
Pen Number:One (1)
Designed By:SkritnajaAbnormalities:None
Base:Light Cream
Will You Make Any Use of This Cryst?Yes, I will! I will use him in stories and with my other Crysts, which I will list below.
Chione, Caerwyn, and Arjun;
Pardes and Mikah;
Semantic Morphology;
Lilach;
Maggie;
Ethylene; and
PrudenceI will also try my best to get art of him, as he's simply gorgeous.
My Crystinalian, Maggie, is looking for a mate, and I think that this guy would go really well with her, so if I win him I'm planning on having the two of them become mates.
Name:Kosuke
ko-SOOK-kayhttp://www.babynames.com wrote:Name Meaning: Rising Sun
Country of Origin: Japan
Famous People With This Name: Kosuke Fukudome - baseball player
Kosuke Kitajima - Olympic swimmer
Gender:Male
Sexuality:Heteroromantic Gray-Romantic Gray-Asexual
Theme Song:Jitter Doll(English lyrics can be seen in this video.)Favorites:Dates, Weather, Seasons, etc.Month - August
Season - Summer
Weather - Sunny
OtherColor - Pale Amber
Insect - Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Bird - Atlantic Canary
Plant -
BurdockPhrase -
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. ~ Victor Hugo
Personality:Steadfast - Traditional - Reserved - Confident - Content - Logical - Calm - Patient - Serious - Great Decision Maker - Strong in his Beliefs - Dances to His Own Beat - Still Waters Run Deep
Kosuke is steadfast, and doesn't budge when it comes to the things that matter to him. Be that his morals, personal beliefs, or his love for others, he won't be moved, no matter what others try to say about him. He loves others deeply, with sincerity that isn't seen very often in his world. If someone tries to contradict what he knows is right, he'll stand his ground and will never give up - even if it means losing someone's trust in an argument. He has lost "friends" before to arguments such as this one where he knew he was right and the other Cryst was wrong, bu the stood his ground and ended up winning the battle...but he lost his "friends," whom he later realized were never his friends to begin with. He is reserved, but confident - he walks with his head held high, and doesn't just scurry along like a mouse. He is also content, feeling glad with what he has, and rarely yearning for more material possessions. He is an excellent decision maker, and he tends to always pick the better of two options. He is very strong in his beliefs, and doesn't take any flack about it from anyone. Kosuke definitely dances to his own beat, as he doesn't take others' opinions of him as valid, most of the time. He doesn't care if someone disagrees with him or badgers him to stop doing something he knows is right - he'll just continue to do what he needs to do, and tends to not listen to the haters. Kosuke may be quiet by nature, but he'll speak up if he needs to. He's very intelligent and loves to converse with other Crysts, though most of the time they're not very willing to talk to him due to his "weird" beliefs. He's logical and tends to focus on details - he's also emotional and can easily understand why certain Crysts do certain things. Kosuke is very calm, and rarely loses his temper. He had parents which lost their tempers frequently, and learned from them what not to do to his children further down the road, should he ever find a mate. He is very patient, as he doesn't get frustrated with others easily. He tries his hardest to be understanding and kind to those who are less intelligent than he, as he knows that no one likes to be made fun of. He tends to lean more towards the serious side of the spectrum between joking and serious - he isn't a prankster and doesn't crack jokes, though he will laugh at them if he finds them funny. His eyes often show what he's feeling more than his outward expression will, as his eyes are very expressive. Anyone who focuses on them will clearly see what he's thinking about, or at least be able to tell what his emotional state is at that moment.
History:Early Life - Teen YearsHe leapt off the face of the cliff, falling through air. Smiling as the wind whipped his fur back, he spread out his paws, falling gracefully, an almost peaceful expression on his face. He landed in the water, the splash large and covering the coastline and drowning the sand. As he swam up to the shore, he shook his pelt and watched as the droplets darkened the sand that he stood upon. As he sat, drying in the warm sunlight, he lost himself in thought.
