Ahhh.. I know you didn't ask for anything like this, but I felt that it was necessary. Sometimes I feel like we lack the communication link that fosters and applicants tend to have, so I wanted

to plop this all on one single page so you won't have to over-analyze all of my neomails looking for something I mentioned that I forgot to explain. xD This page basically shows Aflico's personality in a nutshell (a rather big nutshell). I hope you can get all the information you might need from this page, but please don't hesitate to ask me any questions. I don't want to pressure you into choosing me, so I held back on the layout art.. I wanted to color and line it eventually, but I think it serves its purpose just fine as a basic concept sketch... and I thought Aflico was insanely cute in it. :3

about me

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First off, let me tell you about myself. n_n It's important to know who's behind the other monitor screen, at least, I think so.

I'm a 15-year-old girl from a beaver-loving state in the US. I've been out of public school since November due to a lot of health problems, and since then I've been tutoring with one single teacher for all of my classes. We meet twice a week, but I've always been at the top of my game so it's not any harder than public school was. I mention that only because it means that I've had a lot of time for my hobbies, like neopets, coding, drawing, roleplaying, writing, and tea-sipping. :3 I drink at least six cups of tea a day; you could call me an addict, but that would be an understatement. xD Anywhos, now, with summer coming, I'll have a bit more time to spend on my hobbies. I have a lot of little projects to do, but what I have planned for Aflico is going to take a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to accomplish. Like my friend Anna said, I would BC her until she was goldbanned. (a goldban is basically the limit of how many times you can win first in species or first in the whole shebang, and it's probably set in place to keep over-doers like me from completely exhausting themselves by advertising every waking moment)

When I set my mind to do something, I do it. It may not be instant, but it'll get done. I'm a perfectionist, I'm a procrastinator, but I also keep my word if it means the death of me. People have compared me to the "Give me liberty or give me death!" guy more than once in my life. xD I never give partial effort to anything; everything, even petty short-term roleplays, deserve my full attention. Although I take everything seriously, I also have a sense of humor, don't worry. xD

Although my freezing is a touchy subject (day 7 at the time of writing... yeah, I'm keeping count) I would like to clear it up. If you've read my lengthy few paragraphs on my lookup, you probably know basically everything. I was frozen for having too many accounts, although I didn't deliberately cheat in any way. They froze a huge gob of my family and friends' accounts, which they haven't been able to retrieve. It's a really rough patch in my time on neopets, as they froze my oldest living account along with all of my hard work, but I always look on the bright side. At least I still have my imagination; at least I still have my characters. x3 If Aflico were ever to be frozen (I hate talking hypothetically about stuff that I fear every day of my mindless compulsive lookup-refreshing x_e) she would live on, both on and offsite. I would still draw her, I would still roleplay her, and her story would still be up for the world to see. The only thing that I'd lose would be the option to enter her in the BC, which I dread losing because I look forward to it so much. But I'm not a rebel, I'm not a rule-breaker, I don't turn giddy when TNT warns me. I doubt I'll ever be frozen again; I'm particularly careful about people play neo on my computer now. Nobody but me logs in anymore, as everyone else has moved on to something else. So there's nothing to worry about there. n_n; I can't say "TNT WILL NEVER FREEZE ME EVER AGAIN" with confidence though, as they have the tendency to pick on people.

my roleplay

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I think the first time I saw that Aflico was up for adoption (through the HC, I think) I immediately directed you to Lazarli and Bavul's petpages for a roleplay example. Those are cleared now due to my freezing, but I have the entire roleplay saved on my computer, so examples aren't hard to find nor to give. x3 I would just copy and paste out of a reply and show you, but I don't think that would be particularly sincere in this case. So here is an example of an intro, if I were to ever roleplay Aflico.

