Round Two :: About Me

Name: Diane Morrison

Age: 22 Years Old

Country: Canada, but living in Chile now.

Briefly describe your Neopets History:

I joined almost a year ago, at the insistence of Hikaru, whom I met when I first arrived in Chile about a year ago. At first, it was merely to help her out with fostering pets, but hearing her speak of all the RP's with xweetoks made me want to participate as well. I joined TXF soon after adopting my first xweetok, Swerrr.

Since then, the site has mostly been a place to create characters to RP and draw. I created my own xweetok style and haven't stopped drawing them since.

My biggest achievement was getting into the art gallery for Zafara day. Still, the site surprises me, as for some people, I have become 'popular', specially thanks to Pokkurin's page and Swerr and Xiotail's adopts.

Have you ever been Frozen? If so, why? Honesty counts :-)

Since I've joined only recently, and been helped and guided a lot by Hikaru, I have never been frozen nor warned.

Are you applying for another pet atm? Who? Does the owner know?

Nope! I only apply for one pet at a time, and then only rarely, when a name/pet captivates my attention.

What is your favourite petpet?

I don't have one favorite petpet that I adore, but in general I prefer the cuddly cuter ones. Camane, Airi's Mazzew is quite a character on his own, having quite a lot of adventures, and Sayd's Ona, Treiss, has quite a... charming pesonality. For that, I'd have to say Mazzews and Onas are my favorites XD

What is your favourite species?

Xweetoks, of course! XD Their easy templates for designs and wealth in roleplayers is what I most like about them. But I also have a fondness for zafaras and kyriis, both semi-anthro pets that are also fun to RP.

What is your favourite pet colour?

Only one? XD I'd have to say faerie pets attract me strongly, but I do like to vary, and have many colors among my pets. Sometimes the simpler colors have more potential for custom designs than the more complex colors =3 I do however, adore plushie pets, their designs are so squishable!

Do you go on any Neopets Fan Sites?

Yeah! Mostly Neopound, the forums and looking through the adoption database. I am also a TNOer, and visit Billopan.org periodically. I use Avatar.Starried.net for dailies, Neoitems to look for themed items, PetpetCentral to find petpets and look up Pet colors, and idb.finalhit.org for weapons and battledome info.

What is your Neopian Guild Status like?

I am in 4 guilds, but my main one is in TXF. I'm apparently well liked there, and have fun RPing randomly with my fellow guildmates. I am also in Hikaru's Valhalla guild, and in TNO to foster my pets. The fourth guild I am in just to remember the website, on damianwing I am in a book reading guild, since I read a lot of books to Swerrr, my first permie.

Do you chat on the Neoboards much?

Not at all! XD I dislike the abundance of spam/n00bs, and see no reason to. I prefer going on Neopound Forums if I want to chat, or guild/msn.

Name all the pets you've applied for before, and how you went with them

Meep! As said before, I prefer applying for pets than making them, to give a good chance to those poor pets in search of homes, so this part will be a tad long. Of all the pets I have applied for, I have never been rejected as their new owners, and I'd like to think that the fosterers have all been very happy with how I've treated their former pets.

Swerrr: The first pet I ever applied for was not an expensively colored pet, but a plain green xweetok with 222 intelligence. I sent in a neomail with plans for him and colored in a makeable with his design. I was really new to the site, and was chosen the same day as his owner. Since then I've read him a lot of books to raise his intelligence, and have never thought of painting him. Green suits him perfectly ^_^.

Xforein: Another short app, Hikaru pretty much got me Xforien from a friend. She told them I was looking for another xweetok to RP, and I sent her another makeable with my design for him. We transferred the next day.

Osterasy, Xiotail and Qenu were all applied for with extensive petpage applications, their current petpages are half of the app I used, the other half being the typical app sections. I went all-out on all three, without regards to the fact that mutant or brown are not as popular or sought after, since they all sparked equally large ammounts of imagination from me.

