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Twin star of Suzaku
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OOC -- Bakura
Real Name:
(l)Xu (f)Feng - but no one calls him that, they call him Bakura

Seishi name:
Bakura

God you follow:
Genbu

Age:
chronologically - 62
- because of his seishi power, he stopped aging at about age 22

Birth Date:
August 31st

Birth Place:
couldn't tell you as he was born a slave and was dragged around alot

Zodiac Sign:
Virgo

Seishi mark:
Kagi - Key

Location of Seishi mark:
on the palm of his right hand, just under the middle knuckle

Seishi Powers:
the power to heal, pure and simple

Weapons:
None, unless you count exploding powders and potions...

Occupation:
Potions master, local healer

Skills, Talents, Interests:
His skill for creating amazing potions is amazing. He sometimes sees the
finished product and will strive to create it, even if he blows up his lab a
couple times to do so.


Physical Description -

Eye color:
a dark hazel that almost looks like marroon

Hair Color:
Originally, he had dusty brown hair, but because of his experimentations
with potions, it's now pure white

Height:
about 5'2"

Weight:
just over 102 lbs.

Blood type:
A-positive

Other Distinctive Marks:
other then looking like a 15-year-old kid? Silver hair, and dog-like ears
((explained in history))

Clothing:
On a good day, Bakura will only wear a pair of very baggy pants, held up
with a long piece of rope, a golden arm-band, and a pair of hard leather
shoes. Occationally, he'll wear very thick gloves, but not all the time.


Personality / Temperament:
Bakura is often very serious minded, thinking of formulas to try out or what
properties some plants will have. He also has a very odd sence of humor, but
lately he has had little time to laugh...

Loves: working on his potions

Hates: aristocrates

Friends & Family:
He never knew his real parents, but did once have a mistress whom he loved
very much


Background:
Bakura was born into slavery and was a slave until his late teens, when he
saved his master's life and basically bought is own freedom. His mistress,
whom he served since age 5, had taught him the properties and myths behind the
native plants, which facinated him so much that he started to experiment,
which was how he got his ears and hair. At about age 14, Bakura had been
mixing a very old potion said to cause transfiguration, but a local dog broke
into his makeshift lab just as he was finishing the potion and up-ended his
work table, spilling the potion not only on Bakura, but on the dog as well.
When Bakura picked the dog up to toss him back outside, the finished spell
transformed Bakura into a dog. It took him nearly 2 years to create a couter
potion, but it only partally turned him back into a human.

(He still has the tendancy to use one of his feet to scratch behind his ears)

After he was freed, he traveled to learn under the best potions makers from
every country. He didn't notice his strange power until he returned to his
old master's home, and his mistress remarked that he hadn't aged a day since
he'd left them.

Bakura didn't believe them until his mistress made him look into a mirror,
and asked him how old he thought he, himself, looked. Bakura saw nothing
really amiss, but went along with his mistress's asessment. He lived with
them until his mistress passed away from very old age. After that, Bakura
moved around until he finally settled in a small town in the mountians.

Theme Song: none yet chosen...




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My Off-Gaia OC Bio :: Ryuuen
Real Name:
Qin Ryuuen

Seishi name:
Tamahome

God you follow:
Suzaku

Age:
19

Birth Date:
December 28th

Birth Place:
Konan, captial of Kutou

Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn - the goat

Seishi mark & Location:
Oni - ogre, located on the forehead

Seishi Powers:
control over metals
- he can literally forge weapons just by thinking of what he wants and concentrating naturally, he doesn't know he's using his seishi powers while working in the forge...

Weapons:
he forges but doesn't like to carry any weapons aside from an ornate dagger and
an enchanted flute that was passed down through his family

Occupation:
Blacksmith, part-time bard, and horse trainer

Skills, Talents, Interests:
He has the innate ability to communicate on some level w/ horses. His work skills are horse training, black smithing, and entertaining with his flute



Physical Description
looks very similar to Albel Nox from Star Ocean
Eye color:
very light blue - almost turquiose

Hair Color:
Deep-deep brown, almost black

Height:
about 5ft 8in

Weight:
196 lbs.

Blood type:
AB-

Other Distinctive Marks:
just VERY striking eyes

Clothing:
Ryuuen normally wears a plain brown tunic, leather pants, and un-adorned leather bracers at his wrists. His hair is always in a messy array, mostly because when he's working, he'll muss his hair, and doesn't realize it until his mother brushes his hair out of his face and remarks, "You've been working too long."


