci-FI and helping my local con AnthroExpo continue its growth through the next few years as long as people will have me aboard. 🖤
So in a nutshell that's kind where I am at the moment. I want to again stress how thankful I am to the last few people on my queue for the Uppies YCH. I've never had to just walk away from work for more than a week so it's been deeply upsetting for me as an artist wanting to grow and hone my skills. A lot of people have told me they would rather me put my health before anything I owe them but I still feel terrible about it. So I will definitely be leaning more into adopts for a bit after I'm finished with things. I am making efforts so I hope it shows.
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♔ Update - April 2022 ♔
Posted 3 years ago
Ohhhh where to start? I've been BUSY as of late.
So let me break it down into the big 3 categories:
Health, Art and what's coming up.
Health: So this is a big one but I'll try to summarize as best I can here. So at the end of this month I'm due for blood tests to check and see where my A1C is at (last visit I was ~11.5) Praying it will be lower even if it's a small amount. I know what I need to be doing it's just a slow process of changing my habits. Overall I've been doing great with my Tresiba(insulin) and needles absolutely don't phase me now. Mentally I feel confident that I've finally found the right mix of prescribed meds that work well together to allow me to be a functional person. It's weird just having times where I don't have a million thoughts running through my head, it's just...quiet. I'm just focusing on whatever I'm doing in the moment and I'm not overthinking every little thing I do! So weird for me, but amazing. We love to see it
Art: Truly I have been so overwhelmed with how supportive people have been of my art this year. I set out in January with a monthly target goal of $250 that I said, "If I can make at least this much with art I'll be able to be comfortable with all my bills/whatever." and it's been smashed 3 times now. For April I capped my new goal of $300 and I'm currently working to earn enough to buy all the things I've needed for my room/workspace that I've put off for awhile. (partially due to just overthinking the purchases) I have decided to have a new YCH for each month and at the end of the previous month I will open pre-claim slots to use as examples for the "official" first sale post. It worked super well with this month's Peeps YCH so! ~~
What's next? Well I've paid off my fursuit head and vtuber model now. Those were the biggest things I've been paying off lately (which were very much worth the grind) so now I'm just gathering remaining stream things for this summer. So far I've purchased a new desk (I was using a dining table this whole time lol), keyboard tray, mic clamp, a new LAN port (I've been using a Nintendo USB LAN connector device for the Switch dfnfn), 4TB of storage and a new USB hub for my extra devices. I still need to get a list of other physical items to be comfy but now I'm just focusing on finding an artist for my overlays/other assets for Twitch.
Busy busy busy--but not too busy. I'll be coming up with a realistic schedule for art and streaming soon because I need to find a balance so I don't get burnout before I even enter Twitch ontop of pre-existing engagements (like my IRL fur meet SFE, con work etc.)
That's pretty much it for now, OH and if you want to tip me for anything please consider sending me "carrots" on here! 🖤
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♔ Weekly Update - post-con/good news! ♔
Posted 3 years ago
We did it! Here are the official numbers from AnthroExpo 2022 last weekend:
Attendees:
669 (10% growth from our last physical con)
Total raised for charity:
$7,777 (lucky 7s!)
Getting my PCR tomorrow, but yeah I'm so happy with how CasinOwO Royale turned out.
Excited to see everyone go all out again for 2023's theme: Furry Scene!
(Yes I will be posting another themed charity adopt next year closer to con time~)
On a more personal note my average blood sugar is down from 340 to 200! I'm getting there guys, I'm really doing it.
My skin is clearing up now too, it's amazing oh my god. I could cry. Now I can focus on getting my Twitch channel setup for debut!
More info on that to come, thank you for supporting me. Every interaction on my social medias means so much. ❤
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♔ Health Update, AnthroExpo and 2022 Plans! ♔
Posted 3 years ago
Usually I don't talk about my health on my socials but this past January I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and ever since then I've been on a journey with my doctors (It took 7 months to get in with my current doc, new patient visits take longer to be seen apparently) to try to regulate my numbers. My A1c is down a full point so far but I have a long road ahead. I recently got over my fear of needles so I've been checking my sugars 2-3 times daily now and will be keeping a record of my meals/numbers for my doc going forward. So, lots going on there. I have been to the ER twice now for dehydration/Hyperglycemia when my medications have changed. The other day's visit ended with me getting my first dose of insulin and WOW. I felt amazing. Today I went back to feeling like my usual groggy self, here's an example from today:
(Before meds)318(35mins later)307(nap)176(ate lunch)244(2 hours after)
So yeah, baby steps I guess?
AnthroExpo is 5 days away for us staff members, setup begins next Thursday afternoon so I'm getting last minute prep out of the way for that. (Meets, adopts/adopt for SISU, packing/badge etc.) I'm excited but I will be cautious while working/floating around on the con space. I'll be double masked and have hand sanitizer on my hip at all times, wearing gloves when helping with any task involving attendees! I want this to be a fun AND safe time for all, so we can do this again and again for years to come.
In other news--I placed my deposit for my first fursuit head earlier this month (https://twitter.com/SBGothik_Arts) and have an artist team that will be working on a vtuber avatar for me! (https://twitter.com/OrionisStudio) My head will possibly be ready by this fall-winter and I plan on debuting my avatar this summer on Twitch! Lots of big things in the works so I'm placing my health before all else I have to do. Some days I haven't felt like doing art/adopts because of my diabetes not being regulated yet, I am so thankful for everyone who watches me/shares my designs when I do put something out.
Oh and I have a Toyhouse now! Link below. ~
Your love really takes me higher, thank you all for reading. ❤
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♔ Giveaway approaching! Happy Holidays!~ ♔
Posted 3 years ago
So I've been really getting back into the swing of making designs again and I just wanted to sort of show my appreciation for this by hosting a giveaway once I reach 600 watchers on FA!
I'm currently at like 586 so!~~ ;v;/
Today I'll try and work on my next caribou design auction featuring
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If you've been enjoying my designs and you're already watching me here, consider following me on these other apps! Any favs, follows etc. make me so happy. Y'all have no idea how much even a single follow can boost my mood and motivate me to keep going.
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So Endwalker Happened
Posted 4 years ago
Yeah so I got super wrapped up in FFXIV's new expansion and my next full adopt has been delayed. SO~~
I decided I'm going to make smaller adopts in a few batches while I work on other endeavors. Also I made a Telegram channel to help motivate me to post more frequently again because I truly missed making adopts!
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*In my best Yoshi P voice* Please look forward to it!
Is this thing on?
Posted 4 years agoI have been busy playing FFXIV and experimenting with w33d hello
It's been awhile since I posted any art/adopts so maybe I'll do that again.
(why the hell did the sparkle accounts have to disable AAAAA iodhnof)
It's been awhile since I posted any art/adopts so maybe I'll do that again.
(why the hell did the sparkle accounts have to disable AAAAA iodhnof)
New laptop, new painting software!
Posted 4 years agoSo, a lot has been happening (again) but it's time for me to try and get back to design. I've been missing this part of my life for some time now and could honestly use some extra cash for some household projects. I've used Photoshop for nearly 2 decades but it's time to give something new a try. PS is a powerful station for art/graphic design. Unfortunately it is absolutely a CPU hog and my new laptop just can't take it. SO I've just activated some free software that came with my Wacom tablet--Clip Studio Paint Pro!
