Description
Appearance
Seed is, in many ways, still a normal TEF deer: about average in height and weight (he'd like to be sleeker), with a smooth, human-like face that, regardless of the pelt spell he has on, has gentle golden eyes with long-ish lashes. He doesn't tend towards extremes in his appearance, but does look a bit on the feminine side.
However, fairly large sections of his body are replaced with living wood a sort of pale brown in color -- ultimately, bits of his own wood. Where these are placed tends to vary with the pelt he's wearing, since both wood and pelt are magical. There's always some on his chest and legs, and usually some on or around the underbelly. With the kirin pelt, the most common one, the main chest-piece expands outward to two smaller pieces on the sides of his shoulders, where the kirin-pelt has its gems and Seed has a large teal flower for each side. The wood outlines the pelt's underrbelly and descends down his inner thighs to cover his hind legs. Over the tops of his hips is a patch of moss that is home to an ever-changing variety of small plants. He likes to pick little plants he finds in the forest and shelter them there for a while. His antlers are half-tree: specifically, trees with purple flowers, though these can be briefly shaken off or covered up by local forest plants or candles. They bloom and change frequently.
He wears the kirin pelt most often, since the green suits him, but is affected by magic, and can even briefly look completely unaltered for clone-time fun. He always wears the whistle mask. Seed is only a little bit affected by the seasons, since the changes within the forest are mild. If he went somewhere with more extreme weather, he'd be affected more powerfully.
That said, they are affected by something: his feelings and mood. While it's rare that a sudden jolt of emotion will change anything major, it can. More often, it's his general mood and outlook that, over time, adds up to the status of his branches. When he's happy, the flowers bud and bloom more rapidly, and sometimes, if he's really happy, even change size and shape. When he's sad, he'll shed flowers and his leaves will change colors, wilt, and fall. If he's depressed for extended periods, they'll fall off entirely -- a winter of the soul. He's rarely scared or sad enough to make a difference.
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Personality
Seed is difficult to describe in a few words. On the surface, he's friendly, playful, and usually very chipper. He'll while away the hours in goofy play with seemingly as much ease as he spends lounging about with his friends (though he does like to clearly be doing something, either lounging or playing, as opposed to doing nothing). Most of that is, if not true, then what Seed would *like* to be true. He doesn't want people to worry or dislike him, and so he often tries and hides his worries and sorrows behind a friendly smile. He tends to be anxious behind that mask, and a sort of 'natural loneliness' and his poetic musings mean that he tends towards melancholy when left to his own devices, which happens more or less any time he's alone, and sometimes when he's with others. When he trusts someone, he'll let them into his *real* thoughts. Otherwise, he'll tell them not to worry and he's just being silly. Seed is very big on self-deprecation, and will generally blame everything on his faults, and then scold himself for "wasting time" by feeling sad.
His thoughtful bent, while sometimes self-destructive or sad, also opens him open to creativity, careful philosophical constructions and reflections, and deeply imagistic and heartfelt poetry. He writes as his craft and passion, focusing his efforts on connecting the beautiful and sometimes sad world around him with the warm, romantic, and often sad internal world, or to capture the internal worlds around him. He enjoys thought exercises and light debates with his friends, though not all of them are of a likewise bent – which is fine by him, since it takes him out of his head.
Seed spends a lot of time contemplating goodness and how to be a good person; he wants to be 'good enough' very fiercely, and will try and evaluate his actions in terms of ethical philosophy as well as in terms of his personal feelings.
Short version: Seed's essential strength is that he thinks too much. Seed's essential problem is that he thinks too much.
He is deeply emotionally-driven as well, and a true romantic and idealist. He feels his love for his friends and lovers deeply and irrevocably: no matter what they do, to him or to others, he will always love them, without possessiveness…But not without guilt. As a result, it is easy for his loved ones to wound or conflict his heart, which has happened many times in the past. He’s a lover, not a fighter -- he can be indecisive when conflicted, but can’t help but love what he loves. He is incapable of not loving someone he loves, so he sometimes try to guard the inner sanctum of his heart, and very shy about declaring someone a friend.
That said, he is happy to meet new people, and unless he’s suffering a moment of tunnel vision about a loved one, will greet every stranger as a would-be friend.
Roots
Family
- Scape: His sworn brother and dearest friend
- Payton: His long-lost first love Gone
- Complex: His daughter with Payton
- Lemon: His sister via adoption
- Aleit: His Nephew via Adoption
- Oisin: His Nephew Via Scape Absent
- Zerg: His Sister-in-Law via Scape
- Magnet: His brother via Scape
- Midnight: His god-daughter and niece via Scape
- Nevilly: His ex-wife. Still loves, but has moved on.
- Sage: His Current, and hopefully always, Love.
- Many Friends, Gone and Still Around
History
Seed began his existence as a young tree growing in a distant stretch of forest, surrounded by and coated in purple flowers. He was very loney, and decided to go forth to ask the gods to turn him into a deer.The story of this adventure can be found
here.
