Libra has a minion!

Minion the Snugtom

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freya's note: if you think of an item that would suit her (fruit, bugs, birds, foresty things...) please feel free to drop me a line!

Rue always has the look of a bird about to take flight.Her ears are perked, eyes alert and glittering with an odd,vibrant light, and every muscle in her bodyis standing by, waiting to spring into action. She seems constantly setfor a quick take-off, even when there is no danger around.

When Rue was little, she was taught two main things. One: fruit is the bestthing in the world. The young jollin kit quickly developed an addiction toit. Rue and her mother would spend hours hunting for the very best fallenfruit, and when it was discovered that Rue also had an affinity for climbing,the very best fruit fresh from the branch came within reach.

And two: a little jollin like her, all alone in a big forest, had to bealert at all times. Danger was everywhere in the forest, according to her mother,and Rue was especially vulnerable because of her size. So shedeveloped this look of a bird about to take flight: legs slightly spread,ears perked and eyes shining with a strange, wild light.However, to date she has never once been attackedby the dangers her mother said lurked in the forest.

Unfortunately for her mother, the true dangers of the forest lay in whatshe loved most. Rue had a nose for poisonous fruit and had just begun to keepa mental list of what was good and what was not when she found her mothersick from what she knew to be the worst of it. Soon her mother died, leaving littleRue all alone in the forest.

Haunted by memories, Rue left the forest she grew up in and travelled alonguntil she found a new one. This forest was even better than her last, a modernparadise. Birds sang to each other from the trees and small animals rustledthroughout the undergrowth. Fruit hung from what seemed like every treeand bush, almost all of it entirely edible.

Rue had found her home.

Her obsession with fruit unchecked by her mother's unfortunate death, Ruestill spends much of her time scouring thetreetops and underbrush of her forest for the bountiful fruit it offers.Her tiny frame and sharp claws, along with her inborn climbing skills, allow herto quickly scale trees and leap from limb to limb like a little popoko. Herperpetual goal: the luscious fruit that the trees bear. Often it seems thatthe very best fruit is hiding way at the vary top.

Tending to the fruit trees is a long day's work. Rain is plentiful, and theweather perfect for many types of fruit. But she must run all over the placeto gather her fruit, not wanting it to fall claim to rot. After devouring a fruit,she takes the seeds and replants them in various parts of the forest so thatmore trees may grow.

Rue finds herself a little more in tune with nature and the creatures in her forest everyday, and often leaves fruit for the hungry little creatures that share the forest with her.She befriended one in particular: a little feltis she named Amber, who now helps herharvest and then, afterward, eat their spoils.

It wasn't long before she made the discovery that she was not alone in her forest.Upon returning to her pile of fruit one day, she discovered what she thought to bea rat filching sweet grapes she had traded for at the market. Rue pounced on the"rat", intending to escort it to a place more proper, but found herself tossed awayby a sudden gust of wind!

When she picked herself up, the most curious looking jollin stood in front of her,head bowed level with his shoulders and fur bristling with aggression. He was palegrey, with spots concentrated along his dark-streaked spine. When he noticed howsmall and skinny she was, he relaxed, but the strange wind that had picked updid not stop. It whipped the tails of his scarf, and the strange, billowing end of histail all about.
"Who are you?" Rue asked, squaring her paws, "and why are you stealingfrom me?"
"I'm Parke, and I'm hungry," he responded, narrowing his eyes.
Rue's ears twitched and she couldn't help but smile. "You're hungry? Well thenyou should have asked if I would share some. I thought you were a rat!"
He scowled, but there was a glint of amusement in his eyes and the winddied down to a mild breeze. "A rat! Me!" he scoffed. Rue tilted her head andgrinned expectantly. Parke sighed and sat down. "Will you please share some fruitwith me?"
Rue laughed lightly and rolled a ripe apple from the pile toward him. "You canhave anything but the peaches. Those are my favourite," she replied, noddingcontentedly.