I've heard lots of positive things about it, several of my friends use it for commissions so I figured I'd give it a shot. (I mean it was free after all too, right?) It might take me some time to get comfortable with this new app but I'd really like to start tossing around ideas for adopts in the meantime and maybe bust a design out today/tomorrow. If you like the way I design characters please note me/comment some character ideas if you'd like.
I've heard lots of positive things about it, several of my friends use it for commissions so I figured I'd give it a shot. (I mean it was free after all too, right?) It might take me some time to get comfortable with this new app but I'd really like to start tossing around ideas for adopts in the meantime and maybe bust a design out today/tomorrow. If you like the way I design characters please note me/comment some character ideas if you'd like.
Oh hi
Posted 5 years agoI uh...I should probably update my gallery huh?
Telegram and Twitter have been easier for me to use lately, so I apologize for not keeping my artwork updated here. I'll try to remedy that this week guys!
I have a new ref sheet on the way as well... 👀
Telegram and Twitter have been easier for me to use lately, so I apologize for not keeping my artwork updated here. I'll try to remedy that this week guys!
I have a new ref sheet on the way as well... 👀
PLEASE READ: Adopts and Commissions SLOW
Posted 6 years ago
Hey guys, it's Aze. So the past week I've noticed my PS application has been giving me delays when painting/coloring with even basic brushes. It finally started lagging so badly that the entire app would freeze and become unresponsive to the point where I'd have to pull up task manager just to get it to exit out completely.
Since the PC is not mine, but my roomie's I asked him to take a look and he said it's the HDD--it's dying. So I downloaded Paint Tool Sai to try and work on things as it's a much lighter program to color with. It's completely new and overwhelming for me right now, so things are progressing at a snails' pace.
During this time, while waiting to either have this PC fixed or get a new one up and running here adopts and customs will take me longer to finish. I apologize for the inconvenience and I will update you guys once things are back to normal!
*I am also going to be moving within the next 2 months so that may affect my work in December/January as well. Looking for an apt. in Tulsa, OK for better opportunities/to be closer to friends again!
Looking for artists who offer rubber hose style commissions!
Posted 6 years ago
The title pretty much says it all. As I ease back into art I'm hoping to finally commission some pieces for my main gal/internet persona Azeryth. She will eventually be my first partial as well, in the same toony/rubber hose style if I can find a maker for that sort of thing. As for art, I would like to focus more on her toony B/W side. I've gotten a few pieces from BriarRosie on Twitter that I'll upload and use as references for her design. No set budget, just toss names and accounts for me to browse please!
I also need a new icon for my FA, WHOOPS.
**IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!**
Posted 6 years agoHey guys, just a quick PSA for those of you who may not know but I moved back out to the country about almost a month ago now. It's been a great change so far! Who knew being away from the city would be just what my creativity needed?
I've started making character designs again!!! So if you have any palette suggestions send them my way. I'll be posting my normal ref adopts (~$20-30) and mini/Waitress/feral designs for CHEAP (~$6-10).
I used to sell quite often, so if you remember my work kindly spread the word with me please! I'm looking to get back into the cycle of things again. All proceeds will go towards helping me purchase basic furniture and eventually my first car.
Back from an Impromptu Hiatus?
Posted 7 years agoHey guys, Opiri here (Sijo/Azeryth),
I've been away for the past month or so for personal reasons. It's been very difficult to get back into the normal swing of things but I am slowly trying to get back to that groove. If you have any questions or would like to chat note me or message me on Telegram!
Other than that feel free to send me inspiration for designs, always fun to come up with new characters. ~
I've been away for the past month or so for personal reasons. It's been very difficult to get back into the normal swing of things but I am slowly trying to get back to that groove. If you have any questions or would like to chat note me or message me on Telegram!
Other than that feel free to send me inspiration for designs, always fun to come up with new characters. ~
Delayed rest, a death I wasn't prepared for...
Posted 8 years agoLast night, I found out my father has been dead since January 5th and my father's ex-wife kept it a secret from everyone for the last 4 months. He was cremated and his ashes are just sitting in his house with her. Even going so far as to pretend to be him through texts between his brother and him after he died.
I don't really know how to feel right now, I think I'm still in shock but I'm really angry that she wouldn't let us know as soon as he passed. I had a strained relationship with my father, but I still loved him and he's my dad.
I had every right to know and I feel like that was robbed from me, I'm really just a mess right now.
I'm still going to be making adoptables though because now I need to earn some gas money to make the trip there and back to OKC/Moore. I'm going on June 24th-25th to see my dad one last time and swing by Resthaven Cemetery to clean up my grandparents' graves.
I don't really know how to feel right now, I think I'm still in shock but I'm really angry that she wouldn't let us know as soon as he passed. I had a strained relationship with my father, but I still loved him and he's my dad.
I had every right to know and I feel like that was robbed from me, I'm really just a mess right now.
I'm still going to be making adoptables though because now I need to earn some gas money to make the trip there and back to OKC/Moore. I'm going on June 24th-25th to see my dad one last time and swing by Resthaven Cemetery to clean up my grandparents' graves.
GoT Character - (for reference)
Posted 8 years ago**I would like to preface reading this sheet by saying she might be one of those super generic “loves darkness and shadows” types but she’s not one to let her shortcomings or bad memories make her a damsel in distress by no means. If she feels weaker than the other characters present then she will just have to give it her best shot. Thanks!**
[IMG]http://i65.tinypic.com/141p5ds.png[/IMG] /Lady Rivenna/[IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/2i7yhs.png[/IMG] /Sijo - Primary Outfit/[IMG]http://i68.tinypic.com/2mq3fnk.png[/IMG]/Sijo - Secondary Outfit/
Your Username: Sijo
Character's Name: Sijo “See-ho” (Self-given name, name she gave herself after leaving on her quest to seek out her last known blood relative to obscure her identity along with dying her hair.) Children call her “Seer” or “The Raven Lady” on occasion.
Character's Age: 22
Character's Height: 5'7'' (5’9’’ in her secondary outfit, minus the crown-like feather pieces. That outfit she wears to war and was made while she stayed in a island village during her first year back on land. The chief of the village was convinced she was some sort of goddess because of her supernatural ability to communicate with the felines and crows around their village. Animals in general seemed to be quite respective of her as well. So they blessed five feathers and painted her face when their village was saved by her in one small would be raid. She intercepted a raven carrying a message and recognized the wording to be code for an ambush, telling the chief the village was informed way before it happened giving them the upper hand. It was a show of thanks and she holds the outfit very dear and seriously.)
Character's Personality traits: She's been a bit of a recluse up until the past few years since her travels required her to sort of break free of her metaphoric shell she had lived in. In a list: Quiet, Analytical, Blunt, Charismatic, Curious, Terrified of Closed Spaces, Terrified of Change, Thrives in Wide-open spaces, Thrives in Dark Settings/Settings that cast many shadows.