Roleplay is a huge hobby of mine; I love it, I adore it, but sometimes I take breaks from it. Not because it slips out of my interest, or because I have writer's block (I've never had writer's block before. xD -knocks on wood-) but because I have to set alongside time to draw and code... and eat, if I let myself. xD I probably wouldn't roleplay Aflico avidly until I'd drawn a petpage layout for her and got a bit of her story out of the way first. I'd probably stir up a roleplay between me and a few friends, maybe to add a few characters to the first half of her story, which you'll get to read about afer a few more sections, but I wouldn't take on more than two or three at a time until I get some things done first. x3

my art

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Art- also a huge huge huge mega massive part of my time. I tend to go through phases with my art; I can make hundreds of doodlesketches in a week, or a few colored, shaded, highly detailed pieces in the same time frame. My art definitely reflects my mood, and allows me to express myself in ways that I couldn't do without.

As the application process droned on for Aflico, I found myself drawing her once a day.. and then twice a day... now at least five times a day. I'm not always satisfied with my drawings and I don't always save them, but here are just a few for you to look at. They're not necessarily in order, and Aflico may look vaguely different from what she is now, as I was still brainstorming a big part of her personality and design. (drag the small thumbnail into your URL bar to see the full picture)

art by others

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My friends have noticed how much I adore Aflico... so a few have went as far as to surprise me with gift art. xD -snuggles her pile of friends-

Drawn by my friend, Mel. :3 I think she looks really enchanting in this one. n_n	This one was drawn by my future RP buddy, Micki. x3 I lurf the front paws.	Colored version of Mel's picture. Still a WIP, but looks really nice so far. :3
Drawn by Savv, one of my roleplay buddies. Aflico looks so determined. x3	I requested this one from a random person from the FC, who turned out to be wicked awesome. x3

the future family

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Although a few of these neopets won't necessarily be involved in her story, I decided to put this section up anyway to give you an idea of where my other pets are and what they're like. :3 I didn't include Betovin because he's anthro... and he's really hard to draw! xD
(drag and drop the thumbnails, just like before)

Feyat	She's a loud-mouthed, opinionated, and fairly unlucky tundra owl. She played a huge role in Bavul and Zeft's meeting; she saw a helpless morsel (Zeft) stumbling around right under her beak, and before she could wrap her talons around him she found herself in a white beast's jaws (Bavul). Zeft distracted Bavul by spurting his usual nonsense, asking if Bavul was his new mother (Bavul is a male xD), asking why the bird wanted him to play in their mouth, etc., and she escaped amongst all the confusion. Feyat has a tendency to fall into trouble, but she also has the gift of unwedging herself out of it. She's young, but all too experienced by her bad karma.
Dextca	Deep in the rocky highlands his family resides in, Dex lives without worry or regrets. He's royalty by blood, envied by the other grarrls that serve his father, he lives a life of luxury. His mother disappeared without a trace after he was born, leaving his father broken and alone. After his mother left, his father's iron fist turned to jelly and the entire kingdom started to crumble. (metaphorically, of course xD) Common gossip at the feeding grounds is that once Dex earns his spot on the throne, his cold and selfish ways can rebuild the empire to what it once was, maybe even better. Therefore, nobody really stands up to him or tells him what he's doing is wrong. Although his personal servant, Stalinex, is usually the voice of reason in his life, and tries to teach him morals in secrecy.
Iviz	Although she's not on the Kittany account, I thought I should include her anyway. She was made in a lab by a bored noble; her genetics are spliced between a flower and a canine. (This ought to sound familiar if you've ever seen Wolf's Rain :3) She is the source of hope for Aflico to escape the lab, and Aflico grows an odd attachment to her enchanting scent.

the storyline

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This was the most highly-anticipated section of this whole... thingy... so I saved it for last. :3 If I didn't put this in bullets, I'd over-describe everything and end up with a huuuuuuuuuge collection of paragraphs. So here you go. x3;

• Aflico, Lworp, and Nuibre are part of a rare species of lupe; this species is amphibious, meaning it roams freely on both land and sea.
• Early on, their species resided on the coast of a hidden beach, severed from any sort of human contact by jagged rocky mountains. As technology progressed, humans grew curious, and eventually they built their homes alongside Aflico's species. It was a very peaceful, slightly mystifying experience for both sides, seeing an odd creature for the first time in their lives and living alongside each other.
• The peace lasted for a long while; It had been 50 years before Aflico was born since their species had gained absolute trust with the humans. When they were wounded or broke a fin, they came to the humans for help. But... that peace couldn't last.

