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They're afraid, you know. The sailors, the merchants, the explorers. They're all afraid of the double fins. Why? Because no ship has seen them and set sail afterwards. While some people have survived the carnage of the double fins, they only come back telling a tale of horror with the tongue of a mad man's. A dangerous beast indeed.

And nobody knows where the monster came from.

And nobody knows why it's so destructive.

Some say it's a legendary sea god, furious at mortals for the polluting of his doman. Others say it's a greedy monster guarding a precious treasure at the bottom of the sea. Most of them however, believe it's nothing more than a monster that only delights in destruction. Nobody knows though.

And what does all this have to do with me?

.....

Why, absolutely nothing!

Well... Actually, that would be my introduction if I were a sea monster, but I'm not so... Hey! I'm Rhadamanth, but call me Manth, because... well, you know. If I were in some action movie and about to be jumped by the bad guy, it'd take three times the syllables to get my attention. By the second syllable I'd already be a bloody pulp on the ground so yeah, call me Manth. You may know me as a nineteen year old anthro fish draik (maraquan if you want to be punctual about it), a prankster, a hooligan, an artist, and one good mechanic. And this site here, is my domain. Welcome lupe_of_flames. Glad you could stop by.

If you could do me a favor before we begin though, listen up. I live for laughter and smiles, so if anything strikes you as funny, don't be afraid to show it. Really, I don't bite. I mean... don't expect EVERYTHING on this page to be happy and crud (As a matter of fact I may look at you wierd if you laugh at umm... some rather serious stuff), but you know, if something makes your day, let it out. Okay, moving on.


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Full Name: Rhadamanth
Alias: Manth, Canned Carp
Gender: Male
Blood Type: A
Age: 19
DOB: June 30th
Weight: 137 pounds
Height: 5' 7"
Species: Draik
Hair: White
Eyes: Gold
Figure: Average
Heritage: Maraquan
Personality: Happy-go-lucky, charmer, bold, artistic, playful, jolly, humorous.
Hobbies: Swimming, sketching, pranks, joking around, various art projects.
Disabilities: Random mental glitches.
Best at: Thinking outside the box.
Worst at: Hard study

I'm sure we've all had those moments. You know, the moments like when you're wasting away at a boring dinner party and thinking 'man, it'd be great if somebody started some music, jumped on the table, and began to breakd ance'. Of course, it's not going to happen, because nobody has the guts to do it. You don't have the guts to do it, your friends don't have the guts to do it, and your dainty relatives would rather have their dinner party than the guts to do it. So who's gonna do it...? NOBODY! Because you have yet to met me!

I guess you can say that I'm the ultimate artistic comedian, but outlandish hooligan works fine too. With so many things meant to be done however, and so few people willing to break away from the normal to do it, it calls for a guy like me. I'll be the one to chase ducks around the park with a chainsaw, hockey mask, and a hidden mp3 player playing sci-fi music. I'll be the one to write 'please tip producer for services' on a cow. I'll be the one to put a smiley face on the school mascot statue with candy stickers. All I ask for in return is to make somebody's day, and if not, looks of surprise and horror are pretty good too. Yeah, I love to see people laugh. And if I'm not using the world as my canvas, I don't mind having a nice big bedsheet or a sparkling clean wall to splash some paint onto. Maybe some sprinkles here, some leaves there, how about we add the cans of paint themselves? Heh heh, anything goes in art.

Now as a person, people say I'm a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. I'm playful, creative, humorous, and for the most part, optimistic. It's not real hard to get along with me from what I can tell. That is unless, you know, you hate freaks or something. Mostly, I avoid conflict when I can, because it's easy and harmless to do. Even if somebody gets up in my face, you won't be seeing me as the other half of an idiotic fight. Yet, just because I tend to be a 'no worries' kind of guy, doesn't mean I'm a pushover.

I'm like any other being. I can get angry and I have my down spells. Admittedly, the most you'll ever see of them probably won't by anything greater than mere annoyance. And trust me, I get annoyed... a lot. As for pure anger, I like to reserve it only for those who deserve it the most, and my kingpins are already taken. As for my down spells, I have them here and there. Usually they just come from a lack of inspiration. Nothing is worse to an artist than being clogged up. But sometimes, it comes straight from my very own childhood. I try to turn the other cheek to it most of the time, because you know, some saps just love wallowing in their past misery. It's kind of hard to forget on some days, however. You see, it was a corporation that made me the prodigy that I am today, artistic, mechanically inclined. But at the same time, they made me a nut bucket. I can't go through an entire week without having some mental glitch and doing something stupid for no reason. It's kind of funny though, to think, that I was one of the lucky ones. Most children had their whole lives ruined because of them.

Confused I take it?

I'm talking about a little hushed corporate experiment called the 'Master Intellegence Project'.


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So... you want to hear the story about the Master Intellegence Project? Brace yourself, because it won't be a happy one. I've went through more trouble than most kids my age, and you could say it's a miracle I am what I am now. Make yourself comfy because it's going to be a long ride.

The Principles of Discipline

Cooooome onnn! that pig squealed, stamping his feet on my mosaic floor, Give me it! You're supposed to listen to your older brother!

No! Mommy gave this to me, and we both know she's higher than you! I yelled back, squeezing the scrumptious fish wrap in my tiny little hands. My belly roared, and my fingers, soaked with a good day's work, could only work so fast on the tedious tin foil. I had to ingest it fast.

Give me it! he said again, throwing out his hand.

