Name: Nanashi
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Height: Variable. Default is 5.5 inches probably
Species: Gerbil Kemonomimi
Occupation: Summoned Familiar
A great sorceress was once in search of the materials needed for the spell to create and bind her own perfect, all-powerful familiar.
She wanted a panther, had dreamed of it for years and years. Finally, after pulling through enough favours, she, so far as she knew,
had collected ALL of the ingredients to get this
very specific familiar to aid her in her sorcery.
One can imagine her shock once the smoke had begun to clear and, instead of the huge, imposing figure she'd imagined a panther would
possess, there stood a small, meagre skinny little...
Rat?!
No, the small creature would inform the sorceress, she was not a rat. She was a
gerbil. It wasn't very polite to mis-label her
species based on some dumb stereotype... Aside from that, rats didn't even have furry tails! The witch ignored her, instead ranting and
fuming about how wronged she was by all those she pulled favours from, swearing to make them pay. All the while, the newly-created
familiar was... Waiting. She was bound to the witch, yes, but their contract would not begin until
something else happened as
well. In addition to that, while the Gerbil knew little of actual happenings in the world, it seemed
odd that she would exist
for so long without having been given a name by her summoner. It seemed like something that ought to happen quickly.
What on earth am I supposed to do with a rat as a familiar? What will people think? the sorceress paced quickly, her
heels clicking on the floor as she stomped angrily back and forth. Gerbil. The small creature, barely half a foot tall, only watched,
her small ears and nose wiggling as she tried her best to remain calm. It wasn't as though she
asked to be created. She just
was.
The following several days had the little Gerbil standing in her over-large summoning circle (The sorceress drew it large, that it
may hold the
magnificent beast she was sure she was about to summon) waiting to be properly addressed. She had tried to get
the attention of her creator, but the woman was obsessively looking over all of her notes and re-tracing her steps to see
where
she had gone wrong. After concluding that she had, in fact, done everything as instructed, she realised that she must have been given
the wrong information. That was the only explanation. Someone was out to slight her, and she was sure to find out who it was sooner
than later. Nobody made a fool out of Danielle and got away with it.
With a magic seal, she called the Gerbil by the name the tiny thing would be forced to carry for the rest of its long life: Nanashi.
Nameless.
(A character of
MixedMythos. See that list for a smidge more world/character information.)
