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Username;; whisky---------------
Name;; Avril------------------------
Gender;; Female.------------------
Pronouns;; She/her/hers.-------
Age;; 503----------------------------
Element;; Light and Life.--------
Rank;; Head Healer---------------
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W H A T---A B O U T---T H O S E---P O W E R S---OF---Y O U R S ? ---❤-----
"A lion with the gift of light can: Illuminate dark places, blind foes, create distractions, create balls of energy.
A lion with the gift of life can: Bring life back to anything they touch, heal the dying, sick or injured, can increase strength of others by touching them."
------------------------------------------------------------------------quoted respectfully from the L.O.C. Website.
"Healers are lions who have a gift over Life. These lions help heal the wounded or even fatally sick. These Healers go non-stop and are constantly being bombarded with Lions in need of assistance. However, they have a very important role and will sometimes be found out on the battlefields."
------------------------------------------------------------------------quoted respectfully from the L.O.C. Website.
"The Head Healer is the strongest and wisest of the healers. They help train and assist other healers if a situation calls for it. The Head Healer never travels off planet to the battlefield and remains on the home world to focus on learning new techniques and pushing the limits of a healers power."
------------------------------------------------------------------------quoted respectfully from the L.O.C. Website.
Being a healer is something she takes very seriously, although it leaves her mentally drained and tired at the end of the day. It's no longer possible to see her out in the battle fields, but she used to spend every second during battle out there. She felt useful and. She used to be a Healer (In which here she did spend a lot of time on the battle field), but due to her age, she's developed early arthritis and spends most of her days trying to come up with new techniques and pushing the limits of a healers power to the maximum. Even given her slightly-older age and arthritis, she still has many more years to go and utilizes her powers to help others to the best of her ability.
(This paragraph pertains to when she was a Healer and allowed to go. Although nowadays she's completely forbidden to go, as she's been to the battle fields far enough an needs to focus on her duties as a Head Healer now. Especially now that Arthritis has set in. I just thought it'd be nice to write about what it was like for her in the battlefields.)
Although her powers are strong, they're only strong for so long. After awhile, she needs to have a period of rest or else she will collapse from exhaustion. During such a time, her muscles will tighten and her glow will be nothing more than a very faint, slow pulsing light until her energy recovers. The upside? It doesn't take too long to recover. It takes 20 minutes to fully recover and while this may seem like a downside in battle, it's really not all that bad. She has developed a method where she'll heal an L.O.C., then attack an enemy, and so on. Although this may not seem that effective, it's more effective then you'd think. In the battlefield she uses her horns to her advantage the most. When not healing an injured L.O.C., she'll bulldozer into an enemy's side while they're distracted with one of her fellow pride members, then dash away to help/search for another injured member in need. She prefers to find an L.O.C. already engaged in battle with a fellow enemy then jump in and use her horns to her upmost advantage point. If needed to help protect the other L.O.C she'll use her power of light (Which uses significantly less energy than life, but does not make her powers anymore less effective) to stun, temporarily blind or even distract them by making little balls of energy appear from the side to make them think a third L.O.C. is involved. This usually causes the enemy to look for the third frantically while trying to keep their eyes on the two opponents in front of them. It is said Healers can bring back the dead, and while this is true for Avril, it's also a very long process for her. She's never witnessed another Healer bring back the dead, but she knows that for her personally it's a long, tedious process that takes a minimum of four hours. At the end of this, her powers are so drained that she is forced to rest for at least two hours before resuming with her normal duties. While she sadly cannot be used to revive a L.O.C. on the battle fields, se at least has a piece of mind knowing she can help their wounds.
You're probably wondering exactly how she's so powerful then, right? Well, she can shoot large quantities of light into the sky, and to us earthlings, it'd look like a comet, but to a L.O.C. cub, it's the coolest thing ever. Especially when it comes to Granny Avril! That's right. When this lady isn't busy with her Healer duties, she's hanging out with the cubs, and honestly, she's a ton of fun! She enjoys hanging out with them, and their favorite thing about her is other than her awesome night time stories, her light powers are enjoyable. She can make balls of energy that the cubs enjoy chasing around before they disappear. But.. what's so great about her stories you ask? Well, it's going to have to be that she can show stories through her light, too. She can project light in front of her (no more than a few feet, though.) and show images corresponding with the story she's telling. They're not exactly high quality, but they're decent enough to make out images at least! Her title of being 'powerful' mostly just comes from the cubs, but she does seem to have a quirky talent that hasen't been mentioned- and that'd be her energy surge.
