#Raire’s accents

[clanraire]

WIPs of my latest skin accent series… will probably release two at a time…

[clanraire]

Oh hey! They're both wearing my accents! This is really cool to see, thank you for sharing your lovely Quetzalcoatl boyos! :D They look lovely!

Just found a boy perfect for my auraboa quetz. So now I have these two handsome g1 lads

Quetzalboatl and Quetzeelcoatl

I think I'm funny

[somelonelywordmonger]

Scry-A-Day #142

November 17, 2023

Meet Van Gogh!

Saffron Chrysocolla | Midnight Malachite | White Sparkle | Unusual Water Eyes

Accent is titled "Starry Nebulae" ID: #51647 by Raire

[the-chattering-tower]

@cutedragonsfr I hear your inbox is empty, so!

Here’s Wit (he/they), one of my gen1 obelisks from the release day, who just got an accent (Sunset Astros by Raire) to make him even more of a colourful spectacle

They’re a stage magician whose performances are more slight of hand and mechanical wonders than actual magic. His mission in life is to bring a smile to the face of anyone who needs it

[starwood-stranded-archived]

Lair Review for Raire #24178

(My lair review thread is here. If images don't display, please view this post on a blog rather than on the dashboard.)

Starting off right at the beginning, this is a very nice accent, and I particularly like that you've matched it with the Thresher's Flatfins. I think the pattern on the fins pairs really well with the interplay of sunlight and water shown on the accent. Also, I like the way that the highnoon hat cuts off the upper portion of the flatfins -- nice layering!

Ooh, gold ... pretty! I like how the transparent colors of the accent's wings highlight the colors already present in the shimmer secondary. Very nice choice of a dragon to go with that accent!

OK, three for three here at the start of your lair. I happen to like Spruce quite a lot, but what I really admire here is how well her colors match the celebration sage stuff -- it's as if that set were made for her! You've got the same shades of orange, red, and green in the apparel that you do in the dragon. Also, the slight orange tint to her pearl? Choice.

That's such a pretty, subtle accent and you've found a great dragon for it. There's almost a parchment or tattoo effect that comes from that accent over her secondary. I enjoy how her tertiary matches her secondary and how the accent purple in her primary matches the subtle purples in the accent.

The subtle circuit on his wings is really cool; combined with the accent, he gives me Subnautica or Abzu vibes: ancient ruins deep in the ocean. Also love the color match between his apparel, especially the collar, and his iridescent. And I like how the glowing clawtips mimic the little glowy spots in the accent.

This is a gorgeous skin to start with but I think the Marigold Flower Crown really adds to it. Nice choice!

Beach dragon beach dragon! The Seashell Mantle can be pretty hard to work with -- I've only managed to work it into an outfit once. But this is a great use of it; I love that you found an accent that matches it so well. Nice job on familiar matching, too. Okeanos' genes are really nicely coordinated as well: normally I'm not a big fan of Freckle, but of course it works very well for a beach-themed dragon.

Ooh, more fantastic accent use. I love the way this accent matches his primary and secondary but I especially love the little hints of Sand Hex peeking out at the top of his wings -- it gives this sweet almost aquarium-like look, making me envision the shore near which all these sharks are swimming.

I love the neat, subtle accents on Galaxy and Borealis, too.

Wow, her crackle does an amazing job matching that accent and giving an impression of ice. It looks especially good against her darker primary.

Oooh, bioluminescence! I love your choice of skin here and even though you've only used one apparel item, it's chosen perfectly. Plus, her tert matches the accent color of her primary and secondary, which is always a big plus for me.

I really like this skin, first off, and I also like how the coppery buckles and such on his clothing match his orange eyes.

A gorgeous skin that you've combined with great apparel! Purple and gold is a great, regal color combination, and I especially like how her eyes match her body colors. And, even though bios aren't the focus of this review, I enjoyed her bio as well. She and my Talise would get along well, I suspect.

I like the accent you've chosen for Hubble but what I really like is his lore. It's cool that he's tied into Nebula not only in her role as a seer but as a star-themed dragon, and the notion of Nebula looking at him and instantly knowing he needs a home is very sweet. I just like him TBH; he seems like he would be a nice dragon to know.

Wow, that skin is gorgeous, and it works so well with his primary! Nice choice.

