Audition for a Harry Potter trio RP.

[Gisk]

This RP is not accepting anyone.

This RP takes place in the same world as Harry Potter, but in a school in America instead.


The school is the New York Academy for the Magic Arts. (NYAMA) It looks like a towering office block, and is labeled as the "Nyama building." Of course it is enchanted so that muggles don't pay it any mind, no matter what weirdness can be seen from the window.

Like Hogwarts, the students are divided into houses based on their nature.
The houses are:

Aqua: Clever, adaptable, defensive and driven by emotion. Color: Dark Blue
Ignis: Passionate, forceful, courageous, and stubborn. Color: Red, with a tinge of Orange
Terra: Strong willed, resistant, confident and logical. Color: Dark, earthy green
Aeris: Free spirits, wise, easy-going. Color: Blue, the color of the sky.


Students lie in dorms on campus, which are in various places throughout the school: Aeris on the top floor, Terra is in the basement, Ignis is about halfway up the building, but the dorms move in a circle around the building, following the sun's path. It shifts back during the night. Aqua is on ground level.
The uniform is more modern than that of Hogwarts, a snappy shirt pants and blazer(the blazer being the House's color)

The wizarding community lives all over the place, but their shops are in an underground city, which can be reached by giving the password to an ad for toothpaste in a largely unused subway platform.



The Character sheet:

Name:
Nickname: (optional)
Age: For simplicity's sake, all students will be in fifth year.
Height:
Approximate Weight:
Blood Status:
Preferred House:
Wand:
Appearance:
Personality: (At least 4 sentences.)
Bio: (At least 5 sentences, include previous life at school.)
Pet: (Optional, picture or description would be nice.)
Other:


The two characters:

Name: Richard Notting
Age: turned fifteen early in the summer.
Height: 5'8 and still growing
Approximate Weight: 120
Blood Status: Muggle born
Race: White
Preferred House: Aqua
Wand: 14" Hornbeam with dragon heartstring. It's a very tricky wand, and most people can't seem to get it to work for them. Addie is the only person besides Richard that can use it.
Appearance:

It changes... a lot. He's a metamorphmagus. He can't change his height or weight, obviously.
Though his face changes, he does have a "real" visage: a young man with curly, sandy hair. Rather handsome, actually.
Personality: A very clever student, he's got quite a head for transfiguration in particular. He's a little snarky, but despite his mouth he's usually a fairly nice guy. He's a bit mischievous, and loves to trick people. Not necessarily to cause them harm, but just to know that he pulled the wool over them.
Bio: He was born to a working class single mother, and was raised in normal muggle schools. His mother made sure that he went to a better elementary school, even though he had to get up at five every morning just to get there on time. He has, however, long since been aware that he was strange in some way, even more so than most muggle born wizards. Ever since he was an infant his appearance would change in strange ways for seemingly no reason. Luckily, it seemed to level out as he grew up, and his features stayed the same, unless he concentrated really hard.

Rather than skepticism, when he got the letter from one of the lesser schools of magic, his mother was overjoyed, because she knew that her son would be at a good school, even if it was a little strange. He at once annoys and impresses his teachers, who can't decide if his intelligence is worth dealing with his sarcasm. His talent caught the attention of the headmistress of NYAMA, who allowed him late entrance into the prestigious school, where the rest of the students are closer to his level.


Name: Adelfonsus Unwen
Nickname: Fonsus (at home)
Age: 16
Height: around 6'
Approximate Weight: 185 +/-
Blood Status: Muggle-born
Race: Mixed
Preferred House: Terra
Wand: Beech with Dragonheart String, 9”
Patronus: Dog

Appearance:


Personality: Pretty easy-going, comes off as a "dummy" as he hides his intelligence from school and home. And is seen as slightly crazy with his habit of speaking to his pet turtle, Gus, and acting as if the small creature could respond back to him like a human. Addie likes to joke but when he makes a decision, he stands on it to the very end.

Bio: His family was once fully muggle until a few generations back, a wizard married into the family. The magic had not shown in either of the generations after the marriage except Adelfonsus, who is the great-great-great grandson of the wizard. He had shown promise at a young age and his family was fearful and cautious (he did accidentally set fire to a tractor once). But when he received the letter, their fears were quieted but a few members still have an issue with his magic.

