Acai (MTR)

Created for the Purebred Aesthetic Pride contest, hosted by Essence.
A C A I
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intro
It is late in the day in midsummer, and you are lying on the beach. It is humid and warm. The sun is starting to head towards the horizon, casting buttery light upon the calm ocean and warm sands. You are relaxed and lazy from the sun and sand warming you, filling you with a happy feeling. The small waves crash from the deep blue sea onto the salty sand. There is a faint flowery scent in the air from the blossoms growing on the hills above the beach.
You sink your teeth into the watermelon that you are holding. The sweet juice explodes through your mouth, a cold compliment to this sun-soaked day.
“Hello,” you hear from behind you.
You jump a little, since you hadn’t realized someone else was here. “Who are you?” you ask, turning around. You see a RainWing dragonet splashed with summery colors, with a flower necklace hanging around her neck, and a toothy smile on her face.
“I’m Acai,” says the dragonet. “Who are you?”
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Acai 	Acai
 	
Background Information	Background Information
Infobox Artist 	Morpho*Aurora
Creator 	Morpho*Aurora
Main Attribute 	Carefree
Elemental Attribute 	Summer
Theme Animal 	White-tailed Tropicbird
Theme Color 	Light blue / yellow / lavender
Theme Song 	Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
Be Wherever You Are - Steven Universe Soundtrack
The Jam Song - Steven Universe Soundtrack
MBTI Personality 	type here
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	3 (DY)
Gender 	Female
Orientation 	Pan
Occupation 	Student at JMA
Tribe 	RainWing
Goal 	To get her clawmate to lighten up; to learn as much as she can
Residence 	Rain Kingdom (normally); Jade Mountain (currently)
Relatives 	Unknown
Allies 	type here
Enemies 	type here
Likes 	Summer, relaxing, warmth, the jungle, the beach, fruit, music, birds, light
Dislikes 	The cold, darkness, tight spaces
Powers and abilities 	Normal RainWing abilities (venom is not yet fully developed); jewelry crafting skill
Quote 	"Hey, you're Thrush, and Mako's friend's name was Thresher! That's kinda funny, isn't it? Oh, sorry, Mako...I didn't mean it like that."
A P P E A R A N C E
Acai is a small, light dragonet, but a bright, colorful one as well, filling any room with her presence. She typically stands in a relaxed position, tail tip twitching slightly when excited or bored.
Her scales are a swirling blend of summery colors, like a fruit smoothie. These colors constantly shift and swirl around, but are always in carefree, cloudy shapes. She’s prefers pastels and summery colors, especially blue, red, pink, and purple. When she feels a strong emotion, it is rather obvious, as the color gets swirled into her scales like colorful dye dropped into water. Her scales are shiny and healthy from living in the rainforest her whole life.
Acai’s large ruff is delicate and thin, like flower petals, and is usually lavender with white edges. Her eyes are a light blue-green, reminiscent of a shallow, tropical ocean. Her wings are thin, but wide enough to fly. She flaps her wings rather quickly when she flies, like a bat. Her wing colors are usually made up of a combination of teal and swirling white, with some seashell pinks mixed in. She usually has some amount of black markings on her wings, too, typically teardrop shapes like watermelon seeds, scattered freckles, or black tips like a seagull’s wings.
Acai’s back spines are short and rounded, and her horns are rather curvy and short, but still retain a typical RainWing shape. She usually keeps her horns pale blue, light gray, or plum-purple. Her tail is somewhat short, but very curly and dextrous. Her eyes are wide and bright, and she is usually seen with a wide smile or a serene expression.
Acai usually wears some kind of jewelry (such as a crown or necklace) made of flowers or seashells. She makes these herself.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
Acai is a bubbly and cheerful, but relaxed, dragonet. She isn’t constantly buzzing with excitement like Kinkajou, but has her moments of excitement, which are set off quite easily. Otherwise, she is quite chill. She exudes a calming aura, like the negative ions from waves crashing on the beach, and most dragons don’t feel stressed around her. She is rather lazy, however.
