#bella things

Tbh now that I’m doing this I noticed that I don’t really have any Geruginga, Reenait, or Plulea ocs that I’m ready to share publicly.

So this will be about my Isopod and Cardali ocs.

(im working on a google docs version please don’t roast me)

Isopods: an insectoid race, they are known for their engineering capabilities.

Soaren > An architect that kind of has a hard time connecting with other people. Especially people outside of their own race. They spend much of their time either building something, or watching videos on how to build something. They don’t typically engage with people outside of their family unless forced, you know how it is.

Kale > Soarens baby brother! He's just a ball of sunshine, he's recently gone through one of many isopod rite of passages -- When you find and hone your skill, you gift your first project to someone who either means a whole lot to you or helped you hone that skill. He just got into pottery!!! :-) He's gonna be an expert sculptor one day.

Celeste > I have not a lot on her but she does origami and paper crafts like that. Which she kind of hates because it's not "real work" in her own eyes, but she is supported by her friends and family, so it's kind of a self doubt thing el oh el.

Cardali are a peaceful and knowledge seeking race, they are essentially shapeshifting space goo and the closest things to Gods as we might know them.

This is of a performance Bella did at @menagerieboutique tonight.  Promised I would post it up here for a friend.

Music found here.

Bella walks out onto the stage with a long red satin gown with one large slit on her right leg that spans all the way up to her mid thigh.  Then as she has a seat down at the piano that was placed out in the middle of the stage the fabric falls away from her leg revealing a rather shapely leg and she places her foot upon the pedals beneath the piano.  

Adjusting the microphone in front of her and leaning in to speak into the mic, a sweet smile forms on her lips,  “I would like to dedicate this to all of you,  my fans. I would have never been able to do any of this without all of you.  I have been with the tarts for nearly seventeen months now and never did I expect to do anything like this for the longest time, and had I not been welcomed like I was into them, or by all of you, I would have never continued with this.  So any bit of success that I’ve had, and any recognition goes out to you because you’re the reason I do this.So thank you, all of you.”

As she feels the tears well up in her eyes, Bella quickly turns and faces the keys and places her fingers down on them, pressing down on the lower chords and her right hand fingers glide across the first few notes on the higher section of the piano.  Repeating the same notes one more time she leans in again to the mic and smiles as she sings out the first verse,  “I said remember this moment, in the back of my mind.  The time we stood with our shaking hands, the crowds in stands went wild.”

After singing the word ‘wild’ a series of pictures would be illuminated on a sheet of her various different performances with her different costumes and the audience in attendance  and would continue through the rest of the performance.

Bella continues to play the supporting melody on the piano, a grateful smile on her face as tears were still welling up in her eyes, “We were the Kings and Queens, and they read off our names.  The night that you danced like you knew our lives would never be the same.”

“You held your head like a hero, on a history book page.  It was the end of a decade, but the start of an age.”  

Crescendoing by pressing down one of the pedals with her foot she raised her voice just slightly as well, closing her eyes as she sung out,  “Long live, the walls we crashed through. All the Kingdom lights shined, just for me and you. I was screaming  long live. All the magic we made.  Bring on all the pretenders.  One day, we will be remembered.”

Lifting her foot off of the pedal to lower the volume her fingers pressed down on the next few notes and she briefly glances back at the pictures playing in back of her with a reminiscent smile on her face and sings out softer now,  “I said remember this feeling, I pass the pictures around.  Of all the years we stood there on the sidelines wishing for right now.  We are the Kings and the Queens.  You traded your carpball cap for a crown.”

“When they gave us our trophies and we held them up for our town. And the cynics were outraged, screaming this is absurd.  Cause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world.”

Closing her eyes tightly, Bella’s fingers deftly play out three note scales, crescendoing again by pushing down with her foot while she increases the volume of her singing once more,  “Long live the walls we crashed through. All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you!”

“I was screaming long live all the magic we made! And bring on all the pretenders.  I’m not afraid.  Long live all the mountains we moved.  I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.”

The next picture that shows after she sings is her pet turtle, George Jr dressed up as a dragon and a smile forms on her face, very nearly laughing  before singing, “I was screaming long live, the look on your face.  Bring on all the pretenders!  One day, we will be remembered.”  

Raising her foot off of the pedal again the volume decreases and she continues on with the song, a light dusting of glitter falling down onto her and the stage softly “Hold on to spinning around, glitter falls to the ground. May these memories break our fall.”

Playing one singular chord four times then a running scale quickly, she feels the glitter shining from off of her body and smiles, looking out to the audience and almost asking them, “Will you take a moment? Promise me this.  That you’ll stand by me forever.  But Light forbid that fate should step in.  And force us into a goodbye.  If you have children someday, when they point to the pictures. Please tell them my name. Tell them how I hope they shine!”  

“Long live, the walls we crashed through.  I had the time of my life, with you.  Long long live the walls we crashed through!  All the Kingdom lights shined just for me and you! I was screaming long live! All the magic we made and bring on all the pretenders, I’m not afraid. Singing long live, all the mountains we moved. I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.”