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Coding help courtesy of Trowa
Background by me
Headers by VIBE
Guard Chi With Her life
Tskari was made the personal guardian of the Moon Child. Otherwise known as Chi {Katechie}. Because the Moon Child is almost always a fragile being, Tskari was appointed to look after the girl and protect her from any evil that might appear to torment her. It is crucial for Moon Children to survive because imbedded within them is the missing lunar energy the moon needs in order to survive. {To read more on this topic, check out Katechie's petpage}. One of her major goals is to ensure the Moon Child's survival until the time comes for him/her to be sacrificed.
Lift the Demon's Curse: note that this goal conflicts the first one
Tskari is binded in contract with an ice demon who resides deep within the Everlasting White Forests. She does the demon's bidding in return for a second chance at life {she was dying at the time of the covenant}. The demon agreed. What Tskari does not know, however, is that the demon only keeps her alive for the sole purpose of finishing off his greatest enemy: the Moon Spirit {who is reborn into the world as a mortal every 1000 or so years}. Apperantly he possesses some sort of vendetta against the moon. The demon cannot do the task himself as he is trapped inside the White Forests for all eternity. What easier way is there other than to deceive a mortal into doing his bidding? 1000 years later, the he proposed to her a deal. Saying that if she were to finish off the vulnerable Moon Child {who is the Moon Spirit in mortal form}, he'll her her freedom. Tskari, fed up with seeing all her loved ones die around her {as she is made immortal by the demon} takes the deal and seeks off to finish off her master's final order.
The snow covered the top of the trees in a fragile white blanket. It lathered itself among the grass, twisted with the gnarled black, leafless branches, and provided an icicle towel over the bare plant-life. The evergreen's pines peeked out of the white hide, the only color in the entire scenery. Winter has stuck again, it's snow-white fingers twirling it's magic among the forest.
You don't remember how you got here. You don't even know if you were awake or dreaming, but what you did know was that you weren't in the same forest you entered earlier.
There was something interesting about this place. Everything looked the same. Identical. But the ambience was completely different. There was this sudden exotic feel to the forest as if the life here wasn't exactly congruent to the life back there. Did something happen? Did you eat peculiar berries? Did you really come upon something extraordinary and alienic, or was it as simple as your exhausted mind and body playing tricks on you...? Yeah. That must be it.
You shake your head and take a deep breath. Is it getting colder? Whatever. You just need to get back home, it's getting late. You see the sun setting among the trees and you shiver.
Suddenly, a soft tinkling of bells faintly dingles in the air. You snap your head in the direction. Then the sound shifts to your left, getting closer. Then closer, this time directly behind you. You twirl around, hoping to catch whoever made the sound only to see nothing but the plain white scenery.
What are you doing here?" You flick your head forward and see a girl, no older than her late teens staring at you. She had the most unusual features brought about to her. Her hair was a peculiar shade of charcoal black, glistening in the reflection of the snow. Her skin was a light pink, flushed probably from the cold. Her eyes contained a bight neon sky blue ring of color in them. It made her pitch black pupils stand out immensely. She had this sort of mysterious beauty towards her.
You glanced down to her azure boots. Dangling from their sides were tiny jingle bells. So that was the sound... Her outfit was a whitish blue, a bright blood red obi loosely wrapped around her waist. She wore fingerless gloves that matched her shoes.
She unsheathed her Katana and pointed it at you. "Didn't you hear me? What are you doing here? You don't look like you're one of us." Her eyes contained a slight spark of irritation as she stared at you, her blood red lips slightly pursed.
U-uh.. I just.. I'm lost." You sputter, staring at the blade pointing at your stomach.
-will finish this later or whatever-
Hair Color: Pitch black
Eye Color: Sky blue
Skin Tone: Pale like snow
Physique: Toned arms and legs, narrow waist. Distinct hip shape.
Markings: Tattoos on some part of her body
Trapped
The world devoid of all motion
Nothing changes here; all constants are in effect
The flowers they lay in a forever slumber
Their dance of hues devoured
Even the brightness of the skies above cannot breach the blanket that which lays upon this frozen tomb
A tomb in which the living still reside
The ice here, no longer takes a stride
Towards the transformation to a new state
It's jagged lines and sharpened daggers
Protrude from the ever-going frozen rain
The life here has all but forgotten
The many rainbows of nature's give
Their memories of lush lavanders and reds all rotten
Replaced with colorless white for them to live
Kayatsu Forest isn't found by regular mortals. It is only accessible through special means that involve supernatural occurences. The forest seems to be some sort of chasm. It is only accessible through a certain portal within a regular forest in Earth. It is said that it was once part of the regular world until a curse was set upon it some time ago. The origins of this curse are unknown.
