This is about the main character from my book, Zeerase.
Zeerase Eltha is a familiar. According to historical texts, she is the first human familiar ever. Zee dwells a lot in her memories, contemplating deeper things than what the world around her can offer. She likes kind people and wont suffer mean ones if she can help it.
She looks to be about fifteen even though she's twenty years or so old. Zeerase is short for “her age”. She has dark skin, blood colored hair, and piercing green eyes. This genetic combination has never been adequately explained, but her mother thinks it has to do with Zeerase's enigmatic great-great-great-great-grandfather.
The right half of her scalp is scar tissue only- she doesn't have any hair growing there. There are three distinct lines where the flesh and part of her cranium was clawed. She has a similar mark on her left shoulder and another on hr right hip. She is riddled with other scars as well, but none are as bold as those previously mentioned.
There is a look about her that suggests that she was once very pretty... although she is not ugly, her serious face and brooding nature make her seem less-than-gorgeous. Because of her seriousness, people who see her tend to ignore her. When she does smile, Zeerase Eltha could light the world with metaphorical sunshine.
Zeerase has a black jumpsuit that covers her from her toes to the base of her skull. It zips up the front. The fabric is old, stained, and the creases at the joints are obvious. There are armor plates (steel) on her shoulders, elbows, knees, and hips. She also has black combat boots with steel toes and black gloves that she doesn't usually wear. The material is exceptionally weatherproof.
Zee has a sword that she was given several years ago. It has the general shape of a cutlass, but lacks balance and a good curve. The sword is not particularly sharp or well made, but it works about as well as Zee can wield it- that is to say, with great imperfection.
She has no formal martial arts training, but experience has taught her how to throw a good punch or kick and when to duck and cover. She is quick and nimble, but she loses her grace when she gets tired. She is also relatively good at getting out of holds. Part of this comes from how slight she is but most of it is from having “been there, done that.” A vast majority of her martial skill is based upon adrenaline.
If she is hurt severely enough, she will run away, recover, and start the fight again.
As far as magic goes, she can conjure it around her hands and solidify it when she needs to. She can use it to make floating shields in the air to protect her from attack or she can make daggers to stab with. Her favorite way to attack is to make the magic into solid orbs and throw them like baseballs. Without solidifying her magic, she can light up a room with a hand and even temporarily blind people. Of course, all of this uses enormous amounts of energy.
I made this today. It's a turtle-armadillo mix. I call it the TURDILLO. As an afterthought, I realized that the first syllable is "turd" but then I decided it was funnier that way. Go figure.
I mean, really, have you ever seen a more remarkable animal? This one is a dumbo octopus. According to Wikipedia's article on dumbo octopuses, they "hover above the sea floor, searching for worms, bivalves, pelagic copepods, and other crustaceans. They move by pulsing their arms, shooting water through their funnel, or by waving their ear-like fins. They can use each of these techniques separately or all simultaneously. The males and females are different in their size and sucker patterns. The females lay eggs consistently, with no distinct breeding season."
It melted the bottom of the bowl! We checked to see if it was hot- It was warm but not painful.
A close-up of the slag in the bottom of the bowl.
We held it to the side to see if it was really , truly, fused.
And it was.
We realized we'd melted through the bottom and it now stuck out weirdly.
There's that weird thing again. You can see the dent in the metal where it went up toward the heat source.
It looks like a mountain... or dog poo.
This warning sign generator is great fun. You can make signs and print them out or just be as silly as possible, like me. What can I say- it's what I do best.
It's the new Shyamalan movie. I've never seen a Shyamalan movie I didn't like- and that includes The Happening. Although, to be perfectly honest, Unbreakable is still my favorite of his. Shyamalan is most famous for his movies The Sixth Sense, Signs, and The Village. Other than that I don't know much about him.
I'm a lucid dreamer to an extent. That means I can actively control what I do in my dreams, but sometimes it takes me a while to realize I'm in my dream.
