[OOC] A Gift and a Curse

[NightmareInd]

@Gisk Just edited the grammar, however I don't really know an alternative for his personality. A dominant person or a nerdy person doesn't really fit me, and I don't see many other personalities.

[Ellion]

@Gisk

I have been making a few minor edits, but they are all grammar/ atheistic stuff. Justttt fyi.

Edit: Also, although I'd much rather play Maren than Caleb, if the numbers of male vs female become too drastic and you'd like to see them more even, I can change Caleb for Maren.

[Ellion]

Also, coming from a small town, I laughted at the 'only' 1000 students. -graduating class of 89 students, largest ever-

[Mixtape Ghost N]

Getting some heavy Life is Strange vibes from this. Neat. I shit out a character in an hour... not my best idea. lol

Zoey Casey Gray

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Name:

Zoey Casey Gray

Appearance:

Zoey perfectly fits the "punk girl" mold. She died her hair, has plenty of tattoos, and just has that attitude that just reeks rebellion. Older folks are quick to judge a book by the cover and immediately classify her as a problem-child just off her looks alone. Other youths are more receptive to her. Zoey carries herself with an air of confidence, but rather than just being a screaming wreck as people assume her, she is actually fairly chill and laid back. Taking slow and steady steps with her hands in her pocket, a cigarette hanging from her lips, and generally relaxed demeanor. Though, that demeanor can switch at the blink of an eye when things get a little out of control. She can either become screaming rage, or scared as a deer.

Though, she's also a little rough, that might just be because she's a bit of a tomboy. Zoey grew up around boys, and appears to be a little rugged, slightly masculine. It shows a lot in her attitude and demeanor. She smokes, she’s loud, and she drinks. She tends to attract attention with her tom-boyish streak. Her voice is a little rough from cigarette smoking, and she has a few scars and old wounds from previous injuries.

Now, onto her appearance, Zoey is pretty pronounced due to a mixture of her hair, and her height. Her hair is dyed a cyan-blue color, and it’s kept in a rounded bowl-cut. She usually keeps her hair underneath her beanie, where it’s somehow more noticeable. Zoey’s hair is a straight texture that is kept clean - but is a bit damaged from all the hair-dye, and a few mess-ups. The other thing that makes Zoey stand-out is her height. People like to call her a God damn Amazon because she’s five-ten, two inches short of six feet tall. Because of her height, people loved to shaft her into sports teams. It wasn’t anything that she enjoyed, but it kept her in shape.

She’s bony as hell, being skinny and without any sizable amount of body fat or muscle. She has like a thin layer of muscle if you squint, but there isn’t much there. A lot of her exercise comes from hauling ass from people she pissed off, because she spends plenty of time lounging around. She certainly does have a little sex appeal. Her bust is a 34C, and her hips are slightly prominent. She doesn't pack a lot in the ass area, though. Her body is a rough-square build rather than the famed hour-glass build.

Zoey is mixed-race, actually. While she looks fully Caucasian, she is Scottish, French, and half-Brazilian. She is more directly descended from the Portuguese settlers, but she has a bit of African through her veins. Her skin is a little pale because she spends a little bit of time indoors. It can't be clear, because Zoey has a few tattoos, and various scars.

Personality:

While she may look like a punk, Zoey is more of a free-spirit than anything. She would rather goof off than study. She likes to see herself as fun personified, as she always loves to light up a situation. Normally, Zoey is pretty relaxed, and somewhat brooding, until she gets around her friends and turns into a total goofball. While good grades don't drive Zoey, there are plenty of other things that will ignite the fire of determination in her. Give her a goal, and you bet your ass that she'll see it through to the end. That is her dreamer, determinator lifestyle, and there ain't anyone that can convince her otherwise. It's childish, but it's what helps Zoey get up in the morning. Though, I have to say that she is stubborn as hell, it's impossible to convince her to stop - especially when she's driven. Zoey is snarky, quip-witted, and loves to talk to people and explore new things. Zoey is willing to try, well, anything. She is willing to try the same gender as much as the opposite, just because she loves to explore and find new things about herself.

Likes:

Partying.
Weed.
Music (Techno, rap, indie, etc).
Making music (Mostly techno).
Following her dreams.
Exploring new things.
Cats.
Art/Graffiti.

Dislikes:

Authority.
Cynics/brooders (she fucking hates them).
Country music.
Fighting.
Babies.

Hobbies:

Making techno music (Zoey preforms as a DJ at parties).
Partying.
Plays for her school's basketball team.
Spray-painting.
Drawing.