Eventually, his wish was granted. Because of the differences in the thoughts of a deer and the thoughts of a tree, he did not recall his own nature for a long time -- by that time, he had earned friends and family, and even a romance with Payton, a doe who'd come and go, in and out of Seed's life. The Twin Gods even used their hearts and magic to give them a daughter, Complex.
However, eventually, Payton came to the truth that this time, she would not return. She set Seed free then, and he pined after her for a long time. He eventually met Nevilly, and cautiously fell in love with her and was married, even reconciling with his past as a tree. However, eventually, Nevilly needed things that the asexual Seed couldn't offer her the way she wished, and left him to start a family with another stag.
Seed despaired for a long time, only recovering after meeting new friends and almost a year of healing...Of course, he wasn't healed long before he faced a new challenge: a giant fire beetle. It killed him, and he had to recuperate as a tree. This healing process left him with tree-like features...
...His story is ongoing.
Ha...Seed would probably get
with Blackhoof greatly...But then
Blackhoof has been abit moody theis
days.....
I've seen you in the forest some minutes ago..
Nice to meet you...You seem familiar..
Any way...Nice to meet you!
nice to meet you
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Tabii thinks Seeddeer is
AND A COMFY CHAIR! -Sits on Seeedddss-
Scape's in the same boat as
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That sucks. I have Peyton's
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Yea, they probably should.
(WhiteWind said she'd be back after a two month-long vacation, but over 2 months have passed, and she's playing a different game without letting me know if she's coming back, so... Seriously, last time Scape saw Tempo was around the time of Run's Memorial. O.o)
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I never seem to be on when
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Hm.. Probably cuz I share
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That's gonna be fun
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Hmmyes. Whitewind, or
Poor Seed and Scape. -nuzzlespams- At least Aspen can related. 8D
SHUT UP BEFORE I KILL YOU LIKE I KILLED HER
Well notreally since she's never had mate. :c pfft pftt pftt
She might have one soon though. :U -nudge nudge wink poke- -coughMagnetcough-
=o__o= !!
Oh, that's it! some doe out
We don't have lockers...*sad*
We will make them if we have to. And get you some ice cream or something until you cheer up.
...Ice cream is good...
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Aspen's already admitted
She's a sad poet, my doe is. :C But a valiant one none the less. 8D
I have a maaaateeee~ <333333
-blush- >_> Sarie said it...
I really don't want one... Q.Q Or need one.
yes, but has she admitted it
as a side note, Seed and Aspen might want to make a Sad Poets' Society. They can angst and read angsty things and eat the sundaes of sorrow with the sprinkles of existential despair.
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ALMOST But Pega's modem
But Pega's modem froze. >:C
Yes that would be awesome! 8D
Xylia can join to. Once she turns into a stagdoe.
Today. xD
Well then, she'll just have
Happy Stagdoe day, Xylia!
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*bumps into conversation*
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Seed is so lovely (3 I hope
Track'd! cB I love Seed's
-- Dannii <3
Jettem had such fun with you
Seed and I were wondering
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I was going to have Tally
(did you see her? lol)
I think I may have missed
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Oh Seed, nice to meet you!
She apologizes for everything that goes wrong weither its her fault or not. :3
It was a pleasure... and
He does the exact same thing XD
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I saw him protecting her! It
She was afraid of the other stag but she'd just lost Skuller not so long ago and was not about to lose him again. There was a second there when he was laying down that she was about go into a rage, hence the taunt action without the fear/sad, but Seed got in the way and stopped her. Seed= magic.
Aww, shucks... I'm glad he
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I need to track
(Wouldn't Oisin be kind of like a nephew? X3)
~Paz
main deer: Amary, Melinoe, Sheen
Possibly. He really hasn't
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well I just thought that
They do need to hang out more.
What do you mean, his personal preferences?
~Paz
main deer: Amary, Melinoe, Sheen
Seed tends to be (and I
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Well, I thought you meant
You kinda made it sound like there's some reason Seed doesn't want to have Oisin around.
~Paz
main deer: Amary, Melinoe, Sheen
Oh, no. Then I would have
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I love his name! =D Nowa 8D
Nowa 8D Thank you Sluggs <3
Thanks, I guess... It was
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Dag isn't on his friends
You've made him cry in the corner like a big girl. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
Kidding ;D <3
[Sir Dag]
Oh, have I forgotten to add
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Haha, it's ok <3 Imagine how
[Sir Dag]
Indeed. I'd be a little
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Why I'm not already tracking
/sneaky comment to track.
|D I think I'll be playing
That would be great!
I kneeeeeeew something was
I just hope you didn't think me rude by leaving you guys alone on such occasions =)
No, Seed doesn't think it's
Also, yeah ^^ Seed was going to ask Dag what he should do about that today, but after Dag left, Seed had to be a stagly-stag and talk to her about it himself. And there was much rejoicing.
Beautiful bio!
I love your poems.
Thank you ^^
I can't believe myself
http://endlessforest.org/comm
Hmm, I was the small fawn
I know; I left you a mesage
Track! As that small