There aren't many Crystinalians around these parts. I wonder where they all went to? As a youngster I can remember sleeping in the caves...they were filled to the brim with all of us. Now there are less. I don't know where they went to...perhaps they went off in search of a new home. But if that's the case, then why in the world did they leave such a lush, lavish paradise? Sure, we have horribly hot summers here, and the heat is quite difficult to bear with our long coats, but as long as we stay inside the cave or lay in the shade, we're fine. I don't understand why anyone would want to leave.He lived in a beach-like environment, the waters that lay before him salty in type. Freshwater was available in small pools by the cave systems that ran through the entire middle of the island, which was connected to the mainland by a narrow sandbar that disappeared in the winter months, when the waters swelled to twice their normal size, but was easily accessible during the hot summer months, when all of the water on the island seemed to dry up slightly - there were always Crysts that ended up going thirsty in the summer months, no matter how much the Guardian of the province rationed the water. In Spring, Autumn, and Winter the climate was excellent, not too cool and not too hot. It was always the right temperature during these parts of the year. During the Summer, however, the heat waves struck. Crysts would be forced by the heat to stay inside the cool cave systems or lay in the shade of the many trees that dotted the island, lest they get dizzy from the direction contact with the harsh sunlight.
"Kosuke!"
Suddenly snapped out of his thoughts, the male glanced back upon hearing his name. "Oh, hello,
Lilach."
She ruffled the fur atop his head with an outstretched white paw. "Hello yourself, fuzzball. What are you doing all the way out here?"
Kosuke shrugged. "Just thinking. Needed some space."
Lilach nodded, sitting next to him. "That's why I came out here, myself, actually."
"Parents ruffling your fur again?"
"Yup. They just can't seem to get it out of their heads that I need to get married. UGH. I just...I just..."
"You're not ready yet, because you haven't found the right guy yet."
Shocked,the white feline looked down at her friend, who was now laying in the sand, paws and tail stretched to their maximum length. "I haven't told you this before, have I?"
"No, no," he said, smiling as he straightened up. "I just know how you feel. My grandparents are the same way with me."
"Your parents don't care?"
"Oh, they want me to get married, all right. In fact, they push more than my grandparents do! But I don't really listen to them, most of the time. They have never cared about what was best for me and my life. They think I should live just as they did, and, well, maybe I don't want to live exactly like they did. Maybe I want to live my own life." He sighed, running a paw over his face before continuing. "My grandparents are more open to the concept of me living differently, so I prefer to speak of such things with them than my parents. They sort of are more like my real parents, anyway. They care for me. My grandfather even taught me to hunt - which was something my own father never bothered to do."
"I'm sorry to hear that. I often forget how neglectful your parents are. Makes me grateful for my parents, I suppose."
"Yeah, I guess it would."
"Well, I'll leave you to your thinking. See you around, Kosuke."
"Bye, Lilach."
Kosuke stayed on the beach for the entire day, not wanting the drama related to going back to the caves and having to deal with his judgmental grandparents and cruel parents. He fell asleep under a tree, and awoke to the sounds of gulls crying, the ocean lapping the shore. He smiled as he stretched, shaking the loose grains of sand from his thin pelt. When he turned around, he was surprised to see
Margaret sneaking out, the early-morning sun illuminating her soft, pale yellow coat. Her pale amber eyes sparked as she raced as fast as she could out of the caves and safely into the shadows. Narrowing his eyes, Kosuke decided to follow her.
When he'd caught up with her, he whispered, "What are you doing out of bed so early?"
She started, and almost shrieked in surprise. "Don't scare me like that!" she hoarsely whispered, her amber eyes blazing with fury. "Do you want us BOTH to get caught?"
Kosuke shook his head, kneading the ground with his paws. "But, Margaret - "
"And don't call me that," she hissed, ears lying flat against her skull. "I can't stand that name. Just call me Maggie, okay?"
Kosuke nodded, flicking his tail. "So, where are you headed?"
"I'm going out to hunt before a party gets organized."
"May I join you?"
She had calmed down by now, and nodded, smiling at her friend. "Sorry about snapping at you," she said, plodding along ahead, further down the beach to the ocean that lapped the shore. "I just really hate getting scared."
"It's fine - I should've made myself better known, anyways."
She shrugged. "Don't be too hard on yourself - I'm really easily scared."
When they got to the water, both Kosuke and Maggie started fishing. After an hour, they had both caught enough fish to feed half of the pack. They managed to drag almost all of it back to the caves, depositing it in the shade so it wouldn't go bad in the sun. What they couldn't carry they ate, laying beside each other as they scarfed down their meal.
