Rustle of the Burrow

Name	Rustle
Gender	Female
Homeworld	Sanctum Dream, the Burrow
Class	Sophomore (25kk)
Nut	Absolutely Not
Totem	Dragon (Bonk+, Drive 0/Fly+, Bod+, +5kk)
Smarts	6
Bod/Feet	8 (8 agility, 3 dex)
RWP/C*	5 (Sponsored by Cedanuachoth, Caretaker/Parent figure)
Luck	3
Drive	0 Drive / 7 Flight
Looks	5
Cool	3
Bonk	6, adult 9
Powers *psionic suite	Winged Flight - in the air Rustle is elegant and sure of herself, and her one vanity is that she looks good up there; even as a young dragonet she could attain a quick and stable elevation, and has been training with her caretaker for quite some time. She can even match his speed for short periods, though she knows he's letting her win those 'races'; at her adult size and strength she will excell in aerobatic actions, it's the one place and manner she hardly ever second-guesses herself or the actions of those around her: she knows how to move in the air, because she second-guesses... As an adult she'll be able to carry at least two full human-sized weights, and may use her telekinesis to aid them in staying on her back with all that wing space she has Teleportation* - able to move between point A and point B instantly, though this sometimes disorients her so she does it only in times of need, she can bring along another dragon-sized mass but that will exhaust her significantly; can move up to 10 miles but with less accuracy and more exhaustion after 5 miles, and can only do this twice or three times before requiring rest Verbal Speech, Telepathy* - a very good communicator but that's because she chooses her words carefully and keeps her thoughts to herself until needing to convey subtle details. She can pick up local telepathic communication (within about 500 meters easily, which covers quite a bit of the chatter in some parts of the school campus) and can send thoughts to other telepaths up to 300 meters without strain, and to non-telepaths only in proximity; she has a careful, sharp, and somewhat quiet voice, both mental and vocal, so when she speaks people tend to listen, as she doesn't care to repeat herself if it's not ultra-important; the time she breaks this is when she is hashing out all the potential other-events - she does chatter to herself in private, often pacing in a careful circle, but she trained herself out of doing this in public view, she likes to give the impression that she's already thought it all out, which let's be fair here, she has Telekinesis* - a reasonably strong ability to lift, manipulate, and to a very small degree 'feel' items at a distance, using psionic power. Quite early on she learned many ways to utilize this power in clever ways, the first of which was to get her wings to cooperate and get her into the air earlier than most dragons might. She continually adjusts her flight not only with her secondary wings, but by occasionally changing the apparent resistance at their leading edges, or pushing up or down to execute a sharper turn here and there. Rustle can also use this to effectively hide the sound of her flight, leading to her name or perhaps rising to it. She is still a reasonable size, so even with this change around her, she can still be heard faintly rustling through the air almost like a single sheet of silk in a breeze. Her ability to lift and manipulate individual objects is strong, and she can heft four human-sized masses or one big one at close range (under 30 meters), weaker at longer distances, but if she has to have riders on her back they stay put - she does have to concentrate on keeping people there, they have few options to straddle her neck and she will absolutely freaking not put on a harness for them... She has been known to lift students out of harm's way, not casually - she senses something amiss and almost immediately knows how to respond
Clusters	Her Head Is Not In The Clouds, She Is Plotting Where Clouds Might Move +3 Rustle manages to figure out so many different outcomes of any given scenario, most folks don't want to play chess or dodgeball with her. It's not just that she is daydreaming, she's going over each possible move, assessing all the ways a game might go; thankfully she does not dwell on all the negative outcomes, she's always looking for the best of them
Skills	Flight Agility +3 First, with four wings she's impressive already, but what she does with them is even more so. She's been known to come to an actual halt in mid-air, partly due to her 'air brakes' those secondary wings offer, but also with her telekinetics at full blast. But also known to climb vertically, do barrel rolls, twist and turn, switch back and forth with breakneck speed, and even outpace the hardier of the coaches... She is not a showoff nor a showboat - what she is doing in the air is learning everything she can, which muscles move, which remain taut, how her head and tail balance her speed with her turn radius Applied Knowledge +3 When she's learning something, she puts everything into it, and gets as much as possible into her head or body. If that means a physical skill like flight, or a mental exercise learning about physics, or how many moves it will take to defeat a chess partner, she does it intensely and thoroughly. While her memory might not be flawless, as she explores all the possible outcomes of an event or subject, at least half of her 'don't really know let me think about it' moments are dead-on correct The Quiet Ones Don't Always Become Serial Killers +2 Sometimes they simply help out where needed and do their best to be their best. She is a practice-makes-perfect type, though not a perfectionist - sometimes there will be things she doesn't know or can't do, and for those things she simply asks for help, and accepts it when offered. If someone, dragon or humanoid, notices her standing off in the corner or watching with a tilt to her head (easily seen with those feather antennae) they know by now that she's hesitating a little. She's no wallflower, but won't jump into the center of things without good reason
Knacks	Doesn't Expect Everyone To Be At Her Level +3 Exposed to a lot of different age groups, species, and expertise levels since youth, Rustle understands that not everyone will be great at any given task. And although she's not really cut out to be a leader, she can and does take up the mantle when there are no others able, and gets teams to work more than adequately. She's never picked last, and definitely allows others to shine on team events, and enjoys making sure that those who may be the last on the roster or the weakest link know that they can rely on everyone else - but should learn to rely on themselves too... Just A Tiny Bit Vain +2 when you need a dragon to look good while on the field, she's your girl. She isn't the type to jump in front of a camera, or interrupt with 'look at me' nonsense, absolutely not! Rather, she is confident and secure in her own right, because she's already done the work of learning how to not screw up. All of that does please her, make no mistake, but she has already 'done the math' and knows that letting it go to her head will be her downfall, so that will not happen
Period	Class / Instructor / Grade (Failing, Passing, Decent, Excellent, Superb)
1	Realtime Geometry / Lari / Superb
2	Draconic Track and Field / (tbd) / Superb
3	Career Training: Diplomatic Envoy / Vaelan / Decent
4	Draconic Literature / Bethoi / Decent
5	Royalty and Regular Folks / Wynnah / Excellent
6	Living Mythology / Kirabo / Decent
7	Practical Draconic Chemistry / (tbd) / Decent
8	Nonhuman Heroics / H'zardus / Excellent
Pets	?
Parents?	Below
Siblings?	Below
Image From	Phe's Burrow (link below)
Other Info	Trains hard with Cedanuachoth and that is absolutely why her flight skills are this good; lives with him and Piers Hoarfrost, and travels beween several realms using his magic portals and assorted enchanted technology

She had been able to fly for a little while, and since Cedanuachoth was her teacher until deciding to bring her to Twoarth it was her strongest point on arrival. Carramba High was busy annexing numerous blocks around the original campus, thanks mainly to the Alabaster and Encom-Synergy groups rearranging industrial warehouses and adding housing to accommodate the influx of offworld and larger students. She was not the first dragon student, but the classes she signed up to take were quite new! The turf on the new draconic sports field was hardly grown in when she took her place on it, although she practically never touched it!

What might be her future? Her class schedule certainly involved a lot of active participation, but she was still a quiet observer for the first few weeks. Without having a 'breath weapon', her chemistry class was a little dull, however she made the most of it by helping advise when 'mixing those breath streams' would be a bad idea, and sliding hints to a couple of the students who were unable to get the results they wanted until they asked for some additional materials - when you needed a lump of coal or a huff of xenon to light off your chemical weaponry, don't forget to actually do that...

(more coming I hope)

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