Asellus's Tohopka Journal

[Asellus]

Owner Info

Gaian Name:Asellus
Nicknames:Ase, Ase-chan, Minditha, Scary person...(Just kidding...XD)
Age:16
Likes:Friendly people, singing/music of any type, nighttime, stars, thunderstorms, poems, people who aren't afraid to joke around and be a little perverted once and awhile...XD
Dislikes:Noobs, people who can't read the rules, disrespectful people,annoying people....(Why do I have this feeling that I'm just decribing the same thing?)
Loves:Comments/CONSTRUCTIVE critisism (Not posted here however...*points to the PM button* HINTHINT), all my friends and wifeys out there...( xd ), gifts....who doesn't! XD
Picture: None as of yet.  

[Asellus]

Rules

~No posting unless you've asked and I've given permission.
~When you do post, make is appropriate please.
~All gaian rules apply!
~Respect me and I'll respect you.
~Rules may be subjected to change or some might be added, but I will post it under updates.
 

[Asellus]

Guest Stars (aka. my other pets)

~Illdon - Eidechse


Profile:
Position in the "household": Leader/Protector/Eldest
Attributes/Abilities: Human speech, incredibly strong and agile for his size.
Personality:Quiet, layed back and loves to sit back and merely observe. However, at the slightest hint of danger all this shatters and he becomes extremely focused and protective. He takes his unannouced positions very seriously, and will not hesitate to do whatever it takes to get those under his protection away safely.

~Zozma - Caelith


Profile:
Position in "household":Scientist/Hermit...XD
Attributes/Abilities:Ever since his transformation he's gained the ability of human speech...and intellect...and just about everything else that a human can do and MORE. Despite his looks he's incredibly fast and strong almost to the point of being inhuman...well he's not really a human anyway. He also as the ability to make the green markings on his arms, and his eyes glow. So in a sense he can 'see in the dark'. Because of this, his eyes are incredibly sensitive to foreign light.
Personality: While he still has a bit of a mishevious streak left over from his young days, he's become much more isolated and a bit of a recluse. He spends most of his time hidden away reading or experimenting and stuff of that sort. Oddly enough, he still despises being alone, but can tolerated it better. What makes this a problem is that there are few he can stand be around, the main two being the mistress of the house, and his eternal playmate Dante.
The Valiant Cry - Aershaa


Profile
Position in household:Grand pillar of support
Attributes/Abilities:Minor teleportation, energy swelling, and flight.
Personality:He's the kind that supports everyone else from the shadows, taking no credit for himself. He tends to have different effects on different people, ranging from inspiration, assurance, agitation, or anything else that tends to make others react. He himself is a very calm and aloof individual, and tends to like his space. He is rarely seen around the household.  

[Asellus]

Updates
~12/10- Eggy!
~12/14- First post!
~12/17- Eggy hatched! Too bad I was sleeping...XD
~12/18- Posty!
~1/16- Yay, I'm not dead!
~5/21- Ase is back! And finally moving in to her new journal! Big update!
~8/1- Ase is back for real! Updated the guest stars since they've all grown.
 

[Asellus]

~Discovery!

It had been a simple and ordinary day for the most part. Asellus was up before the crack of dawn, waking all the other inhabitants of her house rather unwillingly. After the usual hustle and bustle of getting thing ready for the day, she stepped out of the house, yelling for Illdon to take care of things untill she got back, as she scurried out and closed the door behind her.

It was now a routinely ritual for her, to go on her morning jog through the edge of the woods. For the most part that was ordinary too, aside from the unusual quiet that was normally filled with small animals scurrying about, while birds sang. She was still to asleep to really pay it any mind though and continued on her way.

She stopped at her usual spot, huffing slightly as she steadied herself on an old tree trunk that had long been seperated from the rest of the tree. Leaning against it to catch her breath, she couldn't help but look around and notice something didn't seem right. Nothing was new about the clearing, suddenly as she turned her head, a red glimmer caught her vision and left. She turned her head again and stopped when she saw it, before approaching it carefully. There was something red and shiney beneath the bush at the far end of the clearing.

Kneeling beside said bush, she took her hand and gently brushed away the tangled mess of overgrown leaves and sticks and branches and stuff untill the object was in plain sight. It was an egg, that much could be told. But it was the purest shade of ivory marred by black zig-zagging stripes that looked to be scratched on the front. Even more peculiar were what appeared to be the shards of ruby (or something similar) embedded into it. With a careful hand she rubbed her hand along the black marks, it was just as smooth as the rest proving that it was natural. Hesitantly she scooped the egg up in one hand and stood, fearing she'd loose her balance that way and fall with the egg in her hand. Craddling it in one arm and rubbing her free hand across the surface she couldn't help but sigh lightly. It felt warm and... a feeling she couldn't describe. It was that feeling you get when you borrow something from a friend but it turns out that said item was your in return. You know it's yours just by the feel, and that's the feeling she got from this.

