Topic: OOC Thread - Aolani's Top Three

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-04-23 23:15 EST
Each week I will post a new topic: Name your three favorite (Fill in the Blank) and you will have that week to respond before there is a new topic.

Keep in mind that the questions are meant to be for your CHARACTERS.

Though, of course, OOC explanation is completely understandable. ;)

Also, it should go without saying, this information is strictly OOC in nature and should not be used in game without permission from the creator of the character.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-04-23 23:16 EST
Week 1 - Three Favorite Foods

Riley ORourke

Date: 2010-04-23 23:39 EST
Riley's three favourite foods, with pictorial accompaniment!

1. Gummi worms

http://prayingtodarwin.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/a50136x_sugarfree_gummy_worms.jpg

Featuring the Holy Grail of gummis, the orange/pineapple worm

2. Cheese enchiladas

http://blog.mlive.com/great-tastes/2009/03/large_ENCHILADAS.jpg

But only from La Parilla Suiza, in Tucson.

3. Keema Naan

http://www.asda-recipes.co.uk/food/rec-224.jpg

But only from the Bodhi Tree Cafe, located in the Zen Gardens Building, owned and operated by Daniel Tej.

Draxcilian Khaul

Date: 2010-04-24 18:27 EST
Once, when the Phantom Sentinel was part of the human realm, he enjoyed three foods.

1. Mutton
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/mutton.jpg

2. A good soup
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/potato-soup-sl-257359-l.jpg

3. A delicious turkey leg
http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/turkeyleg_big.jpg

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-04-24 18:57 EST
1. Steak. Thick cut, marinated in whiskey, very rare.

2. Baked potato, quite loaded with all the trimmings, nearly a meal unto itself.

3. This haunts her, but the feeling is buried beneath layers of denial and self-conviction. Her mother's strawberry-peach souffle.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-04-24 19:18 EST
Aolani doesn't necessarily need sustenance...

1. Cherries
http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Cherries.jpg

2. Whip Cream
http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/WhipCream.jpg

3. Pomegranates (a hold over from her youth)
http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Pomegranate.jpg

Yejix Zabiru

Date: 2010-04-24 20:13 EST
1. Chicken Fingers With Honey Mustard Sauce.

2. Steel

3. Toast with Butter.

Harris

Date: 2010-04-24 21:45 EST
1. Pancakes

http://ashallann.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/1000_14569_32020_pancakes.jpg

2. Waffles

http://thesimplefrontporch.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/waffles.jpg

3. Styrofoam Cups

http://www.cubicletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/styrofoam-cup.jpg

OedipaLydia

Date: 2010-04-24 21:50 EST
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1eskiLIKn1qb5vplo1_500.jpg

Strawberries,
cake,
and champagne
(because that counts as a food, right?).

Corlanthis Wystansayr

Date: 2010-04-25 10:35 EST
While Cor's homeworld has many truly delicious dishes, he was unable to try a great deal of them before coming to Rhy'din. Thus it was in Rhy'din he found the meals that truly stuck-out in his mind.

1. Ham and Cheese Omelettes - suitable for the Ovum Hustler himself.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f222/Corlanthis/Food/Hamandcheeseomelettewithadiscreetbo.jpg

2. His guilty pleasure - the cinnamon and buttered soft-pretzel
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f222/Corlanthis/Food/softpretezel.jpg

3. And something he someday hopes to be able to try - the box in which Aolani keeps her cherries.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f222/Corlanthis/Food/edible-box.jpg

Tiatari

Date: 2010-04-25 18:31 EST
Pies were common in the Etruscan period that it is most like Tia's origin realm. Meat pies for the meal and fruit pies for the dessert.

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/meat-pies-cointreau-marmalade.jpg

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/TFruitPies.jpg

And upon coming to RhyDin she was introduced to the wonders of red wine and Italian food upon her one and only date. (Thank you Kalinda) ;)

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Tlasagna.jpg

Meleigh

Date: 2010-04-25 19:00 EST
A perfect day:

Scones for Breakfast

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Mpic_scones1a.jpg

Cucumber Sandwiches for Lunch

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/MCucumberSandwiches.jpg

Pheasant for Dinner

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Mpheasant.jpg

Aukai

Date: 2010-04-25 19:11 EST
The Carnal Prince likes to start off his morning with a little breakfast - normally joy.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/Smile.jpg

By the time lunch rolls around he is usually in the mood for something with a little more bite - agony.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/Agony.jpg

And after a long day of consuming and devouring such powerful emotion, he caps off the night with some dessert.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/Zennie62-BritishGovtPromotesSexOrga.jpg

Euriya Shilo

Date: 2010-04-25 19:22 EST
Euriya was raised on a rather lavish diet, and the wealth he has obtained since becoming a successful Psychiatrist has kept this desire for expensive gluttony alive. If he had to rank his three favorite meals, they would go as follows:

#1

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/Kobebeef.jpg

Kobe Beef cut from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle.

#2

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/BlueLobster.jpg

Blue Lobster from the banks of Newfoundland, Maine.

#3

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/Peanutbutterpie.jpg

Peanut-Butter Pie from the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company.

Dusky Beaumont

Date: 2010-04-25 22:48 EST
It was impossible not to have expensive tastes after being Dr. Shilo's personal assistant for the last three years...that and being raised in the lap of luxury. Some Southern roots ran deep.

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac9/DuskyBeaumont/Foods/Dsunchokevichyssioise.jpg
Vichyssioise

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac9/DuskyBeaumont/Foods/Dpoached-halibut_300.jpg
Halibut

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac9/DuskyBeaumont/Foods/Dcornbread.jpg
Cornbread

Vesper Fey

Date: 2010-04-26 23:32 EST
1. Sweetmeat.