Background:

Zoey was born as the youngest child of a group of boys. A native of Greenbriar Zoey grew up in the town watching TV shows and movies... and always wanting a little bit more. Zoey felt like Greenbriar doesn't have what she wants, or needs, and never will. Which is why Zoey always aimed to leave, but was always swatted down. Now that's out of the way, right when Zoey turned five, her mother decided that she didn't want the family life anymore, and divorced her husband, and left. This left some interesting effects on Zoey as she was practically raised by boys. This changed her development, and she turned into a sports-playing tomboy the moment she reached sports maturity.

She was raised following dreams, and had a love of different brands of music. Zoey played around with instruments, but they weren't her thing (they hurt the shit out of her fingers). But, she was drawn to electronic music... and eventually, she figured out how to make music, and it became her obsession. Her grades plummeted as she aspired to become a techno artist. She dropped a few hot LPs on Soundcloud, but barely gathered an online audience. However, she finds her true audience by preforming at parties.

Once Zoey matured, her father wasn't very receptive of Zoey slacking. She graduated highschool by the skin of her teeth, but she was kicked out of her house when she refused to get a job. Zoey had to stay with a friend... and get a job. She got a job as a barista at the Cliffside Cafe, but she still indulges in her childhood fantasies, and parties a lot.

[Gisk]

Well that's one class, if there's four of them that's about 300 students in the school at a time :P

But yeah, it's a difference of perspective. The school I went to had about 2000, and had turfed a lot of students to other schools in the county because there weren't enough teachers.

[Ellion]

@Gisk Is there a timeline for when everyone needs to have their cs in?

[Polyphemus]

Miles Wellington

Name: Miles Wellington IV

Appearance: Miles is a Caucasian male, with the strawberry-blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion of all the Wellington men. As a teenager, he's tall at 6'2" and fairly gawky.

His clothes are inevitably expensive and fairly conservative- collared shirts, slacks, oxford shoes, a blazer or cashmere sweater in colder weather. He also always wears suspenders instead of a belt. It's a Wellington family thing. Don't say anything or he'll punch you.

Personality: Miles is an unrepentant bully and generally unpleasant person. It's not for attention, it's not due to mental illness, it's not the pressures of society- he's just an entitled jerk who believes his money and family name give him the right to pick on others. Having never experienced consequences or adversity in his life, he is extremely shallow and expects everything to go his way.

Likes:
-Expensive clothing
-Fast cars
-Beating up plebes
-Party drugs

Dislikes:
-Plebes
-Being told "no"

Hobbies: Miles is something of a gearhead, he enjoys working on and driving cars. With his family's deep pockets and influence, he's not too concerned about speeding tickets or wrecks and thus can be found tearing down back roads at around 90 MPH, a hobby that has made him intimately familiar with the layout of the area.

Background: The Wellingtons are one of the real old money families of Greenbriar. They first made their money in the Oregon timber boom of the 1880s, and careful investment and diversification has only seen their wealth increase in the years since.

Miles is the latest scion of the Wellington line, living in the mansion at the top of the hill that everyone knows to avoid. His parents Miles III and Caroline hardly pay any attention to him- his mother is inevitably swimming in a sea of gin and his father is always off on business trips to Portland or Shanghai or Frankfurt or somewhere, leaving their son to be raised by a succession of housekeepers.

Without much in the way of supervision, he frequently got into trouble, occasionally picking fights with other kids. Inevitably, regardless of who threw the first punch, the official version reflected that Miles was only acting in self-defense. His arrogance only grew over time, he could do no wrong.

An entire childhood of this has resulted in a deceitful, arrogant, and entitled teen. He maintains an A+ average despite never studying, paying other students to do his work for him (and any teacher who gives him a black mark is out of a job in short order). Despite his abuse of pills, constant reckless driving, and tendency to physically assault other students he sees as "plebes", he has a spotless criminal record. People are only his friends because it's marginally safer than being his enemy, but Miles doesn't know the difference. Essentially, he has grown into a small-minded bully who is convinced of his own righteousness, and is looking forward to graduation so he can go terrorize another town like New Haven, Cambridge, or Raleigh- yes, he's destined for Ivy League in spite of it all.

Let me know if any changes are needed. And yes, he is supposed to be completely unlikable- everyone was making nice characters.

[Ellion]

Miles Wellington

Name: Miles Wellington IV

Appearance: Miles is a Caucasian male, with the strawberry-blonde hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion of all the Wellington men. As a teenager, he's tall at 6'2" and fairly gawky.

His clothes are inevitably expensive and fairly conservative- collared shirts, slacks, oxford shoes, a blazer or cashmere sweater in colder weather. He also always wears suspenders instead of a belt. It's a Wellington family thing. Don't say anything or he'll punch you.