Character's Lore: Sijo’s birth name is Rivenna Starborn of the Starborn House, a family that lived and resided in a far off land blanketed by the purest white of snow and the basked in months of starlight at a time. Rivenna was the middle child of the Starborn house, and was only recently claimed by her father as his blood daughter from a case of illegitimacy that had been debated for years. He claimed her shortly after her birth mother had fallen ill and passed away. Rivenna has only heard vague stories of her blood mother, that she had long ashen hair, flawless pale skin, and eyes so cold they could pierce the hardest heart. Her father told Rivenna that it sometimes pained him to look upon her as she reminded him so much of her mother. The lady of the house, wife of her father William (“Will”) Starborn, was named Lady Evelyn (“Eve” to William) Starborn. Evelyn was a fair skinned woman with long, wavy red hair and a beauty mark on the right side of her jaw. She had a wicked temper, and showed her jealousy often towards Rivenna by treating her like “the bastard she was”. When Evelyn discovered Rivenna could communicate with the kitchen help’s cats (to keep the rats/mice out of the kitchen and pantry areas) and then hearing how she could communicate with crows she knew this girl was only going to be trouble the older she grew. So to Evelyn, Rivenna was always a threat, and it did not help that she looked so much like her blood mother. William still after all of these years still loved her and would always be his first true love. Rivera’s image was a mirror to the past, and hated her every day of her life for it. Evelyn lied to Rivenna’s father on one particular occasion and told William that she had decided to go out “dancing in the shadows” rather than attend his celebration for hunting down the house’s most elusive albino stag. It was a very important celebration, one to be remembered and recorded in the family’s history books and his daughter was not there. Evelyn had William wrapped around her finger so tightly he believed every lie she told and the more she told the less William would believe Rivenna which in turn caused a rift in their relationship. Neither one of them knew what was really going on until the night came when Rivenna’s spying encountered a cloaked Evelyn speaking with a dark tanned man of great height and intimidating build. “Spare the child with ashen hair when you find her. This is for a job well done. You have surpassed my expectations and then some…Perhaps if you are willing I have one more petty job for you.” Evelyn leaned in close, cupping her black gloved hand to the man’s ear as she knelt down. They spoke in whispers and exchanged sealed messages before parting. Rivenna glanced down at the seals—black, death. Rivenna raced her way back as silently as she could back to her room, climbing up the grating along the wall to her window and pulled herself inside so quickly she cut her leg on a sharp edge poking out from the sill. She stumbled and winced, crying out with a hiss to see how bad it was. It was a deep cut, in the shape of a sharp “v”, but there was no time to properly bandage it she knew she had to get to her father’s bedroom as soon as she could. So she ripped the red scarf from a doll she had since she was little and tied it off just above her right knee over it and took off out her bedroom down the hall. She turned right and called out, “Father! “ but maybe she was not close enough for him to hear her cries, she was just one hallway down now and tried calling out again. “Father please! Father! I need to tell you something! I saw—“ His door was cracked open several inches and she could feel a chill from the winds softly howling outside an open window. Rivenna swallowed and felt her body go numb, a sinking feeling in her heart. She pushed the door open, it swung wide on its hinges to reveal the fate of the meeting. “….Evelyn.” Rivenna dropped to her knees, a lump in her throat growing as tears welled up in her greenish blue eyes as she crawled weeping over to her father who lied lifeless and bleeding from his eyes and nose. His face and lips were blue. “Evelyn…Evelyn..why…? Why? Why?…Why…Why..” Rivenna wept as she hunched over her father, burying her face in his chest as she clutched his arm tightly, repeating herself over and over until it devolved into a mumble. Purrruuu—a raven called from the open window down at the girl as she wept. Rivenna lifted her head slowly from his chest and looked to the side over towards the black bird. It cocked its head and cawed out to her, beating its wings furiously against the pane. Rivenna sniffled and sucked in a few shaky breaths as she stumbled to her feet, tears still flowing down her porcelain cheeks making it a little hard to see clearly. She whimpered as she extended her arm out for the bird to perch. It would flit to her arm and beat its wings again with such feeling. The longer Rivenna gazed at the crow and pet its head with her trembling hand the more stable she felt. She slowly walked back to her father’s side as the raven climbed up to sit on her shoulder. She knelt down, sucking a shaky breath in as she unclasped the Starborn House pin from his vest and placed it in her pocket. With a long sullen gaze she said her goodbye and turned her face to the hallway with her face burning with rage. Rivenna would find Evelyn and kill her, she had no plan or means to but she wanted her dead. Evelyn was surely the cause of this, she knew it and felt it in her bones. She couldn’t control her anger any longer and let out a sorrowful, painful scream, causing the guards to call out to each other and race down from their posts to the hallway she was standing in just outside her father’s wide open chamber. Rivenna fell to her knees and cried out, “Murderer! A horror! My father has been slain by a treacherous snake in lady’s costume!” From the adjacent hallway a figure reached out just before the guards made their way to her cries and grasped her shoulder. Rivenna shrieked in surprised but was silenced quickly by a handkerchief before being dragged away with the stranger.
When Rivenna awoke she found herself in a very tiny space, with barely room enough to move her ankles around. She was in a crate and felt herself move around, the crate sliding a little bit. Just as she began to hyperventilate everything from the night or nights before started to rush back to her and her sense of urgency along with it. “HELP!! PLEASE SOMEBODY I’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED!” Rivenna banged her cupped bound fists against the roof of her encasement with several cries before the top was payed open. It was so bright out, it must have been high noon wherever she was but she knew now she was on a ship of some kind. Standing in front of her with a crowbar was a tall lanky fellow with pitch black hair. “Aye, that you have. Although…I would go a little light on the “kid” part as you were quite a bit heavier than a child.” The man would speak to her as he reached for his belt’s holster. Rivenna flinched and whimpered begging for mercy. The man knelt down to the crate’s height to the curled up ball that was this young woman. “Killing you is the last thing on this earth I would do.” Rivenna looked up from her arm she had her head buried in with puffy eyes, weary of his words. “Now, does the young Lady Starborn wish to be free of her bonds or does she wish to eat with them on?” He asked in a calm tone, showing her the knife he had reached for that had been holstered with a small shrugging gesture in his shoulders. Rivenna glanced at his hunting knife and felt as though she really had no reason not to take a risk here, she would nod her head slowly and was cut free. The man extending his arm out to her for support as she arose like a newborn fawn. “Now, before you can eat there’s just a small matter we need to discuss.” Rivenna let go of his arm and backed up a step or two. He would shake his head a bit and hold his arms up in peace with a slightly fading smile. “No one on board is here to hurt you, you have my word my Lady.” Rivenna glared in her response, holding her arms as the wind continued to whip through across the galley. “I’m supposed to just blindly take the word of a man who stole me from my home and locked me away in a moldy crate, limbs bound?” The man’s face became quite serious, “Lady Rivenna, I dislike having to make this point but…what other choice do you have but to trust me, here, right now?” “That’s not fair, you took me from my home—“ “Life is not fair! Life is full of unfair and unjust situations but we must deal with what we are handed and accept what is!” The man interrupted and after he spoke, stood there for a long moment before walking out to the side of the ship, leaning against the railing as he looked over the endless sea that surrounded them. Rivenna swallowed her words and watched as he walked away, looking down at her hands for a moment before soon accepting what he said was true. She really had no better option right now. She walked over to the man and stood beside him. The man continued to stare out at the waters. “…..Well if you plan on keeping me here much longer at least give me something to call you by.” He glanced over up towards Rivenna, standing up straight again. He must have been around 6’3’’ in height as he towered over her, but he quickly knelt down on one knee and bowed his head. “I am known as Ser Blacwin and I was charged by your Uncle Aldred of Starborn to protect and guard you with my life Lady Rivenna. To do so, I’m afraid we must dye your hair to conceal your identity from long view. Your hair color for your age is not common, and would surely give you away…we cannot risk it.” “I understand but..” Rivenna paused, “Why was I taken from my guards? They were coming, I could hear them.” Blacwin looked up at the Lady, maintaining that same serious expression. “Those guards had been paid off to silence anyone who discovered the body before Evelyn could return.” “…To confirm the job had really been done.” She looked down at her feet, but as Blacwin stood back up he lifted her chin. “We have much still to discuss my lady. Come, I have women down below who will help you bathe and you will start your new life soon.” “My new life….?” Rivenna squinted as she was lead away down to the lower quarters for her would be makeover.