"Kosuke?"
"Yes?"
"Why don't you like to hang around the pack?"
Kosuke sighed, finishing up his fish before looking over at Maggie. "They just don't understand me. I mean, sure, you and Lilach do, but everyone else just doesn't get that I'm not like them. Why hang around them if they're only going to be close-minded about everything I bring up?"
"Like what?" Maggie pressed further, scarfing down another whole fish before glancing at the pile next to Kosuke. "You gonna finish them?" she said, flicking her paw in the direction of the pile.
Kosuke shook his head, shoving them over to her. "Go ahead. Anyways, the most recent thing has been the fact that the pack wants me to get married. I don't see the point, honestly, if I don't want to. I haven't found the right girl yet."
Maggie chuckled. "I thought you would've said that you liked guys."
"WHAT?!" Kosuke said, frowning. "I like girls! Why wouldn't I like girls?!"
She laughed, swallowing another fish whole. "You're not really the most manly-guy I know, Kosuke. You don't fight, you don't train for fights, you don't hunt unless you have to...you're a rather calm guy. You're different from the others. Not bad - just different."
Kosuke sighed, burying his face under his paws. "I can't believe that you thought I was gay," he mumbled unhappily.
Maggie poked his head playfully. "Stop being such a drama-king. I just guessed that you were, that's all."
"Yes, but if YOU thought that, then how many OTHER Crysts have thought that?" He buried his face deeper under his paws.
"Lookie here, Mister I'm-so-shocked-that-you-have-an-opinion, we all make mistakes, okay? Sheesh. Just let go, okay?"
Kosuke didn't move.
"C'mon. It was just an honest mistake."
"Did you tell anyone else?"
"No."
Kosuke didn't respond.
"I promise, okay?" Maggie suddenly smiled, getting an idea. She trotted far away, lined her body up with Kosuke, and raced forward as fast as her thick legs would carry her. She launched into the air, landing atop Kosuke with as much force as she could muster.
Kosuke was frightened by the sudden weight upon his back, and he flipped out of the sand defensively. He managed to buck her off and pin her to the ground. "I don't get angry very often, Maggie, but you're REALLY trying my patience," he said through gritted teeth.
"C'mon, you big lazy-bones. Start having fun!" she retorted. "You're too logical to have fun. Yeah, that's it, isn't it? You won't have fun because you're worried you'll look stupid."
Kosuke let her up, not answering her inquiries.
"Well, I can promise you this," she said, shaking the sand out of her fur, "I won't EVER call you stupid for enjoying something - no matter what it is. Okay?"
Kosuke nodded. "Okay. Thanks, Mags. I mean, uh, um, Maggie." He swallowed in humiliation, not believing that his nickname for her had finally come out of his mouth.
She giggled and swatted his ears. "'Mags,' huh? I kinda like that nickname. Thanks for the new one, Kosuke!" She waved as she turned. "I'm going back to the cave. See ya later!"
His face warmed with embarrassment as he watched her saunter off. "Bye, Mags."
Mid-Life - Early Adult Years"You can't stop me from doing what I like to do! It's not like I'm hurting anyone!"
"Don't you dare talk to your father that way!"
"Oh, like you're going to make me? Yeah right, Mom. You've always just sit back and let Dad dish out whatever he feels like doing. Well, I've had enough. If you won't respect my decisions - and I'm not saying you have to agree with them; just respect them - then I'm outta here!"
"You walk out that cave entrance, so help me, Kosuke - "
"You'll WHAT, Mom? What'll you do?"
She raced off, tears streaming down her face.
Turning to his father, Kosuke continued. "Sure, Mom has had her bad days, but we both know this is between you and me."
"Then let's settle this," his father responded hotly.
"Ever since Grandma and Grandpa died, you've been nothing but cruel to both me and Mom! She doesn't deserve it, and neither do I! I can't control her life, nor will I attempt to - she's got to decide where to go from here. As for me, I'm leaving. If you won't even be open to the idea of at least respecting how I want to live - which is, as of this moment, without a wife or kids - then I'll go to a place where I AM respected for my decisions. It's not like I'm doing anything wrong! Why can't you see that?"