He moved from the country to the city during the school years, where he was completely out of his elements. He kept a steady distance from his peers, feeling as if he didn’t belong, and they treated him as such. Until this year, when he came back not as the lanky, muttering kid in the corner, but as a tall and impressive-looking guy . . . with a few quirks.

Pet: Gus



Other:
Addie has a hidden interest in creating “magics” – charms, alchemy, knick-knacks - which he started at year 3.



Addelfonsus has decided to become an animagus, and Richard, though he has no interest in doing it himself, thinks it'll be a good practical study of advanced Transfiguration, and has agreed to help his friend.

There is plot beyond this, which I will be keeping close to the vest, but we would like a third player, who is also Richie and Addie's friend.

[Gluttony]

Is it going to be kind of a school life type RP, or will there be some sort of grand conflict? Obviously I expect a majority of the time to be spent going through the school motions anyway, at least early on, but its still useful information to have.

[Emalia Cadence]

Cute idea. Good luck!

[Gisk]

There is a conflict, but as I've said, I'm keeping the details to myself. I'll be dropping hints as the story goes along, if you can spot them.

Another thing:

Anyone wishing to apply must submit a writing sample.

[Esper]

Name: Angelina Fairbreeze
Nickname: "Angel", obviously the shortened version of her name.
Age: 16
Height: 5'0"
Approximate Weight: 100 lbs.
Blood Status: Pure
Preferred House: Aeris
Wand: 9" Silver Lime Veela Hair

Appearance: (Will replace with picture when I find an acceptable one)
Angelina stands at five feet tall with long chestnut brown hair. Her eyes are a stunning emerald color and a tanned skin tone that makes them stand out even more. Her teeth and skin are pristine which obviously the result of great care on her part. She carries about herself an aura that is highly charismatic and graceful.

Her curves are rather obvious to anyone within a few feet of her, although she does not tend to dress in a manner that shows them off when at school or any school function besides dances. Her clothing is well maintained and her accessories are always matching or complimenting the uniform in some way. Her wand is kept at a holster in her hip that appears to be a bird feather of some sort with the wand being stored in the stem of it.

Personality:
Disclaimer:I prefer mostly to develop personalities ICly and let the character develop themselves, but as per your request here it is.[/i]
Angelina is a polite girl to say the least. She grew up the daughter of a pair of socialite parents and thus has a very polished manner in which she carries herself. Never one for an argument she often prefers deflecting harsh words in an argument until whoever is angered with her runs out of steam or comes to their senses in the realization that arguing with her is pointless. When faced with a problem she is a hands on thinker dismantling the situation and finding a solution in real time, though people often mistake this for her ignoring them or being plain airy.

During her downtime she is very much a free spirit often moving between the social circles of the school making friends or flirting (if the guy happens to be cute). During her study time she often has read ahead and daydreams through the lecture often to the disdain of her teachers. In many ways she is the free spirit that is the wind capable of being gentle as a breeze, but following no set path at all.

Bio: Angel has attended NYAMA from the time she was eleven years of age and has managed to keep herself near the lead of the pack in school without exerting herself too greatly at all. This was a surprise to her parents as it always looked like she was not taking her studies much of the time, rather focusing on trinkets she deemed amusing that she purchased from the Wizarding shops beneath the ground. At the age of thirteen she was temporarily suspended from school for accidently entrapping another student in a block of ice while practicing spells well above her experience level without supervision. The other students made jokes for a while and she drew distrusting looks from many of them for some time when she would appear to be flustered with the teasing. In her fourth year she created a charm that would allow her to place a glass bead somewhere and use the lens to see through it so as long as it remained undetected. If touched by anyone other than herself after being placed it would dissolve almost immediately in their hand leaving behind nothing, but a faint magical essence.
Normally she is seen where the action is and can't seem to escape being part of rumors, though by coincidence or actual involvement she will never tell. She has dated three from the school each lasting only a years time since her third year, each ending without warning seemingly, though the rumor mongers might tell people differently. One thing is certain of Angel and that is the fact she is budding enchantress capable of producing advanced sigils that a student seven student might have trouble with.