Noooo! Leave me alone! Then, like expected, 105 pounds of gluttonous rage was upon me. His mass suffocated me while his pink mynci hands grabbed and tore at my wrists. I found every ounce of my strength called into battle and diminished. It was like a grizzly mauling a rabbit. But I needed that wrap. So bad, I couldn't be picky, so in desperation I stuffed it into my teeth and bit down. All the foil, fish, and seaweed to come down on my taste buds. A nasty combo, but it did the job.

Augh! You brat! I heard my brother say, right before shoving me onto the cold tiled floor, Now you got your germs all over my wrap!

Picking the bits of foil and nasty seaweed out of my teeth, I whipped back at the beast. It's not your wrap! I said in tears, You had breakfast while I cleaned the pools for mommy!

Yeah, so? It's your fault for not being there. Look at you! You're crying? he asked. He snorted at me, and a sandal of rock came down on my hand. Shutting my eyes tight, I tried not to wail as I felt the wrap smear under my palm. You're such a disgrace to the Aquate. When the pain lifted, and I heard footsteps lead out of the room, I opened my eyes. I could see my hand, throbbing red, and the mess of cod, cream, and seaweed that was once my lunch was under it. As hurt as it was, I held back the tears and began to pick the pieces of fish off the floor. I wouldn't get another chance to eat today. It was the Stosis, a night of fasting to honor the gods.

Once, the last bit of cod was down my throat, I wiped the floor off with a silver wrist and sat up. My eyes itched, but the discomfort could be ignored. All I had in my mind now was the trouble I was in. I had done something foolish. I had shed tears. A sin for all Aquate boys. No doubt big brother was skipping off to tell mom and dad, and there was nothing I could do. Sure, I could tell my end of the story, but past attempts have proved to me it's pointless. As much of a monster as he was to me, big brother was the honorable and spotless child of the family. He flattered my parents, did extra work for grandma, and pretended to be the most caring big brother when they didn't backs turned. Me, as much as tried, it was never enough. The only thing I could do now was what I had been doing for my entire childhood life. Endure it.

Standing up to prevent further disgrace, I faced outside my door, and calmly awaited what was due.

Sure enough, it came.

What is this about? an old crackling voice echoed in the main hall. My que to stand straight and still, no slip ups in stature could be I afforded. I heard her footsteps coming down the hall. Eyes to be straight ahead. Hands to be at my sides. I had to be calm and obediant. The footsteps became louder and louder. I swallowed the air. I raised my chest. Calm and obediant. Then the footsteps stopped, and I saw her face. My head flung down, and a hand shot up to scrub my eyes.




As you probably already read, Manth has a rather strict family which follow an aquatic based culture. He's not too happy in this family, trying t jump through hoops to please them but he still loves them.. because, well, they're his family. He doesn't know anything better.

At age seven he approaches the age of a right of passage. Depending on the month a child is born in, they have to eat a rare dish. His was a crab. Unfortunately, he didn't know that. When his parents got the crab a week early he thought it was the cutest little thing, and his brother said it was a pet for him. Over the week he grew to love the crab name Julian. He watched it, played with it, feed it.

.... Then his crab disappeared on the night of ritual. Distraught that his beloved friend couldn't join him to see him become an big boy, he settled without. He was giving a stew, and while he was snacking on it, he enjoyed the taste. He asked what it was and well, when they told him.... He threw up. This was one of the biggest disgraces the family ever saw. To them, he was throwing up a gift from the gods. So they disowned him. He couldn't come back inside, and when he refused to leave, his father drove him real far away so he couldn't find his way back.


Mommy? I heard my voice once again in the dark abyss. Bang! Bang! The sound of brass againt brass. Daddy? Grandma? Please, somebody let me in. I'll never dishonor the family again! Please! It's cold out here. Mommy! Daddy! Bang! Bang! The tears fell from my cheeks, they fell from the sky. Tell the gods I'm sorry! I-I didn't mean to be a... disgrace. I'll do anything! Please let me in. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I fell to my knees, and the cold metal kissed my teary cheek. They weren't going to answer. I was going to freeze to death. P-please... I choked, my voice gone.

For an eternity, I sat in stormy drizzle. My pleas came and fell like the raindrops, to which nobody would answer. When the lights seemed like they would never come on again, I slid to the ground to die. But the door opened. A crack of light showed itself and pathetically, I scrambled up to see my glorious savior. Daddy had come to my rescue. My heart threw itself into a tizzy, and I leaped up to hug his big old waist with tears soaking his royal blue robes. I couldn't be grateful enough. My dad said nothing.

He picked me up right there, and held me for the very first time in my life. It felt like I was flying, to know that he cared for me. Gently, I was carried to the truck under the rain and cold, and set up in the passenger side. He got in, plugged the keys into the ignition, and we were off. I couldn't understand where we were going or why we were going. My mind was so worn that it all felt like a dream. Still, as I watched the raindrops dribble across my window and the country scenery fly past, I couldn't question anything. I saw houses with warm glowing lights, and miles of green healthy trees. There were dancing lakes, and the rain made them shimmer so nicely in the moonlight. It made me wonder what my dad thought of them. I opened my mouth and tried to ask, but the words never came out. His attention was on the road and only the road. Giving up, I lied back into the comfort of my seat and thought about asking him when we got there.

Where are we going? I asked instead. Once again, my dad said nothing, and I cocked my head at him. Dad? Where are we going? Nothing. He wouldn't look at me, he wouldn't smile. His attention was on the road, and nothing could pull him from it. Dad? I asked, my voice starting to waver. Something wasn't right. We had been driving for hours. Where was he taking me?

A green sign came up.