Personality: Miles is an unrepentant bully and generally unpleasant person. It's not for attention, it's not due to mental illness, it's not the pressures of society- he's just an entitled jerk who believes his money and family name entitle him to pick on others. Having never experienced consequences or adversity in his life, he is extremely shallow and expects everything to go his way.

Likes:
-Expensive clothing
-Fast cars
-Beating up plebes
-Party drugs

Dislikes:
-Plebes
-Being told "no"

Hobbies: Miles is something of a gearhead, he enjoys working on and driving cars. With his family's deep pockets and influence, he's not too concerned about speeding tickets or wrecks and thus can be found tearing down back roads at around 90 MPH, a hobby that has made him intimately familiar with the layout of the area.

Background: The Wellingtons are one of the real old money families of Greenbriar. They first made their money in the Oregon timber boom of the 1880s, and careful investment and diversification has only seen their wealth increase in the years since.

Miles is the latest scion of the Wellington line, living in the mansion at the top of the hill that everyone knows to avoid. His parents Miles III and Caroline hardly pay any attention to him- his mother is inevitably swimming in a sea of gin and his father is always off on business trips to Portland or Shanghai or Frankfurt or somewhere, leaving their son to be raised by a succession of housekeepers.

Without much in the way of supervision, he frequently got into trouble, occasionally picking fights with other kids. Inevitably, regardless of who threw the first punch, the official version reflected that Miles was only acting in self-defense. His arrogance only grew over time, he could do no wrong.

An entire childhood of this has resulted in a deceitful, arrogant, and entitled teen. He maintains an A+ average despite never studying, paying other students to do his work for him (and any teacher who gives him a black mark is out of a job in short order). Despite his abuse of pills, constant reckless driving, and tendency to physically assault other students he sees as "plebes", he has a spotless criminal record. People are only his friends because it's marginally safer than being his enemy, but Miles doesn't know the difference. Essentially, he has grown into a small-minded bully who is convinced of his own righteousness, and is looking forward to graduation so he can go terrorize another town like New Haven, Cambridge, or Raleigh- yes, he's destined for Ivy League in spite of it all.

Let me know if any changes are needed. And yes, he is supposed to be completely unlikable- everyone was making nice characters.

@Polyphemus

The unlikable are the spice of life!

[Gisk]

@Ellion Would "by the end of the night" be too harsh of a deadline? For reasons, I want to assign all powers at the same time, and I'd like to do so some time tomorrow.

I'll let people come in late, either way, so don't stress it too much.

I'll probably get powers posted at noon(EST) tomorrow. You'll have right up until then to get a CS in to be a part of the first wave. Latecomers will be affected slightly, but don't worry, you'll still be able to start playing immediately and your character won't get the short end of any stick.

Sorry to be vague, there's something I'm keeping a bit close to my chest.

@Polyphemus Well don't swing too far in the other direction. Make it a reasonably realistic character, you know.

Sorry I'm not checking CSes right now, I'm on my phone at work and can't write up any in depth notes I might have to.

[Polyphemus]

@Polyphemus Well don't swing too far in the other direction. Make it a reasonably realistic character, you know.

Sorry I'm not checking CSes right now, I'm on my phone at work and can't write up any in depth notes I might have to.

@Gisk

Well, yeah. Just to be clear he's not planning a genocide or anything, he's just a rude brat who picks on people cause he knows he can get away with it.

[Mixtape Ghost N]

@Polyphemus Zoey's probably going to be his main opposition. :D

[Ellion]

@Ellion Would "by the end of the night" be too harsh of a deadline? For reasons, I want to assign all powers at the same time, and I'd like to do so some time tomorrow.

I'll let people come in late, either way, so don't stress it too much.

I'll probably get powers posted at noon(EST) tomorrow. You'll have right up until then to get a CS in to be a part of the first wave. Latecomers will be affected slightly, but don't worry, you'll still be able to start playing immediately and your character won't get the short end of any stick.

Sorry to be vague, there's something I'm keeping a bit close to my chest.

@Polyphemus Well don't swing too far in the other direction. Make it a reasonably realistic character, you know.

Sorry I'm not checking CSes right now, I'm on my phone at work and can't write up any in depth notes I might have to.

@Gisk

I've already posted so I am not worried about the time frame, I was mostly just impatient to see when we might see the powers :D

[Gisk]

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I've already posted so I am not worried about the time frame, I was mostly just impatient to see when we might see the powers :D

@Ellion

Well now you know.

[GirlOnMarz]

Alright, cool. So I can go ahead and move her over to the Characters tab?

[Ellion]

Sooo...how is everyone this fine evening?

