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I'm sure most of you didn't know Witches and Sirens go way back. Two ancient groups who've mastered immortality and claim superiority over humans/mortals. 

The relationship of these two powers are some what of a neighborly feud. Witches claim to own the land and Sirens bask in the sea. Obviously there are some boundary crossing as witches cross water and some sirens reside on land. The dispute may occur if paths are crossed. 

Both sirens and witches are very prideful and the concept of "Labels" and "Class" is important to each. ESPECIALLY witches. 
Witches basically run by titles and moving up on the chart of success and "wicked". The more dastardly you are (toward mortals) the more impressive you appear. 

I'm going to give everyone a run-down on my head-canon on Zelda Witches. Since they do in fact play an important roll with 's sirens. 

Witches are similar to sirens in a number of ways. They are very crude and ruthless. Some would say they're heartless, well that's because they are. Full blooded witches (immortally born) are born without hearts, but a dark matter-substance instead. It's like a permanent, genetic, spell passed down from the handful of first immortal witches. Unlike Sirens, Witches dont keep their young image through drinking the blood of humans. Their youth depends on the amount of immortal blood they were born with and/or how progressed they've become in their studies.(magic, spells, potions, ect) There is a gradual youth limit, every 10 years for an immortal is a physical 1 year for a witch. That's just for the youthful look, they could survive a long time if their immortal blood is strong, they have a ancestral deed to accomplish/ hold, or are not killed by an outside force. 
Immortal Witches are VERY hard to kill when they've matured, but it is possible. Some witches can survive stabs, ripped limbs, you can even cut off their head. They'll survive if an old witch sews the limb back on. Like a rag doll. The easiest way to kill a witch is: To grind them to the point you cant sew them back together. Finding a source of weakness (Most have one or more). The obvious burning at the stake. 

Most immortal witches acquire a certain "Talent" that no other witch can fully master. Don't mistake me, other witches can know some parts of a talent but they just can't be as mastered as another witch if the witch captured it first. Other witches can also not master talents that are passed through bloodline. For example: Dovey and Deserae are the decedents of Kotake and Koume, the witches of Ice and Flame. No other witch can fully possess the ability to control fire or ice because the creators/true masters of these elements have been passed through blood to Dovey and Deserae. (*Same goes for Esther and her dreams/dark sand talent because she's artificially formed to hold that mastery.XP) But something as simple as levitation can involve a handful of witches at a certain degree. Aggie can levitate herself, others, and objects. Deserae and kopso866 's Aren can only levitate themselves. 
It's very complicated how skills work and they start from small to very well mastered when they grow older. 

Now here's some similarities Witches have with Sirens:
They both have claws. Witches "claws" are not fingernails but hard bone/skin that extends over the nails and finger tips to a sharp point. Can leave marks in wood and cut flesh (not as sharp as Siren claws) (witch defense mechanism) (Witches are able to use claws when they start walking)
Both see themselves as superior over all mortals and the opposite race. 
Both enjoy killing humans. 

*A follow up on how witches treat humans, they dont go out and kill them every chance they get. Witches actually prefer to compromise with humans for business purposes. Witches are all about business and money. If one witch wanted to enslave and kill off all mortals, they would have to go through all of the other witches because no humans equals no profit.XD 

** The relationship between Sirens and Witches are generally hateful meetings where the races try to assert dominance. The witches, however, have an upper hand when consulting sirens because of a..chemical reaction that occurs when they're in close contact. Naturally a witch projects ALOT of Negative Energy and this energy is what fuels and gives Sirens their rampage abilities. So during contact or when a witch is near a Siren will feel out of control as their teeth and claws grow against their will. This is generally rather alarming to sirens because they are unable to control themselves and if further interaction progresses, their eyes will go red and they will rampage on the nearest food source they can sink their teeth into. A Witch's Negative Energy makes Sirens blood thirsty. Perhaps even to a cannibalistic level. The rampant Siren wont always go after the witch that triggered them, but anything that's easy to get to. The siren loses all common sense and becomes wild. Like an animal.XD 
At the moment there is no known knowledge if siren's aura affects witches at all. If there was, it's not as apparent as the siren's rampages. 

