[OOC] Wellington Academy ₊*

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Wellington Academy, as it is known, goes beyond the definition of your typical school. It was founded by Weiss Gillian Wellington who long had a dream of establishing a school that made use of his own ideals and principles of how a school should be—learning as a game where a blend of rich, poor and all in-between students would be coming together to learn at their own pace.  It is rumored that even the air is clean, grass greener and the bird's chirping purer. It is a school solely established for the students and thought to be an idyllic and fantastical place. 

Wellington Academy sits on a massive plot of land that used to be abandoned until Weiss Gillian Wellington purchased it and worked towards creating his ideal school grounds. The paths and tunnels that surround the school were crisscrossed with pathways that made no real sense. The goal being that the students would take it upon themselves and also explore the grounds; even Weiss Gillian Wellington himself did not know the location of every tunnel or space. 

Schools are often known for many things: their graduates, sports teams, or academics. Wellington Academy, on the other hand, is known for its fairy-like existence. Wellington Academy had no applications, rigid essays, or interview process. If you want to apply and be considered for Wellington Academy, just get in touch.

So! Congratulations on your acceptance to Wellington Academy. While surprised you were accepted, you will still be studying with the best of the best; after all, Wellington Academy only accepts gifted students. Some of the students you will be studying alongside with will range from those that have already won awards or published their own books, to those as ordinary as the next person. What you all have in common, as students of Wellington, is that you all possess an individual gift—the thirst for more knowledge.



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Wellington Academy is meant to be a slice-of-life RP that follows the lives of gifted high school students. It will take place before the beginning of the school semester where you may enter as an incoming student experiencing the Wellington Academy life for the first time, or returning students that already know the ropes. The RP is meant to be guided by your interactions with your fellow students and the GM will be posting important plot points ever so often to keep the interest fresh. There will be games held in which your character can participate that will be detailed when announced. 

 ▄p o i n t e r s

┘┌  Please post the CS first in the OOC for review, once accepted by either the GM or Co-GM, you may then move your CS onto the character sheet side.
┘┌  There are no posting deadlines! I hope that we're able to keep ourselves entertained without needing these. However, please do be mindful that you're not posting back to back and everyone has a chance to post and catch up. 
┘┌  Please refrain from using characters that are mary/gary sues. While this is an academy for gifted students, they are still children (14-18) so their achievements should be realistic to their age.
┘┌  Anything can be considered a gift. If a student has a specific interest such as astronomy and are well-informed in that field, that's their gift. 
┘┌  A max of 3 characters per person if needed. However, If you believe you can handle more than that, just request it!
┘┌  Distribution of Weller Stars and Weller Moons will be handled by the GM/Co-GM. 
┘┌  As always, make sure to follow the usual RPGuild rules and if for whatever reason you believe you have a problem, please speak to the GM/Co-GM. 
┘┌  There's a discord! Not mandatory, but definitely recommended! 
┘┌  Enjoy! It's meant to be a lax RP with some games inbetween to spice things up.



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Cottage: [Leave this blank until I assign you to your cottage]
What did you pack?: [Whatever your character packed and took it to the academy]

Theme song: [Not mandatory but its always fun to do]
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Wellington Academy  ₊* 

While the Academy is wonderfully crafted from the outside, the same can be said with it's interior. Before you walk into the academy you are met with an elegant small fountain where a ring of hedges surround it. Pasty white flowers fill the brown flooring, vines trace the fountain and hedges. One would assume a fairy took home in this dream like of a scenery. 

A dainty blend of crimson and green plants sprout on the benches around this rest area. Students can be seen taking in the view or reading their literature books. It is but a sight to behold. Upon entering the rusted asymmetrical shape of a building, guests are welcomed with a glass checkered floor with white chairs pasted everywhere. Big glass windows are placed neatly on the sides of the building as well as the roof. 

Vases of flowers, plants and vines find their way creeping in the corners of the building. There is a singular red couch (where students can also sit and rest) while behind it is a huge painting of Weiss Gillian Wellington. A large staircase is trailed upwards and endless of hallways are formed. Classrooms are in each section with their respective staff. 

The fountain area holds the entrance to every building. There are four cross sections with no directions, it is but a learning experience for the students to find what each pathway leads to(and of course to keep it in their memory). Wellington Academy holds a building just for the library (which has books dated from way back for the students to enjoy), as well as a garden, cafeteria, an outside court that is connected with the gym building, and lastly the faculty building.
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Weller Stars  ₊* 

At Wellington Academy, you are awarded Weller Stars dependent on your performance. This can range from how you carry yourself to your academic standing to something as simple as completing one of the academy games. A small pocketbook is given for students that prefer to keep their stars in a safe place instead of pining it to their uniform (there was an unfortunate incident in which some stars went missing in action.) These stars are a symbol of prestige in the academy and the rumor is that depending on the amount of stars you possess, the way you're treated varies. 

As an incoming student, you start out with no stars with the chance of earning them. At the same time, you may also lose them depending on your actions or whether you receive a Weller moon. The max amount of stars that can be earned is 5 stars and perks do come with each level. Every student is entitled to all the basic needs; but luxuries do come depending on the number of stars you acquire.

Weller Moons  ₊* 

As a complete opposite to the Weller Stars, the Weller Moons are given as a form of disciplinary action. A Weller Moon is assigned or given to a student if their performance is poor, their behavior is unruly, or any other reason the faculty may deem as reason enough. The max amount of Weller Moons that can be earned are 5 and on the 5th Weller Moon earned, the student is expelled from the academy with no options of reapplying. Weller Moons are permanent and are used as a warning system so the students understand their positions and what is at stake. 

Just as Weller stars are hard to achieve, one must have really erred to receive a Weller Moon—it's normally seen as the last resort. Upon receiving a Weller Moon, you will lose all of the Weller Stars you have acquired up to that point will be forfeited and you must start from zero once more.

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Wellington Academy Cottages  ₊* 

┘┌  Zinnia Cottage
┘┌  Wisteria Cottage
┘┌  Coleus Cottage
┘┌  Begonia Cottage

At Wellington Academy we offer the best of the best to facilitate our student's stay with us. Currently, due to the limited amount of student accepted, there are four cottages in which the students reside in. The cottages are separated in locations within the academy estate and are spacious enough to accommodate the students. All cottages contain two floors: first floor includes the common area such as the living room and communal bathroom, the second floor is where all the individual rooms are located—each student has their own personal room. 

Students are mandated to attend breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the school building. A bell is rung early in the morning, and for both lunch and dinner there's a melody that is played to let the students know. Students are allowed to stay in the school building before 8pm but their curfew is at 10pm. There is no bell or melody when 10pm hits; it is up to the student to hold that responsibility and be back at their dorms before 10. 

Each cottage is named after a plant—courtesy of Weiss Gillian Wellington. These plants are painted on the doors of every cottage so the students are able to tell what their cottage insignia is. There is no rivalry between the cottages (that is known to faculty) but students definitely have their respective pride when it comes to their cottage. All cottages share the same scenery, beautiful trees, flowers, and mushrooms. Keeping it's mystic appearance all throughout, at Wellington Academy the cottages—of course—even have the same aura. 

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Wellington Academy Uniforms ₊*

Wellington Academy holds itself proud over the design of their uniforms for the students; if requested, a student can give the academy their preference on whether they would like a dress or pants.

The academy girl's uniform consists of a black long-sleeved dress with a ruffled cape. Dressed nicely on the collar lays a white ribbon, which is said to be Gillian's favorite color (for snow is but his favorite weather where angels are created.) It is not required to wear the cape but it looks presentable and put together. The black dress has side pockets; the shoes are black/brown buckled with a gold emblem on them.

The boys uniforms are of a black long sleeved coat, covered with a ruffled cape. Underneath lays a white dress shirt with black overalls. The shoes are black/brown loafers together with white socks. Depending on the stars a student has, they can customize their uniform to what they deem fit.

The PE uniforms are nothing big, a simple white polo shirt with a golden emblem on the shoulder. The pants are black shorts (or sweats) with Wellington's name printed on the hem, while the shoes are black/white sneakers.

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Evey



Evelyn Claude Albright
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17 | Female | 5'10" | Confused | Junior
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Dislikes
♦ Bugs, insects, arachnids, rodents, anything that might fall under the 'pest' category of creature.
♦ Winter season. It's the most melancholic and this stifling of passion and creativity. 
♦ Tart sweets, such as lemon cakes or sour candies.
♦ Mushrooms and onions; if she can see or taste either in her food she will promptly toss the food out.
Likes
♦ Hearing ghost or otherwise spooky, frightening stories. She does not believe she can tell them but she enjoys hearing them.
♦ Decadently decorated cakes and other sweets, with a soft spot for sweet ice cream with sprinkles drizzled prettily over the top.
♦ Ornithology
♦ Fantasy literature, particularly stories with princesses, knights, dragons, and elves.
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skills
♦ Deft fingers create wonderful music which is to say Evey has a skill for playing music, specifically the piano though she has experience with the cello. She has a sharp sense of smell which allows her to know when someone is trying to trick her into eating dreaded onions. Evey can also sight-read music though she prefers not to as it might make people assume she was arrogant or something to that effect.
gift
♦ Evey has the uncanny ability to identify a bird by its call even if she hasn't seen the bird in person. What began as a hobby and slight academic interest in birds became days, weeks, months, of listening to recordings of birds or observing them in person and picking up on their unique calls and sounds. She was allowed to listen to birds for as long as she fed her parents the lie that it helped her with her own music. Often Evey can be seen smiling when the season changes and the variety of bird songs flutter into her ears.  
•p e r s o n a l i t y
If ever there was someone who looked like the kind of person that Wellington Academy was made for, it's Evey Albright. The raven-haired junior has a stride that's as confident as it is proper and dainty, like someone out of a fairy tale. The aura she gives off is one of a being from a different walk of life which has given Evey a bit of a reputation as an 'untouchable' or specificall someone who is 'unapproachable' or, as it commonly gets diluted down to: an ice princess. She does little to disprove this common assessment though it's debatable if she even knows the rumor surrounding her anyway, but she is distant and doesn't seem to have many friends. People who wish her a good morning or say hello in passing are ignored on a good day. But because she doesn't come off as malicious, it's difficult for people to consider her as rude or bitchy and some think her icy exterior only adds to her appeal. 