The exact cause of her 'pulsing' light hasen't yet been pin pointed, however it doesn't seem to harm her negatively. She is, though, sensitive to sound, and her light will flicker on and off rapidly when a god-awful noise is heard. It seems to be brighter the more she soaks up the sun's rays, and this may have something to so with the small sun-like energy ball that hovers just above her horns. This sun gives her the ability to pull light energy from others, but only miniscule amounts. You'd be surprised what all she can do with such little amount of light, though! You can hear a very faint sound coming from the energy, like a light buzzing vibration. 'Vwmm, vwmm, vwmm,' and her light does flicker very slightly, naturally. If you were to touch it, it feels like a warm string of air twirling around her horns and tail spikes, and doesn't cause any harm other than maybe the occasional giggling from a curious cub.
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H O W ' S---T H A T---P E R S O N A L I T Y ?---❤-----
Avril has developed traits of independence and positivity. Her desire to assume a leadership role where she can organize projects and be responsible for the systematic flow of work is highly desired. She's very matter-of-fact, materialistic, and practical, but extremely capable, efficient, self-confident, and decisive. She will not tolerate dominance by others unless there is a mutual respect between the two, nor does she appreciate having her independence curtailed. Being organized is important to her and she would expect this same quality from others who work with her as well. She could be demanding and shrewd in conflictual manners. To be successful, to have a good standard of living, and to be a good healer are all important to Avril, and is a reflection of her ambitious, and aggressive qualities. She is quite strong-willed, and doesn't readily change her opinions. It is difficult for her to bend her will to others. Misunderstanding with others have occurred when they have regarded Avril to be forceful, unsympathetic, and self-centered. She tends to be focused on whatever she is doing and remains undaunted by obstacles. She uses originality and ingenuity to accomplish her projects and my my, does she enjoy a challenge!
She is very matter-of-fact and candid in her expression, and it isn't easy for her to express emotional sentiments and compliments that mean so much to sensitive, idealistic L.O.Cs. It makes Avril feel awkward and embarrassed. She knows what is expected, but the words do not come easily. She tries to avoid those situations and thus the impression is left with others that she seems too prosaic and unfeeling. It's uncommon for others to feel intimidated by her since most view her as the 'old lady whom sits on the porch yelling to get off her lawn.' Obviously, not literally, although she does tend to give off the vibe of it. She often thinks about how she can promote the talents of others. She's loyal in friendships, not easily influenced by the opinions or actions of others, and are dependable and unchangeable once she's reached her decisions and committed herself. She does not tend to have a temperamental nature though, and can handle a great deal of responsibility.
Tension and stress will affect the senses of her eyes; headaches, sinus problems, or generative troubles could also arise. Avril has an appreciation for achievement and are focused on creating success and a high standard of social structure. She has the tendency to be blunt and straight-to-the point can be a source of friction at times. She has the desire for association and understanding from others, but create much aloneness in her life. She is taken among people who tend to be introverted and with whom she feels a lack of congeniality. Even though she's very social and believes in 'the more friends the merrier,' she may experience many misunderstandings through breakdowns in communication. While she likes to think she isn't too old, and has a good 98 or so years left, others just see her as an elderly L.O.C. that's extremely cranky with mood swings. Truth be told, she does often experience disturbing thoughts and feelings that she cannot fully control, and this is something she struggles with greatly. Especially because some lions look at her as if she's not just an old lady, but a crazy old lady.
Her plans and ambitions are undermined by an element of confusion in her affairs that never allow her to realize complete success in business or personal undertakings. She may find comparative success, but not the fulfilment of her expectations.
While 'Granny Avril' is not only sociable, she also gives a peaceful, home-loving nature vibe and has a deep love of children. She is refined, sensitive, and romantic, but is inclined to procrastinate and dream. She has an understanding, compassionate nature, and feels her responsibility to others to the point that she worries far too much about things she cannot control. Being so very sensitive, Avril has a hard time coping with too much stress. She desires to help people, of course, but this desire could be her downfall as she has neither the self-confidence nor the stamina to be burdened with problems of great magnitude. (Which is why she takes her duty as a Head Healer very, very serious, but often has to take breaks to cool off.) She has probably already realized that she is inclined to take on too many responsibilities for others a well. However, doing for others is her way of showing affection and friendship. "Don't worry, i'll get that for you!" or "No, it's alright! Let me help you." are very common things you'll hear from her quite frequently. She does although, experience many isolated circumstances where she experiences much loneliness and sensitivity. It is difficult to achieve complete fulfilment of her goals and ambitions. Her success in her life is limited as she is often overlooked when new opportunities arise because she doesn't have a 'easy-flow of communication with others.' Even in a crowd, she may feel left out and misunderstood. Avril may find solace on her own by taking time to walk around for awhile or even go visit her main source of happiness- the cubs.
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Y O U---H A V E---A---H I S T O R Y , ---D O N ' T---Y O U ?---❤-----
** Scratchy's L.O.C., Anastasia does appear in this story. She rightfully belongs to Scratchy, don't fret! I have permission to use her. <3 **Avril lay on her side, breathing deeply and smiling as she pawed the cub in front of her. "
Granny Avril!" She laughed and shook her head, "
Dear child. We just played tag, what else could you possibly want?" The cub laughed and pounced on her eagerly. "
Can you tell me a story?"