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/FioraShantalaine/Foods/VSweetmeat.jpg

2. Just Meat.

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/FioraShantalaine/Foods/VMeat.jpg

3. Dessert.

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/FioraShantalaine/Foods/Vpowdereddonutsinchocolatesauce.jpg

Fiora Shantalaine

Date: 2010-04-27 09:45 EST
SAMMICHES!

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab284/FioraShantalaine/Foods/ILOVESAMMICHES.jpg

Kalinda Acheron

Date: 2010-04-27 15:33 EST
You're welcome, Tia. ;-)

As for Kalinda, her favorites?

Breakfast: http://0.tqn.com/d/gourmetfood/1/I/t/N/buckwheatcrepes.jpg

Lunch: http://www.bays.com/recipes/art/T88.jpg

Dinner: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UIXOn06Pz70/SQ-ITgHkH3I/AAAAAAAAFPw/FQY9hDnmOio/s800/Chicken+Piccata+500.jpg

Nighttime Snack: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f10/dymonti/male-models.jpg

CherubicMagic

Date: 2010-04-27 15:42 EST
The gypsy is a woman of simple tastes, home grown tastes, and can't seem to consume any product that doesn't involve some fresh bit of produce in it. Be it a snack, her favorite dessert, or even a preferred meal heavy with meat and starches.

Peaches
http://ayeshahaq.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/peach.jpg
Be they fresh, jarred and spiced, pickled, baked, blanched, jellied, or sauteed in a sugary galze to pour hot over fresh cream, Lilliana adores peach-anything.

Stuffed Peppers
http://xe8.xanga.com/b9ff70e612433264864122/z211199749.jpg
Green, red, yellow or orange, it really doesn't matter. Stuff them up with fresh potato hash or rice and beef and cheese. The witch will gobble them up and sop what's left with a fresh slice of bread post haste.

Coconut Macaroons
http://blog.lemonpi.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/coconutlavendermacaroons.jpg
They're preferred warm from the oven, but really? Stick a tin of them down on a nearby table and you'll find them half gone by the time you turn back around!

Darcy Angel

Date: 2010-04-28 01:14 EST
Seriously...How often do you see the Awesome one eat? Anyway...These have to be her three favorite foods.

Brownies! Because she loves making them and eating them! Onomnomnomnomnom!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i226/owenstokes/Karinas_Dark_Chocolate_Brownie_5242.jpg

Cherries because she loves tying the stems into knots with her tongue.
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss143/MrsWard21/cherrylips.jpg

A good cheeseburger because now who doesn't enjoy a great cheeseburger?
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n445/loislanezz/cheeseburger.png

L'loris Ondyn

Date: 2010-04-29 11:41 EST
When you've survived on rats, lizards, and cockroaches you tend to be a little less particular about food.

Upon freedom L'loris has discovered that she still eats only for sustenance and has no real sense of taste left.

Shieyu Atsumichi

Date: 2010-04-29 15:18 EST
Shieyu prefers wild pigs, monkeys, and birds.

Uncooked.

Fleeing for their lives.


Though she'll settle for stringy human flesh if need be.

Jessica

Date: 2010-04-30 06:56 EST
Jessica's Top 3 foods are Cinnamon Bears, Cup of Noodles (only the shrimp flavor though!) and Cherry Pie!

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-02 11:50 EST
Week Two - Three Weaknesses

I was going to lob another soft one out there but let us get to the dark and the revealing. ;)

Again, it goes without saying that this is not necessarily information available In Character. (No Blurring).

Draxcilian Khaul

Date: 2010-05-02 12:03 EST
Aolani: The Phantom's loyalty to his Mistress is one of his biggest weakness due to the fact that her safety is his primary goal. If she were to ever be put in a position where he felt that she were threatened or in danger and he was rendered helpless, the stoic and calculated demeanor he is known for would melt way into an insane rage. Draxcilian's strength and lethal prowess comes from his cold and distant training. To enter into such a fury would most likely lead to his demise.

Absolute Light/Darkness: Because he is a creature of the Umbral Corpus he requires shadow to fuel his power. To put him in an environment where there are no shadows would render him merely mortal, and because of the psychic manipulation he has endured with surrendering himself to Aolani, the loss of his Umbral side would leave him utterly comatose.

Dayaniera Khaul: His daughter. Because of future SLs that could evolve I don't want to touch on this too much, but she is certainly one of his greatest weaknesses based on the fact that Shadowmastery is passed down through lineage, strictly from father to son. Draxcillian went against this law and relinquished his role as assassin to teach his daughter the skills of their kind. It was this bonding that forged a deep rooted connection to her.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-02 12:05 EST
1.) Impulsive: Aolani is a creature of emotion and therefore is ruled by quick responses that she doesn't spend a great deal of time analyzing before putting out there. That's not to say that she can't, she just has to make a conscious effort to rein in her responses. Decades spent amongst those who would cast her out for her abilities has taught her not to release the binds she puts upon her powers without some consideration. But as far as natural emotional responses, Aolani can be seemingly capricious with the flash-fire decision making process she employs.

2.) Loyalty: To the extreme. Aolani forms attachments easy and once you are considered a "part" of her she has difficulties letting go. She is naturally responsive and "feels" very "Deeply." This allows her to form bonds and connections too fast and too strong. Those who know her well understand that Aolani's "List" of people grows long and once upon this "List" she has a hard time comprehending those who wish to be apart. Satariel has learned to utilize Aolani in situations in which she is not expected to remain apart from. Each "mission" results in several more "members" of Aolani's "List" and it was from this that the Sovereignty was born. A Sisterhood that answered Aolani's need to keep those she deems important.