Evey is quiet in the sense that she doesn't tend to talk in lessons or between them but she's still sociable in spite of everything. There's hardly a school social event that she isn't at even if she doesn't interact much with others - she still attends them with a gentle smile and eyes that look wistful. It's perhaps because of her status as an 'ice princess' that she doesn't have that friendship or social life that young people flock to. Suitors and admirers and all that in-between are one thing, but it's not what she's looking for. Still, Evey is happy when people show up to support the musical students and she just might have to live with that being the closest she's yet come to having any connection with others.  

•h i s t o r y
 Evey didn't come from a family of means despite the formal, fancy sounding name but that fact didn't stop her parents from placing an almost inhumane amount of pressure on their young daughter to make something of the Albright name. Evey is the second child of two. Her older brother was well on his way to being a composer as well as a member of a nationally recognized orchestra but he traded the cello for a bass guitar and eventually traded the bass guitar for heroin and an eventual overdose. Evey was still in single digits when her brother died. At his funeral she remembered only that everyone seemed so sorry, people she didn't recognize coming up to her and her parents to give condolences and that made her laugh. Everyone looked at her like she had done some great offense, but all Evey could do was laugh. 

Evey inherited her brother's cello but her parents started making her attend piano lessons and by the time she was in middle school she was giving recitals and a fast tracked musical education. Come junior high she was set to try her hand at writing her own pieces. Her father, who never quite recovered from the death of his son, was stuck in a construction job tearing up and repaving roads under the hot sun while her mother was the one who constantly pushed her daughter to excel musically, often while her hands were clutched around an always full glass of wine. 

To say that music was a passion of Evey's would be a lie. Music was never and still isn't her passion but it's what she's settled into. When she plays piano at Wellington or in her spare time, the music is certainly technically sound and pleasing, but there's just something missing that keeps her from reaching that level of the greats. Or even the incredibly goods. But it's all she knows and it's what keeps the peace in her house so what can she do except play the piano, make music, and excel?

Attending Wellington has been, to date, the only active act of independence Evey has had. Her parents, her mother, wanted her to attend a fancy conservatory but Evey managed to convince her that Wellington was just as prestigious and rounded. Really she just wanted a place where she could escape the pressures of her expectations and perhaps gain the youthful experiences she so desperately craved but even at Wellington she found herself sinking further into the pit of expectations culminating in her being a fixture in the musical arts department since Freshman year. But if it makes people happy to hear her play then...the show must go on.


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•what did you pack?
Various songbooks, a binder of birds indigenous to the region as well as just other birds, a recording device, a metronome with a bird pattern, four hats


theme song 

Weller Stars: 2


Evelyn Claude Albright ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ 17 \| Female \| 5'10" \| Confused \| Junior ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Dislikes _{_♦ Bugs, insects, arachnids, rodents, anything that might fall under the 'pest' category of creature. _♦ Winter season. It's the most melancholic and this stifling of passion and creativity. _♦ Tart sweets, such as lemon cakes or sour candies. _♦ Mushrooms and onions; if she can see or taste either in her food she will promptly toss the food out.} Likes _{_♦ Hearing ghost or otherwise spooky, frightening stories. She does not believe she can tell them but she enjoys hearing them. _♦ Decadently decorated cakes and other sweets, with a soft spot for sweet ice cream with sprinkles drizzled prettily over the top. _♦ Ornithology _♦ Fantasy literature, particularly stories with princesses, knights, dragons, and elves.} ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ skills _{_♦ Deft fingers create wonderful music which is to say Evey has a skill for playing music, specifically the piano though she has experience with the cello. She has a sharp sense of smell which allows her to know when someone is trying to trick her into eating dreaded onions. Evey can also sight-read music though she prefers not to as it might make people assume she was arrogant or something to that effect.} gift _{_♦ Evey has the uncanny ability to identify a bird by its call even if she hasn't seen the bird in person. What began as a hobby and slight academic interest in birds became days, weeks, months, of listening to recordings of birds or observing them in person and picking up on their unique calls and sounds. She was allowed to listen to birds for as long as she fed her parents the lie that it helped her with her own music. Often Evey can be seen smiling when the season changes and the variety of bird songs flutter into her ears.}	•p e r s o n a l i t y If ever there was someone who looked like the kind of person that Wellington Academy was made for, it's Evey Albright. The raven-haired junior has a stride that's as confident as it is proper and dainty, like someone out of a fairy tale. The aura she gives off is one of a being from a different walk of life which has given Evey a bit of a reputation as an 'untouchable' or specificall someone who is 'unapproachable' or, as it commonly gets diluted down to: an ice princess. She does little to disprove this common assessment though it's debatable if she even knows the rumor surrounding her anyway, but she is distant and doesn't seem to have many friends. People who wish her a good morning or say hello in passing are ignored on a good day. But because she doesn't come off as malicious, it's difficult for people to consider her as rude or bitchy and some think her icy exterior only adds to her appeal. Evey is quiet in the sense that she doesn't tend to talk in lessons or between them but she's still sociable in spite of everything. There's hardly a school social event that she isn't at even if she doesn't interact much with others - she still attends them with a gentle smile and eyes that look wistful. It's perhaps because of her status as an 'ice princess' that she doesn't have that friendship or social life that young people flock to. Suitors and admirers and all that in-between are one thing, but it's not what she's looking for. Still, Evey is happy when people show up to support the musical students and she just might have to live with that being the closest she's yet come to having any connection with others. •h i s t o r y Evey didn't come from a family of means despite the formal, fancy sounding name but that fact didn't stop her parents from placing an almost inhumane amount of pressure on their young daughter to make something of the Albright name. Evey is the second child of two. Her older brother was well on his way to being a composer as well as a member of a nationally recognized orchestra but he traded the cello for a bass guitar and eventually traded the bass guitar for heroin and an eventual overdose. Evey was still in single digits when her brother died. At his funeral she remembered only that everyone seemed so sorry, people she didn't recognize coming up to her and her parents to give condolences and that made her laugh. Everyone looked at her like she had done some great offense, but all Evey could do was laugh. Evey inherited her brother's cello but her parents started making her attend piano lessons and by the time she was in middle school she was giving recitals and a fast tracked musical education. Come junior high she was set to try her hand at writing her own pieces. Her father, who never quite recovered from the death of his son, was stuck in a construction job tearing up and repaving roads under the hot sun while her mother was the one who constantly pushed her daughter to excel musically, often while her hands were clutched around an always full glass of wine. To say that music was a passion of Evey's would be a lie. Music was never and still isn't her passion but it's what she's settled into. When she plays piano at Wellington or in her spare time, the music is certainly technically sound and pleasing, but there's just something missing that keeps her from reaching that level of the greats. Or even the incredibly goods. But it's all she knows and it's what keeps the peace in her house so what can she do except play the piano, make music, and excel? Attending Wellington has been, to date, the only active act of independence Evey has had. Her parents, her mother, wanted her to attend a fancy conservatory but Evey managed to convince her that Wellington was just as prestigious and rounded. Really she just wanted a place where she could escape the pressures of her expectations and perhaps gain the youthful experiences she so desperately craved but even at Wellington she found herself sinking further into the pit of expectations culminating in her being a fixture in the musical arts department since Freshman year. But if it makes people happy to hear her play then...the show must go on. •cottage - •what did you pack? Various songbooks, a binder of birds indigenous to the region as well as just other birds, a recording device, a metronome with a bird pattern, four hats theme song Weller Stars: 2

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Dislikes
♦ Extreme heat. He can't stand the heat, and would rather stay in doors when it's too hot out.
♦ Bugs. Although he doesn't necessarily mind them, he would rather not have them around
♦ Untidyness. Whether it be from his upbringing or just the way he is, he can't stand untidyness. He will go out of his way to either admonish his cottage-mates or to make things appear as though they're tidy.
♦ Baking. He's just not any good at it, despite the many attempts to get his foot in the water. He doesn't like it and assumes it isn't for him.
Likes
♦ Winter. He loves the cold, especially running out and jogging in the frigid mornings.
♦ Sports. He's a huge sports fan, and mostly follows tennis almost religeously. And will often go out of his way to watch his favourite football team play.
♦ Cooking. Although he can't bake, he loves to cook and takes pride in people enjoying his meals.
♦ Movies. He loves movies and films. Although not a snob, he can quote a great deal of films and often does throughout his day.
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skills
♦ JD has often had a natural talent for tennis. Having begun his training for the sport at the age of five, encouraged by his mother. He's been trained with both his father, a professional tennis player, and by other famous coaches throughout the world. By the time he was fourteen he was prospected to turn pro at seventeen. However due to his responsibilities to the Academy, he plans to turn pro after he graduates.
gift
♦ He doesn't know how to describe it, but the best way JD can think of his gift, is seeing the application of basic physics in reality. Although not always perfect, he can predict with extreme accuracy where a ball will land just by looking at how the person threw it and the curve the ball took. He applies this gift to his tennis as well, allowing him to guide the ball wherever he wants by subtly shifting the spacing of his feet or the angle of hips or the way he holds his racket. It's also allowed him to pull off some pretty impressive stunts for social media.•Positive Personality Traits
♦Friendly. JD is a friendly individual, offering easy smiles to everyone he meets and likes to think of himself as a social butterfly. He laughs easily and likes to put smiles on others faces. And he likes to hang out with just about anyone. So long as he finds them interesting and equally friendly, he'll chill with them.