I'm sure witches seem rather powerful from this rambled info, but honestly this comes as a disadvantage. Because of their powers and abilities, witches are heavily hunted in many parts of Hyrule and beyond that. So they prefer to stay masked or hidden among mortals for their own personal gains. Most mortals can tolerate witches and not turn them in/try to burn them if there is a successful business relationship or if they're doing no harm. (that can be proven)
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And that is my Witch head-canon that I base my Witch OCs off of. The Siren/Witch relationship is accepted by so don't go around thinking I'm making this stuff up. XD She actually developed the idea via RP and Coral almost devoured Spirit because of Deserae.XD 

NOW ABOUT THE PICTURE ITSELF- I drew child Esther and Nimue. My grumpy, antisocial, freaks of the Witch and Siren world.:"D 

If anybody has any questions or need any clarification, don't be afraid to ask.

Enjoy~

Esther & Nimue(C)Me
Witch Concept(C) Also me
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Comments: 102

Linkerbell In reply to ??? [2014-10-09 01:28:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah If they're a mortal witch. Many witches are born immortal. 

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SongMina In reply to Linkerbell [2014-10-09 05:49:25 +0000 UTC]

Okay! So... Immortal wiched dont go trough the elder immortalizing progress then.

If many of them are born immortal does this mean that my OC could be born immortal?

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Linkerbell In reply to SongMina [2014-10-09 23:49:10 +0000 UTC]

No they're born that way because they have enough witch blood they inherited. 

Yeah probably.XD Witches are rather spread out though. If they interact with humans they generally wont publicize their race. It's more rumored but not exactly proven. Which includes appearance. 

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SongMina In reply to Linkerbell [2014-10-10 13:30:45 +0000 UTC]

Okey dokey!

About the appearance thing, what do witches really look like?

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Linkerbell In reply to SongMina [2014-10-11 06:45:53 +0000 UTC]

Anything...XD They are multi-raced. No specific style, it just depends on their personality and relative location.

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SongMina In reply to Linkerbell [2014-10-11 07:06:55 +0000 UTC]

Okay!
Can. I bother you even more~

Tell me what kind of magic types can they have?
I've seen many element related ones,
but is stuff like teleporting or lasers things they could do too?

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Linkerbell In reply to SongMina [2014-10-11 20:26:36 +0000 UTC]

Probably anything you can put your mind to. As long as you don't god-mod or over power them.XD;

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SongMina In reply to Linkerbell [2014-10-12 07:16:02 +0000 UTC]

I tought about a Witch of SHADOOOOWS Cx
Like that she could teleport between shadows, hide in them and kind of suprise attack peapole from shadows and stuff.... Would that be too OP?

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Linkerbell In reply to SongMina [2014-10-12 19:07:11 +0000 UTC]

Depends on how powerful the attacks are.XD 

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SongMina In reply to Linkerbell [2014-10-12 19:10:12 +0000 UTC]

Like, that she would have a knive to stab peeps C:

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Linkerbell In reply to SongMina [2014-10-12 23:16:17 +0000 UTC]

I guess... XD Witches are rather diverse and could be nearly anything. But they dont really associate with humans much unless its business purposes or for some kind of gain. Otherwise they might mess with travelers and harass people if they're very bored. 

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SongMina In reply to Linkerbell [2014-10-13 06:34:32 +0000 UTC]

I was thinking that she could be a really alone being person, just being alone... ^_^
Cos thats nice, eh?

And it would be her way to you know, be safe if a person tries to be mean to her ... ... .

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nekochibiclarechan In reply to ??? [2014-09-20 05:18:16 +0000 UTC]

eeep, quick question! So I was thinking of making my own witch, and I must ask-

Can a witch "pass on" her magic to the next witch? Like, she dies, and another witch in the bloodline absorbs her power.

