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 Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:52 pm
Pohlar is a city of charming streets, busy with people and full of life. The old town is famed for its historical monuments, narrow streets and charming atmosphere. The city also has the biggest selection of modernist architecture.
The Glacians are slender but tall people,with almond shaped eyes and black or dark brown hair.They spend their days fishing,making flower arrangements,and cooking. They earn most of their money by selling the fresh caught fish to the other nations,selling the unique flower arrangements,and by performing their creative,thoughtful dances,which also tell a story.Glacians enjoy throwing a good party which lasts from sundown till sunup and is full of their tasty drinks such as Umeshu,Sake,Sangria,Pocari Sweat,and Ramune. And the sweet and spicy cookings such as Ramen,Oden,Chanko Nabe,and Yakitori.These are typically flavored with dashi, miso, and soy sauce and are usually low in fat and high in salt.
Glacians are also famous for their cooking.
Through a long culinary past, the Glacians have developed a sophisticated and refined cuisine. In recent years, Glacian food has become fashionable in many countries. Dishes such as sushi, tempura, and teriyaki chicken are some of the foods that are commonly known and cooked in many nations.
People in Glacia are famous for their many artisitcal talents such as Ikebana.
Ikebana is the Glacia art of flower arrangement. It has gained widespread fame for its focus on harmony, color use, rhythm, and elegantly simple design. It is an art centered greatly on expressing the seasons, and is meant to act as a symbol to something greater than the flower itself.Today Ikebana is widely practiced in Glacia.
The four traditional theatres from Glacia are noh, kyogen, kabuki and bunraku. Noh had its origins in the union of the sarugaku with music and dance made by Kanami and Zeami Motokiyo. Among the characteristic aspects of it are the masks, costumes and the stylized gestures, sometimes accompanied by a fan that can represent other objects. The noh programs are presented in alternation with the ones of kyogen, traditionally in number of five, but currently in groups of three. The kyogen, of humorous character developed itself in sarugaku. In kyogen masks are rarely used and even if the plays can be associated with the ones of noh.Kabuki represents the dances of Izumo no Okuni.
The town is lined with three types of trees. The Sakura(cherry blossom),Ume, and Momiji. Planted along the streets are a range of flowers. The Hasu,Mokuren,Boke,Tsubaki and Ajisai to make the town look more festive and invite to people so as to draw in more visitors.
Here are some pictures of the beautiful Pohlar. Under the dotted line is a picture of the back side of Pohlar http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s356/lmariettap/DSC_0105.jpghttp://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s356/lmariettap/DSC_0106.jpghttp://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s356/lmariettap/DSC_0095.jpg<-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------> This is the most back side of Pohlar. It is at the cliffs edge. Attacks from this side are rare as the centrys positioned along the wall can see enemies coming long before they arrive. As an added discouragement and bonus for the city,the cliff is steep and provides little to no places for an attacking army to grab to climb the wall. http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m59/Spicy_Canuck/IMG_1676.jpg
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:55 pm
In the crowded streets of Pohlar a rather different figure walked amonst the people this evening it seemed, the distant vampire Metal. Three gold rings held against each wrist clinging and clanging as he walked, but with little to no noise; same went for the dark chain linked collar that he adorned on his pale skined neck. Dark hair covered over his pale slender face, purple orbs seemed to flash from behind the dark veil of hair as he walked, allowing his waist long hair to flow behind him. His right arm was hiked up against his toned pale bare chest as he walked, clinging to a small bag as he carried it over his shoulder.
A couple of things lay within the bag he carried, but they were for his eyes only, his long torn robe dragged the cold stone sity street while he made his long stride to no where it seemed. His body flashed many forms of tattoo's and designs that covered his arm, the writing on the back of his neck and the runes drawn within the black ink showed to everyone yet hidden.
As he walked his form kept bumping into people at random times, though to Metal he merely excused himself and kept his body moveing he wasn't bumping into these citizens on accident, he was taking from them with each hit into the shoulder or back. Makeing the target move and act as if he were merely making a mistake by running into them; them casually slipping a couple of coins or bags of gold from said person. He continued to do this for a while until he finally found himself trailing off into a small alleyway, back from the main street he looked out from the darkened corner and stared at the many walking around.
