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Welcome to the Matope fire festival event!
The theme of this event is an in-character celebration and rebuilding after the yearly fire.

If you're unfamiliar with the shop, click the image above to head over to the main thread and read up about the world of Matope and the Kimeti that inhabit it. It is especially important that you read up on the naming conventions for the world, as they are very specific, and if you do not know the rules than you might be excluded or disqualified from certain events.

This event will begin July 7th and end July 22nd.


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NOTE: All contests and events end at 10pm EST unless otherwise noted.


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  1. introduction/information
      you are here.

  2. rules
      important information about the event.

  3. rebuilding the mound
      an ORP in which kin work together to rebuild the swamp.

  4. salamanders
      new familiar giveaway

  5. free raffle
      a free raffle that runs the 8th to the 14th,
      followed by a paid raffle that runs until the 21st.

  6. writing contest
      a silly writing contest that runs until the 13th,
      followed by a tektek contest that runs until the 22nd.

  7. coal pets
      a dice game that will be run on the 14th.

  8. links
      link banners for signatures.

  9. finished/upcoming
      finished contests and upcoming ones.

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The rules are simple, and are the exact same as what's on the main thread.
Here's a recap, if you haven't seen them.

Thread Rules
THE RULES:
  1. Please abide by all Gaia ToS.
  2. Please be polite at all times. Chatspeak is strongly discouraged. Don't spam the thread, if you feel the need to bump, try to make some conversation! Trolling is absolutely not tolerated at any time, nor is flaming. Let's all hold hands and eat some tofu and burn some patchouli, okay?
  3. Please refrain from begging, whether it be for Kimeti, gold, or favours.
  4. If participating in events, please accept the fact that you might not come out a winner. Try to be graceful whether you win or lose.
  5. Newbies to the thread and to the B+C are perfectly welcome here. Please do your best to make them feel at home!
  6. Roleplaying is an option, not a mandatory thing. You don't have to RP your Kimeti if you don't want to, but it is the only way to unlock special stages.
  7. We encourage out-of-character chatter in the thread, of course, but please don't make this a place to air your personal life. [...] If almost everything you post is negative or contains details that will almost certainly make readers uncomfortable, please don't post it.

THE KIMETI:
  1. Kimeti are never to be sold. Evar!
  2. It's okay to add your Kimeti to graphics for signatures, etc.; to crop them down, colourize them, or whatever to make them fit into your sig; but please do not perform any lineart edits. Use your good judgement here; obviously we're not telling you not to put a santa hat on them around Christmas or to doodle a French moustache on them if it amuses you. Just be sure and make a note that you did it.
  3. The artwork in Matope is strictly for Matope's use. It is not to be lifted for any other shops. This is a particular concern for us due to the easily-pilfered nature of pixel art. If you suspect another shop of stealing Matope's art, please let us know via PM before flaming them. It could all be a misunderstanding.
  4. Make sure your Kimeti's name follows the naming conventions! This cannot be stressed enough. Having the common thread of Matope names will add a sense of believability and community to the shop and to Matope.
  5. Please keep all RP PG-13 or below! No one wants to see that D:
  6. If you ever decide you want to get rid of your Kimeti (and there's really no reason you should ever feel obligated), please inform Matope and they will be distributed out to new homes. You may or may not have a choice in the question of where they go. Remember, once you give away a Kimeti, you can never arbitrarily take it back. It's not a decision to be made lightly!
  7. While we try to cultivate a persistent storyline here on Kimeti, this is a delicate thing to handle if you're actually roleplaying in that storyline. Before deciding to RP some major event that would have huge repercussions (the return of the Legendary Kimeti, for example; or an earthquake or flood), please contact the mods for permission. If you have a great idea for a plot event or festival, please do the same!

Rules for individual events will be posted in the event-specific posts below.
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The annual fire is burning, filling most of the Swamp with smoke, even its safe wet reaches smelling of ash.

