[OOC] The "Goings On" at Upper Lake Institute

[unicorgi]

Wait, why does it say mature content but you didn’t put up the 18+ sign?

[Strange Rodent]

;)

[Dutchess Sarah]

Okay guys... two things...

first: how do y'all make them fancy headers? Sorry, my nerdness is failing me here!

Second: sorry for my prolonged absence. I reported this to the GM's beforehand, but still...
About 2 weeks ago, my husband went in for major surgery. I knew that this would mean I'd be offline for a week or so, while he was in the ICU, and promised I'd catch up asap. What I didn't see coming, what nobody saw coming, was that my husband would not make it out of the hospital. The surgery was a success, but he died of complications about a week ago, and then I suddenly had a funeral to plan.

Ylva will be making her comeback this week, and I look forward to our little breaks from reality!
Special apologies to Buford, I will make it up to him, I promise!

[TheGrundlesnart]

@Dutchess Sarah

First and foremost, I cannot imagine the loss you're going through and I'm so sorry. I am certainly far away, but if there is anything I can do for you, please let me know.

On less important RP matters: No problem. I totally didn't make the connection that it was the same person because I'm fantastically bad at these group RPs, apparently. You're good.

[Dutchess Sarah]

@TheGrundlesnart sweet! Getting away with murder, I like that...
Save me a brownie? :)

[Strange Rodent]

Hey guys. A few things today!

I really love how everyone is marking who they're interacting with at the top of their posts, that's really great! Good on youse.

Less good news. @Sputnik is out. No contact since the RP started is plenty reason enough, I think.

[OliveYou]

all of the interactions are interesting and it looks really pretty if you note it in sub/colored font!! sad to hear somebody's dropped out but we have a lot of active players so I hope it won't be a problem! I really like this rp so far, i'm hyped lol

[alexfangtalon]

I know you said that y'all were and that there hasn't been anything said about not accepting people anymore, but I felt the need to ask as that was a while back and either way being born and raised in the south the law dictates I ask anyway in order to be polite. (Not really, I just wanted to come up with something random to say so that this wasn't just another run of the mill, "Y'all still accepting?" as I usually do.)

[Strange Rodent]

@alexfangtalon

You seem to have a good track record for posting. Come up with a solid character before the next major event, and you're in :)

i'd say you have about a week or less before said event

[alexfangtalon]

The character who is extremely late for the party.

STUDENT APPLICATION SHEET

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Appearance


Name
Alexander Franklin Woulfe

Age
20

Gender
Male

Sexuality
Heterosexual

Hometown
North Carolina born and raised

Style
The key defining term of Alex's style is comfort tending to wear t-shirts with some geeky logo or a very cheesy pun along with shorts and, if it's particularly cold, he'll add sweatpants and a leather jacket.

Disposition
Puts out a vibe of uncaring but is very curious especially when it involves someone he cares about or something he likes.

Major
Performing Arts, Major in Directing

Dorm Room
(This will be assigned)

Likes & Dislikes
Rain
Creating/Telling Stories
Solitude
Making People Smile
Anime/Manga/Comic Books/Video Games/Board Games/Puzzle Games
Deep Conversations
Baseball
Quiet
Lying Under the Stars
Strategy and Puzzles

Himself
Large Crowds
Rude People/Snobs
Alcohol/Recreational Drugs/Smoking
Racists
Anyone who disrespects Military/Police/Fire Fighters/Paramedics
Fake people
Hot Weather

Interest/Hobbies
Writing/Telling Stories - Even though Alex tends to be more logical, he has been bitten by the creativity bug. Stories are the main outlet of his creativity.

Gaming (Both Video and Bored form) - As most of his family is highly competitive and his older sister preferred to play games over sports, Alex got into this recreational activity as a way to compete with her as well. Over time he has gotten pretty good but she still squashes him in any game. Something he plans to rectify.

Baseball - With regards to the boys of the Woulfe clan, they all are baseball fanatics. The oldest Woulfe son even played the sport professionally for two years before being injured. Alex does not have the same talent as his brother but he is an above average Catcher.

Acting - At the age of eight Alex just happened to join a Missoula Children's Theatre production and instantly fell in love. Ever since he has enjoyed it. He isn't the greatest but keeping up with this hobby will help him when directing.

Hiking - Alex just likes the solitude of nature. It's also a great place to be lost in thought to come up with stories.

YouTube - Alex has a gaming YouTube channel where he has approximately 250k subs although the large majority of them come from collabing with his sister's far more popular channel.

Belief
"There is good in everyone but the bad always tends to be the most prominent. Stick by those who stick with you through your bad in order to see the good."

Drive
Acknowledgement

Fear
Being lonely and forgotten

Regret
The things which lead up to and the subsequent breakup with his girlfriend last year.

Secret
One night he was dragged to a party. Someone had spiked the non-alcoholic beverages so Alex ended up drunk. Everyone did. His girlfriends twin sister liked him and as she was drunk tried something stupid and succeeded. Alex’s first time was with her and over the next few weeks tensions rose as neither wanted to spill the beans so eventually Alex and his girlfriend had an argument and broke up. The secret is still kept between the two.

Intellect [3]
Alex is fairly intelligent. It's not due to studying or reading a lot it is more or less because his thought process usually tends on the more logical side as opposed to the emotional side.

Social [1]
Alex is not at all good at things social. He merely pretends at times, but only if he really feels like it which doesn't happen often. He would always prefer to stay at the edge of a group listening and watching. He also has his fair share of walls built up that would be difficult to break through. One thing about him is how he naturally puts off a cold and standoffish demeanor. Due to this most people feel uneasy talking to him and he does have the tendency to be very blunt and if he cracks any jokes they tend to be sarcasm or dry humor so most people just assume he's being rude.

