Side to Flowers Bloom, Hearts Shatter
...The Glossary of Terms and Contents...
Published: 3/20/05
Recent Update: 12/24/05
Note: All chapters edited and haitus reinstated (again)
...Chapter Titles...
(complete chapters in italics)
Prologue: Bright Day, Blue Sky
Chapter 1: Misty Legend (of a young hero)
Chapter 2: Time's Illusions (on the road)
Chapter 3: Shadow's Dreaming (on a moonless night)
Chapter 4: (once in a) Blue Moon
Chapter 5: Innocent Playing (in life unjust)
Chapter 6: Hidden Kind (stories to tell)
Chapter 7: To Die (another day)
Chapter 8:Flowers Bloom (so much like love)
Chapter 9: Icy Emotions (of a firey heart)
Chapter 10: Talking Away (and meeting those who threaten)
Chapter 11: One's Prey (a snake in their mits)
Chapter 12: To Watch (from afar), To Protect (our precious people)
Chapter 13: Waiting Sleepless (to prove one's existence)
Chapter 14: Awaiting Existence (to know what others don't)
Chapter 15: Past Lies (saying 'goodbye')
Chapter 16: Bless Them All (to purify fears)
Chapter 17: Second Trail (to watch as others learn)
Chapter 18: Dangerous Confrontions (to warn an enemy)
Chapter 19: Love Lost (truths revealed)
TBC...
!General Information!
:Just about Auron:
Auron, birthnamed Lopeona Talance, is the original character sent from the Flordina Plains by her ninja grandmother and also the lead character in Flowers Bloom, Hearts Shatter. Not much has been revealed about her yet, so you'll just have to read the new chapters when they come out to see her true persona and growth.
Ancestry
Lalon Talance (the mother), a direct descendant of all 3 original House families as Auron herself is, married the foreigner Kondai Arishi who had just recently arrived (by storm) on Flordina's Northern coast.
Some background information on Auron that might be useful:
Is the Heir to 3 House Branches (even though she's down on the list for one) and used to luxury (even if she won't admit it).
Though raised in a lazy environment, she doesn't mind doing work.
Has played so many pranks, her senses and reflexes are higher than average.
AThrice blood, and direct decendent of all House creator families.
Corresponds with Gods and Goddesses enough that there is no need for formality.
(usually Jahar, Shunhi, Joseiyor Athne)(see Mentioned Gods)
Her appearance is lighter in every way than her mother and father:
ice blue eyes
chestnut/reddish-brown hair
slight but firm build
pale skin
(but darker than Uchiha Sasuke's and lighter than Uzumaki Naruto's)
:Timeline so Far:
(Chapter Seven)With Haku as a bodyguard, Auron travels with a caravan from the Wave Country, then to Hidden Mist, then after splitting up, they're attacked by bandits! After running into Tsunade and Shizune healing Haku's injuries, it's time for these new friends to part.They thenarrive in Konoha after the caravn's last stop, and meet up with Naruto, who then gets hooked up with Auron as her guard for apersonal D-rank mission, and now lives with her and Haku! Now she's having nightmares about someone named 'Yuki'... Who is he, really?
!Prologue References!
...Seasons and Flordinese Lifetimes...
There are two Seasons each in the Flordina Plains: Warm (Spring) and Cold (Fall). No one has ever seen snow or dead-hot temperatures, since the places (and wild-lands) where they live are warded with so many Old Magic spells, their world is virtually cut off from other countries.
Though someone may be 20 or so Seasons, the equivalent to 10 years, they would appear half the the year amount. So if Auron (the main OC) is 60 Seasons, she'd be 30 in the Naruto world but appear around 15 or so. (see Reincarnation and Gods' Favor for more detailed information)
The Flordinese have longer lives than normal humans (yes, they are Mortal, just favored) and more durable bodies. They could live longer than 3x a regular person, depending on their Health and soul record (see above reference for answers) at birth.
...Reincarnation and Gods' Favor...