3.) Emotional - It goes without saying.

Harris

Date: 2010-05-03 09:14 EST
1. Overconfidence - Even with all the different types of beings that populate RhyDin Harris is still pretty sure he can kick all their asses. Which probably isn't true. But he doesn't know that.

2. Recklessness - Due to his overconfidence he's never one to back down from a fight, no matter how obviously outmatched or outnumbered he might be. This stems from the fact he doesn't view death as a permanent affliction and assumes that he'll be revived at some point in the future, as he's seen a fair share of others seemingly come back from the dead.

3. His Hair - All it takes is one good hair related insult to send him on a rampage. Try it! ;-)

OedipaLydia

Date: 2010-05-04 06:36 EST
Vanity/Stoicism: Oedipa's attention to precision and presentation in clothing, adornment, and manners tends to make her seem overly formal or distant. She is cognizant of this effect, and she embraces it -- not out of an endearing timidness, but a myriad of less-than-gracious qualities, including snobbery and desire for control. She credits this constructed persona with her ability to maintain isolation, avoid socially awkward situations, and, most of all, to suppress abundant emotion. She has very specific ideas about herself and how she wishes to be perceived by others, which is ironic (or perhaps understandable), considering her...

Lack of Self-Knowledge: There is a powerful and very specific will -that of the ancient Sibyl- operating in Oedipa?s subconscious, creating a paradoxical duality of worldly awareness. On one hand, Oedipa experiences the desires of the Sibyl because they are her own desires, given that her entire existence has been intrinsically linked to this creature. On the other hand, Oedipa knows nothing of the Sibyl?s/her motivations (history, quest for eternal youth, etc), leading to a near-constant sense of bewilderment that she shrouds with the aforementioned stoicism.

Susceptibility/Vulnerability: Considering the previous weaknesses, it stands to reason that Oedipa is fairly insecure. Her self-control has definite limits, and depending on the situation, she can be very easily influenced. She is human and mortal, untrained in any sort of weapon or system of defense. Not that I?m suggesting you try this, but she?d be pretty easy to kill.

Tiatari

Date: 2010-05-04 11:25 EST
1.)Naivete/Sheltered: Tia is young and impressionable. She was raised in a rarefied setting of academia surrounded by those more passionate about books and studies than about each other. While naive, she is not innocent of life, she just doesn't quite understand the physicality of it all.

2.)Eager/Immaturity: Incredibly open to new things; she hasn't backed down from anything yet. The problem is that she tends to get into things she has no way of possibly handling.

3.)Fluidity of Emotional Bonds: This is both a strength and a weakness due to how it could easily be exploited. Tia's parents were loving but distant and she was an only child raised around a series of "great aunts and uncles" who disappeared and reappeared regularly. She doesn't understand longevity in relationships. People are fleeting images in your life that come and go. For this reason she makes "friends" easily but doesn't comprehend really what that means.

Vesper Fey

Date: 2010-05-05 09:48 EST
Madness. Quite incredibly insane.

Immortal. The passage of time goes unnoticed and she is made vulnerable by her lack of comprehension.

Frail. She has all the strength of the average non-athletic teenage girl. By RhyDin's yardstick she rests firmly upon the bottom of fighters.

Riley ORourke

Date: 2010-05-05 17:17 EST
1. Temper - What? Riley has a hair-trigger temper? No!

2. Impulsiveness - Riley should probably listen a little more to her head than her heart in the future.

3. Children - Since she will be very unlikely to ever have children, she has a very soft spot in her heart for them.

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-05-05 18:49 EST
Arrogance: Jen as a whole firmly believes that nothing and no one can defeat her.

Narcissism: She also believes no one can resist her.

And yes, this is strictly OOC knowledge...the medallion. If removed, kiss Jen g'bye.

Alice Darling

Date: 2010-05-06 15:10 EST
1. Music - Alice has a fondness for music that was not broken with her mind. With that is a huge respect for those who perform/write it. She's formed an attachment with Fenris because of it. If he's threatened, I imagine the consequences for the threatener would be....dire.

2. Aukai - Now that she's found a reason to feel, she'll do just about anything Aukai asks her to do. Including murder, maim, destroy innocence. ((And also, because he just rocks!))

3. Sa - Sa, one of Jen's personalities, has formed a very odd relationship with Alice. I imagine they love each other, in their weird kind of way. Again, as with the relationship with Aukai, she's willing to do anything for her.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-09 14:33 EST
Alright you bums, I had people posting in the middle of floods, but some of you sorry slackers just couldn't be bothered to strain the thought processes here. No, seriously, I get it, busy times for a lot of you. ;)

I'll go easy on you this week

Week Three - Drinks!

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-09 15:35 EST
A Good Time -served in Red Dragon Inn regularly when Aolani is in attendance: this aphrodisiac laced creamy milkshake of a drink has inspired many a game of secrets and fun.
http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/AGoodTime.jpg

Creamy Punani or Chocolate Cherry Kiss
One of my favorites and it seems only fair that it would be Aolani's too.
http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/ChocolateCherryKissCocktail.jpg




Jen's Creamy Sighs
(Yes, I now think of Jenilisa everytime this is ordered)

Amaretto
(Float) Grand Marnier
1 shot Irish Cream
4 oz Coffee
1 1/2 oz Whipping Cream

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-05-09 17:05 EST
Oooh baby!

