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Thunder cracked in the distance as you run towards Neopia Central, and you Dart into a Cave, backing away from the storm quickly approaching. Sighing softly, you close your eyes, leaning against the wall as the rain starts to pour outside. Thunder Roars near by, the lighting flashing right outside the entrance of the cave, making you skitter backwards into the cave.
Music rises slowly as you back up, the cave getting brighter rather then darker. You blink, looking around, noticing little stars of light traced against the walls in gaining numbers, following what looked like black vines. Peering closer, the stars turn into white christmas lights braided together so they increase in number, letting your eyes adjust to the light as lamps were added.
A lone voice raises with the music, closely followed by another, richer voice, singing along with the song:
Cultivate your hunger before you idealize.
Motivate your anger to make them all realize.
Climbing the mountain, never coming down.
Break into the contents, never falling down.
You turn the corner and find yourself looking at a mutant Ruki in pirate like garb, a red silk cumberbun, smooth, off-white cotton pants, and a blue silk shirt tossed over a chair that matched the bandana holding his black hair back, painting intricate designs on the wooden door and wall build in the passage way, singing along with his boombox:
Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
You watch him for a little while, waiting for him to notice you, then step forwards, "Excuse m-
WHAAAAAA!" The Ruki jumps, tripping over the stand with the paint and falling onto his back, the paints flipping and spattering him with multi colors. He pants, looking up at you, then grins sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head, "Geeze.. Watch how you sneak up on a person... Didn't expect anyone to show up down here. It is pretty far away from the city..
Who.... Who are you and.. What is this place?" You offer your hand to him, then, as a second pair of arms fold out from under his beetle like shell, his wings moving to make room for them to move out, you freeze as he takes your hand with both of his main hands and pushes up with his second pair till he could get on his knees.
His second set of arms fold back up and he stands, rubbing spots of paint off of his exoskeleton, "I am Sil-Kieo, Kieo for short." He grins, "And this place is a cave I've turned into my home... Its a constant tempurature, up on a cliff so there will be no storm surge rushing into it, and protected from the winds. Its well ventalated and I've had electricity and plumming run in, after making sure I only took a small, unused alcove of the cave. Go the other direction and you would find a maze of tunnel systems...
He streatches, "I bought this property for a bargan, in exchange of fencing off the dangerous part of the cave so people don't wander in and get lost... What are you doing here, anyway?
You tell him about the storm ending your trip to the top of the mountain, and how you ran in here for shelter from the rain and lightning. The Ruki peeks around the bend and watches the rain pouring outside the now small looking cave entrance, and chuckles, "Well, I guess its my duty as a good person to take you into my home until the storm passess." He pounds his closed fist on his chest, grinning broadly, then scoops his shirt up and opens the door, "Make yourself at home. I need to go wash up a little...
The door opened up into his living room, which was plush, filled with reds, white, blues, golds and black, as well as a few potted plants set under lamps. A black and white creature flutters onto his shoulder, hooting happily. Kieo strokes the Whoot's brow as he staggers into the room, looking a little unsteady on his feet, then sets him down on the Whoot on a table, "Port.. Please help our guest feel comfortable..
Port nods, then waddles up to you, looking up at you expectantly to enter as the ruki stumbled back for another room, separated with a wall of wood, opens a door to a room, then closes it behind him, the sound of pouring water sneaks past the thick walls.
Taking a deep breath, you walk into the house, closing the door behind you, then look down at the odd looking Whoot. 
It looked so pudgy and cuddley, but had a wicked looking leaf-shaped beak, mostly orange with dark grey, red, and yellow arrow shaped accents and ridges. Port Cocks his head at you, his yellow "eyebrows" fluffing up comicly. You laugh, and he coos softly, fluttering over to a table, grabbing a book in his beak, shaking it by bouncing his head up and down before taking it in his slender front arms and holding it out to you. You walk over, taking the album from him, stroking him on the forhead, and sitting down, looking at the book in intrest.
Erm.... Thank you, Port?" You smile at the little Whoot as he rubs his head against your fingers, "Am I supposed to read this now?
The Whoot nods, putting its hands on the book, then coos.
You blink, then nod, laughing, "Alright.. Thanks... But if I get in trouble, I will be SURE that Kieo knows you set me up...