The Flordinese are a peaceful people, but their origin is anything but. These are the reincarnated souls of all World peacekeepers who want the joy of living but not the strife of war-like conflict.
In the begining, whenever a person who strived for peace died, they would request the High Lord to let them live for the same purpose again. They would be reborn every time, never wanting to rest even a human year in Paradise, until a permanent nation of peace was born.
Many Gods and Goddesses of different religions and races took pity on the striving souls who would do anything to fulfill their self-proclaimed purpose. Joining their power, a dimensional world was created in the back World full of wars and such conflict to balance the inhabitant's destructive nature. So the Flordina Plains were born.
Since the Gods didn't want to wear out the souls or have too many forms at one time, Flordinese bodies were made to live longer and stand much more abuse than an original human's.
To be reincarnated in the Flordina Plains, a soul's past lives and what they used that time for are weighed, and depending on how much for-the-better life changing experiences created, the incarnation's reborn status in Flordina is decided.
To have a new body -when an elderly man or woman dies, every couple who wants a child or is visited by a fox messenger (seen Mentioned Gods: Inari-sama) has sex two days after the morning is over. An odd but efficient way to reincarnate more souls.
...Flordinese Appearence...
In the Flordina Plains, there are three common types of appearance (excluding build): black or dark brown hair, chocolate eyes and pale or tannish skin; blonde (white or yellowish) hair, deep blue eyes (like the sea or flowers) and tanned skin; brown hair (with highlights) and green-blue eyes. Red hair is fairly uncommon (1/100) and so is bronze skin (1/1000). There is only one place to find either: Dorchester District.
The mage hair and eyes varies from pale orange to sea green in colors. Most have distinct facial markings (strips or such, as seen in anime) that distinquish their Clan as well as ansetry. Usually secretive, if devoid of any type of marking and have close-to-natural hair, they will wear special clothing to do as the markings (tats) tell tale.
This applies to House families and servants alike.
...The House Branches of Main, Wing and Horn...
Main House (Talance)
This House Branch breeds Leaders and Rulers whose heirs that don't inherit the Suprime (Head) possession rule the peaceful districts with love and compassion. The family is immense, and those who don't fit the leader rule have a variety of choice for purposes in life. The current Suprime is Auron's great-grandfather (Lawgrace Talance), who's strict but fair way of rule is most efficient.
Wing House (Hawoks)
Prophects, sages and all wise councilers originate here. Their training is rigorous, and most become mages more oft than not, but the resulting peoples are worth the effort put into their maturity. They also are able to see possible past, present, and future and to determine which is which through their intense training. They write what they See on scrolls that are given to librarians and filed away in the library.
There aren't many direct descendants of Wing House's founder, Airstalc Hawoksan and his patron goddess Athne (see Chapter 1: Mentioned God) because of so much inter-House breeding.
Horn House(Soonaru)
The breeding ground of strategists, thinkers, and all around artists. This house balances the calm, collected but emotionally-dented Wings and arrogant but compassionate Main Houses. They can be all things (have the talent) but prefer seclusion and freedom most of all.
The Suprime of Main House Branch, Lawgrace Talance, married the heir, Sundance Soonaru, of Horn House Branch, who later died giving life to her third child, Norlan Talance, who did not survive either. (Both were Barried and Reborn two weeks later.)
...Mentioned Gods...
Inari-sama
The god of rice and important messages, patron animal the cunning fox, who used kitsune for messengers.
Rice is a sacred food only able to be eaten by the Three Houses and their favored servants. (Personally, Auron hates it, having to eat it for almost every meal as she does.)
Kitsune (foxes) on the other hand are worshiped animals protected by sacred contract and forbidden to be killed, no matter what the rascal has done.
Jahar(-baka)(-sama)
Patron god of mages and magic, said to have sea-colored hair and auburn eyes, a favored god to swear by.
Auron describes him as 'the stick-in-the-ass, sadistic bastard that bosses poor apprentices about'. She should know as well, seeing as the jerk hangs around her for no better reason then boredom, or to just make her life more difficult.