Jadirial, Arrany, Airisaz and Moriko_chan were more gifts than applications. All but Airisaz were zapped or were former permies of Hikaru's, and Airisaz was zapped by Ceci. They were all given to me with a promise of a custom design and a small bit about their new personalities. Saydnn was offered to me by her old owner at Neopound, because she was leaving Neopets. Hikaru had recommended me has her new owner. And Caturi was adopted thanks to the Quick Adopt forums on Neopound, and a short MSN interview with her former owner.

Where does your Neopets Income come from?

Sponsor games, some random neopet games, Food Club Bets, and I used to click the sponsor links daily. I do not make too much now, nor did I before the sponsor links, but I've never had great needs in np's. My pets have mostly been adopted painted, and I gathered the money for three of my big neogoals (Pudds plushie, a lab map and Kolh pirate) thanks to Hikaru's help (and sponsor links XD).

What would you do/feel/say if I decided to keep Truth for myself?

Truth is yours now, and will be until you transfer. If you suddenly find the inspiration/motivation to keep her, then I wouldn't hold it against you. I would like to see her be used though (petpage/look), as proof that you'd be as good an owner as any you could have chosen to own her instead.

What would you do/feel/say if you were chosen for Truth?

I'd feel excited and spazzy (XD something common among TXF'ers). I'd try and get her more and more fanart/customs and I'd be happy that Truth has come to live with me. You can expect posts in TXF guild as well as a Yippy-Skippy at Nopound XD

What would you do/feel/say if somebody else was chosen for Truth?

I'd feel happy for them, and really glad if that person was a fellow TXFer. We always try to help each other out, and I'd be just as glad for another TXFer to have her as I would be to get her myself. If it was someone from outside the guild, I'd still be glad for Truth, having found what would be the perfect owner, and visit her periodically to see her petpage and whatever else the owner has given her.

How long have you been playing Neopets?

About 9 months now =3

How do you love your pets?

By visiting them often, even those on side accounts, making sure they're all fed (and in the Lodge on sides), finding suitable petpets for them, drawing and RPing them. My pets all have personalities unique to each and that means that for me they are constantly alive and having adventures, even if I'm not currently RPing them.

What are your Current Neo-Goals?

My current goal is to paint Kolh pirate, after morphing him into a xweetok (EDIT: OMG Goal complete!!!), and creating Pudds' page with Hikaru's help.

What are your Long-Term Neo-Goals?

I want to finish up the petpages for all my permies, and draw at least one picture of each of them. I'd also like to enter those on my main account into the beauty contest, something I've shied away from due to the unfair advertizing competition. (I have participated in it a few times, with Swerrr when he was on my main and likewise with Moriko_chan, gaining only a silver for the latter.) I'm also hoping that darigan xweetoks are released someday, so I can paint Osterasy. (I was so sad that the design of Wocky darigans wasn't the one used for xweetoks, it would have fit his custom design PERFECTLY!)

I also want to write a short story of Qenu and his lab friends and get that into the Neopian Times, as well as try my luck at comics.

Why do you want Truth?

When I first heard of Truth, I was hovering over Hikaru's shoulder when she was talking to you on MSN. I adored the name, and was quietly thinking of how cool it'd be if I could have her, but I found it would be rude to ask. When you offered her to Hikaru, we cooked up a design (the one shown at the top), based off an idea I had had just the night before for a sister of Tlau, Hikaru's non-created xweetok character.

Hikaru said she could use the design and we could both do art/decide on her personality if you gave Truth to her. But then you decided not to, and I finally decided to take things in my own hands and apply myself.

My ideas for her started since I heard of he faerie xweetok by that name, and haven't stopped since. I've already included her in the Valhalla Plot line, and she's a very fun character to RP.

If I do not get her, she will die in the war of Nilheim versus Valhalla. It'll be a sad moment, but it'll also be a clean way of 'getting rid of her' in the story line, since there is the possibility of another TXFer adopting her, and I wouldn't want a name confusion.

What do you do on Neopets?

Mostly chat on TXF, RP and work on my pet's pages/art. I also co-run a foster agency with Hikaru, and so I zap pets and search for good homes for them.

Round One :: My Pets

Hello, Laska and welcome to my listing of accounts and pets! Have fun looking them up and reading about them ^_^. I am slowly working on my pet's pages, so they are in various stages of completion. This page's CSS was taken with permission and edited from Hikaru's Valhalla Directory. Also, I'd like to already take the time to thank Raile for proofreading this.