Tiyao
5 miles


I watched it pass by. Tiyao? What a funny name. Daddy? What's in Tiyao? I asked, Why are we going there? Not a second after I asked though, the truck began to slow and pull off. Daddy? W-what's going on? Do we have a flat? Right there, the dream came to a stop. The warm blurriness my mind had fathomed was slapped away by reality.

Sitting on the side of the road, my father turned his head to me. What I saw upon his face that night was the ugliest scorn I ever knew.

D-Daddy? I asked one last time, the tears returning.

You get off here...


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Strange, Strange, Strange

Manth had a tough life out in the streets. The other homeless kids were nasty and rough housed him plenty. He had a hard time finding food, and his injuries didn't help. But it wasn't long before he found his savior. A kougra saw his plight, handed him some food (unkown to Manth laced with the MI drug) and found a shed for him to stay in. Over time, Manth started to become better with Mr. Allo caring for him. He was giving food, somebody to talk to, somebody to laugh with. Koug also taught him things, things that got more complex as they went but it was alright since he could understand most of them.

However, he soon found out something strange was happening to him. Every few days or so, more or less, he would do something wierd and for no reason. It kind of scared him, but with Koug at his side, he managed to see only the good sides of his changes like how bold he was now and how creative.

Eventually Koug decided it was time and he took little Manth to the MI facilities where the other upper project children were being held.


Hey, Manth. Manth. Rise and shine, little guy.

I groaned and turned in the comfort of my bed. I could still hear the crickets. Peeking an eye open, I looked out the shed window and could see the pastel colors of twilight. If he woke me to enjoy the view, I wasn't going to be pleased. I sat up sluggishly, pulled my legs in, and let out a loud yawn. Turning to the korbat at the side of my bed, I noticed something had changed. He seemed to be radiating something. His smile was large and white, his dimples were pulled all the way to his cheekbones, and his eyes were sparkling with excitement. To be frank, he looked like a kid who just inherited the world's supply of candy.

I got a surprise for you, he said, pulling out a small wrapped gift box for me to take. My heart skipped a beat.

Wow! What is this? Christmas in July? I asked, taking the gift from his hands to stare over the beautiful metallic wrapping. For so little light in my shed, it sparkled brilliantly, like millions of shooting stars.

Well, don't just sit there. Open it, Mr. Allo said and my hands tore in. For the first time in my life, I was happy to take an order. It was no big prize, just a blue bandana with a small pattern on it, but to me, it was the world.

Yeaah! I can wrap this around my head and pretend I'm one of those gangster kids, right? How about around my neck, and I can be a gangster cowboy. Oh-oh, wait! I know! Gangster-Cowboy-Pirate!

Mr. Allo let out a hearty laugh, and slipped the bandana out of my hands. This isn't the surprise, he said, wrapping the cloth around my eyes.

It isn't? Then why'd you wrap it up all pretty? I asked.

Oh, I don't know. Maybe the same reason you glued your lamp to the ceiling? he said, tying the bandana tight.

I'm sorry, Mr. Allo. I don't believe I see how they connect. Once again, I heard him let out a big happy laugh, and it made me smile.

Come, he said, and I felt his warm hand lift me from my raggedy old mattress.

Although I couldn't see where I was going, I could feel dirt, then concrete, under my feet, and I heard the soothing songs of a million crickets all around. When a car door clicked, I instinctively tugged back on Mr. Allo's pull. N-no! I gasped.

Manth? What's wrong?

Don't abandon me! Please! I cried.

Abandon? he snorted a laugh, and I felt myself picked up and placed onto a cloud. A heater purred and warmed my cheeks from in front of me. I'm not going to abandon you. Where'd you get that silly idea? I heard the click of a safety belt, and the door next to me wad shut. When the door ahead of me clicked opened, I heard Mr. Allo's soothing voice again. Now don't take that bandana off. I'll be checking back there.

The drive was long. There was nothing I could see. The temptation to slip my bandana off was immense, but whenever I reached up to grab it, I always heard the same, Nah-ah-ah, Manth! I was rotting away in the back seat. That was, until music started playing.

I figured you must be bored back there, so I thought you'd might enjoy this. It's Peter and the Wolf, Mr. Allo's voice said. For the rest of the trip, I got to hear all sorts of stories and music. Some I couldn't get out of my mind, others I was begging for him to skip to the next track. It was happy and so comfortable. When I felt car engine come to a stop, my heart fell. We're here!

The door clicked open again, and I was pulled out under a warm sun. We began to walk and I felt cement, then concrete, then tile. Finally, the bandana was gone, and before me was something I couldn't imagine in my wildest dreams. It had toys, it had games, a play place and a ball pit. It was every child's dream. I had finally found paradise.

Welcome home.


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Paradise and New Friends

The first friend Manth met was the only one there at the time, besides a little boy, Koba, that hid quietly away from them, and her name was Ada. At first she was very much like the Koba. Very timid and shy. She was hard to talk to because she always seemed to be avoiding him. However, as weeks went passed she would spy on his little creative antics (like putting a smily face on the wall dinousaurs with smiley stickers) and would laugh. Soon enough she began to open up with him, and they became friends. They played pretend games together, shared stories, and basically enjoyed theirselves.

Soon after he became acquainted with Mei. A mysterious woman that would sometimes sneak them out to fun places when the employees were all gone. She tried to take the little boy too, but he always refused to go.

A few months later, Ada and Manth were greeted with another surprise. A newcomer to the project, Seto. Although their meeting wasn't exactly a 'formal' one, he proved to be a lot more outgoing than Ada and Koba and with the help of Manth, Ada quickly learned not to be afraid of him.

