[OOC] The Lucky Ones

[Energie]

There is no normal when it comes to family. It's unconditional -- a bond that is more than blood and biology or births and baby showers. While many are born into it, other's build bonds and break them in search of their forever families. But, it's the lucky ones that never have to search too hard for this, because their families are fighting for them too.

The Families:

Mathers:
Nothing comes before family with the Mathers clan. Both divorced from former spouses, the mother and father have truly found their soulmates in one another. However, due to medical issues, the wife has never been able to give her husband any kids, so they've turned to the foster system to construct their family. They are capable of loving anyone; however, they're careful about adopting just anyone as they never want to impair their current childrens' well-being.

Zocchi:
Marcello Zocchi is a politician, married to an ambitious professional; while, they have children of their own, they've taken to fostering children as it looks good for the Zocchi’s campaign. As a whole, the family is incredibly disconnected, yet they've mastered the art of appearing as perfection in front of the camera. There are high expectations placed the children to be the best at something -- music, sports, academics; however, the love and support has never been there as a reward to that good work.

Borland:
Tory Borland has a burden for taking in problemcases. She's a hardass with a no bullshit mentality; however, she truly has a heart for the kids she takes in, even if she hides it behind a vulgar mouth and hard exterior. The children living under her roof may have minor criminal records or severely messed up family lives -- many times seeing her place as only place left to go; however, no matter how broken they are when they come, the woman never allows that to be an excuse for them no actively practicapting in bettering themselves.

Rules:

• Balance the Statuses within families; just be conscious of all the families backstories, so that Mathers don’t have five birth children from previous marriage and no adopted children and such.


• This is likely to be dialogue heavy, so I understand shorter posts. Just be sure to balance them every once, in a while.


• Keep it PG-13; nothing they wouldn’t do on CW.


• Follow all forum rules.


• Be conscious of last names -- only adopted and birth children would have the family's last names. Children from previous marriages may have different names, if you want them too.


• For appearance, here's a Directory for face claims. Many twenty year olds can pass for older teens. Feel free to use face claims that aren't on here, it's just a helpful tool.


• No character limit -- just make sure just as much attention goes into each of your characters.

Character Sheet:
Feel free to get creative with this;

Name:
Appearance: Directory
Age:
Family: Place random, if you don’t have a preference
Status: Biological/Adopted/Fostered
Personality/History:
Other: Place career here, if they have one.
Thoughts On Characters: “List at least three thoughts or quotes from your character about other characters in the roleplay, so that we can get some pre-developed relationships going.”

Family Development Info

Because, the family section only gave basic info, here's some info you can feel free to use when you're making your character.

I’ll likely be taking Tory Borland and Marcello Zocchi roles; however, if anyone would like them than feel free to let me know. All other adults roles are open, as well.

Mathers:

Potential for one, or both, of the spouses to have children from their previous marriage. It would’ve been nearly ten years ago, so keep that in mind when planning their age -- some birth children may have bad relationships with this step-family.

Will definitely have children that they’ve adopted, though they’re likely to be fostering other children, as well.

Parents would have careers that leave ample time for interaction with their children, possibly even have careers in education allowing them to work at their children’s school.

The Mathers mom is the sister of Marcello Zocchi and the aunt of the Zocchi children -- additionally, making The Mathers the cousins to the Zocchis.

Zocchi:

The parents are strict and ambitious, so this may or may not have transferred down to their birth kids; though, all birth children are likely to be talented at something of your choosing.

They would have never adopted any children, but they’re definitely fostering one-three during this election; feel free to get creative with these fosters childrens background -- maybe they have a compelling story or they’re just incredibly talented like the Zocchi children.

Marcello Zocchi is the brother of the Mathers Mom and the uncle of the Mathers children -- additionally, making The Zocchis the cousins to the Mathers.

Borland:

There’s likely to be a greater range of children in this household anything from juvenile delinquents trying to get their act together to runaways from violent homelifes to wards of the state which the foster system committed to Ms. Tory.Get as creative as you want, but stay in the bounds of being realistic.

