Post by zephyrus on Sept 4, 2010 1:43:13 GMT -5
Name: Kit
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth date: July 22nd, 1987
Birthplace: Military hospital, Alice Springs; Australia.
Blood Type: O-
Astrological Sign: Cancer the Crab
Orientation: Asexual
Guild: (Join in progress)
Shifter Mark Location: Under his armpit. (Hasn't even noticed its existence)
Shapeshift Form: White-Throated Needletail or Spine-tailed Swift. It is also sometimes known as the Storm-bird or Stormbird.
Length: 22cm( 9 inches)
Wingspan: 50cm (20 in)
Weight: 32g ( 0.08lbs or 1.34oz)
Top Speed in unassisted even flight (Not a dive):171km/h (106mph)
Relative Speed: 697.5km/h (433mph)
Images of Species: img714.imageshack.us/img714/473/swiftb.jpg
Up-Close Appearance: img830.imageshack.us/img830/4531/23188301.png
Bird call while flying: www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=white+throated+needletail
Character Theme Song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUwRGPxCG_Y {Nujabaes - Aruarian Dance}
Default Form: Swift is now default form due to an over-shift of longer than 12 hours.
Appearance (shifted):
Personality:
Other:
Sources/Factual accuracy:
1) www.speedofanimals.com/animals/white_throated_needletail?g=u
2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_Needletail
3) birdsinbackyards.net/species/Hirundapus-caudacutus
4) identify.whatbird.com/obj/873/_/White-throated_Needletail.aspx
5) peonyden.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
6) www.xeno-canto.org/
7) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap
8) www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/pine-a07.shtml
9) www.google.com
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth date: July 22nd, 1987
Birthplace: Military hospital, Alice Springs; Australia.
Blood Type: O-
Astrological Sign: Cancer the Crab
Orientation: Asexual
Guild: (Join in progress)
Shifter Mark Location: Under his armpit. (Hasn't even noticed its existence)
Shapeshift Form: White-Throated Needletail or Spine-tailed Swift. It is also sometimes known as the Storm-bird or Stormbird.
Length: 22cm( 9 inches)
Wingspan: 50cm (20 in)
Weight: 32g ( 0.08lbs or 1.34oz)
Top Speed in unassisted even flight (Not a dive):171km/h (106mph)
Relative Speed: 697.5km/h (433mph)
Images of Species: img714.imageshack.us/img714/473/swiftb.jpg
Up-Close Appearance: img830.imageshack.us/img830/4531/23188301.png
Bird call while flying: www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=white+throated+needletail
Character Theme Song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUwRGPxCG_Y {Nujabaes - Aruarian Dance}
Default Form: Swift is now default form due to an over-shift of longer than 12 hours.
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Appearance (shifted):
[/center]The White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), also known as Needle-tailed Swift or Spine-tailed Swift, is a large swift.
These birds have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. They build their nests in rock crevices in cliffs or hollow trees. They never settle voluntarily on the ground and spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks.This large swift is often mistaken in flight for a small predatory bird, but its long curved wings and white markings should identify it. Needle-tail swifts make up for their inability to land with amazing eyesight, as well as being one (if not the) fastest horizontal flight birds of the sky at a blistering 106 miles per hour.
A group of swifts are collectively known as a "box", "flock", "screaming frenzy", and "swoop" of swifts"
Flying overhead, Kit looks like a gliding boomerang, smaller than most birds of prey.
His short hooked legs allow him to grab on to cliffs, buildings, as well as the sides of rough trees and adhere, although landing on flat ground is more troublesome.-----------------------------------------------------------
Appearance: (Human)
Overall: Tall and thin, especially lanky, especially around the arms and legs. His skin is a light brown from his almost constant outdoor exposure to the sun. His brown hair is a short military buzz cut. His eyes a subdued green.
Clothing: Usually can be see something that you would imagine a hiker or backpacker would wear. Believes in layering like it's a religion. Likes to refer to cotton as "death fabric." In more casual attire he can be seen wearing a simple unbuttoned collard shirt with cargo pants or jeans.-----------------------------------------------------------Notable features:
Squinter. Kit squints a lot while trying to look at distant objects, not because he hast bad vision, but because he's become used to the exceptional vision he has as a bird.
