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Nothofagus-obliqua — LaF OCT: Yucca and Capuli ref

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Description ref sheet of two characters for which i'm wanting to enter this would be my first OCT and i'm a bit nervous haha. wish me luck!
still recovering from an illness that knocked me to bed several days, so forgive me if once again i'm behind messages, i'll catch up ASAP. also, have an exam tomorrow, shouldn't have done this today :U
(ffff, i can never do appealing ref sheets)

one of the few venomous mammals and the world's smallest bird because i'm like that and because Cuban wildlife is amazing :'D
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Main character:
Name: Yucca
Age: one year and half (adult)
Gender: female
Species: Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus)
What was stolen: her "dream journal", which she keeps by memory (because she can't read/write) aka, the memories of past dreams.
Abilities: her saliva is toxic and she can inject it through fluted second incisives in her lower jaw. If threatened, can produce a musky smell (it has no other utility than discouraging a potential predator, it doesn't cause any physical damage).

her saliva contains fast-acting neurotoxic venom, whose effect is more intense the smaller the foe is, and decreases as the foe size increases. the effects begin to appear 5 minutes after the bite and increase with time. when mortal, it happens by respiratory failure (nerves controlling breathing getting paralized). effects listed below:
- mortal for a creature smaller than her, after one bite (death occurs in 6 hours)
- mortal for a creature of 1-5 kilos after 2 bites (death occurs in 12 hours) with 1 bite, the following symptoms may last for 24 hours: swelling, drowsyness, weakness, abdominal pain, nausea, loss of coordination, paralysis of the affected limb during 12 hours (peaking at the 12th hour, decaying then).
- a creature of 5-10 kilos will experiment swelling, drowsyness, weakness, abdominal pain, nausea, loss of coordination, reduction of mobility in the affected limb during 12 hours (peaking at the 6th hour, decaying then). mortal only if the neck is bitten (after 6 hours).
-a-creature of 10-30 kilos will experiment swelling, drowsyness, abdominal pain, weakness, nausea during 6 hours (peaking at the 3rd hour, decaying then). reduction of mobility only if bitten in the neck.
- a larger creature will experiment sweelling, drowsyness, slight muscular pain and a slight weakness during 4 hours. reduction of mobility only if bitten in the neck.

Physical Strengths: poisonous bite, though she prefers to not bite (see weaknesses). she'd rather hit the foe with her claws, adapted to digging, which are pretty strong for her size. senses of smell, hearing and touch are well developed, especially the later. can climb trees althought she's not very agile.
Physical Weaknesses: very small. runs and climbs rather slowly. has a very bad eyesight. while her entire body is fragile, her snout is especially delicate and since biting implies high exposure, it's a last measure form of defense. having the snout damaged may cause her to lose the sense of direction and be unable to find food.
Height/Weight: Lenght: 30 cm (1 ft) / Weight 1 kilo (2,2 pounds)
Personality: timid, highly imaginative with a tendency to daydream, calm, distrustful. with strangers, words fail her, and her speech is very nervous and insecure (leaves sentences incomplete, doesn't say much). individualist, althought she'll hardly carry a grunge, doesn't care about any stranger's problems either. however, when she makes a bond of some sort with another, it tends to be strong and she becomes very emotionally attached. hates fighting because she's terrified of getting hurt, especially of getting her very sensitive snout (the organ in which she relies for guidance) mauled. she doesn't mind company if others approach peacefully to her and are small enough, but dislikes it when it becomes too noisy or invasive, especially if the creature is bigger than her. she'll usually not approach to others.
Other:
while her sight is blurry, her dreams are perfectly nitid, yet since she can't see in colors, dreams are as well in grayscale.
History: she's just a normal solenodon with a well developed imagination. she always liked strange dreams and would repeat them to herself after waking up several times so she would not forget them. she likes to interpret those dreams, finding messages both by individual interpretation and tying several dreams together. more in the audition.
Likes: silence, being left alone, strange dreams, natural scents, daydreaming, sunset, dawn.
Dislikes: noise, jokes, being the center of attention, crowds, cold, people who talks or laughs too much, high-pitched sounds, being asked too many questions, harsh sunlight.
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supporting character

