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The Island of Hakuna Mapato is a small, almost magical place, where the grass seems greener, the water clearer, the air cleaner, and just everything seems more alive. It is here where the small magical race of the Tocou live. At first glance these Tocou would look as if they were normal jungle cats, except each is it's own vibrant color, each has a specific elemental power, and each is extremely intelligent with its own way of thinking and its own personality. You have been accepted to become the guardian of one of these creatures, to watch as they grow and learn, and to record thier lives as they know it. So know the decision rests on your shoulders fair traveler. Will you choose to rest a while at the Tocou's clearing? or will you continue on your way? The Story of the Tocou is waiting to be written, and that story is waiting on you.

Tocou: (n) a cross between a lion and a panther. These jungle-dwellers thrive at different times depending on race and are told to have magic abilities.

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The News:

there is a newbie flatsale going on now

there is a special roleplay event going on in the guild

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If you are to survive around here you need to know your way


Table of Contents
1. you are here
2. Announcements + Events
3. growth and samples
4. The Tocou Pride
5. rules and regulations
6. FAQ
7. prices and customs
8. breeding
9. Availability
10. List of Tocous/Owners
11. The Forest Market
12. The Black and White List
13. Affiliates
14. My Corner
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Events:


There is currently a Roleplay event going on!!!

Around Hakuna Mapoto some mysterious & awful things are happening! could it be simple accidents? Or is it the looming threat of a very evil Tocou and his army?

Choose whichever you may, but there's a war brewing. Good vs evil! Will your Tocou try to save Hakuna Mapoto or join Tisho and his plot for domination? It's completely up to you! Pick a side and PM Athear_Vaeri to set up your entering the plot.

All owners are welcome to participate.
This event will end in prizes to all who participated as well as one grand prize for the most involved roleplayer.

good luck! (:
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I figured that before purchasing your very own Tocou you would want to know the basic structure of a Tocou and how the final product would look. Of course each Tocou is different, but all of them (besides special customs or auctioned Tocous) are basically made from the same lineart.

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On each Tocou there will be a space for the name of your choice, the gender of your Tocou, your Tocou's age (or more accuratly, thier stage of growth), your name, and then your Tocou's element.

Also each cert is individually colored to make your Tocou even more original. The cert may be colored to match gender, elemental, or randomly colored. You wont see the exact same cert on any two Tocous

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There are normally five (possibly six) stages to a Tocou. They are as follows



Egg: As odd as it may sound, the Tocou lays an egg after mating. Each of these eggs take anywhere from 1-5 days to hatch. The length of hatching time is almost completely random. The color of the egg is almost always a good indication of what color your Tocou will be, however just because an egg has swirly markings on it doesn't mean that your tocou will as well. The markings on an egg often have nothing to do with what your Tocou will look like. The element of your Tocou is almost undeterminable as well as the gender. So if you're planning on roleplaying your Tocou (strongly incouraged) be prepared to have to roleplay either gender.

Cub: Congratulations! Your egg has hatched and out has come a bumbling ball of fluff called a Tocou cub (awhh how cute) your Tocou cub is just learning it's elemental powers and often can cause more harm to itself with it's powers than good in this stage. Your cub is curious and mischevious. Also at this stage, if you wish, your Tocou is ready to begin roleplay. This stage can last anywhere from 2 weeks to a month

Child: Now your Tocou has begun to mature. Your Tocou is beginning to learn to hunt small game and learning the basics of harnessing thier elemental powers. This stage can last anywhere from 3 weeks to a month

Teenager: Your Tocou is blossoming into adulthood. At this stage, Tocou can survive easily on thier own though may still need help from others to get big game. At this point Tocou are competent with using thier powers though cannot use them at full intensity. This stage lasts 1-2 months. Teen Tocou cannot breed unless a fertility berry is used and when it is used the female will only lay 2 eggs

Adult: Your cub has finally grown into a majestic Tocou. At this stage your Tocou is completely independent and is almost completely in touch with it's powers. At this stage your Tocou is ready to Mate and possibly breed. this stage will last two months and up

Legendary: Some Tocous are told to be able to evolve into a fourth stage, though this stage is extremely rare and there are only a few Tocous in the history of thier exsistence to ever make it to this phase of life. Legendaries are extremely powerful and wise, but nobody has ever seen one as of yet. It would take a lot of care and attention for your Tocou to ever reach this stage.