♦Reliable. His word is his bond. If JD says he'll do something, he'll do it and make sure it gets done before the day he said it'll be finished. Or at least hours earlier. This can be a bit of a problem for him since he's also prone to just accepting social events and outings while also having a load of coursework and other responsibilities waiting for him. He manages, mostly, and tries to keep his streak of reliability going. Although he has slipped a couple of times after burning himself out.

♦Modest. He's a pro tennis player in all but name and sponsorships, but he doesn't brag about it. If annying he'll downplay his skills and say that he's not all that good. Which, compared to other pros his age who are playing at the professional level, he's moderately above average. He's also pretty smart, but he downplays this and says it's mostly due to his dedicated study habits and nothing else.


•Negative Personality Traits
♦Anxious. JD is prone to anxiety attacks, especially when he's being overloaded with responsibilities. He tries to manage his time, but he's pretty poor at it, often having to cram out his homework or assignments a day or two before they're done. And on top of that is the perfectionist complex he has, constantly pushing himself to do better, which only exacerbates his anxiety.

♦Demanding. Just as he's demanding of himself, he is to others as well. Many may see this as abbrasive or annoying, especially if they're grouped up with him in assignments or in any sort of sport or physical exercise. It comes from his background and the way his parents raised him, always demanding more out of him. And he reflects this same mentality upon others and upon himself.

♦Pretentious. Although subtle, there's a level pretentiousness that comes with knowing you're at a high level of competitiveness in a very competitive sport. Exacerbated by the arrogance of youth and the many accolades he's had in the past that seems to justify his outlook. And although he is mostly modest, the way he carries himself and the undertones of the way he speaks and plays down his own "greatness" muddles that modesty to almost make it seem fake. And he's heard a lot of people caling him fake for it. 


•h i s t o r y
 JD is the firsts born child of five, and from a young age his parents were demanding. Growing up he often found himself jealous or resentful of his younger siblings simply because his parents were more lenient on them. Letting them get away with things that would get him in trouble. Smiling at them more, showing more affection towards them. And this drove him to try and please his parents, to over-excell and gain that effection that his siblings got. Especially from his father. A professional tennis player who wanted JD to follow in his footsteps.

He began training at the age five. And by the time he reached middle school, he was among the top brass of the junior division in the country. But, his grades were suffering for it and his mother, a professor at the state university wouldn't have her son failing because of a sport. Thus, she threatened to pull him out of tennis if he didn't get his grades up. And he began focusing on school, finding himself loving math but hating everything else. He made sure to get as close to perfect grades on math but just to pass in all other classes so he could devote most of his time to tennis.

By the age fourteen, he was already prospected to become pro by seventeen and many sponsors and coaches were approaching his father or coming to watch his games, and some even eating dinner at their table while they questioned him on his skills. JD contemplated quitting school to become a fulltime tennis player, but neither his mother or his father would have it, saying he needed to at least finish highschool before he went down that route.

In an effort to please his parents, and in part to get away from them as well, he applied to the Wellington Academy. And pretty much ran out of his house the moment he got accepted. The Academy has been the most freeing and wondrous moments of his life. Although stressful, staying at the academy has been like a breath of fresh air; no longer was he bound by the strictness of his parents nor was he bound by any arbitrary rule, save those that came from the Academy itself. 

But he found himself falling back into old habits regardless. His parents weren't there to be hard on him, so he was hard on himself. Pushing himself to do better in his grades and while practicing tennis, which he did almost every morning before classes. He's demanding on his closest friends, and has even managed to convince one of them to practice with him in the mornings. And throughout his time at the Academy, has found himself to be more sociable than he ever could be in public schools, and not wanting to confine himself to one niche group, decided to make friends with whoever he found intresting or easy to talk to.


•cottage
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•what did you pack?
Several tennis racks, a book on physics his mother gave him, plenty of Jordan's and tennis shoes, a signed ball from Dustin Brown in a case.


Theme Song: The theme song
Extras: Weller stars - 3


Jordan Dom ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ 17 \| Male \| 6'2 \| Bisexual \| Junior ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Dislikes _{_♦ Extreme heat. He can't stand the heat, and would rather stay in doors when it's too hot out. _♦ Bugs. Although he doesn't necessarily mind them, he would rather not have them around _♦ Untidyness. Whether it be from his upbringing or just the way he is, he can't stand untidyness. He will go out of his way to either admonish his cottage-mates or to make things appear as though they're tidy. _♦ Baking. He's just not any good at it, despite the many attempts to get his foot in the water. He doesn't like it and assumes it isn't for him.} Likes _{_♦ Winter. He loves the cold, especially running out and jogging in the frigid mornings. _♦ Sports. He's a huge sports fan, and mostly follows tennis almost religeously. And will often go out of his way to watch his favourite football team play. _♦ Cooking. Although he can't bake, he loves to cook and takes pride in people enjoying his meals. _♦ Movies. He loves movies and films. Although not a snob, he can quote a great deal of films and often does throughout his day.} ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ skills _{_♦ JD has often had a natural talent for tennis. Having begun his training for the sport at the age of five, encouraged by his mother. He's been trained with both his father, a professional tennis player, and by other famous coaches throughout the world. By the time he was fourteen he was prospected to turn pro at seventeen. However due to his responsibilities to the Academy, he plans to turn pro after he graduates.} gift _{_♦ He doesn't know how to describe it, but the best way JD can think of his gift, is seeing the application of basic physics in reality. Although not always perfect, he can predict with extreme accuracy where a ball will land just by looking at how the person threw it and the curve the ball took. He applies this gift to his tennis as well, allowing him to guide the ball wherever he wants by subtly shifting the spacing of his feet or the angle of hips or the way he holds his racket. It's also allowed him to pull off some pretty impressive stunts for social media.}	•Positive Personality Traits _♦Friendly. JD is a friendly individual, offering easy smiles to everyone he meets and likes to think of himself as a social butterfly. He laughs easily and likes to put smiles on others faces. And he likes to hang out with just about anyone. So long as he finds them interesting and equally friendly, he'll chill with them. _♦Reliable. His word is his bond. If JD says he'll do something, he'll do it and make sure it gets done before the day he said it'll be finished. Or at least hours earlier. This can be a bit of a problem for him since he's also prone to just accepting social events and outings while also having a load of coursework and other responsibilities waiting for him. He manages, mostly, and tries to keep his streak of reliability going. Although he has slipped a couple of times after burning himself out. _♦Modest. He's a pro tennis player in all but name and sponsorships, but he doesn't brag about it. If annying he'll downplay his skills and say that he's not all that good. Which, compared to other pros his age who are playing at the professional level, he's moderately above average. He's also pretty smart, but he downplays this and says it's mostly due to his dedicated study habits and nothing else. •Negative Personality Traits _♦Anxious. JD is prone to anxiety attacks, especially when he's being overloaded with responsibilities. He tries to manage his time, but he's pretty poor at it, often having to cram out his homework or assignments a day or two before they're done. And on top of that is the perfectionist complex he has, constantly pushing himself to do better, which only exacerbates his anxiety. _♦Demanding. Just as he's demanding of himself, he is to others as well. Many may see this as abbrasive or annoying, especially if they're grouped up with him in assignments or in any sort of sport or physical exercise. It comes from his background and the way his parents raised him, always demanding more out of him. And he reflects this same mentality upon others and upon himself. _♦Pretentious. Although subtle, there's a level pretentiousness that comes with knowing you're at a high level of competitiveness in a very competitive sport. Exacerbated by the arrogance of youth and the many accolades he's had in the past that seems to justify his outlook. And although he is mostly modest, the way he carries himself and the undertones of the way he speaks and plays down his own "greatness" muddles that modesty to almost make it seem fake. And he's heard a lot of people caling him fake for it. •h i s t o r y JD is the firsts born child of five, and from a young age his parents were demanding. Growing up he often found himself jealous or resentful of his younger siblings simply because his parents were more lenient on them. Letting them get away with things that would get him in trouble. Smiling at them more, showing more affection towards them. And this drove him to try and please his parents, to over-excell and gain that effection that his siblings got. Especially from his father. A professional tennis player who wanted JD to follow in his footsteps. He began training at the age five. And by the time he reached middle school, he was among the top brass of the junior division in the country. But, his grades were suffering for it and his mother, a professor at the state university wouldn't have her son failing because of a sport. Thus, she threatened to pull him out of tennis if he didn't get his grades up. And he began focusing on school, finding himself loving math but hating everything else. He made sure to get as close to perfect grades on math but just to pass in all other classes so he could devote most of his time to tennis. By the age fourteen, he was already prospected to become pro by seventeen and many sponsors and coaches were approaching his father or coming to watch his games, and some even eating dinner at their table while they questioned him on his skills. JD contemplated quitting school to become a fulltime tennis player, but neither his mother or his father would have it, saying he needed to at least finish highschool before he went down that route. In an effort to please his parents, and in part to get away from them as well, he applied to the Wellington Academy. And pretty much ran out of his house the moment he got accepted. The Academy has been the most freeing and wondrous moments of his life. Although stressful, staying at the academy has been like a breath of fresh air; no longer was he bound by the strictness of his parents nor was he bound by any arbitrary rule, save those that came from the Academy itself. But he found himself falling back into old habits regardless. His parents weren't there to be hard on him, so he was hard on himself. Pushing himself to do better in his grades and while practicing tennis, which he did almost every morning before classes. He's demanding on his closest friends, and has even managed to convince one of them to practice with him in the mornings. And throughout his time at the Academy, has found himself to be more sociable than he ever could be in public schools, and not wanting to confine himself to one niche group, decided to make friends with whoever he found intresting or easy to talk to. •cottage will be assigned by GM •what did you pack? Several tennis racks, a book on physics his mother gave him, plenty of Jordan's and tennis shoes, a signed ball from Dustin Brown in a case. Theme Song: The theme song Extras: Weller stars - 3

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I likelikelike JD!! His gift is really cool. I could deff see him and my character, Idette, getting along. I just wanted to ask if JD will have any stars or moons? I know its partially my fault for forgetting to write that section on the CS so my bad!! But just want to make sure.

