Pandora's Fox II

[folkie]

PANDORA'S FOX II

If you were here last June, do you remember that app that appeared on the relics then, Pandora's Fox? It's all about finding your Familiar bond. It's been available for people to use since every Star Child was forced to fill it out or have it filled out for them with its grand reveal. However, it's sat quietly in the background unobtrusive to those who didn't click to see what it was about.

Until now.

That's right, Pandora's Fox is back! (and with a makeover). The app has been rejiggered with old questions and new, including some specific to each Role! The app will buzz and open itself with a blank profile waiting to be filled out. Star Children can fill it out for themselves—as long as they don't lie. This app will not allow Star Children to lie. Honesty is important in a Familiar bond. Star Children who lie may find that answer filled in a little too honestly and unable to be deleted. Anyone who waits too long to fill it in will find it answered for them!

Familiar bonds come in all different shapes and sizes, so find the right person for you!

This is game canon!

Forms for your characters!

Myths:
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Legends:
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Familiars:
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Comments

[nativized]

So it isn't a natural feature? [ A beat ] ... Or well, that's the wrong way to say it, isn't it? Magic is probably pretty natural.

[aquilasshadow]

The answer to that is complicated. Althiya was a bit like this place, where magic and imagination were just as important as logic, sometimes even more, like how the whims of the moon affected the Sea of Sands and gave us unpredictable seasons. So in the way that magic was deeply woven into the world you could call it natural, even if magic itself is not.

[nativized]

How could magic not be natural if it's that fundamental at that point?

[aquilasshadow]

It may have become fundamental to the natural world but that doesn't change its unnatural origins, and that's all I'm going to say about it.

[nativized]

Mmm. So what's so special about fishing?

[ Switching gears to something else in the original profile. ]

[aquilasshadow]

[Well that's slightly better.]

The Siyfan culture revolved around the Sea of Sand so fisherman who braved the perilous sea of sands were highly respected. My dad was a fisherman and I earned my place among them after he died. That was before I became the shadow mage.

[nativized]

Ah, good, so you did earn it.

[ Even if. the profile said they didn't deserve it ]

And is that what it implies - fishing out animals - or something unique?

[aquilasshadow]

I did. I almost died doing so and I have the scars to prove it.

[There's a different reason why he doesn't deserve it.]

Yeah fishing out animals, crystals and exploring ruins, all while fighting sandstorms, dodging the sea demon and whatever other surprises the sea has that day. There's nothing quite like it.

[nativized]

[ Huh.

There's a lot to analyze in that so he opts for first thought, ]

Sand demon, singular?

[aquilasshadow]

Yeah, the sea demon was a giant sea serpent who roamed the sea of sands. To the fisherman she was the mystical guardian of the sands.

[nativized]

Oh damn, that's a real famous serpent then. Especially if its gotten known as a demon.

[aquilasshadow]

Yeah she was. She had always been a part of the sea for as long as anyone could remember and she was the greatest danger to fisherman. Yet instead of trying to hunt her down, the fisherman respected her authority over the sands. It's the first lesson young fisherman learn and it was a right of passage to bring back one of her freshly dropped scales. Their glow faded with time so you couldn't cheat and find an old one.

Most people chose to track the sea demon down during a season where the sea was relatively calm. I was desperate to prove myself so I chose the seasons of storms for my trial. The decision nearly cost me my life and my father's ship but I earned my place in a way that no on could question.

[Until he was chosen as the shadow mage and everything fell apart.]

[nativized]

Ooooh, damn, that's ambitious of you. Somehow, I didn't peg you as a go-getter.

[aquilasshadow]

I was when I was younger and I still can be if the situation calls for it.

[It's just harder with everything that's weighing him down these days.]

[nativized]

Sweet! Wanna set a goal to help me out somehow or another then? Maybe use that art ability to make me something nice.

[aquilasshadow]

Sure I could do that. Sounds fun! What would you like?

[nativized]

[ ... This guy actually took him up- ]

Some decor for my new apartment.

[aquilasshadow]

[Don't underestimate his love of art. Plus he liked Lex so he was more inclined to say yes.]

Sure I can make you a painting. Do you have any other guidelines or can I make anything I want?

[nativized]

I've never ordered a commission before. ... This is more a favor, so whatever you want. Unless you want it otherwise.

[aquilasshadow]

This is fine. I like the creative freedom.

What's your favorite color and tell me a bit about your favorite place that you've traveled to.

[nativized]

Let's be a little cliche: blue and the beach. Ocean front.

[ He'd usually say "yellow" as his favorite color (which still relates to her). But he can't seem to shake the image of her eyes in his mind. ]

[aquilasshadow]

I can work with that. I haven't painted the ocean that much so it will be a nice challenge.

[When he tried painting the ocean for himself he always felt too bitter that the sea was different here. It was different when he painted for someone else though. Making someone else happy with something he created is one of the reasons he loves art and he already had a few ideas for Lex's painting.]

[nativized]

Yeah, it's no sand thing. I grew up on a saltwater coast.

[aquilasshadow]

Sounds nice.

[Even if he didn't like the water he could still appreciate the beauty of the ocean, especially since he came from a desert world. It was a wonderous sight.]

[nativized]

I'd like to think so!

[ And he's... attached a lot of nostalgic feelings to it for obvious reasons that altair better not bring up in public like this, so. ]