Rivenna and Ser Blacwin, along with other ship mates sailed and traveled together in one small but strong group across many lands and many bodies of water. For two years, the two got to know each other very well and she would practice her art of speaking to the ravens often in front of the group. He would teach her basic and more advanced tips and tricks of survival and self-defense. Often sparring her randomly to keep her on her toes in times of actual danger that may occur. Blacwin was also very aware of what really terrified her most and tried to get Rivenna to overcome her fears by forcing her to face them head on. He did not feel comfortable doing so but also knew that by facing fears people became stronger in the long run. Rivenna knew this as well, but sometimes it would indefinitely lead to fights and periods of time where she despised him for making her do things. All the while, Rivenna had been recording their travels in her leather-bound journal. She fashioned the lock herself with the help of a merchant they had encountered many months ago. Mithril plated, with a small “v” shape indented in the lock where a key was used to lock in and unlock it. The key was a necklace she always had around her neck. It was a trinket her mother supposedly had given her father, which he wore pinned to his breast at all times. She was fascinated by everything, she had no idea how big the world really was. So many wonders around her, so many people of all sorts of varieties. She recorded everything in that journal and kept it safe, tucked away only for her eyes and her eyes only to read. Nobody else needed to read her private thoughts, and the farther they travelled the more she began to wonder about her Uncle and just how pure his intentions really were. If he were so worried for her safety, why would he have her out sailing halfway across the world having her trained for combat situations? Self-defense makes sense, but some the sparring seemed to go a step farther to the point where it was starting to make her feel uneasy. Several nights passed, Rivenna answers a knock to her door. It’s her knight Ser Blacwin, who she had since nicknamed “Blackwind” as they had become quite close over the past couple of years in such close quarters. “I brought you the ink you asked for my Lady.” He said softly, trying not to disturb her as she had went back to close her journal, locking it snuggly with the twist of her wrist as she leaned down close enough for her necklace to reach it. “Thank you Blackwind, just set it on my desk over there.” As Blackwind did so Rivenna stopped him by placing a hand over his. He looked back at her and she at him with worried eyes. “How much longer until we reach Uncle Aldred?” He sighed at the question and glanced away before being stopped my Rivenna, “Blackwind……How much farther? Please, surely you must know something.” “I’m afraid I cannot tell you m—“ “Blackwind.” “Rivenna. I swore myself to secrecy on this, I swore an oath to protect you, and that is what I intend on doing.” Rivenna’s deep sigh was interrupted suddenly by two loud booming sounds. They would both look towards each other with pale faces and Blackwind would immediately grab Rivenna’s hand to lead her to a hidden room with a large door with long iron bars for handles down the middle. “What, what I’ve been here for two years how could I not have known of this—“ “Please Lady Rivenna you must stay here and if anything happens, pull those bars and jump ship. Just jump, do you hear me?” Rivenna shakes her head and begins to breath a bit faster with anxiety as two more booms and several shouts from above echo. “Promise me you’ll be brave!” He would grab her shoulders and try to get her to calm down and stay strong for him, she knew he was serious. “I promise! Yeah! Okay!” He leaves a sealed message on the ground, tossing it and tells her to hide it in her journal’s case and not to open it until she reached dry land if she had to swim. Rivenna nods trying to calm herself and began preparing herself mentally for the worst, lacing up her boots tightly and hiking her dress up to step up to the door. She held onto bars crying as quietly as she could, knowing that she would probably be jumping soon. That the booms were not friendly, that they were most certainly canon fire. She opened her journal’s casing and slipped the note inside, locking it back up tightly. There came several more booms and a crashing sound not far from where she was. She decided to jump and so she did.
Luckily they were already so close to land that she did not have long to swim in those icy waters. But by the time she reached solid ground her body was so tired and weak she collapsed shortly after crawling to the nearest tree, just as the twilight hours hit. Laying there on her belly she could see her ship, the flames were roaring so high. Tears welled up in her eyes as she started to hyperventilate slowly, hearing a man shrieking in the distance as he probably burned alive. The voice sounded like Blackwind’s and she knew it was him. In that moment, she knew her journey must continue. It was the only thing she knew must be done, she had to find him. She decided to change her name and travel by land, picking a form of poetry seemed fitting at the time and so it stuck. Rivenna was no more, Sijo’s task was at hand.
And so it was that Sijo used the note to guide herself towards her Uncle Aldred, only he could provide the answers she sought out for so long. She understandably had so many questions about what had become of her house and about herself and her abilities.
Character's Hobbies: Reading old tomes that contain knowledge of battles from over the centuries past and informative references on nature and wild creatures, spying on other people’s conversations and people she finds interesting, Poetry is a huge part of her interests as well and finds simple joy in leaving poems for people she admires, never signing them to leave it anonymous as she was quite shy and feared rejection, Sitting on her knees in stressful situations to calm herself—she slips into a meditative state if left alone for long enough, Parkour at night through the shadows of sleeping communities—using that time out to also take in as many details as she can about the layout of the place, every hidden spot and alleyway; Keeps a personal journal on her at all times, to record all of her adventures and impressions of the people’s she’s met along her way. She hopes to meet one of every humanoid species out there, recording her first interaction and impression of them. She has made more than one copy of this journal and has a special lock across them that requires a special object to unlock them.
Character's Supernatural powers(6 Maximum.): Ability to speak and control ravens and felines in nature(wild/feral) or domesticated. Although she is mostly known for her raven ability by itself, having the means to intercept confidential messages mid-air if the raven flies low enough for her to call to it. Feral felines of a larger stature are much more difficult for Sijo. In fact, she is a bit frightened by the idea of practicing continuously with them but she knows she must. There is a small possibility that she may actually be able to speak to many more species of living creatures but the process of acquiring that knowledge will most likely take her entire life. She does not know still if it’s even possible hence her journey to find her last known living relative that she read had this same gift.
Weaknesses(3 minimum): Closed spaces, she is terrified of closed spaces and is definitely claustrophobic from a traumatizing event in her early childhood when her mother shut her into a crate as a stowaway on the ship to their freedom to their new home. Change is frightening to Sijo as well, because she is used to awful things happening when a change is made at the last minute to plans. She becomes keyed up and will naturally start formulating a contingency plan the moment a change is made that may potentially lead to harm.