Try to keep the crimes within reasons, maybe no murders and such; but, most others are probably free game.

Tee expects any child living under her roof to contribute to the household bank, so if you’re kiddo’s old enough to have a job, give it some thought. Or they can have other ways of making money...

Tory owns a diner in town, so several of the kids can work there.

Character Directory:

Mathers:
Alexander Mathers -- Biological Son

Zocchi:
Marcello Enzo Zocchi -- Father
Nadia Zocchi -- Biological Daughter
Rose "Rosy" Magleaf -- Foster Child

[Nuttynad]

Name: Nadia Zocchi

Appearance:

Age: 17

Family: Zocchi

Status: Biological

Personality/History: Nadia appears to be happy and cheerful but her eyes shows no emotion. Due to no love given to her parents or siblings, she had lost the feeling of being happy. The one time she did feel it however, was when her parents showed interest in her ability to play the piano extremely well, when she decided to do something amazing like her siblings. But even so, it was for a brief while as they never did show up to any of her recital. Not wanting other people to ask her about how she feels and such, Nadia put up many masks in order to play along the 'happy' family her parents want to show.

Other: Although she took up the piano in order for her parents to pay attention to her, she really does love playing the piano.

Thoughts On Characters: Will edit once there are more characters :D

[Energie]

Marcello Enzo Zocchi

Congressman | Fourty-Eight | Male

Personality:
Marc is a perfectionist -- never one to give too much room for surprises. As a boy, he constructed his first life plan and has lived every second of existence thus after according to it and it's later renditions. He's mastered the political art of manipulating his emotions and words to the occasion; however, this seems to be more a part of his being and less a career tactic. While, his charismatic persona and award-winning smile always lend towards a good first impression; many of those closest to him know that his judgmental nature and critical voice are the defining traits of the man.

History:
Politics runs in the Zocchi bloodline, Marc being the second to be called Congressman Zocchi. He grew up with the media's attention on his every action and Marc often disappointed the tabloids as they could rarely rustle up even a relationship scandal on the young teen. His father saw Marc's potential and capitalized on it, sending his son to the best private schools in the area, even sending him away to boarding school when the local education system proved not enough for the Zocchi political heir. When the time came, Marc was ushered off to Yale where he made a name for himself, both as an undergraduate and later as a law student; but, moreso it was in those graduate years that he gained his largest contributor in his future campaigns -- his equally determined wife.

Together they took their respected professions by storm, Marc gaining the political clout as an attorney that took others decades to build, ultimately claiming his first political position on the city council's seat just before they had their first child. The Zocchis became the model political family, their offspring proving just as talented and inspiring as their parents. However, as Marc continued to climb the political ladder, his political clout began to plateau, until Marc took a page from his sister's life plan.

In his most current campaign, Marc is attempting to graduate from state politics and move into the national arena as a United States Senator. While the Zocchi name has always been a journalism gold, it's become a regular sight as the Congressman and his family welcomed foster children into their home several years ago -- the additions drawing just enough positive attention to aspiring politician to make for a promising prediction in the upcoming elections.

Other:
Brother to the Mathers Mom, Uncle to the Mathers children. Senior Partner at a prominent law firm; however, he only maintains the role for large cases.

Thoughts:
To Be Updated

[Dmessenger]

(I'm going to be editing this over time, so I'll tell you when it is complete)
Name: Alexander Mathers

Appearance:

Age: 22
Family: Mathers
Status: Biological (to the father)
Personality/History: Alex was the first and only child of (first name) Mathers and his ex wife. Alex's mothers was put in rehab because she was a heavy alcoholic and she his Alex when his father wasn't around. His father finally divorced after he learned that she hit Alex while she was drunk.

Alex stay in his fathers custody. When his father got remarried Alex acted indifferent to it, but never fully trusted his stepmother, who was never told about Alex's past abuse of his biological mother. Even though he didn't trust her he still helped out around the house, since he was the oldest in the family.

