I would like to adopt!
Number:
10
Picture:
Name:
Sae (Pronounced Say)
Species:
Smili (an awesome species if you don't mind me saying so, Spotty :3)
Personality:
Laid- back, cool, friendly, loyal and loving. He cares for his loved ones so much, some say too much, that he would happily lay down his life for them.
He can sometimes be a little inconsiderate of others and doesn't think about things before they come out of his mouth. And while this can lead him into tricky situations, his charm usually leads him back out of them.
Likes:
The cold, very much. His family (human and animal alike), food, and a warm place to sleep. People being kind/ making a fuss over him.
Dislikes:
Too much work, being forced into things, heat (almost like a phobia), betrayal, being threatened.
Background (Optional, but it gives you a better shot)
Sae was born to the Song Chase, a tribe of people who have been living unknown to the rest of the world on the arctic ice. They use animals a lot as they spend much of their lives travelling, and Sae has always shared his home with Huskies, Wolves and other dogs, some of whom he is quite friendly with.
He has worked nearly every day of his life, from clearing snow drifts to hauling sledges. He learned to work closely with humans and other animals from a very young age, so he is very rarely afraid of any creature.
He doesn't know life outside the Song Chase, so he does not long for it. To him it seems that outside the protection of his humans the world is a white, cold wilderness, devoid of purpose. What is life with no-one to work for? No-one to tell you what to do, and reward you when you do it? No routine, no waking up to the dogs barking on the morning of a move, no satisfaction of pulling the children of the tribe on the sledges to their new home? No friends?
Freedom, he thinks, is overrated. The Humans he knows are good, kind people. He is well fed and loved by all. He is a favourite with the children because of his calm temperament, easy to work with and easy to be friends with.
The reason he is so protective of those he loves is this. A few years ago, when he was barely an adult, there was an incident which killed a young wolf he was head- over- heels in love with, Klie.
"Moving on already?"
Sae stood up, brushing snow from his coat. "Seems like only yesterday we arrived..."
Klie smiled. "It was two weeks ago, Sae. Don't you remember? we ran into that massive herd of Reindeer when we came up from the south"
"Oh" he licked his lips and snuffled the air, his breath making white puffs in the cold. "Yes, that was a good day"
Klie trotted away and he sighed. She liked him as a friend, but she never looked at him any other way. Why would she? Couples between species were uncommon and tended to be frowned upon, and Klie was always talking about what people thought of her. That, it seemed, was the most important thing for her.
And still he loved her so.
His Pack-Human was laughing and patting his neck. Sae considered himself quite an expert on Human speech, and he would listen for hours outside their dens trying to work out what they were saying.
"Head in the clouds, Sae?" He was whispering in his ear. Sae snuffled his shoulder and padded after him to the sledge.
This Human was the one who always drove Sae's sledge, and had done most of his training with him when he was little. He loved him most of all.
Sae was hitched up to the sledge carrying the shelters and cooking equipment. He didn't like pulling this one much as everything rattled and felt like it was going to fall of every time he went over a bump, but he tried not to complain even when something did fall off and he had to stop so quickly the sledge crashed into him from behind while the Pack- Human ran back to get it.
They stopped for the night beneath tall ice cliffs, sheltered from the wind. The animals were tethered to several poles a little way from the camp, though this was not so much to make sure that they didn't run away as to make sure no-one tried to steal them. Good sled dogs were few and far between out here.
Sae drifted off to sleep with his tail curled round his paws and nose, but was woken a few hours later by a rustling sound.
He had the best hearing in the group, so it appeared none of the others had heard it yet. He woke Glade, the other Smili in the group, who was tethered to the same pole as him. They stared out into the night, trying to work out what it was.
Sae spotted a large, white shape near the Human's shelters. It moved slowly, coming towards them.
A bear. These were the only creatures Sae was afraid of. All the animals in the Tribe were trained to be. It could snap the neck of one of the dogs in seconds.