Name: Capuli
Age: one year (adult)
Gender: male
Species: Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
What was stolen: his sense of taste
Abilities: can fly very fast, in any direction, and change these directions in an instant. despite the velocity he has perfect control of his movements. his tiny size allows him to observe/hear while going unnoticed and can get into really small nooks.
Physical Strengths: very fast and acrobatic, very good eyesight. small size for spying and getting access to places others can't get into.
Physical Weaknesses: he's as small as an insect and extremely fragile. can't fight at all or defend himself if he doesn't die when caught. his plumage, which reflects light and has vivid colors may denounce him while being sneaky. due to the high consumption of energy, needs to eat almost constantly.
Height/Weight: Lenght, beak to tail: 5 cm (2 inches)/ 1,6 g (0,056 oz)
Personality: very sociable, cheery, laid back, confident optimystic, naive. of a curious nature, he's always interested in Yucca's outlook on the world (which he finds weird and even amusing, but enjoys listening nonetheless). gets along with anyone, unless the other shows him/herself to be threatening. can be fooled easily as he's a very trusting little guy. from a person's point of view, he's always hyper, but that's the norm for hummingbirds.
History: he is just a normal hummingbird who one day saw a weird thylacine, and since then, never felt the sweet taste of nectar again.
Likes: yucca, tiny insects, flowers, bright colors, sweet scents and flavor, misterious places, eating, showing his accrobacies or his velocity, female birds, being admired because of his skills and/or beauty.
Dislikes: being threatened, cold, hard surfaces, nasty smell, predators.
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Comments: 76

Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to ??? [2013-03-12 16:19:27 +0000 UTC]

es un torneo de personajes originales, en cada ronda uno es emparejado al azar con otro participante y tenemos que hacer una historia en la que nuestro personaje derrota al otro. es muy divertido, y sirve mucho para ejercitarse con las historias ^^ yo he llegado hasta la tercera ronda, a ver hasta donde llego.

muchísimas gracias!

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springheel [2013-03-07 03:21:23 +0000 UTC]

Adoro a mi narigonchis!

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to springheel [2013-03-07 23:54:41 +0000 UTC]

ja ja, a ella se le sonrojaría el hocico

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springheel In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2013-03-08 03:55:14 +0000 UTC]

Igual la quiero mucho. ómo se verá sonrojada? Se pondrá tímida? Me dará su patágrafo?

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to springheel [2013-03-08 15:20:32 +0000 UTC]

creo que su hocico se pondrá más rojo, lo otro quedará bajo el pelaje xD. hmm, tendrías que dejar que pise tu libreta accidentalmente C:

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springheel In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2013-03-08 15:41:33 +0000 UTC]

*Libreta en el suelo y al ladito una almohadilla de sellar* Al que quiera que le pegue, nada más me avisa.

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silverdragon76 [2013-01-15 00:10:40 +0000 UTC]

Woohoo, congrats on passing round 2! I look forward to writing/drawing Yucca and Capuli, feel free to ask any questions you may have about Norri and Dittany, and good luck to you!

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to silverdragon76 [2013-01-15 13:50:45 +0000 UTC]

congratulations to you too! this is going to be a very challenging round, and I'm sure I'll have a tonof fun with Dittany and Norri
be sure I will ^^ and please, feel free to make any questions you too

best of luck!!

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silverdragon76 In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2013-01-16 18:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Forgot to mention, Dittany did lose his shirt in the last round, I guess I'll need to get a ref up.

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to silverdragon76 [2013-01-17 21:35:08 +0000 UTC]

yep! ^^ been catching up with your entries. one question though, he does't like feeling naked, so is he going to replace it with something, or just stayed without it?

been brainstorming like crazy and I'm still not sure how most of the round will go,but at least, I know how it's gonna start and I'm already working on it!

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silverdragon76 In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2013-01-18 00:20:10 +0000 UTC]

He's much less sensitive about just his upper half being exposed. But even so, he is likely to seek out a replacement shirt.

I've been roughing out my round, I think I have a good idea what I want. I can't wait to see yours!

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FabianVeg [2013-01-04 04:26:06 +0000 UTC]

me gustaan los dos

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Canis-ferox [2012-08-24 23:11:32 +0000 UTC]

I've been meaning to comment on this since it was posted I just love Yucca's design though~ And Capuli is so adorable. And yay mammals with neurotoxins! Haha I love those. They're so interesting~

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to Canis-ferox [2012-08-27 02:06:17 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!! I'm very glad you like them. when I decided to join LaF thought "what animal is cool and could work for an OCT?". and when I decided for the elusive Solenodon with toxic saliva, I though a fast creature with better social skills would be a suiting counterpart, thus Capuli was born

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DarkTail67 [2012-08-21 02:21:13 +0000 UTC]