I've never seen Orca Iridescent before and good lord, it's gorgeous. Also, nice lore! I really like the idea of him working very hard for justice and truth in ways that are typically underappreciated. (And having a legal department or law firm among your dragons is a very cool and original idea.)

Ohhhh. What an accent! What a dragon to use for that accent! She's gorgeous! I also love the art in her bio, especially the pixels and chibis.

Another great accent, and I like how you've matched it to the green silks, the Voltaic Stormclaws, and to her existing Circuit. A very nice choice! I also enjoyed how you've described her in her bio. I definitely got a picture of her personality!

I like the way the curve of the accent at the edge of her wing mimics the curve of the seraph gene on at the middle of her wing. And Stonewash Seraph matches her Ice primary and tert beautifully.

I love the muted colors produced by her Stained -- it's a fantastic gene that creates beautiful color combinations. Also, the way you've layered the sylvan stuff to create similar muted colors is absolutely gorgeous.

Ooh, I really like the way his colors go together. I love the green tint to the White Shimmer and also the way it turns brownish at the edge of the wings, matching the Beige and Stone.

Moooore scales! Such a cool accent. And I enjoy the match between the accent color in the Tarnish Poison and the Abyss.

What a cool accent! And a nice choice of dragon to go with it; I especially like the okapi on his tail, which matches the heavy black lines in the accent, and the splash of color across his eyes.

I really like Fragari's lore -- the idea that he was happy with himself but had to come to terms with his perception of others' expectations. That's an important thing for anyone to be able to do, and I liked reading about how he'd realized that he and his desires were enough.

As with Sargasso: rad accent and very nice color matching.

Oh, he looks so good in the Tree Warden's Garb! And I like the effect of the accent on his tail. (Also I just noticed that his tongue matches his tert, which is neat.)

Satellite's colors are just neat. I love the backlit look of his wings.

That combination of Shimmer and Ghost looks very nice. It's also cool to see so much of the Lightning festival apparel together.

What a cool accent, and what a good dragon to put it on. Her primary and tertiary match the corals very nicely, while her dark secondary provides a good backdrop for the accent's focus. Also, that scarf goes excellently with her colors, especially her little pink toenails.

Copper is a really cool color, and the match between it, Robin, and the accent and apparel you've used is great to see. The way the accent layers over the opal on his leg is especially nice. And good job on the matching familiar, too.

Ooooh. Good skin. Nice choice of name for a Fire ambassador, too.

Wow, Tarnish Tapir and Camo Shimmer look really good together. And the layering of the cloaks creates a beautiful color that matches the bluish green on her face and legs excellently.

Oh ... pretty! I can definitely see the name "Universe" for him. That accent goes so nicely with his colors, as does the kelpie mane.

Wow, she works really well with all the Lightning stuff -- very nice colors. Nice matching familiar, too.

Now she looks like she's up to some cool stuff -- I'm getting monster hunter / supernatural detective vibes. I like her name, and another good accent.

Oh, I love that Aqua Thylacine -- it goes beautifully with the Ivory Shimmer! Look at her little green tongue. It's great.

Such good, soft colors -- I love the Platinum Facet and Lavendar Okapi together. And, once again, nice accent.

I like how the sakura flowers match her secondary, and the silks do a nice job of bringing out the little hint of green from her tert.

His outfit looks so simple and clean -- it's nice! I like how the waistcoat and vest layer together.

Ooh, that accent -- you've found the perfect dragon to use it on. Nice job accessorizing it, too.

I love how that accent looks against the blue of his wings. A very sunshiney, stained-glass vibe ... It reminds me of the art in Tangled, actually.

Beeeees! A very fun accent and a nice choice of dragon to go with it. I especially like how the Sunshine Facet matches the drips of honey on his body.

Ooh, her colors are so nice! I thought she had stained for a second because that's usually the case when I see nice muted colors like that, but nope. Love the Silver Shimmer and Slate Iridescent together.

All the eerie cyan stuff is so pretty on her. At first I thought she was wearing another great accent, actually, with the pendants and stuff. Once again, a great layering job with the two grasps -- I love how you've created a shade of blue-green that matches her very well. Also, some really intriguing lore there. Thank you for showing me your lair; I quite enjoyed it!