Although the fire is a time of destruction, its yearly return is celebrated: as the flames ravage old growth in the Cypress forests and the drier reaches, tender new growth emerges. It is a time of welcome end, of ritual sacrifice on the part of the Swamp, the clearing of old things to make way for new.

The festival has taken a different slant this year, though. Although it is still a time of dancing and happy merry-making, a time when all Kin gathering bring the delicacies of their favored part of the Swamp for all to share, its usual location—Ghostthistle’s Mound, the Kimeti-made hillside in the central Swamp surrounded by rolling meadows and gentle bogs in a gathering spot a mile and a half wide—is a ramshackle, half-dismantled pile of old wood and stone.

The flood and the brutal winter, with hard winds and rapidly-shifting temperatures, has ruined the mound, and without any sort of organization, driven by the same instinct that makes fish school and birds flock, the Kimeti are pulling it apart and rebuilding. The central mound is already beginning to take shape, and smaller platforms of stone are cropping up around it as Kin seize the opportunity to make better that which has been destroyed. Young Kin make themselves useful pulling up young trees on the borders of the clearing or marking the trunks with the universal sign of “safe place”; older Kin band together to move large stones and to fell trees, dig trenches, shift the earth, and generally make the place more accommodating for the next large festival.

Between bouts of cheerful labor, there are dances, races, even small dramatic productions; storytellers share snippets of some of the merrier tale cycles with ever-changing audiences. Food brought from strange corners is shared around—the Tidewalkers’ delegation has brought a massive fish with a fin on its back they call a “marlin,” dried in the sun and salt-seasoned; the Kin from the Northern reaches have lugged shells and hollow logs full of fruit away from the burning trees.

As the sun dawns on the second day of the festival, Kin wake in the warm morning light, and there is a smell of rain among the smoke: soon the fires will end. But for now there is another day of work, of camaraderie, and of celebration.


rebuilding the mound ORP can be found here!
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What’s this? As the flames recede, tiny embers scurry of their own volition among the ashes.

Old tales tell of the Salamanders—not the normal ones, the slick-skinned creatures of fallen logs and riverbanks. These Salamanders are made of living fire, and bond to Kimeti as familiars do. They’ve been dismissed as the stuff of myths, but then again, so were Legendaries, and the other Kin…

Salamanders have control over their flames, being able to moderate their temperature from a pleasantly warm glow to a legitimately painful blaze much larger than their body. They also appear to have the ability to control nearby fire, as they never seem to accidentally ignite nearby brush or otherwise cause disasters. When burning they will, however, scorch the earth beneath and around them as a normal fire would.

Salamanders work a bit differently from normal familiars in that they are available in four distinct, pre-colored varieties: red, yellow, black, and blue. The blue variety is especially rare, and burns hotter than the other three varieties, but with a much dimmer light.

Although they can be useful on cold nights, exploring in the dark, and for gathering around for a bout of storytelling, Salamanders are naturally pacifistic creatures and while they will use their flames for self-defense to deliver mild burns, they will not cause rampant destruction and will refuse to attack Kin who are not being antagonistic or violent. They have a sleepy disposition and tend to prefer sitting on their owner’s shoulder—with their flames extinguished, although they are still quite warm to the touch—to moving about independently.

Salamander flames do shine underwater. This can be useful for exploring mangrove roots for catfish hiding holes and other delicacies.

AND ALSO THERE IS THIS:

We will be giving away an undetermined quantity of Salamanders through this event!

To enter, fill out the form below. Heavy preference will be given to Salamanders obtained for Tribal reasons, or to participants in the event ORP, but others will be distributed as well.

Please specify which colors (red, yellow, black, and blue) you are interested in, and any that you are definitely not interested in/do not like/do not think will suit your purposes.

This contest will run the length of the event, from now until the 22nd of July.
However, we will likely give them out as we see worthy entries!