Her personal life is perhaps more interesting than her school life however in that her parents behind closed doors frequently find themselves at odds at which school to send her. Her father is rather adamant at sending her to the California based wizarding school, where her mother would prefer her to remain in New York a short drive away from them. This had left her feeling conflicted at which school she should be attending desiring to please both of her parents the way she charms everyone else. Due to this she prefers to avoid being around them when they are together. She seems to be closer to her mother seeing as her father is a diplomat for the wizards of the upper east coast of America and travels frequently to where work calls him to be often for weeks at a time.



Pet:
Halberd

Writing Sample from one of my current RP's:

Spoiler

Nautica’s P.I. Office
9:00am
“I am going to ask you one time and one time only Jay”, Nautica spoke calmly not letting him see her very real desire for this information. She was on the verge of drawing something big out of the snitch in exchange for a way out of the city. “Why is it you are deciding to come to me? Hasn’t your boss been good to you all these years. It seems in rather poor taste to do this out of the blue.” She flicked at the cap of her pen wedged between her pointer and middle finger.

Jay Ferris, a thirty five year old male and a prime example of what happens when an information broker hands out the wrong information. He had been serving as nothing more than a glorified lapdog for the last five years and itching to get revenge on Nautica. After all she was the one that had burned him on her climb to the top of the information brokering world of Carcer City. “Look I need a fresh start, but no way he is going to let me out of the city with what I know about him. You, you’re untouchable and this information will be useful for you. We both win Nautica”, he said in a near ramble. He was showing the tell tale signs of lying. Sweaty palms and his eyes shifting away from her. He had his arms and leg crossed over the other.

“Alright, but let’s go talk in the elevator. You take the back way out and I will have one of the drivers take you to the airport. From there you meet with a man in a brown suit and blue tie. He looks like a sleazy politician. Do not approach him, but follow him at a distance. He will instruct you from there”, Nautica said in a professional tone. Jay never saw what was coming next. No one ever did. They entered the elevator as she adjusted her white silk top that clung to her in all the right places.

“Ladies first”, Jay said gesturing to the open elevator. Nautica stepped in without hesitation offering her signature stunning smile. He stepped in immediately after and pressed the basement button. Suddenly he felt her reach up and before he had time to react his neck was snapped. Jay’s skinny, but decently toned frame slid gently to the ground as the door to her underground garage opened. A man in a plastic, blue suit stood before her.

“Dispose of the body, but send a personal item back to his boss. His necklace maybe”, she said waving it off while her other hand reached toward the elevator button. “Better yet. Bring his necklace to me. I want to deal with this one personally.” Nautica was many things and egotistical was one of them. Often it lead her to taking things too far, especially in terms of revenge. In this business she was in that didn’t seem to be a bad thing most of the time.

After arriving back on her office floor she sat down at her computer and logged back in. Her system specifically require three passwords to access it fully. One by one she entered the passwords when prompted and waited a minute for her system to fire itself up. As she waited she looked out at the city from the two story office building. It was a thin building she had rented for about a year now. The walls were thick and had taken their fair share of bullets. She replaced most of the things that initially came with the building from the bottom up bringing them all up to her secure standard. As her employee brought the necklace in she smiled widely her ruby red lips glistening in the light of her office. Her make up looked perfect as well as her raven hair. This weeks hair style was long with bangs near in her face. She admired herself in the mirror noticing the computer had finished loading completely. She took a seat and slid out the backlit keyboard moving her well maintained fingers complete with a fresh manicure over the keys.

After logging in to her video conference program she contacted Jay’s now former boss. He looked surprised for a moment then returned to his usual overworked and rather cranky expression. The man had certainly seen better days, she remembered. As a girl she visited his hotel on many occasions. He looked full of life then, a man who was going places. He had arrived where he was meant to when she turned fifteen as she recalled., but now he looked a shell of his former self. “Ah Nautica, how can I help you today”, he said casually pulling a cigar wrapped with an expensive band out of his mouth.