Port preens, seeming pleased with himself and sure he would not get into trouble, then flies to a water fountain and starts to hunt for fish in the pool.
Flipping the cover open, you thumb through the photo album, which had notes written throughout the pages in an elegant yet simple script. Going through the book, which seemed to be about Kieo and his family, you try to figure out who he is exactly...
Name: Sil-Kieo Crestwind
Gender: Male 
Species: Ruki
Color: Mutant
Class: Retired Sailor desended from Gypsy, now working in a Shop for one Novadar Von Callan
Age: 20
Birthday: Unknown
Mate: None
Petpet: A "Tufted-Puffin" Halloween Whoot named "Port Dread
Favorite Color: Judging from his taste in Decor, Red, white, blue, and gold.
Powers: Unknown
Hobbies: Singing and dancing, playing fiddle, harmonica, and some sort of hand crafted Woodwind, Sewing, exploring, art, collecting trinkets, and reading.
His body is a light rusty tan, heavily exoskeletoned on his chest, back, and sholders, and he has large forearms with two backsweeping spikes on them. He has large upper inteni, which have four spikes on them sweeping forwards. His legs and feet, unlike his upper body, is firm and leathery, with large, almost bird-like feet, with gekco like pads on the soles allowing him to grip onto vertical surfaces and climb them easily. His second pair of arms are slender and spineless, and fold up with his wings when not being used. His Main hands have two fingers and a thumb, while his back, smaller hands have a single finger and a thumb. His feet have only two large toes. He doesn't have a tail. Rather then Mandibles, he has tusks, simular to that of a Moehog or Tuskaninny. His eyes are a deep blue-green. They seem to swap between the two colors with regularity.
Kieo was born on a ship in the middle of the ocean, and raised in the way of the sailor. He eventually hired himself off as a Cabin Boy/Protector/package delivery person in a Merchant Ship. One day, while delivering Silks and spices to a Cafe and Clothing shop called The Three C's, where he started a conversation with the owner, a Were-darigan Ixi named Novadar Von Callan, about an outfit on the wind*w. Showing a sharp eye for color, style, and knowing a thing or two about cooking and Sewing, the overworked Ixi offered the Ruki a job. Having long wanted to settle down on land, Kieo accepted right away and quit his poorly paying and dangerous job on the ship, took his belongings and life savings, and moved to Neopia Central to work at the amazingly successful small business, quickly gathering enough money in tips and pay to move from a cheap apartment to the cave, buying used furnature at yard sales and settling in comfortably.
His Genetics seemed a little odd, as well. Looking back at the old photographs and sketches, it looked as if one of his great grandmothers was a mutant buzz, which explained his back legs not being the normal "megaman" like ruki Shins and instead the firm leathery legs, if a bit scrawnier then a normal Buzz's. Made sense, though, since Buzz and Ruki were geneticly simular...
Kieo walks out of the bathroom, dressed in a twin of his previous outfit, the shirt he was carrying earlier tied loosely on his slender frame. He blinks up at you, still toweling his hair dry, "Oh, hey, I see you found the ol' album. That thing has been in the family for almost a century now. Impressive isn't it?" He chuckles at a picture of him getting conked on the head as a little kid with a wooden training sword during a four armed sword fight, "Never was much of a fighter. I was the smallest of all of them. I'm more for speed and flexablity then combat, anyway.."
He taps his brow, "Though I have smited a few Pirates using my brains... They often never even got onto the boat, their latters and grappling hooks snapping and falling into the water till they were useless... And their cannons clogged up with tar so they are rendered useless.." He suddenly jumps up, landing on the wall and climbing up it easily till he was on the roof, where he shifted colors till he blended with the stone, his clothing seeming to be hanging in mid air, attached to the invisible man.. With Tusks. His eyes open and he grins, "Very useful for avoiding attack while I wreck havok, eh?" He jumps down, and you look down at those seemingly pointless pictures of barrels or walls, suddenly noticing Ruki shaped shadows, white spots of teeth, and pupils of the eyes, the only part of the eye that didnt change color with the rest of the body. Slowly, their outlines and forms appeared, and you could see it was a regular family photograph, but from their -disallowed_word-opacity=75)">
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