      [b]Your username:[/b]
      [b]Kin owner:[/b]
      [b]Salamander name:[/b]
      [b]Colors you are interested in, from most to least:[/b]
      [b]Colors you are not interested in:[/b]
      [b]Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander?[/b]
      [b]Any other notes?[/b]


Amizade's Entry
Your username: Amizade
Kin owner: Essence
Salamander name: Ember
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue, Black, Red
Colors you are not interested in: Yellow (it is as beautiful as the others, but because its yellow is similar but not the same as Essence's, I decided to leave it out)
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Scents are very important to Essence and she relies a lot on her nose. She makes perfumed salves/balms/potions and I would love for her to be able to boil some water and make some more substantial essences/oil, or even burn things for their smell. <3
Any other notes? I love the salamanders. I love the youu? :P


Amorpheous's entry
Your username: Amorpheous
Kin owner: Smoldering Reverie
Salamander name: Feel the Flames
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Black, Red, Orange
Colors you are not interested in: Blue
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Ember thinks of her salamander as her heart and her heart is a smoldering ember (or so she believes). Her naming dream ends with her heart burning her body from the inside out and she's obsessed with the notion of her heart burning through her chest and falling to the ground. She's also drawn to fire and smoke with a dreamy relentlessness and she'd be comforted by and in constant awe of a salamander because of the fire that it provides.
Any other notes? The blue salamander is so gorgeous, but because Ember will think of her salamander as a heart, which in her dreams is black-red-orange, the blue wouldn't work for her character.


and be blue's Entry
Your username: and be blue
Kin owner: Light in the Night
Salamander name: Spitfire
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: I have literally no preference.
Colors you are not interested in: I like them all.
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Light in the Night's naming dream is one about a fear of the dark, about the importance of seeing what's around her; and yes, she is still afraid of the dark. Add to that her relationship with Lookout, a nightowl of a buck [literally lol] and she could very much benefit from having that flame in the darkness. They don't talk, much. It'd be nice to be able to see him.
Any other notes?


Appeal's entry
Your username: Appeal
Kin owner: Lack of Air
Salamander name: Moving Light
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Red, Black, Yellow
Colors you are not interested in: Blue
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Lack of Air was unfortunate (fortunate for me) enough to have gotten the same defect as her father, Slender. She doesn't lack eyes, but over them is a layer of skin. She cannot see normally, but she can see light and dark and most importantly here: fire. I would love for her to become friends with this strange creature that she can see similiar to a strange moving light, and for it to begin to act similiar to a seeing eye dog for her.
Any other notes? I totally like the Blue salamander but unfortunately the dimmer light is the opposite of what I am searching for here.


Blinded By Silence's Entri
Your username: Blinded By Silence
Kin owner: The Salt in Your Wounds
Salamander name: Persuasion
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Black, Blue, Yellow, Red
Colors you are not interested in: --
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Sting has...control issues, to say the least. He's always trying to get others to do as he wishes and a little fire in the right place can go a long way to help other kin realize that it's best just to listen and not talk back.
Any other notes? The black is the most intimidating, in my opinion.


Cath Siabhra's Entry
Your username: Cath Siabhra
Kin owner: Walks With Death
Salamander name: Never Goes Out
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue, Black, Red
Colors you are not interested in: Yellow
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Walks With Death is something of a priestess of death. A keeper of funeral rites and sometimes, she thinks, a medium for the dearly departed. She has Light the Way, her hound, for hunting and added strength/protection. But the ability to give the option of funeral pyres or to simply light torches at new graves or even boil water or cauterize wounds to help her in her herbalist skills would be a reason to welcome a salamander into her grove of willows.
Any other notes? SALAMANDERS <333 YES.


charLOLLI sheen's Entry
Your username: charLOLLI sheen
Kin owner: Reticent Smiles
Salamander name: Light My Way
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Doesn't matter, I love them all.
Colors you are not interested in: Seriously, it's cool.
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? As a newly recruited delivery kin for Rise & Co. as well as being a bit of a night owl, Smiles has been fretting making treks across the swamp away from her designated "safe spots" at night. Having a living light and companionship(aside from her grumpy turtle) would benefit her and her new tribe greatly.
Any other notes? Mostly I just want to torture her by making her a minor point of envy within the pickling empire that is her home. xD