At that moment a loud bark rang out in the night. One of the dogs had woken, and panicked.
The other dogs awoke, and the panicked barking spread from one to the other like a disease. Soon the snow rang with the sound, and the bear, having spotted them, stood up on it's hind legs.
Sae stared. So many dogs making such a noise should have frightened it off...
A moment later, though, he discovered why it hadn't turned and fled. Another bear, bigger than the first, appeared at it's side.
The dogs barked louder, straining to break free from their tethers.
From far above, there was a rumble.
The bears began advancing slowly towards them, oblivious. But Sae watched, horrified and helpless, as a small chunk of ice detatched from the top of the cliff far above and plummeted towards the ground.
One of the bears broke into a run.
There was a sharp CRACK.
It seemed to happen in slow motion. Some of the humans came running out of the closest shelter.
A bear struck out at one of the dogs, breaking it's neck with its heavy paw.
And half of the cliffside above fell, slowly, slowly, towards the ground, deafening him as it struck the snow. The resounding boom could be heard for miles around.
Every animal tethered to the three poles closest to the cliff was killed, along with the two Polar bears and two shleters full of Humans.
Sae's pack- human was safe, but Klie was gone, buried beneath tons of ice.
Sae was devastated. He could barely pull the sledge the few miles to the river the next day. His Pack- Human, who had lost a good friend, was not much better. It took a long, long time for Song Chase to recover.
Sae's sadness did not change to anger and loathing and fear. It changed to protectivity. He saw that if he cared about someone, he had to protect them to stop something like this happening again. Had he not been so frightened and confused, he could have snapped his tether and saved Klie. But, being young and not entirely sure what was happening, he hadn't been able to gather his thoughts enough to do anything. He vowed, never again.
Sae made many new friends since, but never has never fallen in love again. Glade, the other Smili, has always been his best friend, and he knows he will never look on her any other way.
As for the Tribe, they have never made camp under a cliff again.
Number:
10
Picture:
Name:
Sae (Pronounced Say)
Species:
Smili (an awesome species if you don't mind me saying so, Spotty :3)
Personality:
Laid- back, cool, friendly, loyal and loving. He cares for his loved ones so much, some say too much, that he would happily lay down his life for them.
He can sometimes be a little inconsiderate of others and doesn't think about things before they come out of his mouth. And while this can lead him into tricky situations, his charm usually leads him back out of them.
Likes:
The cold, very much. His family (human and animal alike), food, and a warm place to sleep. People being kind/ making a fuss over him.
Dislikes:
Too much work, being forced into things, heat (almost like a phobia), betrayal, being threatened.
Background (Optional, but it gives you a better shot)
Sae was born to the Song Chase, a tribe of people who have been living unknown to the rest of the world on the arctic ice. They use animals a lot as they spend much of their lives travelling, and Sae has always shared his home with Huskies, Wolves and other dogs, some of whom he is quite friendly with.
He has worked nearly every day of his life, from clearing snow drifts to hauling sledges. He learned to work closely with humans and other animals from a very young age, so he is very rarely afraid of any creature.
He doesn't know life outside the Song Chase, so he does not long for it. To him it seems that outside the protection of his humans the world is a white, cold wilderness, devoid of purpose. What is life with no-one to work for? No-one to tell you what to do, and reward you when you do it? No routine, no waking up to the dogs barking on the morning of a move, no satisfaction of pulling the children of the tribe on the sledges to their new home? No friends?
Freedom, he thinks, is overrated. The Humans he knows are good, kind people. He is well fed and loved by all. He is a favourite with the children because of his calm temperament, easy to work with and easy to be friends with.
The reason he is so protective of those he loves is this. A few years ago, when he was barely an adult, there was an incident which killed a young wolf he was head- over- heels in love with, Klie.
"Moving on already?"
Sae stood up, brushing snow from his coat. "Seems like only yesterday we arrived..."
