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Semaphorism

(#15064621)

Level 10 Guardian

Familiar

Peacevine Aardvark

Energy: 0/50

Personal Style

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Scene

Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

17.26 m

Wingspan

14.79 m

Weight

8117.26 kg

Genetics

Swamp
Lionfish

Carmine
Current

Obsidian
Thylacine

Hatchday

Jul 18, 2015
(8 years)

Breed

Adult
Guardian

Eye Type

Plague
Common

Level 10 Guardian

EXP: 8 / 27676

STR

AGI

DEF

QCK

INT

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MND

Lineage

Parents

none

Offspring

none

Biography

SEMAPHORISM
name credit
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mourning • gardener • suvaun

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Semaphorism
n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on the subject but don’t go any further—an emphatic nod, a half-told anecdote, an enigmatic ‘I know the feeling'—which you place into conversations like those little flags that warn diggers of something buried underground: maybe a cable that secretly powers your house, maybe a fiberoptic link to some foreign country.

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The title suvaun lingers on him like a faded scar; the sounds of his failure ring in his mind even in the most silent times.

It's an odd thing. Semaphorism can't recall the exact days leading up to the death of his charge, nor the cascade of emotions that came with it. The memory is a knife blunted from use, once cutting into very aspect of his life, and now still present but purposeless.

The best thing to do, the only thing to do, was to run. To run away and never return, because facing what had happened would only bring the flood of grief and doubt.

He had found himself in a bright, searing cave. There were petals scattered on the dusty, bloodstained floor, and then everything was numb.

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He's found solace in The Gardens, at least.

There's a void in his mind where there should have been horror and loss, and it's left the remainders of his days faded and insubstantial. Sometimes he feels as if he's staring through a frosted glass, seeing the present unfolding, but unable to interact or react.

But there's also meaning in life, in the plants, in each flower. And since that day, meaning is what he lacks. Semaphorism has become enraptured with floriography. Given his Plague origins, he has to be cautious, gently trimming and caring for his plants with trembling claws.

He's found that each bloom holds not only a metaphorical meaning, but an individual one. He gathers splintered bones and jewelry and buries them among the flowers, and echos of their lives can be found in the magic and shape of each petal.

Amaranth is no longer simply heartbreak, but a distinct moment in time, standing on clifftop overlooking a battle. Ivy transcends the idea of friendship, and is a moment shared between two companions on a long road home. Fragments of the experiences of others live on through the blossoms and roots of Semaphorism's garden.

In a clan built on past ruins and the memories of others, it's a gift. Though only the most vibrant of memories bleed into the present, Semaphorism can both contribute to the clan's knowledge and begin to sate his ravenous desire for feeling.

It's a slow thing coming, responding to his life again. The numbness that had spread throughout his entire being is abating slightly.

Surrounded by the thoughts, wisdom, and pain of the past, he's starting to move forward again. Amidst the turmoil of time long gone and myriad of confusing that is his thoughts, Jouska ties him to now. The present is dynamic, no longer the glassy images it was after entering that cave.

He's healing.

Inch by inch, he's recovering. Everything is growing back differently than before, so bound to the random and chaotic lives of strangers, but it's so much more than before.

He's living again.

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