He stared seeing many setting up flower stands and water shows, more so ladys and men dancing in the streets from money as well, and some that did it just for fun; he merely watched on thinking to himself. 'Pathetic...they don't even see it...no peace treaty will ever hold....someone always wants more...' he then looked down staring at the long katana that held to his side, and the white strap that held what seemed like a bloodstained design upon the strap. 'They'll never learn....well not until its too late...' He still thought to himself.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:20 pm
Kurai sat on a stone bench,one of many which surrounded the fountain in the street. She felt slightly out of place here. The people were so different from what she was used to. No drunks traipsing about the place. No people boasting they were the best fighter. Noone demanding a fight or stealing. Or the strange lady with her odd robotic monkeys..The people were so carefree...peaceful. And the clothing. She was not used to being so carefully dressed. She wore a dark blue Furiyori with gold stitched fish and lighter blue stitched waves upon it. Her eyes were carefully lined in black,and her lips a startling shade of red. Her hair was carefully pinned up,and escaped strand hanging down across her left cheek. Her crimson eyes studied the people. She studied one man in particular. The pale man who stood out among these earth toned people. he did not belong here anymore than she did
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:28 pm
Looking out towards the middle of the street he noticed the one woman sitting on the bench by herself, her eyes said everything; she was confuzed why was she there. He smirked somewhat though as he did his head turned so as not to show her he was watching her as she did him. Finally he took the golds within in hand and the other small bags and lifted from his robe a large bag and placed said coins and bags into his large one. Then he placed it into the robe once more; turned and rotating into the crowd his form seemingly disappeared. Though he was making his way towards the fountain and slowly wlaked through the middle of the people pushing a couple from his form but not taking money from them this time only to move them. Now he appeared one seat down from the women his body leaned forward a bit as his right elbow rested on his knee, allowing his ahnd to hold his head while his purple orbs stared at the woman while she looked aorund herself.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:39 pm
Kurais' tail would flick slightly,as if protesting being hidden beneath the clothing. She frowned slightly as the man seemed to disappear. She had enjoyed watching another whom did not fit in here. She had felt less out of place for a moment. she let out a soft sigh,scowling down at one of the fish on her clothing. She should not have agreed to come here. She stood out. Out of the corner of her eye,she seen the man again. When had he sat upon that bench? She had been so absored in her thoughts,she must have missed it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:44 pm
While he sat there more of his long hair fell down against his face now touching the ground as he sat there, he looked at her surprize as he sat there just watching her, thus making him smile as he stared. Soon he stood and then faded back into the background once again. His body moved the opposite way this time, moving towards her than away, though this time he appeared on the right side moveing from the crowd and now behind her. He stood behind her for a moment before slowly taking a couple of steps towards her form. Reaching inside his robe off to the right side, his right hand now lay hidden as he now stood right behind her. "So....why are you here....?" his voice spoke as if cold as the winter air, his eyes lay hidden behind dark strands of his hair.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:53 pm
She frowned once more. Had he realized she had been watching him? Was he now toying with her. She sighed softly,shaking her head. Hearing his voice directly behind her, she let out a string of curses as she lept up,stumbling unsteadily due to the Okobo on her feet. She was unaccustomed to them. she had let her gaurd down without realizing it,"I was sitting here,enjoying the peaceful sound of the water and watching the people. Until you snuck up on me." She spat out,trembling slightly.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:58 pm
"Enjoying...." he whispered to himself as he stared at this one, his eyes flashed for a moment and then glacned around the area for a moment, the water was all he heard and the lady's voice as he blocked everything else out. "Your not from here...." speaking to her he turned and looked at the water as she trembled, why did she do something like that, did he scare her, or was she merely afriad of everyone. He smirked looking at the water flowing from the fountain, he moved closer to it and leaned down sticking the tips of his fingers within the cold water. "Do you have a mark.....?" he was speaking of a symbol to regonize her as a citizen of Glaica.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:03 pm
"What makes you think I am not from here? I have the same colour hair as they do. I dress as they do. I am at the town capital as is everyone else this night." She raised her chin,her crimson eyes full of wariness,"Of course I have a mark.. Everyone here wears the mark of the Goddess in one fashion or form." She arched one slender brow.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:09 pm
He smirked heairng her words as he slowly turned his head, though his left hands finger tips still rested in the fountain his eyes flashed once more, the right hand he had been hiding slowly was removed from his robe while he stared at this woman. "You don't smell like them...." he spoke to her, looking around glancing at the ones that lived here every day. "Besides...you picked me out at the alley way..." now slipping his hand from the fountain he shook his hand an while doing so small shards of ice were thrown from his hand to the stone floor. "Now now...it's not nice to lie......."
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:14 pm
"I am sure there are others who picked you out as well.Perhaps they were not so bold as to openly stare as I did? It would be hard for one so pale as yourself to go unnoticed in this place."As if she had much room to talk. she was slightly paler than these people here,"Who says I am lying about anything?"She would glance at the ice flicked from his hands as she surpressed a shudder,before she would raise her head definately.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:31 pm
Listening to her excuses he stared not blinking as he stood before her, his hand cold now due to the waters touch yet another factor was being played within the area around this man's form. While purple orbs glared from behind black strands of hair his pale lips slowly curved into a small smirk. "Your nothing like these people..." turning around in a full circle he looked around himself and then stared back at her. "Sure you can dress and try to act as such, but the one's that do notice won't hesitate..." he was actually speaking of himself in terms of future. "If you bare a mark then lets see it..." he whispered now speaking softly taking a step closer to the woman. As he stood there he looked down at the three gold bracelets adorning his left arm, he slowly opened his hand and slimmed it as his fingers pointed down allowing him to slipp two of the three brace's off. There lay a tattoo the symbol of the goddess and Glacia, though it seemed as if a scar was going through the middle of it diagonally, but one could still tell it was the mark of the goddess.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:40 pm
She would glare up at the man,her ears laying flat back against her head. Cocky b*****d. Her eyes shifted to the tattoo he showed as she arched her brows. She had not thought to tattoo herself. Though it would have been something more of her choice rather than the symbol. Reaching inside her furiyori,she would pull out a delicate looking chain. In the middle of the chain was they symbol of the Goddess,shining brightly in the dull lamp lights.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:47 pm
"Hehehe...." he smirked. "You fall behind your false gods and hope to be protected...." he turned from her. "Such a waste of time praying and hopeing....." now he started to walk off as he began to speak to no one in particular. "Replant the seed that gives growth, still shrouded in mystery, until you arise above perception....The battle raged on and on, fuelled by the venom of hatred for man, consistently without the eyes to see...." He then stopped before entering the crowd and turned staring at her with eyes glowing as if some evil creation had taken hold of his body. "Tell me your name.....?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:54 pm
"I hide behind noone. I have no need to hide..She is real..She is very real..."she muttered under her breath,ducking her head.She peered at him from behind her hair,a scowl set on her face," I have no need, no reason to tell you my name Sir."
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