[OOC] Stalwart University

[Lady Seraphina]

Are we all living in dorms or do some if us live off campus?

[TaliPaendrag]

I think that it is typical for universities to require freshmen to live on campus their first year unless they live with their parents, so I would prefer that the students live in dorms. I think it also helps with interaction and whatnot.

[Lady Seraphina]

Majority of universities at least were I live are about five or six square blocks. Some of the larger and more expensive ones function like independant cities containing everything from shopping complexes to churches and appartment buildings. Assuming this one is more private (like U of S as opposed to UBC) the university wouldn't have a problem with students that live in cheaper appartments within commuting distance. It usually considered economically more viable since university dorms are expensive and you can't use them during the summer but I see your point about character interaction, thanks.

[TaliPaendrag]

I have limited experience with colleges, so sorry if my information was wrong. It came from a quick search of google. :P Anyway, the scholarship she got to attend the University could cover the dorm as well. If you really want to have a personal residence, I don't really mind, so long as others don't. You could also use the abandoned building in her history as a sort of retreat if you want to go half-and-half.

[Lady Seraphina]

No, yeah you're right. Her scholarship should cover the dorm room. She'll most likely use the burned out building as a refuge uf she has a really awful day or needs a place to think.

[Lady Seraphina]

In case you couldn't tell said girl is Clair. I think there a good match up as room mates because when Em finds out and Clair freaks she'd one of the people that Em couldn't slip through cause Clair control electricity.

If you like I can change it though.

[Rin]

Um... Firstly, Kaitlin is the one who controls electricity. Claire is my character, and she manipulates string.

Secondly you probably should've talked with Vita first to make sure she was okay with this.

[VitaVitaAR]

Um, yeah, um, you really should have talked with me about this, um...

I was talking with people about her roommate already, as well.

[TaliPaendrag]

@Prince: Rin is right on both accounts here. You should have taken the time to read the profiles of each character and contact Vita to see if having your characters be roommates would have been okay with her. You're going to have to fix it.

[Whisket]

Sorry my life has been a horrendous amalgamation of work and cleaning and driving for like two weeks, but I should have my intro post tomorrow morning for sure, sorry about the delay.

[Lucek]

Hiya, I decided to drop by and join, I hope no one minds ^^
Sorry, I kind of wrote too much into the history and maybe a bit more chaotic, but I wrote it just now and wanted to get an opinion. If you see anything I should change or advice please tell me ^^
Without further ado, here is Lu~

Name:
Lucius D’issan
Age:
19
Gender:
Male

Closeup

Appearance:
Lucius stands at about 6 feet tall, he is of medium built. His face isn’t anything special, maybe a bit pale with clear skin. Usually he combes his hair back and takes care of the goatee on his chin.
His usual attire includes black and red, which are the dominant colors, it doesn’t mean he only wears clothes in that color scheme, but that is what he likes to wear. Usually in a hoodie and jeans, sometimes cargo pants.
He is well trained even if it’s concealed by his clothes normally.
Power(s):
Dimensional Storage
Limits/Weaknesses:
His power is limited to inanimate objects he has to place into his “storage”. At most he can store objects that aren’t bigger than the opening he uses as a “gate”. However he can’t use anything bigger than a typical backpack opening currently, mostly using his pockets. As he has no idea just how much his power can do, his own mind limits him to what he currently has.
Even though briefly he needs to concentrate to use his power. Again, because of his limitations.
Equipment:
Backpack, phone, knife, utility belt, leather gloves, wireless headphones.
Personality:
Usually calm and quiet. Lucius keeps to himself most of the time and has problems with making friends because of his background and upbringing. He likes music, no set genre or type, mainly what catches his attention, additionally he can play a violin, maybe he isn’t the best but he can.
When he gets serious his personality changes , one could say he gets sharp, overly serious even, he doesn’t care about how he does it but once he sets his mind to something he will finish what he started.

History

Born in a rather normal family his early years passed without incidents. His father was a police officer and mother a military operative for the lack of better word. His childhood was normal, if having a dad who was rarely home and a mom who left on missions for one or two month long missions, can be called normal. Usually during those times a friend of the family, an “artist” took care of him, mainly because Lucius helped him in the workshop he owned and they lived not too far apart.

Now for this person, his name was Eddie Tal, like mentioned he was an artist who used metal as a medium. One could call him a blacksmith but he was the only one who called himself an artist, after all he made gates and other similar metal objects. Though he did get orders from people interested in medieval times for armors and swords. Coincidentally those were the ones the young Lucius liked observe and help with the most.

