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Tahoi

PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:00 pm


W a t c h y o u r h e a d

...kinda nice, actually.

Hardhat area, my fellows. xD; Things'll be getting built, but slowly.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:01 pm


W h a t f o r ?

What's so cool about a rainy day?

One day, as I was walking along in the quad on a cold, cold day, I realized I smelled rain, or that thing I always smell when it's raining. "Well, this smells nice," I thought.

And so here we are. xD;

wiki
Many people find the scent during and immediately after rain especially pleasant or distinctive. The source of this scent is petrichor, an oil produced by plants, then absorbed by rocks and soil, and later released into the air during rainfall.

Petrichor is the scent of rain on dry earth; more specifically, it is the name of the yellow organic oil that yields this scent. The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964 for an article in the journal 'Nature'. In the article, the smell is shown to derive from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is adsorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, producing the distinctive scent. In a follow up paper, the researchers showed the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.

The scent is generally regarded as pleasant and refreshing, and is one of the most frequently cited "favorite smells". In desert regions, the smell is especially strong during the first rain after a long dry spell. The oil yielding the scent can be collected from rocks and concentrated to produce perfume. However, it has yet to be synthesized, perhaps due to its complexity. It is composed of more than fifty distinct chemical substances.



This is probably part of what she smells like. I dunno? xD; It's better than just asphalt though.

Tahoi


Tahoi

PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:02 pm


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1-1-07--Sukkubus draws a lovely picture!


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:04 pm


P l i p p l o p
-Scent

Name of Scent: Yu
Gender: Female
Scent: Rainy Day
Physical description for each stage:
Burner, Unlit and Lit:
-dark, dark brown, resembling damp soil. When lit...I dunno, maybe it makes little rainclouds or something.

Child:
-Yu’s hair is a very dark brown, like wet soil. Her bangs are parted in the middle and reach slightly past her chin, kept out of her face by a pair of teardrop-shaped hair clips. Her hair is cut short in the back, and her eyes are a cloudy sort of grey, like rain clouds. She wears a buttoned up, oversized raincoat that falls past her knees and ends a few inches above her ankles. The sleeves go a few inches past her fingertips. From the collar, the neck of a turtleneck shirt pokes out, and underneath her raincoat is also a pair of jeans. Her shoes are a pair of muddy-looking boots. The colors of her clothing are muted or dark hues.

Adolescent:
-tweaking. again.

Adult:
-tweaking. again.

Elder:
-tweaking-

Personality:
-In three words or so: Affable, honest, somewhat spacey

-Detailed: Yu is a placid, affable person. She tends to space out often, musing on everything from the green-that-resembles-a-poisonous-tree-frog shirt you’re wearing to whether or not you go places when you die. She’s somewhat oblivious and naïve, and many implications in life tend to be lost on her. Yu’s also very honest. She says what she thinks and means what she says, completely unable to tell when to hold back. Even though she might come across as hurtful or rude at times, she never means to be. Somewhat thankfully, she tends to be quiet and keep to herself. She is surprised and upset easily, and also cries easily even when she knows that there is very little to cry over. She’s not angered very easily and is quick to forgive.
-->Like: Plants, cleaning, background sound, umbrellas, rain
------>When I think of rain (the smell) I think of plants, because the plants are getting watered so that they can grow more. Also, when it rains, the creek by the school doesn't smell at all; when I look at it, the water's clear again. Rain (the sound) is very soothing to listen to, and it's never completely quiet on a rainy day.
-->Dislike: Sitting still, crying
------>She dislikes crying because half of the time, she doesn't know the reason why she's crying--it just happens on it's own. It's disruptive and bothers people...and when people try to help her, it tends to get worse or start up all over again. So when she starts crying, she either tries to brush it off as something else, find a way to leave, or chases people off.

Wings: n/a?

Images:
[older-->newer]
[o][redrawn]<--child Yu?
[o]<--by the lovely Sukkubus >w<

[o]<--wet soil and regular soil
[o][o][o][o][o]<--some rainy pictures
[o][o][o][o]<--some clouds

Tahoi


Tahoi

PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:05 pm


N o u m b r e l l a , e h ?
-Guardian


Name: Kier Rowan
Nickname(s): Squirt
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Hair: Black and unevenly cut, generally falling past her shoulders towards the back and just past her chin towards the front; her bangs are shorter than that, but still get in her eyes. She often tries to tie it in a ponytail
Eyes: Blue
Skin: Fair
Height: 5'6"
Style sense: Practical, simple, boyish--avoids skirts and overly feminine articles of clothing like the plague

Personality: Kier is affable and polite, but usually shies away from interacting with people she doesn’t know and doesn’t have to. She is easily amused, startled, and flustered. She is also easily exasperated--her temper is not drastically short, but it isn’t long, either. Although she’s working on it, she tends to hit and break things when she’s mad. Preferably inanimate objects, though she occasionally goes for people.

She likes to be unobtrusive. She also likes to believe she is a very self-sufficient, able-bodied person. She usually doesn’t ask others for assistance and is very hesitant to accept assistance from anyone. Despite this reluctance to take help, she is something of a pushover when it comes to helping others--ask nicely, and if it is within her power, ye shall receive. As she seems to lack some of the common sense evolution has granted goldfish, this has led to multiple situations where she burned herself out from taking on too much.

When it comes to things she likes, she can be very excitable, like a child with a new plaything. She is prone to getting very focused on tasks, to the point that she blocks out everything around her.

Likes: BOOKS!, video games, drawing, dogs and other furry creatures
Dislikes: verbal arguments, being fussed over, people who make a big deal of wounds and handicaps, stairwells, having to sit still

Misc. notes:
-Recently rendered mute; has a large scar left over from that
-when she gets anxious she flicks a locket open and closed, when she starts to lose her temper she folds her arms behind her back
-Family: two healthy parents (Rosa and Edward/Ed/Eddie--if you're looking to die), two older brothers (Richard, or Rick; Zachery/Zack), a fraternal twin sister (Keira)
PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:06 pm


M i s c

To do list:
-LOLWOW, I haven't done anything. Figure out what older!Yu looks like?

Tahoi


Tahoi

PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:07 pm


C r e d i t s

Solace Scents (c) _Shouko_
Yu, Kier (c) Tahoi (me)

All photos (c) thier original owners
PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:48 pm


Yay for rainy day. <3 I love this idea for a scent. :3 Keep working on it!

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Tahoi

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:07 pm


Thanks much~ x3

*twitches at being moved to the top* D:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:06 pm


Yu for you! heart heart

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thefancycakes

PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:08 pm


U4U LAWL.

*loves on your concept and Sukku's drawing* <333
PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:05 pm


OOOOO: *implodes* THANK YOU SUKKU~ heart And thank you Aerith! x3

Lol, I realized the bad pun after I named her. xD; She'll have fun in a crowd. @w@;

Random person: Hey, you!
Yu: What? o^o
Random person: No, not you.

Tahoi


thefancycakes

PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:23 pm


In Final Fantasy: Unlimited, two of the character's names are Ai and Yuu. xDD It gets confusing! x:
PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:30 pm


*dusts Yu off*

Tahoi


Tahoi

PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 7:49 pm


Lol, Kier A and Kier R, but no B. *mildly amused*

Kier: D: *flails*
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