“I’m afraid this is a business call, although your employee. He came by earlier. I sent him back to you with some wear and tear you could say. A real class act that guy. Hiring a former competitor of mine to deal with me, classy Jerry, classy, but he is still a gentleman at his core. He even gave me a necklace.” Nautica then dangled the now deceased Jay’s necklace in front of the webcam. “Try and cross me again you will find yourself in more trouble than your floundering hotel. I mean that goes without saying, but it‘s still fun to hear. Have a very nice day Jerry”, she flipped her hair and smiled at him. A mixture of profanity and threats in both French and English came from Jerry as she waved goodbye with her fingers and closed the chat screen.

Nautica’s P.I. Office
10:00am

“Send my next appointment in please Jenavive”, she said pressing down a button on her phone. Deciding now was a good a time for a drink as any she walked over to her liquor table and poured vodka from a bottle with a Russian label on it. The bottle cost her near five hundred dollars, but was worth every cent, after all it was not her money she was spending. A woman dressed head to toe in white stepped into her office. “Ah Merideth, how are you today? Vodka? Just got it imported from Russia.”

“You’re too young to be drinking before noon”, Meredith replied jokingly. “Of course that just gives me a reason to do it with you. A double please.” Meredith a woman of fourty-nine years of age freshly divorced and ready to sell some information. This was one of Nautica’s many informants from the upper class and had always brought her quality ‘gossip’ as Meredith put it. After taking the glass and thanking Nautica she crossed her legs. “Shall we get to business then? I have an appointment with my real estate agent to tour some houses. Took the bastard for fourty percent of his estate, but I think we can find ourselves mutually happy with what I found out about him right before I served him the papers.”

Nautica smirked and laughed at the pleasure in Meredith’s voice as she spilled all the information she had to offer. “And whoever said dirt is cheap was a damned liar. That is some good information right there. I will see if it pans out and you’ll be wired the money to your usual account. Now with business aside, how is the prowl for a young thing going?” Their relationship was unique somewhat in the sense she made small talk with this particular woman, perhaps it was because Meredith reminded her so much of her own mother. Whatever the reason was Meredith amused her on a number of levels. They made small talk for a few minutes until Meredith’s real estate agent called and she excused herself.

Leaning back in her chair with feet up on the desk Nautica took the remainder of the vodka in the glass down in one drink. ”Time to get to the real work, she thought to herself as she began her usual rounds online checking her various sources of information. Her inbox was full causing her to groan and roll her eyes. Normally Jenavive sorted through this for her, but as of late with Jenavive taking on extra she was left to deal with this chore herself. Looking over the five hundred e-mails one by one she finally found one worth looking into. Pressing down on her phone she spoke, “Jenavive I will be stepping out. If I am not back by five lock up and go home. I have something leverage worthy to verify.”

[Eyeris]

Name: Ocllo Rivera

(Her full 'true' name: Ocllo Tupa Rivera Caupolican. In chile it is common to a child to bear both their paternal and maternal names. The paternal name is the ‘official’ name, and is used on important documents. She would be simply be known as “Ocllo Rivera”; her first name and her father’s last name. Her first name is an Incan feminine name, and her middle name is an Incan masculine name, her parents saw it fit to acknowledge her dual nature.)

Nickname: This will be up to her friends.

Age: 15 (A girls "Quinceañera" is significant and lucky in Spanish cultures.)

Height: 6’2”

Approximate Weight: 160 lbs

Blood Status: Mixed-blood

Preferred House: Terra

Wand: 12 ½’, wood of Araucaria Araucana, commonly named “Monkey Puzzle Tree” (a pine tree native to Chile), core of serpent feather.

Appearance: Appearance: Towering above the other girls in her class, her awkward gangly-teen body takes on a wide rectangular shape, flat chested and straight-hipped, with only the slightest hint of feminine curve. Wearing her uniform she is sometimes mistaken for a boy. She keeps her thick inky-black hair long, the thick dark mass falls past her shoulder blades. Her skin is the color of warm baked clay. She has a round moon-face, a thick flat nose, soft dark lips, and deep pitch-brown eyes.

She wears her uniform more often than it is required. She is not interested in fashion and has a difficult time finding cloths that fit her properly or look flattering. Her cloths are very simple, plain shirts paired with slacks or jeans. Many of her garments are men's cloths because of her height and build. Green and copper are her favorite color choices.