please keep in mind when buying a Tocou egg that the only way to garuntee that your Tocou will be the wanted gender, color, or element is to order a custom. Active members of Tocou Sun will be top priority with growings. The only way to reach a fourth stage is by roleplaying often, visiting the shop a lot, or by buying a rare item


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Elements:
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Each Tocou has it's own element
. There are 9 different elements that your Tocou may be: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ice, Dark, Light, Spirit, and Storm. The elements are selected at random, but no more of two of one element are sold at each flatsale*. Descriptions of the elements are as follows:

Air: These Tocou have control over the wind. They are known to be very quick and jump very far almost as if they could fly. At first, Air Tocou are only able to conjure up tiny breezes, enough to ruffle somebody's fur, but this soon evolves into making up strong gales that can blow around even the heaviest of boulders.

Dark
: These Tocou thrive at night. They are known by thier mischevious nature and ability to see perfectly in even the darkest of times. At first, Dark Tocou can only create a small aura of darkness around themselves, but eventually these Tocou are able to blind entire areas by shadow and even blend into shadows themselves.

Earth: These Tocou are very well in tune with nature. They are known for thier wisdom and soothing nature. Young Earth Tocou can often be found using thier abilities to assist small plants and weeds to grow or sprouting flowers on the heads of friends, but eventually these Tocou can learn to create salves and medicines for disease, or even the largest of earthquakes

Fire: These Tocou are hot to the touch! They are known for thier swiftness and determination. At the beginning Fire Tocou often have problems controlling thier burning nature and are quick to anger. Young Fire Tocou are known to spit up flames at the worst of times and burn things down unintentionally. Despite thier rough beginnings once grown these Tocou can learn to spew controlled flames that grow and move in tune with the Tocou. They are known to withstand high temperatures with ease and heat up themselves at times of trouble for defense

Ice: These Tocou are happiest when it snows. They are known for thier subtleness and thier endurance. When young, Ice Tocou are likely to cause small frost spells in the forest and the occasional chill in a friend, but once grown Ice Tocou can freeze up entire rivers and instantly reduce a foe to shivers and chills.

Light: These Tocou shine! excuse my pun. They are often known for thier kind nature. At first, Light Tocou give off a slight glow when they use thier powers, often Light Tocou cubs dont even realize that they are glowing. Eventually these Tocou can heal small wounds and shine bright enough to temporarily impair the vision of an opponent

Spirit: These Tocou have psychic abilities. They are known for thier wit and intelligence. When Young, these Tocou can move small stones and leaves using thier minds, but they soon grow into Tocou that can smash rocks and even walk through obstacles (they are not able to become invinsible or invisable mind you)

Storm: These Tocou are a shock! They are often clumsy or sly. When young these Tocou are like balls of static, shocking sometimes everything that comes within close distance of it, but it soon grows into a Tocou that is lightning fast and can conjure large balls of electricity

Water: These Tocou are in tune with the sea. Extremely fast swimmers and can even breathe under water. When young water Tocou are able to conjure up small spouts of water and spray them mischeviously at a friend, but eventually these Tocou can make waves swell and spray powerful fountains of water at a foe
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In the Tocou world there are prides of Tocou just like there are prides of lions. The Tocou Roleplay is an illustration of life as a Tocou in this tribe and the sequence of events are written by the owners. Roleplay is not required, but is encouraged.

Tocou Sun has a guild!!!
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?guild_id=17793
private and open roleplays can take place in the Tocou Sun guild as well as in the shop's main thread. All are welcome to join the guild whether you have a Tocou or not 3nodding


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Roleplay rules:
1. Roleplaying is highly encouraged.
2. literacy really is appreciated.
3. No godmoding, nobody likes to die or be bossed around.
4. I would prefer not to see homosexual Tocous. If you think it's necessary its not against the rules I just dont want to see a lot of it.
5. You may not roleplay as a Tocou unless you own one. If you are waiting to get a Tocou, for now you can simply roleplay as a small animal of prey like a mouse or even a deer. Think small forest or jungle creatures.
6. Feel free to roleplay more than one of your characters at once in the roleplay thread, just be sure to distinguish clearly between them