Damianfly

This is my main and first account on Neopets. I am a member of TXF, and is where I pass most of my time on Neopets.

Airisaz: Airi is a Fire Cherub of Valhalla, and a former thief. His favorite pasttime used to be finding rare items to add to his collection. But parallel to this, he was a secret 'freedom fighter', working to make Valhalla realize that their way of life was stagnant, and that the Council of Lords was corrupted beyond repair. His most daring theft was that of the third Gem of Power, which he took to the Xweetok Forest. There it chose a very special xweetok to be Archling. He continued to go about his self-imposed mission and has more than once ended up in the hospital due to his rashness and contempt for his well-being.

Osterasy: Heir to Niflheim's throne and the Dark Destroyer council position, Osterasy is half Destroyer and half Demon of Niflheim. This has caused a lot of strife in his life the past few months. He's had to live through some revelations and forced to choose sides in a battle between Destroyer and Demon. He finally decided he was more Destroyer than Demon, and now seeks to become an Elite Destroyer, to be accepted as a Council member.

Saydnn: A happy, brightly colored Valhallian Cherub, Saydnn is a multi-talented girl that has proved her worth on many an occasion. Best friends with the Angel Aditeya, she has gone to the forest on two occasions now, helping her friend in missions and happening upon adventures of her own. She also met the love of her life there, Vietarent, with whom she passes more and more time due to the dangers she's had to face in recent times.

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Jadirial: Jadirial is a mist sprite of the Xweetok Forest. She is friends with those who wander at night, when she is out decorating the trees with dew and threads of mist. Not a xweetok at all, nor a living being as is, she is made of mist, and can take on any form she wishes. Since she is bound to the Xweetok Forest, the form she takes is that of a young female with long curly hair or that of a kit, depending on the age of the person she is with. She is a very joyous, happy spirit that loves playing and enjoys the company of others. Her best friends include Denevier, an omnyouji she's known since he was a kit, and Xyezii, a young orphaned shadow xweetok.

Moriko-chan: Princess of the Nomad tribes of the Lost Desert, Moriko is a talented and powerful magic user. She leads the largest caravan of Nomads across the sands and expertly guides them through storms, seeking out food and other necessities, trading with both Sakhmet and Qasala. She led her people in a revolt against Norumbega, annihilating the war-ridden city to end their constant attempts to kill her people. But not wishing ill on the survivors, she then disguised herself as a Sakhmetian princess, leading them to safety and a new life within city's walls.

Pokkurin: A young rainbow lutari that was orphaned due to a plague, Kurin loves having fun and leading a simple, uncomplicated life. After living for over a year by a waterfall close to Altador, he met Hota, a pirate Lutari that saw much potential in him. With coercion and a bit of lying, she invited him to become one of the crew of the Mighty Oni0n, her Pirate ship. He accepted, and has since enjoyed traveling Neopia's seas, usually up in the Crow's Nest.

Qenu: This rather young mutant Zafara is an Angel of Valhalla that due to constant tests and experiments had lost his wings and most of his hair before landing in Emiliot's lab. There he learned that not all labs were evil, becoming the scientist's assistant. It was some time later that Sente, a lab specialized in programming and creating weapons and soldiers, kidnapped him from Emiliot's lab. He has now undergone many changes due to this, including a set of half metal, half real wings, to replace those he lost.

Damianside

Antigane, the ice xweetok on this account, is being held for Hikaru. She's not mine, so I haven't included info on her here. Feel free to look at her lookup though, as it has the info Hikaru typed up for her.

Arrany: Arrany is a calm, gentle monk that smiles pretty much all day. He is a healer with some shamanistic magic and has been seen popping in at amazingly opportune times when there is someone badly hurt within the forest. Others have seen him sitting as he is in this picture, quietly meditating (or sleeping as some later discover). He talks always in questions, and his eyes always seem to be closed. He comes from the mystic land of Shenkuu and is actually older than his appearance would indicate at first.