And soon enough Seto came to friendly up the distant little Koba, and he became part of the gang as well.

Being together they soon realized each other's weaknesses and helped each other. Seto and Ada were both timid and suspicious of the facilities, but Manth always brought a smile to their faces. Then he and Seto helped Ada by supporting her during her horrible nightmares, and making her feel like she was safe. Then him and Ada would help Seto by giving him an ego boost when he was sad that he couldn't swim or skip. They were pretty much a happy little family.

And of course Mei continued to visit and take them places.


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Burning Down the Neighborhood [Age 13 to 15]

Eventually the kids got to an age where there wasn't such thing as paradise and fairy tales anymore. They were really starting to wonder why they were there. This place wasn't an orphanage and it wasn't a foster home. They didn't have any parents, just wierd scientist people that visited them occasionally to check up on their mental growth. They were starting to put 2 + 2 together.

This frightened the facilities and security began to crack down on them. Mei no longer showed her face to take them places, and the constant tests were unbearable. Still, they were slowly learning peace by peace. It wasn't long before they became rebellious, but in a fun way.

Manth led the group. He really went ou there in driving the employees nuts. He bedazzled walls, bedazzled the employee coats, and made a mockery of the facilities with the help of his friends. Seto contributed to causing blackouts, hacking into things, and such. And by the end of the day, when they were all caught, Ada would pull her puppy eyes.

But basically, the place was on fire. It wasn't to last though.


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Truth and Consequences [Age 15]

Manth learned the place they were being kept was owned by a CEO who visited the place frequently, and one day he decided to pull the greatest prank ever. He was going to 'redecorate' that man's office. With the help of Seto, he managed to break in and make a mockery of the place with gooey gummies all over the place... but as he and Seto were trashing it up... he came across some strange files. He didn't dig into them yet, but the 'Top Secret' stamp was very intriguing.

When the got through, and back to the facilities, he read through the.... and found out about everything. The drugs, the scandal, everything. He wasn't sure how to explain it to his friends, and it bothered him for a while so he refused to tell them (The company had also killed Seto's mother because she had dug too deep trying to find her son. That's something you don't want to have to break to a friend). Unfortunately, when the day came that Ada realized something was bothering him and he was going to tell, the project got to him first and took him away.

He was thrown into a isolated locked room until his punishment which was to be performed by the man who took him there. Koug Allo. When night came though and the injection was ready, he couldn't pull himself to do it. He tossed the needle down, rushed Manth out of the facilities and took him to the airport. He booked a flight for him and told him to find a friend of his in Smokestown, writing her address down for him, and warned him to keep a low profile for the rest of his life. Manth tried to fight. He asked what would become of his friends but Koug could only say he couldn't help them and what was important that he flew away safely. In the end, Manth had to get on that plane.


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The Life Outside [Age 15 to 19]

Manth ran into a nasty surprise in Smokestown. The address he was given had been abandoned and he was left out in the cold. Not far away from the house though, he found a broken down bike repair shop and decided to go there for answers. There he met a less than likeable man name Derek. He gruffly explained to him that the women in that house moved out weeks ago to some place in the tropics. This struck a needle through Manth, but he refused to give up. He needed a place to stay so he challenged Derek to take him. At first the ex-biker laughed to this, but once he saw what the boy could do with a wrench, he reluctantly allowed him to stay for food and work.

Eventually, Manth got himself enrolled in the town highschool. He was very much an outcast at first. He mentally spazzed on the first day, but soon he took it as a blessing. He did crazy stuff all the time in the high school, got into a lot of trouble, but the kids loved him for it. His grades weren't so good. Not that he was stupid, but because he didn't feel like applying himself to something he already knew. Of course, teachers didn't know that most of the time until he decided to show them up.

As years passed, Derek grew to love Manth, wackiness and everything. Manth would collect rain in the buckets with paint in them and throw them out onto the ground to make a colorful product on cement and ground. He took him in as the son he never had and therefore, eventually became concerned with his grades and future. When Manth graduated he was bullying him to go to college. Manth was reluctant, but he soon realized Derek's care for him. He decided on one condition... He was going back to the the home city of the Master Intellegence Project.


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Return [Age 19]

When Manth came back, he found the city was a very different place. The old MI facilities he was planning on getting revenge on had been bulldozed for an amusement park and nothing was the same. He found it a hard time finding his old friends but he did find Mei. It was a brief meeting though, because she was in a hurry to somewhere which she wouldn't tell him off. However, she did mention where the company responsible for project was and hinted that one of his friends... had really 'grown' since the MI project.

He went there, and what he found was a stuck up, greedy, draik running the place. It wasn't the former CEO but he decided to take his revenge, because anybody who took off where that man left so many innocent kids certainly was not pure. Ironically though, that draik was actually his long time bud, Seto... he just didn't know it.

Either way he resorted to his old antics. Painting godzilla on the building. Rushing into the lobby in a bunny costume, throwing flower pedals and harrassing the secretary. Soon enough, it wasn't long before he got the man to say enough and made a deal with him.

A city spread challenge event was going to take place in the city. If Seto won, Manth would cease his antics, but if Manth won, Seto would have to admit to the public what his company had done in the past with the Master Intellegence project.



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Boring biography.

Seto and Manth's challenge was intended to be a roleplay with me and Spooki. Never got around to it, but I'll make sure to someday. But basically somewhere along the line, they soon remember who the other is.