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Rules:
1. Do not steal my art or lineart (I luff it and it is mine xp )
2. Begging will not be tolerated.
3. PMing questions, comments, or ideas are extremely welcome. If I use one of your ideas I might even give you a prize if I feel nice enough smile
4. If you are going to post an order for a custom or a flatsale, please post it in red so it jumps out at me. I wont get mad if you dont, but it will certainly be easier for me if I can see it through the sea of black bumps that I'm probably going to be posting
5. Chatspeak is not appreciated. The occasional "lol" or "g2g" is fine, in fact I use them, but I hate it when people use "u" or "h8" or all caps or obnoxious things like that.
6. Normally one egg may be purchased per flatsale. If a flatsale continues for a large amount of time you may be able to buy a second
7. Once your Tocou is fully grown please upload it to your own server
8. Please do not PM orders for flatsales, post all flatsale claims. Customs however, should be PM'ed
9. Do not flame eachother, the thread, or me. Try to be civilized... nobody appreciates having rude people around
10. Name your Tocou as soon as you get it! if you do not name it, it will not grow!


violation of any of these rules can result in blacklisting. I don't like to do that, but if I find you offending these rules often (I'll look for at least three examples) then you can and will find your name on the blacklist.

Roleplay rules and information on the previous post
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Can I order 3 normal Tocou eggs please?
not unless there is a flatsale going on. Check out the availability post. If there are eggs there then there is currently a flatsale live

Ok... there's a flatsale... now can I order 3 Tocou eggs?
well no... if you want to get a Tocou from Flatsale you have to post a claim to it in the thread, or whatever specific flatsale rules apply

Okay so I posted first for three eggs.
sorry, but you can only have one egg per flatsale. Each egg must be claimed in a separate post and in red, for more information check out the Availability post.

There is no flatsale! I want one now though... can I have one?
not for free, although if you remain loyal to the thread for a long time without one I like to give away presents so you might be seeing a Tocou heading your way! :3

I just want my Tocou for my sig is that alright?
yes it's perfectly fine, but if you do roleplay or even chat in the thread a lot, you're sure to get more rewards than somebody who doesn't

are there any other ways to get a Tocou?
if you have the extra gold, you can buy a custom Tocou, or sometimes there are other in-thread events that you can participate in. Although these dont come around as often.

alright I've got the gold for the custom.... now what?
send the trade and PM me! custom slots are always open

where is the custom form?
I send it on request, feel free to make your own form though. mine is very detailed and sometimes it's just easier to send me a description or a picture of exactly what you want

I can't afford a custom, but I would love a pet trade!
I would too! although I can't garuntee that you would get a custom for your pet. sometimes I'll give out companions or randomly colored Tocous for trades depending on the quality of the pet

Do Tocou have teenager stages?
Yes! this is brand new to Tocou Sun!

May I buy a FS egg for somebody else?
yes but you may only buy one for somebody else if you're buying one for yourself. If you are not buying a FS egg for yourself you may buys two for other people, but you always may only buy one egg for yourself.

How many eggs can I get then?
you can get one egg. You can only get two flatsale eggs if you are giving one or both of them to friends

may I co-own my Tocou?
not under normal circumstances. Customs, flatsales, and most normal Tocou may not be co-owned. The occasional rare or cos-play Tocou might, howver, please check the event specific rules as to whether or not you may co-own
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So lets say you've decided to buy yourself a Tocou.

as of right now there is only one race of tocou. I will probably be adding more before you know it so don't you worry your little self one bit smile


FLATSALE RATES:

normal egg: These are Tocous that do not have anything overly special about them. They may be solid colored, multi-colored, spots, striped, anything. 2k

golden eggs: These eggs are extremely rare and are only seen once in a long while. These Tocou are normally extremely elaborate in design or have wings 5k


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CUSTOM RATES:

lets say the eggs are a little too risky for you so you want your very own custom Tocou.

A Custom Tocou consists of the following:
Garunteed preferred gender
Garunteed preferred colors
Garunteed preferred markings
Garunteed preferred element

A Customized Tocou costs 100k.
this puts basically no limits on what you want your tocou to look like

Cosplays without a lineart edit cost an added 30k
Cosplays with a lineart edit must be bargained with floofeh.

custom slots are always open.

Winged Customs are only to be available through special events. Don't expect them to come around often wink
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Like many changable pets, the Tocou can breed.

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Once your Tocou reaches the Adult stage it can find a mate. These are only Male/Female or Female/Male pairs. I don't want to see Male/Male or Female/Female. sorry. Mates are generally lifetime commitments though so make sure your Tocou decides carefully when choosing a mate. If a couple wishes to be separated it will cost 1k. But becoming a couple costs nothing! both owners PM floofeh regarding the bonding and she'll take care of the paperwork free of charge

Anyways, you can breed your Tocous twice in the adult stage and once in the legendary stage, but it costs 4k (2k each). The female Tocou will lay two eggs per breeding, one for each owner (unless one owner has two pets then the one owner gets both eggs. Or unless an item is used on the female while she is pregnant)

The cubs will have qualities from both parents. This could turn out to be a simple eye color change or it could turn out to be a complex combination of patterns and colors. It's luck of the draw. The gender is selected at random. The element should turn out to be related to one of the parent's elements.