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I'm just hoping JD will get along with everyone! 

I assumed there was going to be some sort of PM or something based on the stars and moons, since the OC said that handing them out is handled by the GM and co-GM. I misunderstood that completely, so my bad. I'll give him 3 stars since that's what I had in mind for him!

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No worries! Sorry for the confusion, what we had meant was that we'd be giving out additional stars during the rp itself. You can add JD to the characters tab ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ looking forward to seeing himmm in the ICCCC!!!

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Hi, this looks really interesting, I thought that I'd throw my hat in the ring, if there's still room?

Zeke



Ezekiel Jankowitz
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17 | Male | 6'0 | Bisexual | Junior
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Dislikes
♦ Brocoli and Cauliflower
♦ Extreme heat
♦ Stupid books/movies/stories that serve no other purpose than to make people feel depressed, like 'Romeo&Juliet' and 'Titanic'
♦ Group projects
♦ Sports - he's clumsy
♦ Spiders
♦ Not being able to sleep
♦ Going to the doctor
Likes
♦ Walking barefoot
♦ Relaxing somewhere with a good book
♦ Fall and Winter
♦ Acting out scenes from books
♦ Sleeping/Dreaming
♦ Extremely salty/spicy food
♦ Queen and the Amazing Devils are the best bands
♦ Cats
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skills
♦ Ezekiel has a knack for languages, having become fluent in several during his family’s travels, namely: Afrikaans, English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Nederlands and ASL
He is currently also studying Japanese, Chinese and Latin.
Other than that, he’s a good writer who rarely – if ever – makes any spelling or grammatical errors.

gift
♦ Zeke’s true gift is that he doesn’t just enjoy stories, he lives them. He can immerse himself so deep into a story, he almost becomes one with the characters, he feels what they feel, he adopts their mannerisms, he even alters his voice to sound more like how he thinks they would sound. He gets to know the characters so intimately that when he acts out scenes from a movie or a book, he’s able to push aside any anxiety or worries that he might have had because he isn’t himself anymore but the character that he’s playing. This helps him tremendously when trying to write a scene and if he ever decides to give the drama department a chance, it will ensure that he excels there as well.
•p e r s o n a l i t y
Due to his upbringing, Zeke isn’t used to interacting with other people, especially not people his own age. He’s terrified of saying or doing something wrong and offending someone or becoming the school pariah – enough movies and too little personal experience tends to do that. Because of this, he constantly wears this mask when he’s around others, where he plays the part of just some quiet unassuming guy, who doesn’t make trouble and works hard in class. When interacting with someone, he does his best to be friendly and polite but some of his anxiety always bleeds through which leads to him excusing himself. Once he’s alone and able to relax, though, he’s like a completely different person - funny, playful and sometimes even a little silly. 

If anybody manages to get close enough to discover that side of him, they’ll also find that he’s passionate and prone to rants if he truly cares about something, that he’s kind and always willing to listen if there’s something they need to get off their chest. He doesn’t really demand anything from anyone other than basic respect and common decency, but he has no big expectations otherwise. He’s also willing to help out friends if they need it, whether its letting them borrow his notes or helping them to work out a particularly difficult problem, even if they just need a human soundboard. 

He has a bit of a one-track mind at times; puzzling over a word he doesn’t know the meaning of, trying to come up with a bit of dialogue for one of his stories or just trying to work out if there was a hidden meaning in the way their Math and English teachers smiled at each-other. If there is something on his mind it tends to distract him until he either comes up with an answer or something even bigger comes along. This also sometimes leads to him skipping a meal or two because he simply lost track of the time. He is also one of those people who, if they read before bed keeps saying ‘Just one more chapter…’ until either the book is finished or its time to get up, whichever happens first.

•h i s t o r y
 Growing up, Zeke never had just one place he could call home – they moved around too much for that, his mother’s job taking them all around the world frequently. They never stayed anywhere for more than a few months at a time, never long enough to get attached, make friends or even to unpack all their things. As a result, Zeke didn’t attend regular schools, but was home-schooled by his father – who used to be a linguistics professor in South Africa before quitting to marry his mother. This resulted in him missing out on a lot of things growing up, but he had also experienced more of the world than other kids his age ever would, had adventures, made memories and met a lot of interesting people through the years. 

His only regret was that how lonely it could get. He loved his parents and they spent as much time with him as they could, but they were grownups with responsibilities and couldn’t play with him the way other children his age could and since he didn’t have any siblings he was often left to his own devices. So in order to keep himself entertained, he took to acting out movies he watched, practicing in front of a mirror until he could copy the people and their expressions almost perfectly. When he ran out of movies, he started doing the same with books – which was admittedly more difficult since he didn’t get an example of what things were supposed to look like beforehand. He did it though, learned how to read between the lines, how to immerse himself so fully into the story that the characters words and emotions came almost second nature – so much so at times that he found himself disagreeing with what happened, convinced that they would have acted another way.

He wrote as much in a letter to the author of one of his books, stating very politely in his humble opinion as a twelve-year-old that their book was brilliant but that what Character A did and said here and here and, in this situation, as well, didn’t make sense. Yes, it was nice to read, but ultimately he behaved ooc in those situations and that it would have been more realistic if he had done this and said that instead. The author wrote back that there was no changing the book now, but that if he was unsatisfied, he should try writing his own story. Zeke did. His stories weren’t very long, and the first few didn’t make much sense, but once he knew how to properly balance his characters, how to make them more like actual people, they started steadily improving. He entered one of his short stories into a writing contest held by some magazine once, when he was fifteen. He won second place as well as the award for ‘Best original characters’. That same magazine published two of his other stories a year later.

His social life might be more-or-less none existent other than his parents and a few casual acquaintances around the globe, but he was happy…then his father was offered his dream job and well, he had given up his career once for his mother, she thought it only fair that he gets his chance to advance as well. The only problem was Ezekiel. His father had always been Zeke’s teacher, but now that he has a day-job again that’s no longer an option. But Zeke has never been to a regular school before, he’s used to listening to music while doing his coursework, to working as far ahead as his father allows him to, regardless of what the school’s curriculum says, to pause an explanation if there’s a term he doesn’t understand so that he can go do some research until he understands. He doesn’t know how to thrive in a normal school, he doesn’t know how to work with other students, doesn’t know what social rules are taboo, if high school is like the stories or if its completely different. Knowing he’s about to find out one way or another terrifies him.

It took a lot of research, from both him and his parents into prospective schools before they stumbled upon Wellington Academy, but out of all the other schools, this one seemed to be Zeke’s best chance. It would still be a challenge, even more so considering that it is a boarding school, but the curriculum was better than a public school, and his parents promised to make other arrangements if after a few months he truly felt that he couldn’t do it, so Zeke agreed to take the shot and applied, receiving an acceptance letter not long after.



•cottage
will be assigned by GM

•what did you pack?

 Basic necessities like hygiene products and clothes
 Some extra blankets
 A few journals filled to the brim with local stories and legends he collected from all the different places he lived in
 Several notebooks, a few already filled with ideas for stories and characters and plans for several possible plots.
 Writing supplies
 His laptop, phone and their chargers
 A wooden carving of a turtle
 A box filled with his favorite books - the rest are stored digitally on his laptop
 A photo-album filled with pictures of his family
 A small first-aid kit (just for in case)
 A framed picture of a cat hanging of a tree branch with the words 'Hang in there, buddy!' on it


Exstras


 He's left-handed
 Bites his lip or the inside of his cheek when he's nervous/thinking
 When he's bored or deep in thought, he tends to tap with his fingers,pens or pencils
 Allergic to bees
 He almost always sits on the floor, even when chairs are available
 Never been in a relationship - was never in one place long enough


Weller Stars: 0
Weller Moons: 0

theme song - For now, depends on if I find something better.


