[J] Anala's Diary +Illusionist: Tahoi+

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Name: Anala
Gender: Female
Illusionist: Tahoi
D.O.B: February 20, 2005
Likes: Watching/observing, exploring
Dislikes: Getting soaked
Partial to: unknown

 

[Tahoi]

Calendar

02-28-2009--Another anniversary of Anala's arrival comes and goes. The guys use it for her birthday, since they don't know when that is.
09-??-2008--Anala meets Nevada.
09-??-2008--Anala meets Mereneth.
09-26-2008--Eldena's deathday anniversary.
09-08-2008--Mandatory swimming lessons, stupid kids, and Anala are an interesting mix.
08-27-2008--Anala starts ballet lessons
08-26-2008--Anala, Andrae start school
08-23-2008--Anala gets a journal 'n stuff.
08-??-2008--Anala tries play-flying via jumping off of stuff (again?)
08-07-2008--Anala meets Tian, gets into her first fight
07-??-2008--Met Blackfell again [backdated]
07-31-2008--ooc: begin thread tweaking
07-26-2008--In the middle of a boring summer, Andrae and Anala discover her tears have healing properties. Or maybe it was a freak accident. Weird.
07-09-2008--Met Evelyn (again?) [backdated]
06-11-2008--to top off the various things that have happened over the year, Anala grows!
10-23-2007--Met Fai/Elda
08-30-2007--ooc: more dusting. Joy.
06-27-2007--ooc: dusting off journal
04-13-2007--Met Niko/Blackfell, Aurrek/Kelreid
03-03-2007--Met Veive and Ice!
02-24-2007--New guardian of Anala, begin journal set up  

[Tahoi]

Little Kidlet

Name: Anala Elridge
Nickname(s): Nala, Firefly
Gender: Female
Age: Child; appears roughly nine years old
Species: Illusionary

Personality: nice, cheery, outgoing, stubborn, teasing, hot-headed
Likes: Watching/observing, exploring, teasing Andrae, dancing
Dislikes: Getting soaked, bullies
Hobby: Ballet

Random things of note:
-She's left-handed.
-There is a thing she feels in her head at times, a presence. It is nonhostile, and seems rather curious about things. Although she's pretty sure it's a separate entity, Anala sometimes worries she's a little nuts. She thinks of it as 'the other.' He says his name is Ben.

Skill Set:

Healing Tears--capable of handling a wide variety of physical injuries possibly up to and including getting seriously poisoned, a la Fawkes, the phoenix, of Harry Potter fame; however, the wounds must be relatively recent and 'healing' does not include 'regenerating entire ripped off/ripped out body parts to the fullest.' Happens automatically when she is injured.

Flamelike Wings--on occasion, Anala can make her wings appear brighter or dimmer at will; this is mostly used unconsciously, like when she goes to sleep. It is also possible for her to make them hot enough to burn, though they remain firmly harmless most of the time. They are unaffected by water, regardless of their appearance, and do not hinder her while doing things like swimming. Anala's 'other' exhibits some control over her wings as well, sometimes affecting them with its emotions.  

[Tahoi]

Guardian


Name: Aleksander Elridge
Nickname(s): Alek
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Species: Human
Hair: Reddish/mahogany color, cut short
Eyes: Green

-Highschool student
-Works parttime at a book store

Personality: Generally a good person. Alek is patient (with everyone who isn't his brother) and stubborn, sometimes to the point of childishness; it takes a lot of needling to make him give in when he doesn't want to. He helps where he can and often does whatever favors asked of him. He has a tendency not to think half of the time he decides to help, though he often comes through in one piece. He has a habit of brushing off injuries and saying "I'm fine" whenever asked, regardless of whether it's true or not.
Likes: Strange things, books, video games, mythology
Dislikes: long flights of stairs, cold weather
Hobby: Sewing

Notes:
--Physical handicap: Alek can't walk properly, due to an injury to his right leg sustained when he was seven years old. He limps.

Very Short Background: Born to Safra and Eldena Elridge, had a relatively peaceful and happy childhood, barring his injury and his mother's slow decline into death.

[x] [x] [x]  

[Tahoi]

Relations

Marius Elridge--Alek's twin brother and closest friend. Cheerful, easygoing, good cook. Works parttime at a cafe/bakery-type place. Likes to tease/play stupid jokes every now and again. [x] [x]



Safra Elridge--Alek's father, a fairly sucessful businessman, although he is often absent due to his work. A kindly, awkward man. Also a bit of a packrat. [x]



Andrae Elridge--Technically Anala's younger brother, for all that he sprang from his record (yes, record) fully formed. A generally nice boy, if quiet, and prone to wandering off suddenly. He and Anala get along passably well. [x]



Mrs. Boot, aka Auntie Edna--The landlady. She was friends with the boys' mother when she was alive and now looks after Eldena's family in her stead. She checks up on the boys fairly often and keeps contact with thier father to keep both sides up to speed. A lively lady. [x]


Carello Adami--Auntie Edna's nephew and a childhood friend of Marius and Alek. A shy, quiet, very awkward boy. Often stutters when speaking. [x]


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Eldena Elridge--Alek's mother, passed away when the boys were eight years old. A gentle, bubbly mother. [x] [x]  

[Tahoi]

Fellows

Veive/Ice--Sister. She and Anala get along well; likewise, Alek wouldn't mind seeing Ice again.