Kayatsu is a bit different from the regular forests. For one, it is always wintertime. The snow and ice never melt completely enough for spring to come around. The sky, indeed, never ceases to snow. This snow though, varies in strength and quantity.
Many have tried to venture out of the forest but it seems to be an endless area. Nobody knows where Kayatsu ends or if it even ends at all.
The geography is of that of a regular forest with it's thickets and hills and it's combination of evergreens and deciduous trees. However, along with the weather, the life in Kayatsu is one out of the ordinary.
The animal-life may seem unpeculiar for they are ordinary winter forest animals (wolves, ferrets, bears, deer). However, some these animals aren't ordinary animals if one were to take the time to observe. A few are containers for the souls of individuals who have died in the forest of Kayatsu. It is rare for a soul to be reincarnated as an animal. This is only achieved if the soul has been noble enough to be given a second chance to live. (More on this subject later).
There used to be people who resided in this forest as villages. These people were divided into two main groups, the Kuroshana. and the Shiratani.
Warn your warmth to turn away. Here it's December every day. Press your lips to the sculptures and surely you'll stay. Love like winter. For of sugar and ice I am made, I am made.
-insert poem here-
This is just a quick note. Will rewrite this later or something:
Not everything about the forest is dead. They say that the curse put on the forest only reaches exterior things. The River of Hope, a nickname the forest life gave to this sacred body of water, was named justly so because it's waters show a reflection of the forest but not covered in snow, but blooming and changing with the seasons.
While the entire forest is winter forever, the River of Hope 's waters show a reflection that changes with time, seasons and day, just like a normal forest would.
It provides the life trapped in the forest an escape and somewhat of a fake way of going to the real world.
But to many it also provides hope. That someday the curse on the forest would be broken and naturality restored within it's branches.
Born to a poor fisherman around the coasts during 19th century Japan, Tskari never truly had a very extravegant lifestyle. At age 10, she was sold by her father as a last resort to a geisha house who had proclaimed interest in her due to her greyish-blue eyes {a trait that was considered extravegant beauty at the time}. From then on, she lived among the beautiful women, trained by her elders on the main duties of being a geisha. At age 21, she was made a fully-fledged geisha.
However, circumstances (that of which I shall refrain from describing) occured that threatened to destroy her reputation and her occupation. She was forced to flee her home because of her sin. During the last moments of her "true" life she is seen writhing in pain amid the blud-stained snow as she crawled into the forest for safety. A man, the very one who had caused her her suffering, simply watched her crawl into the shrubs, sure of himself that she was to die.
Tskari, open and bleeding, managed to pull herself into the bushes of the forest. During her last breaths, she was approached by an entity whose appearance escapes me. He offered her a deal. He proclaimed that if she were to serve him for as long as he wanted, he was going to give her a new chance at life. Tskari, simply not wanting to leave the world at such a young age, quickly accepted.
And so the pact was born.
And so she obeyed dilligently. She fetched all that he asked for, did bidding after bidding. Eventually it came to a point when he ordered her to seek out individuals and end their existence. Tskari, not wanting to anger her master, did so with a heavy heart. After so many decades of servitude, Tskari began to lose sight of things such as emotions and opinions. She learned to block out her own concience in order to fulfull the tasks that he asked for. She only paid attention to his orders, making sure that she served her master to the best of her ability.
As the years passed, the woman began to lose sight of what made her an individual. She was simply a pawn now. And her master was the player. What once was a vivacious and lively young woman became a person who possessed no emotion or regard for anything.
Tskari always calls the demon "Him". Though he is her master, she doesn't refer to him as her master to others since well.. it sounds quite suspicious. When she talks to him, she
I just noticed that her hand isn't even touching her hip xD
I made her hips smaller last minute. And I completely forgot to lengthen that arm.
FAAAIIIILLL.
THE INSPIRATION:
^The Snow Gates BG.
Lol. Most people get inspired by other's works.. or something.. But noooo xD
My brain decides to get inspiration from freaking NC backgrounds.
Something is wrong with me.
this is a picture of Tskari during her geisha years
These are sketches/drawings I did in the past of Tskari. Please don't use these references anymore as they are outdated and old xD I've had her character with me for the longest time but for a different pet. It was only recently when I decided to adopt that pet out and reuse the character for Tskari(: Some of them (all but the first) were drawn back when I didn't have a tablet xD So forgive the failures. Haha.
Yes, Tskari had white hair for the longest time. It was only recently that I changed it.
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