Despite his need to cuss more than Auron in her Sukien anger persona and loveof tormenting people's lives, Jahar's actually an ok guy.
(If you squint real close, that is)
!Chapter One References!
...The Teachers and Tutors...
Auron had to major tutors: Docter and his cousin Feena. Her history teacher, Doctor's brother Noeta, was usually abset because of other duties or volunteering in the library (he avoided her as much as he could). She liked to teased -torcher- every teacher but her main ones, which turned Savannah-baka a few more shades of red.
Doctor
The tutor in charge of metical and psychological training. In order to be a grand Heir, she needed to know how to motivate and manipulate allies and enemies alike. As for metical; the Spells wouldn't last forever.
She enjoys his company every much, in a friendly kind of way. Maybe it's just because his experiments cause a lot of pain and she's plain sadistic.
Feena
Surprisingly, Auron's second favorite tutor teaches manners, flower aranging and dance, nothing she is good at. But the woman prevides some interesting advise and story telling, both which the girl requires constantly. (though she'll never admit it)
Feena Soonaru also has a 180 temper, which can be set off by any annoying (preverted)male. A well-mannered lady to a spear (don't ask) weilding Amazon-woman is just Auron's type of friend.
...Mentioned Gods...
Jahar(-baka)(-sama) 2
Auron blames every change in her personality on Jahar-baka (a name that infuriorates him) or Sukien, but mostly the former.
Auron met Jahar at a mountain temple on her first visit away from the Main Compound. At first she thought he was another young boy (he prephers being seen as one most of the time) who liked to tease people and ended up hitting him. Even when she found out he was a God (Athne told him)(See Chapter Two: Mentioned Gods) Auron showed no respected saying 'if you're a god, act like one, not some spoiled brat.' They've been at each other's throughts ever since.
Paiyan-san(-sama)
The patient Goddess of House Wives, all their activities and the like. She acts a lot like Sukien's nice side, but has a 180 temper much like Iruka. Paiyan is also the consort of Jahar(-sama)(-baka) and keeps him in line most of the time, which is mostly away from the Mortal realm for anything by Godly buisness. For some reason's she grown stubborn for him...
She scolds Auron for almost everything she does, but doesn't accually appear to her. She haunts the girl's dreams like a wary spirit and is one of the reasons Auron sleeps so seldomly; the kind goddess wouldn't deprive the girl of overdue rest for petty scoldings when she hardly had any energy at all!
!Chapter Two References!
...Back to Life: Ritual...
For the spell caster to play god and reanimate a person and join their soul to the body, they must give some of their life essence in turn. A ritual object of some kind is required to cut the neck or other vital artery so s/he's essence may poor out. Usually a dager or short sword of some sort, blessed by a powerful figure or handed down through generations of a spiritual family, is used for this reason.
Depending on how much life energy you put into the corpse, the stronger the bond and the longer the person will stay alive. There are speciel ways to add something to the body super-human strength or rapid-healing abilities, for examplebut the cost is much higher and are usually enforced by carved symbles somewhere on the body. Some spell casters in the past have used sacraifces -human and animal- to do this same ritual, but only got a zombie-like result.
...Mentioned Gods...
Shunhi(-kun)(-san)(-sama)
Shunhi is a God of Death (shinigami) and son of the Japanese God of Death. He likes his job, finds it peaceful since he only collects souls, and avoids conflict as much as possible. He also loves his consort, Athne (please see below), very much but is still shy around her for some strange reason.
When ever he comes across a soul he can't find a place for, or need any other advise, he goes to see the lazy Auron who puts up with him as long as he does her favors in turn.
Athne(-chan(-san)
Goddess of Knowledge and Metical patients, who was the founder of Wing Branch (the prophet/sage House) who loves to heal the sick and is once-in-a-while reincarnated in the main Howak's family. Her reincarnation doesn't inheiret, but becomes a doctor and saves the lives of many who would have died otherwise. Her consort Shunhi, and they love eachother very much.