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Linkerbell In reply to nekochibiclarechan [2014-09-21 18:03:48 +0000 UTC]

It depends. It's probably possible if the first witch introduces it to the other witch.
She probably could pass it on

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FuyuSnowMilk In reply to ??? [2014-09-18 23:20:46 +0000 UTC]

I have a question,are we allowed to make a witch character?


cute drawing btw

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Linkerbell In reply to FuyuSnowMilk [2014-09-19 01:45:53 +0000 UTC]

XD Sure if you want to. 

Thanks!^^

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luigirules64 In reply to ??? [2014-09-11 07:38:32 +0000 UTC]

2 questions for ya, so I don't step on no toes or get something wrong~ Also totes sorry to bother you ; u; I was thinking of POSSIBLY creating my own witch, but I didn't want to step on any headcanons or anything~

1. Obviously the witch's power is passed through bloodline, but can they original contract it from a separate source? Meaning, original witch of the bloodline contracted it from... idk, an ancient cursed artifact or something, which gave them powers?

2. Witches obviously stay away from other witches, as to claim territory and other areas, correct? Besides trying to absorb each other, if they witches came to the conclusion they were evenly matched, would they leave each other be, for the most part,(meaning constantly trying to one up the other but not literally murdering off faces pfft) or would they flat out fight to the death?

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Linkerbell In reply to luigirules64 [2014-09-11 23:23:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh No worries, I'm open to any questions!^^

Hm? Oh they dont receive their power from bloodline.XD Only SOME with very thick witch bloodlines from (in)famous witches receives this 'honor'.
Most powers are either born with or a subject that's been heavily studied and perfected. They can come from ancient/cursed items because witchcraft involves a lot of curses and old, otherworldly items.^^

Some witches are very territorial but some aren't. Depending on what their professions and goals are. Some work together as a apprentice (like Dovey), co-workers, or colleagues. Witches can work in the same town or even under the same household. It basically depends on the relationship and the witch's personality. Deserae and Dovey by witch LAW cannot have much interaction with each other because they'l let hell loose. XD 
Witches dont flat out ignore each other. There's probably witch schools and lessons for the littles in designated locations on the map. (there would be very few schools, majority are home-schooled by a tutor or relative) There's actually HUGE witch reunions and gatherings occassionally.XD 

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thewarlockziv In reply to ??? [2014-09-10 03:39:57 +0000 UTC]

hey Linkers I've coming slinking in to ask some questions about your fascinating witch race :33 maan I hope you don't mind xDD

So the greater Negative Energy a witch has, the more powerful she is? Is that true?
And on the topic of Talents, I was thinking of making a witch OC who has the ability to shapeshift people or animals, (e.g turn a man into a siren, a seal into a dolphin)? Although, she is unable to shapeshift herself, and there are some rather deadly side effects for the recipients (like they would be stuck in that form forever and so on). How probable do you think that talent would be? Would I be better off scrapping it? xDD

eee sorry for taking up your timexDDD   

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Linkerbell In reply to thewarlockziv [2014-09-10 20:37:40 +0000 UTC]

Usually the more powerful a witch the more negative energy is emitted.XD But it can be looked at both ways.

MMmmnn I dont think they could permanently change a person's chemical/physical race unless they were super super old and have been studying for MANY centuries. You could probably get away with the shape shifting but it eventually has a different side effect or fades off after a certain amount of time depending on how much magic/potion/ect was cast. Your witch could make it seem like forever to make the victims freak out, not knowing when they'll turn back or not but I dont think any PERMANENT changing could work out.:"D 

If it was a possibility to make things permanent, the elder witches would leave information left out of spell books and keep some books on lock-down because the Witch would become difficult to control. Elder witches indirectly prefer to monitor the witch youth and keep them from surpassing. 
This restricted knowledge also keeps one crazy witch from taking over the world and ruining 'business' and balance. XD For example, it would be very alarming for a witch to be turned into a siren, because witch's energies never go away (because it's in their blood), so Im sure the reaction would result in the witch/siren suddenly com-busting or something.XD