Let's see, Jen's top three drinks?

A Good Time, yes.

Cosmopolitan (equal parts cranberry juice and vodka, served over crushed ice)

And Coffee. Just plain coffee. (That's Isa's.)

Riley ORourke

Date: 2010-05-09 17:22 EST
Favourite beverages, both adult and non-adult.

Chai - for obvious reasons, this has quickly become a drink associated with very pleasant memories:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TcUNT3McgBs/SsAqKR0qhfI/AAAAAAAAAQw/U5F94qa_GKM/s400/chai+tea.jpg

Scotch - a reminder of Riley's grandfather. She takes it with a splash of water and sometimes a couple of ice cubes.

http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TOH/Images/Photos/61/scotchWater.jpg

Midori sour - she's fond of the electric green colour and the melony-taste

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/1261040899_ba4d48cba5.jpg

Ducii

Date: 2010-05-10 12:18 EST
Cosmopolitan
Duci's signature drink

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/134(1).jpg

1 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz Rose's? lime juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice

Shake vodka, triple sec, lime and cranberry juice vigorously in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime wedge on the rim, and serve. I personally also add a cherry.

Disaranno Sour
My personaly favorite drink, and it's only fitting that it's just as sweet a Duci.

http://www.upclass.it/files/2009/12/Disaronno-Sour1.jpg

2 oz Amaretto
1 1/2 oz sweet & sour mix
Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake vigorously, and strain into a sour glass.

Silk Stockings

http://www.achefshelp.com/up/images/recipes/demo/img/big_1211533285.jpg

Tequila 1 ? oz
Cream de cacao 1 oz
Grenadine dash
Light cream 1 ? oz
Cinnamon garnish

Preparation:
Except for the cinnamon, pour all the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve.

OedipaLydia

Date: 2010-05-11 22:27 EST
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l29qsoHG1L1qbkny0o1_500.jpg

Oedipa has almost no variety in her beverages. Water, tea, and wine are standards, but her comfy favorites would be:

1. A high-quality champaign for special occasions.
2. Red wine, such as a good merlot or pinot noir, on chilly evenings.
3. A well-aged chardonnay.

Tiatari

Date: 2010-05-12 20:33 EST
Coffee au lait for the Mornings.

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Tiacoffee_morning.jpg

Smoothies - All varieties
http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Tiafruit_smoothies.jpg


Milkshakes - Yum.

http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab90/AolaniM/Tiamilkshake.jpg

Euriya Shilo

Date: 2010-05-14 22:38 EST
First and foremost, Dr. Shilo enjoys a glass or two of Chateau Lafitte.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/most-expensive-wine-1.jpg


To ensure the success of his extreme narcissism he loves a good glass of water.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/glass-of-water.jpg

...though late at night when the sun has set and there is a brisk chill on the air he loves a good glass of hot chocolate.

http://i836.photobucket.com/albums/zz281/AukaiMastema/hotchocolate.jpg

Darcy Angel

Date: 2010-05-17 02:34 EST
Wow this is really really difficult! Lol not really. Okay so here it goes. Those that know Darcy knows she loves her a nice Screwdriver.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/JDbabe2121/Drink%20Icons/screwdriver.gif


She also loves a good Jack and coke.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh40/XR_Two/jack-daniels-coke.jpg

And last but not least a good hearty glass of orange juice for vitamin c!
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj243/dulcetchick/OrangeJuice.jpg

CherubicMagic

Date: 2010-05-17 14:46 EST
Were someone to ask the gypsy her top three drinks of choice? The answer wouldn't take her long at all... For all her vibrant spirit and complex energy, the fiery creature loves her drinks simple, smooth, and classic.

http://www.brinleygoldrum.com/global-images/coffee_on_the_rock_glass.png
Rum
Deliciousness embodied. Heady, sharp, and burns oh so nice. Hot, straight, cold, mixed, or splashed in a fine cake batter. It's good all around, and sometimes straight from the bottle can be best.

http://www.drycreekvineyard.com/images/photos/xlg/Mariner_poster_xlg.jpg

Wine

Red, white, dry, pink, sweet, vintage, fae, or otherwise, Lilliana adores a good vintage on her tongue. Though those who've tipped back bottles with the gypsy in the past can attest she loves a good fae wine, the bubbly buxom isn't too picky. The Red Dragon's house red has a fairly lovely underlay of chocolate and spice that she's come to enjoy the most, however.


http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/dizzy-sour-liq.jpg

Whiskey Sours

Lilliana's favorite recipe substitutes sugar for pineapple juice because, well, she's fairly sweet all on her own as it is...

3 ounces whiskey
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons of pineapple juice

Add a bit of orange peel, ice, and skewer up a marichino cherry atop a fine piece of pineapple, and you've one of the gypsy's favorite mixed drinks!

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-19 12:25 EST
Week Four - Top Three Hobbies/Pastimes

I know I'm late (big shocker to those who know me, right?)! So sorry!