Ezekiel Jankowitz ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ 17 \| Male \| 6'0 \| Bisexual \| Junior ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Dislikes _{_♦ Brocoli and Cauliflower _♦ Extreme heat _♦ Stupid books/movies/stories that serve no other purpose than to make people feel depressed, like 'Romeo&Juliet' and 'Titanic' _♦ Group projects _♦ Sports - he's clumsy _♦ Spiders _♦ Not being able to sleep _♦ Going to the doctor} Likes _{_♦ Walking barefoot _♦ Relaxing somewhere with a good book _♦ Fall and Winter _♦ Acting out scenes from books _♦ Sleeping/Dreaming _♦ Extremely salty/spicy food _♦ Queen and the Amazing Devils are the best bands _♦ Cats} ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ skills _{_♦ Ezekiel has a knack for languages, having become fluent in several during his family’s travels, namely: Afrikaans, English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Nederlands and ASL He is currently also studying Japanese, Chinese and Latin. Other than that, he’s a good writer who rarely – if ever – makes any spelling or grammatical errors.} gift _{_♦ Zeke’s true gift is that he doesn’t just enjoy stories, he lives them. He can immerse himself so deep into a story, he almost becomes one with the characters, he feels what they feel, he adopts their mannerisms, he even alters his voice to sound more like how he thinks they would sound. He gets to know the characters so intimately that when he acts out scenes from a movie or a book, he’s able to push aside any anxiety or worries that he might have had because he isn’t himself anymore but the character that he’s playing. This helps him tremendously when trying to write a scene and if he ever decides to give the drama department a chance, it will ensure that he excels there as well.}	•p e r s o n a l i t y Due to his upbringing, Zeke isn’t used to interacting with other people, especially not people his own age. He’s terrified of saying or doing something wrong and offending someone or becoming the school pariah – enough movies and too little personal experience tends to do that. Because of this, he constantly wears this mask when he’s around others, where he plays the part of just some quiet unassuming guy, who doesn’t make trouble and works hard in class. When interacting with someone, he does his best to be friendly and polite but some of his anxiety always bleeds through which leads to him excusing himself. Once he’s alone and able to relax, though, he’s like a completely different person - funny, playful and sometimes even a little silly. If anybody manages to get close enough to discover that side of him, they’ll also find that he’s passionate and prone to rants if he truly cares about something, that he’s kind and always willing to listen if there’s something they need to get off their chest. He doesn’t really demand anything from anyone other than basic respect and common decency, but he has no big expectations otherwise. He’s also willing to help out friends if they need it, whether its letting them borrow his notes or helping them to work out a particularly difficult problem, even if they just need a human soundboard. He has a bit of a one-track mind at times; puzzling over a word he doesn’t know the meaning of, trying to come up with a bit of dialogue for one of his stories or just trying to work out if there was a hidden meaning in the way their Math and English teachers smiled at each-other. If there is something on his mind it tends to distract him until he either comes up with an answer or something even bigger comes along. This also sometimes leads to him skipping a meal or two because he simply lost track of the time. He is also one of those people who, if they read before bed keeps saying ‘Just one more chapter…’ until either the book is finished or its time to get up, whichever happens first. •h i s t o r y Growing up, Zeke never had just one place he could call home – they moved around too much for that, his mother’s job taking them all around the world frequently. They never stayed anywhere for more than a few months at a time, never long enough to get attached, make friends or even to unpack all their things. As a result, Zeke didn’t attend regular schools, but was home-schooled by his father – who used to be a linguistics professor in South Africa before quitting to marry his mother. This resulted in him missing out on a lot of things growing up, but he had also experienced more of the world than other kids his age ever would, had adventures, made memories and met a lot of interesting people through the years. His only regret was that how lonely it could get. He loved his parents and they spent as much time with him as they could, but they were grownups with responsibilities and couldn’t play with him the way other children his age could and since he didn’t have any siblings he was often left to his own devices. So in order to keep himself entertained, he took to acting out movies he watched, practicing in front of a mirror until he could copy the people and their expressions almost perfectly. When he ran out of movies, he started doing the same with books – which was admittedly more difficult since he didn’t get an example of what things were supposed to look like beforehand. He did it though, learned how to read between the lines, how to immerse himself so fully into the story that the characters words and emotions came almost second nature – so much so at times that he found himself disagreeing with what happened, convinced that they would have acted another way. He wrote as much in a letter to the author of one of his books, stating very politely in his humble opinion as a twelve-year-old that their book was brilliant but that what Character A did and said here and here and, in this situation, as well, didn’t make sense. Yes, it was nice to read, but ultimately he behaved ooc in those situations and that it would have been more realistic if he had done this and said that instead. The author wrote back that there was no changing the book now, but that if he was unsatisfied, he should try writing his own story. Zeke did. His stories weren’t very long, and the first few didn’t make much sense, but once he knew how to properly balance his characters, how to make them more like actual people, they started steadily improving. He entered one of his short stories into a writing contest held by some magazine once, when he was fifteen. He won second place as well as the award for ‘Best original characters’. That same magazine published two of his other stories a year later. His social life might be more-or-less none existent other than his parents and a few casual acquaintances around the globe, but he was happy…then his father was offered his dream job and well, he had given up his career once for his mother, she thought it only fair that he gets his chance to advance as well. The only problem was Ezekiel. His father had always been Zeke’s teacher, but now that he has a day-job again that’s no longer an option. But Zeke has never been to a regular school before, he’s used to listening to music while doing his coursework, to working as far ahead as his father allows him to, regardless of what the school’s curriculum says, to pause an explanation if there’s a term he doesn’t understand so that he can go do some research until he understands. He doesn’t know how to thrive in a normal school, he doesn’t know how to work with other students, doesn’t know what social rules are taboo, if high school is like the stories or if its completely different. Knowing he’s about to find out one way or another terrifies him. It took a lot of research, from both him and his parents into prospective schools before they stumbled upon Wellington Academy, but out of all the other schools, this one seemed to be Zeke’s best chance. It would still be a challenge, even more so considering that it is a boarding school, but the curriculum was better than a public school, and his parents promised to make other arrangements if after a few months he truly felt that he couldn’t do it, so Zeke agreed to take the shot and applied, receiving an acceptance letter not long after. •cottage will be assigned by GM •what did you pack? _{Basic necessities like hygiene products and clothes} _{Some extra blankets} _{A few journals filled to the brim with local stories and legends he collected from all the different places he lived in} _{Several notebooks, a few already filled with ideas for stories and characters and plans for several possible plots.} _{Writing supplies} _{His laptop, phone and their chargers} _{A wooden carving of a turtle} _{A box filled with his favorite books - the rest are stored digitally on his laptop} _{A photo-album filled with pictures of his family} _{A small first-aid kit (just for in case)} _{A framed picture of a cat hanging of a tree branch with the words 'Hang in there, buddy!' on it} Exstras _{He's left-handed} _{Bites his lip or the inside of his cheek when he's nervous/thinking} _{When he's bored or deep in thought, he tends to tap with his fingers,pens or pencils} _{Allergic to bees} _{He almost always sits on the floor, even when chairs are available} _{Never been in a relationship - was never in one place long enough} Weller Stars: 0 Weller Moons: 0 theme song - For now, depends on if I find something better.

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Full Name: Matthew Doyle
Nickname: Matt, The only allteration he'll accept.
Age:  17
Year: Junior
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11
Sexuality: Pansexual
Appearance: 

Dislikes:
- Squeaky Things: There's a certainly frequency threshold that things should adhere to. Anything above this is a dangerous prospect to Matthews continued sanity.
- Mysteries: To obscure an answer to something is but laziness or sheer ignorance. 
- Wellington Academy: Well, its not awful. It is whats keeping him homeless. But he does dislike the look of the place, and the vibe...and the people.

Likes:
- Snow: A potential of hypothermia and wacking people with snowballs is fun in his mind. 
- Books: They are at least written with a goal in mind.
- Karma: Not that a thing exists of course. But when unfortunate things happen to people who slight him. It does brighten his day.
- Sleep: He feels embraced in the blissfulness of unconsciousness
Skills: 
- Lucid Dreaming: It seemed like an interesting thing to learn how to do. The only bad part was it involved him keeping a journal, ugh.
- Bass: Hes not a virtuso or anything. But he knows enough to entertain himself.
- Soccer: Like he mentioned, there were certain social circles he partook in when he was younger.

Gift: Truth-Seeker: Matthew has the inate abiltiy to find 'his' truth. Whether from people or situations. It isn't like knows when people are lying. To him, it does seem to just 'fall' into his lap.

Personality: To some Matthew might come off as anti-social. This is most likely because that's true in his eyes. Though to be exact his preffered defintion would be 'adverse' to 'typical social behaviours'. It is a lack of understanding that causes this, for it seems the more Matthew learns about others the more he feels inclined to shun them. Given with the academys knack of group activities many have felt the bitterness that is regullarly reguritated out from Matthew on an almost every second basis from him.  He is not outwardly malicious, but a person who trips is picking up their belongings themselves.

History:
Matthew's early life was a lot of living in different small concrete apartments. With a lot of people going by. Watching as people communicated to eachother in their own unique way. But when Matthew tried to join in on this social dance he quickly found himself ill from mere minutes of it.

He wasn't particularly academic either. His future prospects seemed increasingly bare. With little help from the 'support net' he was supposed to have. Until one day, he happened upon two parents talking about an academy which required no apparent test or skills. How convivent. 

He was accepted right in when he applied. The lack of hassle was a nice joy to Matthew. 

It would be one of the few far joys he would get in this academy. If everything else was a slow dance. This was some type of compicated river dancing using your hands. So needless...and insulting.

Four events in two years. Four moons. Two of them no one even knows why he got them.  He'd rather not talk about it. Now with two years left, Matthew might become a very rare case in Wellington.

Weller stars: 0
Weller Moons: 4
Cottage: ---
What did you pack?: A stained pillow. His Bass Guitar. 
Theme song: [Not mandatory but its always fun to do]

Extra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWnzBSwJyE

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Hey! Nice character love the picture and deff accepted. I find it okay that he doesn't want to say it outright about the weller moons but I would appreciate it if you could send me a PM explaining how he got the moons! Especially since its 4. Other than that everything is fine.