Blackfell/Niko--Friend. Anala wouldn't mind seeing him again, since she had fun hanging out with him; Alek has nothing to say.

Kelreid/Aurrek--Neutral. Anala wouldn't mind seeing them again; Alek is likewise.

Fai/Elda--Neutral. Friend? Anala wouldn't mind seeing them again; Alek is likewise.

Evelyn/Ocean--Friend. Anala enjoyed the time they spent practicing together; Alek has nothing to say.

Mereneth/Melody--Neutral. Friend? He helped her out, so she wouldn't mind seeing him again; Alek has nothing to say.

Nevada/Blue--Neutral? A little grouchy, but her books fell on him, so...; Alek has nothing to say

-NPC-

Tian Anderson--Friend. A girl Anala met. Helped her get away from bullies. Goes to her school and also goes to the same ballet school, although she's in the higher levels.

Kazuki Ledford--Classmate. Friend? A modified human, with a white dove's wings and tailfeathers. Has a tendency to nickname people.

Asher and Lynn--Schoolmates. Friends. Asher helps Anala and Tian with their bully problem, while Lynn tries to be the voice of reason.

Caines--The guy basically responsible for Alek's leg. Somehow, they managed to make friends while hospitalized long ago. Sickly and spends time going in and out of hospitals, but definitely recovering.  

[Tahoi]

Closet

 

[Tahoi]

Pictures

Infant stage
[official art][x][x][x]
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Child stage
[official art]  

[Tahoi]

Settings Info

The apartment 'complex' the Elridges live in consists of four two-story buildings with six apartments each, arranged in a square-ish shape. The front of the buildings face in towards each other and the backs facing the streets. There is an open area in the center, a bit like a courtyard.

-map of the apartments WILL go here eventually xD;;
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The school Anala attends happens to be three different schools combined into one. The elementary, middle, and high school buildings are arranged in a sort of semicircle facing each other, and the entire campus is surrounded by a moderately high fence.  

[Tahoi]

Reserve  

[Tahoi]

Checklist
O for go, X for NO


CHILD-->TEEN
3 journal/diary-style post from the guardian's perspective
(O) (O) (O)
6 other posts of any kind
(O) (O) (O) (O) (O) (O)
5 PRP/PDs/ORP with someone else
(O) (O) (O) (O) (x)
"Growth Quest"
(x)
1 "change" post describing the change from child to teen
(x)  

[Tahoi]

Credits

Anala's new concept, Alek and family (c) me [Tahoi]
All images (c) original artists
Anala original concept (c) Autumn_fox
Illusionary (c) evermore_crystal, Zige/romantic wishes  

[Tahoi]

Grocery Shopping = Babies?
Finding Anala

Alek was cooking tonight which meant getting groceries, as usual, to replace any food he burned or otherwise ruined. He wasn’t a disastrously bad cook, but he was no culinary genius either. The last time he tried to make a meal, he managed to blow stuff up. He wasn’t quite sure what convinced Marius to make him cook once every week but Marius insisted, always pointing out that Alek could use the practice.

So, the groceries. Alek limped slowly along the sidewalk, weighted down by the bags he carried. It was still somewhat early in the afternoon, and the main streets were relatively crowded, full of the lively buzz and chatter of pedestrians going about their business. Alek never really worried about crowds. People were often inclined to move out of his way, though he would rather try working his way through a crowd like any other person, at least once. Still, it seemed like today would not be the day. He got down the sidewalk as easily as he always did. Alek closed his eyes and sighed, walking a few paces with his eyes closed.

Straight into someone’s back. Alek stumbled and fell, though thankfully the contents of the grocery bags didn’t spill out. The person he hit apologized briefly, then turned back towards whatever he was looking at. They, actually. There was a small crowd, all looking at something and trying to be heard over a loud wailing. As Alek looked up at their backs, he counted one, two, three…seven people. They were all gathered around one girl, who was up against a wall and struggling to hold something, a bawling baby girl...with wings?

Curious, Alek got to his feet. Holding his bags in one hand, he nudged and poked his way through the small crowd with the other, quickly reaching the girl. Now that he was close to her, he could see that the girl was trying very hard to soothe the infant, but to no avail. Face scrunched up and eyes streaming with tears, the baby continued to wail, squirming and pushing the girl with her little hands. Waving to get the girl’s attention, Alek raised his eyebrows and held out his hands. He didn’t try to speak over the baby’s wailing, but his intentions were clear enough. The girl handed over her charge, looking frazzled.