Character Introduction(5-10 Lines): Sijo was checking a map she had bought from a merchant from a previous village that seemed to be a bit confusing as she noticed part of it was hand drawn and horribly inaccurate. “Oh this is rubbish.” She muttered to herself as she forced it back into her pocket inside of her red coat with a slightly annoyed sigh. “Come on, come on, come on…I’ve gotta be close to something now.” Sijo muttered quickly under her breath walking up to a clearing and slammed her fist against a tree in frustration. Purrruu— that familiar friend croaked down at Sijo, beating its wings down in a gesture-like way. A smirk crept across her face as she asked asked the raven to lead her to where there may be people. The raven would take off and she would run along, panting after awhile of following it. She couldn’t stop, not now, she needed to find some sort of place to rest her head. It’s been over a week since she’s found any sort of civilization or food even for that matter. “Oh…” She stopped suddenly as she felt a weird feeling in her gut, looking down over a small cliffside she was on she could see the makings of what appeared to be some sort of large campsite with a fairly sized keep. She grit her teeth, a bit intimidated by the structure as it had been quite sometime since she had last step foot anywhere near anything that even remotely looked like a castle keep. CROAK! The familiar called out several times, seemingly annoyed that they had stopped prematurely before reaching their destination. “Yes yes, don’t worry I’m coming…” she would say to her friendly little feathery friend as she turned and continued to follow him towards the camp’s entrance.
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Your Username: Sijo
Character's Name: Sijo “See-ho” (Self-given name, name she gave herself after leaving on her quest to seek out her last known blood relative to obscure her identity along with dying her hair.) Children call her “Seer” or “The Raven Lady” on occasion.
Character's Age: 22
Character's Height: 5'7'' (5’9’’ in her secondary outfit, minus the crown-like feather pieces. That outfit she wears to war and was made while she stayed in a island village during her first year back on land. The chief of the village was convinced she was some sort of goddess because of her supernatural ability to communicate with the felines and crows around their village. Animals in general seemed to be quite respective of her as well. So they blessed five feathers and painted her face when their village was saved by her in one small would be raid. She intercepted a raven carrying a message and recognized the wording to be code for an ambush, telling the chief the village was informed way before it happened giving them the upper hand. It was a show of thanks and she holds the outfit very dear and seriously.)
Character's Personality traits: She's been a bit of a recluse up until the past few years since her travels required her to sort of break free of her metaphoric shell she had lived in. In a list: Quiet, Analytical, Blunt, Charismatic, Curious, Terrified of Closed Spaces, Terrified of Change, Thrives in Wide-open spaces, Thrives in Dark Settings/Settings that cast many shadows.
Character's Lore: Sijo’s birth name is Rivenna Starborn of the Starborn House, a family that lived and resided in a far off land blanketed by the purest white of snow and the basked in months of starlight at a time. Rivenna was the middle child of the Starborn house, and was only recently claimed by her father as his blood daughter from a case of illegitimacy that had been debated for years. He claimed her shortly after her birth mother had fallen ill and passed away. Rivenna has only heard vague stories of her blood mother, that she had long ashen hair, flawless pale skin, and eyes so cold they could pierce the hardest heart. Her father told Rivenna that it sometimes pained him to look upon her as she reminded him so much of her mother. The lady of the house, wife of her father William (“Will”) Starborn, was named Lady Evelyn (“Eve” to William) Starborn. Evelyn was a fair skinned woman with long, wavy red hair and a beauty mark on the right side of her jaw. She had a wicked temper, and showed her jealousy often towards Rivenna by treating her like “the bastard she was”. When Evelyn discovered Rivenna could communicate with the kitchen help’s cats (to keep the rats/mice out of the kitchen and pantry areas) and then hearing how she could communicate with crows she knew this girl was only going to be trouble the older she grew. So to Evelyn, Rivenna was always a threat, and it did not help that she looked so much like her blood mother. William still after all of these years still loved her and would always be his first true love. Rivera’s image was a mirror to the past, and hated her every day of her life for it. Evelyn lied to Rivenna’s father on one particular occasion and told William that she had decided to go out “dancing in the shadows” rather than attend his celebration for hunting down the house’s most elusive albino stag. It was a very important celebration, one to be remembered and recorded in the family’s history books and his daughter was not there. Evelyn had William wrapped around her finger so tightly he believed every lie she told and the more she told the less William would believe Rivenna which in turn caused a rift in their relationship. Neither one of them knew what was really going on until the night came when Rivenna’s spying encountered a cloaked Evelyn speaking with a dark tanned man of great height and intimidating build. “Spare the child with ashen hair when you find her. This is for a job well done. You have surpassed my expectations and then some…Perhaps if you are willing I have one more petty job for you.” Evelyn leaned in close, cupping her black gloved hand to the man’s ear as she knelt down. They spoke in whispers and exchanged sealed messages before parting. Rivenna glanced down at the seals—black, death. Rivenna raced her way back as silently as she could back to her room, climbing up the grating along the wall to her window and pulled herself inside so quickly she cut her leg on a sharp edge poking out from the sill. She stumbled and winced, crying out with a hiss to see how bad it was. It was a deep cut, in the shape of a sharp “v”, but there was no time to properly bandage it she knew she had to get to her father’s bedroom as soon as she could. So she ripped the red scarf from a doll she had since she was little and tied it off just above her right knee over it and took off out her bedroom down the hall. She turned right and called out, “Father! “ but maybe she was not close enough for him to hear her cries, she was just one hallway down now and tried calling out again. “Father please! Father! I need to tell you something! I saw—“ His door was cracked open several inches and she could feel a chill from the winds softly howling outside an open window. Rivenna swallowed and felt her body go numb, a sinking feeling in her heart. She pushed the door open, it swung wide on its hinges to reveal the fate of the meeting. “….Evelyn.” Rivenna dropped to her knees, a lump in her throat growing as tears welled up in her greenish blue eyes as she crawled weeping over to her father who lied lifeless and bleeding from his eyes and nose. His face and lips were blue. “Evelyn…Evelyn..why…? Why? Why?…Why…Why..” Rivenna wept as she hunched over her father, burying her face in his chest as she clutched his arm tightly, repeating herself over and over until it devolved into a mumble. Purrruuu—a raven called from the open window down at the girl as she wept. Rivenna lifted her head slowly from his chest and looked to the side over towards the black bird. It cocked its head and cawed out to her, beating its wings furiously against the pane. Rivenna sniffled and sucked in a few shaky breaths as she stumbled to her feet, tears still flowing down her porcelain cheeks making it a little hard to see clearly. She whimpered as she extended her arm out for the bird to perch. It would flit to her arm and beat its wings again with such feeling. The longer Rivenna gazed at the crow and pet its head with her trembling hand the more stable she felt. She slowly walked back to her father’s side as the raven climbed up to sit on her shoulder. She knelt down, sucking a shaky breath in as she unclasped the Starborn House pin from his vest and placed it in her pocket. With a long sullen gaze she said her goodbye and turned her face to the hallway with her face burning with rage. Rivenna would find Evelyn and kill her, she had no plan or means to but she wanted her dead. Evelyn was surely the cause of this, she knew it and felt it in her bones. She couldn’t control her anger any longer and let out a sorrowful, painful scream, causing the guards to call out to each other and race down from their posts to the hallway she was standing in just outside her father’s wide open chamber. Rivenna fell to her knees and cried out, “Murderer! A horror! My father has been slain by a treacherous snake in lady’s costume!” From the adjacent hallway a figure reached out just before the guards made their way to her cries and grasped her shoulder. Rivenna shrieked in surprised but was silenced quickly by a handkerchief before being dragged away with the stranger.