Acai loves to try new things, and learn about the other tribes. She tends to ask a lot of questions about what life is like for others, which can be bothersome. She is an extrovert, enjoying socializing with other dragons. She gets lonely and bored easily, but is good at inventing ways to keep herself entertained.
Acai can’t stand to be around grumpy dragons too much, but she is also somewhat drawn to them, since she wants to help them become happier and more relaxed. She views untangling the emotions of these dragons to be somewhat of a game; if she just can find the right method, she can get them to be more relaxed. However, Acai is a very sensitive soul, and her feelings are very easily hurt. Because of this, if she tries to help someone and they lash out at her too much, she will retreat from trying to help them, and will feel emotionally hurt for a few days when she’s reminded of what they said.
Acai enjoys every moment of life, even the smallest things. She enjoys eating sweet foods especially, such as fruit, and admiring pretty things in nature, such as flowers and butterflies. She likes the beach and the ocean, along with her rainforest home. She likes to craft jewelry out of found objects, such as feathers, seashells, and flowers. She loves suntime, and continues doing it, even at the academy. Some dragons call her lazy because of this.
Acai is a free spirit, and likes doing whatever she feels like at the moment. She hates being chained down and being put under pressure, and will turn sulky, sullen, and even grumpy if someone tries to confine her, whether physically or mentally. She has claustrophobia and a fear of the dark, and prefers wide-open, well-lit, nature-filled spaces.
Acai has trouble dealing with learning about emotionally hard things, and feels immense sympathy for those who have through them, despite not being able to relate. However, she tries not to think about these tough things too much, as knowledge of traumatic things can haunt her for days, and leave small scars upon her mind afterwards.
Acai is quite naive about things that she didn't experience in the Rainforest, and will often innocently step into the shark's mouth, so to speak, saying and doing things that will surely get her in trouble. Thankfully, she learns her lesson quickly, and will copiously apologize if she feels that she did someone wrong.
H I S T O R Y
Acai was hatched in the Rain Kingdom, and was raised in the communal hatchery. She had a very happy start to her dragonethood, climbing in the trees and eating fresh fruit. She sometimes wondered about who her parents were, but mostly, she was fine with being raised by the village. She got along well with everyone there, especially a male RainWing dragonet named Boto, who became her friend. Boto was a happy dragon like she was, but was always more anxious than Acai, so she often had to calm him down.
When the NightWings moved to the rainforest, it was quite a shock for Acai, as she had never met dragons that moody before. She was very curious about them, and wanted to befriend them and help them lighten up, but whenever she tried, they would push her away. She didn’t know what to do about this, so she tried to stay away from the tribe whenever she could, in fear that they would be mean to her again. As you can see, she was a very sensitive dragonet.
When Jade Mountain Academy first opened, Acai was not able to get in, due to the rush of dragons quickly booking up spots. Boto was able to get in, getting into the Silver Winglet. Acai was sad that she wasn't able to get in, especially since she wasn't able to see Boto anymore. She missed him all the time, but was hopeful that she'd see him again, and would be able to get in to the academy. She made some new friends, but still missed Boto. When the school opened a second time, shortly after Darkstalker’s invasion ended, she managed to get a spot in one of the two new winglets: the Jasper Winglet.
Acai was immediately paired with Mako, a surly SeaWing dragonet who had fought as a soldier in the war. Mako repelled and fascinated Acai, for he reminded her of the NightWings from the rainforest: Grumpy, hard-shelled, a little mean, but, ultimately, just traumatized. And, not only that, but him being a SeaWing fascinated her, since Acai loved the ocean, and she had never interacted with a SeaWing up close before, only seen Tsunami and Webs from afar. His light-up stripes, blue-green scales, and webbed talons were very interesting to her. Acai started to try to get him to open up more about his feelings while they were in school together. She annoyed Mako to no end, but she kept on trying. Mako acted more and more surly towards her, which made her feel bad sometimes. At a few points, she almost gave up trying, but kept at it whenever his softer side returned.
Mako wasn't her only friend at Jade Mountain Academy. She happily met back up with Boto, and also made friends with a SandWing named Prickly Pear, who was in her winglet, and a SkyWing named Thrush, who wasn't. They didn't become as close as her and Boto, but they were friends who would sit with each other at lunchtime and talk.
