by Kohaku » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:44 am
Pet's ID Tag: #48
Name You'd Choose for It: Elizabeth (Lizzy for short)
Gender: Female
Reason You Want It: Normally I don't do too many adoptions, not because I have anything against them, but because I only like to keep a few characters. But when I saw her I just fell in love <3 I love cats but I don't already have a cat character. Species doesn't matter with my characters though, who are a platypus and a bison and a salamander bus and all best friends. She would fit right in.
History/Background/Other: By her friends, Elizabeth is known as the "fireball." She's always ready to go, take action, anything for adventure. Which is how she ended up here in the first place. Lizzy had originally been a house cat, which as a kitten was a perfect life for her with the family kids young enough to give her constant attention during playtime. But as school began to increasingly consume the time of the kids, she was left with more and more time with nothing to do. With only so many pretend back yard games to entertain herself, her desire to explore the outside world grew with each day. Her first big expedition was into what she thought were a great woods behind the house, only to find it was less than a day's walk to the other side, where stood a similar house. The east and west were no good; the houses there seemed to span on forever. Returning to her first home, Elizabeth decided more planning was necessary. She needed to learn basic hunting skills and perfect her climbing technique, not to mention find a way to evade humans when needed, which was difficult as a ginger tabby. Climbing seemed to her the easiest to work on, so she used trees in the back yard of varying heights as well as the abandoned jungle gym from the kids' preschool days. Catching wild food proved to be easier for her than expected, although it thoroughly disgusted the humans at home. Finally, she practiced her stealth and evasion during her miniature exploring missions in and out of the neighborhood and town.
It was a difficult choice for Elizabeth to leave. The humans at her home had never been bad to her, and there was something comforting in having a warm bed, cat food, and a water dish to always count on. Nonetheless, she realized without the company of friends and some kind of purpose, she could never really be happy in her suburban home. And so, Elizabeth made up her mind an left.
About a year or so past with Elizabeth on the road. She was finally free and incredibly happy for it. Her preferred travel route of thumb was the more rural the better, but she also enjoyed a town or two along the way where she was treated as a loveable stray and given plenty of food from the locals. Her favorite by far was a wide expanse of farmland where she met all sorts of different animals and had plenty of space to roam where she wished. In her mind, Elizabeth decided that this would be the type of place she might eventually settle down to. After all, she did eventually want permanent friends.
That is when Elizabeth's road leads her to Myself and my characters. They live in the valley of a chain of great mountains, a few miles from an expansive lake. The valleys are huge and generally unpopulated, but if Elizabeth so chooses to spend her day with (my character) Mini, there is some chance of human contact.
Hopefully, she will be able to call this home.
I understand that by adopting this creature I take full responsibility for it.
As I'm new to adopting from here, I have a newbie question: should I draw her? I was of course planning to, but I didn't know if I was allowed to unless I successfully adopted her.
-edit- done! crossing my fingers - this is my first adoption try from the agency, so I hope everything is ok. time to scroll through the pages to see how I'll know weather I got her or not.
Happy Spring!