Huni Pi's Entry
Your username: Huni Pi
Kin owner: Muted Flash (nickname Dim)
Salamander name: Hot Step
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: red, yellow, black
Colors you are not interested in: blue
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Dim has a penchant for the less-lit areas of the swamp, and while his eyes can adjust to the darkness, he still ends up smacking into something. The glow of a salamander is faint enough not to hurt his eyes and the heat they give off would definitely be a welcome addition.
Any other notes? None


Jun D's Entry
Your username: Jun D
Kin owner: Little Poison
Salamander name: Cauterise
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Black, Red, Blue, Yellow
Colors you are not interested in: Nope, they are all totes cute.
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Little Poison is a thinker and a tinkerer. She would have first been drawn to investigate how the salamander's flames could work biologically, but will soon discover the scientific magic of heat application, experimenting with it in various ways, from melting resin to hold simple traps together, to boiling chemical mixtures for medical (and other...) uses. As a source of light and a warm companion, it will also be a helpful flaming friend as she works through the night on her endeavours, as is her wont. Furthermore, she will eventually join Rise & Shine, the tribe that really needs as many salamanders as they can get their hungry food-empire hooves on, where it will additionally be used to supplement the various tribal activities that depend on heat and flame.
Any other notes? I can't stop staring at how well done they are. Sorry, that's not a useful note. Thanks for the opportunity!


Lady_Ourania's Entry
Your username: Lady_Ourania
Kin owner: Charred Star
Salamander name: Foretold
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue, black, red, yellow
Colors you are not interested in: N/A
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Charred often dreams that the sky is pelting the earth with stars, and her Naming Dream revolves around a similar circumstance. Finding and befriending a flaming salamander would confirm (for her) that the annual fires are started by these meteors, and that her predictions have some merit. More to the point, a sky-delivered entity would be considered closer kin to her than other Kimeti, as it seems to share in her obsessive, falling star-centric birthright.
Any other notes? Her needs are definitely less practical than some, so I understand if that's a deciding factor. xD The fact that it might serve as "evidence" of her delusions is just a fun little plot point. Thank you for the opportunity!


Lural's entry
Your username: Lural
Kin owner: Lost Trail
Salamander name: Pathfinder
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue (To natch her eyes) Black (To be stark opposite of her colors) Yellow (Soft color still sits well with Lost)
Colors you are not interested in: Red (Just doesn't match her enough)
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Lost Trail often wanders off the beaten path, and, well, gets lost. I think a salamander to light the way might keep her from wandering off too much. The salamander would be both a flashlight, and a nag to stop and ask for directions.
Any other notes? nope~


Maxx D's Entry
Your username: Maxx D
Kin owner: The Sun Also Rises
Salamander name: if blue - Moonflame; otherwise - Fire in the Hole
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue, black, red, yellow
Colors you are not interested in: None - all of them either match him or his lifemate, though the yellow matches the least.
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? As the head of a food empire/tribe, Rise & Shine, Rise is always looking for ways to improve and diversify their offerings. The company is well-versed in sunning and preservation at the moment, and a salamander would revolutionalise the ongoing culinary pursuit of the tribe, opening many avenues of heat-related food preparation! (Charring! Searing! Plain ol' cooking! etc. This makes the more intense heat of the blue ones especially suitable.) These salamanders are the most important development to ever happen in the swamp for this particular tribe...
Any other notes? Having such a pet (and not eating it) would be very important to Rise also because he can't help but consider all animals, including pets, for the pickling, and the shop's flagship product was salted (non-flambe) salamander. It would be a symbolic moment of character developmentTM. The blue salamander is especially appealing to him because it's highly reminiscent of his lifemate, Moonfrost-Like-Ashes...hence a horribly sentimental name.