Bug Eater.Kit will eat bugs as a person. From ants, to crickets to cicadas. This is not normal.Observant. Kit is always looking every which way, exploring scenes with his eyes first and foremost.
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Personality:
Kit is a military man. If he wouldn't have been given the shape-shifting ability of flight, he would have tried to get a job building experimental aircraft at the military base where he grew up. He's also a tinkerer. Constantly trying to build devices and mcguyver creative solutions to his problems. His degree in electrical engineering is invaluable in his ability to salvage old abandoned electronics equipment from junkyards and abandoned buildings.History/Background:
The mindset of Kit is very analytical and objective based. When musing over a decision he can often be seen scribbling numerous pro/con charts, flowcharts, and diagrams. This unfortunately means he's not so good with the arts.
Overall he's an independent with an old fashioned clan based mentality. (Me and my own, then the group above that, then the group above that) [in order of priority]
(More of his personality will be defined as he interacts with his new surroundings and will be added accordingly.)
In short, he grew up on a military research base in the Australian outback, and his personality follows suit.
Born in a military hospital at Pine Gap Joint Defense Space Research Facility located in Alice Springs. Kit grew up an army brat in the northern territory of Australia. His friends and family on the base were enough to keep away any thick Australian accent, but his personality is very similar to his native country with a laid back nature and love for sports and the outdoors.
Before his powers, Kit was having the time of his life. Hiking, surfing, biking, triathlons, college. When he found his ability to transform he was a little disappointed in the choice of bird. He was like an ugly pigeon that couldn't even land right. It took him weeks jumping off the top of the school building and falling into the pool below before he got the hang of flying, and it was everything he thought it would be. After that came landing, and with it bruises and cuts galore. His friends frequently made fight club jokes as he would come to class with bruises and black eyes and no explanation.
Eventually he graduated college with a degree in electrical engineering, and waved farewell to his parents to go start a life of his own. He didn't have any intention in going and getting a job, he knew exactly where he was heading: The sky.
For two years after that he lived his life flying the globe surviving on bugs and wilderness survival skills. His dislike for his choice in bird was quickly shattered when he started to realize the speed at which he could fly. It was like being a sports car with wings. He loved every minute.
Became trapped as a bird after flying over the ocean near Bali while his 12 hour timer was to expire, and being a poor swimmer he was given the choice to either change and drown, or become locked in as a swift. His love for flying has lessened the depression about being a human for half a day at a time.
After two years on the road alone, Kit decided it was time to stay in one spot for a longer period of time.
He picked a nearby city, Shelpey Alley. Maybe there would be others like him? Maybe there would be delicious bugs.-----------------------------------------------------------
Roleplay Sample:
Kit sat on a metal utility walkway inside the workings of the local clock tower, it was dawn, and the cold metal chilled his white skin to the touch. He was naked, the early time of day ensuring that nobody would be the wiser about his trespass. Climbing down off the railing he reached under a small ledge and pulled out a plastic container of cicadas. Their hum was muffled by the container, but began to echo as soon as the lid was opened.
Kit carefully shuffled a few out of the container and on to the walk way, making sure to crush them with his thumb enough that they would not escape as he returned the container. "Pet shops are the best restaurants in the world." He chuckled to himself, changing to his more comfortable form. He made quick work of the insects with his beak, before taking flight over the town. [It's time to find some people to hang out with,] he thought to himself as he caught the beginnings of the daily thermals.
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Other:
Sources/Factual accuracy:
1) www.speedofanimals.com/animals/white_throated_needletail?g=u
2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_Needletail
3) birdsinbackyards.net/species/Hirundapus-caudacutus
4) identify.whatbird.com/obj/873/_/White-throated_Needletail.aspx
5) peonyden.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
6) www.xeno-canto.org/
7) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap
8) www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/pine-a07.shtml
9) www.google.com