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| And yet, much of Sarnai's fate looks uncertain. The Maelstrom has had its use of her and spat her out - she has cast off the trappings of her old life. But what IS her new life, exactly? Re-integrating into civilization has been hard. Learning to respect herself after so long of simply thinking of herself as a tool has been harder. Learning how to care for and love others has been brutal. Purpose has forever been her greatest struggle to find - but struggle onwards she does. | | And yet, much of Sarnai's fate looks uncertain. The Maelstrom has had its use of her and spat her out - she has cast off the trappings of her old life. But what IS her new life, exactly? Re-integrating into civilization has been hard. Learning to respect herself after so long of simply thinking of herself as a tool has been harder. Learning how to care for and love others has been brutal. Purpose has forever been her greatest struggle to find - but struggle onwards she does. |
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| <div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Sarnai is largely monochromatic in color. Every hair, scale and feature on her body is a uniform ivory-white, from her thick eyelashes to her short-but-sharp claws. Her skin is very pale, with only the slightest tinge of pink added from much time in the sun. Deep crimson eyes offer the only spark of color. | | <div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Sarnai is largely monochromatic in color. Every hair, scale and feature on her body is a uniform ivory-white, from her thick eyelashes to her short-but-sharp claws. Her skin is very pale, with only the slightest tinge of pink added from much time in the sun. Deep crimson eyes offer the only spark of color. |
| Sarnai is built taller and a little broader than most auri females - still somewhat shorter than a hyur, but much more solid. She is quite lean, but otherwise packed with functional muscle. There is no mistaking her build for anything other than the body of a warrior. There is the suggestion of natural curves to her form, but she would seem to be a bit too underfed and haggard to give them prominence. All in all, she is built much like a steppe tiger - solid, sleek, and powerful. | | Sarnai is built taller and a little broader than most auri females - still somewhat shorter than a hyur, but much more solid. She is quite lean, but otherwise packed with functional muscle. There is no mistaking her build for anything other than the body of a warrior. There is the suggestion of natural curves to her form, but she would seem to be a bit too underfed and haggard to give them prominence. All in all, she is built much like a steppe tiger - solid, sleek, and powerful. |
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| Her horns are diamond-shaped in cross-section, and though they are quite substantial looking and come down to formidable points, they are not significantly less delicate than any other au ra's horns. Her right horn has a sizeable notch towards the upper point. Sarnai's tail is long and slender, terminating in two sets of barbs and a spaded tip. It is long enough that the tip may drag on the ground if she does not carry it properly, and is prone to expressive fits of movement and gesture. | | Her horns are diamond-shaped in cross-section, and though they are quite substantial looking and come down to formidable points, they are not significantly less delicate than any other au ra's horns. Her right horn has a sizeable notch towards the upper point. Sarnai's tail is long and slender, terminating in two sets of barbs and a spaded tip. It is long enough that the tip may drag on the ground if she does not carry it properly, and is prone to expressive fits of movement and gesture. |
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