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Lenora Géroux welcomes you to Northwood Academy.


At this advanced preparatory school you will find boys and girls all with the same goal: to succeed. If accepted into the school, then congratulations because that must mean you are an intelligent and talented individual. Although the school only accepts students 14 to 19 years old almost all of the students that attend the academy go on to further their education at Ivy League and prestigious universities.


Well, except for the students who seem to disappear every year…


Located deep within a forest just outside of the smaller town of Courts Place in Maine, Northwood is surrounded by beautiful scenery. Only five miles west is Lake Mauve where students often go to canoe or swim in their free time. When winter hits, it’s perfect for ice skating! The lake is highly monitored during the day due to a few instances over the years of students going underwater and never resurfacing.

Although Northwood was built in 1856 the building and dorms have been renovated several times in the past to keep the facilities new and fresh. The school is rich with history, and produces some of the finest education in the country. Northwood has high academic standards and has policies students are required and expected to follow. Any students who fail to follow Northwood’s rules and policies are put on immediate academic suspension. However, it still encourages social and creative behavior amongst students and faculty.

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The year is 1972, and beneath the glamor and prestige of the Northwood Academy lies a dark secret. Only the dean, Madame Géroux is aware of the special students that are scouted out each year to come to the academy. These students, although unaware of each other, have a supernatural aspect to them that appeals to what she is looking for. But each year, these “special” students continue to disappear and the school continues to thrive without consequence. At the beginning of the school year, there is a wariness that lingers amongst the older students. The previous year ended with a gruesome event that shocked the whole school: Helen Schwartz, a beloved student and popular girl disappeared in the middle of year. At the end of the last semester, her body was found by the lake with mysterious symbols etched into her skin. There were no suspects. This year, many are becoming more suspicious of the school’s disturbing history of student disappearances. And Madame Géroux seems to be the center of it all.


Character Sheet:
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Appearance first (image):
Name:
Age:
Year:
Normal or Supernatural (as in, what are you?):
Personality:
Bio:
How you came to the school (did you transfer or are you a Year 1 student?):
Preferred Dorm:
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Northwood Academy Rules and Guidelines

All students must keep a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Less than a 3.0 results in academic probation.
Students late to class will be counted tardy, and any more than three instances will result in a detention. Only 5 excused absences are acceptable. Any more than 5 will result in suspension.
Students are required to wear uniforms. Girls must wear a white button up along with a navy blazer and navy skirt. Tights and/or socks are required along with formal black shoes. Boys must wear a white button up along with a navy blazer and navy pants. Black socks are required along with formal black shoes.
Students participating in sports are kicked from the team if any kind of misconduct occurs outside or inside of school.
Curfews are strict and must be followed every day of the week. Students must be back in their dorms by precisely 9 PM and all lights must be out by 9:45 PM. Any students caught outside their assigned dorm rooms after 9:45 will be reprimanded immediately and may seriously face expulsion.
No students are allowed off campus without proper supervision.
If a student encounters a door marked “No Entry” then no entry shall be given.
All students are required to carry assigned ideas which also serve as keys to their assigned dorms. Students caught without these ID’s will be given a detention.
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Dorms
Dorsey Hall : Located closest to the the main building. Two students are assigned to each room. These are the oldest dorms. Legend has it that a boy that disappeared from the school still haunts the room he lived in at the time.
Elliot Hall : Located between the Math/Science and Language buildings. The smallest dorms, one student is assigned to each room.
Kilner Hal[ : Located between Dorsey Hall and the History building. Two students are assigned to each room.
Wells Hall : Located farthest from the school. One to two students are assigned to each room. These dorms are closer to the lake, and the most cunning students that reside here sneak out sometimes to go for a late night swim.
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School History= WIP

All are welcome to join!

My Characters:



Roster:
Sam Rivers
Martha Jacobs
Ash Mareinos
Amy Snow
Hazel "Red" Barwicke
Kenneth Westerberg
Sharon Westerberg
Lexie C. Belle
Jamie Drummond
Kyle Stagner
Anwyn Neverhart
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Oh wow, I didn't realize this was set in the 70s. Hrmmmmmm...

