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The Friends In Adriatic Sea Update🌸 The individual profiles of the Gfriend🌸 🌟Today🌟17🌟11🌟27🌟

[pleiochroma]

Lunasa is the mechanic on the Kittiwake. Lunasa is the daughter of Benedick and Beatrice.  She is their first child and came from a single egg clutch.  As a result, her parents completely doted on her, and she spent quite a lot of time with them on the Kittiwake.  She loved getting into all the tiny crawl spaces and hiding spots the ship had to offer and was, frustratingly for her parents and their crew mates, remarkably adept and hide and seek.  One of her favorite places to hide was the engine room, although getting behind control panels and the like was also fun.   As a result of all of this, Lunasa became quite familiar with the inner workings of the ship and how all of its various moving parts worked.  Mechanical devices became a fascination for her as she got older, and she started hiding in the engine room more to study the engine than to actually play games.  The ship was her home, her school, and her life, and she made it her mission to be able to care for it the way it had cared for her as a child.  Lunasa loves her parents and her clan, but the she considers the Kittiwake almost like a third parent for her. Lunasa didn’t take her leave of the clan the way other children usually do, and that even Ipomoea took before coming back home to settle permanently with the clan.  At first, this worried some of the older members who were concerned that Lunasa wouldn’t see the world outside of their territory and would be too sheltered as a result.  But her prowess at maintaining the Kittiwake means she is essential personnel and travels extensively with the ship and its crew.  She has seen a good deal of the world and its people as a result, and she still chooses to return home to Pleiochroma every time.  She can’t imagine wanting to live anywhere else.

[pleiochroma]

Emma is Josep’s other apprentice woodworker and presents quite the contrast to her fellow apprentice.  Where Asa is quiet and serious, Emma is boisterous and energetic.  She doesn’t take her work very seriously, either, and Josep is hard-pressed to make her pay attention or do her work.  Her age has a bit to do with this, but it is not the only issue.

There is much debate as to whether a Guardian chooses his or her charge, or whether the charge chooses the Guardian.  In truth, it is a bit of both, with some dragons actively deciding what they shall take as their charges, and some feeling immense urges to guard particular charges.  Emma very squarely falls into the latter category, and additionally felt this urge at a remarkably young age.  Guardians typically do not undertake their search for a charge until they reach adulthood, but Emma felt it almost from the moment she hatched.  At first it was a bearable pull, but the calling was soon too strong for her to ignore.  At that point, there was nothing for it but to leave her home clan and make the journey all alone to her current home.  Her charge is the same as Asa and Josep before her.

But therein lies a problem.  Where Josep and Asa enjoy their craft, Emma is distinctly less enthusiastic about it.  She doesn’t enjoy being in the workshop and doesn’t feel that same spark of creativity and passion for making something from nothing the way they do.  And as a result, she slacks off whenever she can, and tends to her work only begrudgingly.  The things she makes are not poorly constructed, but they are often rather useless in practice.  In fact, she has made a sort of game of it.  If she is set a project, she will technically fulfill the requirements, but will strive to make the end result as useless as possible.  She was once set the task of making a small box, such as one would keep jewelry in.  She made the box, but it was so small that it wouldn’t hold the tiniest gem, much less actual jewelry fit for a dragon.  When instructed to remake it larger, she did so, but made the inner dimensions of the larger box just as small as before.  The next box was far too large and barely fit in her workshop.  And to get each of these products was difficult enough without having to wheedle her into actually working on it.  It causes Josep a fair number of headaches, and he would give up training her entirely if she wasn’t so bound to the task.  If left to her own devices, she will eventually come back for more work, as the pull of her charge will drag her back.  Nobody is particularly happy with the situation, but as it is a rather unprecedented one to all involved, they are at a loss as to a better solution.

[pleiochroma]

Asa is Josep’s apprentice and shares his charge.  She is a very serious, studious sort of dragon, and few would ever accuse her of having a sense of humor.  She feels very deeply, but is not given to outward displays of emotion.  This means that most of her clan mates would not count her as a friend exactly, but she would go to the ends of the earth to keep them safe and comfortable.  It’s a curious dynamic, to say the least.