When Rivenna awoke she found herself in a very tiny space, with barely room enough to move her ankles around. She was in a crate and felt herself move around, the crate sliding a little bit. Just as she began to hyperventilate everything from the night or nights before started to rush back to her and her sense of urgency along with it. “HELP!! PLEASE SOMEBODY I’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED!” Rivenna banged her cupped bound fists against the roof of her encasement with several cries before the top was payed open. It was so bright out, it must have been high noon wherever she was but she knew now she was on a ship of some kind. Standing in front of her with a crowbar was a tall lanky fellow with pitch black hair. “Aye, that you have. Although…I would go a little light on the “kid” part as you were quite a bit heavier than a child.” The man would speak to her as he reached for his belt’s holster. Rivenna flinched and whimpered begging for mercy. The man knelt down to the crate’s height to the curled up ball that was this young woman. “Killing you is the last thing on this earth I would do.” Rivenna looked up from her arm she had her head buried in with puffy eyes, weary of his words. “Now, does the young Lady Starborn wish to be free of her bonds or does she wish to eat with them on?” He asked in a calm tone, showing her the knife he had reached for that had been holstered with a small shrugging gesture in his shoulders. Rivenna glanced at his hunting knife and felt as though she really had no reason not to take a risk here, she would nod her head slowly and was cut free. The man extending his arm out to her for support as she arose like a newborn fawn. “Now, before you can eat there’s just a small matter we need to discuss.” Rivenna let go of his arm and backed up a step or two. He would shake his head a bit and hold his arms up in peace with a slightly fading smile. “No one on board is here to hurt you, you have my word my Lady.” Rivenna glared in her response, holding her arms as the wind continued to whip through across the galley. “I’m supposed to just blindly take the word of a man who stole me from my home and locked me away in a moldy crate, limbs bound?” The man’s face became quite serious, “Lady Rivenna, I dislike having to make this point but…what other choice do you have but to trust me, here, right now?” “That’s not fair, you took me from my home—“ “Life is not fair! Life is full of unfair and unjust situations but we must deal with what we are handed and accept what is!” The man interrupted and after he spoke, stood there for a long moment before walking out to the side of the ship, leaning against the railing as he looked over the endless sea that surrounded them. Rivenna swallowed her words and watched as he walked away, looking down at her hands for a moment before soon accepting what he said was true. She really had no better option right now. She walked over to the man and stood beside him. The man continued to stare out at the waters. “…..Well if you plan on keeping me here much longer at least give me something to call you by.” He glanced over up towards Rivenna, standing up straight again. He must have been around 6’3’’ in height as he towered over her, but he quickly knelt down on one knee and bowed his head. “I am known as Ser Blacwin and I was charged by your Uncle Aldred of Starborn to protect and guard you with my life Lady Rivenna. To do so, I’m afraid we must dye your hair to conceal your identity from long view. Your hair color for your age is not common, and would surely give you away…we cannot risk it.” “I understand but..” Rivenna paused, “Why was I taken from my guards? They were coming, I could hear them.” Blacwin looked up at the Lady, maintaining that same serious expression. “Those guards had been paid off to silence anyone who discovered the body before Evelyn could return.” “…To confirm the job had really been done.” She looked down at her feet, but as Blacwin stood back up he lifted her chin. “We have much still to discuss my lady. Come, I have women down below who will help you bathe and you will start your new life soon.” “My new life….?” Rivenna squinted as she was lead away down to the lower quarters for her would be makeover.
Rivenna and Ser Blacwin, along with other ship mates sailed and traveled together in one small but strong group across many lands and many bodies of water. For two years, the two got to know each other very well and she would practice her art of speaking to the ravens often in front of the group. He would teach her basic and more advanced tips and tricks of survival and self-defense. Often sparring her randomly to keep her on her toes in times of actual danger that may occur. Blacwin was also very aware of what really terrified her most and tried to get Rivenna to overcome her fears by forcing her to face them head on. He did not feel comfortable doing so but also knew that by facing fears people became stronger in the long run. Rivenna knew this as well, but sometimes it would indefinitely lead to fights and periods of time where she despised him for making her do things. All the while, Rivenna had been recording their travels in her leather-bound journal. She fashioned the lock herself with the help of a merchant they had encountered many months ago. Mithril plated, with a small “v” shape indented in the lock where a key was used to lock in and unlock it. The key was a necklace she always had around her neck. It was a trinket her mother supposedly had given her father, which he wore pinned to his breast at all times. She was fascinated by everything, she had no idea how big the world really was. So many wonders around her, so many people of all sorts of varieties. She recorded everything in that journal and kept it safe, tucked away only for her eyes and her eyes only to read. Nobody else needed to read her private thoughts, and the farther they travelled the more she began to wonder about her Uncle and just how pure his intentions really were. If he were so worried for her safety, why would he have her out sailing halfway across the world having her trained for combat situations? Self-defense makes sense, but some the sparring seemed to go a step farther to the point where it was starting to make her feel uneasy. Several nights passed, Rivenna answers a knock to her door. It’s her knight Ser Blacwin, who she had since nicknamed “Blackwind” as they had become quite close over the past couple of years in such close quarters. “I brought you the ink you asked for my Lady.” He said softly, trying not to disturb her as she had went back to close her journal, locking it snuggly with the twist of her wrist as she leaned down close enough for her necklace to reach it. “Thank you Blackwind, just set it on my desk over there.” As Blackwind did so Rivenna stopped him by placing a hand over his. He looked back at her and she at him with worried eyes. “How much longer until we reach Uncle Aldred?” He sighed at the question and glanced away before being stopped my Rivenna, “Blackwind……How much farther? Please, surely you must know something.” “I’m afraid I cannot tell you m—“ “Blackwind.” “Rivenna. I swore myself to secrecy on this, I swore an oath to protect you, and that is what I intend on doing.” Rivenna’s deep sigh was interrupted suddenly by two loud booming sounds. They would both look towards each other with pale faces and Blackwind would immediately grab Rivenna’s hand to lead her to a hidden room with a large door with long iron bars for handles down the middle. “What, what I’ve been here for two years how could I not have known of this—“ “Please Lady Rivenna you must stay here and if anything happens, pull those bars and jump ship. Just jump, do you hear me?” Rivenna shakes her head and begins to breath a bit faster with anxiety as two more booms and several shouts from above echo. “Promise me you’ll be brave!” He would grab her shoulders and try to get her to calm down and stay strong for him, she knew he was serious. “I promise! Yeah! Okay!” He leaves a sealed message on the ground, tossing it and tells her to hide it in her journal’s case and not to open it until she reached dry land if she had to swim. Rivenna nods trying to calm herself and began preparing herself mentally for the worst, lacing up her boots tightly and hiking her dress up to step up to the door. She held onto bars crying as quietly as she could, knowing that she would probably be jumping soon. That the booms were not friendly, that they were most certainly canon fire. She opened her journal’s casing and slipped the note inside, locking it back up tightly. There came several more booms and a crashing sound not far from where she was. She decided to jump and so she did.