When Acai introduced Boto and Mako, Mako was rather mean to Boto at first. Boto became afraid, and stopped hanging out with Acai while she was hanging out with Mako. Acai felt bad about this, so she pushed at Mako harder than ever to be nicer.
Finally, Acai went too far. There was a class about the SeaWings' participation in the SandWing War, and it mentioned how many soldiers had died in it, including dragonet soldiers. For the whole lunch period after that, Mako seemed grumpier and more closed-off than usual. Acai asked him what was wrong, and whether he'd seen dragonet soldiers die. She was just trying to help him. But Mako snapped at her, screaming about how she was just like his least favorite dragon to think about. Acai ran off, crying. She wasn't used to him being this openly mean to her before. She started thinking that she was just a burden, or maybe that Mako was just a bully. He was rude to her for all of the rest of the school day. But, after the school day ended, he came to apologize. He said that she reminded him of his former best friend, a SeaWing named Thresher. Thresher had been a bubbly, happy dragon, always a counterweight to Mako's grumpiness. And she had died right before his eyes in a battle for the Sea Kingdom.
Acai apologized for being so pushy about getting Mako to open up; she hadn't experienced any times that hard in her life, and didn't think about how much it would hurt to talk about it. She thought that getting his feelings out in the open would be painless. But, after Mako talked to Acai about it, he became lighter. He kept being rather grumpy, but he didn't snap at the RainWing anymore. He was more open about his feelings. When Acai reintroduced Boto and Mako to each other, the SeaWing was able to be nicer to him. Acai's friends now have a somewhat shaky, but much friendlier, relationship than before.
And the friends were able to face the world together after that.
A B I L I T I E S
Acai has typical RainWing abilities. Because of her young age, her venom can’t be sprayed very far or in very large quantities, and therefore isn’t very useful. She prefers to never use her venom. Her color-changing scales can change slightly more quickly than normal, and can have more complex patterns. She has trouble keeping one color on her scales, and her emotions show up very easily as colors on her scales.
Acai is good at crafting things, especially jewelry. She is inventive and creative.
R E L A T I O N S H I P S
M A K O
Acai likes to think that she is close with her clawmate. She is always trying to get him to cheer up, since she knows that he has a kind side. However, Mako’s toughness and snappy comments often push Acai away. After Mako opened up to Acai, the two have gotten along much better.
B O T O
Boto is Acai's best friend. Acai often has to calm him down, since he's fairly anxious for a RainWing. The two enjoy sleeping in sun time nearby each other, and eating fruit and flying through the rainforest together. Despite being in different winglets, Boto and Acai still like to hang out at school.
P A R E N T S
Being a RainWing born in the time of the Dragonets, Acai never knew her parents. She has always been fine with not knowing them, and being raised by her village, but does wonder who her parents are sometimes.
P R I C K L Y P E A R & T H R U S H 
Acai gets along well with Prickly Pear, a female SandWing, and Thrush, a male SkyWing. She sits with them at lunchtime often, and likes talking to them, but they don't really see each other outside of school. Acai likes both of them, but isn't super-close with them.
T R I V I A
* Acai enjoys music, and is in the music club in JMA.
* Acai enjoys participating in events, but doesn’t really care about winning if it’s a competition. She cares more about the experience.
* Acai’s favorite fruits are watermelon and strawberry. She loves almost all fruits, however. Despite her name, acai is not one of her favorite fruits, although she does somewhat like it, and it has a special place because she’s named after it.
* She prefers the rainforest as a setting to live in, since it's so beautiful and warm and wet, while Jade Mountain Academy is rather cramped and cold for a RainWing like her. However, she enjoys being at Jade Mountain Academy, since she gets to meet interesting new dragons and learn about new things.
* Despite liking to learn, Acai falls asleep very easily when she's bored by a class.
* Acai is grossed out when she sees other dragons eating meat. She sometimes tries to convince Thrush and Prickly Pear to become vegetarians, but to no avail. She is too scared to tell Mako to become a vegetarian, especially after he got annoyed at her when she tried for the first and only time. Maybe one of these days, she will.
G A L L E R Y
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