PeanutButterpies's Entry
Your username: Peanutbutterpies
Kin owner: The Pain in your Heart
Salamander name: Guilty thoughts
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: BLUE~!, Black, yellow, red
Colors you are not interested in: ---
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Guilt (as is her nickname) is often on adventures looking for "remedies" to her twin brother's problem. She's very unrelenting and will often go on through the day and night looking and a bit of light and a companion to talk to would be very nice. She'd also use it in her tribe's (the seekers of truth) rituals, as a helper during The Feast and possible light during other events.
Any other notes? Good lord these creatures are pretty * U *


phoenix kiss's entry
Your username: phoenix kiss
Kin owner: Cove
Salamander name: Little Glow
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue, black, red, yellow
Colors you are not interested in: N/A
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Cove is an extremely solitary sort and is also very lonely. He would benefit from having an nonjudgemental companion who won't look at him and think 'YOU'RE A HALFBREED!' -- as this is pretty much how he feels people view him.

He also tends to explore the reaches of the beach when he's put on watch, and would use it to look more deeply into tidepools or the cliffside caves that pockmark the cove he is named after.

Additionally he figures it might be nice to have to use to defend himself if Shout gets violent again.
Any other notes? n/a


Quiet_Wolf's entry
Your username: Quiet_Wolf
Kin owner: Aflame
Salamander name: This would depend on the color. Red would be "Red Flower," black would be "Underwood," yellow would be "Sun-Born," blue would be "Starseed"
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Red, yellow, black, blue
Colors you are not interested in: N/A
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Aflame, as his name suggests, likes fire and is drawn to it. He's not quite a pyro, and he has no desire to use or control it, only observe. He takes the old stories as fact (or mostly fact), and he'd be honored to be 'chosen' by a creature out of myth. I think he'd be enamored by a living fire, and would probably treat a salamander with almost comical reverence.
Any other notes? Aflame's nature is passionate, but not impulsive. Someone who's slow to act, but once he does, follows it through completely.


Samuel Carlin's entry
Your username: Samuel Carlin
Kin owner: Leaves-in-Twilight
Salamander name: Unseen
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: blue, black, red
Colors you are not interested in: Yellow
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Given that Leaves-in-Twilight is primarily a nocturnal buck, he is very grateful for anything that sheds a little more light on the darkest patches of the swamp. As a keeper of ritual and the leader, self-appointed or not, of the Shadow Walkers, he is delighted -- no, practically beside himself with joy -- to know that salamanders are -not- simply creatures in stories and would undoubtedly believe that his new little friend was a blessing from the spirit world and proof that he walked the correct path.
Any other notes? I love the blue one! So, so very cool. Eee!


Sapphire-Cyanide's entry
Your username: Sapphire-Cyanide
Kin owner: Ashes in the Wind
Salamander name: Breathing Smoke
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Black, Red, Yellow
Colors you are not interested in: Blue
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? I would really love the chance to give him a familiar. In his naming dream, he only briefly sees black flecks of ashes drifting upwards towards the sky. But he does not know where such ashes come from as he's never had to experience fire as of yet. I figured that maybe a companion who coincides with his name and eventually shows him how ashes are created would help to develop him and give him more life with something that he relates to
Any other notes? Thanks for the awesome event! Thanking in advance because even if I don't win anything, I appreciate all the hard work and time that goes into these things. c: <3


Sarano_Krem's entry
Your username: Sarano_Krem
Kin owner: Sunlit Journey
Salamander name: Charred Path
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: blue, black yellow red
Colors you are not interested in: N/A i luv them all!
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Sun likes to venture throughout random areas of the Swamp, so he doesn't have a stable home to sleep in. The salamander will keep him warm at night.
Any other notes? Sun is a big fan of the fire festival so the fire salamander will be like a constant reminder. oh and he'll be that much closer to breeding mentality.


seru_ame's entry
Your username: seru_ame
Kin owner: Dream's Desires
Salamander name: Little Star
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Black, blue
Colors you are not interested in: Red, Gold
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Dream's Desires is a kimeti who likes to explore, hunt, and actually cook his meats. And... secretly... he's a bit afraid of the dark.
Any other notes? ~pets salamanders with fireproof gloves~ They'd be an excellent addition to the Glade.