Personality / Temperament:
Ryuuen is very quiet normally, he prefers to do things his way and in his own time. Being a blacksmith, he likes to be in charge of his own choices, but doesn't mind taking assignments as long as it's worth his while. While he can be extremely loyal, Ryuuen doesn't /trust/ people easily unless his gut instinct tells him differently...

Ryuuen can also be very brash, sometimes overtly rude. And Chauvinistic - he can be VERY chauvinistic about females, mainly because it's something that his mother has drummed into his head since he was very little.

Loves:
a productive night in his forge, jamming with fellow bards, and beautiful, spirited horses

Hates:
Nosey, rude people and unexpected occurances...

Friends & Family:
Mother, Father, and two brothers - one older, one younger.


Background:
Ryuuen grew up in the capital of Konan. His father is the best blacksmith in the country, and has even served the emperor to make cerimonial weapons. Ryuuen's father taught all his sons the skills of blacksmithing. Ryuuen's mother, on the other hand, caught Ryuuen's skill with horses and sent him to well-known trainers to hone those skills.

When Ryuuen mastered all the blacksmithing skills his father could teach him, Ryuuen decided to travel. At first, his older brother - Sei-ku - traveled with him, but found a small village in Hokkan that was in desprate need for a Smithy, so Ryuuen continued to travel alone.

**more history will be added later ^^;;**

Theme Song: undecided...

character references here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v470/Twin-star/OCs/Ryuuen/




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THANK YOU ADMINS!! Gaia has become a home again!
First, i just wanna say THANK YOU ADMINS Gaia looks like... well
Gaia again. it's a world where Gaians come together to hang out.

now... to answer Lanzer's questions...

- Do you like the new header? Any suggestions for what we can add to it?
I /love/ it. It'll take some getting used to finding links and whatnot on the lefthand side again, but I still love it.

I do kinda like the suggestions that I've seen drifting around about how maybe we could have random NPC's appear in passing ((a feature that could be turned off if the user doesn't want that kind of thing))

also, on the mini-map having the building where you're at highlighted or something. Like if you were in the forums - the forum building would be highlighted. If you were shopping, the shop would be highlighted.... all that.

I /do/ think that our characters might do better staying on the right-hand side of the page though... I have a widescreen monitor, so there's a lot of empty space on the right-hand side


- How do you like the header backgrounds? Which ones are your favorites?
When I first saw them, I said, 'Ah! Cool!' but then I noticed that they /change/ depending on the time of day it is on Gaia - at which point I giggled with fan-girlish glee and am very impressed. I suppose I like Isle de Gambino's background best, but I like them all and give uber kudos to the graphic designers for making them look spiff.

- How do you like the map system? Any suggestions to make it better?
I'm /very/ happy to have the map system be a major part of Gaia again. That was one thing I missed in the last design. Now I can pretend that I'm walking from town to town (or is it City to City?)...

- How do you like the new color scheme?
I like the darker colors, they blend well and just generally look good. I'm waiting for the forums and other pages to match 'cause the plain white background is hard to look at for long periods of time...

- Do you like the new landing pages?
I do ^_^ they give all the info that you would expect to find when looking at the specific Topic...


I do miss the old Gaia logo - that big "G" has been a part of Gaia for a long time, so I'm sad to see it go... Though I'm surprised that the Admin's shot down Silver Archangel's edit... it's awesome and I really think would look good. Like the big "G" of the old logo... there's just something to be said about the angel wing that makes Gaia home to so many of us users...

BrainMagMo

(Silver Archangel's edit smile
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My OC character becomes my RPG Character
If anyone read snippits of my Fanfiction in progress - you'll be familiar with Kitae. If not, well now you'll get to meet her wink


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Kytt blending in with humans --- Kytt out on the prowl

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Kytt in Youkai fashion --- Only what human's see... tricky fox girl...


BIO:
Name: (L)Ootamaki (F) Kitae
Nickname: Kytt

Youkai Species: full-blooded Kitsune - a grey fox to be exact wink
Ablities & Weapons: aside from changing into her animal form, Kytt weilds a mean whip, and she has the power over Ice and Plants.

Alliance: chaotic good (she fights for what's right, but will create chaos as she goes)

Age-
physically: about 19
chonologically: about 500 years - give or take a decade
**yes, as a Kitsune, Kitae has 5 tails, though it's only apparent when in her animal form**

Eyes: varying shades of Green
Hair: Bright red with streaks of orange and blonde
Height: 5ft 7in
Weight: 115 lbs.

Normal Attire:
Kytt has a wide array of clothing tastes, but usually she'll wear something black or green. Her favorite accessories are her Jade stone necklace and her sunglasses. Otherwise - if she's at school, she'll wear a combination of the school's uniform and office-style clothes. She feels it helps the students feel more comfortable around her even though she's not a student herself.