[clanraire]

I'm so glad you like my entry! (Cosmic Roseate)

Favorites of the Starfall Skin Submissions!

Crystalized Pulsar by: Uniformshark

Odyssey by: TomSwifty

King of the Galaxy by: elmax

SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE by: umbers

Dream Deep in C Major by: earlortea

embraced by infinity by: windowsXP

Cosmic Roseate by: Raire

Spaces Above by: Mekhalive

Starfield Traveler by: Nukinit

ad rift by: rndzvs

Stardust Sightseer by: ronance

Starcatcher by: Kaenith

[flygefisk]

lair review for  @clanraire / raire on fr!

hoooly shit son. what a pretty boy. i looove the bright primaries with the black+ white apparel. that accent is so gorgeous on him! the blue bits match his primary just enough while still being nicely contrast-y, and the gold looks so good with his wings, and the reds match his belly aasdfdsa. im in love

a handsome man... i love how well denim petals and aqua toxin match, being such different colors! his apparel looks so cozy and perfect for an adventuring type. i love that hat, i wish we had a version without the tools, i'd use it all the time. and his lil accent! i almost didn't notice but it's the perfect little final note.

hoo boy i love me some browns+ creams, and this is such a good example of why. her belly's mostly hidden but the cream color is still there in her apparel! wow i never noticed how those gladeboughs matched the thorns apparel so well... i love the little tinge of blue on her wings too, it kinda matches the blue shadows on the kelpie mane. all in all a+ good brown girl i love

what a sweet looking snip snap! she looks so cozy in her lil sweater n scarf, and her accent looks so so good with her colors. the black of her glasses n sweater matches her wings and balances her out, i think without them she'd look very lopsided.

a very very good windy gal... with a watery accent? either way she looks super good, the spotty scales are so nice against her seafoam green. she's very balanced, she's complex looking without being too busy. and the magenta spines actually look good with her other colors!

[8x30km]

Cher journal,

Je te retrouve à Celles, un petit bourg de Wallonie arc-bouté sur un Intermarché, où on est arrivés au terme d'une étape super ensoleillée, sans vent ; bref, idéale d'un point de vue météorologique. Il s'agissait de plus, après six étapes dites "normales", de la première de deux "spéciales" : à la veille de notre arrivée à Lille et du tout dernier tronçon de notre parcours, le programme d'aujourd'hui comprenait en effet l'arrivée, à mi-chemin, d'un troisième larron, Dave, le collègue et néanmoins ami de Julien.

Mais avant d'en arriver à ces retrouvailles fortes en émotion, rembobinons pour en revenir à la découverte de l'Airbnb que Julien avait réservé à Lessines. Les échanges préalables avec l'hôte laissaient présager le pire puisque qu'au lieu de la chambre twin annoncée sur le site, on nous imposait en effet un lit double (parce que la chambre twin est déjà louée... ok) dans une chambre baptisée "désir d'un soir". L'angoisse commence donc à monter alors qu'on approche de l'adresse indiquée ; on se voit déjà obligés de se plier aux diktats d'un hôte capricieux, habitué à des interactions poussées avec une clientèle, disons, spécialisée. Au lieu de ça, une gentille petite mémé nous ouvre la porte et nous fait visiter les lieux. Visiblement, ça fait longtemps qu'elle n'a pas taillé le bout de gras parce qu'on a un peu de mal à se débarrasser d'elle, même si au fond on est bien contents qu'elle nous pose plein de questions sur notre projet et qu'elle trouve ça palpitant. Une fois mémé partie, on visite un peu les lieux. Effectivement, il n'y a qu'un seul lit, mais surtout il est très très étroit. Quant au décor, il n'a visiblement pas évolué depuis le départ des précédents occupants pour la maison de retraite. Seule concession à la modernité : une affiche de Titanic au dessus de l'ancienne cheminée, dont l'âtre a été remplacé par du linoneum imitation brique. Bizarrement soulagés, on décide donc que l'intitulé "désir d'un soir" est plus une maladresse parmi d'autres qu'une proposition un poil sordide.

