HELLO | Darlings, my darlings, you probably all know me by now. I've been around since... December 2014 but was aware of Matope long, long before that. I've been sporadically here and there, life has a way of pushing me around as it turns out. I've been a colourist which has been the biggest highlight aside from meeting my best friend here. Love you all, Matope community. Now...
ONWARDS TO THE KIN!
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NAMING DREAM | It was dark all around him but he wasn’t afraid.
It was merely plain and blank until the flurry of lights whirled around him!
Flickering to life in the darkness, he watched the stars fill it
with light, pattern and meaning.
They were like actors to his play, each twinkle a like a line, song
and vow all in one. They twirled by, telling stories he’d soon forget
and singing lullabies as he drifted.
Near the end, he smelt fragrance for the first time
and the starlight began to dim.
He cried out to them as first, struggling against his invisible binds.
But they hushed and reassured him.
There had been darkness once and they had come.
They would come to him again.
The kind starlight, stars bright and dim.
They would always belong to him,
as he to them.
ABOUT | Starlit Vow usually hides away for naps during the day, awaking in the evening to greet the stars. In line with his naming dream, he considers the stars family. He enjoys more than anything bright, clear nights when the stars are most visible.
With an attitude probably inherited from his father, Vow like many kiokote holds a keen love for freedom. In his particular case it is for the freedom to roam as he follows the twinkling stars. Due to this and his unusual sleeping pattern, Vow doesn’t often encounter other kin but when he does he greets with enthusiasm and loves to entertain with a star-told story.
It’s unclear whether the stars actually tell Vow these stories but he certainly believes they do. Yet one way or another Vow makes for a brilliant story teller and can speak new tales on demand without pause for thought simply by reading the stars. For the most part Vow’s storytelling is for anyone that wishes to listen but on occasion he will exchange his stories for whatever he might want or need at the given time.
ORIENTATION | Heterosexual & Polyamorous. MATED WITH | Mercy, Daydreams Spun & Pear Flower. LIFEMATE(S) | Nothing offical, but he does have a special something with Pear Flower.
★ Has a sensual encounter with Mercy, though finds out it's all a part of a plot to spur her lover. Still, the encounter results in children that Vow would check in with when he could.
★ Had a warm, sweet encounter with a lovely doe named Daydreams Spun, whom he raised his second clutch with. The two parted ways fondly, off along their own paths.
★ At the chance meeting of Pear Flower once again, Starlit Vow was sure this time to properly state his intentions boldly, but as politely as was required for a lady such as her. There would be no missed moment this time. And sure enough, time was spent and children were birthed and the two have stayed in each other's orbit since.
OBTAINED | 30th December 2014, No Ceremony Breeding, Gift from Nerpin & Blinded by Silence.
ABOUT | Spurred on by the sheer energy seen in his first dream, Instant is always on the move and ever restless, never happy to be idle for long. He was born in the plains but has ventured in all directions, he has impressive stamina and can travel far at a faster pace than even some of the of the most athletic fellow Kiokote.
In tune with his wanderlust, Instant doesn’t tend to dwell and is just about as carefree as they come. He’s also a very self assured buck and very little fazes him. He is difficult to offend and often finds attempts amusing. He’s also highly tolerant through not usually patient.
It’s also worth mentioning that Instant is a notorious charmer and lover of the fairer sex, Instant is almost always up for a tryst with the prettiest of local does of where ever he might be visiting and lives up to the hype of his charm, being an attentive and passionate lover. He leaves does sighing blissfully even after his likely to have been swift departure.
★Born alone in the plains, immediately driven to move by an incredible energy.
★ During his adolescence he traveled far and wide over the Plains, the Swamp and even along the edge of the Desert.
★ Early into his adulthood he met a stunning kiokote doe with a spontaneous drive that matched his own, one fiery fling later and he was bidding her farewell and on his way once more. Unbeknownst to him, he leaves her with child, resulting in three young.
★ Traveling towards the edge of the Plains, he spots a red buck at the edge of the Swamp. (unfinished)
★ He reaches the Ghost Thistle's mound and socialises for a spell before wondering deep into the Swamp for a time.
★ Has a fling with a beautiful young doe with crystalline scales upon her back, again he seeds children unknown to him.
★ By chance, bumps into one of this children! He greets All Too Soon with jovial warmness but is puzzled when the young buck seems disappointed and discouraged by the encounter. It seems he was expecting something All at Once wasn't able to give. Still, All at Once is sure to greet him whenever he happens upon The Royal Rainbow Troupe from then on. His son and his adorable grandchildren.
