Yay!
I can't believe it! It's BREAK! As in... not working on homework EVERY DAY! I should sleep for a week. 
There's soooo much work to be done around the house that didn't get done when I was up to my eyebrows in textbooks and modeling. Hee. The spiffy thing is that I can probably take this last class's work, spiff it up some more, and make it into a portfolio piece! It does need quite a bit of work yet, though.
In the meantime, it's time to work on stuff for the store! And actually play a video game, organize my office area for the next quarter, clean up my files, reinstall every piece of software known to man, learn new modeling packages, write down some of the amazing game ideas I've had, and uh... sleep. Can't forget that last bit, very important.
I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas/winter holiday! So, what are your plans?
Sometimes, I obsess about things. It's not good, it's not healthy, but every once in a while an idea just gets stuck in my head and I can't seem to shake it loose! The funny thing is that if I write it down, it stops bothering me completely. So... I'm taking a minute to write down some of my crazy thoughts.
These are character dossiers for a rather well-known video game that (as I've been told) revolutionized the graphics in the gaming industry twelve years ago.
Villains:
Rufus -- A young man, the money-loving, power-hungry head of Shinra Corporation. It's his job to strip the materia from the land and he isn't about to let anyone, especially not some nonsensical tree-huggers, stand in his way. He is especially drawn to large deposits of this energy-storing mineral and always looking for ways to turn it to profit and power. The strong, military arm of the Corporation commands an army of soldiers that have had altercations with those protecting the planet in the past.
Sephiroth -- Once an elite soldier working for the Corporation, he goes crazy and turns into a power-mad homicidal maniac who tries to destroy the heroes at all costs. He tries to blow up the most highly concentrated source of the Lifestream on the planet. He has silver hair.
Heroes:
Cloud Strife -- The hero. He used to be a soldier working for the Corporation, one fraught with failure and hardship. After an accident that kills his best friend, which he barely escapes from, he becomes schizophrenic, taking on the role and personality of his best friend as a member of an elite fighting corps. It takes him time to find balance between the two roles and, when his mind finally heals, he becomes that which he pretended to be all along. He has short, spiky hair.
Tifa Lockheart -- The woman who loves Cloud and helps him find his way, healing the rift between the two worlds he stands between. Even after he betrays her time and again, she always returns to his side, ever faithful. She also is highly trained in martial arts, has fists like lightning, bears a sweet nature, and is utterly devoted to the cause of protecting the planet. She has long black hair.
Barret Wallace -- Hot-headed, he believes strongly that the planet needs to be defended and has no problem either expressing his views or fighting for them. He doesn't trust Cloud at first, and even speaks out against him time and again. After Cloud gains his trust, however, they become as closer than family. His overriding instinct is for aggressive defense, he has trouble sitting still when he feels action should be taken, and he has black hair.
Cid Highwind -- Cid is the ultimate "flyboy." He's walked that road and back again, there isn't a machine out there that Cid can't fly, and he flies them better than just about everyone out there. He used to work for the Corporation, but he can't sit still with all that's happening and leaves to join the rebel forces instead.
Red XIII/Nanaki -- Originally thought to be a mindless beast with a lion-like body and spiked crest, he is instead an intelligent native of the planet who fights to protect it.
Cait Sith -- Little is known about Cait Sith, but he is the eyes and ears on the inside of the Corporation that give them news and help them. He stays in the headquarters, interacting with them by means of a remotely controlled body.
Aeris Gainsborough -- The peace-loving woman, the flower girl who is attuned with the energies of the earth and the one who tries (in vain) to explain that the earth is a living thing and that the Corporation is killing it. Her instinct is to nurture and heal others, and she's got the intelligence and gift to do this, but she's got a soul made of steel. She loves children and has beautiful auburn curls.
Aeris is eventually killed by Sephiroth, but her attunement and love for the planet allow her to meld her life force with it, joining the Lifestream that flows all through the world. This is a turning point that causes grief for all, but it -needs- to happen for the forces of good to succeed. A prayer to the planet is made, that the planet protect itself from the unstoppable holocaust that comes, and it is only because of Aeris's memory and will that now runs through the Lifestream that the planet is able to hear and respond in a way that helps.
Ok. Got all this info firmly in mind? Now go watch Avatar.
Don't kill me!
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