There is a system to decide which one of the owners gets which egg. It's really simple. I show you what the eggs look like, you as the owners discuss nicely which ones you want, then both of the owners PM me the same message (ex. greten sends a message that says "I'm taking the blue egg, finter's taking the red one" and finter sends a message that says "I'm taking the red egg greten's taking the blue one" wink and I set them up with thier eggs. I expect you to be nice and not complain when they hatch rolleyes


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Breeding slots for roleplayers are always open. If you can show me evidence of one private roleplay then the breeding can take place immediately

If you do not roleplay however you have to wait for a slot to open up.

Breeding slots:
1. OPEN
2. closed
3. closed
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Whenever there is an upcoming flatsale or auction the Tocou eggs will become available for public bidding


Here are the flatsale rules:
*When a flatsale is going to take place I will post a message in the shop about ten minutes prior to the start of the flatsale.
*Wait until I post the green "GO" in the shop before trying to claim an egg
*When you post a claim for an egg use the following form:
Egg Number:
simple, I know xD.the form should be red. I don't ask for a name yet because you don't know the gender of your Tocou yet!
* You may only claim one egg for yourself and one egg for another person. If you are not claiming an eggfor yourself you may claim two eggs for other people (they must be two different people though)
*If you see that you are the first person to lay claim to the egg, start a trade immediately. If your trade isn't set up soon after you claimed the egg I will consider your claim void
*If I accept the trade I will PM you telling you the gender of your Tocou and any additional information you might need. At this time you should respond to the PM with a name for your Tocou.
**The gender of a Tocou is determined by a coin toss
***The number next to the available eggs you see below is the egg's specific "egg number" that's what goes on the form.

PLEASE upload your tocou to your own server once grown. I am currently experiencing the red x syndrome with my image host and until I find a better host this will probably continue to happen

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The Next Flatsale should be: Monday March,5th NEWBIE FLATSALE

Available for the next Flat Sale: 4

1. SOLD 2.User Image 3.User Image 4.SOLD


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Auction:


Auction rules are a lot like the flatsale's
* About ten minutes prior to an Auction I will give you a warning
* Do not start bidding until I post GO in green
* bids should be posted in green. Please clearly state what you are bidding ex)I am bidding 5000g
* If items are being placed in a bid they must not have a value of less than 3k
* If items are placed in a bid please state the value of that item next to it
* add up the total of all the items you are bidding plus your pure amount if there is any ex) I am bidding ITEMA (4500) ITEM B (7300) and 2000g pure (grand total of 13800g) not that I think auctions will ever amount to that O_o
* be nice and have fun!

no auctions currently planned
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This list is far out of date xD.





The List:

Aijou/adult/Petite Colette/2.14.06
Anubis/adult/Petite Colette/2.12.06
Bam/legend/surf_attitude/12.28.05/
Irk/adult/Kranum/1.21.06
Jax/adult/Amiaya/1.4.06/

Kiyumi/adult/Kashumai/1.8.05/
Kratos/adult/inuyasha_manga/2.1.06
Kono/adult/DualDimensions/12.29.05/

Mapple/adult/Kranum/1.18.06
Mark/adult/Ninja Sharpie/3.18.06

Raavii/adult/DualDimensions/12.29.05/

Remedy/legend/Petite Colette/12.28.05/
Rie/adult/S.S.J Tippy/12.27.05/
Rin/adult/ChiemiChan/1.20.06
Osirae/adult/xTRAGIC/1.1.06/

Sasari/adult/Akuma Sora/1.15.06
Silencer/adult/Oort/2.27.06

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You see a scruffy looking Tocou standing at a sloppily made stand that has the words "Forest Market" written on it.

the owner raises a brow at you before spreading a thick array of items before you. He grunts groggily before spouting out prices and information whether you wanted it or not. how er....convenient.

"you want a portrait" he adds grumpily "I aint gonna do it" he glares, but soon points to a sign that points to a road that leads to this

The prices are of course, shown in GaiaGold. Some of these items are fairly expensive and only certain amounts of these items are in stock at one time. Once bought the items are used right away. items cannot be bought then saved for later use. There is a way to get a special discount and that is by saving up Tocou Tickets. For each ticket you own 1k is taken off of the price of the object. Tickets can only be used once.