His father's green eyes blazed as he stepped closer to his son. He whispered one final thing into his son's ear before he left the cave. "You are such a disappointment, Kosuke. I wish I'd never had you. I wish you weren't my son." He left the cave without looking back.
Kosuke's eyes filled with tears. As they streamed down his face, he gathered the few items that he had collected over the years - a purple and pink starfish, kept alive by being placed within a glass terrarium that he'd traded the dragon at the shop for years ago; a badly damaged human sunhat that he'd found one day while walking along the beach; and a piece of twine (yet again obtained from the dragon) with a shark's tooth on the end - and left. He headed for Lilach's family's section of the cave system, his tears drying on the thick fur under his eyes. Reaching the entrance, he called through the opening in the wall. "Lilach? Are you there?"
Her father came out. "Why, hello, Kosuke. Lilach is out with Margaret at the moment. When she returns, would you like me to tell her you were here?"
"No, but thanks anyway. Do you know where they went?"
"I think she mentioned that they were going to try to catch some crabs for a snack."
"Got it. Thanks a lot, Mr. Tryphena."
"You're most welcome, young man. Goodbye."
Kosuke turned and raced out, dodging the Crysts that threatened to block his path. He finally made it out to the open, and spotted to light-colored Crysts at the shoreline, dodging the waves as they pawed at the ground for something. Narrowing his eyes, he ran so fast he practically flew off of the ground, reaching them in a matter of minutes. "Mags!" he said, skidding to a halt before a wave bowled him over, soaking him to the bone. Thankfully his starfish was okay - he'd left the tank by a tree further up along the coast - and so was his hat, as he'd left it with the starfish. The necklace around his neck tightened, but didn't break. He stood, a perturbed look on his face as water streamed off of his pelt.
Maggie burst out laughing at the same time Lilach did. She finally managed out a few words, her amber eyes gleaming with joy. "Oh, Kosuke! You're so clumsy!"
Kosuke shook off as much water as he could, the look of annoyance on his face, giving way to one of concern as he came closer to the other to Crysts. "Lilach, Mags...I have something I have to tell you. I'm...I'm leaving. I'm here to say goodbye."
Maggie stopped laughing abruptly. "Wait, what?"
Lilach frowned. "What do you mean? You're leaving right now? Why?"
Kosuke sighed. "I don't have time to explain. I'm just here to say goodbye to the only two friends I have." He hugged Lilach first, being careful to not dislodge her headdress or crumple her delicate wings. "You've always been there for me, Lilach. I'll never forget you."
Lilach sniffled, holding back tears. "You've always been a great friend, you fuzzball. I promise that I'll never forget you, either."
Kosuke turned to Maggie next, and hugged her tightly. "Love you, Mags," he murmured into her ear. "I'll never forget you, too."
Maggie hugged him back just as tightly. "I won't ever forget you. But that's because I'm coming with you."
Kosuke frowned, pulling away. "What? No, No, NO. You CAN'T come along! You have a family!"
"Yeah, one that doesn't give two flicks of an ear about me. I'm going with you." She hugged him again, whispering into his ear, "It's where I belong, anyway."
Kosuke's frown deepened. "What do you mean?"
Maggie simply shrugged and said, "You'll get it someday, furball." She turned to her best friend Lilach and hugged her. "We both know how unhappy I am here, Lilach. You and Kosuke are my only real friends. My family doesn't really even exist - I'm an orphan."
Lilach sniffled, tears now streaming down her white cheeks. "I love you. You'll always be like a sister to me."
"And you'll always be like a sister to me, Lilach."
Lilach sobbed openly. "I'll miss you!"
"I'll never forget you," she promised, pulling away. She sighed, turning to Kosuke. "Lead the way, buddy," she said, a sad smile on her lips.
"Don't you have anything?" he asked, padding over to the tree and slipping the hat on his head and grabbing the fishbowl with his mouth.
"No - the only thing I have I can't bring along," she said, glancing back at Lilach.
Kosuke nodded, flicking his tail as a sign of leadership as he padded off in a direction none of the Crysts had ever set out upon before.
Maggie said one final goodbye to Lilach, and then padded after Kosuke, stepping in the tracks he'd left behind.