On sort ensuite faire quelques emplettes pour notre petit déjeuner du lendemain et, puisque les commerces du centre-ville sont fidèles à la tradition belge de fermeture permanente, on fait comme tout le monde et on va au Proxy. En sortant, alors qu'on cherche sur notre téléphone l'adresse d'une friterie ouverte, un Prince de LU atterrit à quelques centimètres de nous. On lève la tête et, au premier étage de la maison d'en face, un ouvrier du bâtiment fait sembler de manger son goûter sans s'intéresser à nous le moins du monde. On ne cherche pas à comprendre et on file à la friterie.

Le menu fait plutôt envie - fricadelle, bouffe-feu, cheese cracq - mais on ne saurait résister aux grands classiques et le choix de la carbonnade-frites (grande évidemment) s'impose. C'est alors qu'entrent en scène deux personnages énigmatiques : un monsieur d'une soixantaine d'années, qui ne dira pas un mot pendant toute la scène qui suit, et un jeune homme d'environ 25-30 ans.

Le jeune homme, masqué, parlant avec accent belge - Pourriez-vous me dire le prix d'une mitraillette hamburger ?

La dame de la friterie, elle aussi masquée - J'entends rien avec le masque.

Le jh - Pourriez-vous me dire le prix d'une mitraillette hamburger ?

La dame, lui montrant le menu, placé juste devant lui - Sept Euros...

Le jh - Pourriez-vous vous me dire si la mitraillette contient des crudités ?

La dame - Ah non, il y a le pain, la viande et des frites mais pas de crudités.

Le Jh - Très bien. Sauriez-vous couper la mitraillette en deux ?

La dame, prise de court - Oh la la mais je ne sais pas la couper en deux, c'est bien plus commode si vous faites ça à la maison.

Le Jh, solennel - Ça n'est pas possible

La dame, de plus en plus excédée - Comment ça ce n'est pas possible, vous n'avez pas de couteau ?

Le Jh, la fixant avec une intensité redoublée - Nous n'avons pas de couteau... Nous ne sommes là que tem-po-raire-ment.

S'installe ensuite un silence pesant et on est soulagés que nos carbonnades-frites soient vite prêtes afin de pouvoir fuir ce petit cloaque.

Sur le reste de la soirée, il convient de ne pas trop s'attarder, au risque de vexer nos lecteurs belges, mais on est quand même en droit de mentionner la superbe remontada de la France qui mit fin au parcours des Diables Rouges en Coupe des Nations. Dommage que Thomas se soit endormi à la mi-temps.

L'étape du jour donc : ensoleillée après quelques brumes matinales, plaisante au niveau du profil, tout juste enlaidi d'un vilain petit furoncle au douzième kilomètre, et surtout marquée par l'arrivée de Dave, prévue normalement sur la place Winston Churchill de Ronse (Dave est anglais...) mais qui eut finalement lieu au détour d'une petite nationale traversant une zone industrielle, non loin de la frontière entre la Flandre et la Wallonie. Il est important de souligner la prouesse logistique que constituent ces retrouvailles. Dave a pris l'Eurostar pour Lille jeudi matin, a rejoint Celles en vélo pliable après un déjeuner arrosé chez Florent Ladeyn, pris possession de la chambre famille nombreuse depuis laquelle j'écris ces mots, et marché ce matin à notre rencontre, en suivant un itinéraire griffonné sur un dessous de verre par le gérant de notre gîte à Celles. Tout cela pour venir courir 8 kilomètres en note compagnie... chapeau l'artiste.

Nous arrivons donc tous les trois au village de Celles, où nous passons à Intermarché acheter de quoi bricoler un picnic pour le déjeuner. Nous nous dirigeons ensuite vers le gîte, poser nos bagages pour la dernière étape. Notre hôte, Bono (son petit sobriquet peut évoquer plusieurs références différentes, mais nous sommes définitivement fixés en découvrant à l'entrée du gîte un gigantesque portrait du célèbre chanteur de rock. Combien d'enfants nés Johnny ou Elvis ? Lui a choisi Bono. Il a une petite cinquantaine donc ce n'est sans doute pas son prénom de naissance (ou alors ses parents étaient des fans de Bono avant qu'il ne se lance dans la musique).