Tocou Ticket owners:
Petite Collette- 4 tickets
SSBrosM- 1 ticket
Ninja Sharpie- 1 ticket
._.!Prettyful~Panda!._.- 1 ticket
Dark Feathered Pheonix- 1 ticket

Idea bank:
frog plushie
mushroom plushie

The shopkeeper puts on a pair of glasses and dumps a pile of plushies on the counter before you. these plushies are almost like a real Tocou Pal! okay so they may be a little rough looking but... they're still fully in tact. They will go in your Tocou's certificate either in front of your Tocou or to the side. They will be randomly colored or custom colored for 1k extra.
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pup plush: isn't he a cute one yes he is.... yess he is 3nodding Sure to be the closest thing to an imaginary friend that you can get without being creepy
in stock: unlimited
price: 1k

bear plush: looks like somebody's cranky from a long winter's nap. eh? cranky eh?
in stock: 3
price: 2k

bunny plush: They say rabbits like carrots, but this one wont be eating veggies off your plate anytime soon. Sorry little timmy
in stock: 3
price: 2k

dolly plush: no it's not a demon! it's a dolly... DOLLY
in stock: 1
price: 3k

fox plush: these little fellas are cute enough to eat. no I haven't tried it!
in stock:1
price: 3k

special berries
the owner rolls a couple of berries across the counter. These are sure to effect your Tocou in the best of ways biggrin ...... ._.

User Image growth berry: This will launch your Tocou into it's next growth stage in a fraction of the normal time (usually less than 24 hours) cannot be used on adults. in stock: unlimited price: 1k


User Imagestop growth berry: This will make your Tocou stay in its current stage forever. works on egg, cub, child, and adult in stock: unlimited price: 1k


User Imagefertility berry: When used on a pregnant Tocou, it will cause the Tocou to lay two extra eggs. rare berry. in stock: NONE price: 4k (to be split between owners)


User Imagerandom effect berry: When used on a Tocou one random thing will happen to it's appearance. This could be anything from an eyecolor change to a full body color change to the addition of a few spots. in stock: 4 price:1k


User Imagejumble berry: When used the affected Tocou will change appearance entirely or almost entirely. probably no more than one of its original traits will remain. rare berry in stock: 3 price: 3k


User Imageconfused berry: When used, the choice Tocou will change genders in stock: unlimited price:1k for eggs or cubs, 2k for children or adults, cannot be used on legendaries


User Imagelegendary berry: EXTREMELY RARE. This one will cause your adult Tocou to launch into legendary form. Can only be used in adult stage. in stock 1 price: 50k


that's all we have for now. Look for real changing pets for your Tocous plus accessories in the future

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Of course by "The list" I mean the blacklist. I hope to keep this empty as long as I can

BLACKLIST: these are the people that royaly cheesed me off and I hope will never come back

nobody. yay biggrin



Whitelist: These are the people I love/donators

Kalietha--thank you sooo much for answering my little noob questions xd
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These are the minishops that I admire or I admire thier banners .....

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I lost a few affiliates when I updated this. please PM me if you were on this list and you are not there anymore.

if you own a minishop and wish to be on this page simply PM me and I would be happy to oblige

for those of you that wish to link back to us... here's our banner...

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floofeh is currently: sad! I'll miss you guys!!! heart heart heart

ideas on areas of the map can be PM'ed to fl00f3h

Hi! I'm Athear_Vaeri and I'm the owner of Tocou sun!

My job is to keep the thread as active as possible, so I post song lyrics during the day, or otherwise chat with anyone who is around ^^ I'm very sociable and even newb friendly! If Floof isn't around I'm one of the other people who can point you in the right direction in regards to questions.

I respond to:
Athear_Vaeri
Athear
Ath

Stuff and random tidbits about Athear:
I'm the Co-owner of Tocou sun, and I also run the Tocou Sun art shop! I'll draw your Tocou for you ^^
Also non-gender confused
My favorite song is Dragostea Din Tei, and its all Meepfurs fault, her profile video got my best friend and I totally addicted to that song! Thank you Meep!
Athear loves to ride horses
I have a secret goal relating to Tocou Sun! Guess what it is and I'll give you a hug! ((That means I'm not telling ))

Note: I'm not a colorist! My only art program is MS Paint, my job is to make sure the thread doesn't die therefore, I can't do pet trades or customs or anything, sorry!

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