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Somewhere, somehow, everything always begins with a vague sort of mist that floats within everyone's mind. Sometimes it's like a beautous nebula filled with tinted globules of information, abstract thought, little snippets of imagery your mind picked up along the way somewhere, and pieces of conversation or music, maybe even old memories from childhood...

Or sometimes it's a thought to make something or someone new from all these clouds in your "mind world".

And that's where we come in.

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Who's Got What!??
Name :: Stages :: Belongs to...
"segue" :: Khaos_Foxx
"Honeysuckle" :: Katsunori
"QUILL!" ::Egg / Stand Alone / Certed :: Mameoyashi
"reality" :: emerald_blue
"Agnostic":: Egg / Stand Alone / Certed :: Kats Essence
"Snugglicious" :: Egg / Stand Alone / Certed :: Centhys
"Epiphany" :: Sosiqui
"understanding" :: Egg / Stand Alone / Certed :: Gabrielle Diamond
"Insecurity" :: Egg / Stand Alone / Certed:: MoonVixen
"Spagettios" :: Strider Wolfknight
"Storyteller" :: Friskit_Geeba
"Paopu" :: Raving Sohma
"scythe" :: Tikka48
"Lemongrass" :: Wyndsong
"Nostalgia" :: Tae Raikatuji
"Become" :: Star Sorceress
??? :: Coming Soon!
??? :: Coming Soon!
??? :: Coming Soon!

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The Other Kwerks
Curiouser and curiouser, the things you find out in the world! This is where we affiliate!

Generous Kwerks
For those who have contributed & donated, here we thank you!

Mameoyashi - 1k
Wyndsong - 10k
MoonVixen - 950g
Flidget Jerome - 5k
Xeik Walkstar - 1,216g

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The Anti-Kwerks
Art thieves and those on the "blacklist" will be listed here.

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How it Werks
Here is where you get to figure out how it all werks... *ahem* Excuse me, -works-. Let me write it down for you...<br/>
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"All creatures begin as Kwerks!"
Every single creature that comes out of this "mind world" starts of as a, for lack of a better word, common Kwerk. Essentially, you take a slip of paper and take it to Snip & Hatchers where the idea is processed into a starting solid form.

"The more imagination you put into them the more they evolve!"
You won't be given "prompts", but you will be given things to play with in your "mind world". The first thing you are given from Snip & Hatchers is the "egg" form, or the form your little creation starts off as. Depending on what the mysterious clockwork alchemy machine decides determines what you get. Sometimes you will get a common egg, sometimes an item that seemed totally unlikely. No one is quite sure why or just what Snip & Hatchers will give you when you put your snip of paper into the slot. But with the item you are given, you focus all your ideas to form a more concrete baby creature.

"Unevolved Kwerks turn into Shmo!"
Shmo is leftover, unused, and moreover unfinished ideas that never make it past the item stage. If you don't give your focus item enough personality via the use of your own imagination, it can't hold its own shape and turns into mist once again.

"Shmo are then recycled to form new Kwerks and so the never really die!"
Yes, imaginary mist is a good fuel and shouldn't be wasted! Whenever someone discards their item, it no longer becomes a focus and the mist that clung to its surface is free again to be used as someone else's Kwerk. So don't feel too bad for abandoned ideas, sometimes it's better that they were never made, at all.

In plain reality...
1. You give me a single word, it goes into the machine and randomly selects an item to be your "egg" stage.

2. Show me you've got the imagination to take that word -further- and form it into a basic concept. Play with the concept enough and your "egg" will turn into your Kwerk's first stage simply called "Kwerk".

3. Each Kwerk is a hand drawn anomaly, no two are ever -exactly- alike. Kwerk twins are extremely rare. Every stage it reaches will be inked by hand and color is applied. Don't be too shocked if your little Kwerk changes colors when it shifts to a Kaer!

4. The stage beyond "Kwerk" is known as "Kaer" (prounounced <I>care</i> wink , you'll have to do a lot of playing within your "mind world" to give your "Kwerk" its personality. Can you keep the little Kwerk within its own character enough to take it to the Kaer stage?

5. Superevolved "Kaer" are turned into more complex forms called an "Ideah". Ideah are the hardest stage to achieve, but they aren't impossible, as your Kaer is required to withstand the "Trials of Character".

6. Journal-keeping is popular, but not required to play with your Kwerk to hatch it from the egg stage. You can play with your ideas privately on your own time, with someone else via Instant Messenger or email, or even in hand-written letters. When you feel you've developed your little Kwerk item into something more substantial, PM me on Gaia Online as "Starluck" or even email me on your own time if you wish to keep it personal. All I want to know is how well you've developed your little Kwerk and if you're capable of maintaining a character purely within your imagination.

7. Anyone is welcome to try for a Kwerk, but some opportunities are exclusive to Gaia Online.

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Frequently Kwerky Questions
Please review these carefully -before- agreeing to own a Kwerk. I take no responsibility for misconceptions if you have not read these. Thank you.

Q: "How much gold does a Kwerk cost?"
A: They are -free-! But they are only given out to the few who posess vivid imaginations and are willing to build on an idea and care for it. Not everyone who tries for one will get it, at least not on the first go. Snip & Hathchers is a stickler for certainty, if S&H thinks you're in it for the wrong cause, chances are you may never get a Kwerk to even the egg stage.