This one I hope you'll take the time to add a little explanation. I'm abjectly curious to discover what some of these characters do in their spare time. Dig deep! Think hard! ;-)

CherubicMagic

Date: 2010-05-19 15:13 EST
Given the gypsy's many talents, favorite pastimes, and hobbies, it's hard to really center on a three in particular that she leans towards. However, that doesn't mean hard = impossible, so for the sake of brain wracking, I present to you Lilliana's three favorite pastimes.


http://www.claywrightworkshop.com/artlessons/img/handsnclay_bw.gifhttp://www.phillipabowers.co.uk/resources/Meg+Source.halfJPG.jpg

Ceramic Sculpture

Though it's clear to all and any that the witch's element is fire, Lilliana's mother is a soul that's heavily aligned with earth; what better and purer a marriage of the two than something that incorporates both elements? The witch often prefers clay she's harvested herself versus plods she can find in the markets, and it was with this preference in mind that the witch chose her spot in the Glen when she first set her wagon up. When the season's right, she'll dig out her own clay from the stream bed that's naught but a twenty yards from her caravan.


http://cogtoronto.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/tincture.jpghttp://s3.hubimg.com/u/2618146_f520.jpghttp://bestiary.ca/chimaera/wp-content/images/mandrake-dog.png

Craft Practice

Believe it or not, the witch actually works from time to time. Unlike some folks though, Lilliana actually enjoys her job. Having worked under a good task master to hone her skills and knowledge as she grew, her mother, the fiery buxom is a formidable figure when she's witching in her wagon. Be it more homely concoctions like tinctures, poultices, salves, and backwater remedies with nothing but nature's bounty, or things of the wilder, more magic touched variety like charms, binds, potions, or wards, Lilliana weaves them all. Be wary of her wards however, they're doozies.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Chinese_broom_and_sweeping_tool.jpghttp://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.101387036.jpg
Cleaning

Believe it or not, the gypsy loves to clean when the times right. It's not only a productive habit, but a therapeutic one as well. What better way to take out your confusion, anger, or idle thought energy on your dirty floor or dusty carpets? Yes, the gypsy has a few good rug beaters that often get some good use.

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-05-20 00:01 EST
Forgive me, but I'm quite certain that the vast majority of Jen's pastimes aren't fit for human consumption. However...sketching is one of the many hobbies, and about the only one that can be listed.

Satariel Shah

Date: 2010-05-20 11:38 EST
Satariel's pastimes are surprisingly varied despite her seemingly coldly stoic persona.

A Collector

She is a collector of time pieces. There is a story there but only one knows it and I'd hesitate to share it even OOC as it gives a great deal about her away. Needless to say the passage of time is something that fascinates her and with all of her travels she is exposed to a variety of devices that keep track of different ideas of time.

She is a collector of people. Before her transformation, Satariel was a charismatic priestess who was infamous for her knowledge of people. A psychologically gifted anthropologist who excelled at knowing what people wanted. This ability has manifested into an asset of the Shaitan Covenant.

She is a collector of essence. Her unique ability to withdraw a portion of a person's soul based upon their alignment creates a vast assortment of essences of which she can play with. By creating constructed realities for these "essences," Satariel is able to "live" in a variety of dimensions and lifestyles.

Fiora Shantalaine

Date: 2010-05-20 12:14 EST
Eatin Sammiches.
Love some sandwiches. Let thy Sandwich soothe thy soul. Sandwiches, the Gift of the Gods. Seriously, Fiora's first day in the RDI she was a lost little soul bereft of family and friends, starving, and lacking a place to stay. Panther made her a sandwich. Every subsequent visit she could usually convince some good soul to fix her a sandwich. Now she has become a sandwich maker extraordinaire.

Talking.
Fiora loves to talk. To anyone. Anybody. Anything. Anytime. Including to herself.

Acrobatics.
Crazily agile after a childhood raised in a traveling circus, Fiora is a gymnastically trained, trapeze working, tight-rope walking, con-woman. She's learned to like yoga as it seems to be acrobatics while stoned.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-20 19:03 EST
1) Music - Before she knew what blood coursed through her veins or understood the power of persuasion was magical in nature, Aolani was a singer. A traveling singer, much like a bard or a troubadour of old. Music could always match whatever mood she found herself in and she enjoys all types. Listening, singing, composing, dancing: it all thrills her.

2) Intimacy - The obvious answer is a sexual one; yet, it goes beyond the sexual escapades to the intimacy that such activites demands. Aolani thrives on intimacy.

3) Secrets - Secret keeping, secret making, even secret telling. Yes secrets are fun to collect and to play with.

Riley ORourke

Date: 2010-05-20 20:10 EST
Most of Riley's favourite pastimes should come as no surprise to those who know anything about her. However, the third will no doubt shock even Daniel.

Yoga - Riley enjoys yoga so much that she is sharing that joy with the rest of Rhy'Din. It is the only class she is still teaching after accepting the Minister of Justice position.

http://lovingtelaviv.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/yoga.jpg

Jogging - Sometimes the relaxing, meditative movements of yoga aren't enough to fully unwind. When this happens, Riley straps on her running shoes and heads out for a long and winding run.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Health/Images/woman-jogging.jpg

Now...for the shocker - Riley really enjoys crochet. She's made blankets for nearly everyone in her family, socks, scarves, mittens, hats...she's quite skilled, but it isn't something she openly discusses or even lets other people know she enjoys.

http://www.knitting-warehouse.com/images/woman_crocheting.jpg

OedipaLydia

Date: 2010-05-20 22:53 EST
Being of the leisure class and naturally solitary, Oedipa has learned to pass an idle hour or two. Unfortunately, her hobbies are almost entirely befitting of a lady of her social class:

1) Reading. While this may initially seem to be a perfectly monotonous hobby, remember that people have written some very strange things. In books. And she may or may not be reading those very strange things.

2) Sketching/Painting, although she's very secretive about her work. Her paintings, regardless of her aspirations, all seem to carry very sorrowful, tragically lonesome undertones. Think anguished figures amid featureless landscapes. She doesn't tend to share them, and her enthusiasm for this hobby waxes and wanes.