EDIT: Question, is this a secondary or tertiary-level education?
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Roxx said
Oh wow, I didn't realize this was set in the 70s. Hrmmmmmm...


Well, I was thinking that would be the time period. But it wouldn't be some kind of strict reinforcement kind of thing. More like just so there wouldn't be any kind of advanced technology you know? I wanted it to be more mysterious.
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EDIT: Question, is this a secondary or tertiary-level education?


Secondary
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IAmThea said
Secondary


Ah, I'm dumb, it says graduates usually go on to Ivy Leagues, etc. I was confused by the GPA rule. :P

Anyways, I shall begin my application!

EDIT: Sorry, I have another question: Do we all have to be entering freshman?
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Cool, hopefully I'll have a CS up later today.
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I'll be making a CS soon~ Reserving a spot till then
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I'm totally in! I'll make a CS during my lunch break.
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Argh I can never find good pictures. Must keep looking. I have a question though; instead of two characters, can I have a sort of NPC to work with? Like, say my character has a sister who is also attending Northwood, and she might follow him around. (I'm working on a werewolf character, for the curious.)
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Question: Can my character have been there a couple years or does this have to be her first year (transfer or otherwise)?
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Ah, I'm dumb, it says graduates usually go on to Ivy Leagues, etc. I was confused by the GPA rule. :P Anyways, I shall begin my application!EDIT: Sorry, I have another question: Do we all have to be entering freshman?


Not at all! You can be any year.
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Question: Can my character have been there a couple years or does this have to be her first year (transfer or otherwise)?


Yes, any year from 1-4 is alright.
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Argh I can never find good pictures. Must keep looking. I have a question though; instead of two characters, can I have a sort of NPC to work with? Like, say my character has a sister who is also attending Northwood, and she might follow him around. (I'm working on a werewolf character, for the curious.)


Yes to you as well! Will this character be a human?
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Yes to you as well! Will this character be a human?


Yes, she will be. Almost done with my sheet, by the way. Should have it up in a jiffy.
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A rather pretty girl, Hazel is mostly known for her lovely red hair and her strange, mystical, and maybe even witchy eyes. She stands at about 5'10 and is thin and lanky, mostly due to her constant forgetfulness to eat and stay healthy. Her face is small and pale, and is heavily freckled, especially in the sunnier months. Hazel's lips are somewhat large and always curled into a pout, while her nose is small and rounded. Her eyes seem to be blue-green, and almost have a silvery appearance to them. She is rarely seen in anything too fancy, oft preferring sweats and sweaters over dresses and heels, and her hair is normally loose and messy around her face. She is very sensitive to make up and sunlight, and gets rashes and burns easily due to her pale, freckled skin.


Name:
Hazel "Red" Barwicke
Age:
16
Year:
Third Year
Normal or Supernatural:
Clairvoyant (Unaware) - Sees the future through reflective surfaces, more so TVs and computer screens, and hears whispers through phones and during her dreams. Most of her precognition are hard to decipher and rarely wrong, but she has learned to somewhat use them to her advantage, even if she just thinks of them as mere lucky streaks. Also spiritually sensitive, and can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena.

Personality:
Hazel is a clever and quick-witted young woman, with a sharp tongue and a direct way of approaching things. She is not afraid to speak her mind and will more times then not fight for what she believes is right before truly thinking into it. Very curious towards things that seem strange and loves to go out and adventure whenever she gets a chance. Typically cynical of most people, she is overly polite and quiet around strangers, and at times even friends, unless they are doing something outright wrong or immoral in her eyes. If that is the case, then she will not hold back on insults or reprimands until she feels it is right to stop. Over all introverted, she is easy to talk to but looses energy easily if around too many people, and after parties or large excursions she normally allows herself a day or two alone to relax and recharge. Plagued by visions and voices when both asleep and awake, Ash rarely sleeps well, and is rather forgetful. There are many times when she has forgotten to eat or speak during her daily life, which leaves her family a bit worried for her well-being.