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You know what's one of the best gifts given to Neopiankind? The ability to think 'no' to that piece of broccolli and whine about not getting desert. What am saying is... likes and dislikes. You gotta have them. What's life without things that don't make you smile and frown? Anyway, I'd like to take the time to share some of mine. Who knows? Maybe we have something in common.




Thing: Pirates
Color: Purple
Food: Nachos with chili
Drink: Blueberry Frozen Drink
Possession: An Imagination
Book: Comic Books
Music: Upbeat Ska, Happy Hardcore
Movie: Action
Game: Arcade
Clothing: Outlandish
Petpet: Momba
Season: Summer
Place: The beach
Element: Water
Stone: Saphirre
Weapon: Witty comments


Pirates: How can you spell out a life of adventure any better than pirates? As a matter of fact, they are so awesome that I don't even know where to begin. They get to sail the seven seas, explore mysterious uncharted islands, and chase down hidden treasure. Not to mention you can't say no to their wardrobe. Bandana's for the win.

Monkeys: Monkeys are awesome. Why? Well... Can your dog fling poo? Yeah, I didn't think so. These guys are fun! And flying monkeys are even better! *wink wink*

Laughter: You should already know I like seeing people's faces light up, but it's greater when they laugh, especially if I'm the one who made them laugh. Call me a comedian, but I feel it's kind of like it's my job to lighten people up. Remember kids, stress causes premature aging.

Water: Yeah, I'm fish draik. I like beaches, marco polo, underwater croquet, pretending I'm the shark from 'Jaws'.

Junk: You know how much trash gets thrown away every year? I bet you I could make the Sakhmet palace in full size if it was all given to me.

Gummis: Gummi worms, gummi bears, gummi sharks. In any shape, form, or color, gummis are the ultimate tool for the artistic prankster. Heat them up and they make the most wonderful sticky and gooey mess ever! They're even moldable! Oh... and they taste good I guess, yeah.




Thing: Corporate Greed
Color: Black
Food: Cucumber
Drink: Tomato Juice
Possession: A mechanic job
Book: Biography
Music: Metal
Movie: Zombie films
Game: None in particular
Clothing: Goth
Petpet: Angelpuss
Season: None
Place: Haunted Woods
Element: Fire
Stone: None
Weapon: None


Pranks Backfiring: I love pulling off loud pranks, but when something goes wrong like it occasionally does, having melted gummis in your hair is not fun.

Mental Glitches: When you're on a roll, nothing kills the mood better than suddenly stopping and jumpkicking a random wall. Just another reason why I despise what the Master Intellegence did to me.

Whiny Disabled People: What bugs me the most, you ask? It's not people with disabilities, but people who ARE disabilities. Whether it be autism, or missing half of your limbs, I do NOT like to hear 'I can't do this right because I got Stuporitous. Now, I'm not saying life isn't more difficult being disabled, but come on, don't sit there and feel sorry for yourself. I've heard of two people with no arms and could still function almost PERFECTLY in their day-to-day lives. Then there was a student who graduated college in honors with only half of his brain! Just... Don't play pity party. It makes me and my glitches look bad.

School: I know it's my future and all, but I was crammed with a million college level books when I was in the MI project. Compared to that, school is like a hamster running on a wheel.

Gross Things: You know... that kid on the bus... who's always picking his nose, and picking it, getting really deep down. Finally, he plucks it out and eats it. Yeah...

Being Called a Clown: I prefer 'Jester', and if you must, you can call me a fool, but never... a clown.


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I wanna be a pirate


. f a m i l y - - - - - - x
They say blood is thicker than water, and I say that's a load of cow dung. I used to have a father, a mother, and a brother back then, but you know. A corporate scientist that was using me as a test subject showed me greater affection than they ever did. All they ever did for me was make me jump through hoops and know my place. And for what in the end? I was abandoned by my own family at 7 years old because I disgraced them. You know, it's one thing to have your parents die, but it's quite another to be tossed aside by them like a piece of trash. That's why I'm glad for I have REAL family. They don't share my blood, and they're definitely not your role model guardians, but they were the ones who were there for me.

Derek Viper
Derek is biker by the textbook. Big and bulky, tattoos everywhere, and a foul attitude to top it all off. He's definitely not a guy you want to rub the wrong way. Yet somehow, he became family after my escape from the Master Intellegence project. While I admit the last thing he did back then was take me in with open arms, things progressed. I saved his rundown shack of a repair shop from bankruptcy, and he saved me by playing guardian. After that, the more we got to know each other, the more we accepted each other. Eventually, he even acknowledged me as the son he never had. Yep, past that retired biker facade, he's actually a big softie, but he's been hit by something hard in life. He never talks about his past, and he cries over a woman named Cassandra occasionally. I've never been told who she was or what happened, but apparently she's the reason I'm being taken care of. He says it's because she would have wanted it that way.

Professor Koug Allo
The scientist who took me into the Master Intellegence Project. Surprised? I know I am, but when I think back to the Project, he was the only man involved who had a heart. In a way, if it weren't for him, I'd still be starving on the streets. Yeah. I know he was the one who fed me the drug. I know he was gambling with my mental health just for the sake of his job. When it came down to it though, he was the most caring father I ever knew. Yes, I said father. Da-da! Keep in mind he didn't just look out for me either, he looked out for my everybody. He looked out for Ada, Seto, and Koba. Finally, when things got dirty, he... he uh... sacrificed himself to save me. When I knew too much about the project and he was directed to take my life, he wouldn't. On the contrary, he got me out of there. He gave me a second chance at a somewhat normal life for the very first time ages. The reward for his golden heart? I can only imagine what the Project did to him after that.