Avril smiled, and nodded. "
Of course. What would you like to hear?" The cub looked uncertain for a moment just before nudging
Avril curiously. "
Can you tell me how it was like when you were little?"
Avril's eyes went blurry for a moment before she sat up and looked to the stars above her. "
You're much too young, maybe when you're older." The cub rolled their eyes in dismay and told
Avril goodnight while their mother was patiently calling them from afar. "
Okay.. Goodnight Granny Avril." As much as she wanted to respond, her words were caught in her throat. Lodged there and unwilling to move. She was choking back her words, although she wished it was her memories. Moments later, Anastasia appeared from her usual spot among the other lions and sat beside
Avril. "
Hey, you alright? I over heard your conversation with the cub awhile ago. You sounded pretty upset. What's up?" The young lioness watched
Avril with sympathetic eyes when she leaned on her for support. "
It's okay, I'm here for you," she cooed to the now crying elder.
Truth was, even though Anastasia was her best friend,
Avril still had no one to talk to. Sure, she could talk to her about how the littlest of things irritate her, or how excited she is about something, but she could never talk to her about what she felt inside. My, my was it dark inside. She carried quiet a few secrets, and wasen't sure how much longer she could hold them in..
Avril had a friend growing up, his name was Ollie. Except, he wasen't your usual run of the mill friend. He liked to push boundaries and cause trouble. Ollie also happen to be
Avril's brother. The two, they were quiet the pair, and didn't look too much different from one another, ither.
Avril often caught their mother's bad attitude because Ollie wasen't around to catch it. Even though he was almost always the cause of it. Sure,
Avril had her fair share of mischief, but she spent most of her time begging Ollie not to do something dangerous, mean, or just extremely stupid. He would pull mean pranks on others and it appeared as if he ha made it all into some big game that no one was apart of other than he an
Avril.
Avril wanted no part of it, however she did accompany him on such antics. The thing about Ollie, was he was always curious about the shimmering lake and would joke that he was invincible. "
Not even the lake could kill me!" he'd cry to anyone willing to listen. He said this so often, he actually started to believe it. Many members of the pride stayed far away from Ollie, believing there was something wrong with him. He wasen't like the others. He took things much too far and pushed things (and others, for that matter) to their absolute breaking point. It wasen't much of a shocker to some lions when he decided to see just how invincible he was. It started slow, he would jump off of things to see how much pain he could tolerate, test his strength by attempting to haul things much bigger than he, almost like cubs his age might possibly be curious in doing. Except he was the only one that wanted to go through with such events. He gained muscle rather quickly, but his antics only worsened, and rather rapidly. He believed he was invincible now, and tested it by walking into the lake, before his time of course.
Avril remembers that day very well. He had mentioned where he was going, but paid little attention to
Avril. Which was okay for her, because at this stage in life she was a bit boy-crazy. There was no denying that she had a firey crush on Ollie's best friend, Cadoc, and so when he instead of Ollie asked if she wanted to join, she was rather elated and it was hard to keep her from talking to Ollie's friend. However, things didn't remain that way for very long.
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Hush for a moment," Cadoc's eyes were transfixed on Ollie. He was at the lake's edge and was dangerously close to falling in.
Avril gasped ad hollered at him loudly. "
Ollie! Quit fooling around and come on! What's wrong with you?" Ollie put one paw into the lake and turned to face Cadoc and
Avril one last time before just before submerging himself into the water entirely.. he smiled. "
Don't worry, i'm invincible."
Her parents never blamed her for his death, but her and Cadoc were pretty much inseparable afterwards. They found comfort in one another, and she couldn't be happier to have someone to confide her feelings in. Although after a year or so, Cadoc begin to develop feelings for
Avril, and they were just about the clingiest most annoying couple possible. At least until they became of age and Cadoc wanted a family.
Avril did as well, she loved cubs. She had problems conceiving though, and Cadoc was tired of waiting, so he left her. She hasen't had a significant other since then for fear that they would do the same. She can conceive, it's just harder for her than for normal lions, and this is something she's yet to cope with. With her brother she can at least go to the lake when she's feeling down and out and talk to him, but she sees cubs everyday and prays for her own. Perhaps someday she'll find the right lion who has enough patience to ithier adopt or attempt to conceive, but for now, she's on her own..
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Avril, are you okay?"
Avril swivled around to meet Anastasia's eye and smiled. "
Yeah, i'm fine. Just thinking is all. I'm glad to have a friend like you that cares." Anastasia laughed, "
I try! You're one of my best friend's."
Avril smiled slightly and her brows knitted together as she spoke carefully. "
Would you care to hear a story about a cub who thought he was invincible?" Anastasia gasped, "
That's a story for little cubs. That never happened. You should know that!"
Avril just smiled. "
Yeah.. Just a story for little cubs."
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