• Nuibre was born at sea and raised in domestication after being rescued by humans during a rough storm. He learned to swim in a small coastal pool within a fenced-in yard, but often the smallest child of the family would sneak him in the house late at night. He often mingled with Aflico and Lworp's wild family group, although he always came back home. For this he was often the punchline of heartless jokes, to which Lworp took the duty of threatening whoever made fun of him, and Aflico took the duty of acting as his comforting mother-figure. Because he was rescued by a doctor, he always had access to herbs and eventually developed an interest in helping others. He always carries around a tiny knapsack of herbs, tied around his neck with a string of tough twine.
• Aflico is a year older than Lworp and Lworp is three years older than Nuibre. There is a sort of school-like process within their groups, called The Teachings of Sea, that were held on a tiny island off the coast. They were separated by age, and the trio was often made fun of for mingling with each other. (if you can imagine a freshman in highschool, hanging out with an eight grader, hanging out with a fifth grader)
• Aflico is thoughtful, intelligent, and unbelievably kind. She always thinks it's her duty to help people, emotionally and physically, and she makes others' problems her own problems. She hates fishing, and thinks it's incredibly cruel. It's not uncommon to find her bringing near-death fish to Nuibre with hopes to save and release them.
• Lworp is, and always will be, the "bad boy." He always acts out in an attempt to be cool and feared, but Aflico has always seen through his facade. Deep down, Lworp doesn't want to hassle anybody. He abhors conflict, but if it gets him the attention he feels he deserves, he'll cause some. After the incident that separated Aflico and him, he feels lost... and broken.

• There's a big outbreak of a plague-like sickness, which kills off a lot of humans and Aflico's species (I haven't thought of a proper name for them yet)... Both species are at ends with each other, and suspect each other to be the culprit behind the outbreak. (When it really turns out to be carried by birds)
• Amongst all of this confusion, a massive hurricane rips through the coastal area. Lworp, Aflico, and Nuibre are the only ones that took shelter in their secret hiding spot, the place where they went when the others were making fun of them. Both the humans and the lupes are wiped away and gone; Aflico, Lworp, and Nuibre seem to be the only ones left.
• [this is the point where I'd have fun describing the wasteland]
• After exploring the now-barren and seemingly lifeless coast, the three are left to fend for themselves.
• A new government eventually forms, but it only consists of scientists. These scientists eventually capture both Lworp and Aflico, who get captured willingly in an attempt to save Nuibre.
• Nuibre doesn't escape and run away, but he escapes to come up with a plan to save his two closest friends.
• In the lab, Aflico is in a tank full of highly acidic water. The radiation from the water mutates her lungs into gills, and makes her strictly seabound after spending a long time in the tank. She was basically in a deep sleep, but could still hear and make sense of the world around her from within her glass prison.
• Lworp, on the other hand, is experimented on by a gruesome amount, and had to suffer through it, completely awake. He was experimented so much to the point that his skin sizzles with contact of anything pure, like water; as a result, it made him land-bound for the rest of his life, never to return to the water and never to enjoy the rain again.
• Nuibre eventually comes out of hiding and breaks into the lab to try to save both of them. He's only successful in saving Lworp, who's so out of it at the time that he had to be carried out by the smaller canine.
• Aflico heard the entire thing; she was so happy that Lworp was rescued that she managed to open her eyes to observe his escape. This is why her eyes seem to glow; despite the pain of the acidic water, she had to make sure Lworp was safe, no matter what the cost was.
• The next thing she knew, she was back in the ocean. She only remembers the overwhelming scent of lilies and pollen, which turned out to be Iviz. I can't really add anymore... because I'm not completely sure how she did it yet. xDD I'll just say MAGIC and think of something later. (I wanted to surprise you with this whole page, not leave it unfinished forever ;;)
• Aflico eventually became accustomed to her freedom in the water, but she constantly searched for Lworp, until she over-exhausted herself so much to the point where she was merely drifting along with the current.
• A loooot of things will happen here in between the next bullet. I plan to roleplay this part of her life the most, although I also plan to roleplay every stage of her life... because that's always interesting. :3
• She eventually finds Lworp and stares at him from the water's surface, before starting to sob, sort of like the sketch. Lworp dismisses the reflection as just another hallucination, and it's not until Nuibre strolls along (the two had lived alongside each other since the escape, even though Lworp constantly told Nuibre to buzz off and find something better to do) that he realizes it's actually Afilco in the water. In his excitement he hurls himself in the salty sea after Aflico, and to Nuibre's dismay, reinjures himself. Aflico feels terribly guilty after this and sulks away in the abyss of the deep ocean, and she swims to the darkest bottoms of the sea.
• Nuibre goes after her after tending to Lworp's wounds... and yeah. That's enough for now, I'll leave the rest to your imagination. :3