Ruo Mei:
There was only one other person in the Master Intellegence Project that looked after me and my friends, and this amazing woman was Ruo Mei. Although we didn't see her everyday, she came by fairly often. When she did, you knew you were in for a treat. She gave us candy, good luck charms, but best of all, she would sneak us out of that cramped research center. We've been taken shopping, to the theatre, to the pool(granted, a little less often because of the stress it put Mud Muncher's inabilities). Without her, I don't think I would have even known what an amusement park was. She was the greatest 'mother' I could ask for. Nowadays though, I don't see her often. I don't know if she's busy or what. Things have certainly changed in the years I had been gone, but I know she still hangs around the city.


. f r i e n d s - - - - - - x
You know, Mei and Allo really took care of me in the Project. They fed and spoiled me. But between the times they showed up, it would have been a pretty lonely wait. I would have shredded their couch and chewed up their furniture by they time the returned. That is, if I hadn't been for the three people who changed my life more than anybody else. They were my first friends.

They were kids, like me, who got pulled into the Master Intellegence project. They didn't know what was going on, they didn't have families to go back to, and they had been affected by the same mental curse as me. Short to say, it wasn't long before we became even tighter than glue. You could even call us the happiest dysfunctional family ever. We played together, comforted each other, and even pulled pranks on the grown ups together.

Time really messes things up though, and as painful as it is to say, we're not the same gang that we were years ago.

But don't worry. I'm working on it.

Mud Muncher
Meet Seto, the techno genious of the group and my best friend. He was responsible for the hackings, the blackouts, and anything that required some computer intereference back in our childhood. Lover of games and riddles, we faced off with each other on a lot of things. Video games, board games, computer games, though I tend to avoid strategy games with him. Seriously, if you challenge him to chess, do yourself a favor and save some time by putting yourself into checkmate.

Now fast foward five or so years into the future, and yikes. I tell you, I do not know what happened to this guy. He went from a brave, friendly kid to a more conceited version of Derek. He's now even the CEO of the company that mentally messed us up. I still don't know whether I should be happy or disgusted by this. I suppose it could have been a lot worse, however. As dark as he has become, he's retained a lot of the good in him and hasn't lost his sense of humor (though, I admit it has become a bit more... sardonic). Today, he doesn't mind tagging along for some good old fun but you know, not when he's busy being rich and all. Yeah, that's something I miss about old Seto. Old Seto didn't have his nose stuck in a new invention every ten minutes.

Clown Kit
Even if Mud Muncher has lost his heart over the years, his little brother is still the same fun-loving kid he was back in the project. Kobu's always up to hang out, play games, and help me pull off some art. It's kind of ironic though, I never thought too much of him back in the project. You could say he was the oddball in a group of oddballs. He was younger than the rest of us by a few years, and without the effects of the brain rewiring drug, he was nothing more than an immature little boy. I'm not kidding you, he wouldn't have joined us in the amount of pranks we did if his big brother hadn't mauled me to include him. Every. Single. Time. Yep, lot's of our games and pranks were messed up thanks to him.

One thing is for sure now though, he's definitly not that immature kid any more. Clown Kit's got style and knows how to use it, when to use it, and will make you spin in circles. I tell you, there's not a funner person to play against either. If you can stand his annoying tough talk, he's competitive like his brother, but not so demanding that you have to run in circles to give him a challenge. That's why I often like to play wagers on him. Loser pays for lunch.

Worm Pop
Ada... I've always felt sorry for her. Out of us three, I believe she had the worst effects of the rewire drug. Socially brilliant, she would have made a great leader because she knew how to keep spirits up, resolve disagreements, and have fun. Unfortunately, extreme timidness and sensitivity cut her a nasty deal. It didn't take much from the big people to bring her down, and she spazzed over everything. Worst of all however, was that she had nightmares constantly. Every night. And while the scientists tried to put her on medication, it never helped. The only way she got better was because of me, Mud Muncher, and Clown Kit. The longer we were around, the less frequent her nightmares were, and that wasn't even the half of it. I believe we brought out the best in her. Whenever she was with us, she was brave, adventurous, and had no fear letting out all the stuff in her heart.

Sadly. We don't know what happened to her. Mud muncher is positive she's dead, but I don't think so. Sure, call me a looney and send me to the happy house, but I believe she's watching over us somewhere. I see her in my dreams every so often. She's grown and changed since the Project, but I know it's her. With the way she laughs, the way she smiles, it could be nobody else. I look forward to the day when I'll be seeing her in person again, and until then, I'll be waiting.... We'll all be waiting.


. p e t p e t - - - - - - x
Where would we be without animal companions? More illegal activity, less people saved from heart attacks, and without cats, the creepy cat women would have to come out of her den to feed on the living. Total chaos, I tell you. That's why we need to cherish Fido and Tinkerbell. Personally though, I find dogs are overrated and cats are boring, so that's why you've got to meet my own pet, Julian the Second.

Yes, he's dominated and has had his shots, don't ask. If he wasn't, I wouldn't be carrying him around on my shoulder wear he could maul my face. Even still, I ask you to use some common sense around him. He's not a dog. He doesn't like to be poked, prodded, picked up, and petted by strangers. Yeah, I mean it. Those fingers of yours, if you want to keep them, keep them down. I won't appreciate you ruining his diet.

Even I as his best bud, have to use some sense when dealing with him. I tend to avoid handling him through voice commands, but sometimes he's so obsessed in whatever he's doing that I have to physically interfere. I'm not kidding when I say I've gotten bit by him several times just by having to move him when he didn't want to be moved. It's been nothing serious so far. Then again, I also don't slack off putting on the leather gloves when I need to handle him.

