#rares ask

[islandtarochips]

How is the process of choosing the perfect tattoo? And how is it done? Is there a traditional way, or now a more modern technique is preferred? ✨

Oh ho ho. Pele. You have NO idea of how long it took me to find the PERFECT tattoos for each of these siblings! And even for my other Samoan OCs I’ve created so far! Lol.

And also, to tell you the truth. I’ve NEVER have a samoan tradition tattoos. Because I’m not allowed to have tattoos.

BUT. I have SEEN it! And trust me…it looked painful…😰

I could still remember them crying a bit about it but that’s the process. And if you’re wondering of what it is. It is THIS one.

Yup. It’s these tools that they use to carve up on your skin.

I’ll try to break it down of what each of these tools are called and what they do!

This tool up there is called AU. This is the primary tool for tattooing. It's made up of three parts: a small comb made of sharpened bone or boar's husk, a turtle shell plate, and a wooden handle. The comb's teeth vary in width to create different line thicknesses. They said it’s the IMPORTANT tool because it’s the one that will PAINT on their skin! Which I will explain ABOUT that paint!

But I can’t seem to find a photo reference to show it to you. So I’ll try to explain it to you. Those paint are collected from burning candle nuts or lama nuts. The soot is then mixed with sugar water to create the ink. That’s how they make the ink!

And now for the next tool!

That tool! Is called a SAUSAU! A wooden rod used to strike the AU and drive the pigment into the skin. Like banging that stick on top of the comb brush to get it marked onto the skin!

And lastly to make sure to keep the pigment stick onto the skin. They used a palette! Which is using either a coconut shell or taro leaf and pat on top of the pigment as it try to stick onto it!

And in order for them to use these tools. They need a Tufuga! A Samoan word for “Tattoo Artist”. And they’re good to go!

And if you wanna know in ACTION! Here’s a short video of it! But I must warn you…don’t know if it’s painful to look but you’ve been warned! Let me know of what you think!

Thank you for sending the ask though! I really do enjoy sharing the culture to you and the others! And also, don’t be surprised of how LONG it takes for the Toa siblings receiving their tattoos doing THIS way😅 Love ya, pele!😘💖

[islandtarochips]

Hiiii! I forgot to ask too! Favorite hobbies of the team? What would WTF drag Rares to in order to show their hobbies?

Talofa pele! And I would LOVE to tell you about the WTF's hobbies! Which I will only show the main 4 though. Which is Kanoa, Tiala, Agnes and Nigel. Since the other ones that I have. I...haven't thought about it. Only these guys! And I'm sure that they all would like to have Rares to join in! So here we go!

Kanoa's hobbies is just singing and playing piano and guitar. Other instruments too! He has a REALLY good voice. Like, for REAL! And he wouldn't DRAG Rares into his hobbies but like invited him. I don't know if Rares can play any instruments or can sing. But Kanoa would like to teach him how to do it.

Tiala is cooking and baking. She just enjoy making some delicious foods and pastries. She is also interested of creating something crafty as well. So you can say that she'll DRAG Rares into her hobbies to help her out to cook and bake some things for any special occasions. Even for her BIG family! Hopefully Rares has enough energy to make it for the WHOLE lots. Lol.

Agnes's hobbies is drawings! She really enjoy putting her imagination into reality of drawings! Like drawing animals, people, insects, birds, buildings, vehicles- ANYTHING. She often draw it into her journal whenever she saw something or someone interested! Like her drawing of Rares the first time she met him! Lol. And also, she will most definitely dragged him to pose for her while she sketch on her journal! And also would love to see HIS artistic skills of drawings! Ugly or not, she will still adore his drawings! (While trying not to laugh though-)

Nigel has a hobbie! Which is playing sports! And the only sports that he enjoys is Football (soccer)! You can say that he got that liking from his mom. For she also play it in a football team! He got some neat tricks that he learned from her! And he wouldn't mind to show it off to Rares! Teaching him a few kick tricks!

I hope Rares is okay experiencing THOSE kind of hobbies with them! And hopefully having fun as well! Thank you for sending this ask! Love ya, pele!

[islandtarochips]

oopsie! Bella has just landed and she’s coming to work closely behind the scenes as a shadow informant with the WTF (don’t worry, it’s during her separation era) who’s excited about it and who’s ‘hating’ it? 👀✨

Ahem. The one who’s excited is Agnes, Nigel, Kanoa and Aelan. Since they really do like her. And they enjoyed working with her! Agnes is the most exciting person though. Lol.

As for the ‘hating’ it? Tiala and Alana. Except they don’t HATE her. They just don’t really trust her…yet. Even her separation era. They still don’t trust her but learn to tolerate with it.

