Yeah, well. I mean we have quite a bit of stress too. I can't count on both hands the amount of times my parents have asked me if I'm going to be deployed soon.

k6xx said
Yeah, well. I mean we have quite a bit of stress too. I can't count on both hands the amount of times my parents have asked me if I'm going to be deployed soon.

I imagine that's always something to worry about. I can't really compare college life to the military, 'sides that it helps pay for college. Ah, there's always something to worry about in everything we do, though. Guess it all depends on how we deal with it.

I had the opportunity to do JROTC in high school, but I never really wanted to. My parents tried to force me, but I have a huge problem with authority. So I did Debate instead and totally worth it. I still do in college and love it. But that's my experience with JROCT and ROTC. But I wonder if I should have done it sometimes. I knew nobody in it or who was in it so I don't really know.

Name: Cole Grimoire

Appearance:

Age: 17

Grade: Senior

Social Class: Commoner

Social Class Explanation: Born into a normal family, Cole parent's would've never been able to afford to send him to the academy, lucky for him that his name was drawn for a scholarship

Personality: Cole keeps to himself the majority of the time, needless to say does he ever interact with anyone the elite, let alone the wealthy or gifted. It... just wasn't something he did. Mostly, he hangs around with those in a similar situation to him. Other than that, he is rather a nice guy. Genuinely friendly, kind, and playful. However, he has a few character flaws which some may find irritable, or vulgar. He is pretty cocky, and assumes that things will go his way the majority of the time. He also has the attitude that he has an effect over women, so it is rare that he is ever gentleman like.

History: Cole was born into a completely normal family, and begun life in a normal manor. He was a happy child, and loved to play in the snow and ice whenever winter came around. It came apparent that he had a future in snow sports. He just had to. Sliding around on frozen lakes completely balanced at the age of 3 had to be a god sign right? Wrong. Cole's family could never afford to set him up in a snow sport, that would be way too expensive. So instead, they simply allowed him to have fun on the ice all of the time. One day, Cole asked his parents for a pair of skates, and surprisingly, they had managed to save up enough to get him a pair. They were a little battered but he cared for them everyday as though they were brand new. The time came for Cole to actually take part in competitive skating, he refused. He just wanted to keep having fun.... on the ice. So thats exactly what he did.
Cole started at the academy as a freshman, and has been there ever since. Not once has he skated for the academy, nor has he brought up the fact he can skate in the last 3 or 4 years. He just skates for fun, by himself at home. Since freshman, he has been picked on somewhat because of his background, but he has taken it with a pinch of salt.
Last year in junior, he layed eyes upon the school's own ice rink for the first time. It was amazing. He just sat there for hours watching the skaters and dancers. It fascinated him. He decided there and then. He would do it. He would Skate competitively. He had tried to join the racers once. They had been pretty cool about him tagging along with them. But he couldnt do it, no matter how hard he tried. He always fell on the bend. He was utterly demolished, but he had to find something he could do on the ice... he just had to.
It was was on the same day as the racers had kicked him out he saw her. It was fascinating. A group of figure skaters had taken to the ice. He thought for a moment. There was nothing to say he couldnt do that, there were guys doing it too. It couldnt be that bad. He turned his head to see an amazing move from a girl. It was Acacia Hawthorn. Everyone knew about her. She was literally the perfect girl. He smirked and continued watching, before packing his skates away to leave a few minuted later. Figure skating.... hmm... couldnt be that bad.

Extracurricular Activities:
Ice skating club

Miscellaneous:
He has dreams of becoming a world class skater, but he'd never be given a chance because of his background. He just needs a little nudge in the right direction.
He has always had a thing for Acacia Hawthorn - fantasies are fun!
He has a surprisingly good singing voice.

RS
"take a seat Cole."
"thanks."
"So... tell us about your classmates and teachers Cole, what do they mean to you?"

Acacia Hawthorne: "I... dont know her..."
"Cole that's a bunch of crap."
"Fine... Acacia... well... I dont know what to say... Everybody knows about her... she's perfect, super smart, beautiful... shes an elite. But I actually met her on the ice. I somehow ended up on the ice at the same time as figure skating practice and she got paired to me. She's been teaching me ever since. You should see her, its amazing... and then there's me flopping about. But one day, i'll impress her... I'm telling you... she's not like the other elite girls. She's something special... to me anyway."

Lili Lafontaine:
"Lili... yeah I know her, she doesnt like me as far as i'm aware. I'm probably a huge ass to her, but meh. She'll get over it. She seems like she could be fun, I dunno maybe we'll be friends someday."

Jacob Rockwell:
"He's a gifted guy right? Yeah I know him. Seems a pretty standard dude. Maybe i'll see him down the ice sometime, he seems like the kind of guy that tries new things."

Roman Zelenka:
"Roman!!! My main man! He's a lottery goer like me. We've had so many laughs together its unreal. I'd take a bullet for that guy... well.... you know what I mean. I'm glad I met him lets put it that way."

Vladimir Kalkovich:
"I think i'll stay out of this guy's way. I could take him the fuck down.... but... I dunno... I dont want to make an enemy. If he doesnt like me he doesnt like me."