Don't get me wrong though. Julian's not the Finger-nator 2000. Most of the time, he's actually a very social guy. He likes to play and hang out in the garage. In the mornings I'll ocassional get outside to sunbathe with him, and at night he'll get onto to my bed to sleep with me. Unfortunately, this in turn makes him pretty demanding. For one, he cannot be left alone. He has to either be around me or Dereck 24/7, or he'll throw a ruckus. Then when it's feeding time, he'll throw a fit, and that case can get messy if it's not answered in time. I know more than one occasion when Derek would be too 'busy' to grab him a piece of fruit while I was at school. Coming home to find the kitchen a wreck isn't a good thing... especially if you're the one who has to clean it up because it's your lemur.

Yeah, in case you didn't guess, Derek doesn't like Julian. I still even find it a mystery why he even allowed me to keep him in the first place. Either way though, it can cause a lot of problems when I'm at school with Julian being the social guy that he is.

So why is he Julian the Second? Well, if you actually read my story, you'd know.


. g a m e s - - - - - - x
Games and crud


. a d o p t a b l e s - - - - - - x
So what do you think of the summer? You know, with the sun and sand at the beaches. Despite it getting you ever so closer to skin cancer, Summer is my favorite season. No school, just fun and relaxation, and gives me a good excuse to go swimming. I tell you, there's nothing I love more than feeling the water under my fins. Okay, except maybe getting reactions out of people with my general weirdness, but hey, I can do both at the same time. Anyway, if you want something to celebrate summer, I've got a few decked out draiks here for you to choose from... No, not real ones, silly. Getting real draiks are impossible. We'd have to resort to kidnapping, and Mud Muncher wouldn't like that. Anyway, if there's no colors that fit your fancy, just ask a custom. Be prepared to give us some art in return though.

Now wait! Before I let you dig in, we have ground rules about what can happen to these guys.

1. Okay, first off. Did you draw these? No? Then don't act like you did. That means no shoving them into the BC, Art Gallery (Like you'd win XD), or putting them up as your own adopts.
2. Also, these adopts are perfect the way they are, so no editing them. If that's so bad, go ask Keruha for a custom trade.
3. Don't harrass Keruha when trades are closed. Oh, and requests are nonexistant by the way.
4. Concerning trades, we can do various dragon pets with this base, and can make furrier or feathier species into dragons. We also have no problems doing adopts for applications.


Solid Colors



















































Patterned & Special Colors












































































Missing: Camouflage, Checkered, Disco



Special & Clothed

































































Missing: Faerie, Darigan, Maraquan, Royal Girl



Now for all the customs we've done, but keep in mind these aren't for anybody but the requesters. We will eat theives for breakfast. Oh, and NP is for Neopound since we're lazy and don't bother looking up usernames.

Trades are OPEN


Fish Set


Zhaxis's Rhadamanth


Wilia


Akaeau


Kaisano


Seraime


Xyre


Tapeworm's Ymorjay (NP)


Arcadis


vvhisper's Ibasi


Pathogenic's Jokerthe



Ducky Set


Me! :D Keruha's Rhadamanth


Seto_Samu


Keruha's Caslean


Jynxaii


Teketeza


Tapeworm's Ebolah (NP)


Kylie_kills's Dalizie


Place's Cylif


Yugill's Rhadamanth


Unsealed's Chiroz


Raschel


Alarmm


Cubay


Wickor


Ilumeire


Radiokarma's Kostume


Feu


o_pirate_o's Talort


Parchisu


Kathius


Excoious


Keyaiii


. t o y b o x . a r m y - - - - - - x
If anybody tells you that I'm amassing an army of mini-me clones to overthrow the king and conquer the world.......

It's the truth! But don't you judge me! You know the empty, ready-to-mold slates are everywhere. They're on your site, on your friend's site, on your uncle's cousin's mother's friend's sister's dog's roomate's site, on my site, and on neopets. As a matter of fact, I bet you already have a collection 10x bigger than mine, you greedy hoarder. Shameful indeed....

Heh, anyway, this is my little collection. Take your time to check it out, maybe request a couple of your own.

Count: 18

And if they didn't look like me, well... Maraquan draiks a generally cool looking too.

Good deeds come from love. WOOSH How delightful!Fishy


. g a l l e r y - - - - - - x
Customs aren't the only thing I seem to have gathered. Apparently I'm so ugly that people have taken pity on me and drawn fan art. Why they would give me a picture of my ugly face to make me feel better about myself, I do not know. Still, enjoy. To see a picture in it's full glory just right click it, find its properties, and paste the url into your address bar. I've heard simply dragging the picture to the address bar works too, though.



Behold! I am thief King Rhadamanth! Do not ask why my name is Greek when I am Egyptian! Pft... Geo vomit as a priest... Don't know how that happened. Also, don't ask me who the pharoah in the middle is because I have no idea.



Laugh. You got French's.



Give me a sec won't you, Geo Vomit? I'm trying to watch that new episode of Spongeb-I mean kick people's butts at Yu-I mean look up the various uses of pineapp- I mean... Yeah, watch Spongebob.



Nothing like snoozy time with your best friend... Yeah right, like Geo Vomit sleeps.









Nothing is better than stealing some poor nerd's glasses and having happy dizzy fun time.











What? Oh come on! I haven't been that evil this year. Maybe last year... and maybe that was actually Seto... but come on.



Hey, hey! Seto you're not doing that tongue thing. Hey! Seto! Seto! SETO!....................... Hi!







If you can't handle wierdness, get out of asylum.