★ At the end of one such visit, grand daughter Stars in Her Eyes pleads with him, her idol, to take her traveling across the swamp, living as he does, always on the move. Instant is hesitant at first, worried the young doe, while newly adult, wouldn't be able to keep pace with his compulsive travels. Still, she insists, he agrees and they never look back.
★ Encounters the strange but irresistible Who Watches the Watchers and shares a night. After a time, children are born.
OBTAINED | 6th January 2015, Kitten Star Raffle during the Seasons of Greed 2 Event.
ABOUT | Little Pea is a sweet little thing, kind and soft spoken. A kin that spends her waking hours at night, enjoying the clam serenity of it.
Even as a foal, Pea was quiet. Asleep during the day, she'd often spend little time conversing with her family, but would watch over them as they slept with affection. She had the strongest bond with her father, who is also often awake at night and provided for her exclusively while her mother tended to pretend neither her nor her siblings existed.
None the less, Pea persisted with her mother and would sit by her while she slept (and couldn't push her away), turning a blind eye to her mother's neglect and often speaking to her as if they had a normal mother/daughter relationship. Now an adult, Pea still thinks fondly of each member of her family.
As an adult, Pea comes across as rather naïve due to her coping mechanism of choice being denial. She has romanticised views about procreation and love as well as all that is in the swamp in general. More than rose hinted vision, Pea sees the world as if no evil, cruelty or malicious intent exists, even as such things appear right before her. She finds a way to rationalise any and every situation and yet the weight of her denial every so often will lead her to bouts of depression she can't explain.
★ Meets a lovely buck that she shares a fun night with, promptly declares her undying love and is met with an unusual response. Catch the Ghost tells her: "We had a lot of fun and I really like you but I just wanna be buddies." At first she takes it as flowery rejection but her new friend is persistent and consistent enough to convince her that he's genuine. In him she finds her first healthy relationship, à la friendship.
★ Imagine her surprise and elation when her brief romantic union with her now best friend, results in three beautiful babies. Pea is a doting and adoring mother, often too so even, but she has Catch the Ghost to mediate and the two manage well as co-parents.
OBTAINED | 14th January 2015, Parting Gift from Ghouls.
NAMING DREAM | A quiet, soft night enveloped her and all that was.
She felt nothing, not cold or warmth, character less, formless.
Until a tiny flicker stirred, then another, and another.
They clustered and spread, building channels and networks and life!
Slowly, she felt herself grow and take shape, she could feel it all.
It was coming, bubbling up her delicate new body. Energy. Pure energy.
She felt it pierce her brow and trail down her her neck and back, weaving in pattern.
And then it leaped! Jumping to another, but it wasn’t gone, never gone.
Another! Another! The abyss gained light and life. Everything was sparkling
and pulsing, no nook or carney left untouched.
The whole world was lit up before her, clear as day.
ABOUT | Clear as Day is blind, which is not in it's self unusual for a Zikwa, but she has always been able to see. She sees in energies which in several some ways allows her better "vision" than the average kin. Clarity is very aware of the world around her, easily distracted by the minuscule energy shifts and changes constantly occurring.
A quiet creature, Clarity spends much of her time observing life, in all it's forms and wonder. She struggles to understand how others can go around ignoring the busy, vibrant world around them. While she might come off as absent minded, the very opposite is true and almost to the point of being overwhelmed with her preoccupation.
Clarity is not in the least bit dim, but she has never had the mind for social constructs, seeing life as one big unfolding network of life and energy, she doesn't truly even identify as zikwa or even by boarder definition, kin. She only just has the level needed to converse, yet has a surprisingly rich vocabulary.
NAMING DREAM | Everything is dim and dull in deep sleep, no colour, no sound.
Still and silent, they look over a land of stone, craters and crevices.
It stretches out endlessly in every direction, a dark sky blanketed overhead.
They stare. They are weightless, breathless, helpless.
Cracks creep to the surface, the stone breaking, brittle and old.
The time is nearing. Their world is ending.
But then there was light, blue and bright.
It breaks their silence, awakens their lungs, but they’re cold, so very cold.
The stone beneath is like ice and they can’t feel their feet.
With ice in their veins, light in their eyes,
they draw in their first and last shaken breath.
ABOUT | Spoken is a kind of eerie buck. He treads so softly and quietly that you’d expect his voice to be but a whisper, but you’d be wrong. He has instead a very clear and strong voice, spoken always with sure words and almost never hiding his true intentions.