• I ran this idea by you before, but thought I should include it anyway. n_n Aflico loves to rescue sailors, fisherman, and pirates that happened to get thrown overboard. There is a part of the sea, sort of like the Bermuda Triangle, that people have dubbed "Mermaid's Reef" because her rescue-es always mistake her for a mermaid due to her vibrant mane. She rescues them and carries them to Nuibre, who heals them and helps them recover with his knowledge of herbs and healing. One of her rescued fisherman even went as far as to have a book published about his rescue... which I will definitely include on her petpage. I wanted to write it in first-person, and the dedication on the front page would state, "I believe in mermaids" or something. :3
• Aflico's personality, short and simple, is: very shy, soft-spoken, extremely kind, and sincere. Every word that comes out of her mouth has meaning, and she only lies when it will benefit whoever she's lying to in the end. But before she was went through her experimentation tragedy and losing Lworp, she was vain, opinionated, and took a lot for granted. Now that she lost contact with her best friend, she's afraid to make them. "As long as we don't exchange names and greetings, we won't make a bond. That way, if we're ever severed from each other, neither of us will suffer" is something she told a dying fisherman; the same fisherman that actually survived and went on to write a story. In his story he'll go on to explain how the sadness hung in her eyes like a cloud when she spoke those words. Almost as if her entire mind had drifted nostalgically into another point of time. Almost like she was on the edge of abandoning all hope; as if there was a storm brewing within her that she had no chance of surviving. (basically if she couldn't find Lworp... she would lose her will to live)
  Here is that particular eye, drag and drop into your address bar please. :3
  
• Her petpage would start off differently from any other petpage. It would start off as a questionnaire of sorts. I would draw a picture of her peering from underneath the sea (after the visitor regains consciousness from her lookup intro of the stormy beach/pummeled by log thing) and you'll have an option to say a lot in the beginning that will lead to different reactions and such. When I said that Aflico's page would be a huge project, I meant it sincerely. xD One of the first options would be, "Lworp sent me to tell you..." which is going to refer to my mega RP page, if someone happened to stumble onto her page from there. From Lworp's section he'll have something similar to this; I wanted to make it really sweet at the end of her petpage, where she tells the visitor to tell Lworp that she loves him and always will. But the option "Lworp sent me to tell you..." gets interrupted by Nuibre and you never get to tell her. x3 Did any of that make sense at ALL? I doubt it, but it's hard for me to explain my ideas sometimes.
• On her petpage I want to include makeables and perhaps custom adoptables, involving fish and sea-y things. xD One of my ideas is a pixel-art lupe in a fishbowl. :3

