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| rek (profile) wrote, on 7-3-2004 at 10:48pm | |
 older mantra. difference in hair -- when younger, was more rough, not given a lot of thought because it was a source of shame. now she has overcome that, decided she's better than these definitions, and stands up straight, taking good care of her taboo hair. it's slicked back, often brushed, smooth. she has a regal beauty now, when before, her regality was hidden by her shame. her strength has surfaced. she still does not talk much, and in conversation her voice is soft; however, once she gets into 'speech mode', she speaks clearly and professionally and seriously, and especially, loudly. of speeches. she writes them constantly, usually the first draft being just a rant of what she sees needs to be changed in devitt, usually of negative attributes. she often uses her lack of [real] wings and socially taboo hair as an example in most premature drafts, but usually cuts them out of the final. still, this is based on the idea that what happened to her was cruel [and the realization thereof]; and an example of what devitt life has been reduced to. she wishes for a soft revolution, of sorts -- one that occurs within the mind, rather than a complete political upheaval. she avoids using her status as a khlyppan, though. she was not raised as one within the family; it is just her body, to her. however, the blood of a politician runs through her veins, and it is this which compells her to make a new name for a corrupt family. [actually, in the future this results in a split between the clan, with both sides feuding with each other for several years of heavy death tolls until only those who have sided with mantra have survived. mantra herself does not get involved in the feud, since she was not a true member of the clan.] of clothing. she wears upper-class clothes that resemble men's wear, including jackets with tails, ascots, cuffed shirts, etc etc. completely avoids dresses. also tends to like buttons.... of wings. until she was 17, her wingstubs remained relatively fine. however, at that age, an infection set in [due to some event involving major cuts on the wing] and the wings had to be removed at 18. for several years she lived without any wings at all; in this time, she was promoted to the first mate of kenni's vessel. through this experience, she began to like being in charge of things, to be a leader. she also managed to find out a lot about other governments of the world, including both noardol and tefedian ones. in noardol, she managed to befriend a few surgeons/scientists [through kenni], and at 24, a pair of mechanical wings were implanted into her back. during the course of healing, the pain grew great for periods at a time; in these instances, she would get a peircing in each ear to distract her from the usual dull pain in her back. by the time the wings healed, she ended up with two peircings in each ear. for the first time since she was a child, she was able to fly [though it took several months, of course, until she got the hang of it.] |
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godessalthena | 07-04-04 3:24pm I love the detail in your work |
rek | Re:, 07-05-04 5:38pm thank you? |
godessalthena | Re: Re:, 07-08-04 12:50am You're welcome? |