Post by Athena on Jul 5, 2015 22:19:20 GMT
Calypso
also known as "Caly"
female
three years
heterosexual
german SHEPHERD
domestic dog
elite
Appearance
caly is a rather beautiful girl. being once owned by a family, her fur is usually well groomed and clean. size wise, she is the average build for her breed, especially with a long line of pure, healthy breeding. her fur is mainly a soft, tawny brown that darkens in small creases like on her legs and underbelly. she also has black markings on her muzzle, ears, tail, back, and paw pads. her build is slender, making her look toned with muscle and long-legged. her fur is long and thick, though it does thin out in the warmer seasons. so far, she has no alterations due to the virus' and is rather healthy aside from being a bit underfed.
Personality
once upon a time, you could have called caly a sweet and confident dog. she was the pride and joy of her family and got along well with the other house-pets. her heart and generosity would go on forever. once the humans left, she was left behind, locked in the house in a kennel. the fear and starvation she was put through, to say the least, traumatized the young dog. once she finally escaped, her temperament had changed quite a lot. she is much more aggressive now - afraid of the world and whatever lives in it. she is constantly snapping out at any kind of animal that comes near her, preferring to be on her own and away from whatever lurks.
to those who try to get close to her, it takes a lot of patience. the sweet and loving dog she once was was ripped out of her and replaced by a dark emptiness. she doesn't trust anyone, and the ones that she tries to trust usually throw her back, or she ends up running away from them in time. however, she is still a loyal friend to those that she learns to understand. her playful and adventurous nature still fill her up, but she is more cautious and less likely to run right into something.
to the ones who become close to her or those that she knows she can hang onto - she is as sweet as a peach and very loyal. however, her patience in betrayal are gone. if they are to mess with her and leave her behind, she is just as easily going to turn her back on them. she is still loving and ready to give her heart out, but her fear of others and her previous abandonment hold her back.
Background
the parents of calypso were breeding dogs. her mother spent her entire time in a dark shed where two-three times a year a male would come and breed with her, and she would have puppies, and then the process would begin. luckily, the pups who she gave birth to, didn't live this confined life. there was no saying what number litter caly and her siblings were, but their beginning of life wasn't too fancy. they spent their days nursing from their mother in the darkness of the shed. even when their eyes closed, the darkness seemed to eat at them.
when they were around four months old, they started to go to new homes, one by one. out of the six puppies, calypso was the third one to go. she was taken by a kind family who had their own pups. two to be specific and they loved playing with caly in the backyard of her home. she was a pampered pup, to say the least. she constantly went to the groomers and vet, keeping her long fur clean and smooth ,as well as healthy. between the first couple years of her life, everything went smoothly.
the only thing that was out of place came in the year that the humans started to die off and run away. she was left in the house. locked behind her kennel doors. it was a normal day for her, she was always in the cage when the family was out, but that was never too long. a total of eight hours at the least. but, this time, the dawns and darkness came and went, yet her family never returned. she whined and howled, trying everything she could to get the attention of someone, anyone. still no one came.
with hunger and thirst burning in her body, she chewed and chewed on the metal, causing lacerations and scars in her mouth, but eventually, she was free. once outside of the cage, she ate whatever she could find that was laying around, it didn't matter if it was rotting. then, she jumped through a cracked open window and found the world as a stray.
ATHENA and ADVANCED
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