The baby stopped crying immediately. Just shut right up and looked at Alek with her bright, pale eyes. He tilted his head inquisitively, holding her out in front of him. She blinked back, tilting her head to the other side. Several people laughed disbelievingly, the girl one of them. She leaned against the wall and slid down to the cement, smiling with relief. With the baby quieted, half the group dispersed, losing interest. Three people remained, the girl’s friends, apparently. One picked the girl up, much to her embarrassment, but wouldn’t put her down. Another explained what happened to Alek, who listened as attentively as he could. In the meantime, the baby attempted to eat his clothes.

The girl, Saskia, had noticed the baby lying in a little basket in the park. Out of pity, meaning to drop the girl off at an orphanage, Saskia had taken the girl. The four of them were headed for a nearby orphanage they knew of, when the girl suddenly began to cry, getting louder and fussier with each passing minute. A small crowd formed and the baby was passed around, but no one could soothe her until he came. And now she was silent. It was all strange, very strange.

Since the girl would let no other person carry her, Alek followed Saskia to the orphanage, a huge building away from the main street, built in an Oriental style and complete with a surrounding wall and gate. Inside, a cheerful woman in a bright yellow apron greeted them. The baby allowed the lady to ruffle her hair and laughed when the woman pulled a face, but when Alek tried to hand her over, the girl fussed, clinging to him. They tried to coax the baby into going with her. She would not be swayed, however, and they spent quite some time like that, right up until Alek really had to go.

In the end, Alek took the baby with him. Idly, he wondered if Marius would help him dig their baby things out of the garage. He also made a note to pick up a few things tomorrow. Alek hardly considered trying to pass the girl on to someone else later. She babbled happily as the two of them headed home, tears long gone.

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Although dinner looked strange that night, Alek managed not to burn anything. It was miraculously explosion-free.  

[Tahoi]

So Like...Dude
Journal, RP Link

I found a kid a few days back, cute kid once she calmed down. It was wierd though...she only calmed down once I was holding her. And then, when I tried to give her up she started fussing again. So I took her home with me. Not too smart, right? At least Marius doesn't mind us keeping her for a while, until we locate her parents.

And I didn't blow up the kitchen!

We were able to dig out our old baby things, too, but of course there aren't any girls' clothes for Anala. We found out her name from her blanket, her name was stitched into it really tiny. Anyway, there aren't any girls' things and we don't have the money for it right now, but we emailed dad about it and I might have enough material...

Oh, and we met Veive and her guardian, Ice! Veive’s Anala’s sister, but they don’t look alike at all. (That’s interesting, though.) Ice seems nice enough, and so does Veive…? Veive’s plucky though. XD She asked about my limp! Bam, straight for the win. Anala’s something called an Illusionary, apparently, people from other worlds that grow faster than normal people.

Oh, and Caines dropped by. Marius you idiot, I thought you really messed something up this time! He seems a little tired, but he’s doing good overall. None of that for more than a year!

A.E.

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[PRP] A Family Reunion?  

[Tahoi]

Snippets
Random bits

Alek dug through the closet, pulling and tossing out rolls and bits of cloth as he found them. Anala sat off to the side and out of the line of fire, though occasionally a piece of material would fly over to her. She was playing with one of those fragments now, rolling it in her hands and picking out loose threads. It was pretty material, soft and light blue. Made into trousers, this cloth would probably be pretty comfy. Though it’d probably be more suited to her sister; Anala didn’t think blue would be very appealing on her.

Almost on cue, Alek turned to her; holding a roll of dark blue cloth patterned with white butterflies. He tilted his head, pondering. Shrugging, he set the cloth aside, away from the general mess. Anala watched him as he continued to search, noting how he shifted his stance every now and then, and the way the afternoon light changed the look of his hair. After a few minutes, Alek looked at her, matching stare for stare. Then his eyebrows shot up and he made a funny face at her. Surprised, she jolted and fell backwards, giggling. Chuckling softly, Alek turned back to his task.

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Evening saw the little family gathered in the living room, Alek sewing as Anala watched Marius play a game. Alek was sewing with his hands this time, so most of the noise in the room emanated from the TV and those in front of it.

“Ma’ look out~!”

“I know, I know!”

There were several blasting noises, followed by a yelp, Anala’s. Marius was playing Shadow of the Colossus, a game with awesome graphics and gameplay...and really huge, really intimidating bosses. Currently, Marius was getting beat down by the eighth colossus. Alek watched every now and then when the noise from the two peaked, but he mostly kept his eyes on the cloth in his hands.

“Lookit, lookit!”

“I know! ....ARGH!”

“Clos’!”

“I know!”

Alek bit his lip, shoulders and hands shaky. No sound came out, but if Marius had looked back, he would have seen his brother grinning. He probably wouldn’t have appreciated Alek laughing at him. Thankfully for Alek, Marius was about to lose, which meant he had no time for looking back.

“AHH! What the heck?!” There was the sound of plastic hitting person, a shout (Marius’s) and giggles (Anala’s). Alek shook his head, still smiling, and continued working.