• On-site, I planned to enter her petpet in the petpet spotlight. I think she's adorable, and she would be amazingly fun to draw. I've already started sketching her, but I ended up scrapping all of my ideas. x3 I'm thinking her name should be Pooky, but I'll probably change it to something a little more unique in the end. I love drawing felines and kitties, and brown is my favorite color, so she matches perfectly with me. xD
• Pooky (or whatever her name shall be in the end) will basically be Aflico's land-bound pet who hates water. Aflico brings her fish that she wasn't able to save in time, and sometimes brings her dead clams. Aflico figures that if she can't save them all, she could at least save a stray kitten with their misfortune.
• Pooky was a survivor of the hurricane, and Aflico feels its her duty to protect her, and tells Nuibre to take care of her when she goes on her rescue missions. She normally heads out to the deep sea when Pooky starts to show signs that a storm is brewing (it's one of her special abilities); her eyes begin to glow a clouded blue, like the oncoming storm-clouds. Totally inspired by Pooka on Pokemon; ever watch it/remember it? xD T'was a Pikachu that could sense storms, and he lived with his owner who was a surfer and could sense when humongous waves were brewing.
• I have big plans for Pooky as well as Aflico, as you can see, I don't like to leave anyone out.. n_n
• I mentioned the Beauty Contest dozens of times already; I would enter Aflico every week, until I was goldbanned out of my mind. :3 I want to make her petpage a page of inspiration, resources, and an easy option to turn to when you're bored.
• Among those resources? Makeables/adoptables, perhaps a guide to overcoming shyness, a first-person guide to "reading the waves" and determining the sea's mood (told by Aflico), and... many many many other things. :3 I may include a BC advertising guide, but warp it so it would fit with her particularly. For example, I could say "Quest help boards can help you show the community that you care, and also help you round up those extra votes that you may need!" and Aflico could comment with, "The world seems to lack kindness; you need to make up for it." Or something. Yep yep, a very helpful tip one of my friends gave me just recently. :3
• I don't want to say "AFLICO WILL BE FAMOUS IF IT MEANS THE DEATH OF ME!" but I /do/ want to share her story and guides with others. She's a deliciously inspiring character, at least to me. Her page is going to be what I pour all (well, most) of my summer's creative juice into. Aflico has inspired me so much already, it's insane. xD I didn't start "doodlesketching" until I was determined to draw her, and now my art has improved by quite a bit since then. As I've said before, I'm grown very attached to her over the past month.. or two? I can't keep track. xD But her future will be a bright one. :3

Ahahha! Despite the bullets, it's still a huge collection of paragraphs. I have failed. T__T;

the last tidbits

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Oh wow, looking at how tiny that scroll bar is.. I've been rambling on for way too long. If you managed to read this far in one sitting, kudos to you, my friend! ;D

This is the last tidbit, the last section, the last blurb you need to read. Happy? :3 This section is basically here so I can link to things I forgot to include or things that didn't fit anywhere else.

Here is her future lookup, although I'm sure that it'll change as much as I change my underwear. xD I tend to get tired of layouts easily, but sometimes I'm too distracted roleplaying or making other things that I forget to change them... and I end up resenting them and eventually deleting them to a blank lookup instead. It's happened more than I'd like to admit. xD

This is Lworp's roleplay buddy; in our roleplay, Lworp has only just escaped the laboratory and he's in pretty bad shape both emotionally and physically. He feels terrible about leaving Aflico, and he may convince Avicei to follow him back to the laboratory and check to see if she's still there. At the moment, Avicei is convinced to bring him to a fresh water pond (with high hopes that the water won't burn his wounds further) due to the lack of salt, but Lworp is convinced that it won't help.

This is the account I would be adopting Aflico on; it's not particularly active right now, but it is definitely going to be, should you decide to be nice and give Aflico to me. ;DDD Feyat and Dex are slowly becoming my new future BC pets, but I'm still in the process of figuring out their final designs/colors; Aflico may be moved to my main (rawkage) if I ever feel like she isn't getting enough attention on that account, though.

If you click here, you should be taken to below this blog. Down there are all of the recommendations I've managed to squeeze out of my online friends; there would be many, many more, but we all know how time-consuming school and finals are. x_e

G'bye, Lain... or whoever may be reading this. I don't want to pressure you into sending me Aflico, but it feels nice to put everything I have out there for you to see, not having to worry if I've said this or that. You've seen my personality, art, roleplay, storyline, other pets, and learned about my freezing and uh... basically everything. If you have any questions, please neomail me! 83