Auron and Athne are good friends. The goddess used to take care of the girl when everyone else was buisy, and hasn't been reincarnated because she's too busy helping Auron, now.
!Chapter Three References!
...Flordina Love Consept...
The Flordinese beleive in love of all kinds, as long as the person is happy and peaceful with no real conflict, mentally or physically. If a match arranged by the parents doesn't work out, the one beingchose for will pick someone else (if they are old enough)or it will be left to the parents yet again.Even though arranged marages are quite common the first or second times, there is a limit to how much the parents can interfere: the child may declime and marry someone else if they wish, or just stay single.
The Flordinese also do not care if two of the same sex are in love and wish to tye the knot. As for experience, it is common for servents to help their masters in the teachings of love, or the masters to teach the servents. It doesn't matter to them and it's fairly common. There are enough same-sex couples to make pleanty of children, though. And no one under the appearence of atlest 18 may perticipate in such things.
...Immortal Soul's First Life...
To the Flordinese, their real First Life is when they are excepted to become reincarnations and finally finding peace within themselves to except such a place. Every soul reincarnated chooses another to become bound to, and if the other agrees, they are from then on what everyone calls 'Soul Mates'. If one dies in a life time, wheither at birth or by illness, the other is left to continue on the family line (if needed) or to find happiness alone.
...Mentioned Gods...
n/a new
!Chapter Four References!
nothing new
!Chapter Five References!
Nothing new, really. If there is anything that needs explaining, just ask in your review and I'll post it here.
!Chapter Six References!
...Mysterious Yuki...
The mysterious Yuki Auron keeps thinking about. Who is he, and why is he in the girl's head? He was once sealed, so most likely only an imprint of him remains, but the real question is, who is this 'Yukinakhera' and what does he want to unleash?
In later chapters, he plays a big part in Auron's life. The one thing we (you) know for sure is: He currupts people, and makes them do his bidding.
...Olden Land System...
The OLS, as it's commonly known in theFlordina Plains, is a sequence of languages devided into various parts and dialects. Auron uses the Formal and Juna, while demons like Kyuubi and Shukaku (Ichubi) use the growls and yelps of Sunette. The Sutras and such preists use, for example, are an evolved dialect of the OLS's Formal sequence.
It is unknown where Auron learned to speak this, but she does so fluently and without mishap very often. And if one knows the Juna (a form of word spell casting), one can learn the 'foreign magic' she and her people use.
...Mage Univercity and Edication...
The MU of Flordina is, of course, where mages and the like are trained in magic, social life, as well as manners and the like. Auron, for her breif stay, studied all courses, though did terribly at most (she knew the consept and had the ability, just not the persise control needed to preform it). Summoning spells, to her, were the easiest, as all it entailed was pouring energy (both from around and within one's self) into a cleverly crafted magic circle and visualizing whom or what you wanted to summon.
...Summoning a God: Visualize and Offerings...
Auron, for her part, is quite good at said skill. She doesn't even need a magic circle to focuss, just does it anyway for the artist practise, showing off, and sheer laziness to put forth more than the minimal effort.
To summon a God or Goddess, you usually need offerings and a contract upon prior meeting to get the to do anything. Anyone can summon a celectial figure if you have the powers (and a stick, maybe some jewels or a virgin or two), but most Gods get fed up with pathetic cries for help when the summoner could easily do it themselves.
Auron is a special case. She needs no Offering, and her contract includes all Gods and Goddesses who pertisapated in the creation of the Flordina Plains. Her incarnations have something to do with it, but not all, and you'll have to wait for later chapters to find out anything more.
!Chapter Seven References!
N/A that I know of. If you are confused about something, just ask in an email or reveiw and I'll put it in the right chapter's Glossary.
Chapter Eight won't be coming before New Years, as I had expected. Gomen nasai, everyone! Anyway, I'm looking forward to writingChapter Nine. I don't want to spoil it, but it will be mostly about what's happening in Flordina.
Later, all!
Li