Parduseros & Draciverde

[rainingdarkness]

You can try out for a new one every time a new set of adoptions is put up. You can only adopt one per round though, although you can apply for as many as you want.

Also, say only one person tried out for the rainforest female I have up, so she stays up for another round. Then I put up a new set. You could try out for her, and one from the new set. Since she was from a past set, you could still win her and another one from the new set(obviously only if your forms were good enough, haha).

[mokapi]

Okay! You can expect my application for the tundra female by sometime tomorrow :3

[rainingdarkness]

Alright. :3

[mokapi]

Parduseros number: #2 (Tundra female)
What will you name it?: Kaori
Link to character thread (so I can see how well you take care of your other characters): I don't have a thread here, but I have an off-site (not updated on the forum, I have several more characters to add. It's a work-in-progress) character tracker you can see here.
Personality:
At the sound of the distressed cry, it took the hoary female a moment to resolve from which direction the frightened noise had come before she had lurched into a steady lope, long limbs eating the white-blanketed loam with fluid strides. From a distance it would have proved difficult for an onlooker to discern the Parduseros from the drifting flurries; it was nearly white-out conditions and with a mental hiss Kaori chided herself for her heroine complex- in all actuality, however, she wasn't so much on her way to give this elusive someone aid as she was to investigate why said elusive someone had the temerity to cross well-marked borders into an obviously occupied territory.

The scent of the intruder- young, feminine, petrified- was thick, and, as luck would have it, close. There. Clinging to a still-intact ice floe, a pair of little paws were grappling for purchase. "Help!" the adolescent shrieked, her eyes wide with fright. Kaori slowed as she drew closer, flicking an ear back disconcertedly. If this idiotic youth had managed to fracture the surface of the lake, what luck did she herself have? Probably just enough to flirt with a watery death. The thought swept through her mind, though it was quickly followed by another- if she did fall in, she was confident that she could heave herself back out. And in that situation, the youth would simply have to have a permanent meeting with the consequences of her actions. Still, her cautious padding seemed to be over solid ground. Almost within paw's reach of the prepubescent cub, Kaori lowered her streamlined body to the ground, squinting her eyes momentarily against the frigid gale and the spray from the rimed water. Ignoring the young female's consistently wretched squeals, Kaori closed her jaws carelessly around the thick skin and fur of the juvenile's neck and drug her swiftly forward until the sopping youth lay shivering on the snow-covered earth. Allowing her no sympathy (not gentleness), the tawny female stepped back, piercing amber eyes boring into the pair of widened gold ones. "Are you stupid?" Her voice was flat and unconcerned, as if she had long ago become bored with the situation. As if to ascertain that the youth knew it was a rhetorical question, Kaori's voice licked the air again. "You must be, to have crossed marked borders only to tumble into a frozen lake. I should have left you. Actually," she growled lowly, raising herself to her full height and glaring down, "I have every right to kill you now." Her tail swayed to and fro unhappily, and she frowned and hesitated before continuing. "But what good would that do?" With an abrupt pivot she turned away from the younger female; flicking her tail at the youth's muzzle she began padding silently away, a slight head motion the only indication that she intended for the other Parduseros to follow.

Luckily for the near-frozen young female, the makeshift shelter that Kaori led her to had not been too far away. It was little more than a small dry spot that nature had eroded into the trunk of a dying evergreen, but it would do. "Well?" Kaori snapped as the juvenile eyed the den uncertainly. "What were you expecting, permanent accommodations?" Abashed, the sodden cub ambled into the hollow in an almost crestfallen manner. "Lick yourself clean and then dig around in the back. I always keep a store of dried roe deer in there, in case I get stuck during a storm. And then, while you eat, I expect to be told exactly what you planned on accomplishing once you got here." Settling herself down in front of the entrance, she maintained a steady contact with the youth, who was obviously more than unnerved under Kaori's merciless gaze. No sooner had the first bite of hardened jerky touched her lips did the ruthless matriarch clear her throat and raise a brow questioningly. "You may begin with your name." She instructed, shuffling her paws beneath her thickly-furred body to warm them.

"Aceline," the little female began, her slight voice already wavering. "I didn't mean to intrude onto your lands and I didn't mean to break your ice. I got into a fight with my mother and..." she trailed off and looked away, obviously embarrassed. "...and I just sort of ran off. And then it started snowing and I got lost. And then I was walking and suddenly I fell through the ice, and then you saved me." Aceline glanced up at Kaori shyly. "Thank you for saving me. I know you didn't have to." Kaori grunted and shifted her weight, thick tail flicking around her paws. "But anyway I suppose that's all."

The older female looked on, terribly unimpressed and possibly annoyed to an even greater degree. "Well, Aceline," she spoke gruffly, "You may rest here for tonight, and you may finish your meal, but when I come by this spot tomorrow I expect you to be gone and on your way back to your mother. I do not doubt that she is looking for you. The harshness of this weather will have passed by the morning; you wandered into a volatile territory. That being said, I am the only predator for miles and so nothing will bother you while you sleep." She stood and arched her back in a long stretch before padding away. "Goodnight."

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In case you couldn't tell (I'm terrible at random stories >.<), Kaori is stubborn and callous- but not entirely without a heart. She has some maternal instincts, which is what made her allow Aceline to stay, but is generally untrusting of others and so she did not lead the youth back to her own large den, which is some ways off. If Kaori were ever to be courted, it would take a great deal of effort on the male's part, but she would be a devoted mate and mother (only to her own cubs). She is also a bit smaller than most, but her territory is quite expansive. I put her in Siberia (tundra-ish, plus she looks like a snow leopard) and that is why I chose roe deer as the jerky of choice, because of the Siberian Roe. Anyway, I hope I did well enough for you to entrust her to me. I can also write a very detailed description of her personality if you would like.

[rainingdarkness]

C:

[rainingdarkness]

A preview of the new baby lineart is now included in the species description. :3

[mokapi]

Adorable baby is adorable :3

[rainingdarkness]

Thanks! I'm planning on making a few for the next round in that lineart. ^^

[mokapi]

Sweet! ^^; Hopefully I'll be able to adopt more. I love them ;-; The horns are so cool. XDD

[rainingdarkness]

X3 Thanks, lol.