Don’t worry Bella. They’ll come around. As long you prove to them that you’re trustworthy enough! At least you got the others on your side!😁

Thank you for sending this! Love ya, pele!😘💖

[islandtarochips]

How would Tiala react to being stuck in a small room with Gaz? 👀

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Ain’t that an INTERESTING question~ Hehehe~

Let’s pretend that Gaz and Tiala were stuck in some kind of LOCKER room (which I know most writers always use. But Imma use it anyway!). As the two was trying to hide away from the enemies. So they both rushed to squeezed themselves into one of the lockers.

Awkward. Yes. These two were just facing each other but Tiala is just peeking through the holes to watch the enemies passing by. While Gaz was also trying look. Distracting himself from how close he is with the First Sergeant.

And since you ask of how Tiala reacted. I would say….NOTHING. No really. She can’t think of anything awkward except focusing of trying to survive. So she doesn’t pay much attention about their TIGHT situation. Which I know it’s disappointing to hear.

BUT. If Tiala started dating Gaz. I’m sure she would find it REALLY awkward that it’s hard to ignore it. And I KNOW Gaz is enjoying this soft side of hers. 😏 But he’ll get a smack if he tried to do anything funny to her since they are in a MISSION. He’ll get touchy AFTER though. Hehehe~

This is pretty fun to imagined that Tiala is being such a serious gal but when she started dating Gaz. She’s all flustered all the time! Hahaha! Suffer Tiala. You deserve some love embarrassed attention!😂💖

Thank you for sending this ask! Love ya, pele!😘💖

[islandtarochips]

Since Flo works remotely in Bella’s team she can basically work from anywhere, and she will choose to be near Kanoa dearest 🩷 But… question: is he a workaholic?

Oh how adorable of Florence! She really wanted to be near Kanoa every seconds of it 😊 Which he doesn’t mind! lol.

And Kanoa being workaholic? Mmmm…no. Not really. Unless he needs to finished his work COMPLETELY but not like he WANTED to be a workaholic person. Work is work. So he’ll just finished it up and continue on his day!

And also, it’ll be funny that Florence will try to “DISTRACT” Kanoa from his work~😏 Hehehe~

[islandtarochips]

I NEED the team’s reaction when Florence shows up all cutesy looking for Kanoa, smelling like cotton candy and in all her pastel clothing glory 🩷

AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW! I could already imagined of how CUTE she'll look! Hehehe~

Okay! Now for the WTF's reaction!

Tiala -> She would say that Florence does look nice in her clothing and her looks are really beautiful. But she suddenly have that weird feeling and questioning WHY is Florence is being dolled up all of a sudden. Until she paused seeing her talking to KANOA. .....that overprotective sister mode had ACTIVATED-

Agnes -> She'll gasped and would called out to her saying- "FLOREEEEEEEEEEEEEENCE! YOU LOOK SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE! I LOVE IT! YOU SLAY GIRL!" And just send a blow kiss to her just being friendly. Lol. She also question of what made Florence dressed up so CUTELY! Until her jaws dropped to see that gal talking with her Captain. She felt excited to see this but then soon felt that dark aura next to her....Uh oh-

Nigel -> Will be surprised to see Florence walked in looking so gorgeous in that cute dress and couldn't help smelling that sweet cotton candy scent. It almost makes him feels like he's under her spell already but already snapped out of it before smiling at her. He was curious of what made her dressed up and then his eyes widened to see her talking (flirting) with his Captain. He...felt weird at first but not to Florence but to someone- Oh shit, his First Sergeant doesn't look so happy.

Aelan -> Like everyone else, she's surprised as well. But finds it cute to se Florence dressing up like that. She would be watching her passing by as she smell her sweet scent of cotton candy. As her eyes followed the little hacker gal. She smiled a little to see the REASON why Florence had dressed up a bit. Is for Kanoa. Of course, who else wouldn't like to dress up for their sweet charming Captain. But she knows what's happening next as she could see SOMEONE was not happy about it.

Alana -> The General JUST walked in with her coffee to see Florence walking by. She was confused to see her coming into their base looking like THAT. She even wonders if any of her other soldiers saw this pretty gal walking by. Until she saw her talking with the Captain. Oh ho. This will be fun to watch.

And lastly, Kanoa -> Let's just say that he's SMILING. One side to another to see the pretty lady coming in. I mean, he's surprised as well but also expecting it. So you could say that he's quite excited to see her. Seeing that admiration expression on his face once his brown eyes lay upon this beautiful little lady~ Hehehe~ He would be talking with her ALL day. And didn't see SOMEONE was just death glaring at Florence.