[NightmareInd]

@Gisk still waiting for you to check on my updated app

[Sh1nya]

Wrong rp sorry

[SouffleGirl123]

Mary Smith

Mary Louise Smith

Gender: Female
Appearance:

Mary stands at the height of 164cm (5'3") accompanied with a slim figure which she maintains through regular exercise and a (usually) healthy diet (not all of us can have an ideal figure naturally). Her clothing style is rather practical. She likes dresses, however, saves them for more formal occasions. Generally she wears denim pants or shorts, all topped off with her converse boots. She refuses to wear anything low cut or shows her stomach. She won't wear short shorts either.

Personality
Mary has always had quite a good-natured down-to-earth personality. She very caring towards other people and wary of their feelings, the last thing she wants to do is hurt someone. She is a cheery young woman and is rarely found without a smile on her face or enthusiasm dripping from her words. She craves adventure, thrills and new things. She's often one trying to convince others to go on that giant rollercoaster with her or to try something new with her, although she'll almost as happily do it alone. Mary will happily participate in activities some may see as childish but does know when she needs to act her age. She strives to have a happy and enjoyable life and wants the same for those she holds dear.

Mary is confident in herself and her actions, often to a fault. She sometimes feels she knows what she's doing and can develop a bit of an ego from it. She has trouble asking for help. She hates admitting when she's wrong or when she has made a mistake. She feels asking someone for help will lead to others seeing her as stupid and sometimes can't swallow her pride to face the fact she needs it. When things don't go as she planned or in a positive direction she can get frustrated easily.

Likes:

• Chocolate ('cus what woman can resist that?)
• Music of the harder genres
• Young children
• Listening/playing music. Mary is a drummer but has quite a nice voice
• Ocean breeze
• The smell and sound of rain
• Tea

Dislikes:

• Most forms of housework (unfortunately it does have to be done)
• The sound of ceramic item clanging together.
• Being confined in small spaces
• Bad drivers
• Traffic (Mary, admittly, formulates small cases of road rage at times)
• Bad breath
• Arrogance

Hobbies:

¤ Playing/performing with her band
¤ Socialising
¤ Reading
¤ She often jokes eating is also a hobby of hers

History:
Rachael and Johnathon Smith were overjoyed when they discovered Rachael was carrying not one but two growing girls. The couple had been trying for 6 years for children and both had wanted a large family, perhaps twins were a good omen? Excited and seemingly more in love than ever the married couple prepared possibly too the point of over-preparing for their bundles of joy. Toward the beginning of Rachael's third trimester, however, their pregnancy took a bad turn. Eventually they were told by a collection of specialists that the chances of even one of the babies surviving even to their birth was unlikely and on a couple of cases advised to get an abortion. Although distraught the couple refused to do what seemed like murder to them, particularly to their own children. If these babies were to die it would be naturally, not because they forced it. So on they went, hopeful and fearful of future.

Racheal's water broke at 36 weeks and, despite a long labour, the birth went rather smoothly. The couple were even more overjoyed than when they discovered Rachael was pregnant and were more than pleased at the arrival of their identical twin girls. One was larger and completely healthy while the other, although slightly smaller and a bit sickly, was rather healthy.

The couple had 6 weeks with the young girls under the advice of watching the smaller one before things turned for the worse for their 'healthier' child. Eventually there was nothing they could do and she died of unknown causes leaving the smaller child. Deep in grieving the couple promised to make the best life for little Mary as they could in the other baby's honour.

Growing up Mary's life was actually quite ordinary. Her parents took good care of her and she grew to be a healthy young woman even if smaller than average. She surrounded herself with as many friends as possible and attempted to avoid drama. She didn't particularly belong to a clique but floated between quite a few

[Ellion]

@SouffleGirl123 lol, our characters sounds a lot a like...

[Sh1nya]

Name: Noah Callaghan

Personality: Ever you typical bookworm, Noah keeps to himself. When he does not have his head buried in a book, or is not trying to block out the world with music. He can be found looking up random facts on the Internet. He is a man of logic and values knowledge above all else. Being someone values logic, he tries to apply it to everyday life. When it comes to people, he is not so trusting and may take a while to warm up to them, so don't expect him to start a conversation. Conversation wise to anyone willing to strike up one that piques his interest and can provide stimulating feedback, he can be quite the chatter box and debater, so just wind him up and watch him go.

Likes: science, reading, different kinds of music (mostly metal)
Dislikes: ignorance, close mindedness, being around groups

Hobbies: video games, books, chemistry

Background: Noah comes form a family of four. His mother and father had divorced when he was five and she remarried to a man with a daughter two years later.