Personality:

A rather mellow presence. Her strengths are her maturity, and her ability to remain calm and focused in hectic situations. Her downfall is her internal discomfort; She still feels strange because she is so tall, because she is from another country, and because she is awkward.

She experiences occasional bouts of clumsiness; not being able to keep up with her yet-growing limbs. She has a good understanding of manners (her parents were very strict about posture, and her job required impeccable manners and awareness), in most cases she understands her body well enough to keep her tall-form steady and graceful in her own way.

Her internal awkwardness presents itself more readily in casual social and personal situations. She will always make an effort if the people around her are friendly, but she finds herself with her tongue tied up, and find herself saying something strange or ill-timed. It takes her a long time to become comfortable with another.

She loves history, all-things-dusty-and-ancient, and poetry. Studying is an easy pastime, she is an excellent student. She has a knack for riddles and puzzles; she aspires to become a magical archaeologist. Though she understands the concepts studied in class, she is slower and clumsier in her execution spells and other practical magical workings.

Bio: Ocllo comes from a humble mixed-blood business-oriented family. They are a ‘mixed blood’ in two ways: They are Muggles and Wizards, and Metizo the mixed ethnic group that makes up much of the Chilean population. She is mostly native, which shows in her features, her family boasts that they can trace their magical blood back to the Inca.

Her extended family in Chile is quite wealthy. They own many vineyards, copper mines, and other industries. Her parents, combining their love of cooking and magic, her parents ran a gourmet wizarding restaurant in Santiago, Chile.

Ocllo is an only child. She was born with a genetic abnormality and has been categorized as intersex. She is externally female, and therefore, has been raised and provided potions and charms to balance her hormones to live and develop correctly as a woman. It is not something she thinks about often or is concerned with, she is sometimes amused by her ambiguity, and sometimes feels guilty because she will never be able to bear children and carry on her family name.

She grew up in Chile working in her parents restaurants, attending muggle school until she was old enough for magical school, and vacationing in her cousins vineyards. Recently, one of her Uncles persuaded her parents to embark on a business venture in New York City: A new restaurant serving wizards AND muggles (Note: the muggles are kept unaware of the magical nature of their dining guests and chefs. Employees are strictly hired through referrals, and comprise of wizards, squibs, and a few muggles that are closely related to wizzards.)

Rather than attending wizard school with old her friends, she moved with her parents to America and was enrolled in New York Academy for the Magic Arts.

Her first year at NYAMA was difficult, she had studied English in school, but her lessons did not accommodate for all the new slang, the culture shock was rather disruptive, she found it difficult to make friends in the big city, her studies and grades suffered under the stress.

Her second year went a bit smoother, she felt comfortable with the language and culture, and found a niche and finally making some friends. Her grades improved as she became happy in her new home. She has sustained a high grade point average, her class choices reflect her fascination with history and her desire to continue her family’s business. She dreams of magical archeology, however, as an only-child her family may expect her to inherit their growing-business.

Pet: Pablo Neruda (named after the poet), is an armadillo. He is about a foot long, sandy in color, with scaly back and a soft hairy under-belly. He can roll himself up into as a defence mechanism (but also does so to play).


Other:

Writing Sample: From another RP if that is alright. I tried to re-create Ocllo for another game. The game is gone, this is the last IC post I made as her.

[Yevin]

I will be submitting a sheet for this. The question I have is where do you want it?

A CS submitted here is fine. We'll be in high-casual range, which is why we asked for a sample. My own writing sample, if you are curious, is at the right corner of my sig - "My List".

@Eyeris - Thanks for the CS. I can't say anything right now as my partner is not on currently. To answer your "question", a writing sample I'd prefer it be an "intro" of an RP, so it's easier to read without needing any background info of the RP. But yours is fine.

EDIT: We will start at year 5, so everyone knows.

[Eyeris]

Ah NP. I thought you were just looking for style/quality/character-feel. I will work on one tomorrow.

Thanks ^_^

[Yevin]

Well, that too.

[Eyeris]

but of course ^_~