Deciding to save the questions untill she got home, she craddled the egg deep in her arm so it'd be safe and jogged home. She couldn't help but grin slightly as she pushed the door to her house open. Illdon and Zozma were in the other room, she could hear them. Suddenly she called out, the grin never leaving her face. "Hey guys, come look at what I found on my jog!"  

[Asellus]

~Strange Happenings/ Anticaption!

The past week had gone by, slowly and very regularly for the most part. Even with the discovery of the egg things hadn't become much different except for the random peeks by everyone into Asellus' room where the egg has been nestled in a nest of cloth that sat on the stand right beside her bed. Halfway through the week was when Asellus began to notice something peculiar.

The egg seemed to react to certain things that happened outside of its' protective shell. Like the egg could actually sense that you were there. It was kinda unnerving at first but it was something that just seemed to fall into place with the rest of odd quirks that made up her life.

It had been late Wednsday night, and outside the whether had become... rather nasty. Pouring rain, lightning flashing across the sky, accompanied by a crash of thunder afterwards. Asellus had stayed awake of her own free will to watch out the storm, it was a show to her. However about halfway through the night, after a particular large crash of lightning, she heard a bump, from the hallway accompanied by a squeak before her door slowly began to creep open. It creeked lightly as it opened agonizingly slow and as soon as it was open enough, a small creature shot across the floor and bolted into bed with her, shivering beneath the covers.

Asellus sighed, knowing exactly what was going on and was quick to dig under the covers and pull out the frightened Zozma. The poor creature was soaking wet and shaking like a leaf. This however puzzled her, why was he outside? Especially since she knew he hated this kind of weather. Then it dawned on her, Illdon had taken a liking to this whether when he was a child, and Zozma and accompanied him, on fear that he'd be left alone. Sighing she wrapped the small creature up in the edge of one of her blankets and craddled him against her chest. She began hum something then, a completely random tune that came to mind as she continued. Shortly after it had broken into full fledge song, using poetry verses for lyrics, or more like anything that came to mind. Shortly after, Zoz had fallen asleep, his shaking had stopped, and his breathing was even. She had then casted a seemingly random glance over to the egg that was nestled in blankets on her night stand. To her suprise, it was glowing slightly. Well not the entire egg but the embedded red jewels were. With a cautious hand she ran her hand over the surface to find that the egg was un-naturally warm.

Panic was the first thing that came to mind. What if something was wrong? What if it was sick? Asellus really didn't know if an egg could get sick, but there was always a possibilty. However, there was absolutely nothing she could do now. She'd have to wait untill morning.

So then morning came, and the egg was cool, as if last night had never taken place.

So the egg could react to stuff going on around it, well that was kinda creepy, yet intriguing at the same time. So Asellus had over the past few days began talking with it, singing to it, evening bringing it on her morning jogs with her if it wasn't too cold out. The reaction was the same everytime, the jewels would glow slightly, and it would get warmer. All of this lead Asellus to wonder, just what exactly would come out of the egg when the time finally came.

 

[Asellus]

~Suprise suprise!

Asellus awoke with a yawn as she shifted slightly in her bed and stared up at the ceiling. She was in one of those modes where you can think clearly, but you have no idea what's going on around you physically. Her thoughts were brought back to the previous night. All night long she had heard strange noises. Crackling sounds, squeaks that sounded a lot like something that would come from Zozma, and creeking, which came from the floor boards when someone who didn't know where to walk and where the squeaky boards were. Multiple times she had gotten up and searched for the culprit, thinking that maybe Zozma couldn't sleep again and was wandering around. But she had found him curled up next to Illdon sleeping peacefully. After awhile the noises ceasest and she fell asleep.

Stretching slightly in her spot, she blinked in confusion when she felt the comforter pull slightly as if there was something next to her. Without a glance, and with a small grin, she reached her hand down to pet the creatures head. "Morning Zoz, couldn't sleep?" When the creature hadn't responded she sat up looking down only to notice that the creature beside her was indeed not the fuzzy little caelith, but a much larger creature.

Taking in a calming breath she suddenly squeaked and rolled off the bed, away from the unknown being and slunk into the corner. Startled by the noise, said creature squeaked as well and dashed off of the bed and into the opposite corner, taking the blanket with him so his form was hidden beneath it.

Finally, something clicked in her mind. The creatures colors looked remarkably familiar. Red, white and black... where had she seen that pattern before? Standing up she glanced over at her night stand, not really all suprised when she noticed nothing was there except for a chunk of the shell. Slowly and curiously she made her way to where the new creature was huddled in the corner shaking. It took her a few moments to get a plan in her head as to how to approach this situation. Afterall she didn't want her new friend to be afraid of her, that wouldn't work at all. Grabbing the edge of the blanket she slowly began to pull it away in an attempt to get a better look at the creature. However as soon as his head was exposed he took off, darting underneath the bed.