So they dined on Rue's best fruit together and were fast friends by the end of theirmeal. In fact, Parke stayed in that forest and they continued to grow closer andsoon were best friends. Their mutual affection seemed to go deeper than just friendship,but for the longest time neither would dare bring it up to the other in fearthat their feelings would not be reciprocated.

Nothing can stay secret forever and their feelings didn't either. But in truth, oneof the reasons Rue and Parke didn't explore their feelings was becauseParke was immortal and Rue was not. It seemed tragic, they agreed, that eventuallyRue would die and Parke would live on without her.

And so they stayed close friends until one day Rue woke up in a patch of flowersthat had not been there when she fell asleep. Everywhere she went that day, flowersbloomed, shrubs turned greener and the grass rose up to tickle her legs.

Finally she asked Parke what he thought about it and he excused himself to researchthe question. He returned, swirling out of his pixie form and tackled Rue with delight.
"You're a sprite!" he barked, letting Rue overpower him and kick him off.
"What?" Rue yipped back, sitting up. "A sprite?"
"An earth sprite! You're a sprite!" he repeated, bouncing around on his toes.
Rue's heart fluttered and she let out an excited squeal before leaping on him. Helaughed and wrapped her up as if determined to hold onto her forever.

To Parke: Well, why don't you just fly up there, you know, as a little pixie? It's easier than climbing, I bet!

Not that rue really minds rats for the most part, but seeing them ratting aroundin her food supplies really twists her tail in a knot, as they tend to be messy eaters.So when she saw a teeny tail sticking out of a pile of fruit, she pounced with, of course,only intentions to scare the rat away, but instead foundherself blasted away by a strange tempest that lasted for just a moment. When shepicked herself back up, Parke, looking all for the world like a regular old jollin, wasstanding in front of her. Ashamed for having attacked him, she invited him to stayfor a while and have some fruit, and the two became fast friends. They have sincegrown to be more than friends and neither can seem to imagine spending their longlife any other way.

To Minna: Oh, you little rascal! Get back here with that peach this instant!

Minna is Rue and Parke's first and only daughter. Rue loves her daughter asmuch as any mother, but the fiesty little jollin kit sometimes just begs to bedisciplined and often makes off with some of her mother's fruit, which (inRue's eyes) is roughly the equivalent of stealing a cookie from the cookie jar.Like Rue and Parke, Minna is a sprite, one of the few that have anordinary start to life.

To Rooke: Ooh, what are you reading? .......Okay then I guess I'll leave you alone.

Rooke came into Rue's life when Minna brought him home from one of herexpeditions into the forest. Rue has tried her hardest to make him feelat home, but he is very reserved around her and rarely speaks to anyonebut Minna. She knows it is not because he is unkind or dislikes her,and tries her very best to be kind and motherly toward him.

To Tansy: I can't believe you didn't eat it! Fruit is food, not medicine... that wasn't even a medicinal fruit...

Rue met Tansy when she was injured in a fall from her tree. Amber, herminion, knew of the shaman from her various explorations of the woods and ran offto fetch Tansy while Rue lay unconscious. Tansy found that she had merely spraineda wrist and knocked her head a bit too hard, and gave her some poppy seedsto control the pain while she healed. In gratitude, Rue offered them some of herfavourite fruit, which Tansy refused to eat on the grounds that she wanted totest it for medicinal properties. Naturally, this hurt the little jollin's feelings, butshe has since gotten over it and often brings fruit for Tansy to sample.

To Rachael: Ack! If I share some fruit with you, will you stop giving me "noogies"?

Rachael, Rue's cousin, is one of the little jollin's few living relatives. She metRachael after the older jollin dropped by for a visit, having heard that Rue hadtaken to living in the deep heart of the forest. Rue loves her cousin dearly, but,as it is with all relatives, can't help but be annoyed by some of the things Rachaeldoes at times.

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freya is ALWAYS 8D buying art for rue!
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credits

profile, coding by User not found: midnightshadow.
overlay, profile art by Rah and Keshi respectively ??
other art is linked to the artist ??
story by Freya.
character partly based on rue from the hunger games.