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 Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:04 am
"Which path will you take?" the bzou asked. "The Path of Needles or the Path of Pins?"
"I'll take the Path of Pins," said the girl.
"Why then, I'll take the Path of Needles, and we'll see who gets there first."
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:08 pm
UPDATES RULES
-No posting here unless given permission. I run a pretty tight ship, but may have rp here in the future. If you're the staff or dropping off something, it's cool.
- If you are invited to post in this journal, it means the rp will be accelerated. I will be posting within the day you do, or one day after. We will move the rp along as quickly as possible so that the journal is not restricted from entry.
- I try to keep things timely. Feel free to poke me ONLY after I have not posted a response to you after a week's time.
- No godmodding in rp will be tolerated. I will ask your permission before I manipulate your character [to move the rp along] and you will treat me with the same respect. Or I simply shut down what we have going.
- Feel free to PM me! I like there to be a plot to a rp, though I realize not everything needs to be uber interesting. If you have an idea for what we should do, perhaps something Boone might be fit to help your character in/with, go on and run it by me.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:16 am
BOONE 
Name: Boone
Nickname(s): Bo (to affectionate acquaintences only)
Age (Appearance Wise): Mid-twenties or so
Age (Actual): Who’s counting? About 10.
Personality:
Charming (+) - Boone would like to come off as that roguish, but dashing, young genius that you have the pleasure of knowing. He has a very upbeat, if occasionally bawdy personality. He might sweep a dramatic bow when you first meet, or greet you like a long-lost friend. He’s so pleased to meet you, and you look so lovely/dashing today! Almost everything has a bit of a dramatic flair to it, worthy of attention at the very least. Though he might not always practice them, he knows his manners, and he’s fairly good with measuring how welcome his attitude is. Really, though, isn’t energy infectious? Sure, he’s a wolf, but how can you be suspicious of him when he’s being so good to you? Most people tend to like Boone at face value, and if they don’t, he’s not opposed to flattering or buttering anyone up to feel welcome. Yes, he can be a little eccentric at times and, yes, that was a sexual innuendo, but isn’t he interesting?
Independant (+/-) - Boone feels the itch of wanderlust often, and mostly travels from place to place. While he prefers to spend his nights indoors in a comfortable bed, it’s not entirely necessary. Those patrons who take him in get his gratitude, but little more beyond one of the performances he’s perfected. He has many friendly acquaintences, but no close friends to whom he answers or confides. So far, it’s worked pretty well for him. He doesn’t go out of his way to help others and, in turn, doesn’t expect anyone to help him either. While it means that he can take care of himself in many situations, it also means that he’s inept at taking care of others, even if he wanted to. Boone can be lonely, but it’s one of those things he stubbornly shakes away, in the same way that he tears himself from a place that has brought him too much comfort.
Cunning (+/-) - This trait doesn’t always mean he’s very diabolical. The wolf just likes to get what he wants, and will scheme in a manner that will bring him results the quickest. He doesn’t want to pay for lunch, so how about you buy it for him, and he tells you a tale? If his charming personality or force fails him, he will turn to subtlety. What does he need to do, who does he need to be to achieve his goal? The answer is not often elaborate, but with Boone, it can be creative. Perhaps someone is not getting along with him, and he really needs to make this connection work - he’ll go ask the neighbors about his target and plot a course of action that will wholly flatter or creep them out. More often than not, this is a method of problem-solving, but on the occasion that someone strong employs his ire, it can act as a measure of revenge. Still young, most of his ploys don’t pan out the way he wished them to.
One can gather that Boone does not believe in getting or giving anything for free, and believes that others must be coerced to giving him what he seeks. He never sees things as an equal exchange as much as he considers them a successful ploy. He is suspicious of charity.
Cowardly (-) - Even if he can’t die, pain hurts. Boone usually tries to come off as the master of his element, and he’s not afraid to employ force when it’s necessary. When faced with a greater adversary in strength, however, he will back down. Not by thinking that his actions/thoughts are wrong, mind, but because he is afraid. When conflict arises and he can’t be sure of its worth, or if he can overcome it, he will run. The tale of the First Child is one he can admire, but a course of action he never plans to take, no matter how much he likes the City People, thank you! The wolf isn’t entirely loyal to anyone but himself, and doesn’t believe he can love anyone enough to sacrifice his well-being for them. The only exception to this rule would be something like a scene in a play that needs violence... Even so, he’d rather not be the receiver.
Determined (+/-) - If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Boone, like anyone else, doesn’t like to fail. Actually, he kind of takes it as a personal offense to his character. He may be prone to fits of depression or anger after a particularly bad misstep, but he’s always back to try again unless something else distracts him. This could be chalked up to simple stubborness or vanity on his part, but it has tended to bring him favorable results. Even if he had to run away from a fight... he’ll be back, albeit with a new and (hopefully) successful tactic.
Envious (-) - Boone is guilty of coveting. This trait is more of an internal one, one which can present itself as only a slightly sour or melancholy disposition. Though he knows, logically, he should congratulate those more wealthy, lucky, or talented, he can't help but sometimes imagine himself in someone else's shoes. When he sees someone successful, he is inclined to weigh them against himself and, if they win out, he wonders how he has not been granted the same graces. Surely he's just as deserving? Or if someone has something he wants as a possession, it can drive him to thoughts of theft or duplication. He follows through on these urges very rarely; more often than not, he convinces himself that he has the better life. It is an insecurity he is aware of, but can't rid himself of. It also makes him a bit protective of what he has, especially when it comes to attention. Everyone deserves their spotlight - just not when it's Boone's turn. There is no quicker way to garner his fury than to steal his limelight. He might not always adhere to this etiquette himself, though...