C'est un type assez original : preuve en est qu'il est flamand, installé dans un village wallon. Il rechigne à parler français ; il a l'air très déçu d'ailleurs de nous entendre le saluer en français. Il était tellement heureux d'accueillir un hôte anglophone (Dave) qu'il s'attendait à parler anglais avec nous trois. Ce qu'il fait d'ailleurs. Il ne répondra pas à nos salutations francophones et n'acceptera de parler qu'en anglais.

La chambre en elle-même est assez étonnante. Un grand espace allongé qui ressemble à une péniche. Enfin j'imagine qu'une péniche ressemble à ça. Aucun espace cloisonné, même pas la douche ni les toilettes. Tout est ouvert sur tout. Il y a trois lits. Et une grande terrasse. Détail assez étonnant (outre les cabinets ouverts à même la chambre), il y a une petite cabine de sauna !

En arrivant, nous nous attablons sur la terrasse et entamons notre picnic composé de quelques denrées élémentaires : jambons fromage baguette. Le tout venant de chez Intermarché, ce n'est pas un picnic de luxe.

Après ce picnic s'ensuit une séance de bain de soleil sur la terrasse pour Julien et Dave, pendant que Thomas vaque à ses activités.

C'est donc les esprits apaisés que nous nous retrouvons enquête d'activité pour la deuxième partie de l'après-midi. C'est toujours une bonne idée de marcher un peu l'après-midi pour ne pas laisser les courbatures s'installer, et Julien a repéré un petit bistro à 26 minutes de marche ; nous nous mettons en route !

La marche est plutôt agréable sous le soleil qui ne faiblit pas. Heureusement d'ailleurs puisque nous arrivons au bout de 26 minutes devant un petit bistro fermé. Pas d'autre explication que "fermé, merci". Ce n'est pas la première fois que ça arrive, et nous commençons à nous demander si les Flamands n'ont pas raison après tout : les Wallons tiennent des établissements commerçants puis renoncent à les ouvrir pour accueillir la clientèle, par pure flemme. Ou peut-être que la véritable explication nous échappe.

Nous rebroussons donc chemin, la queue entre les jambes mais sans amertume, puisque nous souhaitions de toute façon marcher un peu.

Nous arrivons à nouveau au gîte pour un temps de détente avant le dîner. Julien et Dave en profitent pour étrenner la cabine sauna.

Mais, cher journal, il est déjà l'heure de rendre l'antenne. De tout ce qui suivra, le dîner, la nuit, le réveil, la dernière course (la plus longue de l'aventure, avec 34km !), la fête qui nous attend sur la finish line ; de tout cela, je t'entretiendrai à mon retour, lorsque tout cette aventure sera derrière nous.

[goldenmidna]

Brightshine Jubilee 2019 Skin submissions

Oricalcon

Luminous Ruins by BewareMirror 

Entity and Spirit Boon by Desnik

Firefly King by TwentySeven

Enchanted Collector by Judithan

Suntouched Seeker by  Tiguidou

the dawn is new by overture

Heaven’s Above by Indulg3nce

Spectroscope by Mipha

Sun Emperor by VivviViola

Golden Vein by Grimalkind

Crescent Regalia by bioluminosity

Accent: Ancestral Illumination and Accent: Lightbound Sunseeker by shroudrat

Sunlight Awakened by theelka

Ocular Gleam by Raire

Hewn's Savior by chocoapple

Lightwoven by Caecilius

Sun Totem by  Yftm

Midas touch (two versions) by HOZEN

Solarium by  Parda

Light Eclipsed by Oricalcon

Seal by  Arkenrall

in wake of your tears by Macchi

SeaLight by Bluedragon

Perihelion by Quintillion

Lightlocked by GeoDragon

The Devourerer by Slaytheist

Son of Midas by Kriivara

archpriest by Hideki

Exalted by Laeyein

Noble Light by DArtsy

Yie lla So-che by Kamazu

let there be light by  Jeana

Twilight's Daydream by Twilight's Daydream

[clanraire]

She looks lovely! I always enjoy seeing my accents used so well :)

Before and after her recent update... I love her so much,,

(Accent is Rosevine by Raire)

[solar-rising]

Thundercrack Carnivale 2017 favs 

Kizmetto “Ion Plateau” (F bogsneak skin) Erithuet “Augsneak” (F bogsneak accent) Raire “Circuit Promotion” (F skydancer accent) fortune3698 “Electric Fledge” (M imperial accent) Auries “Haywire” (M Bogsneak accent) NexusEden “Piercing shock” (F sky dancer accent) Endivinity “Plasmas Caster” (M Pearlcatcher skincent)

Kinda surprised that not a lot of skins jumped out at me? Full skins, not skincents. There were a lot of accents in this festival! Sign of changing tastes for the users?