Sinbari's Entry
Your username: Sinbari
Kin owner: What Lies Beyond
Salamander name: Aura
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue
Colors you are not interested in: Red, Black, Yellow
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Beyond has a whole fortune teller/psychic ring business going on, and has not been able to find much to aid her in the kind of mysterious lighting atmosphere she wants in her dark workspaces. Glowy mushrooms can only do so much. :/ Plus it's nice to have a rather ..portable light that can ride along without being carried and emit light whenever and wherever she needs.
Any other notes? As much as I like the others, dimmer blue light is the best for her 'profession'. Normal hues of fire just wouldn't be mysterious enough when one is trying to convince others of spirits hanging about. xD


space crawfish's entry
Your username: space crawfish
Kin owner: Sandwalker
Salamander name: Heartbeat
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue (matches her colors), yellow (also matches), black
Colors you are not interested in: Red (doesn't match)
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Sandwalker is a wanderer in harsh border territory, not quite the desert and not quite the swamp. She wanders alone (sometimes by choice and sometimes by necessity), leaving for weeks to explore and then report back to the kin she calls her family. The salamander itself would make the long, cold, and sometimes exposed night much more welcoming. The fire may help her make some previously inedible food palatable. Most importantly (and least practically), for a kin that adventures alone, a warm companion would be a great comfort.
Any other notes?
Sandwalker is part of the Borderwalkers and would love to bring her pet home to show to her tribemates.


thyPOPE's Entry
Your username: thyPOPE
Kin owner: Westward Bound (Sun)
Salamander name: Nightwarmth
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Blue, Black
Colors you are not interested in: Yellow, Red
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? As Westfen's only current builder, Sun manages the clan home as well as ensuring that everything's in order within the bounds of its territory. Part of this is ensuring that the clan's always lit by a fire - and that the fire doesn't get out of hand. It's mainly used to keep the clan warm (especially for nighttime hunters), so a fire that burns hotter is ideal. He'd also use his salamander to ensure that the fauna around Westfen was in shape - fires, after all, can be salutary in moderation.
Any other notes? I felt the black one matched him most, and the blue one most suited his purposes (if the light emitted is less bright, he doesn't mind; light would be a beacon and a distraction at night. Anyone who steps near the clan homes should be well aware of where they are already) ; v ;


Tiarana's entry
Your username: Tiarana
Kin owner: Dreamtime
Salamander name: Nightlight
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: blue black red yellow
Colors you are not interested in: none :V
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Dreamtime likes to paint the walls of his cave (with ochre of course), and having a light source would make things much, much easier for him. Plus, he'd probably use it for hunting catfish and what-have-you. And don't kin like to gather around a fire (salamander) to share stories?
Any other notes?


Umbrology's Entri
Your username: Umbrology
Kin owner: Strange Ember
Salamander name: Sleeps-Beneath
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Red, yellow, black
Colors you are not interested in: Blue
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Strange's naming dream was of a living ember smoldering beneath the water of the swamp. She is convinced that this somehow foretold the return of the Salamanders (after all, no other fire can burn underwater) and she strongly feels that their reappearance must also be tied in with her own destiny. She would aggressively pursue obtaining a Salamander in the hopes of determining her purpose in life. Naturally, most of this stems from a liberal dose of crazy on her part, but the alternative -- that her naming dream meant nothing, and this occurrence is a mere coincidence -- is too crushing for her to contemplate.
Any other notes?


venafydan's entry
Your username: venafydan
Kin owner: Seashell
Salamander name: Sea-fire
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: black, yellow, red, blue
Colors you are not interested in: ---
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Seashell collects treasures, keeping them in a cave. The salamander's flame would help him see his pretties even in the darkest nooks and crannies. He/she would also be a help to Sea in searching for new treasures as Sea will look everywhere, and often wishes he had a light source of his own. Sea is also compelled to collect rare and/or unusual pets and familiars.
Any other notes? Salamanders are awesome <3


