Post by Eruanna's Menagerie on Dec 28, 2010 10:57:05 GMT -5
The Prima Donna
Name:
Kikyo (on Neopets - tragic_kikyo) Name:
Nicknames: Kiki
Pronunciation: KEY-key-o
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Race: Christmas Cybunny, Human
Alliance: Lawful-Good
Occupation: Opera singer in Altador
Homeland: Originally from Terror Island; now in Altador, Neopia
Viva to the Diva
Love: None
Preference: Males
Children: None
Status: Single; interested
Personality: On the surface, Kikyo may appear to a superficial diva of the Altadorian opera. However, although the Cybunny takes a dramatic look at life and enjoys being larger-than-life, she has a deep love for friends and family and a sense of citizenship that may have been rubbed off on her by the Altadorian people. She's no pushover, but she is very fair-minded and tolerant, someone you would go to for sage advice or to work out a disagreement. Still, there's a bit of flair to her, and she has an unmatched love of the arts. Kikyo is also a lover of history, which is one reason Altador is so attractive to her.
Likes: The arts, old theaters, history and politics, company and friends, holidays, singing
Dislikes: Sailing, mathematics and science, most petpets (except her gold Mauket, Christine), overly competitive people, hot weather
Art is Calling for Me
Mother: Marta, strawberry Cybunny
Father: Winthrope, green Cybunny
Siblings: Several younger siblings
History: Most people on Terror Mountain knew that Kikyo was different. Though the arts are not associated with Terror Mountain, Kikyo grasped any chance she got to put on a show, and people were amazed at her singing ability and the emotion that rang in her voice, even when she was young. When Kikyo became older and declared that she officially wanted to be an opera singer, no one was very surprised, but there was a hint of sadness about her family, for they knew that she would have to travel far from home in order to make it as a singer.
Slowly making a name for herself, Kikyo eventually found herself in Altador. There, she was noticed by a girl who sponsored various entertainers in the Altador area, and in a short amount of time, a contract was signed and Kikyo was performing for the citizens and the nobility of Altador alike.
Currently, Kikyo lives in her own small but beautifully-furnished house in Altador and is still under patronage to her sponsor, Eruanna. She's traveled around Neopia, but always comes back to Altador; most commonly she goes to Terror Mountain several times a year. She still loves her homeland, and seems to dream of someday creating a center for the arts there. For now, however, she is making quite a living performing on Altador's stages.
Design:
Song
The Primadonna Song (Art is Calling for Me)
From the musical The Enchantress
Click to Listen (seriously, you should listen to this!) (this one is a younger girl and less operatic, still loads of fun and really impressive)
Version 2 (this one is more in an operatic style)
Mama is a queen and Papa is a king
So I am a princess and I know it
But court etiquette is a dull dreary thing
I just hate it all and I show it
To sing on the stage that's the one life for me
My figure's just like Tetrazzini
I know I'd win fame if I sang in Bohéme
That opera by Signor Puccini
I’ve roulades and the trills
That would send the cold chills
Down the backs of all hearers of my vocal frills
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
I have the embonpoint
To become a queen of song
And my figure would look pretty as a page
I want to be a screechy peachy cantatrice
Like other songbirds that I see
I hate society
I hate propriety
Art is calling for me
I'm in the elite and men sigh at my feet
Still I do not fancy my position
I have not much use for the men that I meet
I quite burn with lyric ambition
Those tenors so sweet
If they made love to me
I'd be a success, that I do know
And Melba I’d oust if I once sang in Faust
That opera so charming by Gounod
Girls would be on the brink
Of hysterics, I think
Even strong men would have to go out for a drink
I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
With my avoirdupois
And my tra la la la la
I would be the chief sensation of the age
I long to hear them shouting: "Viva" to the Diva
Oh, very lovely that must be
That's what I'm dying for
That's what I'm sighing for
Art is calling for me
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Well, there's Kikyo! In case you're wondering about the patronage thing in Altador, I've been playing with the idea of having a core four Neopets on Neo that do have me, "Eruanna," as an "owner." So I thought, what if I was an arts patron or something? So currently, my pet count is Maerwen (who was created by me), Faeilwyn (who I'm sponsoring in her apprenticeship on Emil's ship), Emil (who's just involved with Faeil but is really independent of me), and Kikyo (who I sponsor in the opera). This way, there are no conflicts when I start doing my Neo comics again and it all works together. =)