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Freddie



Frederica Cecilia Tewksbury
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16 | Female | 5'9" | Open-Minded | Sophomore
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Dislikes
♦ Hard candies. They murder the teeth and often don't taste good besides. The sole exception is peppermints. She's quite fond of peppermints.
♦ Tea or any other beverage that comes served with a saucer and little cookies.
♦ Salty snacks. They tend to be overly greasy on the fingers in addition to just...salty.
♦ Fish. They just...creep her out. The way they just...swim all the time.
Likes
♦ Shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear.
♦ Spicy food, but not food where the spice overpowers the entire dish.
♦ Insects. Not wasps or the dangerous ones, but she doesn't mind things like ladybugs or ants or most spiders.
♦ Scary movies. It's a thrill not unlike a roller coaster - which she also likes.
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skills
♦ Selective memory retention. While she doesn't have a photographic memory, she has no trouble memorizing the lines of a performance she's cast in and can memorize her lines after one to two readthroughs yet she can't seem to remember anything learned in class even as she takes notes...when she does take notes. Freddie is also conversationally fluent in Spanish. Learning a foreign language was an act of defiance since her parents said she had no reason to learn to speak the languages of the uncivilized and Freddie thought that was reprehensible. 
gift
♦ Well suited to her passion, Freddie has the gift of vocal mimicry - or specifically vocal accent mimicry. While  lacking those that require a language she doesn't speak, Freddie can replicate regional accents like southern American, midwestern, cajun, various European accents, and even cockney. It widens her potential in acting while also being a fun party trick. When she does her accents, it's never in a mocking tone, she fully immerses herself into the role - such as it is. •p e r s o n a l i t y
Freddie wouldn't describe herself as a 'tomboy' as she doesn't particularly care about labels but the glove, show, and every other article of clothing certainly fits in this regard. Apart from wearing more typically masculine clothes up to and including the academy uniform, her hair is cut short with the uneven clips that suggest a mirror and scissors is her preferred stylist, and on days when she's wearing shorts and her loose fitting, figure-hiding clothes it's not uncommon to see nicks, scrapes, and dirt on the knees. Her voice has a rough husk to it that completes the checkbox of tomboy attributes and adds to the 'handsome girl' appeal that is present in Freddie's being. 

Despite her age, Freddie has a certain cool maturity about her that gives her the illusion of being an upperclassman, though that is often betrayed by the moments where her sillier side slips through, such as when she's willing to go to self deprecating physical comedy to get a laugh out of someone - because in Freddie's mind the best way to cheer someone up (in most, not all, cases) is to make them laugh, or the way her voice reaches high pitches when watching horror movies. Freddie can't claim to be a top student academically but she's someone who would much rather go hang out with some ducks by a pond than study or do homework and she's only managed to complete many assignments by using her own unique brand of appeal to borrow notes. There's always someone who enjoys a handsome, free spirited tomboy and hearing Freddie earnestly thank them for helping has been a terrific boon. 

The Freddie that walks around the academy on a daily basis is almost a completely different person than the Freddie who steps on stage. n stage, when Freddie is acting in whatever role she is cast, has a commanding sort of presence and theater is one of the few things she clearly takes seriously. She has an uncanny ability to be cast in roles that are written for males and that's never stopped her from putting her all into every performance. If only she could channel that passion into he coursework, she'd be a tremendous threat. 

•h i s t o r y
 Frederica knew she hated her name as soon as she was old enough to know better. There was just something about the name 'Frederica' that seemed...off to her, but it was the name she was given so she made the best of it. In retrospect, her issues with her name should've been a warning that she and her family were like oil and water. Freddie doesn't hate her parents or siblings, but the only thing she has in common with them is the family name. 

For people who are in the know, the Tewksbury name is a bit of a known quantity. The Tewksbury name is spoken of in high society as a very 'old money' sort of family. Freddie wasn't just born with a silver spoon, the silver spoon was what she dunked into the cereal bowl every morning. The youngest child of the current line of Tewksbury, Freddie had certain obligations she was expected to follow. All the daughters of Martin and Abigail Tewksbury were expected to be proper ladies of high society. Debutante balls, proper posture, speaking like someone who thought it was still the era where women did little other than marry at thirteen and die at twenty eight. Her sisters took to it. Her mother was a natural at it. Freddie could not stand it. 

Freddie was immediately the black sheep, spending holiday dinners or even regular dinners contributing only the sound of her fork scraping the plate as she speared some peas into the conversations. Rather than attending proper lady lessons, Freddie hung out at a youth center - which of course was seen as unbecoming given that there were poor people's children there, but Freddie loved running around kicking a ball and playing tag and coming home with skinned knees even if it got her a mouthful from her mother as their housekeeper helped Freddie clean her scrapes. It was through the youth center that Freddie fell in love with acting. The youths put on a performance of Treasure Island and Freddie got cast as Jim Hawkins. Her parents didn't show up. Her siblings didn't either. But she didn't care. When the other parents applauded - even though it was hardly Broadway - Freddie felt...amazing. 

Her family life isn't any better but a place like Wellington at least has the appearance of some higher institute of learning but really Freddie likes it because she doesn't have to feel like an outcast. At Wellington, no one looks down on her for being unladylike. At Wellington, it's like she's living at the youth center for months at a time. And no one is making her wear dresses or yells at her for sitting backwards in chairs. Well...outside of the classroom anyway.


•cottage
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•what did you pack?
Clothes. Mostly clothes


Freddie received permission to wear the boys uniform and so...she wears the boys uniform. 

Theme Song

Weller Stars: 1 


Frederica Cecilia Tewksbury ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ 16 \| Female \| 5'9" \| Open-Minded \| Sophomore ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Dislikes _{_♦ Hard candies. They murder the teeth and often don't taste good besides. The sole exception is peppermints. She's quite fond of peppermints. _♦ Tea or any other beverage that comes served with a saucer and little cookies. _♦ Salty snacks. They tend to be overly greasy on the fingers in addition to just...salty. _♦ Fish. They just...creep her out. The way they just...swim all the time.} Likes _{_♦ Shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear. _♦ Spicy food, but not food where the spice overpowers the entire dish. _♦ Insects. Not wasps or the dangerous ones, but she doesn't mind things like ladybugs or ants or most spiders. _♦ Scary movies. It's a thrill not unlike a roller coaster - which she also likes.} ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ skills _{_♦ Selective memory retention. While she doesn't have a photographic memory, she has no trouble memorizing the lines of a performance she's cast in and can memorize her lines after one to two readthroughs yet she can't seem to remember anything learned in class even as she takes notes...when she does take notes. Freddie is also conversationally fluent in Spanish. Learning a foreign language was an act of defiance since her parents said she had no reason to learn to speak the languages of the uncivilized and Freddie thought that was reprehensible.} gift _{_♦ Well suited to her passion, Freddie has the gift of vocal mimicry - or specifically vocal accent mimicry. While lacking those that require a language she doesn't speak, Freddie can replicate regional accents like southern American, midwestern, cajun, various European accents, and even cockney. It widens her potential in acting while also being a fun party trick. When she does her accents, it's never in a mocking tone, she fully immerses herself into the role - such as it is.}	•p e r s o n a l i t y Freddie wouldn't describe herself as a 'tomboy' as she doesn't particularly care about labels but the glove, show, and every other article of clothing certainly fits in this regard. Apart from wearing more typically masculine clothes up to and including the academy uniform, her hair is cut short with the uneven clips that suggest a mirror and scissors is her preferred stylist, and on days when she's wearing shorts and her loose fitting, figure-hiding clothes it's not uncommon to see nicks, scrapes, and dirt on the knees. Her voice has a rough husk to it that completes the checkbox of tomboy attributes and adds to the 'handsome girl' appeal that is present in Freddie's being. Despite her age, Freddie has a certain cool maturity about her that gives her the illusion of being an upperclassman, though that is often betrayed by the moments where her sillier side slips through, such as when she's willing to go to self deprecating physical comedy to get a laugh out of someone - because in Freddie's mind the best way to cheer someone up (in most, not all, cases) is to make them laugh, or the way her voice reaches high pitches when watching horror movies. Freddie can't claim to be a top student academically but she's someone who would much rather go hang out with some ducks by a pond than study or do homework and she's only managed to complete many assignments by using her own unique brand of appeal to borrow notes. There's always someone who enjoys a handsome, free spirited tomboy and hearing Freddie earnestly thank them for helping has been a terrific boon. The Freddie that walks around the academy on a daily basis is almost a completely different person than the Freddie who steps on stage. n stage, when Freddie is acting in whatever role she is cast, has a commanding sort of presence and theater is one of the few things she clearly takes seriously. She has an uncanny ability to be cast in roles that are written for males and that's never stopped her from putting her all into every performance. If only she could channel that passion into he coursework, she'd be a tremendous threat. •h i s t o r y Frederica knew she hated her name as soon as she was old enough to know better. There was just something about the name 'Frederica' that seemed...off to her, but it was the name she was given so she made the best of it. In retrospect, her issues with her name should've been a warning that she and her family were like oil and water. Freddie doesn't hate her parents or siblings, but the only thing she has in common with them is the family name. For people who are in the know, the Tewksbury name is a bit of a known quantity. The Tewksbury name is spoken of in high society as a very 'old money' sort of family. Freddie wasn't just born with a silver spoon, the silver spoon was what she dunked into the cereal bowl every morning. The youngest child of the current line of Tewksbury, Freddie had certain obligations she was expected to follow. All the daughters of Martin and Abigail Tewksbury were expected to be proper ladies of high society. Debutante balls, proper posture, speaking like someone who thought it was still the era where women did little other than marry at thirteen and die at twenty eight. Her sisters took to it. Her mother was a natural at it. Freddie could not stand it. Freddie was immediately the black sheep, spending holiday dinners or even regular dinners contributing only the sound of her fork scraping the plate as she speared some peas into the conversations. Rather than attending proper lady lessons, Freddie hung out at a youth center - which of course was seen as unbecoming given that there were poor people's children there, but Freddie loved running around kicking a ball and playing tag and coming home with skinned knees even if it got her a mouthful from her mother as their housekeeper helped Freddie clean her scrapes. It was through the youth center that Freddie fell in love with acting. The youths put on a performance of Treasure Island and Freddie got cast as Jim Hawkins. Her parents didn't show up. Her siblings didn't either. But she didn't care. When the other parents applauded - even though it was hardly Broadway - Freddie felt...amazing. Her family life isn't any better but a place like Wellington at least has the appearance of some higher institute of learning but really Freddie likes it because she doesn't have to feel like an outcast. At Wellington, no one looks down on her for being unladylike. At Wellington, it's like she's living at the youth center for months at a time. And no one is making her wear dresses or yells at her for sitting backwards in chairs. Well...outside of the classroom anyway. •cottage - •what did you pack? Clothes. Mostly clothes Freddie received permission to wear the boys uniform and so...she wears the boys uniform. Theme Song Weller Stars: 1

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Just going to work on her here. May need to resize the image.

