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( July 2009 )

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Thinking over things, it occurred to me that the wisps, especially Zri'ka, tend to give nicknames to the people they meet. So, to help me and anyone roleplaying with them remember, here's a list of nicknames the wisps have given out. If I've forgotten any, feel free to leave a note in the comments!

In alphabetical order...

Hatess'ato - Kel'ato. (All wisps, although Zri'ka is most likely to use it. Means "Mr. Professor.")
Kisora'ka - Crystal Felarion (wraithoveryou). (All wisps. Means "ghost lady.")
Tee - THD-509r (thd_509r ). (Kis'ka, Zri'ka.)

Name; Zri'ka, Zhen'ato, Kel'ato, and Kis'ka (clockwise from top in icon)
Nicknames; The wisps. Zri'ka is sometimes just called "Zri," and Kel'ato is often referred to as "Hatess'ato" (which means "Mr. Professor" in the shadow elementals' language).
Genders: Female, male, male, and female.
Ages: 17, 18, 35, and 8.
Height: Varies from 11 inches to 1 foot 2 inches. Can be more or less; they're somewhat amorphous.
Weight: Semi-incorporeal. They're normally completely incorporeal, but they can make themselves more solid if there are enough shadows around or their summoner gives them extra energy. When solidified, they feel sort of like porous, squishable rubber.
Eyes: Green, orange, violet, and yellow.
Hair: ... Hair?

Medical Info: They're... made of shadowstuff? They're healthy young elementals.

Physical Traits: They're young shadow elementals, so they're short and made entirely out of shadowstuff. The bracelets they wear are a sign that they are tied to a certain summoner; in their case, it's Crystal Felarion (wraithoveryou ). The bracelets are only removable if either the elemental or the summoner decides to end their pact, or if the summoner dies. (As a bit of trivia, athough he has had three summoners, Kel'ato only has two sets of bracelets; he didn't like his second summoner much, so he removed one set once the pact ran out.) Aside from those, Kis'ka, Kel'ato, and Zhen'ato all wear things around their necks that are entirely removable. (Kis'ka's ribbon, Kel'ato's pendant, and Zhen'ato's collar.) These are just cosmetic.

Abilities: Amorphous to a degree, incorporeal, and they have some control over shadowstuff. It all depends on how much energy their summoner gives them.

Notes for Psychics: Considering you can read the minds of shadow elementals, their thoughts generally read as follows;

• Zri'ka; "I wonder what would happen if I did this... Ooh, shiny! Hey, do you think he'd miss this?" Essentially, the Curiosity Sphere from Portal with a mischievous streak a mile long.
• Zhen'ato; "They shouldn't be doing that. Why am I stuck with these people... Is that a threat? If that's a threat, I'm going to pound it into dust." This serious wisp has a bit of a guard-dog-like personality. He's the picture of constant vigilance.
• Kel'ato; Kel'ato could be thinking of anything. He might be musing over a philosophical statement, thinking over a book review, observing the people around him in detail... His thoughts tend to be very calm, and a little bit detatched.
• Kis'ka; Kis'ka is a worrywart. You can bet that the foremost thoughts in her mind are how the people and things around her are, and how to make them better. She's very nervous and shy, so around new people, her thoughts usually consist of "don't find me, don't look at me, I'm not here, you can't see me..."

Can I shapeshift/bodyswap/spit at/step on/etc?: Yes to all!
Hugging/Kissing/Other non-violent physical contact: Go ahead! The wisps are made for hugging.
Maim/Murder/Death: Please don't. Banishings are okay, though, since they can just be summoned back.
Cooking: They really don't need to eat, so they can't. They do like to sample different flavors, though. As for whether you can cook them... er, well, good luck? Hope you can outrun an infuriated vigilante and a posse of angry shadow elementals.

This is Zri'ka's text. She's the second-youngest of the wisps, at seventeen. She's also an imp and troublemaker of the highest order. Guard everything edible or shiny when she's around!

This is Zhen'ato's text. He's the second-oldest wisp at eighteen. He and Zri'ka were budlings together, and he's very protective of his "little sister." This protective attitude extends to the whole group, including his summoner.

This is Kel'ato's text. The oldest wisp at thirty-five, Kel'ato has had two summoners before Crystal and has the most Material Plane experience of the group. He also has the best vocabulary.

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Kis'ka, whose text looks like this, is the youngest wisp, barely out of her budling stage at eight years old. She's incredibly shy, and extremely empathetic. She has a tendency to worry excessively over anyone or anything that seems hurt or lost, which often leads to Crystal telling the other wisps "don't tell Kis'ka" when she gets injured on the job.

If you're ever unable to tell which wisps are male and female, look at the wisp's name. Male shadow wisps have names that end in "'ato," females have names that end in "'ka." Or, just look at the default icon of this account. Imagine a diagonal line running from the top right corner to the bottom left corner; the ones above the line (Zri'ka and Kis'ka) are female, the ones below the line (Kel'ato and Zhen'ato) are male.