And of course, you didn't think Keruha herself would go without drawing me? I wouldn't even have a page. Here's some of the stuff she's drawn. Go ahead and look, but don't take.



. a w a r d s - - - - - - x
I want to ask you something. Interested in pet pages? Making them? Messing with them? Because I got a little gift for you. Well, okay... It's not exactly a gift until you earn it, but this is the gummi award. Edible, meltable, and delicious. What? No precious metals you ask? Budget cuts, my friend, but gold and silver is overrated anyway. So if you're looking for something to make your trophy cabinet a sticky mess, apply now. I'm looking for creativity and I mean 'out-of-the-box', so don't send me something that's like every other petpage expecting to win gold. Also keep in mind that using other people's stuff is the anti-originality. No premade blogs or images from Suta Raito, and stolen content... heh, it will be you're funeral buddy. Well, if you think you have it what it takes, mail Keruha what you have. I'll take a look at what you have and we'll see where you place!

-trophy here-

Applications: None. D:
Winners: Ur a11 lozer5! MWUHAHAHAHA!

Now don't think I'm the only one giving out awards. Somehow people take enough pity on my page to throw their large chunks of metal at my face.



-cricket chirp- Shadddduuupppp!


. d u m p - - - - - - x
A dump? What's this section about? Well, it is what it is. It's anything and everything left over from this page. You want memes? Signs? Random jokes? Tomatoes? Quiz results? It's all here.

Chapter 1 : Conclusion
Koug: Manth. -tap tap- Hey, Manth! Come with me, we'll go 'n see, a place called MI facilities.
Random Hobo: Who's need MI facilties? It's safer in Tiyao.
Koug: But they're ain't no toys, no pretty bubbles to pop and to blow.
Hobo: It's dangerous and risky.
Koug: But adventurous and free.
Manth: .................... Wait? Wha?
Koug: We got a swimming pool and games for no fee.
Hobo: Doesn't sound for good to me.
The misadventures of-
Manth: No, seriously, what? :(


. f a q - - - - - - x
Alright, I'm running out of room to talk, so how about we wrap this up? You know the story, you know me, but is there anything else you want to know?

Can my pet date you?
Eeeyyaaahh.... You know I kind of have this thing about blind dates. Don't get me wrong. It's just I don't want to be dating some voodoo witch who collects shrunken heads. You could be putting me up with the Jhudora for all I know.

I swear she's sane! She's gentle, kind, and likes butterflies!
I'd still rather not take my chances.

Can we roleplay?
Sure, I like meeting new people... As long as they're not dead or evil or anything.

Can I use Keruha's art?
If it's an adoptable or makeable, that's what we have them up here for, anything else... You might just want to visit this place instead. He's a friend who's fanarted Keruha and others in the past, so don't worry.

Can Keruha draw something for me?
Sorry, Keru doesn't work for free. Her art takes a couple hours and she would like to spend her time on other things.

Can I trade art with Keruha?
It kind of depends on your skill and whether or not Keruha has the time.

Can I draw some fanart of you?
No! Can't you see I'm ugly beyound all reason!? Hah hah. Nah, if you really want to, go ahead! I love fanart!

How'd Keruha get you?
She applied for me from plush_ (Olivia).

Can Keruha give me something? A donation maybe?
Hate to burst your bubble, but you're not going to get anything if that's your attitude to making neopoints.

Okay, I've been working on my dream for a while now... and...
That's... Not what I meant...

Can we trade links?
We're a little elitist when it comes to trading links as well, but don't worry. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, just something that doesn't give us a seizure.

Where do you get your music?
Video site + Converter.

Manth, what does the scouter say about his power level?
It's somewhere between 9,000 and infinite.

Can I use your design?
Certain elements, but don't rip the entire thing. That's what your imagination is for.

Can Keruha be my Neofriend?
Uhh... Do you often go up to strange hobos ask if they can be your friend? Talk please! Keruha doesn't bite.

Can you guys join my guild?
Throw us a pitch and we'll look at it. Don't get your hopes up too much though.

Can I adopt you?
I'm actually quite cozy here. Thanks.

I'll trade my pirate draik for you!
Wow... Not only do you treat me like a baseball card but you're using a pirate draik!? I'd die to be pirate. You're low. Real low.

So did we answer everything for you? No? Then you better drop Keruha a letter.


. t h e . e n d - - - - - - x
Phew... Okay, you've winded me out. I have nothing more to share with you. That's it. Nada! Zip! Zilch! Thanks for dropping by anyway, though. I enjoyed it.

Now one last thing.

If you loved this page so much that you actually feel like coming back, I have a few links below that could be put to use. Paste them wherever.



Anyway, we're done. Nice seeing ya. If you totally clueless what to do now, I'd suggest getting off the computer and reading a book, calling a friend over. Buuuuut since we all know that's not going to happen, how about giving my friends a visit?

Heh heh...


If they don't suit youre fancy by chance though, how about just looking at these other people?



Now roll credits.

Manth/Design/Page/Coding/Art is by Keruha. You steal, and your house will be quite frosty the next morning.

Neopets, Draiks, and all neo related material is (c)Neopets. The most annoyingly addicting site ever.

Special Thanks to Spooki, Hearty, Dragon, and even Olivia for giving Keruha the lovely Rhadamanth. *bows*

Three words. YOU. NEOPOUNDERS. ROCK.

More thanks to Spooki for digging out the music for my page and Dragon for editing it.

Finally, big thanks goes to Olivia for giving Keruha a shot at Rhadamanth. You rock...! But you already knew that since you're a neopounder.









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