Me tomé cien años, mayormente debido a que no quise leer la referencia ni la audicion hasta que terminaras, pero aquí estoy 8D Y me encanta este duo <3 Los colibrís están entre mis pájaros favoritos, así que puntos extra XD

Y también, EEEEEEEEE alguien más de suramérica! <3~

*runs off to read audition *

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to DarkTail67 [2012-08-21 04:36:59 +0000 UTC]

ah, muchísimas gracias por interesarte en mi historia!! je je, pensé que un colibrí abeja sería el compañero ideal para un solenodon, sobre todo uno con la personalidad de Yucca :'D
espero que disfrutes la audición!! ^^ puse mucho esfuerzo en ella y me dí el gusto de experimentar un montón

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DarkTail67 In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-08-21 04:50:01 +0000 UTC]

Pues resulta que sí la disfruté- y mucho- así que no lamento mi desición de esperar para leerla xD Lo único que podría decir sería que intentes experimentar un poco más con los bordes de los paneles ya que son un poco obvios, pero yo no soy un artista de historietas, soooo desafortunadamente no soy el más adecuado para ofrecer consejo xD Pero deberías pedírselo a alguien que sí sepa, que hay muchos en LaF dispuestos a ayudar a que otros crezcan! <3~

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to DarkTail67 [2012-08-27 05:36:47 +0000 UTC]

me alegra inmensamente!! todavía estoy hyper por haber pasado a las rondas :'D
y muchísimas gracias por la sugerencia!! te aseguro qe la tendré en cuenta, más ahora que para la primera ronda hay menos tiempo así que es probable que experimente con el medio. yo aún soy amateur (tengo práctica, pero no profesional y nunca fuí a un instituto ), pero, trataré de mirar trabajos de otros, a ver si puedo incorporar más variedad

saludos, y buena suerte en ésta Ronda!!

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DarkTail67 In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-08-28 16:54:16 +0000 UTC]

Haha me imagino! Y hablando de, felicitaciones y buena suerte! Tú contra DeadSquirrel. Una parte de mi alma murió cuando vi eso ;o;

Y de nada! <3 Pff no hay problema con que seas amateur: ya eres suficiente bueno/buena (chico o chica? .o.) visualmente, sólo tienes que hacer que los paneles llamen la atención y ayuden a contar la historia, porque si no se siente demasiado blanda, y aunque esté bien escrita y esté bellamente ilustrada, va a haber una tendencia a que la gente pierda el interés C: No digo que aprendas de la noche a la mañana ni mucho menos en la primera ronda, pero si hay algo bueno en los OCTs es que -siempre- aprendes algo sobre cómo superarte como artista ^^

Y ya me extendí. Whoops. Como sea, ojalá que encuentres un método que te sirva, y estaré pendiente de tus páginas que quiero ver cómo progresas! <3

(Ah, y muchas gracias XD De nuevo, buena suerte para ti también :'D)

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to DarkTail67 [2012-09-05 16:18:56 +0000 UTC]

muchas gracias!! ir contra DeadSquirrel será un gran desafío, no sólo por la diferencia de tamaño, sinó porque ella es una artista súper talentosa

éso es muy cierto estoy tratando de hacer algo como lo que decís en un comic que tengo offline, aunque en la primera ronda pasaré de comic a Literatura ilustrada luego de 2 o 3 páginas . y estoy totalmente de acuerdo, ya sólo con la Audición estoy aprendiendo un montón de cosas!
a mi género lo dejo a la adivinación de cada uno, aunque una mirada a mis estampas podría despejar la duda

gracias de nuevo, y éxitos!!

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DarkTail67 In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-09-05 16:52:35 +0000 UTC]

Pff, tú también, hush xD Y de nada C:

Y eso me gustaría verlo! .o. *Shinkoryu14 publicó un tutorial para literatura ilustrada que tal vez te gustaría leer de antemano: [link]

Y...ciertamente inclinan la balanza :'D

De nada e igualmente! <3~

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to DarkTail67 [2012-09-08 05:31:03 +0000 UTC]

oh, muchas gracias por compartirlo!! :'D definitivamente tendré en cuenta ésos consejos.

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DarkTail67 In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-09-08 19:17:30 +0000 UTC]

Heh, de nada C: Buena suerte con tu ronda! Estaré pendiente para leerla <3

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hornerito [2012-07-18 13:59:48 +0000 UTC]

me encantan estos personajes, que anomales raros.