Likes: learning & interacting with people

Dislikes: Tyrants in any form

Background:
Kytt was born about 100 years after the Sengoku Jedai. Her parents had managed to escape the ravages of the Warring States period and the Meiji Revolution that followed. When Kytt was old enough to travel full-time, her parents started to wander the world, so Kytt is very culture-wise. She can speak about 5 different languages fluently, but she still prefurs to use her native language. She's never gone to a formal school or College - prefuring to learn from experience then through theory.

She usually will take tutoring jobs because she loves to interact with teenagers...




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Come & Visit me :wink:
considering the new Town's format - no one knows where their friends live - I'll post my Town's Address:

41 Barton 002138

come by, view my house, and all that fun stuff 3nodding



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Another Site Redesign == Another disappointment
liquid.pearls
UGH *DIES* ; O; gaia ate my long-a** post. <////////3

*HAVETOSTARTOVER* DDDDDDDDDDDDDx
DDDx UGH, hOW IRRITATING. HERE IS MY POST-- MUCH SHORTER THAN BEFORE:


'ELLO AGAIN. I'm Pearls. :D (again)
I'm a Gaian User who loves long walks on the beach, currently of 14 years of age, that has been here since March 21, 2004. I am online everyday for at a minimum of 4 hours. I have attended Gaia Panels at Fanime Con o4, and Otakon o5. I am a monthly donator, and a consumer of GaiaOnline products (such as tee shirts, etc. etc.)

User ImageI first found gaia from a little banner that looked something like the one on the side x3
It was located on a side bar of a random Xanga page I was browsing. x3 It was a very cute banner, so of course I clicked the image. It brought me to HERE.. 'Go-Gaia.com' or what is now 'GaiaOnline.com'.


In this post I will describe (ONCE AGAIN TT ^TT) my feelings about the new layout, and how to improve it? I realise that -we are not getting our old layouts back- and signing any petitions to ask for something like the such is simply pointless.

All I can do is sit back and provide as much helpful information and User Imagesuggestions as I can on what could be a better approach to a new layout next time around. ^^ <3

I've organised this post in sections, I will adress each thing that is stated in -bold && underlined-. Attempt to look at it as a sort of outline, used to draft essays and such. Now I will begin..


LET US REVIEW...

User ImageGo-Gaia! // Original Framework

GaiaOnline was started by a couple of room-mates and User Imagesuch wanting to create a.. link list of anime sites? Something like that. xD;
They copied ideas and such from popular video-games they enjoyed, and other sites.. picking out the ideas that made these concepts so addicting-- which is pretty cool. What they developed was something so radical in popularity.. I don't think they even began to realise. xD;

They developed something like the pictures you see in the post right now.. it was a cool feel, angelic hues matching the current items and and a colour scheme to die for. It was 'Go-Gaia.com'! It was what it was.
You'd run into the usual 'sushi server is busy' post, and Gaia lagged LIKEMAD. But still we stayed x3
It was FUN, and the layout was GREAT. Simple links User Imagewere located at the bottom of the header, and you used to use the map as your basic navigation for the site. It was all very useful. <3

The Art that was featured on gaia in banners and such was of anime nature, in anime-type style that mainstream fashions go for (e.g. - wild hair colours, big eyes of weird nature, outfits that imitated body parts of a cat, SWORDS.)

Now remember, there were no gambling games, User Imageno 'Towns' program, very little item updates, down-town maintenance LIKEWHOA, no Journals, profile pages were just a wandering thought, and it was all very quant. x333

The layout was extremely simple, and user (along with guest) friendly. Simplicity! The only unorganised part that comes to mind would have been the forum link page, which was not sectioned out at all. <3

Oh old gaia! Your angelic-ness was a beauty of it's own. x3 Now.. this may all seem welcoming by myself-- only because this is what made me join :D.




User ImageUpdate NUMBER-O UNO!

User ImageThe first update was only slight.. it was a navigation bar that was purple-tinted-ish. D; it wasn't much..
but I feel it bookmarked a turning point in Gaia's style of layout.


As you can see in the picture, this is when the look of the navigational bar started to form.
It was a bar underneath the banner claiming to the forums.. and it led you to most conveinant places.
There were no sub-links underneath it, thiswasit. x3






User ImageUpdate-- TAKE TWO!

