Art Sales

[IMG]https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/5a/f0/rpD9krZQ_t.png[/IMG] [size = 7][b]Introduction[/b][/size] [rule] [center]The sign above the door illustrates a pearl, with the heads of two pearlcatchers within. The door is made of a strange, otherworldly wood, tinted with the colors of dualing, yet seemingly collaborative flights. Once inside, the shop's interior displays more of this split. The leftmost half is a cool wisteria, with lights placed inside crystals - creating a misty, evening-like air. The right side has auburn, hardwood flooring, with a warm fireplace, and an almost log cabin-esque sense of comfort.[/center] [Rule] The pearlcatcher to the left smiles your way. Stars shine in her teeth, the glimmer of moonlight, the reflection of a reflection. She is hewn in shades of pastel opalescence, and in the dim twilight her odd markings feel like the ghosts of once-vibrant colors. [Columns]"I am Starshine," she says. Despite her small stature, there's something almost predatory in her stance, in the way she carries herself. She tilts her head, stares for a moment into your eyes, like she's looking into your soul. Then she laughs, the sound like silver bells at midnight. "You are here for a reason, are you not?" The words roll like a purr off her tongue. "Let's talk business, then."[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/86202899][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/862029/86202899_350.png[/img][/url][/columns] She motions you further inside. The other pearlcatcher waves to you, sending a gentle smile and inviting you to come over to his table. His silver strands reflect the fireplace's light, making his face appear as if it's glowing. [Columns]"My name is Graham," His voice is gravelly, but in the sense that the gravel came from a well-trodden road, having undergone trials and tribulations, adventures of a lifetime. Coming up to his counter, you see the haggard, yet hopeful look in his eyes. Every wrinkle is a story, yet to be told. He has plenty to fill his pockets. He sighs, "They say I'm an open book, so why not tell stories like one?"[nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/82804380][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/scry?sdid=3766821&skin=0&apparel=21813,21815,13080,13795&xt=dressing.png[/img][/url][/columns] Graham rubs his claws against his pearl, peering into it as if it's some sort of crystal ball. In reality, he's just polishing the dust off. "I'm always looking to add more stories to my collection," He chuckles, "You can never have too many, you know." [rule] [size=3][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803747][Meet the Writers!][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803749][Rules][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803751][Order Form][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803752][Kursed's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803753][Vee's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803922][Order Queue][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286/1#post_54803923][Testimonials][/url][/center][/size]

[size = 7][b]Meet the Writers![/b][/size] [rule] [Center] [Quote name="RuleOfVee"] [b]NOTE: on temporary hiatus. Kursed is running the shop in my absence. [/b] Hi, I’m Vee, shop co-owner and voice of [b]Starshine[/b]! I’ve been writing fanfiction for the past six years, so I’m pretty skilled at what I do. As such, I’m confident that I can create lore you’ll love! I’m a jack of all trades, but my specialty is angst and hurt/comfort. I’ll likely be creating the longer form content, say 200 words and up. I work well with both precise outlines and with creative liberty, and have so far an impeccable track record of quality lore orders. I get very invested in my work and care a lot about making sure you’re happy with your order. I look forward to working with you! [/quote] [img]https://i.imgur.com/KZOkZIn.png[/img] [quote name="KursedCurtain"]Hello! I'm Kursed, co-owner and writer of [b]Graham[/b]! I've come in and out of writing, seeing it as a sort of second hobby (with my first being character design and drawing!) I like plenty of genres, but my favorite topics to write range from witty dialogue, to dream sequences, to descriptive paragraphs. I'll probably be taking the short form writing (Tab Descriptions, Short Bios, etc) so most pieces 50-100 words. I love when people use my work! Seeing people happy makes me happy, so that's my goal when it comes to what I do here ^^ [/Quote] [rule] [size=3][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803747][Meet the Writers!][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803749][Rules][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803751][Order Form][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803752][Kursed's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803753][Vee's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803922][Order Queue][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286/1#post_54803923][Testimonials][/url][/center][/size]

Process/Rules

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"My words are as precious to me as gems," she says, "and so each one will be worth a gem." Starshine winks, the gesture just this side of cheeky. "I hope that sounds fair to you, my dear?"

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• Please be nice to us We're just lil guys.
• Please credit the respective writer when you use our lore. Link to this thread if you can, any boost helps!
• Use the order form please! It helps show interest in the shop and helps us get traction, while also ensuring that we have a record of all orders made. We don't mind PMs for ironing out additional details, but please do use the form for your final request.
• Remember to ping both of us! Even if only one of us is going to be doing the commission, pinging us both helps us be aware of the people who are ordering so we can discuss who'll take on the writing.
• Please don't modify our lore without permission. We're willing to make small edits for free, and we'd rather you work through us than modify it yourself, as we'd like control over what is attached to our respective names.
• No haggling, prices are fixed.
• We don't do the bbcoding for you.
• Lore requests must be within Flight Rising ToS. We can, at our own discretion, refuse to fill an order if we feel uncomfortable/uncertain with the content being discussed.