3) Being Vain, or the Pursuit of Beauty. She's spent a minute or two gazing into a mirror.

fenriswulf

Date: 2010-05-20 23:33 EST
Ah, pastimes. Seems like a nice safe entr?e into this thread.

1) The Bardic customaries - Music, song, storytelling and easy conversation, once simply occasional ways to pass a pleasant hour.

2) Legerdemain - How many occasions in life there are, where dexterous and quick hands prove of great utility.

3) Dance - In a dance, all men are gentlemen, and all women ladies, and that is just as things ought always to be.

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Did you know... that Darjeeling tea is considered the champagne of teas, and has a delicate flavor disturbed by the addition of sugar, lemon, or milk. True aesthetes do not sully their Darjeeling with these contaminants.

Darcy Angel

Date: 2010-05-21 01:53 EST
Well well well Darcy has many hobbies. Really. But we'll go with three that she likes to do the most.

Well if you haven't seen her do it in the Inn then it should be no surprise at all that Darcy loves to play guitar. She's not the best in the world but thinks she does a pretty good job at it.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb165/epb6507/Graphics/Music/Rock/rock_guitar_chick.gif

Another hobby that people do or don't know she likes to do is bake brownies.

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab278/Sufix/Image%20Hunt/bakesh.jpg

And last but not least she likes to play old school video games.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm231/ChaoticSadist/nerd_by_SusanCoffey.jpg

Shieyu Atsumichi

Date: 2010-05-23 20:20 EST
As a sohei, Shieyu spends a minimum of an hour a day in ritual training; her body honed as one would a weapon. This does not include the amount of time she devotes to weapons training. Though such training is not as ritualistic nor as necessary to her sense of well-being.

Sunning herself. A sunbath is a cat's best friend and while not always in cat form when she chances upon a warm splash of sun in a quiet spot it is hard to walk away from it.

Hunting and a newfound love of vengeance. Killing was always enjoyable, but killing for a reason. Killing to right a wrong done upon you, well that has a special place of enjoyment.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-05-28 13:12 EST
Week Five - Top Three Turn Ons (Or one really good Fetish)

And late as Usual.

Keep in mind: What's one person's fetish is another person's vanilla sex.

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-05-28 15:14 EST
Oh my. What to say here...

1. The blanket aegis of BDSM.

2. The taboo. Exhibitionism, oddities, and other such niceties that just can't be mentioned here.

3. This might speak more of Jen's personality than anything. A challenge.

L'loris Ondyn

Date: 2010-05-28 18:48 EST
Elven men. Slender, agile. Deft and dextrous.

Intelligence. Read a book. Seriously.

Longevity. Callow youths need not apply.

Riley ORourke

Date: 2010-05-29 13:28 EST
1 - A sense of humour. Make the Cat laugh and you're practically gold.

2 - A sense of compassion. Show Riley that you care about something other than yourself, and she'll follow you around like a puppy dog for the rest of your days.

3 - A sense of self-worth. Wimps, Emo kids, and spineless little boys are not of interest. Nothing is sexier than confidence.

OedipaLydia

Date: 2010-05-31 02:04 EST
Words. Written or spoken.

Abrasiveness. Classic "Heathcliff Syndrome."

Beauty - Masculine or Feminine. While it's probably universal, she's a bit more inclined than most to covet a finely-formed figure.

Being unfamiliar territory, these are subject to change at whim.

CherubicMagic

Date: 2010-05-31 10:52 EST
Honesty: Lilliana is first and foremost a creature of the utmost honor and honesty. To find this quality she holds so highly above all else, in others, is one of the witch's biggest switches that can be flicked. There is nothing more powerful than being honest with yourself, others, and what you truly want in life. Honesty is freedom and power, two of the things Ms. McClae very much enjoys.

Mystique: Honesty and privacy are two very different things. One can have a sense of self and a touch of privacy whilst still being honest... Having that certain air, that certain something about you that takes the levels of engagement and attraction to new heights? Well now, that mystique, that style, is something that attracts the witch very, very much.

Strength: Being a creature of the road where she and her kin have lived as a family for countless years before her time, Lilliana very much enjoys seeing others utilizing their power and strength. Vanilla explanation aside, there's nothing more amazingly thrilling to the buxom beaux than having a lover she knows could stroke and pet her to sleep after he picks her up and bodily throws her over the edge of sexy-bedroom-oblivion and back again... Strength isn't only the power behind the pump, but the temper and softness it takes to curb all that muscle. ;)


... Oddly, a certain man in the realm possesses all these things.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/062/8/b/More_steam____by_Titvan.jpg

Fiora Shantalaine

Date: 2010-05-31 12:44 EST
Fiora doesn't necessarily have three "turn-on's." For all Fiora's bluster she has only had one real experience with physical intimacy.

She, of course, likes to laugh, so humor is a plus. From the few dates she has had she likes powerful men. Moneyed, urbane, civilized.

But really:


It's all about the hands.

The hands are the most actively engaged part of a person's body. We use them to test out the world around us, to manipulate all things presented to us, to pull things close and to push them away. They tell us when things are dangerous or hot, precious or soft. They can be used as weapons and as instruments of care. The same hands that can beat the life out of another, can be used to catch a squalling infant.

Fiora's focus on hands is a telling personality quirk that reveals as much about her as it does the objects of her attention. When she fantasizes, which is fairly often, she takes note of the hands and imagines them on her body. When she is fearful of another it is their hands she focuses on as she imagines them striking her physically or calling forth arcane violence.

And the one lover she has ever taken was an artist and an assassin. His hands dangerously dextrous and elegantly lethal.

