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a bit about me ;; hey there, i'm ciel! i'm hoping to win my first bean, and this girl is already stealing my heart <3
as a bit of reassurance for you guys, i support lgbt rights 100%. i'm even bisexual myself, and very proud to be.
name ;; kirsten
meaning ;; of latin and scandinavian origin meaning "follower of christ"
nicknames ;; kirsty, though she prefers kirsten. she only allows family and close friends to call her by nicknames.
gender ;; female
personality ;; a spunky and bubbly child, kirsten is seemingly full of never-ending joy that she spreads to
people around her. she's almost always full of energy, being quite rambunctious and competitive though she
knows when she's going too far and will usually stop to not hurt anyone's feelings. she has a respect for all
animals and plants, and could never hurt a fly no matter how pesky and annoying it gets - even going so far
as to save bugs from venturing into the street by running out into traffic to help them! her friends all know
how crazy she can get at times, though they all love her for being that way.
hobbies ;; kirsten is an aspiring artist - not of music, but of drawing and painting. most days you can find her
surrounded by coloring books, crayons, markers, construction paper, watercolors, acrylics, brushes, scissors,
and glue making messy pictures for her mothers and siblings. though they may not be perfect, she tries her
absolute hardest to make art that her family will enjoy looking at, loving when her mothers hang her art on
their refrigerator doors for the whole world to see as if it were the highest honored spot in a museum filled
with art. she loves making her family happy, and will make homemade gifts to give to them very often.
quirks ;; kirsten has a lot of weird quirks, as well as odd habits she just can't break. some of these
include tapping the tops of drinks exactly three times before opening them, chewing on her pen caps in
school, shaking bottles of soda to de-fizz them before drinking them, and constantly swinging her legs -
sometimes kicking poor bystanders!
relationships with family ;; kirsten loves to imagine she never fights with her siblings, though she almost
always is bickering with hallie and enigma. having multiple sisters, she feels a strong need to compete with
them 24/7, causing a lot of trouble for her mothers to try and solve. even so, she loves her sisters dearly, and
would risk her own life to save them if necessary. the same is true for panelope and etoile - she loves her
mothers more than anything. they are the basis of her whole world, and she would give anything to be able to
stay with them forever. though they may have their moments of quarrel, she thinks they are the best mothers
anyone could have and is always trying to show them how much she loves them through her art. she isn't quite
as familiar with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins as she sees them much less often, though she
imagines them as absolutely wonderful family members that she longs to know more about. her family is so
large that she can hardly keep track of them all, being such a young child!
pets ;; kirsten currently has a bird named lil bit, though she used to have another bird named tiki which she
loved dearly. she loves trying to teach lil bit to do tricks, such as flying through hoops and ringing bells, though
she hasn't had much luck so far in getting him to actually do any of them.
toys ;; though she has many toys, kirsten's absolute favorite is an old, stuffed teddy bear given to her by her
grandparents when she was a baby. it's extremely tattered, missing an eye and re-sewn multiple times to fix
rips and tears, though she still sleeps with it at night.
hand writing ;; very sloppy as a child, but soon becoming very stylized as she gets older.
[x] [x]handedness ;; she is generally right-handed, though when drawing art she frequently switches between both.
religion ;; though her name delves into christianity in meaning, kirsten is unsure of her religion. she's currently
somewhere in between an athiest and a christian, and is currently exploring new ideas and beliefs. luckily she
still has the rest of her life ahead of her, which is plenty of time to decide for herself.
character ;; christine daaé from the phantom of the opera
song ;; wishing you were somehow here again
[x] [x] [x]why ;; this song highlights kirsten's personality and how it changes during and after a time of loss, more
specifically when she lost a childhood pet. she is longing for him to return with all of her heart and soul, but
now that she has had time to grieve and has welcomed a new pet into her family, she is happy once more and
is back to her usual happy self.
story ;; kirsten ran to her room, tears streaming down her face as she weakly pushed open the door.
etoile was running up the stairs after her, but she slammed the door shut, locking it quickly to keep her out,
knowing what her mother was going to tell her - her bird had been very sick for the past few weeks and
hadn't gotten better. it had been so plain on her face when she had come home from the vet, so much
disappointment and sadness.
but soon panelope had joined etoile at her door, trying to coax her out with sweet words of comfort though
kirsten knew it wasn't going to be okay. brushing her hair out of her watery eyes, she clumsily made her way
to her window, kicking her trash bin in her frustration and knocking garbage everywhere as she leaned on her
windowsill. twilight was enveloping the city around her, and she sighed, tears streaming down her face even
harder when she wished she were away from all of the noise of cars and people. she wanted more than
anything to see the stars that shone above her every night, though city smog clogged the air and bright lights
drowned the weak stars out. she could hardly breathe, and she was sure that it was what had made tiki sick
though that wasn't true. he had gotten old.
but she still hated the city for it, trying to find something to blame. but more than anything else, she missed
her little tiki bird and wanted him back home in her arms again.
after a few minutes, her mothers left her alone, hoping it might give her time to calm down and think things
through. though kirsten had no more tears to cry, she still sat at her window, thinking of all the fun she had
had with tiki as she listened to songbirds calling the arrival of night. there she sat all night long, her head
resting on her arms until exhaustion finally called sleep upon her.
many days passed until kirsten came out of her room, her family still bringing food upstairs to her though she
never agreed to eat anything. finally, hunger got the best of her and she ventured downstairs, stopping half
way down to listen and decide if it were safe to sneak some food back upstairs, though she heard were muffled
giggles and began reluctantly going back up. both of her sisters began calling her name, and she slowly crept
down to see another little bird twitting around inside of a cage propped carefully on a table.
she instantly bolted forward, admiring the beauty of the bird. he looked just like tiki, shades of brown with little
speckles dotting along his shoulder. tears began streaming down her face, but she knew it couldn't be him. she had
watched her parents bury tiki in the back yard from her windowsill days prior. wiping her face with the sleeve of
her sweater, a small smile began to form.
he would never be tiki, but maybe he could fill at least a little bit of the whole in her heart. yes, just a lil bit.
art ;; [x] [x] [x] [x] the first piece is a sketch page by my wonderful sister, babymoogirl, that i owe my entire
form to. if it wasn't for her, i would of never been able to finish this form on time! she helped me pick from various
ideas i had in mind for coding and content, as well as gave me tips along the way. she's absolutely amazing <33
[x] the second piece is by me of her little bird, tiki. i think he's quite cute and very well fed, if you get what I mean!
[x] the third piece is by one of my best friends offline, who unfortunately is not on cs. he pictured kirsten as a
teenager, and used colored pencils to add a few touches of color to the sketch <3
[x] and lastly, this digital drawing is by me. it shows kirsten crying from the loss of tiki </3
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