Caturi: The Xweetok Forest's very own Nessie, Atu is a very large sea serpent that was banished an era ago to the small (for her) Lake Mira. Of fickle temper and sharp jaws, she can talk to you in a civilized manner for a while and then attack and try to eat you the next. Overall she's not too friendly, but doesn't attack speaking prey unless extremely hungry... or if you anger her.

Xiotail: Xiotail is a distracted, curious rodent who seems to constantly be on a sugar high. She cannot stand still for over a minute. With the attention span of a gnat, she is constantly changing subject, or moving in different directions. She's had her share of scares in her life, first losing her parents to the war of Norumbega and almost losing Mira, her older sister. But once it was all over, Xio and Mira left the ruins of their home and migrated to the Xweetok Forest, where she has begun to make new friends, and explore the vastness of trees, grass, brush, rivers, lakes and snow.

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Ilandeere, the yellow aisha, is a side character to one of Hikaru's finished plots, for Tropicannaa. She was created by her, but isn't sure if she'll keep the pet or lab and adopt out. In the meantime, she awaits her decision on my account ^_^;

Pudds: A great walking plushie, Pudds is to be the head of Otaku Yakuza's Adoption Agency. A kind, fatherly figure, he guides those seeking pets and helps pets seeking owners to find each other and help them lead a better life. Right now his page is being used for this listing and application process. But Hikaru and I will be creating a guide to application making, complete with a simple petpage layout scheme, so that others can learn how to make a worthy app for their dream pet.

Swerrr: An intellectual, avid reader, and chronicler, Swerr arrived at the forest some 7 months ago with the purpose of documenting its history. He is a shy type without many friends, but is open to talking to any who do come forward to see him. His petpet, Haji, is a creation of his own, for a while ago he discovered he can manipulate paper and create objects out of it. Haji is a sentient lion made of cardboard, that was given life after an incident Swerr was involved in with Llamiis, an AI who tried to take over the forest.

Vitlo: Once created as a Fauna sibling, he was remade to be Ceranda's servant and familiar. He is the solid form of the Shadows of Niflheim, and bonded to the Queen. Powerful in shadow magic, as he is made of it, he cannot easily be destroyed, for as long as there are shadows, he can be remade. He is Ceranda's left arm, does all she bids him to do, working as spy and third eye for her, with his ability to hide in the shadows.

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Kolh: Young xweetok of the Neopian Seas, Kolh has been a pirate since he learned to wield a sword. At the age of 18, he got into a fight with his capain, Hotategai Basket, and she dared him to go find a ship to captain himself, to garner her respect. And that's precisely what he did. Stealing a nice flying merchant ship at Shenkuu's port, he began his own adventure, and hopes to find enough crew to properly call himself a Pirate Captain. He's also still just a grundo, since I'm saving up to paint him, and am zapping while I wait, so he's not even a xweetok yet.

Xforein: Expert musician, with powers related to sound, and son of a wealthy family, Xforien has had his great share of pain and misery in his life. His wife abandoned him after their first child was born, and he was forced to bring her up alone. Finally unable to take it any more, he fled his house, leaving the child to his parents. Almost a year later, while playing his violin in the Forest, he met his daughter, only to see her die at Drestallerixeliarath's hands. Distraught by this, he tried taking his life, but was saved by a friend he had made in the forest, and Casa, his wife, who had found him again by hearing his music.

The remaining two pets on this account are fosters, zapped and waiting to find new owners. Despite this, I do have a character named Rodzy, a white and pink cherub, doctor of the Valhalla Hospital who is usually in charge of looking after Airisaz. He's a minor character though, and I doubt I'll keep the neopet because of this.

Round Three :: Truth's end

After many events and Truth being misplaced and repainted red, I'm happy you chose Cat as her owner. My dua, originally Truth's petpet, was sold, and the proceeds go to repainting Truth faerie.

I never blamed you, Laska, for what happened. I just said it was risky trying to transfer her to a side. And it was. What happened afterwards was out of your powers to stop, and I'm just glad that a real newbie to the site had caught her the second time, and returned her.

Now I've been given a new chance, and my ideas for Truth, the design and character will live on as Sivari. Watch this space as more info (and petpage) unfurl.