Placing herself in the hands of another is an act of trust that Fiora has difficulty engaging in. For now, she is content to admire the hands of those men she comes into contact with. To fantasize and enjoy flights of imagined intimacy while proclaiming her "views" on sexual escapades.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-06-02 13:26 EST
The ability to lose control. Due to the side effects of being a Siren/Succubus, Aolani cannot fully lose herself in the act of sex (hence her love of the dreamscape). Death, madness, the complete erasure of self, are all possible side effects should she forget herself. She takes very few physical lovers for this reason: Aukai's immunity is what helped forge their long-lasting relationship.

An Emotional Connection. Being a creature that thrives on emotions, Aolani is most "engaged" when she feels something for her partner (this does not necessarily have to mean love, caring, or any other tender emotion. Hate, Anger, Sorrow, are all equally potent). This is why she is incredibly connected and aroused by her Sovereignty: Jenillisa, Oedipa, Draxcilian, and Jatari all share a bond that heightens her pleasure.

The Forbidden. Taboo sex is as strange to define as a fetish. Depending on the realm that she finds herself in and the cultural norms of the populace, this could mean just about anything. If what she is engaging in is considered "naughty" by the participant than Aolani experiences an increase in pleasure. Finding the forbidden in RhyDin is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Darcy Angel

Date: 2010-06-02 16:32 EST
Hm...Hm...This one is interesting.
Dirty pillow talk for one.

Anyone that can show good extreme dominance over her in and out of bed she's a closet masochist and only a certain ninja knows of her strange tastes.

And last but not least? Despite the fact she isn't a vampire anymore she still does love to bite and scratch her lover.

fenriswulf

Date: 2010-06-04 18:30 EST
I rather think that Fen's a bit old to be much of a fetishist, but if you were to ask him what sort of woman was wont to turn his head in his rowdier days, it might go like the following.

"Och, a fine question that," he might say, "'I can think of no color of hair nor tone of skin that does provide aught of commonality betwixt the women I did set my course to. But in troth... well, there is much to be said for the subtle confidence; carriage and poise speaking of one who knows her worth to the point that she needs not advertise't or proclaim it. To be ne'er boastful, nor clutching, but simply to know, and expect others to know."

Contemplating further, he might nod, "Aye, and pair that with a wit and elegance... to be ne'er bawdy nor lewd, but skilled in the game of word-bandy and half-smiles, words a carry and riposte. Indeed! Ah, I have been fortunate to have known a few so o'er these many years, a few indeed." A bit of a grin would slowly break over his sun-darkened and lined face at the thought.

But then he might fix his gaze on you, and look you directly in the eye and say, "But an you'll know't, an there's one thing no wandering fellow such as I can e'er keep our eye from...? Setting aside his cup, he would lean close, as if to admit you to a secret known only to the itinerant bard, "'tis the ing?nue in peril. For we are steeped in songs of courtly love and tales of beautiful maids in need of heroing, and we can ne'er give o'er when faced with one. Ah, to couple that with a secret spark of fire 'neath the coquettish smile, why ?tis the secret heart?s desire of any bard. Indeed, a terrible and most terrible, efficacious combination 'gainst fellows such as I."

Then he'd nod and lean back in his seat, taking up his teacup again before continuing, "How fortunate I am, that such days of lass-stoked fire in the veins are past! Ne'er again to be a ship launched 'gainst the perilous rocks of the imperiled ing?nue..."

And settling back in his seat, he might turn away to gaze at the fire, and in those grey eyes you could catch a roguish crinkle of remembrance, and a sly quirk of a smile as if to say he'd not mind it so much, finding himself ship-board, his sails set full for such a destination once again.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-06-07 13:37 EST
Oh Fen! I love the flair!

Alright, this week's Top Three is a RECAP!

Did you miss one of the previous Top Threes and want a chance to make it up?

Food,
Weakness
Drink,
Pasttime,
Turn On,


WEEK SIX- REWIND: Pick a Previous Topic and add Explanation or Detail!

Ducii

Date: 2010-06-07 17:33 EST
Turn-ons:

1. Hands/Lips (Touch)
http://portfolio.kevinthom.com/albums/artistic/hands_compel.jpg

Duci loves hands, to hold them, to touch them, and to be touched by them. Something about lips are highly erogenous. Just looking at them makes her feel all tingly inside. The feel of them against her skin? Like a piece of heaven.

http://static.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/1/0/5/small/501773.jpg

2. Honesty

Someone who can be honest not only with others, but with themselves, too, is so toe-curlign attractive.

3. Manly Man
There's nothing better than a Kight in Shining Armor. Manly men are appeasing to the eye from personality and demeanor.

Pasttimes:

1. Cooking/Baking
http://snagwiremedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/baking-tips-and-tricks.jpg

Anyone who knows Duci knows she loves to cook. It is her passion, and the one thing that brings her both joy and solace. It's also the perfect excuse to bring the gang together and hang out, as the kitchen, she firmly believes, is the heart of any household.

2. Dolling Up
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oiXSggDkL._SL250_.jpg

To anyone who comes across Duci, it is no secret that she loves to look good, and that she takes the time to take care of herself.

3. Sunbathing
http://www.younglivin.org.uk/sunbathing.jpg

The infamous blonde bombshell is notorious for lying out on the deck in a bikini, soaking up the sun's rays. How else do you think she maintains that fab tan year round?

Vesper Fey

Date: 2010-06-11 13:09 EST
I seem to have skipped a few with Vesper.

