Description
Name: Waterlily
Age: 300 (looks to be in her early 20's though)
Description: She is average height for a magisprit, which is a little shorter than human females. She has deep blue hair that reaches past her waist, and bright blue eyes to go along with them. She has the pale skin of a magisprit, but her form, unlike the other magisprits, is a bit more built due to her constant roaming and exploring. Her clothing is very showy, showing a good deal of skin, and showing off her very curvey figure. She wears the top shown in the image below, but instead of the fin, she has a skirt, which doesn't quite reach her knees, and looks to be made of several layers of thin, nearly see-through cloth, although that effect is really only seen through one or two layers, when it shifts slightly, normally only when she moves a lot, like running, fighting, or, when she's in a mood, dancing. She almost never seems to have a frown on her face, and will almost always look curious, if she isn't grinning at something.
Picture:
(Minus the tail fin, of course; there's a skirt instead...read description)
Personality
Waterlily is a curious magisprit, always wandering the area around her lake, exploring and watching the wildlife there. She shies away from strangers, but warms up quickly to those that her Mother Magisprit trusts. And if those that the Mother Magisprit trusts trusts someone else, she will warm up to them quickly, too. She's especially quick to warm up to males of other races, not quite flirting, but as close as she knows to get. She doesn't want to endanger the mission, after all. Because she knows that the balance of the elements is key to living in any world, she focuses her attention on the mission. Besides, she is relatively young to the rest of the magisprits, and as such rather inexperienced around males.
She is shy and easily frightened, preferring to run and hide rather than confront a foe. She is well trained in healing, however, and is more than capable of using her powers to heal anything from small scratches and cuts to broken bones and internal bleeding. Poisons and infections, though, are beyond her abilities; she can only prevent infections and guess at antidotes for poison. Still, she has proven herself adept at healing, and so was sent along to spread word of the magisprits original purpose, the one they still carry out, simply by existing. Whether or not she can be persuasive enough to be believed, though, is unseen...although it will most likely be inefficient towards people she doesn't know.
One of her favorite things to do is to dance, especially around water. Water magisprits, and even fire magisprits, are rather well known for their dancing, at least, along the magisprits. But water magisprits sing as well. This is their advantage, to make up for the lack of physical strength that other magisprits have, making water magisprits one of the weakest. Waterlily loves to sing, and will often hum out some tune while she dances.
Equipment
She normally carried nothing more than a small dagger, kept on her right hip, and mostly used for cutting food and plants for bindings. Now, however, she is forced to carry around a waterskin, unwillingly taken from a human that died near the lake, and was taken for the sole purpose of this adventure.
History
Waterlily grew up normally, as far as water magisprits go. She was reborn after her previous body was mangled after a run-in with humans. Her spirit was strong enough that the Water Mother Magisprit saw fit to revive her, and she grew up from there, learning and practicing healing and defense. She had a much greater gift for healing that shields, as her shield was always broken down with little effort. This is still true of her shields and defense. It was only for her healing abilities that she was asked to go on this journey, which she was reluctant to accept. In fact, she wouldn't have, had she not thought about how important the mission was.
She had a small scuffle with the humans since, in which she barely got out without a deep wound down her leg, and a burn on her side. She got home and was able to heal it, with the help of other magisprits. Despite this encounter, she remained curious enough to explore the area, and made many discoveried for her family. The most important of which was the humans method of healing; of their salves and binds. With that knowledge, she was able to send in some of her sisters, disguised as shady women and keeping their hair color hidden, to sell improved versions of this for little trinkets, but was mostly used for gathering information. This way, they always knew when to hide, and how to hide, to avoid detection and keep themselves alive. This has led to their successful survival.
However, it has also led her to an extreme curiosity. Why would these humans, with all of their reasoning, believe that the magisprits meant tham harm? Why were they so intent on winning this war? Why did they have to hide all the time, when they may very well be able to get along, if the fighting ended? She had always wanted to make some sort of difference, anyway; she only wished she could have done it by staying home!
(Blue)
So begins...
Waterlily paused, looking over the sack, then glanced around. "You can hide in the bag. I'm hiding, too, so we can share a hiding spot together for now. Just make sure to stay quiet." She knelt down in the bushes next to Nel, doing her best to be hidden in the bushes, The brown tunic and hat seemed to help, considering it meant her hair wasn't sticking out quite so much. "We'll stay hidden for now..." Nel was being quiet already, but that didn't ease her nervousness at all. What if there was a human out there? Or worse, a group of humans hunting for magisprits? She closed her eyes and bit her lip nervously, keeping her head down and facing the ground. They couldn't afford to get caught, not so soon. They hadn't even gotten anywhere yet!
Waterlily glanced at Nel, then crouched down even more as she heard footsteps growing closer. She watched as someone approached Azha, and stiffened. There wasn't really much she could do, as far as telling whether he was an ally or not. She moved closer to the clearing, allowing herself to loosen enough to use the water from her waterskin if it was necessary. She hesitated, unsure of herself, before calling out to the newcomer.
"Hey...who are you? What...are you doing...here?" she asked, before pulling back into the bushes a little way. If she could avoid a fight and run instead, she would. Maybe she could pick Nel up and carry her. She weighed about as much as air, anyway. Surely she could carry her for a good distance. If she had to go into water, though, she'd have to do something with Nel. Maybe saying anything at all wasn't such a good idea, really. Look at how much trouble it might get Nel and their allies into!
Waterlily frowned at the cat; something didn't seem right. It wasn't his real form, she could tell...not if it could talk like that. Well, not if he could talk so that they could understand. She glanced over her shoulder, then back to Samhain. "You mean Darin? Somehow, I'd doubt that...he hasn't seemed to be too violent..." she trailed off as she glanced back again, then looked to the ground. "Well...there's not much I can do...I don't control Darin...the Mother Magisprit asked him to join us in our journey. I don't have any...real authority over the group..." She glanced at Nel for a brief second, then to Darin and the retreating human, and then back to Samhain.
"...But, if we're going to travel together...he might not really do anything to you. I mean...unless you manage to really piss him off..." She shrugged, glancing off to the side. "In any case...I suppose more protection is better than none. But, umm...it's not fair...for you to take the form of an animal...so that we don't know what you're really supposed to look at. You've seen all of us, and we don't have any different forms..."
Waterlily glanced over him, then to Darin. "She's Nel," she responded, since he hadn't used her name. It seemed odd to use anything but a name, or at least to ask for one so that they wouldn't need to use made-up names or descriptions. That just seemed so rude! She straightened, nodding in Samhain's direction. "And I'm Waterlily. Anyone else you want to know, you'll have to ask them." She wasn't being rude, really; she made her voice polite. She really only meant that the others could introduce themselves, if they wanted to, and she was really only going to bother with herself and Nel, seeing as they were both magisprits. "If you still want to talk, I'd suggest you follow; we've wasted enough time here."
She turned away to walk to Darin, seeing that the human and other elf had left. She hesitated before saying anything to him; he did seem to be rather upset, though she couldn't tell if it was the human who had tried to push past him, or the arrival of a being that was very similar to shadows...or just shrouded in them. "We really should be moving...we've been here in the forest for longer than we had intended. We do have a journey to finish..." She fidgeted slightly, lightly tugging at the uncomfortable tunic Darin had lent her. She wished she didn't need it, but they were supposed to be dealing with humans, after all. "Can't we just...get this whole thing over with?"