Her history isn't all sad, I just wanted to get the big details in there without it being like 'this is what happened and then this, etc', and I didn't want to make too big of a text blob so I sorta cut it off where it is.

Ely



Elysia Rose Dey
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13 | Female | 4'9" | Heterosexual | Incoming Freshmen
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Dislikes
♦ When someone tries to force her to speak - As she has selective mutism, anyone trying to make her talk just tends to cause problems.
♦ When her phone runs out of battery and she doesn't have anything to write with - Yes she knows sign language, but not many other people do so if she loses any way of easy communication she will become unnerved making it harder to speak normally.
♦ Being the center of attention - She is not fond of everyone's eyes being on her. She feels even worse about it when they are waiting for her to respond.
♦ Untidy Workspace - Elysia enjoys having everything being neat and tidy. She likes knowing where everything is at all times and bonus points for it being symmetrical.
♦ Team Sports - Playing a team sport tends to need communication, and Elysia has always been too scared to try and find a workaround.
Likes
♦ Gardening - Her mother was an avid gardener along with one of Elysia's sisters. Despite not being very good at it the activity is good bonding time.
♦ Baking - Like with gardening this is an activity that Elysia mainly likes for bonding with family. This time with her other sister. Also, just like with gardening she is not good at it. She is just too clumsy.
♦ Drawing - She enjoys all kinds of art but you give her a few colored pencils and some sort of canvas and she'll be set.
♦ All Seasons - Winter gives the perfect excuse to curl up on the couch with a cup of Hot Chocolate and a sketchpad. Spring is the best time to get the most beautiful sights in the garden with vibrant and wonderful flowers. Summer has people going out much more than usual for wonderful drawings of them having picnics or going to parks. Fall is when the leaves fall in their beautiful colors. Every season has something to offer.
♦ Anime/Games - Particularly the ones with beautiful visuals and colors that seem to pop.
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skills
♦ Hand-Eye coordination. From years of speaking through either ASL or typing on her phone, along with her artwork, Elysia has excellent Hand-Eye coordination and is generally able to easily do small difficult tasks with her hands like putting a thread through the eye of a needle with little to no effort. She also tends to be very quick and precise whenever she is drawing.

Observant. Being someone who is rarely at the center of a conversation Elysia has become a really good listener and people watcher. She tends to pay attention to how people are feeling a little more than she should and, if not feeling nervous, will abruptly stop what she’s doing and try to figure out what is wrong.

Good Visualization. This is something she can only really do when making some sort of drawing or artwork, but Elysia can look at whatever her canvas maybe and visual a large majority of what she wants to make. Through this, she can tend to jump straight into the piece without the worry of making a mistake in how she wants it to look. She rarely if ever needs to erase a line or cover up a portion with different paint. But since she does it this way she usually spends way too long just staring at her canvas before beginning.
gift
♦ According to Elysia, her drawings are simply that. Plain average drawings that shouldn't cause as much fuss as they tend to. To others, they almost appear to take a life of their own. When they say that a picture can say a thousand words, well it's quite true with Elysia's works and even a little more. She started young drawing in coloring books as a coping mechanism to deal with her anxiety. She would spend hours of her day drawing in these books running through so many of them so quickly. She quickly upgraded to blank canvas' putting her all into them. She doesn't find them all that impressive, but that is because she already knows how she feels and what is in her heart and mind. Some have described looking at her art as if they were having a conversation with the girl and that's her gift. Like how an expert musician can play someone to feeling certain emotions or an actor can move someone towards the same thing, Elysia can convey her emotions through her artwork and have a better conversation with them this way than using her phone or writing ever could.•p e r s o n a l i t y
Elysia is one of the quietest children you could come across, and she has no control over it. Anxiety is an awful thing and the young girl has lived with it her whole life. Despite this, she tries her best to be happy. Most of the time she succeeds. She still has issues interacting with people she's close to, let alone complete strangers but she has the determination to change her life. She has a love for the beauty of this world and of people. Even if she has trouble interacting with the world and people around her she'll try to find the good in anything and make a drawing about it.

In regards to her anxiety, it manifests itself in a disorder called selective mutism. Despite the first word in the name, she isn't entirely in control of the selection. She has found various ways to cope. The main one being her artwork. She has also discovered that working side by side with someone in some sort of task, and if she can keep quiet while cooperating with them and doesn't need to talk then she can start to feel more comfortable with them around. As long as the other person doesn't inadvertently increase her stress, this can produce a good relationship and she'll find it easier to speak to them. Although she still relies too much on sign language, her phone, and writing to communicate.

If she can get close to someone then she will be a great friend. A great listener to your problems, able to tell when you feel anxious, and being someone who'll drop whatever they're doing to help you are key characteristics she exhibits towards those around her. Especially her friends. She's shy, reluctant, and clumsy but she always tries to put on a smile no matter how uneasy it may be. Around school, if she is even seen out and about, she's either heading for class while keeping her head down, watching everyone doing their thing from a distance, or sitting on the ground somewhere staring at a canvas or rapidly drawing on it.

•h i s t o r y
The circumstances around Elysia's birth were unfair. The whole pregnancy was difficult and then she came earlier than her expected due date. After the birth was over she had to be instantly admitted to NICU and it was unsure whether she would make it. Despite this, her parents Ryon and Mira Dey along with her older sisters, Eliza and Adelinde, waited for her to pull through certain that she would live. But Elysia wasn't the only one to have a rough time after her birth. Mira was also in dire straits and unfortunately didn't recover. The family was in a somber situation. The matriarch had passed and despite their initial hope, the fear for Elysia's life was still there. It was a long and arduous journey but eventually, she pulled through.

The situation affected each member differently. Ryon became depressed from his wife's death and feared that something may happen to Elysia. Eliza who was much older took it upon herself to get a good education and job to provide for them all, as Ryon's job wasn't very lucrative being a construction worker. Adelinde being a child wanted something to blame for her mother's death and that blame unfairly fell on Elysia. As a baby, Elysia was unusually quiet. She cried when she was hungry, tired, or needed to be held but as she grew older the usual babbling that one associated with babies was not there. She didn't say her first word until she was two when most babies would combine words randomly at this age. It was determined that she didn't have a learning disability so the family went on as normal. She began talking a little more easing the worries of those around her but that ended around when she was 7. She got in a big fight with Adelinde. In reality, it was more like Elysia kept trying to help Adelinde in the garden but messed everything up and was yelled at. Crying she ran off when Adelinde or Eliza weren't watching. She knew where her father worked and went where he was for comfort.

When she got there she watched from outside the fence waiting to see her dad. When she saw him she called out to him distracting him from what he was doing. In a lot of places getting distracted can be dangerous. A construction site is one of them. Cutting all the details out he got injured. He was no longer able to work and Eliza had to leave college to work enough to provide for the family. This is around the time that Elysia stopped talking almost entirely. Things were hard and the anxiety within the young girl didn't help. She would spend the next year in her room hiding from everything. She even stopped drawing for a while. The only time she left her room was for school or to grab something to eat. She was too scared to interact with anyone.

For a while, after her mutism showed, she'd often get in trouble at school for 'refusing' to speak despite her extremely obedient behavior in every other aspect. Kids were cruel and bullied the quiet girl. Some of her friends stuck close but others thought that she didn't want to talk to them despite her trying to find ways to communicate. It was hard. But eventually, someone thought to ask the question 'should she be taken to a psychiatrist?' It took a while but the psychiatrist was able to determine that she had selective mutism rather than autism. Making the correct diagnosis and Elysia realizing what was wrong was the first step to recovery.

They tried various methods to help her. It took a few years but Elysia found herself being able to talk to her family a little bit more. The main thing that helped was her family telling her that they didn't blame her for what happened. Even Adelaide apologized for how she had treated her. She was still having difficulties as the road to full recovery is long and arduous, but she was doing much better. She began learning sign language, she started using her phone and writing to communicate, and she began drawing again putting more effort into it.

When she became a teenager she was more determined than ever to improve so she brought the idea of applying to Wellington to her family. They were initially against it as this would mean she'd be so far from the rest of them for a long time. But she was certain that she could handle it. She also knew that despite her own beliefs that people thought her artwork was amazing. She knew that Wellington would be a good place to go to improve her skills. Both of her goals could be achieved by going there so she convinced her family to allow her to apply. She was surprised and terrified when she found out that she was accepted.


•cottage
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•what did you pack?
Phone, Many Notepads, Picture of Family, Multiple Packs of Colored Pencils, Paintbrushes, Paint, Canvases, Sketchbooks, Basic Necessities, three stuffed animals(A bear, bunny, and dog), an old laptop previously used by Eliza when she was at college, a book with information on various plants(written in the margin by Adelaide is information on the best way to care for some of the plants), and a recipe book on baked goods.


Jeremy Zucker - Scared

She has two nicknames Ely (Ellie) and Lysi (Li-Sea). Ely is the more common nickname while Lysi is used by those that are really close to her.