Absolutely loves poems, and has a rather clever mind. She could write music and lyrics for hours without stopping, and many times she has done exactly that. Easily stressed out, Hazel has trouble keeping calm at times, and if she gets too far into her panic she may suffer for anxiety attacks and other mildly worrying forms of panic. While she does her best to stay afloat in school, she can very quickly get discouraged if she is unable to do something as easily as she would like. Most of her stress is bore from her lack of sleep and her parents wish for her to keep doing well in school, and while some would say for her to simply take a break and nap it just isn't that easy. Excels in English and music classes, while she is relatively okay at math and science.

Around TVs, phones, and other tech-related devices she is rather nervous. Her powers usually seem to filter through the slender, hole-ridden telephones or smooth, black screens of televisions, more clearly then anywhere else, so when she is close to any sort of electric based item she may hear whispers, or see images of the past or future. Her powers also filter in through still water, windows, mirrors, and dreams, and are overall very dull and hard to see and understand. She is unaware that this is even a power, instead thinking of it as her remembering something odd, like deja vu. She also seems to be sensitive to supernatural forces, and can at times see white outlines of people, or ghosts, as others would call them.

Bio:
Hazel was born into a normal, Irish family. She was the first (and only) child, heavily spoiled, and loved unconditionally by her doctor mother and lawyer father. Of course, due to her parents being busy with their work, she was often alone in her childhood, and though she acted like she didn't mind it kind of got to her eventually, leaving her to be a very withdrawn child. As she grew, Hazel began to notice all the people who lived in her house with them, like the man with the rope around his neck, and the children who often jumped from the railings to the foyer below while giggling hysterically. Hazel often told her parents of these people, but they brushed her off gently, calling them her "imaginary friends". And she soon began to believe they imaginary as well eventually.

The first time she heard whispers of the future was when she was ten, and she was home alone playing with her dad's old guitar. The phone rang suddenly from the kitchen, the old white land line phone that had been broken for the passed three weeks, and Hazel answered with slight hesitance. On the other end, whispers, excited and certain, filtered through and filled her mind with images. She saw a cat, a bad test grade, and an unfamiliar, sobbing child. So surprised by these images, Hazel dropped the phone and fell back, yelling out in fear as the images took over her mind and caused a massive headache. She was bedridden for two days, and when she finally was able to walk and talk without getting a migraine and a nosebleed she returned to school. On her way, though, she was caught up by the most adorable, yet familiar looking cat. She spent a few minutes trying to coax it forward before continuing on her way. In her second period science class, there was a sudden quiz, which she didn't do too well on, receiving a low seventy as a grade, and during recess, the new kid was being harshly bullied. Hazel witnessed all of this, feeling such a heavy sense of deja vu that she almost felt sick.

These odd phenomena continued happening, well into her middle school and then high school life, though she merely brushed them off as sleep-deprived hallucinations/lucky guesses. She was eventually enrolled into the Northwood Academy, and she transferred in during her sophomore year of high school.

How You Came to the School:
Transfer
Preferred Dorm:
Dorsey Hall

(might need the GM's help for story-driven precognitions and the such)
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Hahaha @Kirah looks like we got the same name! I'll change mine in a sec
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Accepted!
I'll have my CS up in a few as well! I have class to go to soon.
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My Ash is short for Ashley. Sorry!
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Tada, done! Can I just say that I totally love and approve of the time setting? Cell phones and laptops ruin the magic sometimes. And I love these other characters too. :)





Since she is an NPC of sorts, anyone can use Sharon as they please. If you want to strike up a conversation between your character and her or have their a character go on a date with her or something, go right the heck ahead, as long as you don't make her say something really weird and out of nowhere. Also to our awesome GM, I consider her pretty darn expendable.
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