🦴 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🦴 𝓢𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓕𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓷

Shelly has a small, movable dinosaur tail that grows out of the bottom of her ammonite shell just under her sundress, the tail is covered in small beige scales with an orange tint, reminiscent of the texture of her body, at the tip of the tail there is a small tassel of three orange feathers that she found during excavations and tied to the tail, thinking that it makes her look like an ancient lizard, the tail is very mobile and expressive - when Shelly is happy, it rises up and trembles slightly, when she is sad, it goes down and drags along the ground, when she thinks or listens, it slowly swings from side to side like a pendulum, and when she is angry (which happens rarely), the tail tenses up and becomes straight like a stick. Shelly's tail has a few small scratches and abrasions from frequently brushing against corners and chairs when she runs. There's a small scar at the thickest part of her tail from when she once fell on it while chasing a book about dinosaurs that had flown away. She didn't even notice at the time because she was so caught up in the chase. The tip of her three-feathered tail also has a small bell attached to it with a red string that jingles whenever she moves. Shelly attached it to her tail so her friends would always know where she is, even if they couldn't see her, because she's afraid of getting lost, and the jingle of her tail has become her sound signature in the room. When she sits, her tail curls around her legs like a cat's, creating a comfortable ring. When she lies down, it serves as a pillow. If she's tired, she rests her head on her tail and rests. When she draws or writes, her tail helps her hold a book or piece of paper down, pressing it to the table. When Shelly is extremely nervous or afraid, her tail begins to tremble slightly, and the feathers at the tip stand on end, creating the effect of a small, frightened hedgehog. If she's truly scared, she wraps her arms around her tail and holds it close to her, as if seeking comfort from within. Her tail also helps her balance.

Shelley knows the names of all the dinosaurs in Latin and can pronounce them without hesitation, including Micropachycephalosaurus. She keeps her first fossil discovery under her pillow and turns it over every night before bed to make sure it's still there. Shelley talks to dinosaurs when no one is looking, calling them by name and asking for advice, especially when she's sad, because they can't ignore her. She has come up with names for every tooth she finds, and they are all male. She never takes off her shell and tooth necklace, even in the shower, because she believes it protects her from oblivion. She once lost it and cried for three hours until she found it under her bed; since then, she checks it every hour to make sure it's still there. Shelley writes down all her dreams in a dinosaur notebook because she believes her subconscious is trying to tell her something through the ancient dinosaurs, but she hasn't figured out what it is. She's never been on a date, but she dreams of someone asking her out on a date where they can just sit and talk about dinosaurs, even though she knows it's unrealistic. Shelley is afraid of thunderstorms because the thunder reminds her of the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs. She hides under the table and covers her ears with her hands until the storm passes. She's the only one who can tell a T-Rex tooth from an Albertosaurus tooth just by looking. Shelley rolls her eyes when someone says dinosaurs were stupid. She always leaves a blank page in her book for new notes. Shelley carries a magnifying glass and constantly examines anything that seems suspicious. She's afraid that one day no one will remember her. Shelley often rereads old messages to make sure people really did communicate with her. She draws dinosaurs on the pavement with chalk and is upset every time the rain washes them away. Shelley is looking for a skeleton that will make her feel important. She keeps all her finds in boxes and never throws anything away.

Shelly is an extroverted, kind, and cheerful person who loves to talk about dinosaurs and prehistoric life with other Toons, always willing to support her friends and encourage them, but she worries about being ignored, which hints at a possible autophobia, but she tries to hide it and says that she is fine, she is very surprised when someone starts a dialogue with her first, perhaps due to the fact that she is the most ignored and forgotten Toon out of all the main characters. Shelley is the kind of person who can talk for hours without stopping if you give her a topic, especially if the topic is about dinosaurs, she can tell you all about the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, the differences between sauropods and theropods, what a spinosaurus looked like and why a tyrannosaurus couldn't run fast, she doesn't notice when the person she's talking to gets bored because she's so engrossed in her story that the world around her ceases to exist, but if she notices someone yawning or looking away, she suddenly stops talking, gets embarrassed, blushes orange and starts apologizing, thinking that she talks too much and is annoying. Shelley is very kind and caring; she always notices when someone is sad or tired, and she will come up, put a hand on their shoulder, and say something encouraging, often using dinosaur analogies—"You're like a triceratops, you have protection, just show me your horns," or "Even brontosauruses sometimes stumbled, but they got up, and you will too." She sincerely believes that dinosaurs can teach people everything they need to know about life, and she shares this knowledge with anyone willing to listen, even if they don't ask. But behind this smile and endless chatter lies a deep insecurity and a constant fear of being forgotten. Shelley fears silence in conversation because to her, silence means she's not being listened to, that she's unimportant. She's afraid of being alone because, alone, she's haunted by the thought that she's not interesting enough for anyone to want to be with her.

Shelly is a beige ammonite with a black hole on the left side of her head, orange blush and two pairs of eyelashes under her eyes, wearing a brown sundress and a light brown sleeveless t-shirt. Her ammonite shell has a spiral structure with distinct ribs and whorls that form a perfect logarithmic spiral, natural growth lines are visible on the surface of the shell, some of them are slightly erased from time, on the right side of the shell there is a small crack in the shape of a lightning bolt, which appeared because she once fell from a bookshelf while reaching for an encyclopedia, she sealed it with clear nail polish and now considers it a "scar of courage", the shell itself has an uneven shade of beige - on the whorls the color is slightly lighter, in the depressions it is slightly darker, creating the effect of natural volume, the black hole on the left side of her head is shaped like an irregular oval, the edges of the hole are slightly jagged, as if someone gnawed it, but in fact this is just a feature of the structure, a faint echoing sound is sometimes heard from the hole when Shelly speaks or laughs, creating the effect of "emptiness inside", although she claims that there is just darkness there, and she is not afraid of it, next to The hole has a small white dot-like beauty mark, which Shelley considers her "star inside." The orange blush on her cheeks is shaped like two uneven crescents; it's always bright and noticeable because Shelley applies it with a special brush every morning. The left blush is slightly paler than the right because she rubs her left cheek more often when she's thinking. Under the blush are barely noticeable orange freckles; there are five on her left cheek and four on her right; they're natural and appear brighter when Shelley laughs or blushes. The eyelashes under her eyes are arranged in two pairs on each side; the upper pair is long and curved, the lower pair is short and straight, creating the impression of doll-like eyes. The eyelashes are light brown, slightly darker than her body color.