"Hey it's okay...." She murmmered as she slid across the floor and next to the bed. She craned her neck to look down beneath the bed. She frowned at what she saw. The poor thing was huddled back against the wall shaking, its' face hidden from view by it's twin tails that were coiled around itself. She attempted to reach out to him with her hand but he only shied back away before curling up again. Retracting her hand, she sat back in a crouched position. She needed to find a way to get him to come out. She could always call Illdon or Zozma to help her....but she didn't feel like scarring the poor creature for life.

With a hopeless sigh she sat back down on the bed, carefully as to not spook the creature below. She pulled her knees up and scooped the nearest book up and popped it open. Her new pet would have to come out sooner or later, and she'd be here waiting.

A few hours past, an Asellus was beginning to get impatient, but it didn't show. She had been reading the same poetry book for 3 hours, and she'd read over the same poems at least 5 times a piece. She looked at another, rolling her eyes as she looked away and recited it word for word without looking. Just as she had finished she heard a slightly rustling noise coming from underneath the bed. She peered over the side to see only the creature's nose sticking out from underneath the skirt. Leaning back to her book, she began to read off another poem. This time she actually read the poem instead of reciting it like a broken record. After each phrase she heard more scratching and soon enough when she finished the poem, the little creature was completely out from underneath the bed and it's head and front paws were visable to her as he peered over at the book she was holding. Suddenly it looked up at her eye for eye. His ears suddenly drooped and he looked as if he was about to hide again.

Making a move before he ran away again she patted the bed next to her and motioned for him to join her. He dissapeared off the side of the bed. She frowned for a moment thinking she might have scared him off when suddenly he hopped up at the foot of her bed. Cautiously he approached her, twin tails beneath his legs and his head bent, ears drooped. Saddened by his behavior, she reached out and stroked his head gently once he was at arms length. He had taken a few more steps towards her before he realized she was petting him, that's how light her touch was. He looked up at her hopefully only to get himself scooped up in her arms. He struggled for a moment, unsure of what was happening, but that ceased when he found himself nestled in bunch of blankets in her lap.

She bent over slightly and whispered to him. "I'm sorry if I scared you or gave you the wrong impression. I just didn't expect to wake up and find you laying next to me." She kissed the top of his head lightly and picked up the poetry book, quietly reciting some of her favorite poems for both of them.  

[Asellus]

~Yay for newborns...

The first few days after the hatching had been slightly hectic. Asellus had decided to keep the newborn isolated for a bit untill he could get the basics down. Like walking for instances. Apparently the mad dash from the bed had been a fluke of sorts and the young creature could barely stand now. So she took to bringing in food everyday, and for the most part, living in her room.

Keeping the others out of her room wasn't too much of a problem. However, once the young Tohopka had learned to walk, it was the chore of keeping him inside that was the hard part. Despite this, whenever the young'in began to feel bored or restless she'd just whip out a poetry book and within seconds her precious was laying in her lap, enraptured by every word that came from her mouth.

At night time it was quite hard to get the baby to settle down and go to sleep, even if it was 3:00am. Although he was never very energetic, he must've had a lot of energy stored because he NEVER slept. However once in awhile he did managed to calm down enough to sleep. His sleeping spot of choice was on the bed pressed up against the headboard where most people place their head while sleeping.

Well, refusing to change her habit of sleeping NORMALLY for the little Tohopka, she almost always ended up using him for a pillow. Luckily, neither of them seemed to mind much.

 

[Asellus]

~Introductions-Zozma

So today was the day. Everything was going normally, she'd brought Dante his breakfast, who still remained isolated in her room. However, today, that would change. The little one could not be kept in her room his entire life, and the other residents of the house were anxious to meet the new addition. So today, instead of bringing something in for him to play with, it was more of a someone.

She cracked the door open, and upon sight, the little tohopka was at the door leaping up and attempting to get a glimpse of what she held in her arms by using her leg for support. Whatever it was, was concealed by a crimson colored blanket with bright green fringes hanging off the edges.

"Come come, Dante, I'd like you to meet someone." She said casually, causing Dante's ears to perk up and he kinda slid over and leapt up onto the bed, and awaited Asellus.

"Energetic are we?" She asked out loud. Not only was she answered by a squeak from Dante, but a also a small more high pitched one from the bundle in her arms.

Dante became even more curious and creeped over once she sat down onto the bed. Suddenly the creature in the blankets leapt out and bolted around the room before choosing under the bed to remain.

Dante was spooked when the creature sprung to life and rolled back off the bed. Hearing this, the small creature under the bed leapt out and pounced on Dante, playfully. In response Dante rolled over, forcing the other creature onto his back. The litte creature slipped out from under Dante and pounced on him.

This continued for about 15 minutes before they collided with the bookcase, and were rained upon by several large books causing both of them to squeak and bolt off to underneath the bed.

"Okay guys, enough rough-housing." Asellus said as she walked over to clean up the tombs that had fallen from the shelves. You two go play outside or something." Answered by multiple squeaks, the two had bolted of in nothing more that a blur of red and white.

"Children...." She muttered with a smile as she continued to clean up their mess.