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"Good morning, I'm Farasha, and I own this place." Farasha grinned widely and reached down to scratch the ears of the Anyix by her side. It let out a noise somewhere between a buzz and a purr and leaned into the scratching gratefully. "Welcome to Talent Haven, the Anyix adoption center. This is Elli, my Bonded." Farasha gestured to Elli with a soft smile. "She's a little frosty to strangers, don't mind her. Come on; come in through the gates; no sense in standing outside." She turned, Elli turning in a ripple of deep red fur and following her into Talent Haven.

"I've been with the project from the start," Farasha continued. "I can't say I started it; that was all Elli and Nanko. This center is a haven for unbonded Talented Anyix, so that they won't inadvertently do something strange to their fellows. I'll explain bonding and Talents later." Farasha scratched Elli behind the ears again, but this time Elli only rolled her eyes and snorted.

Nanko bounded up playfully to her side, and she smiled. "This is Nanko, he's my other bonded, and Elli's mate. Their Kitts are in high demand, and are expensive as a result; their Talents are rather powerful." Elli and Nanko bounced around each other, obviously happy to see one another.

"Adoptions are always limited; we don't have that many Anyix here, despite how it may look." Farasha gestured to the huge facility. "To apply, just drop me a line and let me know why you think you would be qualified to Bond." Her smile faded completely and she looked stern. "Anyix need a lot of care, especially when they're young. Once they get to be adults, it's not that much of an issue, but... think of it as raising a child. You have to devote time to them." Farasha patted Nanko on the head, and Nanko buzz/purred.



In a time the Anyix call the Chaos Age, when more and more Talents went unpaired and thus wreaked havoc across the pack-lands, Elli and Nanko were born.

Elli was a rare pyrokinetic, but Nanko was an even rarer precognitive. Years before, the Chaos Age had been prophesized, as had the solution:

And the so-called pure will fall to ruin, to the ruin of all, and the young ones will perish, and all will fall to Chaos. The east, there is your salvation, your saviors; in the sunrise.

Before his visions could erupt into full force during puberty, which would probably kill him if not drive him insane, Nanko convinced Elli to follow him into the sunrise, where the prophesized saviors would be.

It was a long journey, and they almost didn't make it several times. In the middle, completely unexpectedly, Elli hit puberty early. The resulting firestorm probably would have killed Nanko if he hadn't seen it coming; his own Talent was becoming more and more active.

Bedraggled, singed and exhausted, Elli and Nanko stumbled upon the ranch Farasha's parents had passed down to her upon their deaths. The bonding between Farasha and Elli happened almost immediately, and Elli was able to tell her about the Anyix and the lack of Balances.

It was then that Farasha proposed the solution - the human race wasn't Talented, as far as she knew, so it followed that they had to all be Balances. If they Anyix - or, those that wanted to - relocated to Farasha�s ranch, Farasha would be able to find Balances that would care for them and guide them.

Elli and Nanko were ecstatic; this exceeded their wildest dreams. Immediately, Elli and Farasha began planning Talent Haven. There rose a sudden and alarming obstacle before the plan could be implemented, however; Nanko hit puberty and his Talent flared to life.

What happened next was completely unheard of in Anyix society. Farasha tried, with Elli's help, to keep Nanko grounded in the present, despite his overwhelming visions of the future. In the middle of one of Nanko's most violent and disturbing visions, he reached out to Farasha and the two bonded. Never before had a Balance bonded with more than one Talent; it was unprecedented. Elli and Nanko concluded that it was just something special about humans.

Farasha promptly sold her horses, froze her assets, and set out on a journey with Elli and Nanko to the pack-lands. The news of the fulfilled prophecy and the salvation of the Anyix species came with an almost religious significance to the Anyix. They followed Farasha home in droves, populating her ranch to the point where it was bursting at the seams. This close to the human race, Balances suited to the Anyix were almost drawn to the ranch. Word soon got out, and Farasha began charging rather high sums for the adoption of Anyix, once the Chaos Age ended and it was clear that she would have to buy several more properties to make room for them all.

Physical Talents

Telekinesis - the ability to move objects with the power of the mind.
Pyrokinesis - the ability to control fire.
Hydrokinesis - the ability to control water.
Geokinesis - the ability to control the earth.
Atmokinesis - the ability to control wind.
Fulgeokinesis - the ability to control electricity and lightning

Mental Talents

Telepathy - the ability to speak mind-to-mind, access thoughts and memories, and sometimes even control an unwilling subject in strong cases.
Empathy - the ability to sense another's emotions, to project your own emotions, and to manipulate emotional states.
Precognition - the ability to see the future, more often than not in disorienting and sometimes disturbing visions. Precogs have described seeing the 'future' as seeing everything that could possibly happen with every decision.
Clairaudience - the ability to hear others from long distances.
Clairvoyance - the ability to see others from long distances, most often in a pool of water, mirror or other reflective surface, though exceptionally strong clairvoyants can see into the distance on the wind.
Psychometry - the ability to sense and object or person's past through contact. This is a somewhat crippling ability, as Anyix with it must were a sort of special boot to cover their paw-pads, or they might get more information then they bargained for.

