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This is a journal for Jessie-kat to use as she coaxes her Fenthry out of its feather and has lots of fun adventures with it.

Please don't post here unless Jessie-kat has given you permission!

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.::. Regarding Posting .::.

Encouraged to post...
- Marushii -
- Owyln -
- Fluffy Fox P-chan -
- D-chan Spiro -

Other Fenthry owners may post.
Other Gaians, please PM me before you post.
Thank you!

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Jessie-kat, properly Jessica Felidae and more commonly known as The Kat or J-chan, is a very rare sight in Gaia -- completely human, without a trace of magical ability or animalistic traits, unless you count the plush kitty ears and tail which seem to be a consistent part of her wardrobe. She considers herself a mother to Tenera and Viridis, and while Jessie is flighty and scatter-brained, she has proven to be a very adept guardian indeed.

Marushii is Jessie's sister, although the genetics involved -- a human, siblings with something of a kitsune/deer/persocom -- are a little too dense to decipher. Marushii also owns a Fenthry, and lived next door to her sister when Jessie still lived in the apartment complex; now, however, the wall has been torn down between the two rooms, and Maru graciously inhabits both. The two own a plot of land in the country, where Marushii keeps horses and J-chan keeps big cats.

Owyln has become a closer part of Jessie's life than she would have ever previously realized. Something of a man crossed with a cat -- or possibly a bear? -- he owns the bed and breakfast where the kitty-girl and her brood now take up residence; the romance between the two has gone unspoken for a while now, although that may soon change...

D-chan Spiro is another of Jessie's dearest friends -- truthfully, she has claimed the coveted spot of "best friend" in J-chan's secret opinion. Something of a fox girl, D also owns fenthry, but as she lives out in the forest is a rare visitor -- that isn't to say that the kitty-girl isn't willing to take the occasional hike to see her best fluffy-foxy friend, however.

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Tenera is Jessie's first fenthry. Due to her mother's depression early in her childhood, Tenera's social skills are rusty at best, and she is often at a loss for proper methods of communication and behavior. Her interests include drawing and collecting baubles, which she insists are inspiring and beneficial to her artsy work.

Viridis is Jessie's second fenthry. The kitty-girl adopted him as a sibling for Tenera, in the desperate hope that he would help to ease the elder creature's loneliness and be a good companion. He's turned out to be more of a challange than she would have first believed, however; a technology-geek with a penchant for destroying mechanical things, it's a wonder Owlyn hasn't yet tossed them out of the house for Viri's once rewiring of the refrigerator alone.

Molly belongs to J-chan's dear friend, Owyln. While Tenera is fond of Molly, there seems to be a legitimate gap between the two fenthry -- Molly is nigh fluent in French, and Tenera... well... isn't. Their recent residency together seems to have mended some of this gap; hopefully they'll turn out to be better friends than before. Viridis doesn't seem to care much for Molly, and J-chan does whatever she can to separate the two, since the little techno-geek tends to be rather cruel with taunts and the like.

Kurenai and Koe are two sibling fenthry that belong to a similar friend of the family, a fox-girl by the name of Dani. Tenera is unfamiliar with either of them, but -- being so fond of Dani -- still regards them as friends, if slightly tenuous ones. Viridis has not yet reached an opinion, since he hasn't really met either.

Kaji and Maya are Tenera's cousins of sorts, belonging to her aunt Marushii. Tenera regards Maya nearly as a little sister of her own, and Kaji... Kaji makes her heart go pitter-patter, although she is disinclined to reveal such private information and would go to great lengths to punish those who did. Viridis is annoyed by Maya and Kaji alike, although secretly he harbors affectionate feelings for the aqua dancer, he hasn't yet figured out how to express them without looking like a total moron.

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When one charades as a cat, pets are -- of course -- a given.

Most of these pets are, at their largest, the size of a house-cat; the others reside at the sisters' co-owned share of land and are visited weekly.

J-chan has come to regret an earlier vow to herself to rid the house of any pets who find it difficult to peacefully coexist with little fenthry -- moving P-chan, her pet kitsune, to the countryside to live with a farmhand was one of the hardest things she has ever done. But...
Tenera and Viridis are more than worth it.


Kitty-girls must own kitties, and Tip, Tick, and Tock fit the bill perfectly. Visitors should take care not to trod upon the tails or feet of any of these precocious felines, lest they find themselves the brunt of some heinous plot... because really, what better things have three cats to do with themselves?</center>

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My little Tenera, before I persuaded her from her feather!