While Josep’s specialty in woodworking is furniture, Asa prefers to spend her time making toys.  There’s hardly a hatchling born in Pleiochroma lately that doesn’t have one from her, and most carry these gifts with them when they leave the clan.  This penchant for making toys has made her one really truly good friend in the clan, at least.  Asa and Catherine are especially close now, an almost natural result of Asa constantly supplying the little ones with new playthings.  Catherine, like most of her clan mates, initially didn’t think much of the young Guardian, but she became interested and curious at the apprentice’s sudden interest in toys over more utilitarian items.  Catherine began taking pains to get to know Asa, and in doing so formed a deep, abiding friendship with her.  It’s not the kind of friendship that is shown in giggling or shared stories or antics.  It’s a much more sedate sort of friendship, expressed largely in quiet companionship.  But it is no less real for all that, and they each feel secure in the love and support a true friend provides.

[pleiochroma]

Josep is the clan’s woodworker.  He is an industrious type of dragon, and throws himself wholeheartedly into his work.  He is also shy and introverted, so is not often seen in communal spaces.  That said, if you get him one on one and ask him about his work or interests, he will talk your ear off, and you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about the subject.  And while he is uncomfortable with crowds, he is very loving and close with those he considers his friends and close family, and is always willing to help and care for them.  He is generally very placid, and difficult to rouse, but once angered, he is a ferocious fighter and difficult to placate.  It is generally considered not worth arguing with him because the fight is generally more costly than the point of contention.  And Josep will often simply forget the point soon enough anyway, though it is unclear whether this is out of a desire to keep the peace or actual forgetfulness. Being a Guardian, Josep has a charge to care for.  Unlike most Guardians, however, whose charges are physical entities, Josep’s charge is an idea.  His charge is his talents and techniques of woodworking, techniques that have been handed down from a series of mentors through the ages to him.  He protects these methods through practice, and ensures their survival by passing them on to his own apprentices, who will one day carry the techniques as charges of their own.  

[pleiochroma]

Vanessa is the head insect catcher for Clan Pleiochroma.  She is skilled at her job, and enjoys it well enough, but this is not what makes her stand out.  Vanessa is notably focused on her looks, and can be more than a little conceited about them.  This can make her off-putting and distasteful to many of her clan mates.  But Vanessa is also very proud of her clan and her vanity extends to the rest of her clan mates as well as to herself.  And she takes every opportunity to remind those around her of their own attractions, physical and otherwise.  She spends time building up those around her rather than tearing them down to make herself feel better.  When her clan feels good about themselves, she feels good about herself, and she preens under compliments to them almost as much as to herself.  So while it can be difficult to listen to her holding forth about her own merits, having her around has decided benefits for the clan.  It is this reason that makes her so useful within the clan.  The fact that she keeps the pantry well stocked with bugs is just a nice bonus.

[pleiochroma]

Benedick is the Kittiwake’s weapons master.  He, like Beatrice, is quite clever, but he is more naturally given to humor.  He is rarely ever serious, even and especially in times where his skills are required.  This tends to unnerve others, but it is what helps keep him calm and level-headed in times of crisis.  His penchant for jokes, however, can often take the form of sarcasm and satire, and is not always received as humor.  This can get him into trouble more than he or his crew would like, and he is frequently left to guard the ship when the others disembark.  Otherwise, he would often find himself in an unintentional fight with those who don’t know him well enough to catch his meaning right away.  He could, of course, hold his own in such times, for he is a proficient fighter, but it’s really better for everyone involved if he didn’t always have to.  Malcolm is tired of paying for broken chairs, tables, windows, and heads.  And it’s no difference to Benedick if he stays behind, because it gives him time and space to run drills in peace.  He likes to keep in top form, because, while he is rarely called on to earn his keep, he wants to make sure that he does earn it when the time comes.  And so far, he has never failed his crew mates or his captain in that endeavor.

[pleiochroma]

Beatrice is the navigator on the Kittiwake.  She is devilishly clever and prone to talking circles around others, which sometimes makes her seem arrogant or snobbish.  She doesn’t mean to be, and she certainly isn’t given to looking down on those around her, even those she knows to be her intellectual inferiors.  She just can’t help it.  She always stood out intellectually, and her family took great pains to foster her natural talents, always giving her puzzles, riddles, brain teasers, and the like as part of her regular education.  She finds it difficult to turn that off, to say nothing of it being distasteful to her.  Thankfully, while it can intimidate some of her clan mates, it is what her ship mates in particular love about her.  Malcolm, her captain, is no nonsense and loves having such a rational dragon on his crew, and it was rather what made him decide to bring her on in the first place.  Aside from her wit, Beatrice is a very loving, family-oriented dragon and is something of the crew’s mom, always making sure they are eating well, getting enough sleep, and generally taking care of themselves.  She can be a little overbearing when she gets in these moods, but backs off easily enough if she knows she is being a bother.  And to be fair, certain members of the crew would miss meals and not even realize it, so having a crew mom is almost certainly for the best.