Bonding is the act of forming a supernatural, telepathic and empathic bond with a Talent. The Talent and their Balance share thoughts and emotions, will always know each other's state of being and will definitely know when their bonded is stressed or in trouble.

Bonding happens at a time of great stress for the Talent, usually when their Talent first awakens or, in the case of Elli and Nanko, in a particularly strong manifestation of the Talent. The Talent and their Balance make eye contact, and it usually helps to be in direct contact. The link can be slightly painful to the Balance at first, because it must awaken their latent telepathy, but aside from that is a wonderful experience.

Balances for physical Talents act as direct power restrictors. They dampen the flow and magnitude of an active physical Talent so that the Talent can only access it in times of great emotional or physical stress. If the Balance is threatened with harm, the Talent will always break free.

For mental Talents, Balances act more as advisors and counselors. The mental Talents can wear on an Anyix's sanity and are extremely easy to misuse, so it falls to the Balance to be both a psychiatrist and a moral compass - obviously if the Balance's morals are bendable, the Anyix can easily be steered onto the wrong course.

Here you can find all sorts of items for your Anyix, from accessories to medication that can change an Anyix's natural rhythms.

Bracelets/Anklets



Metal bracelets come in gold, silver and copper, and can go on any foot or all four.

Jeweled Cuff (any color gems): 3,000
Plain Thick Cuff: 2,000
Thick Cuff with Charm: 3,000
Thin Bracelet: 1,000
Beaded Bracelet (any color beads): 3,000
Paw Ribbon: 1,000

Earrings



An Anyix can have as many earrings as will fit on his or her ear, studs, hoops or connected studs. Earrings also come in silver, gold or copper.

Plain Stud: 500
Small Hoops: 1,000
Large Hoops: 2,000
Plain Connected Studs: 2,000
Connected Studs with Charm: 3,000

Collars



An Anyix may only wear one collar at a time.

Spiked Collar: 3,000
Spiked Collar with Charm: 4,000
Leather Collar (any color): 4,000
Leather Collar with Charm: 5,000
Neck Ribbon: 2,000

Charms



Talent-specific charms can be added to any accessory where a charm is specifically mentioned. Accessories that do not specifically say "with charm" may not have a charm added. All charms come in silver, gold, copper and charm-specific colors.

Fire Charm: Copper pictured. Also comes in red or orange.
Water Charm: Silver pictured. Also comes in blue.
Lightning Charm: Gold pictured.
Earth Charm: Emerald pictured.
Wind Charm: Pearl pictured.
All-Seeing Eye Charm: Amethyst pictured. This charm looks best in Amethyst, although it does come in all metals as well.

Miscellaneous



Bells and bows come either in singles (for a tail accessory) or doubles (to be worn behind the ears). The ribbons come in any color, but bells only come in gold.

Ear Bows: 2,000
Tail Bow: 2,000
Ear Bells: 3,000
Tail Bells: 3,000

Wings



Just like the floating wings for Gaia avatars, these wings do not make an Anyix capable of flight. Wings come either in default, as pictured, or matching the Anyix. Matching angel wings have bands the color of an Anyix's mane. Matching demon wings have webbing the color of an Anyix's mane. This item is adult only.

Plain Angel Wings: 5,000
Custom Angel Wings: 7,000
Plain Demon Wings: 5,000
Custom Demon Wings: 7,000

Psycoprophaline



Given the upsetting nature of an Anyix's Talent, human laboratories have been hard at work on a synthetic Talent suppressant ever since first contact was made with the Anyix. After many years of research, they isolated the hormone that triggers an Anyix's Talent - psycophaline. With the hormone isolated, they were able to devise psychoprophaline, a drug that will halt production of psycophaline in an Anyix's brain. However, the side effect of halting the Talent is arresting an Anyix's growth at the kitt stage.

Psychoprophaline: 10,000

Somatostatin & Psychophaline



Once psychoprophaline was thought to have no cure - it was an irreversible treatment that took away all hope of an Anyix regaining their birthright - their Talent. Then it was discovered that by administering a combination of canine growth hormone, or somatostatin, and psychophaline, the effects of a psychoprophaline shot could be reversed. An Anyix who had previously undergone psychoprophaline treatment would be able to grow and age normally, and their Talent would also activate normally.