Luckily they were already so close to land that she did not have long to swim in those icy waters. But by the time she reached solid ground her body was so tired and weak she collapsed shortly after crawling to the nearest tree, just as the twilight hours hit. Laying there on her belly she could see her ship, the flames were roaring so high. Tears welled up in her eyes as she started to hyperventilate slowly, hearing a man shrieking in the distance as he probably burned alive. The voice sounded like Blackwind’s and she knew it was him. In that moment, she knew her journey must continue. It was the only thing she knew must be done, she had to find him. She decided to change her name and travel by land, picking a form of poetry seemed fitting at the time and so it stuck. Rivenna was no more, Sijo’s task was at hand.
And so it was that Sijo used the note to guide herself towards her Uncle Aldred, only he could provide the answers she sought out for so long. She understandably had so many questions about what had become of her house and about herself and her abilities.
Character's Hobbies: Reading old tomes that contain knowledge of battles from over the centuries past and informative references on nature and wild creatures, spying on other people’s conversations and people she finds interesting, Poetry is a huge part of her interests as well and finds simple joy in leaving poems for people she admires, never signing them to leave it anonymous as she was quite shy and feared rejection, Sitting on her knees in stressful situations to calm herself—she slips into a meditative state if left alone for long enough, Parkour at night through the shadows of sleeping communities—using that time out to also take in as many details as she can about the layout of the place, every hidden spot and alleyway; Keeps a personal journal on her at all times, to record all of her adventures and impressions of the people’s she’s met along her way. She hopes to meet one of every humanoid species out there, recording her first interaction and impression of them. She has made more than one copy of this journal and has a special lock across them that requires a special object to unlock them.
Character's Supernatural powers(6 Maximum.): Ability to speak and control ravens and felines in nature(wild/feral) or domesticated. Although she is mostly known for her raven ability by itself, having the means to intercept confidential messages mid-air if the raven flies low enough for her to call to it. Feral felines of a larger stature are much more difficult for Sijo. In fact, she is a bit frightened by the idea of practicing continuously with them but she knows she must. There is a small possibility that she may actually be able to speak to many more species of living creatures but the process of acquiring that knowledge will most likely take her entire life. She does not know still if it’s even possible hence her journey to find her last known living relative that she read had this same gift.
Weaknesses(3 minimum): Closed spaces, she is terrified of closed spaces and is definitely claustrophobic from a traumatizing event in her early childhood when her mother shut her into a crate as a stowaway on the ship to their freedom to their new home. Change is frightening to Sijo as well, because she is used to awful things happening when a change is made at the last minute to plans. She becomes keyed up and will naturally start formulating a contingency plan the moment a change is made that may potentially lead to harm.
Character Introduction(5-10 Lines): Sijo was checking a map she had bought from a merchant from a previous village that seemed to be a bit confusing as she noticed part of it was hand drawn and horribly inaccurate. “Oh this is rubbish.” She muttered to herself as she forced it back into her pocket inside of her red coat with a slightly annoyed sigh. “Come on, come on, come on…I’ve gotta be close to something now.” Sijo muttered quickly under her breath walking up to a clearing and slammed her fist against a tree in frustration. Purrruu— that familiar friend croaked down at Sijo, beating its wings down in a gesture-like way. A smirk crept across her face as she asked asked the raven to lead her to where there may be people. The raven would take off and she would run along, panting after awhile of following it. She couldn’t stop, not now, she needed to find some sort of place to rest her head. It’s been over a week since she’s found any sort of civilization or food even for that matter. “Oh…” She stopped suddenly as she felt a weird feeling in her gut, looking down over a small cliffside she was on she could see the makings of what appeared to be some sort of large campsite with a fairly sized keep. She grit her teeth, a bit intimidated by the structure as it had been quite sometime since she had last step foot anywhere near anything that even remotely looked like a castle keep. CROAK! The familiar called out several times, seemingly annoyed that they had stopped prematurely before reaching their destination. “Yes yes, don’t worry I’m coming…” she would say to her friendly little feathery friend as she turned and continued to follow him towards the camp’s entrance.
ToS for Adoptables/Auctions
Posted 8 years ago∆ PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE ENTRY BEFORE ADOPTING FROM ME! ∆
With the new year just around the corner I wanted to make some adjustments to how I operate with my adoptables. I realized I really needed to have a ToS in place, so please take note now: if you purchase an adoptable design from me you agree to my ToS and its entirety.
For Adoptables in General
1. All payments will be made via PayPal using "Goods and Services"---NO exceptions.
2. When you comment to claim an adopt, you must have payment ready right then and there.
3. Holds will only be done for previous customers of my designs.
4. All sales are final for premade adoptables. This means no refunds! So please don't claim a design unless you're 100% sure you want it!
5. Do NOT offer me trades! (Unless I've specified otherwise on a listing)
6. MAKING IRRELEVANT/RUDE/UNWANTED COMMENTS WILL GET YOU BLOCKED AND BLACKLISTED! People who continue to made irrelevant/rude comments will be reported for harassment.
*If you resell a design, do not sell for more than what you paid me unless you have additional art!*
For Design Auctions
1. All payments will be made via PayPal using "Goods and Services"---NO exceptions.
2. When you place your bid you are agreeing to pay THAT amount. So if the winning bidder ahead of you backs out, you are then responsible for paying out your own bid as you would then be the new winner.
3. Counter offers will no be accepted if you win an auction. Don't place a bid you cannot pay if you win!
4. Backing out of a bid/hiding your bid will result in you getting banned from future auctions.
5. If you are not able to pay, let me know ASAP.
6. If no payment has been made in 24 full hours the next highest bid will be the new winner and they will be noted.
7. IF NO ONE PAYS ME FROM THE AUCTION THE DESIGN WILL BE RELISTED AT A FLAT PRICE FOR AN AMOUNT REACHED IN AUCTION.
*If you resell a design, do not sell for more than what you paid me unless you have additional art!*
The money I make from designs goes towards my household expenses so please be courteous and respectful.
Read the rules, follow them or be banned. It's really that simple!
∆ Well that's a first... ∆
Posted 9 years agoWell, I finally had my first refund. The customer got my attention by posting on at least two of my sale posts earlier.
It was totally my fault because I've been so busy making food money I forgot to play catch up with my one custom and so yeah...refund asap tonight. Which took everything I scrounged together today so yaaaaay.
Anyway...since I'm feeling pretty shitty now I guess instead of sleeping I'll have to stay up and try to earn back what I lost tonight.
Sidenote, I'm never doing customs or commission type things again. EVER.
I can't handle the stress of it clearly.
Things are slowly starting to look up!
Posted 9 years agoSlowly but surely things are finally starting to feel like they were months ago. Spending any amount of money out-of-budget is never a good thing. I should really know that by now. Between my sister coming down for a belated birthday visit and shopping at the Hastings here in town for their going-out-of business sale we kinda put ourselves in a f*cked position. Luckily, I've been able to sustain our needs by selling adoptables and a few characters.
(some of which will be dearly missed)
But things are slowly starting to look up, I only have to make money daily for one more week and things will be comfortable once again. I like feeling comfortable. ;v;
∆ OPEN ADOPTABLES ∆ (Oldest to Newest)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21574177/ (NSFW) SOLD!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21585028/ (NSFW) SOLD!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21635601/ (NSFW) SOLD!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21640915/ (NSFW) SOLD!
(some of which will be dearly missed)
But things are slowly starting to look up, I only have to make money daily for one more week and things will be comfortable once again. I like feeling comfortable. ;v;
∆ OPEN ADOPTABLES ∆ (Oldest to Newest)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21574177/ (NSFW) SOLD!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21585028/ (NSFW) SOLD!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21635601/ (NSFW) SOLD!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/21640915/ (NSFW) SOLD!