And you're not taking up my time at all, I'm glad you asked!^^ Witch's abilities can generally be made up of anything BUT it is best to think outside of the box on the subject. For example, A witch ability can be related to Deserae's fire ability- like making things appear as if they are melting or boiling/bubbling. Now they may not physically in reality be doing this but the witch could bend the light and vision of those around to make it seem so. Which would obviously create a disturbance.XD The ability doesnt have to be big and powerful all the time, the  less big they are the more things the witch could probably do. It depends on the weight of the spells. The more they study on one thing (and it works out) the more powerful on that subject they'll become. But if they spread out to many subjects they may not be that powerful but they could do multiple things versus someone who only studies a single spell. 

I hope my babbling helped clear things up a little.:"D 

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thewarlockziv In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-11 06:59:16 +0000 UTC]

aaaa, thank you so much for answering! I think I'm starting to understand your witch race better now, I'm sorry I can be so blond when it come to these things xDD I'll definitely brainstorm more on the Witch's talents... as with the shapeshifting deal, those points totally make sense. Maybe the ability isn't so much as turning someone in something completely different, maybe the witch can shapeshift certain 'parts' like give a human (or herself) cat ears for extended hearing or something. I'll think over it^^

I'm glad I'm not bothering you,  I really find your witches fascinating:33 thank you very much for sharing them :33  

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Linkerbell In reply to thewarlockziv [2014-09-11 23:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh no, I dont expect you to know most of this stuff cause it's all from my head!:"D It's very complicated and indepth race I've been constructing for at least 2-3 years.XD So don't blame yourself, I'm glad you're interested and asked!
Oooh parts would be cool.XD 

You're not a bother at all, dear! I enjoyed our chat. 
And I'm flattered you enjoy them!;w;

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Zakatsukuyo In reply to ??? [2014-09-09 00:44:20 +0000 UTC]

YOUR ESTHER :'DDD

I love her just so much she is like perfect and beautiful and awesome and eek ;w;
You changed her design? owo

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Linkerbell In reply to Zakatsukuyo [2014-09-09 01:37:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

Lol no this is Esther when she's a child. XD

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CJ-DB In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 23:22:32 +0000 UTC]

Great job

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Linkerbell In reply to CJ-DB [2014-09-04 23:30:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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EximiusMax In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 21:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Lot of amazing info! This is SUPER interesting! But I DO have some questions about your witches, if you don't mind me asking them:

If a witch was originally a mortal, do they differ from other witches in any way? (Like, do once-mortal witches have different opinions on other mortals or have different levels/types of power or have less negative energy?) And how are they looked upon?

What's the average life span of a witch? (And if they live forever, there's no need to answer this.)

Aside from the negative energy thing, how else are Sirens and Witches connected?

Oh, and the picture looks so cute! Grumpy child Esther and Nimue together! Great job on it!
But now I have to make a few changes to my Witch OC Shiva's bio...

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Linkerbell In reply to EximiusMax [2014-09-04 23:29:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!^^

Mortal witches are seen as lower classed witches. Like witch-wannabes.XD  Their powers are very limited and only a few can harness real MAGIC. Otherwise it's tricks and mirrors like magicians or the use of an item. They can, however, make potions similar to Immortal witches. But if they want the potion to be as effective as an immortal's potion it would take YEARS of training and studying with constant trial and error. 

Witches can live a VERY long time. There is a small handful of witches that were alive when the first Hero of Hyrule appeared. (There's probably only 3 that are that old) They are near extinction.XD The older witches are noticing the more and more generations that pass the shorter lifespan, so witches now a days wont live to be thousands of years old. The Supreme Elders (oldest witches) live very isolated and have probably never resurfaced to the public in centuries, so the chances to run into one (or even find them) is very rare. 

They might be connected through distant heritage. I dont think there's any other connections besides the energies, claws, and racial feud.

Thank you so much! 

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EximiusMax In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-04 23:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Interesting! You really did a good job at making this race!