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Refund Policy

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We don't offer refunds unless the lore is horribly defective - that is, requiring a complete rewrite in order to fit your purposes. If that happens, you will not be charged, but you cannot use the defective lore.

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[size = 7][b]Order Form[/b][/size] [rule] She slips a piece of parchment your way. "An order form," she says. "Just to ensure your order doesn't get lost by the wayside." [right]"We don't need a repeat of last time." He sighs.[/right] She continues, "I pride myself on customer satisfaction. There are quills to your right, if you need one." [rule] [quote = Order Form] @KursedCurtain @/RuleOfVee Your Username: Dragon/OC/etc: Purpose (bio piece/description/story/etc): Lore outline: Number of words (specify if cap or flat order): Payment method [g/kt]: [/quote] Note: Lore outlines can range from vague to specific. Just know that the more vague the prompt is, the more creative liberty we allow ourselves. [rule] [size=3][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803747][Meet the Writers!][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803749][Rules][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803751][Order Form][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803752][Kursed's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803753][Vee's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803922][Order Queue][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286/1#post_54803923][Testimonials][/url][/center][/size]

[size = 7][b]Examples (KursedCurtain)[/b][/size] [rule] [right]"Examples?" Graham wheezes a little, "I can recite a few to you right now, actually." He clears his throat, then looks deep into the opalescent reflections in his pearl. You feel drawn in, almost entranced.[/right] ----- [Quote name="Example #1 - Tab Lore Commission for AtticaIonia"] [Columns][item=discarded nest material][nextcol]The guardian drops another pile of straw onto the nest. It's all fresh, pristine, untouched. The open air should be refreshing, but instead it's choking, sickening. Only the most desperate come to the warren, and the ones that stay keep a watchful eye over their eggs. Liberator tries to hide the paranoia behind flowers and clean-swept floors. They await another encounter. It's only a matter of time until the beast strikes again.[/columns][/quote] [Quote name="Example #2 - Personal Tab Lore"] [columns][item=Sharpened Serthis Lance][nextcol]The clang of weaponry dropping and the sound of a roaring crowd indicates another match has ended. The two fighters are led out of the ring and ushered through the audience by their handlers. A pair of heads watch it all with the gaze of hawks. The bet money comes around, and it always circles back to the showrunners. One head chuckles, for he knows Cinderslag - with it's weaponry and firey fervor - always forges the best fighters.[/quote] [Quote=Example #3 - Snippet of Lore for LightsKamAction] [I]The rhythmic whirring of a power drill rings through the garage - it's a poor excuse for a workshop, but it's the one open spot he's got. Hound taps his foot on the off-beat, turning his work into song. He's even tempted to add a bit of clapping, but his hands are full, and he's too occupied with adding one more feature to his absolute amalgamation of a guitar - one of his proudest works.[/I] He goes by Hellhound. He's a musician, in the sense that he's an absolute beast on the guitar (and adaptive to other instruments). However, he's also an artist, in the way that he can swing at someone, and then their bones become a Picasso painting. Alongside an android named Declan, the two make up Old Red Eyes. Derived from some ancient folklore about a devilish dog with a fiery, scarlet gaze. While Hound wasn't a history nut, the story had stuck with him, and the name had a special ring to it - the idea clicked well with Declan too. So that's their brand. He messes around when he's having fun, making music and doing what he loves. If there was a camera recording every inside joke and funny moment, there would be enough footage to create a detailed behind-the-scenes with plenty of bloopers. Whether he's shredding on the guitar or out in the streets, Hound does the job with a loud, scorching passion. His impulses are fueled. His confidence is unrivaled. Both get him into more trouble than it's worth. Sure, he doesn't pick fights, but if he gets roped into them, he'll relish every second of it.[/quote] [Quote=Example #4 - Snippet of Story for LightsKamAction] The twilight sky hung over the city, the skyline scattered with windows lit like stars. The hustle and bustle of urban life had settled by then. The night is perfect. At least, it would be perfect, if some nuisance in a nearby alleyway wasn't currently torturing a guitar. It wasn't just beginner level playing, it was beginner level playing with an overexuberant yet somehow slightly hesitant undertone. There was singing too - and in comical irony it was excellent. An entrancing lyrical performance, canceled out by strumming in shambles. Eventually, Hound couldn't take it anymore. With a snarl under his breath and murder on his mind, he changed course and stormed straight towards this sacrilegiously-playing sucker. No one should get away with such a heinous crime against humanity. Sure, it might not have been illegal, but in Hound's book, this deserved the Picasso penalty. [/Quote] [rule] [size=3][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803747][Meet the Writers!][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803749][Rules][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803751][Order Form][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803752][Kursed's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803753][Vee's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803922][Order Queue][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286/1#post_54803923][Testimonials][/url][/center][/size]

