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Daeskin look like small people, half animal, half human. They come in a variety of types, some rarer than others. They begin life as a spirit orb, the manifestation of an innocent soul, and slowly solidify into a child. Once they solidify, they begin to grow, and soon reach adulthood. As a spirit orb, they cannot look after any animals; they can begin to take in animals once they solidify into a child.

There are eleven main, reoccurring types of daeskin. Others may show up depending upon the time of year in which they manifest. The eleven main types of daeskin in ascending order of rarity are lupkin, beatkin, bikin, mokin, forkin, topkin, markin, tamkin, sivkin, and belkin. They come in a variety of colors, although each type of daeskin has several generic or common colors. These will be available in certain quantities, depending on the color and the rarity of the daeskin. Princes will range from 1-2k. More individual/seasonal colors will be available in occasional flatsales, auctions, raffles, etc. and will probably be a bit more expensive than the generic colors.

Here’s an example of a generic color for each type of daeskin. The spiritual orb colors are the same for all daeskin of that type. They meant something at one point (as did the symbols on the orbs) but they no longer mean anything other than showing the type of daeskin the orb will solidify into. Again, these are in ascending order of rarity.

Roleplaying. Always an important question in any pet shop-is roleplaying required? Is there even roleplaying?

Well, to be honest, I do not like to roleplay in groups. I am, right now, not even interested in meeting new people to roleplay on a one-on-one basis with; I’m happy with the tiny group of friends I have now. However, I love to watch groups of people roleplay, I love the idea of rewarding people for roleplaying, and I know many people like to roleplay. Therefore, I’m willing to hire a roleplaying director if anybody’s interested. The roleplaying director will have access to the mule (yet to be made), will run the roleplaying thread, can make suggestions and be a part of discussions related to all parts of the shop, and will receive 10% of profits (payed at the end of every week…everything else goes to me). The 10% is somewhat negotiable.

I expect the roleplaying director to be imaginative, a good writer, somewhat assertive (so they can lead plots and keep any potential godmoders, etc. in line), and friendly. If you’re interested in applying for roleplaying director, fill out this form:

In addition, please post (in a separate post) an example of your roleplaying skills. Length, subject, etc. are all up to you-show me your best! It's fine if it's a cut bit from an RP you've already done, just make sure it makes sense on its own.

Applicants

Whether or not I get a roleplaying director, roleplaying will never be mandatory. However, it will probably be the only way to get certain animals.

I’d really like the opinions of everybody, of course. Tell me what you like about the idea, what you don’t like, what I could change, etc.

As an endnote, here's the first ever daeskin, my sivkin Llocke. She's modeling the cert for you. There are a few colors for the border and background available, and there's also an indoor background. In the future some other ones (snowscape, forest, etc. for example) will most likely be available.

The Donkey...I mean, Mule;

So, this shop is going to need a mule...what sort of avatar should the mule have? I'm open to suggestions, although of course I am messing around myself on tektek.org because I loooove to tektek. Here's a few possibilities I've got so far.

The Musical Sheep



The Literal Cowgirl



The Obligatory Catgirl



The Overwhelmed Caretaker