Might I also add that since they are free, the artist makes them on her own free time therefore... YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN! In other words, you cannot bribe, whine, or bully your way into anything the artist isn't doing for you already. You won't earn any friends complaining, if you have a suggestion however the artist does encourage you to address her with them instead of complaints. If you feel you've been wronged in some way, apologies in advance and please take it up in Private Message.

Q: "I'm still confused on the getting on the whole getting an egg process. Could you please use plain old English?"
A: Certainly! All you do is think of a word. -Any- word, even a bad one! If you're serious about it, the artist will assign you a semi-random egg, since everyone works on a stream of consciousness of some persuasion, the word you give the artist will sort of play itself out in her own mind and then... Poof! You've got yourself an egg.

The more imagination you use into getting your egg to even show up, the better the chances are that you'll get it sooner. Roleplaying an interaction between you and Snip & Hatchers is prime, but you don't have to do anything you're unsure of.

Q: "This isn't an egg! This is just [item name]!!"
A: That's precisely why it was assigned to you! The point of these pets are to make -you- use your own imagination and think "What could possibly hatch from [item name]??" and then it goes from there!

Typically, it's the people who don't have much of an imagination who wind up with the egg for the "egg stage" pet. Ever heard the phrase "Think outside the box"?

...Well, in this case, my dear... "Think outside the egg!"

Q: "Do you make customs?"
A: Erm... no. YOU make the custom! Get it? Your imagination influences the artist's conception on what your egg will hatch into. Therefore, every Kwerk is a custom.

Q: "How to Kwerks breed?"
A: You see when a Mommy Kwerk and a Daddy Kwerk love each other very much... No, no, just kidding! Two consenting owners of any type of Kwerk must roleplay or send a collaboration of a snippet of story of the two Kwerks placing their chosen word into Snip & Hatchers. The more imaginative the story, the more likely S&H will comply and grant the parents an egg.

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Q: "How do I save my Kwerk certificate?"
A: To your own diskspace when you're ready to. Though they are saved on PhotoBucket, if you want to save your pet's individual stages you'll have to save them on your own and seperately.

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Snip & Hatchers
Snip & Hatchers is the strange machine that Starluck built to "hatch" out your idea into an "egg". Running purely on cogs, springs, and a whole lot of mind work, Snip & Hatchers is where it all begins! Everyone who comes to Snip & Hatchers is asked to take a pair of silver scissors and snip a piece of paper from a large book of clean leaflets. The act of cutting the paper alone, it's said, is a factor in what your "egg" will be and the word you place upon it will seal the deal that you have come to the machine asking that your idea become manifest with its help.

What will Snip & Hatchers give -you-? Sometimes that's purely based on how you handle the situation. If you arrive lost, then what you get my be random, in Snip's attempts to nudge you gently into a given direction.

When you get your Kwerk "egg" it will appear on this certificate. Everyone is assigned an empty certificate until their Kwerk becomes an "egg".

Initially, in the place of the Kwerk's name will be the word you put into Snip & Hatchers.

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Post: 7282216_6 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:28:33 +0000
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Gah, this is a fantastic idea! So do I just roleplay going and cutting out a piece of paper, writing the word onto it, and feeding it to the machine?

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Post: 7282216_7 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:32:02 +0000
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Bingo! That's the way it's done, mate. :3

No mess, no fuss, just let your mind forget what's real and what's sane and just scribble on that mofo to your heart's content!

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*Bump!*

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Post: 7282216_9 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:56:39 +0000
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what a wonderful and unique idea. eek whee

i'm a little afraid to be the first to try though. sweatdrop

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Post: 7282216_10 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:57:24 +0000
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Don't be afraid, if you have any questions I haven't covered go ahead and ask. :3

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Post: 7282216_11 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:05:12 +0000
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Wow, what a kewl idea. ^_^ I can't wait to see what happens. I wonder if it'll get anywhere.

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Post: 7282216_12 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:05:35 +0000
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Oh, I hope so!

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Post: 7282216_14 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:26:09 +0000
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He was there, and then he was here. A strange lapse in conciousness that didn't perturb him one bit. Didn't he have these all the time? He was in a room with a strange looking machine and an almost...indescribable floor. He stooped, looking at the morphing colors that swirled beneath him. He mused, his golden eyes limpid and dreamy, if beneath him was eternity and he had found himself in the exquisite limbo that he seemed to live in.
The low-ranking demon, cursed with the ability to slip and slide between moments brushed a stray lock away from his face and stood. The rich, turbulence of the bloody locks drifted across his bare back, never leaving a stain.
Then, crossing to the machine his golden eyes dialated, slits as pupils rounding themselves out into a human form. He knew what he had to do and was eager. Perhaps a daughter? Perhaps a son? A companion of his own might grace his lucid presence...and for once the beast that was himself felt excitement and happiness.
He gently cut the paper, though even his best attempts made the rectangle a little ragged. Then, lifting it up to the light for a moment he lay the thick paper on the table and with the quill and ink scribed "segue" in long, flowing letters.
As he lifted the quill a large drop of ink fell, just to the side of the word, and he hastily put it back in it's liquid dark home.
Then, blowing to ensure it was dry he hastened to the machine and oifered it to the opening which sucked it in easily.
He suddenly felt something he hadn't felt in a long time...accomplishment.

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Post: 7282216_15 created on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:26:54 +0000
Posted: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:26:54 +0000

((*puts on egosearch and will be back in a bit when her brains are a bit more awake* whee ))

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