His naming dream, shared with his twin sister, is something of a mystery to the both of them. What was that place and that blue light that had given them life? Neither he nor his sister feel sure, but they secretly suspect the moon had once had a twin like themselves and that the light had been the great motherfather, whisking them to the safety of her land before the twin-moon’s destruction long, long ago.
While it remains their surest theory, it fills the twins with unease. They fear that it may be some kind of premonition, and that one day only one of them will grow old and brittle, while they other watches on unscathed and timeless. Spoken tries not the believe it, quietly fearing it will be him that decays while his sister remains, pristine and perfect.
Due to this, his feelings towards her are complicated. He is torn between the strong bond between them and a deep envy that broods inside him. He secretly feels he’s constantly competing with her for everything, including possible suitors. When someone should pursue her over him, he feels deeply offended. In contrast, he is elated when he is chosen over her. He feels deeply ashamed for these feelings and hides them well from Awoken Lungs, at the very least. It is the only thing that he will not speak plainly about.
ABOUT | "I've seen them!" She'll tell you. "They're coming!" She'll warn you. "Beings from space will come down and take over all of Matope!"
Sky is just a little paranoid, it's not her fault really, it's her naming dream that's to blame. She really truly believes she was abducted by space-beings and will not be convinced otherwise. She knows what she saw.
When she's not unintentionally convincing fellow kin that she's a little, well, special, Sky is very lady like, keeping her beautiful long hair free of tangles and bundled up out of the way, expertly pinned into place (don't even ask how she does it) so that she might spend her days daintily chewing on only the sweetest of marsh grasses.
Being a mother has changed her a little, her need to inform others of the space beings that abducted her having dwindled in the wake of raising now eight fine young does and two strong, dutiful bucks. She is just as sure of herself as she's ever been, just now more justified in feeling so.
She's much too comfortable with her current life to think about change but she sometimes dreams of traveling beyond the marshlands to the plains... So that she might spread the news of the impending invaders far and wide, of course. (She will be part of The High Society tribe once it's been set up, where she will serve as a teacher of the young and ignorant.)
★ Upbringing largely unknown, she doesn't talk about it. But those prim and proper tendencies must have come from somewhere right?
★ Lived for a time happily by herself in a patch of marshlands coated with sweet grasses.
★ Was courted by a delightful, steady buck named Swamp Song and fell pregnant.
★ Travelled to the home of Legendary kin, Fish Bones to put her mind at ease that her young would not be plagued with such a disturbing first dream as she had.
★ (More to add)
OBTAINED | 23rd February 2015, NPC Polyvore Contest during the Seasons of Greed 2 Event.
ABOUT | As a foal, All Too Soon stuck by his mother's side along side his sisters. She was tough on him and his sisters but he understood she only wanted them to grow up in her image, strong and independent. He tried to live up to her expectations but the craving affection that never abated. Too Soon thought of his father often throughout childhood, wishing to know him and wondering if he was even aware of his and his sister's existence.
In adulthood he puts action to his wonderings and goes in search of his mysterious father, All at Once.
During this travels, Too Soon comes across the wonder that is The Royal Rainbow Troupe. A beautiful dark acha doe named Bring in the Night catches his eye and for one night, he catches her's too. Sometime later he hears through the kin grapevine about the troupe's beautiful glaxay marked acha & kio foals, putting two and two together he realises the timing fits, those children must be his and he is determined to be a present father figure for them.
To everyone involved's surprise, All Too Soon's long lost father happened to be visiting the troupe and the two unite. However, unable to stay in one place for too long, All at Once would soon leave and Too Soon would face his toughest life choice yet, to stay with his newborn foals and be the father to them that he'd always wished to have or to follow his father, the person he'd always wanted to meet and get to know.
All Too Soon chooses to stay. His father still visits the troupe occasionally and the two are able to get to know one another. Too Soon becomes a permanent support member of The Royal Rainbow Troupe, staying long after his children are grown. He grows close to the unflappable leader, Watch Me and takes him for a mentor and role model he'd been looking for out of his father.
SPEECH | #5959AB MUSIC | Not yet.
ORIENTATION | Heterosexual, Polyflexible & Acha-sexual. MATED WITH | Bring in the Night & Bone Voyage LIFEMATE(S) | None.
PETS | None.
TIMELINE | Plot, Solos & RoleplaySpoiler
★ Raised on tough love by his mother along side his sisters.