You're welcome!

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Linkerbell In reply to EximiusMax [2014-09-05 04:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Glad you think so!X"D

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EximiusMax In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-05 20:44:58 +0000 UTC]

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sakura50 In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 19:03:35 +0000 UTC]

This is really interesting!!! lot's of great info & a lovely pic!!! ^^ they're sooo cuuuute  

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Linkerbell In reply to sakura50 [2014-09-04 23:29:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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sakura50 In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-05 00:13:46 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome x3 

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S3rb4n In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 06:25:43 +0000 UTC]

Interesting story development indeed! It's great to see characters with such a deep background.

Not to mention that they're both very cute.

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Linkerbell In reply to S3rb4n [2014-09-04 23:30:20 +0000 UTC]

^^ Thank you!

This isn't just the character's background it's the basics of both of their race's relationship.XD

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S3rb4n In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-05 06:06:03 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

Well, same applies to that. It's nice to see such developed universes in people's minds

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SilentTeal In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 03:55:14 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, how interesting!
i knew you'd come up with your own Kind of race eventually.
Siren's and Witch's are hard to understand though... but i have no questions... ( i need to draw Humans.. sweet normal people.. SOME anyway.. ) I created Adara and Eira as an offspring of TwinRova too... OoT was my childhood.. I just wanted them to be 'normal' witch's.. like in Disney movies and Normal Cartoons.. lol! but seeing you made a Witch race.. i'll take making them apart of it under consideration.

But anyway adorable picture! they both look adorable!!

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Linkerbell In reply to SilentTeal [2014-09-04 04:10:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

I think I had the witch concept around the time Dayo made her siren head-canon....or before XDD When I made Dovey a witch I knew most of this stuff. This is like.... 2-3 years of information I've revised and had stored in my memory. XD 
Oh well that's up to you.. XD I'm just saying, in my own head-canon, this is how stuff works and I already had a filler for TwinRova decedents. This information was basically just to inform siren owners of how witches work because my head-canon is accepted for linkage with Dayo's sirens.XD
 I grew up with OoT as well... It was the first Zelda game I've ever played so we go way back. XD

Thank you again!

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SilentTeal In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-04 04:16:22 +0000 UTC]

Ah, i see!

Well, that's REALLY interesting stuff! dang.. 2-3 years! wow!
lol!!

Whoa?! really?!
how ironic.. Ocarina of time was MY first Zelda game!
i'm glad we at LEAST have something in common!

You are very welcome!

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kyoukorpse In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 03:25:45 +0000 UTC]

DUDE THATS SICK i LOVE IT

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Linkerbell In reply to kyoukorpse [2014-09-04 03:47:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man!

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kyoukorpse In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-05 02:18:37 +0000 UTC]

np bab ;0

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ToonMidna [2014-09-04 03:13:11 +0000 UTC]

Oooooooh!! Eee this is so interesting :'D

Curious though, how would a siren gradually feel if a witch is coming too close? Would they feel pain? ;o

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Linkerbell In reply to ToonMidna [2014-09-04 03:54:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!^^

They would feel restless if it's like....just a witch passing by. Otherwise yes, it hurts their heads. But once in rampage, they don't feel it anymore unless the siren's rampage goes too long for some reason, (like if a siren was captured by a witch and imprisoned for the hell of it) then they get weak/sick/die.

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ToonMidna In reply to Linkerbell [2014-09-04 15:18:26 +0000 UTC]

Okay!

oh, that'd be real nice of the witch. *brick'd*

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tinyliar In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 03:01:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for all the in-depth info, and amazing picture

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Linkerbell In reply to tinyliar [2014-09-04 03:54:11 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

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Snow-Bunniintendo In reply to ??? [2014-09-04 03:01:08 +0000 UTC]

so glad you made this >A<
very awesome info and cute drawing!

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Linkerbell In reply to Snow-Bunniintendo [2014-09-04 03:54:35 +0000 UTC]

>u< Thank you! You're so sweet :"D

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