Klie smiled. "It was two weeks ago, Sae. Don't you remember? we ran into that massive herd of Reindeer when we came up from the south"
"Oh" he licked his lips and snuffled the air, his breath making white puffs in the cold. "Yes, that was a good day"
Klie trotted away and he sighed. She liked him as a friend, but she never looked at him any other way. Why would she? Couples between species were uncommon and tended to be frowned upon, and Klie was always talking about what people thought of her. That, it seemed, was the most important thing for her.
And still he loved her so.
His Pack-Human was laughing and patting his neck. Sae considered himself quite an expert on Human speech, and he would listen for hours outside their dens trying to work out what they were saying.
"Head in the clouds, Sae?" He was whispering in his ear. Sae snuffled his shoulder and padded after him to the sledge.
This Human was the one who always drove Sae's sledge, and had done most of his training with him when he was little. He loved him most of all.
Sae was hitched up to the sledge carrying the shelters and cooking equipment. He didn't like pulling this one much as everything rattled and felt like it was going to fall of every time he went over a bump, but he tried not to complain even when something did fall off and he had to stop so quickly the sledge crashed into him from behind while the Pack- Human ran back to get it.
They stopped for the night beneath tall ice cliffs, sheltered from the wind. The animals were tethered to several poles a little way from the camp, though this was not so much to make sure that they didn't run away as to make sure no-one tried to steal them. Good sled dogs were few and far between out here.
Sae drifted off to sleep with his tail curled round his paws and nose, but was woken a few hours later by a rustling sound.
He had the best hearing in the group, so it appeared none of the others had heard it yet. He woke Glade, the other Smili in the group, who was tethered to the same pole as him. They stared out into the night, trying to work out what it was.
Sae spotted a large, white shape near the Human's shelters. It moved slowly, coming towards them.
A bear. These were the only creatures Sae was afraid of. All the animals in the Tribe were trained to be. It could snap the neck of one of the dogs in seconds.
At that moment a loud bark rang out in the night. One of the dogs had woken, and panicked.
The other dogs awoke, and the panicked barking spread from one to the other like a disease. Soon the snow rang with the sound, and the bear, having spotted them, stood up on it's hind legs.
Sae stared. So many dogs making such a noise should have frightened it off...
A moment later, though, he discovered why it hadn't turned and fled. Another bear, bigger than the first, appeared at it's side.
The dogs barked louder, straining to break free from their tethers.
From far above, there was a rumble.
The bears began advancing slowly towards them, oblivious. But Sae watched, horrified and helpless, as a small chunk of ice detatched from the top of the cliff far above and plummeted towards the ground.
One of the bears broke into a run.
There was a sharp CRACK.
It seemed to happen in slow motion. Some of the humans came running out of the closest shelter.
A bear struck out at one of the dogs, breaking it's neck with its heavy paw.
And half of the cliffside above fell, slowly, slowly, towards the ground, deafening him as it struck the snow. The resounding boom could be heard for miles around.
Every animal tethered to the three poles closest to the cliff was killed, along with the two Polar bears and two shleters full of Humans.
Sae's pack- human was safe, but Klie was gone, buried beneath tons of ice.
Sae was devastated. He could barely pull the sledge the few miles to the river the next day. His Pack- Human, who had lost a good friend, was not much better. It took a long, long time for Song Chase to recover.
Sae's sadness did not change to anger and loathing and fear. It changed to protectivity. He saw that if he cared about someone, he had to protect them to stop something like this happening again. Had he not been so frightened and confused, he could have snapped his tether and saved Klie. But, being young and not entirely sure what was happening, he hadn't been able to gather his thoughts enough to do anything. He vowed, never again.
Sae made many new friends since, but never has never fallen in love again. Glade, the other Smili, has always been his best friend, and he knows he will never look on her any other way.
As for the Tribe, they have never made camp under a cliff again.
Phew. Well, all I can say is, I love Spotty's Smilis very much, and I hope I have done enough to deserve one. If not, I will be back to try again XD
Sorry, stupid question, but when does this round end?
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