He couldn’t complain he had fun as a kid, mostly because his mom and dad always told him stories when they had time and Eddie was a nice guy who thought him things. This changed when he was about eleven years old. During that time his dad was working on a case connected with a murder, long story short, the murderer broke into the D’issan family home and unfortunately stumbled upon the young Lucius. Thinking he could use the kid he kidnapped him, taking him as a hostage, demanding to get free way out of the county.

Lucius’ dad handled the negotiations. Unfortunately this ended with him holding the criminal at gunpoint while he held a knife to the kid’s throat. That was also the point when his powers manifested, or rather did for the second time.
Once before he hid a knife in his pocket, not wanting to lose it. However at home when he tried to get it out it wasn’t in his pocket.
This time he wanted to get away, at the time he felt something poking into his back, it was sharp, he touched it with his bound hands and it was a blade. He didn’t care where it came from, but he used it to slowly cut the rope binding his wrists, cutting himself in the process. As this happened his dad agreed to lower his gun in fear for his son’s safety. Having kicked it towards the criminal who leaned down to pick it up, thereby taking the knife of Lucius’ throat. The boy managed to free himself at the time and drove the blade into the man’s side. This led to the arrest and closure of the case.

This event changed the boy’s family. His mother retired from the army and decided to take care of their son better now. The father continued his work in the police force but got transferred to a desk job, no more active duty for him.
During the next couple of years Lucius’ mom started toughening him up, taking him hiking, camping and training him in the arts she learned in the military whenever they got a chance. His dad didn’t object as didn’t the boy, since he got to spend more time with his mom and the things he learned were fun and interesting. The most important for him was that his family spent more time together. His visits to Eddie’s workshop didn’t cease, more so Lucius’ mom insisted the man teach her child how to make things out of metal. At the time the boy also started learning how to use his pockets to store things, thus learning some of what he could use his power for. The incident from his childhood still weighted in the back of his mind and severely limited him from truly exploring his ability.

A few years passed and not only did he get stronger and gain abilities that weren’t usual for a kid his age. At the age of fifteen however, he wanted to belong somewhere within his age group, as most of his time he spend with his mom training. Somehow he decided to learn playing the violin, which his father played in his youth, the mother however thought it was a waste of time. In the end Lucius started learning how to play the violin from his dad… and shooting from his mom, to which his dad was opposed before. This led to even less time and in turn less interactions with his peers, making him even more of a loner. No to mention the gossip about him kept others from getting close to him.

At the age of eighteen his mom pushed him into making a gun license and other similar stuff. In Lucius’ head was only one thought to get away, so once he got a scholarship at Stalwart University, he, with the help of his dad, moved out of his home to, hopefully, start a new and less eventful life at the Uni.

Degree: Game Design (if it's ok)
Clubs: Art Club, Game Club, Gardening Club.
Other:

One of the songs he likes to play

[TaliPaendrag]

@Whisket: That's fine. Thanks for the heads up! :)

@Lucek: It looks good to me. :D

[Lucek]

Yay ^^ Well just a heads up, for the room assignment I'll just roll into an empty room or something for now, if anyone wants to room with my char just let me know in advance. ;P
I'll try writing up a post in a couple of hours.

[Whisket]

I was about to say if anyone needs a roommate then I'm on board, also my intro post is on its way.

EDIT: And so it is written.

[TaliPaendrag]

@Prince of Seraphs: Thank you very much for editing that out of your post. :D I hope that we didn't sound too harsh.

@Lucek: I think that Whisket might be open to having your characters be roommates. :3 That's up to him, though.

@Whisket: Good first post. :P

@All: If you could state who your character's roommate is, that would be fantastic! I'll make a spot on the first post so that we can keep track of that and avoid any mishaps. As of right now, Avery's roommate is Lena.

[Lady Seraphina]

Call me Parker

[Heathen]

Will be having a post up soon. :)

[Lucek]

All right I just have three things before I post:
one, I'll assume all the dorm rooms look similar to what Tali described in the first post, will be easier for me to write. ( If what I mention about the room is going overboard just say so and I'll edit it ^^ I assume the bedroom is shared or is that up to us? )
two, I forgot to mention Lucius' eye color =/ which is slightly unusual, since it's yellow, yes cliche but I wanted to give him that XD
three, if Whisket has no problem with that I'll park my char in the same room ;)

I just don't want to have any misunderstandings, so sorry if I sound obnoxious or anything.

Edit: Posted, kind of just went with the flow.

[Whisket]

Yeah man sounds good too me, also where is everyone else?

[Lucek]

No idea, maybe they're busy. I need to stop editing one post again ang again all the time -__-;
Let's make this a fun experience ^^