Thoughts on the Forest: It had once been a place where he wished to linger, unknowing and suspicious of the barren city outside. Now, he feels it offers nothing for him. He doesn’t fear it, but he’s got no intention of returning to that frost-covered land. Library City is his playground now.
Thoughts of Book Children: They’re fun, even if he’s just making them make some sort of noise at him. They can converse with each other and he doesn’t have to do so much work in reading, hum, sing, all sorts of fun things. Largely his opinion depends on the individual, but everyone has a potential of being roped into his shenanigans, at least once.
Thoughts on City People: His adoring audience. Sometimes. Boone considers them a little exploitable so far as their love for literature and knowledge go. On the occasion he wishes for company or a place to stay, he’s not beyond dropping in on a stranger and using the fact that he’s a book child as a means of getting those things. He expects to be welcomed by all City People, and to be able to win over any who hesitate to accomodate him.
Physical Appearance:
Boone is overall dark in complexion, with soft, brown hair and eyes. He is tanned, despite Library City's lack of proper sunlight. For a man, his features are exceedingly delicate, his nose sloping down at a gentle curve while his brows peak high, but thin. Combined with the fact that he's let his hair go mismanaged to shoulder-length, he may come off as "pretty", while the narrowed cut of his eyes suggest "sly".
He often takes to clothes that are practical for his frequent traveling, but roguishly stylish. Often his trend tends to be wearing a mostly-dark ensemble with a swathe of color in efforts to impress the City People.
Of course, no matter the occasion, Boone's most prominent features are his second set of ears, distinctly canine, and his shaggy tail. These appendages are the same color as his hair, making it hard to distinguish his ears unless animated.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:00 am
HISTORY AND EXTENDED PROFILE
History:
Boone dwindled long in the Paper Forest until a Guardian rather forcefully urged him out. Once in the City, he ate out of boredom and fell asleep in a barren home on a soft bed. When he awoke, he found himself watched by strange, shadow creatures that spoke in smokey sigils and kept him locked within the home he had once seen as barren.
After some initial fighting and conflict, Boone was urged into learning by being rewarded with more morsels. Needless to say, after a while he found reading and conversing quite enjoyable. He’s never looked back since.
Boone’s obsession with plays first began with his foster family, to whom he would read aloud before it was time for all of them to rest. He learned how to monitor his tone in such a way that he could dramatize a tale and have his viewers hanging on his every word. It was an attention that he greedily absorbed, praise that he came to expect. When he came to realize that he could also act out certain scenes -oh!- how entertaining that was, and how proud he was to think, for a moment, he could be characters of things he had come to love. He was soon sitting on piles of books in the middle city, preeching his favorite tales to the silent passerbys, garnering admiration from strangers so easily.
Happiness faded when the plague presented itself closer to home. Boone had heard only little the strange disease consuming the City People in recent years, devastation only present in the stories of the First Child. One day, he returned home to find his mentor out of sorts, and his foster family very nervous. Days went by, and the one who had encouraged and monitored his talent began to fade away.
Boone did not linger to see the end of his mentor - he left his foster home and never returned. Before this incident, the wolf had never felt impending loss beyond the bottom of a bowl, and it confused and frightened him. The concept of death brought deep mourning and fear. Wishing to never be confronted with that sort of pain again, he's been on the move ever since, never settling down long, never allowing himself to become too attached. He’s no longer a pup, after all. He can take care of himself in a land so docile it’s almost sickening.
Hobbies: Reading to an audience, rehearsing lines and scenes on rooftops, reading, traveling, finding people to mooch off of.
Birthday: TBA
Favorite Things: Being the center of attention, getting his way, a good meal, acting (and performing a role correctly, if he’s lucky), moonlight strolls along the rooftops.
Hated Things: Failure, having something stolen from him (fury like none other), having his acting insulted, being laughed at (when it wasn’t his intention), recognizing his shortcommings, being held down/back for too long.
Story: The Path of Pins and Needles
Favorite type of Ending:
Favorite Illustration:
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By Woodroffe - He loves Red in this one, and the Wolf is doing a really convincing rendition of a hag, if he does say so himself.
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By Adrienne Segur. Such a dapper b*****d. Oh. Red’s there too.
Dreams: To have a troupe of bookchildren to perform with him on a grand stage. He’ll need to be one of the leads, of course.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:35 am
THE STORY The Path of Pins and Needles, also known as The Grandmother's Tale, began as an oral story passed through the French countryside in the Middle Ages. It has been more famously adapted into the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and has many other retellings.
Essentially, the story begins with a young girl being asked to take food to her grandmother, who lives in a cottage deep within the woods. On her way, she meets a werewolf (bzou) who asks about where she's headed and what she carries. After conversing, the bzou invites the girl into a friendly competition by suggesting they take separate paths through the woods, and see who can reach the grandmother's cottage first.
They split, and the bzou gets to the cottage first. He devours the grandmother and dresses in her clothing in order to fool the girl upon her arrival. In a few versions, he keeps parts of the grandmother (which the girl finds later and realizes the trick) and offers them to the girl as food and drink.
The ending is highly varied, but mostly the girl escapes the bzou, who either drowns after chasing her or is killed by a passing huntsman/woodsman.
It's suggested that many symbols are involved, depending on the telling of the story. The path of "pins" and "needles" are an allusion to sewing terms, and may either be a nonsense riddle or symbolic of sexuality. A full and helpful essay (one I took into consideration for character creation) can be found here.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:00 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:01 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:01 pm
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