Traveling Wajas
FORWARD:
First of all, yes, I am a member of Wajas. My eldest daughter got me hooked on the site since it's the closest I'll ever get to owning my beloved wolves lol. Yes, there are breeds that have that wolfish look to them. They are called Banes, and I am very partial to them. Most of my inbound travels are Banes.
For those that do not know what Wajas is, it is a virtual pet site where the member can breed, sell, design and create their own pets. Most of the pets have a more canine appearance to them, but the mutations and markings give them a rather… unique look.
Members also frequent the message boards looking for good deals, and sometimes even finding a member run game or two to participate in. One of those games has spawned this story.
There are numerous "Traveling Wajas" games that are run by different members, but I only play one of them. I've had a lot of fun with it. The idea is, the game creator offers up a selection of wajas, all travelers are male, whether her own or some that belong to other traveling players, that are willing to 'travel' to different caves for a period of time. There are normally 4 slots open to each traveler and you can pick and choose which ones you would like to host and which slot you would like.
Now the fun part. When the traveler arrives, you are allowed to breed it, add new markings, add backgrounds and 'gifts', and then you write a short bit in its description detailing what you gave it and such. Some travelers have more specific requirements… they only like certain colors, they want to look scary, etc, and the idea is to fit what you do to them to what they want.
Well, the description area becomes the wajas 'journal' to record what their travels were like. Over time, I've gone from the basic 'added this mark and this color, and this gift' to much more detailed 'stories' for my visiting travelers. Thing is, there's not enough room in the descriptions to write it all, so I've taken to leaving a note in the description *ie. See page xx of the thread* and then I post the journal entry on the message board thread.
I've had a lot of fun with the travelers over time, and it's given me quite the opportunity to play with my writing skills. Most have become accustomed to reading my entries and a few have even added their own journal entries on the thread, but not many. So now I add them here for all those crazy Waja lovers out there.
Each chapter will showcase either a new traveler that has visited my cave, or a small selection of travelers that have shorter stories to tell. There will be a brief note about what the traveler looked like originally and what, if any, special conditions there were for that particular traveler.
As I mentioned, I do have an account with Wajas, and while I have over a hundred different pets, one is definitely my pack leader. I have one black female bane with black wings that I have named RayvnWolf. Her name is mentioned a lot in the notes. While I simply go by the name Rayvn on there.
Also, the name of my cave is Katoteros. It means Heaven. For those that recognize it, congratulations, only one person on Wajas ever figured it out even though I have many 'pets' that would give nice clues to where I got the name.
A couple side notes to get things started:
- Markings can be given to a pet in one of a couple ways. Either the pet is created with it, you use a dye on them in which you decide what color/layering with other marks/etc, or you use a Marking pear which puts a random mark on the pet.
- Male pears are blue and improve stats. They raise the male percentage which makes it more likely to produce male pups when mated.
- Normal pears are green and improve stats. They raises the percentage that allows for more pups to be born in a litter. Normally litters are 1 or 2 pups, but if the stats are very high for both male and female, then you can sometimes get 3 in a litter.
- Backgrounds are exactly that. Some are plain colors, some are swirls of color, some are incredible works of art that can put a pet in the middle of a forest or a winter wonderland… The choices are mind boggling depending on how much you want to pay for one.
- Items are countless. Scarves, 'scars', necklaces, bracelets, glow sticks, some weapons, small pets… again, choices are only limited by how much you wish to spend.
Everything that is given to a traveler, remains with the traveler. If something is removed to be replaced with something else, then the original item is returned to the original owner that gifted it. So far, that's never happened. Everything given is always kept. So…
I will be leaving this story as "In Progress" since I don't know when I will be hosting another traveler, but when I do, I will be adding their travels here as well. Enjoy.
Contents:
Chap 1 - Traveling Wajas Intro and Forward
Chap 2 - Nya, Lonato, Yuki, Trinity
Chap 3 - Pink Passion, Linith
Chap 4 - War, Kerioth
Chap 5 - Monster
Chap 6 - Rudolph
Chap 7 - Torin, Zuno