When she talks through her phone she uses an app that uses a generally better version of text-to-speech. It was made by the recommendation of her psychiatrist. The voice is her own but it still flubs a few words and when the mistake is discovered Ely rightly turns red and will spend the next few nights trying to fix it by adding words to the dataset.

Almost always is looking down towards the ground. She still sports an uneasy smile while doing so.

She tends to pull her knees up to her body when sitting down.

Outside of required attire, Ely tends to wear hoodies as she can pull the hood far over her head when nervous.


Elysia Rose Dey ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ 13 \| Female \| 4'9" \| Heterosexual \| Incoming Freshmen ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ Dislikes _{_♦ When someone tries to force her to speak - As she has selective mutism, anyone trying to make her talk just tends to cause problems. _♦ When her phone runs out of battery and she doesn't have anything to write with - Yes she knows sign language, but not many other people do so if she loses any way of easy communication she will become unnerved making it harder to speak normally. _♦ Being the center of attention - She is not fond of everyone's eyes being on her. She feels even worse about it when they are waiting for her to respond. _♦ Untidy Workspace - Elysia enjoys having everything being neat and tidy. She likes knowing where everything is at all times and bonus points for it being symmetrical. _♦ Team Sports - Playing a team sport tends to need communication, and Elysia has always been too scared to try and find a workaround.} Likes _{_♦ Gardening - Her mother was an avid gardener along with one of Elysia's sisters. Despite not being very good at it the activity is good bonding time. _♦ Baking - Like with gardening this is an activity that Elysia mainly likes for bonding with family. This time with her other sister. Also, just like with gardening she is not good at it. She is just too clumsy. _♦ Drawing - She enjoys all kinds of art but you give her a few colored pencils and some sort of canvas and she'll be set. _♦ All Seasons - Winter gives the perfect excuse to curl up on the couch with a cup of Hot Chocolate and a sketchpad. Spring is the best time to get the most beautiful sights in the garden with vibrant and wonderful flowers. Summer has people going out much more than usual for wonderful drawings of them having picnics or going to parks. Fall is when the leaves fall in their beautiful colors. Every season has something to offer. _♦ Anime/Games - Particularly the ones with beautiful visuals and colors that seem to pop.} ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ skills _{_♦ Hand-Eye coordination. From years of speaking through either ASL or typing on her phone, along with her artwork, Elysia has excellent Hand-Eye coordination and is generally able to easily do small difficult tasks with her hands like putting a thread through the eye of a needle with little to no effort. She also tends to be very quick and precise whenever she is drawing. Observant. Being someone who is rarely at the center of a conversation Elysia has become a really good listener and people watcher. She tends to pay attention to how people are feeling a little more than she should and, if not feeling nervous, will abruptly stop what she’s doing and try to figure out what is wrong. Good Visualization. This is something she can only really do when making some sort of drawing or artwork, but Elysia can look at whatever her canvas maybe and visual a large majority of what she wants to make. Through this, she can tend to jump straight into the piece without the worry of making a mistake in how she wants it to look. She rarely if ever needs to erase a line or cover up a portion with different paint. But since she does it this way she usually spends way too long just staring at her canvas before beginning.} gift _{_♦ According to Elysia, her drawings are simply that. Plain average drawings that shouldn't cause as much fuss as they tend to. To others, they almost appear to take a life of their own. When they say that a picture can say a thousand words, well it's quite true with Elysia's works and even a little more. She started young drawing in coloring books as a coping mechanism to deal with her anxiety. She would spend hours of her day drawing in these books running through so many of them so quickly. She quickly upgraded to blank canvas' putting her all into them. She doesn't find them all that impressive, but that is because she already knows how she feels and what is in her heart and mind. Some have described looking at her art as if they were having a conversation with the girl and that's her gift. Like how an expert musician can play someone to feeling certain emotions or an actor can move someone towards the same thing, Elysia can convey her emotions through her artwork and have a better conversation with them this way than using her phone or writing ever could.}	•p e r s o n a l i t y Elysia is one of the quietest children you could come across, and she has no control over it. Anxiety is an awful thing and the young girl has lived with it her whole life. Despite this, she tries her best to be happy. Most of the time she succeeds. She still has issues interacting with people she's close to, let alone complete strangers but she has the determination to change her life. She has a love for the beauty of this world and of people. Even if she has trouble interacting with the world and people around her she'll try to find the good in anything and make a drawing about it. In regards to her anxiety, it manifests itself in a disorder called selective mutism. Despite the first word in the name, she isn't entirely in control of the selection. She has found various ways to cope. The main one being her artwork. She has also discovered that working side by side with someone in some sort of task, and if she can keep quiet while cooperating with them and doesn't need to talk then she can start to feel more comfortable with them around. As long as the other person doesn't inadvertently increase her stress, this can produce a good relationship and she'll find it easier to speak to them. Although she still relies too much on sign language, her phone, and writing to communicate. If she can get close to someone then she will be a great friend. A great listener to your problems, able to tell when you feel anxious, and being someone who'll drop whatever they're doing to help you are key characteristics she exhibits towards those around her. Especially her friends. She's shy, reluctant, and clumsy but she always tries to put on a smile no matter how uneasy it may be. Around school, if she is even seen out and about, she's either heading for class while keeping her head down, watching everyone doing their thing from a distance, or sitting on the ground somewhere staring at a canvas or rapidly drawing on it. •h i s t o r y The circumstances around Elysia's birth were unfair. The whole pregnancy was difficult and then she came earlier than her expected due date. After the birth was over she had to be instantly admitted to NICU and it was unsure whether she would make it. Despite this, her parents Ryon and Mira Dey along with her older sisters, Eliza and Adelinde, waited for her to pull through certain that she would live. But Elysia wasn't the only one to have a rough time after her birth. Mira was also in dire straits and unfortunately didn't recover. The family was in a somber situation. The matriarch had passed and despite their initial hope, the fear for Elysia's life was still there. It was a long and arduous journey but eventually, she pulled through. The situation affected each member differently. Ryon became depressed from his wife's death and feared that something may happen to Elysia. Eliza who was much older took it upon herself to get a good education and job to provide for them all, as Ryon's job wasn't very lucrative being a construction worker. Adelinde being a child wanted something to blame for her mother's death and that blame unfairly fell on Elysia. As a baby, Elysia was unusually quiet. She cried when she was hungry, tired, or needed to be held but as she grew older the usual babbling that one associated with babies was not there. She didn't say her first word until she was two when most babies would combine words randomly at this age. It was determined that she didn't have a learning disability so the family went on as normal. She began talking a little more easing the worries of those around her but that ended around when she was 7. She got in a big fight with Adelinde. In reality, it was more like Elysia kept trying to help Adelinde in the garden but messed everything up and was yelled at. Crying she ran off when Adelinde or Eliza weren't watching. She knew where her father worked and went where he was for comfort. When she got there she watched from outside the fence waiting to see her dad. When she saw him she called out to him distracting him from what he was doing. In a lot of places getting distracted can be dangerous. A construction site is one of them. Cutting all the details out he got injured. He was no longer able to work and Eliza had to leave college to work enough to provide for the family. This is around the time that Elysia stopped talking almost entirely. Things were hard and the anxiety within the young girl didn't help. She would spend the next year in her room hiding from everything. She even stopped drawing for a while. The only time she left her room was for school or to grab something to eat. She was too scared to interact with anyone. For a while, after her mutism showed, she'd often get in trouble at school for 'refusing' to speak despite her extremely obedient behavior in every other aspect. Kids were cruel and bullied the quiet girl. Some of her friends stuck close but others thought that she didn't want to talk to them despite her trying to find ways to communicate. It was hard. But eventually, someone thought to ask the question 'should she be taken to a psychiatrist?' It took a while but the psychiatrist was able to determine that she had selective mutism rather than autism. Making the correct diagnosis and Elysia realizing what was wrong was the first step to recovery. They tried various methods to help her. It took a few years but Elysia found herself being able to talk to her family a little bit more. The main thing that helped was her family telling her that they didn't blame her for what happened. Even Adelaide apologized for how she had treated her. She was still having difficulties as the road to full recovery is long and arduous, but she was doing much better. She began learning sign language, she started using her phone and writing to communicate, and she began drawing again putting more effort into it. When she became a teenager she was more determined than ever to improve so she brought the idea of applying to Wellington to her family. They were initially against it as this would mean she'd be so far from the rest of them for a long time. But she was certain that she could handle it. She also knew that despite her own beliefs that people thought her artwork was amazing. She knew that Wellington would be a good place to go to improve her skills. Both of her goals could be achieved by going there so she convinced her family to allow her to apply. She was surprised and terrified when she found out that she was accepted. •cottage will be assigned by GM •what did you pack? Phone, Many Notepads, Picture of Family, Multiple Packs of Colored Pencils, Paintbrushes, Paint, Canvases, Sketchbooks, Basic Necessities, three stuffed animals(A bear, bunny, and dog), an old laptop previously used by Eliza when she was at college, a book with information on various plants(written in the margin by Adelaide is information on the best way to care for some of the plants), and a recipe book on baked goods. Jeremy Zucker - Scared She has two nicknames Ely (Ellie) and Lysi (Li-Sea). Ely is the more common nickname while Lysi is used by those that are really close to her. When she talks through her phone she uses an app that uses a generally better version of text-to-speech. It was made by the recommendation of her psychiatrist. The voice is her own but it still flubs a few words and when the mistake is discovered Ely rightly turns red and will spend the next few nights trying to fix it by adding words to the dataset. Almost always is looking down towards the ground. She still sports an uneasy smile while doing so. She tends to pull her knees up to her body when sitting down. Outside of required attire, Ely tends to wear hoodies as she can pull the hood far over her head when nervous.

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