[clanraire]

Progress on a Brightshine Jubilee entry! I’m feeling pretty happy with it

[dragonchee]

i found a lil accent for lonestar  (siamese fizzing by raire)

[unofficialchronicle]

RARA AVIS (n.)

[rair-uh ay-vis]. A term in Latin for “rare bird.” (In Latin the phrase has an accent over the a Latin: rāra avis). First recorded without the accent to signify an unusual, uncommon, or exceptional person or thing in the 1600s. 

[mindstreason]

Nikolai had been told that he was going to meet a reconnaissance specialist and been given a name, but species would have been more useful. At the most exotic, he had expected another machinist. He did not expect the khaytni male, with polished claws and wearing nothing except a belt and few anklets. He had thought the name was odd, but there were many odd enough ethnic groups that it hadn’t made him think non-human.

“Are you done staring?” Rair asked, the accent strange and flat, the stresses on the words all wrong, but the best an inhuman throat could do.

“Ah,” Nikolai said. “Yes,” he added, taking a step back to allow Rair inside the hired room. He was not done staring. Rair moved with a sinuous grace. Nikolai had never seen khaytni in the flesh. He had memories of biology classes and the videos that sometimes made the rounds on the networks, usually of hunts or weird sex.

“I have never worked with anyone like you,” Nikolai said carefully. He did not want to offend. He did not know how to read the expression in those eyes. For all that Rair was over a head shorter, he made Nikolai feel like something small and fuzzy in front of a predator. There were a lot of sharp teeth in that mouth.

“I have worked with humans before,” Rair said, with a flick of the tail. There was language there that Nikolai did not understand. Rair flared his wings his wings slightly, a little worryingly in the small space of the room.

“Aren’t you a little obvious for this mission?”

Rair cocked his head and made a chirrup in his throat that could have been anything from amusement, to thoughtfulness, to annoyance. Nikolai had no idea how to even measure that one. “They will not see me.”

Nikolai cast a look over Rair’s skin. The scales were jet black, with a purplish sheen. There were the wings. And a tail. “Really,” Nikolai said, raising an eyebrow, but Rair was no better at reading his expression than Nikolai was Rair’s.

“They might see me,” Rair said. “But it will be the last thing they see. And you will delete the surveillance.”

“Your plan is to kill them all?”

Rair made some sort of huff. “I do not know why else I would be hired.”

“No one told me that.”

Nikolai twitched as Rair coiled the tip of his tail loosely around his ankle. “We are to break in, and to retrieve some information, yes? I do not know your people’s technology, so I was told you would do that part.”

“Yes,” Nikolai accepted. Most of his briefing had been on how to perform the data breach.

“I think we were not informed about much,” Rair said.

Fortunately the room was furnished with cushions and a low table, so Rair could actually settle on one when Nikolai invited him to sit. Rair neatly coiled his tail around himself. Nikolai had no idea what to offer. “Do you take tea?” he asked.

“I ate yesterday,” Rair said.

“Er,” Nikolai said, without any idea how to respond.

“I generally do not take food from humans,” Rair said.

“No, it is a drink.”

There was a curious click in Rair’s throat. He took out something from one of the pouches on the belt and unfolded it into a screen. After a moment, he said, “It is unlikely to poison me. I would like to try.”

Nikolai stepped over into the kitchenette to make the tea, serving it in the small, delicate tea cups they favoured here. Rair picked it up with the tips of is claws and sniffed it. He tasted it by dipping the tip of his tongue into the liquid. Decreeing it drinkable, for the next taste he copied how Nikolai sipped it.

“I do not think killing them all will be acceptable,” Nikolai said. It was interesting how Rair’s presence didn’t trip his conditioning. Too non-human? Wrong body language?

“We have to discuss our plan, then,” Rair said.

[clanraire]

Submitted my entry for Starfall's competition! This is Star Swirl! I'm fairly happy with it. Hopefully I won't get the urge to edit it again...