It took some work, but eventually Tenera began to trust me and emerged from her feather-form -- while I was at the shop, no less! heart

Seemingly overnight, my Tenera has grown from a child into a young adult. She's speaking in full, coherent sentences, but seems subdued and withdrawn, turning to the arts in order to express herself... I've done something wrong with her upbringing, I know it.




In an attempt to thwart Tenera's obvious loneliness (the cats just weren't doing it, unfortunately and obviously enough), I adopted her a younger sibling. Okay, okay, I admit it... we both fell for him when we seen him in the glass display.

His emergence apparently stimulated by the "magnetic aura" (so claims Tenera) of an old computer I picked up from a pawn shop, Viridis has finally shown himself to be just as pretty as I thought he would be. Too bad his name (meaning "green" in Latin) doesn't quite fit anymore...

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06.13.04 : Bought Tenera this morning, and met a new friend, Owyln! heart Marushii also got a Fenthry, but she hasn't named hers yet...
06.14.04 : Tenera moved! And whispered!
06.16.04 : As I was visiting the Fenthry Preservation Society HQ, Tenera decided it was time and emerged from her feather! She's such a beautiful little girl, I can't believe how lucky I am...
(( 07.01.04 : Have come down in real life with some sort of cold, going on semi-hiatus (will try to manage a post or two here or there) until I get over it. Shouldn't be more than a few days, a week at absolute tops. ))
07.09.04 : Not sure when it happened... Seemingly overnight, Tenera has grown into a young adult. What sort of parent am I? I hardly noticed the transition...
(( 07.12.04 : Took a little longer than I expected, but I'm back now, for good. 3nodding Gifts of comforting hugs and chai tea would still be appreciated, however. ))
07.17.04 : I purchased for Tenera a little brother! He is an adorable little blue and green feather, with a ripple (though Louhi called it a "bulls eye" wink pattern.
07.21.04 : While I was messing around with an old computer I picked up at a pawn shop, Viridis emerged from his feather! Tenera suggested perhaps the little device was somehow magnetic (she claimed she felt an odd aura from it)... I wonder if that's true?
08.??.04 : Can't remember exactly when, but Tenera, Viridis, and I all moved in with Owyln, the boy I met when I first found out about the fenthry.
08.20.04 : Owyln proposed to me. I accepted and -- OH MY GOD I'M GETTING MARRIED! eek
(( 09.01.04 : Wtf? This morning my Photobucket account decided to start wigging out... moving important signature images to a temporary host, but this thread is too graphics-intensive to do that, so they'll have to stay broken for a short while until I can get it fixed/find out what's wrong. Sorry for the inconvenience. ))

'im coming, im coming!'

Owyln shouted as he was holding the new curtains from outside the van, his face pale as a sheet from that little adventure out. he staggered towards the door though his sketchpad placed neatly ontop of the new silk curtins. He put a eyebrow up at the old ones though, they almost looked like the same ones his father had had in his darkroom bar the floral patterns, and he had always detested his fathers taste in fashion.

'where do you want them?'

he questioned managing to heave himself to the door.

'yeah shes just in the back, and im Owyln nice to meet you'

Owyln said with a slight nervous chuckle as normally this would be the point that he would shake hands but with his arms rather full with the curtain and his beloved scrap book there was a lot he could do bar give this girl a little nod. He stepped back though indicating for her to go in and almost giving her a friendly smile with the sort of look that said; i don't bite you know.

'sorry i forgot, im a fellow feathry owner, sorry not to say that you must think im some random stranger...'

Owyln treads in carefully setting the new curtains down underneath the old tattered ones, now hanging half on and half off the rod. he nodded towards both girls before gently resting his large scrapbook down onto the side board next to the tiger striped book he had gotten his new friend. he though brought his hands to rest onto his hips watching the pair of them with an almost amused smile, his long floppy blue hair whisping over his eyes as he stood there laiden with thought for those few seconds.

'you have a point...the old ones look really awful'

he said nodding as he decided to leave the pair of them to chat before walking up towards the curtain neatly sliding the curtain pole out of its fastenings at the top of the wall. He smiled at his work slipping the shiny rod of the new one up before grabbing the nearest screwdriver, a few nails fastenings held within his teeth as he got to work.