Rayne McCutcheon:
"I'm not sure about her. She seems nice, but again... I dont think she likes me... I mean... I'd like her to, and I hope we could be friends... but... I know... my personality rubs people the wrong way... I just accepted that. Deal with it."

James McNamara:
"Never spoke to him, dont plan on it. But hey, if I ever run into him I'll have a chat... why not?"

Nate Dixon:
"He's the robot guy right? thought so. Freaking sweet. He's fucking awesome."

Julie Scott:
"She doesnt like me, I've pissed that girl off too many times."

August Marco:
"he's younger, seems like a pretty legit guy. Sure... I'd hang with him sometime!"

Max Wallenberg:
"Shit load of money. He ever invite me anywhere... I'm going."

Wren Sinclair:
"I dont know much about her, I know she's pretty and rich... But everyone knows that."

Brenden Aldrin:
"I can relate to the principle, he's more like a father than a headmaster.... I guess I can just look up to him you know?"

Hayden Hawthorne:
"A relative of Acacia's he's fine by me, plus he always gets me out of detentions, He's such a cool vice principle."

Flynn Zimmerman:
"Never taught me... But I heard he's pretty nice and a good teacher."

Alli Kendrick:
"Miss Kendrick? I think every guy in history fancies her. Not me though. I've... got other plans... stop looking at me.... shut up... youre just an interviewer.... your opinion doesnt count!"

I'm going to awkwardly interrupt this conversation... >>

Okay, here's the official accepted characters list so far: Lilli Lafontaine, Jacob Rockwell, Vladimir Kalkovich, Rayne McCutcheon, James McNamara, Nathan Dixon.

I'm a tad hesitant to accept Julie Scott, because I wouldn't consider her a gifted student. Being at the top of her class shows potential, and scoring 100% on every test is pretty impressive, but I don't think that's what Caelbury is looking for when it's on the hunt for gifted people. To me, being gifted and smart are two different things. I guess gifted people would be someone who has a talent or understanding of something beyond the normal spectrum. Unless being smart means that Julie is a genius level prodigy person, she would be considered a commoner. So spooner, if you could change that, or give Julie different skill set to be considered gifted, that would be lovely. Everything else looks fine.

You missed my app, first page.

McEulo said
You missed my app, first page.

Gah, sorry! And accepted :3

*pokes mizuho*
and mine ^^^^
*bats eyes*

Woo, peoples is getting accepted. Yaaay. Just want to ask again since it got kinda buried in the conversation: weekly military service uniforms for ROTC kids: yay or nay?

Danke :D

YipeeXD said
*pokes mizuho*and mine ^^^^ *bats eyes*

Accepted. I love how you incorporated Acacia XD

MULTI_MEDIA_MAN said
Woo, peoples is getting accepted. Yaaay. Just want to ask again since it got kinda buried in the conversation: weekly military service uniforms for ROTC kids: yay or nay?

Hmmm, I would say it's fine.

Mizuho said
I'm a tad hesitant to accept Julie Scott, because I wouldn't consider her a gifted student. Being at the top of her class shows potential, and scoring 100% on every test is pretty impressive, but I don't think that's what Caelbury is looking for when it's on the hunt for gifted people. To me, being gifted and smart are two different things. I guess gifted people would be someone who has a talent or understanding of something beyond the normal spectrum. Unless being smart means that Julie is a genius level prodigy person, she would be considered a commoner. So spooner, if you could change that, or give Julie different skill set to be considered gifted, that would be lovely. Everything else looks fine.

Ah I kinda felt that way when I wrote it! I shall change it, if I change her state from being a "polyglot" to being a "hyperpolyglot" which means that she knows more than 12 languages, would that help? Is there anything else I should change to make her fit in better? :)

Mizuho said
Hmmm, I would say it's fine.

AWYEAH. Everybody wait, sexy 5'5" mass of absolutely no muscle in a military uniform heading your way!

spooner said
Ah I kinda felt that way when I wrote it! I shall change it, if I change her state from being a "polyglot" to being a "hyperpolyglot" which means that she knows more than 12 languages, would that help? Is there anything else I should change to make her fit in better? :)

Holy shi--...zzle. Holy shizzle o_o I'm working on my third language and struggling, 12 is just amazing. Yeah, that would help @_@ maybe her special thing is that she just has a knack for languages.

I didn't know the OOC was up I'll be posting my character to be reviewed tonight. I'd do it now but I just ate and I'm feeling really lazy.

Do we have any teachers? I'll make a CS for a teacher if you want I have a character that may work.

^Smith is working on two teachers at the moment.

ice2365 said
Do we have any teachers? I'll make a CS for a teacher if you want I have a character that may work.

I think Hae wants to make three teachers.. And two are WIP. I'm making a teacher as well, and the principal. I believe Fabricant is thinking of making a teacher also.

Make one if you want to, but if you don't necessarily want to, you don't have to.

Mizuho said
Accepted. I love how you incorporated Acacia XD

boom, its what i do.

lol jk, im not that self centered, could you imagine?