Somatostatin & Psychophaline: 12,000

1. Respect thy fellow RPer
2. The Anyix are my personal property. Do not edit, resell or manipulate your Anyix. If you get tired of owning an Anyix, I will possibly negotiate a price so you can sell it back to me.
3. Flatsales will happen when I want them to, same with auctions, raffles and other events. Don't bug me or you'll get a warning. Bug me repeatedly and you'll be on the Blacklist.
4. Role-play is not required, but it thrills the hell out of me. If you play your Anyix until the adult stage and gradually die off, I'm not going to do anything. If you never play your Anyix, I will not be a happy panda. I put a lot of time and effort into these critters.

Q. oh em gee, these things r so kewl!!!1!! im a poor n00b can i have 1?!
A. No. And if you PM me with that bad of grammar and spelling again, I reserve the right to post the letter on the blacklist and make fun of you publicly.

Q. I really do want one, and I think I would do a great job role-playing one, but I'm a couple hundred short. Can I have a discount?
A. No. The flatsale price is the flatsale price, period. It really isn't hard to get a couple hundred gald, even if it's just by surfing around.

Q. You n00b! Your art sux, get off the board!
A. You are blacklisted, congratulations!

Q. Do you do pet trades?
A. I would be thrilled beyond belief to trade an Anyix for something else. PM me if you want one.

Q. Do I direct-link my certificate?
A. Only until your Anyix reaches the adult stage, at which point you need to upload your certificate onto another host. My poor Photobucket account can only take so much!

Q. I just changed accounts. Can I change the account name on the certificate?
A. You need to PM me from your old account letting me know that you've changed - give me the new name you want on the certificate and I'll do it for you, free of charge.

Q. Can I pay in items?
A. Depends on what items you want to give me. Generally, I'll add up the resale value of all the items to make sure it meets your sale price. If it's something I really want, though, I might give a discount. Let's just take that one on a case-by-case basis.

Q. Can I pay in stages?
A. Understand that if you pay in stages, you aren't going to get your Anyix until I have at least half of the sale price. If you fail to come through on the second half, I will blacklist you, end of story. I will remind you a couple of times first, though.

Q. Do you do customs/cosplays/character specifics?
A. They're more expensive. There's an entire section on them buggers below.

Q. Can I use Elli and Nanko as characters?
A. Because and ONLY because you asked, I WON'T blacklist you immediately and pound you in the head with a baseball bat until you're dead. NO, you may NOT use Elli and Nanko, are you high?!

* Anyix can breed once they reach adulthood, as many times as they wish. This shop supports hetero and homosexual couples.

* Once your Anyix has bred, you must wait until all of the current litter reach adulthood before breeding again.

* The breeding fee for couples with no RP basis for a litter is 3000 gold.

* The fee for couples with at least one complete RP as an IC basis for breeding is 2000 gold.

* Most litters will have three kitts. Depending on several factors, including how active you are in the shop and how active you are in RP, there may be up to five kitts in a litter.

* The owners of the parents get first pick of the litter, one each to keep, give away, hold an RP contest for, etc. If the parents are both owned by the same person, that person can still only have one kitt for free, to make everything fair.

* If the owners of the parents want to keep additional kitts, they can buy them from me for a reduced price of 500 gold.

* Any leftover kitts could go up for flatsale, auction, raffle, or as contest prizes.

* Check to make sure my breeding slots are open before sending in this form.



Breeding Slots:

Slot 1: Open!
Slot 2: Open!
Slot 3: Open!

I only accept trades when I'm not swamped under the demands of my own shop, or if it's a pet that I've been wanting for a while. If all my custom and cosplay slots are full, it's a fair bet that I won't be taking trades, unless you have an awesome critter. Multiple trades by the same person will be frowned upon.

To make things clear, a normal trade will get you a normal kitt, and I won't ask for anything special on my trade in return. A custom trade will get you a custom kitt. Make sure you specify in the request what type of trade it is. I do not take cosplay trades.

Slot 1:
Slot 2:
Slot 3:

Pets that I will drop everything for:

Sitara
Sion
Soquili
My Little Pony
Dream
Otter
Anubii
Ex Libris

If your pet or shop isn't on this list, no worries! I'll most likely still accept the trade; these are just the ones that I covet. I wants them, yes precious. The only thing that will probably get your pet trade denied is RP or journal requirement. I'm starting college this semester and barely have time to keep up with my own shop, much less trying to RP something else.

Farasha's other sites:

deviantART gallery
Desert Cat Productions
Idealism and Fatalism