Drinks:

FeyWine.
BloodWine.
Black Licorice Tea.

Hobbies:

Watching leaves grow.
Experiments.
Power.

Turn Ons:
Incredibly fickle and capricious it really is difficult to decide what she would find arousing. She's currently turned on by her captured Denubae but not in a "hey I really wanna do you" kinda way but more in a "shiver me timbers isn't this so incredibly cool!" way.
The problem with playing a character as insanely twisted as Vesper is that what you see is not what you get and what she feels and thinks twists and changes as maniacally as her temper.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-06-16 16:41 EST
Last chance to catch up and then I'm posting a new topic!

Any suggestions for a new topic? PM me! I've got a few up my sleeve but could always use more fodder. What area of your character should we explore hmm???

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-06-18 12:37 EST
Topic Seven: Pet Peeves


What annoys your character? Do they have a particular piccadillo? Something that aggravates them or bothers them even when they wish it didn't?

History and Details only add to the development and comprehension.

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-06-18 20:31 EST
Insolence, Obstacles, and missed opportunities.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-06-20 02:00 EST
1) Knightly Codes. This irritant extends to Knights in general. The idea of a brotherhood that demands obedience and a strict moral code irritates the Sierene to no end. As this loyalty has proven bothersome on more than one occasion.

2) Prudes who truly are Prudes. Not Pretend Prudes. Allow me to elaborate. Disapproval is easily gained when one embraces their nature as vividly as the Sierene does. Some of her fondest memories are of seducing those who proclaim a sense of prudish disdain for her ways; yet, those who are truly unemotionally bothered by the Sierene and immune to the primitive calling of emotions (sexual or otherwise) are a frustratingly boring drain. Unlike her counterpart Aukai, Aolani would prefer not to seduce those who lack powerful emotions. Instead seeking those who feel deeply, respond fully, and engage completely.

3) Children. This irritant is normally easily evaded. That is, until she came to RhyDin where they were suddenly prominently available in even the establishments she frequented. For this reason alone, the Sierene might invest in a Bordello...surely kids won't be allowed in there?

Tiatari

Date: 2010-06-23 12:40 EST
1) A closet know-it-all and teacher's pet, Tia has issue when she is outshone in a classroom setting. This stems from a natural ambition and a need for positive praise. She hates being in second place.

2) Tia is highly organized. Nearing the compulsive level. Everything has its place and if it doesn't well you probably didn't need it. If you really want to annoy her, move something half an inch from its spot. On this note, she hates it when fellow students move around in a classroom. Pick a seat and claim it. Why is that so hard?

3.) She doesn't like mess. It goes hand and hand with the organization. But disarray makes her uncomfortable. Dirt makes her cringe. She is a clean freak. She still has nightmares over the quest to rescue L'loris. And not because of the drowess or the other mean beasties...but being covered in...gunk. AHHH!!!

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-08-14 20:38 EST
Topic Eight... I think?

Formative Events (Submitted by the Wondrous FenrisWulf) What are/were the Three MAJOR Events that shaped/formed your character? Seeing as how the last thing I submitted for Aolani was her history and I will soon be explaining her long absence--Miss me? Sniffle, I missed you!--I feel that this is a very appropriate topic choice for my return.

Jenillisa Darvin

Date: 2010-08-28 00:12 EST
1.) The death of Jen's parents.

2.) The finding of the amulet.

3.) Joining the Sovereignty.

Dusky Beaumont

Date: 2010-08-30 11:23 EST

1.) The influence of the "crazy" aunt. Every deep down South family has one. Dusky was her favorite and spent many afternoons sipping tea and listening. Simply listening. This, of course, revealed that many deep down South families have secrets. Dark secrets that twist and twine around in the roots of the family tree; and, people who are dismissed as "crazy" tend to have impetus for their psychosis.

2.) Attending college on the sunny west coast and interning for Dr. Shilo.

3.) Following him to RhyDin.

fenriswulf

Date: 2010-08-31 01:01 EST
Settling back in his seat, the silver-haired fellow shakes his head and chuckles. "Och, what makes a man himself? Who's to say which missteps, chance meetings and nonce decisions were truly the pivotal ones that laid out his path through life? Not I, and that's for sure, but... well, an I think on't, seems there fair well ought to be some song in that."

Cocking his head, he considers for a moment, and offers up a few half measures of improvised verse, as if to sketch out the dimensions of some unwritten tune.

o/' What makes a man a man,
The skein of a life's wefts and weaves,
A chance-d gaze, or a mighty plan,
And knowing, would you e'en believe?

Is it the tale told by an aging bard,
Igniting fire in a young man's heart?
Or a ragged field, spearpoints, naked swords,
And the ashen rain on a surgeon's cart?

Or that ancient lure that snares all men,
After a matching gaze, a smile, and then,
E'en the wisest might play the fool,
Aye, and give o'er his path to love's misrule.

But boulders, stones, e'en pebble coarse,
Mighst change the path of a river's course.
And so it is with the lives of men,
Be they kings, or queens, or the wiliest Fen. o/'

And then his grey eyes crinkle into a grin, and he raises his cup to no one in particular before taking a slow and measured sip, the grin fading into a half smile as he cradles the teacup in his long fingered hands.

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-09-07 18:56 EST
Topic Nine: Music (Either favorite songs, genres, groups, singers - I'll leave it a bit vague)

I think we need something lighthearted.

((Thank you to those who participated in the last one!))

Aolani Malvlasta

Date: 2010-11-18 13:24 EST
I do believe we can close this thread.

Arkon Daraul

Date: 2010-11-18 17:27 EST
Done.