And don't worry about Tiala. She's just being overprotective with her big brother. Doesn't mean she doesn't LIKE Florence but just not trusting her to be in a relationship with him. Thank you for sending this ask! Love ya, pele!😘💖

[islandtarochips]

Rareș baking and giving snacks to Tiala (and okay, the team too) before a big assignment so everyone feels immediately better! (the ones that can eat sugar ofc)

Aaaaaw! Rares is such a sweet boy! Of course, Tiala would have some! And I bet his baking is DELICIOUS! Tiala will be very impressed of how good he baked and will ask him to show her some tips of how to make them!

These two will be the baking masters to create something! Hehehe!

And also, I bet Rares will bake something whenever he sees Tiala looking upset before she heads out to the mission or before she started to do her report. Like maybe she had a bad day or the missions she came back had gone wrong. So Rares, the SWEETEST good boy, will bake it right away and send it over to Tiala IMMEDIATELY!

Of course, Tiala will be surprised to see Rares bringing over sweets. Even the time before she goes on a mission. Once she accepted and tasted it. She suddenly feel the warmness around her body and felt quite calm! She really appreciated of his kind thoughts.

And for the OTHERS! I’m sure they also felt the same as Tiala for Rares kind gestures!

But um…just to warn Rares. Not to give ALL of those baking goods or sweet treats to AGNES. She’s REALLY into it…if she sees him holding a TRAY of it………he needs to RUN.

REALLY. For REAL. Please let him run.

Anyway, thanks for sending this ask! Really fun to imagined of how Rares did for the team! Love ya, pele!

[islandtarochips]

Hiiiya! Rareș shares with the WTF he is looking for ideal vacation spots. What favorite places are the soldiers recommending to him? Are there any with specific memories for them? ✨

TALOFA AGAIN PELE! And oh boy! Do they have the BEST spots for him! But I will break it down!

First off, if he asked the Toa Siblings (Kanoa and Tiala). They will take him to their island home, "American Samoa". They do know a good place to have a good swim which is in Aunu'u Island! It IS close to American Samoa but it's separated. Which is like the map from down here.

And down here are some photos I got it off from google though. Please bare with me. I forgot to take some photos of it when I went there for a visit with my mom's family. They have VERY pretty and clear water at their docks! So please bare with me...

Okay, this is what Aunu'u Island looks like! Right up there!☝️

And this is their harbor where they drop off and pick up people from there to the other island where you see the background is at!

Like I said, their water in that harbor are SO clear and beautiful! PERFECT to swim in! I'm sure Tiala and Kanoa have family over there for Rares to meet and then joined with them to swim there! And even sleep in one of their houses!

Now for Agnes! She usually goes to her dad's family side which is in Tonga! And she still goes there! Along with her mom and her Aunty! If Rares wanted to go, I'm sure the other two adults wouldn't mind!

Once entering the island of Tonga. The first thing that Agnes would do together with Rares. Is to take him to the BEACH!

Okay for most Polynesian people. The first thing that they'll do is to just SWIM. Letting you know about that. Lol.

I didn't go to Tonga but I do see some pics from Google...again. So I think this is the photo of the Beach from there. It's called Ha'atafu Beach on Tongatapu.

I THINK that's what it's look like! Sorry about the blurriness. It....came out like that and I don't know how t fix it...

But that'll be the spot that Agnes would take Rares to! And then perhaps take him to a nice food restaurant over there in Tonga too! Somewhere where they can CHICKEN sandwich! The best ones yet! Heard it was expensive these days. Some of them can afford it....That's what I HEARD. Don't know if it's true or not. But buying the best Chicken Sandwich for these guys? And I'm sure they'll chomp it down like there is NO TOMORROW! HAHAHA!

Now for Alana and Aelan's turn! In Hawaii, they will take Rares to their favorite ideal beach spot in the island. Which is in Maui's Wailea. Well, they WOULD take him to Waikiki but they thought that this boy would like to relaxed. So Maui's Wailea is the best lay back resort to relaxed in!

I mean, there WILL be people but not too crowded like in Waikiki. Here are some photos I found in Google of their resorts.

It looks really nice! And this is what I saw on google saying that this is the best spot! I think...?

But anyway! Onto the LAST one which is Nigel!

Nigel here will have Rares to come with him and his family to meet up with his mom's side of the family which is from Scotland. Don't know if he went with Soap though since he IS from there as well. But if not then he'll take him there!

I think in Scotland that Nigel would like to show him. Is Isle Of Sky!

These are some photos that I got off from Google! Don't know if it IS the one but here you go!

Pretty relaxing looking to be honest. Now I wish I could go there.

Anyway, that would be the place that Nigel would take Rares to!

And that's about it for the WTF! I hope this answer your boi's question of the best ideal vacation spots! And thank you for sending this to me! Love ya, pele!