The second layout update was MADNESS. @____@
It was ALL pruple! OOO:
This was outrageous of course, just as outrageous as it is now. However, IUser Image feel that the last update I was more fond of than this one. I feel this one lacks a bit in some areas.. but we will get into that later ;]
People were utterly DISGUSTED. Gaia's colour scheme had strayed from it's original path - angelic hues, I say!

The colour scheme differed a great deal, but the navigational system was more than handy for me. However.. I am a child of 7 computers, and three network systems in my household.. so the flash, or whatever program that was used, was amazingly conveinant! I imagine for those using dial-up that it was disgustingly annoying to load.

User ImageThings were added to the front page 'AVATAR SPOTLIGHT!' and item updates were an extreme advantage x3
We got sneak peaks of 'COMING SOON' and there was a little calender when it came round to Anime Convention time! OO:!!!
This was pretty exciting.

The only downfall was the map u____u <3
The poor little map had been used THE HELL OUT OF before, for it was the base of navigational system, HOWEVER during this layout transformation the navigation bar had become so conveinant.. that no one visited to map anymore besides events. >____o;
This is pretty depressing, seeing as it's the key image as to what your little avatar pixel person is living in.




User ImageTODAY'S LAYOUT!


@___@ In this section I will work MORETHANALLTHEOTHERSECTIONS.User Image
I plan to dissect every single part of the layout that has been changed.


THELOGO: I /MUST/ first address the currently logo. gonk
DO YOU SEE IT?! CAN YOU SEE THE LOGO?! gonk gonk
It's very cute.. really. Dx but it IN NO WAY relates to GaiaOnline, or even Anime all together.
They aren't even CHIBIs!!
WHERE ARE THE OVERSIZED EYES?! THE PINK HAIR?! DDDx
It's very depressing, that you aren't showing pictures of GAIA PEOPLE on GAIA ONLINE.
User ImageYou can counter that comment with 'yes.. but we show avatar spotlight, and now PROFILE SPOTLIGHT, and FISHING SPOTLIGHT, and NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT!' but in all honesty.. it doesn't matter. D;
We want to see the administration's artwork of gaia.. the SIGNATURE artwork that the storylines go by, the map goes by, and the whole SITE goes by. That is what we want. We do not want lounging random civilians in the Bahamas. Dx We don't go to the Bahamas! We sit at our computers viewing YOURWEBSITE. Dx We want art we cannot get ANYWHERE ELSE.


The layout is now very white. D:
I'm not sure if you're just not done with it, or if this is it.
Dx I read the announcement and it states that some more space was User Imagerequested. This is understandable, but in the end.. I feel like you might have manipulized this concept in the wrong aspect. >___<;
D; I feel the space is not evenly distributed, where the past layout did not feature much space, but it was organized.
This layout feature space, but it all feels so lost, and very unwelcoming.
I feel in this layout we have digressed from the proper 'pineapple-come-and-stay-at-my-website' type graphics, and are edging towards something less organised. If you just add a couple of tables to at least put my avatar SOMEWHERE instead of just floating up in the corner. ><

Right now the feeling I get on this website, is that it's no longer a PLACE to escape to from family.. and conflict elsewhere, but a website. This was not the previous scene that GaiaOnline provided.




I will now make a list of 'Thank Yous' & 'No Thank Yous'
I feel it's rather polite to say thank you for the thing I like, and 'No Thank You' is a nice way of saying.. well.. 'No Thank You' xD;



Thank You Gaia:

+Personlized 'Channels' so I can view what my ACCOUNT has to do with the world <3

+Gaia Statistics - I really like this option, because I like FACTS x33

+'World Map' under 'WORLD' option - <333 this is an easier way of getting around, and I can see how everything looks from a bird's eye view <33333! ♥ ♥ ♥




No Thank You Gaia:

+ Gaia 'A-Z' - I don't feel it's needed, All of our easy transitioning between pages can be done with the links on the top of the page.

+ Blank-ness at top of page - I feel that you should at least do a bit of outlining, perhaps some frames around the things just floating in white.

+ New logo - Dx I just don't feel it belongs; I might get used to it though.

+ the new notifying system of trades, and mail. The one with the little speech bubbles was very cute, and it made my avatar come alive OO:!





So, Gaia, that's about it. x3
Thank you for reading this long (if you have).
I realise that layouts are of course subject to change, so I hope my post has helped you find some likes and dislikes of the this particular layout, and some views on the others-- that way you can do some comparison and get a happy medium? ^^;
LET'S STICK IT THROUGH THE HARD TIMES!! D<



Your lovely little user,
Pearls <3333 ♥ ♥



This user has eloquently said it all heart


I REALLY wish the Admins would give us - the Gaian populuse - a voice in site redesigns... scream




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