Roleplay Reference & Creative Writing: Lou's Backstory & Setting Sat 26 Jun 2021 Howdy there! Been wanting to put something on my profile for a while now but wasn't sure what I'd post for one, and haven't had anything I could really post aside from maybe writing something up. Thought this would be a fun thing to write up, and it could help make new roleplay buddies or friends, so heres a little write up for my monkey kid fursona Lou, and the sort of micro-setting I put together for him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lou Tekoda (Also goes by Louie Tekoda) varies greatly in age really, lately I enjoy rping him between the ages of 4-5, and 7-8. 7-8 is typically my default but 4 can be very cute and fun when I'm in the mood for it! He's a young monkey boy who lives out in the forest, his setting is a sort of lighthearted basic fantasy setting. It's nothing crazy really, the main fantasy aspect is the magic in the land he lives on, and the loving little fairies who've watched over him since he was a baby. He had been lost or abandoned shortly after birth, and the fairies of the forest found him in their domain. It was abundantly clear that the little guy wouldn't survive if they just left him there to fend for himself, [i]he can't fend for himself.[/i] So they decided to take the young boy back with them to the main pond that they lived at, with water that heals weary travelers and stops older children from further aging. (The cut-off point would probably be 10-11, then you stop aging, think like a more specific fountain of youth lol, but theres no reason you wouldn't be able to stop aging at a younger age like Lou might have of course. There are also AR properties to it when I'm in that kind of mood. ^^) They would raise him here, and he'd grow up to be a happy healthy boy, and start helping out by serving as a guardian of the forest with them, which isn't particularly hard, but is still honourable work! It mostly consists of keeping the forest and waterways clean, which is probably how he found quite a few of his toys, and looking after or guiding lost travelers, Lou mostly keeps an eyeout for other children who may need help like he did, along with his ulterior motive of wanting new pals to play with! A major part of this setting and Lou's character [s]aside from my own immense self-indulgence[/s] is the theme of freedom and childhood, along with the love of nature even in a somewhat primal state, or in Lou's case a better way to put it is the love of nature and being a part of it, being part of the ecosystem ya know? What would it be like to live your life outside? No clothes, looking after nature, the world being your garden, so on so forth. A better way to sum it up actually is by saying one of the major themes of this sretting, if not THE major theme, is Naturism, just raw Naturism in a very extreme form. From Wikipedia: "Naturism is a lifestyle of non-sexual social nudity, and the cultural movement which advocates for and defends that lifestyle. Both may also be referred to as nudism. Though the two terms are largely interchangeable, nudism emphasizes the practice of nudity, whereas naturism highlights an attitude favoring harmony with nature and respect for the environment, into which that practice is integrated." THAT is a most of this setting and this character in a nutshell. Lou and his fairies are naturists, and so due to his upbringing, Lou has no concept of shame or nakedness, he's just him and theres no ifs, ands, or buts about it, aside from his own butt lol. His fairies share this with him but theres also the fact of the matter that his fairies are much smaller than him, at most probably 8-10 inches tall, so they're too small for it to particularly matter at all to them if they cared to begin with that is. Lou does have his ears pierced but thats not clothing lol, but thats the only thing adorning him if he isn't in the mood for henna, feathers, or body painting. Lou's main dwelling is an old bell-styled tent at the end of the beach, with his toys scattered around every which way, usually in the sand. Inside, it looks half like a typical boys room, half like a zoo enclosure, with his bed taking the form of a big pile of hay and straw with blankets, pillows, and stuffed toys on it in varying states of disarray. Theres some shelves, a lantern, random books and the like, his painted hand and footprints stamped about on the walls inside and out, with random designs joining them as well. Lou keeps a bucket of water next to his bed for drinking usually, otherwise going outside to take his baths in the pond, or other bathroom matters at the edge of the wider woods so everywhere else stays clean of course. The pond has one more interesting property for little Lou, swimmers may eventually notice they can breath in this water without drowning. Lou's fairies had the foresight to do this because otherwise, tiny monkey lungs in a tiny monkey, [i]wont do very well underwater.[/i] Plus it'd be ironic if you could drown to death in a healing pond lol, so to prevent harm to Lou while he's running around, or to others who happen upon their domain, they've made it so that you can't drown in their sacred waters. Lou enjoys taking advantage of this by relaxing at the bottom of their pond and looking up at the pretty sun filtering through the waves above. Lou would tell ya the bottom is all soft pleasant sand and would feel really really nice on your body! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this is written well enough to be an enjoyable read, and if you'd like to ever play, my contacts are on my profile, with my main/easiest one being my telegram! @notsureofanameyet I feel somewhat shy publishing this but again I hope it's enjoyable at least and serves as a good referance if you ever play with/wanna play with me. Thanks for reading. ^^ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------