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hornerito In reply to hornerito [2012-07-18 13:59:56 +0000 UTC]

*animales

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MrJinx-cat [2012-07-06 11:15:26 +0000 UTC]

nice

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crazylilone [2012-06-22 19:25:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome characters!

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goudanewt [2012-06-09 10:01:56 +0000 UTC]

I love your species choices, very unique and they make quite an interesting pair.

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to goudanewt [2012-06-17 18:33:47 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much i'll do my best to make an entertaining story with them

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crazywolff85 [2012-05-30 03:12:08 +0000 UTC]

me gustan

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Pyroraptor42 [2012-05-28 21:44:18 +0000 UTC]

te quedaron muy bien

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to Pyroraptor42 [2012-05-29 03:02:55 +0000 UTC]

gracias C:

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dahwolflover [2012-05-20 23:17:21 +0000 UTC]

i like the two

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Meruseitai [2012-05-18 07:55:05 +0000 UTC]

this turned out really great i hope the little guy can stand his own against much larger foes... should be interesting to see how things play out o: good luck, Yucca! xD

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Saturneidae [2012-05-13 03:37:05 +0000 UTC]

Me encantan tus nuevos personajes, cada uno con su historia particular
Además de que tengo debilidad por las aves coloridas como los colibríes x3

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glacgl [2012-05-09 18:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Good luck ^_^. I like the two characters much!.

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BlinkWolf [2012-05-08 16:03:38 +0000 UTC]

Me gustan los animales poco comunes que dibujas, están adorables <3 Una duda que puede ser tonta, pero qué es OCT?

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to BlinkWolf [2012-05-11 20:39:02 +0000 UTC]

muchas gracias!!

OCT significa "original character tournament". se establece un argumento para el torneo, y cada participante crea uno o más personajes bajo ciertas reglas, hace una "audición" (que es una especie de introducción e inserción de los personajes a la historia) y si ésta es aceptada, el torneo efectivamente comienza. el o los moderadores emparejan a los participantes y ambos hacen una entrada (en forma de capítulo de novela, comic, etc) en la cual nuestro personaje derrota al otro. ahí los mods eligen la mejor historia, y sigue hasta que queda un sólo ganador es mi primer OCT así que ando un poco nerviosa ja ja ^^

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BlinkWolf In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-05-27 03:14:34 +0000 UTC]

ya veo! leo esto demasiado tarde xD gracias por responder y mucha suerte

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PurpleHope [2012-05-05 16:02:43 +0000 UTC]

The characters seem very interesting !

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to PurpleHope [2012-05-08 03:39:33 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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PurpleHope In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-05-10 02:26:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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SheeKNS [2012-05-05 15:35:02 +0000 UTC]

Ah así que al fin te animaste a participar!! Mucha suerte con ello :>. 2 personajes interesantes por lo que veo...*se hace un pj rinoceronte* ¿Y ahora qué? >8D.

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to SheeKNS [2012-05-08 03:43:33 +0000 UTC]

encima las audiciones comenzaron en mi época de exámenes xD pero como no estoy haciendo todas las materias (soy vaga y me gusta la universidad así que decidí hacer el último año en 2 partes ), se me hace posible (igual voy a estar a full después de los parciales, ésta semana y la que viene)

tu debilidad serían la incapacidad de controlar un ataque de furia y terrible visión... el colibrí te hace chocar contra un árbol de tal manera que el cuerno quede atascado C:< y luego la solenodon va a los ojos (?) xD

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SheeKNS In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2012-05-10 09:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Creo que me debería plantear eso de hacer el ultimo año en 2 partes, pero ya veré xD.

Nooo not in the eyes!! D8

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to SheeKNS [2012-05-11 19:57:16 +0000 UTC]

fijáte, si vas avanzando fluído y ves que disfrutás la vida universitaria, yo te diría que sí

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Chess-Kitten [2012-05-04 05:25:23 +0000 UTC]

Mas y mas bigotitos... son una debilidad, jeje... Me cayeron muy bien, personajes bien equilibrados y simpaticos. Suerte con eso

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to Chess-Kitten [2012-05-04 20:36:42 +0000 UTC]

muchas gracias!!

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AmiliaLongTail [2012-05-04 03:44:29 +0000 UTC]

I love your style and the hummingbird companion is so creative! I can't wait to see more of these two ^^
Best of luck~

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Nothofagus-obliqua In reply to AmiliaLongTail [2012-05-04 20:37:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much i'm still working in the script but the first page of the audition should come up soon C:

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