We found a roommate!! Aaaaaa
Posted 9 years agoAfter 18 days of searching we found the perfect roommate for our home, and she's so awesome.
She's known Josh since like middle school and I used to work with her.
She loved the house and was super excited about it!!
<3 <3 <3
She's known Josh since like middle school and I used to work with her.
She loved the house and was super excited about it!!
<3 <3 <3
*LOOKING FOR A ROOMMATE IN OKLAHOMA*
Posted 9 years agoMy boyfriend Joshua Joshua Cottrell and I are looking for a third roommate. We'd be looking for them to move in starting in November. We're signing a 1 year lease, and if you moved in, you would sign on too for the remaining 11 months.
The house is in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
***A first month's rent of 400 and a deposit of 300 are required starting in November. It'll be 400 a month for rent and utilities in November, December, and January, and then will drop to 330 a month. (this is to pay off the deposit.)***
You'll have your own room with a walk-in closet, and an attached office.
The house has 1 1/2 baths, a washer and dryer, dishwasher, fridge, internet (you will not be paying for that), and central heat and air.
Must provide own furniture for bedroom.
Roommate must not smoke (vaping is fine), not use drugs, have no pets, no children, no criminal record of a felony, have a steady income, and be willing to clean up after themselves preferably.
If you wish to split grocery costs, it'll be 100 a month. Regardless, you'll have free range of the kitchen and utensils.
*I make family dinners and always welcome people to share with us though if there's enough to go around!
If you're interested contact me on here and we can discuss it further.
(We have a roommate currently, who is moving out at the end of October)
Note me for my number and I can send ya pics of the rooms and such. ^^
Partial Request for Adia
Posted 9 years agoHey everybody it's Jacky, I've been messaging/browsing fursuit makers but everyone is either closed or just super busy (which is fine!). Since I'm easy to get ahold of here I figured I might also ask the groups I frequent most to see if anyone knows of a maker (or is a maker) willing to take on a specific type of partial with NO deadline. I only ask if you reply to this *please* only suggest/advertise if they/you are willing and readily capable of what I'm requesting. Experience is a must, I feel more inclined to question further if you have a gallery I can browse through or reviews I can check out. Payment plans ($100/or around) preferable (will discuss in pm). I'm looking at this as an investment, so I want a team/maker that is professional and 100% confident in their craft. This is going to be a lot of money!!
**ToS required - I will ignore your advertisement if you cannot provide one for me to read.**
♡Character - Adia the Cotton Candy Sheltie-
nsfw ref ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19018580/ )
♡Budget - Around $1200+ (before wig, estimation)
♡Partial Fursuit: Puffy Hand Paws(single color, mint green nails), Arm Sleeves (single color), Tail (16" long, fluffy), Outdoor Feet Paws(Size 11w Womens, will provide shoes for fitting, I will pay to have those shipped), Head with moveable jaw(26" around nose), Eye details are important to me (follow me), removable wig (for care, convenience)
♡The wig undoubtedly will be a challenge perhaps, please know you will be compensated for your time! The hair is one of the more notable traits for my sona so I am willing to pay extra/take care of a wig for her.
♡PayPal invoices preferred with payment plans. I'd like to be invoiced for the deposit amount first, be able to pay in increments through the month, and finish off the payment on the 3rd of the following month. I do NOT expect you to start until the non-refundable deposit is paid in FULL. This is just something I would prefer to do as I make money throughout the week. After the deposit is paid, I would like to make payments of around $100+ per month until it is paid off in full. (Something we can discuss further)
♡I have no events planned so there is no set deadline. The only thing I would ask is for you to provide updates/WIPs as you reach certain stages. If you have disabilities that may cause you to have to take time away *please* have some way of letting me know before you're gone. I am disabled myself and understand needing time I would just like a heads up is all.
♡Trello/Progress sheet users preferred, it's nice to see where I am and see for myself what all you're working on in general. It's a comfort thing for me as a customer.
♡Lastly-- while there is no deadline, I would prefer not to be added to a very long queue. I'm hoping this can be completed sometime around January-February.
I am trying to avoid buying parts separately but if the wig is too much I'm fine with finding someone to make that alone. If you'd like to talk to me about this you can private message me here, or get ahold of me through email, FA, Telegram, Kik, or Skype.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this! :)
Everything is okay.
Posted 9 years agoThe dust has settled, and for the first time in over a week I feel good again about my situation.
I recently sold 3 Mystery Palette Design slots and I actually really like how they're turning out!
So here's the progress on that sale:
1. Pastel Husky for Mystari - PAID - DONE
2. Earth Tone Fawn for Ulrike - PAID - DONE
3. Punk Kat for Nova - PAID - coloring
Looks like I'm gonna be alone in this effort.
Posted 9 years agoI don't think the gofundme is going to receive anything so I guess I'm going to have to pray everything works out with my sales. I'm just so overwhelmed but I feel like if I show how bad I actually feel I'll just end up bringing my friends and loved ones down with me. So I'll just keep my thoughts private and stick to my journals.
Oh and i wasn't going to be upped to $600 a month, it was $670. $70 extra a month for our outside cat.
Jesus...
Oh and i wasn't going to be upped to $600 a month, it was $670. $70 extra a month for our outside cat.
Jesus...
Really starting to get worried...
Posted 9 years agoI NEED to sell these last two characters and hopefully everything goes well with the Crux. I was trying my hardest to cycle my ads enough to catch someone's attention but it's 6am now and I need to sleep. Every part of me is aching and I'm to the point of tears that I won't have enough for when we need to leave town today.
Things would not be so stressful were it not for the bomb that was dropped on us the other night about our rent being bumped from $450 to $600 PLUS an immediate $750....we haven't signed any lease so legally we'll be fine if we can squeak out of here by the end of the month. But it's so frustrating because I thought I could just make up the extra money I went out of budget on no problem for food. NOW I feel like a good chunk of the deposit is ultimately going to fall on my shoulders and I can't seem to get any help.
Someone was at least kind enough to buy my rabbit sona from me and I am grateful for everything anyone has paid for from me these last couple of days....but I honestly don't know what do. I don't want to take on any new customs because I don't think I can get them done in a timely manner with me being off of my meds.
I've been selling adopts too but they take me a day to make it seems, I made a GoFundMe but nobody ever donates on those things unless it's a life or death situation and deposit money isn't that dire it just feels like it because we're going to be zapped into a lease o a figure we did NOT agree upon prior to moving in and that's not right.
I just feel like crying, I'm sorry but I really do. I was trying so hard to be strong yesterday and today but I just keep cycling and cycling and cycling posts and no one is even showing interest. Yes, it's a lot of money to a lot of people but I paid $70 total for the Pony originally and I'm asking for $45-$50. The Crux I paid $45 and hopefully that goes through for the winner. The Pawling I paid $30 for but I'm willing to haggle.
I'm literally JUST trying to have $100 total for Sam's Club today so we can stock up on food for the rest of the month. That's all I'm asking. I have $48 in my account right now and I'm freaking the hell out and feel like a dumbass.
You do not have to donate. I was just venting out loud. But if you share it to your friends I would be so SO very appreciative. I'm desperate.
https://www.gofundme.com/2ncv5ks