[size = 7][b]Examples (RuleOfVee)[/b][/size] [rule] "Of course," Starshine says, not sounding offended in the slightest. "Please, feel free to look at samples of my work. I want you to be certain that I will provide only the best." She shoves a few reams of parchment your way. Her pristine, flowing cursive looks back up at you. [rule] [quote = Example #1 - Snippet of Lore Commission for Octobrush] This time, this cycle, fate would have them meet in a flower shop. Luci would tend the counter, like she has every day for the past eight years, paying less attention to the customers and more attention to light daydreams of pink hair and warm eyes. Cami would be a newcomer in the small town of Heartridge, wandering through the ebb and flow of the town’s populace, looking and looking for something in particular and never finding it. On that Sunday afternoon, Cami’s steps would slow by the flower shop. Her wings would twitch in interest. Something would reach out to her, practically calling their name, and her feet would guide them past the rows of potted plants and the bead curtain entrance, almost in a trance. Her gaze would land on a glimmer of gold, of yellow, of sunlight. Wide eyes would meet their own. And that missing part of her heart would suddenly become whole. Feeling much the same, Luci would rise from her chair, practically throwing herself across the counter into Cami’s arms. Cami would catch her, hold her close, tucking her head under their chin. She would hum, a familiar song that has followed them across the eons, and rock Luci back and forth in a gentle embrace. Luci would cry into her chest, and Cami would never let go. [/quote] [quote = Example #2 - Personal Lore] Vera was born of the river. She was born of the river, far from the divine sight of the Tidelord. One of the common little estuaries that feed the sea but never have the honor of being anything more than other. She was born alone, of the shimmer of sunlight on water, of the sound of the babbling, muddy brook. She stumbled out into the light and opened her eyes and cried out for someone to help her, to protect her, to nurture her. No one ever came. She grew up alone. The river made for a poor parental figure - the water wasn't clean enough to drink. It provided no shelter from wild animals or older, more vicious dragons. It gave no warmth and no love. She hid in the caves from the beasts and creatures, and she drank the dew, and she learned to hunt and learned to fight and learned to survive. And no one ever came. Until someone did. A dragon, smelling of the meadows and the sunlight. Yellow like buttercups, mane soft as dandelions. Too soft for her - until she saw the similar streak of ruthlessness in his eyes, the kind born of remaining alone, entwined with the desperate, childish need for someone to love him. The need she felt, too. His name was Faust. And together, they filled in the scarred pieces of their existence with each other's care. They fought and hunted and laughed and loved. They had children, most of whom left the nest to pursue lives of their own. Their family, however, extended beyond their children. Alcedin, a misfit child of parents who had no desire to keep him, stumbled his way across their clan and became their child in all but blood. Aurai, a Seer with no clan to call her own, found a kinship in Vera and became her beloved sister. The clan grew, almost without her expecting it. Misfits, outcasts, broken souls and broken hearts, finding their way to her clan as if by instinct, by magic, to find healing and family. And Vera looked upon her family, large as it was, loved as it was, and swore with every fiber of her being that she would protect every single one of them with her life. She was no longer alone, and that was a treasure she could never let slip out of her grasp. [/quote] [quote = Example #3 - Lore Commission for KursedCurtain] She wails, and there is no one to hear her. She shrieks, from her prison of copper and steel. She cries, the sounds drowned by the bite of seasalt and cast iron. She groans and creaks with the howling wind, alone, isolated, entrapped. No one to hear, no one to listen, no one to bring her home. The walls rattle and shake. She rattles and shakes with them, to and fro, to and fro. Her struggles remain useless, utterly, horribly useless. Bit by bit, she grows mostly still. A beast muzzled but far from tamed. She settles, and she sits in wait. And waits, until one day, a creak unlike the others pierces through the crash of ocean waves. The sound of a door opening. The sound of footsteps filing in. Authoritative voices, like the ones that locked her away. Locking away others, now. She waits until the voices fade, the door closes. Until the footsteps settle, until confusion fills the air instead of awkward trepidation. And then she reaches out, a corridor of electricity and glass, and takes them away. [/quote] [rule] [size=3][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803747][Meet the Writers!][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803749][Rules][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803751][Order Form][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803752][Kursed's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803753][Vee's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803922][Order Queue][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286/1#post_54803923][Testimonials][/url][/center][/size]

Orders In Progress

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[size = 7][b]Reviews & Testimonials[/b][/size] [rule] [quote name="Octobrush" date="2023-08-12 20:25:02" ] Friendly bump! Please order from this shop!! Here I am ugly crying here over how lovely Valanice's writing is! They will take your dragons'/chars' info and give you such a wonderful lore piece that will have you feeling like it was worth every treasure and gem! [center][emoji=firework size=1]10/10 would def recommend [emoji=firework size=1][/center] [/quote] [rule] [size = 7][b]Affiliates[/b][/size] [rule] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3216906][img]https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/xyz0PvfDiuUnh-gw2cVOU35flftzvDTrih_meu4I7E0/https/i.lensdump.com/i/C6HtTZ.png[/img][/url] [rule] [size=3][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803747][Meet the Writers!][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803749][Rules][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803751][Order Form][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803752][Kursed's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803753][Vee's Examples][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286#post_54803922][Order Queue][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3263286/1#post_54803923][Testimonials][/url][/center][/size]

@KursedCurtain your order is complete! your lore has been PMed to you. If there are changes you want made, please let me know. Otherwise, your total is 200kt and 50g :3