Username:Kallile
Name:Leilani
Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly flower" or "royal child'
Gender:Female
Brief History:The moments that have brought me to where I am now are many. The others who have helped mold me, while fewer, seem just as endless.
I discovered my ability with plants quite by accident. It was fall and there was less prey around for my mother and older siblings. It seemed like every plant I paused by would be rejuvenated and should I touch them--they would burst into bloom once more. It was cause for great celebration, for the newly revived plants drew back more prey to prepare the family for the winter ahead.
It was always just my mother and siblings--we were not truly aware of our fathers--my mother was a chosen one for her exceptional genes and therefore held no mate or true love. The same held true for my eldest sister--without love in her life only the need to secure the future of our people. It seemed like such an empty existence to me even from an age so young; though I was old enough to hear whispers that the elders saw fit for me to follow in their footsteps. Though it was supposed to be an honor to be considered...I wanted no part of it. The love I felt in my family was lacking at best--focused on living on and not living for the moment. They were the one thing I couldn't rejuvenate and make feel new again. So set in their old ways.
In the following spring it became common knowledge that I was to join the ranks of those deemed worthy enough to not be held by only one mate to produce kits. The suitors began swarming our den--I was a lovely sight and my already quiet and demure nature made me seem easy to approach with such things. Mother and sister entertained their wishes with negotiations and trials...and I hid within the garden cultivating life the one way I truly knew how. As the time drew nearer and my family pushed harder for me to uphold my duty I could no longer stand by and let the world mold me silently anymore.
I stole away in the dead of night, gathering only a few handfuls of silks given as gifts from hopeful suitors to wrap myself in. I liked them--they felt lovely against my fur and I found they complimented my coat--and they would be the only reminder of my home and the family I was fleeing.
My abilities have given me many opportunities and continued to bring about offers and gifts from suitors...some like the crown on my head I keep but most I politely return. No one has yet taken the time to get to know me as I wish for them to--to become one in the sense of spirit and cultivate a love as I can cultivate a vibrant garden. I will find my other gardener some day...and when I find him, we will grow the most beautiful family upon the foundation of our love.
Favorites:~*~Song:~*~
Hazards of Love by The DecemberistsLeilani cannot simply pick one some that makes her feel more deeply than the album Hazards of Love by The Decemberists. Everything mirrors her own passions, fears, and feelings so deeply. She equates the story the album weaves to something Shakespeare would admire with the Romeo and Juliet-esque characters and the tragic end they meet in the name of true love. She hope to find such love--without the tragedy-- in her own life some day.
~*~Season:~*~
Though this would seem an obvious choice, Leilani's favorite season is actually winter. She feels that it's the calm before the storm of new life rather than a relentlessly cold and unforgiving abomination one might think she would. It helps that cold promotes cuddling and spending more time with those you love.
~*~Color:~*~
The color yellow is perhaps Leilani's most endeared color for it reminds her of so many things. The warm sunshine, the centers of her flowers and a bright splash in the colorful sunsets. She also finds it bright and cheery for reasons unrelated to flowers and nature, though.
~*~Food:~*~
Though her diet is not too strange from that of other Rukami Leilani does have a little bit of a sweet tooth and has been known to seek out and add a tiny bit of honey to her foods. She enjoys the natural sweetness as well as the fact that it is made from parts of the flowers she loves so much.
~*~Flower:~*~
Perhaps surprisingly, Leilani's favorite flower is the rather difficult to grow bleeding heart. She finds the tiny, fragile plant endearing and the fact that it must be carefully nurtured and kept sheltered so true of not only the hearts the flowers form, but of Rukami hearts in general.
Poem:In the garden of my heart there grow so many things.
My hopes, my dreams, my deepest fears,
my excitement over the mystery of what each tomorrow brings.
I love and nurture all these thing least that I forget
how fragile this little garden is, how easily it can be split.
I pluck the fallen blooms of disappointment and pull free the weeds of doubt.
For in my heart I must only keep what truly matters to me--it's my daily regimen.
If I nurture what is good then my spirit will stay unwavering and stout.
When it may blossom like a rose, and show off each brilliant layer of me.
Then I will shine so beautifully--a true heart and spirit for all to see.