Nerve [5]
Alex is nowhere near to being a coward. He also rarely worries as in his mind, what happens happens and there is nothing he can do to change it once it has happened. He also comes up with some logical conclusion to anything. None of that paranormal mumbo jumbo from him. And as someone who does acting and Youtube, he most certainly can't let nerves get to him. He also has no fear of personal injury. Despite his uncaring attitude, if someone is in danger or hurt he will tend to run headfirst into danger to help. He feels that if someone got hurt and he could've done something to help and didn't then it was partially his fault. With great power comes great responsibility? Any power you have to do something carries responsibility.

Endurance [2]
Alex can definitely take a punch. That's only because he has a high pain tolerance. Other than that all he's really good for is his ability to do a mad sprint when playing baseball.

Awareness [2]
When it comes to the feelings and emotions of other Alex can be clueless. Largely because he has his own predisposition to how he expects people to act based on what he knows. He is, however, a people watcher so he is slightly ok at picking up various details others might not. However, he may not make the correct conclusion based off of these details due to his more logical nature.

Resources [0]
Alex is from a fairly large family so they never really had much money to go around other than for the necessities. Nowadays, money is becoming easier to get a hold of as the kids are leaving the nest but Alex doesn't want to just be given money without working for it so he is just barely here.

(For the above section you have exactly 13 points in total to split between all stats. 0-1 points is not very impressive, 2-3 points is considered very average, 4-5+ points is considered a world-class expertise. All must be explained)

[Strange Rodent]

@alexfangtalon

All is good! Except in stats.

It 4 is better than you describe. It's like.. minimum effort to get to the top of the class for int 4.

Soc 1 is worse than you describe. You would either actively rub people the wrong way, seize up, or shut down or something like that.

Nve 4 is probably alright but I'd let ya get away with more.

Accepted, so long as you change the stats to be a bit more appropriate to the numbers you chose :)
plenty of stuff for the cap and I to play with

Also, looks like you got it in just in time. Next event started, people.

[Eviledd1984]

Hi do you have room for one more?

[alexfangtalon]

@Strange Rodent Yeah I wasn't entirely sure how to do the stats so I did the descriptions and sorta guessed the numbers. Would bumping Int down one and bumping Soc up one work? Or would it be better to add more to Soc leaving it at 1 and instead raising Nrv?

[Strange Rodent]

@Eviledd1984 we have room, but unfortunately due to story reasons, we aren't taking any more. You're welcome to stay around in case somebody drops though

@alexfangtalon the spread itself looks good, so I wouldn't be too concerned about changing numbers. I'd alter descriptions a little so he's better at what he's good at and worse at what he's bad at.
That's up to you though. You can change numbers around and I'll also be happy

[alexfangtalon]

@Strange Rodent

Updated Stats

Intellect [3]
Alex is fairly intelligent. It's not due to studying or reading a lot it is more or less because his thought process usually tends on the more logical side as opposed to the emotional side.

Social [1]
Alex is not at all good at things social. He merely pretends at times, but only if he really feels like it which doesn't happen often. He would always prefer to stay at the edge of a group listening and watching. He also has his fair share of walls built up that would be difficult to break through. One thing about him is how he naturally puts off a cold and standoffish demeanor. Due to this most people feel uneasy talking to him and he does have the tendency to be very blunt and if he cracks any jokes they tend to be sarcasm or dry humor so most people just assume he's being rude.

Nerve [5]
Alex is nowhere near to being a coward. He also rarely worries as in his mind, what happens happens and there is nothing he can do to change it once it has happened. He also comes up with some logical conclusion to anything. None of that paranormal mumbo jumbo from him. And as someone who does acting and Youtube, he most certainly can't let nerves get to him.

Endurance [2]
Alex can definitely take a punch. That's only because he has a high pain tolerance. Other than that all he's really good for is his ability to do a mad sprint when playing baseball.

Awareness [2]
When it comes to the feelings and emotions of other Alex can be clueless. Largely because he has his own predisposition to how he expects people to act based on what he knows. He is, however, a people watcher so he is slightly ok at picking up various details others might not. However, he may not make the correct conclusion based off of these details due to his more logical nature.

Resources [0]
Alex is from a fairly large family so they never really had much money to go around other than for the necessities. Nowadays, money is becoming easier to get a hold of as the kids are leaving the nest but Alex doesn't want to just be given money without working for it so he is just barely here.

(For the above section you have exactly 13 points in total to split between all stats. 0-1 points is not very impressive, 2-3 points is considered very average, 4-5+ points is considered a world-class expertise. All must be explained)

[Strange Rodent]

@alexfangtalon

Nerve 5 is wayyyy better than you describe, he should be nigh unbreakable. But apart from that, you're good. Just change it and put it through, don't worry about putting the change here, it's too small to make a huge difference :)

[alexfangtalon]

@Strange Rodent I guess I got confused by what you meant when you said that you’d let me get away with more in regards to nerve. I’ll fix it in the mornin’ but for now thanks for bearing with my personal intelligence of -1 lol.

[Strange Rodent]

Ahhahha, sorry about that

Can confirm I meant you could describe your character with more nerve

[Strange Rodent]

Alright people, I wanna see posts from most of ya. Just sent out a load of PMs. If you didn't receive one it's because you're not interacting enough with the weird shit going on, which is totally okay if that's how you wanna play.

But posts.

Also, in the next 2 weeks, I wanna be moving from this scene to a morning after scene. Just letting y'all know

[QueenNugget]

@Strange Rodent I realize going through the posts above that you said you all weren't accepting anymore people, but if there happens to be room, I would love to join sometime.