Vesperiie's entry
Your username: Vesperiie
Kin owner: Precipice
Salamander name: Boneburner
Colors you are interested in, from most to least: Black, Red, Orange
Colors you are not interested in: Blue (so beautiful, but would probably burn the bones too fast + not bright enough QQ)
Briefly, why does this Kin need a Salamander? Precipice's tribe, The Coalition, has a monthly gathering called Ashmoot (under Culture & Traditions). It is named for the ceremonial bonfire of bones, lit at midnight after a night of fun and revelry (including Bone-picking). The next morning, as the gathered kin disperse, they step through the ashes or take some with them to spread throughout the Swamp (as an offering/fertilizer), thanking her for the plentiful game she has provided them. But of course, it is not possible without some way to start and maintain a huge bonfire D:
Any other notes? OMG SALAMANDERS HOOOOMMMGGG <3333

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This is a regular old free raffle that ends July 21st at 10PM or whenever blue gets home.

Tickets are 100g each. To buy tickets, please send a trade to the mule Titled with the number of tickets you're buying, and then post the following in this thread:

      [align=center][color=red][b][size=24]*** PAID RAFFLE TIME! ***[/size][/b][/color]
      [code][b]USERNAME:[/b] [size=7]PREF LIST[/size][/code][/align]


Each person can have 5000 tickets maximum.
If you're buying tickets for another person, please put that in your trade title,
and get them to post the above code in the thread.

REPLACE the word 'USERNAME' with your username.
REPLACE the words 'PREF LIST' with your pref list.

PLEASE KEEP THE CODE TAGS! They make it easy for blue to copy & paste.

Tickets:

    1-1000: Blinded By Silence: Sparkle Acha, Scaly Kimeti.
    1001-2000: Raquel5181993: Sparkle Acha.
    2001-7000: Vesperiie: Sparkle Acha, Scaly Meti, Flame Kio
    7001-12000: Lady_Ourania: Scaly Meti, Sparkle Acha, Flame Kio
    12001-12100: Sapphire-Cyanide: Sparkle, Scaly, Flame
    12101-17100: Rejam: Sparkle Acha
    17101-22100: charLOLLI sheen: scaly 'meti
    22101-22200: space crawfish: Sparkle Acha, Flame Kio
    22201-22700: Samuel Carlin: sparkle acha, scaly 'meti, flame kio
    22701-22800: Sapphire-Cyanide: Sparkle, Scaly, Flame
    22801-22980: Minsuil: Sparkle Acha, Scaley Kimeti
    22981-27980: Aric Val: Sparkle, Scaly, Flame
    27981-29480: Queen Kiriux: Sparkle Acha, Scaley Kimeti, Kio
    29481-29680: Tiarana: kio meti acha
    29680-30180: venafydan: scaly meti, flame kio
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We're giving out the above three kin in a simple tektek contest!

To participate, please head to the Tektek Dream Avatar Maker to create an avatar based around the idea of fire, however you might interpret that. Bonus points may be awarded if your av is also Matope related! XD. Post it to this thread using the following code. This contest will end on July 22nd at 10pm EST.

Code:

      [align=center][color=yellow][b][size=20]I'M ON FIRE[/size][/b][/color][/align]
      entry image here!


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It's Ember!
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It's a Salamander! It's sailor mars! inspired by the white flame doe!


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(oh why not?) fire makes me think of passion and Passion = love and love = marriage sometimes so why not a cute marriage one? idk XD


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FIYAR.


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The image of bright fire fading to ash and foggy smoke came to mind.


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Had to add a salamander to it.


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Inspired by fireflies (in the swamp). / the dawn / fire dancer


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inspired by the white flame doe / Hot Rod heart


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Rebuilding the mound!

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OVER, congrat guys!
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