When he graduated High school he was straight to work for a garage in town where he spends most of his days. He uses his paycheck to help the family with bills and groceries. Alex has no regrets of leaving his mother since he was more like his father except for his slight addiction to alcohol that he inherited from his mother. He keeps it to himself the best he can by only drinking at bars and only getting a little buzzed before taking a taxi home. He also limits himself to going to the bar three nights a week to avoid becoming a full alcoholic like his mother.

Other: He is a Auto technician at a Garage that is in the same town as his home.
Thoughts On Characters: (coming soon)

[Energie]

Do you guys know anybody else, who'd be interested?

[PsychoticBreakDown]

Name: Rose "rosy" Magleaf
Age: 13
Family: Zocchi
Status: fostered( not adopted yet will be adopted later or if you want me to be)
Personality/History:
Growing up on the wrong side of town with a druggie mother Rose feels lucky not to have anything wrong with her growing up. Her father being unknown made her a bit more reliant on her ability to hide when her mother's friends came over.
Skinny and malnourished she never really had any friends turning her into a scared, unhappy thing when a family friend found her and took her away to the orphanage where she slowly grew to like it there. But since she had no place to go and her mother never came to take her back she was sent to the adoption center and was soon taken to one too many homeless just to be sent back for reasons rose never knew. After a year of this week by week treatment she shut herself into what she did best, singing when she was alone her voice was great though the tunes where just old orphanage and choir songs.
So that what she is a closed off, always smiling girl who can sing.
Other: she will start to warm up to people she doesn't think will hurt her.
Thoughts: will be updated when she meets someone right now she is just moving in.

[Energie]

Nadia, Alexander, and Rose are Accepted

I'll get Tory Borland's CS posted tomorrow, if not tonight. Also, making one of the Mathers adoptees. If anyone wants to take on more than one character, feel free!

[PsychoticBreakDown]

I will tommaro when I have more free time.

[smarty0114]

I'll probably have a kid for the Zocci's up tomorrow but I could do any fammily if you want

[Pathfinder]

Duncan Ellis Borland

Age: Twenty

Family: Borland

Status: Adopted

Personality: Duncan is a well rounded guy, his heart still beats with youthful optimism and his mind has been tempered with bad experiences. He knows that the world isn't all glitter, rainbows, and happy endings so he tries to make the best out of it and lives each day like its his last. Friendly and trusting to a fault, Duncan is an easy person to get along with and can be one of your best friends if given half a chance. However this is a double edged sword and Duncan is easily manipulated by others who are less morally inclined, as such Duncan tends to stay out of both the seedier and richer parts of town since they are equally filled with liers.

History: Duncan was born in a troubled home, a mother that hated his existence and a father that just didn't care. Each were equally bad and he most likely would have ended up like them if he had stayed underneath their roof. Thankfully child services found out about his conditions and promptly took him out of that cesspool at the age of three. After staying with the services for a couple years, bouncing between houses he was finally taken in by Tory and there he stayed. Being the only foster care person that Duncan actually liked, Tory was the first and only woman Duncan has ever called "Mama" and after about three more years she made it official by adopting him.

During his school times Duncan got fairly average grades, mostly B's and C's, and would have gotten into collage if it wasn't so expensive. However this hasn't stopped him and he has been writing his story for the past couple years now and is pretty darn close to finishing it. Hopefully he can rake in a lot of money and lighten the load on Tory's shoulder, once a mama's boy always a mama's boy.

Now a days Duncan has recently moved back in due to a former friend and roommate sold all the rent money, and most of the furniture, for some crack and blow. Duncan is hurt by the guys actions but doesn't let it bring him down. After moving in Duncan quickly got a job as a waiter at the diner and gotten back into fighting, trying to flood in some extra cash.

Other: Works at Tory's diner part time, aspiring novelist, and occasionally enters in underground fighting rings... he's not very proud of that one.

Thoughts On Characters: TBD

[Pathfinder]

Sorry if its bad... its super late over here.

[smarty0114]

Name:John Zocci
Appearance:
Age:16
Family: Zocci
Status: Biological
Personality:John takes after his father in many ways. He's charismatic and ambitious, often striving to be the best. However, where his father has a plan and sticks to it, John is more go with the flow, and is often able to adapt to many situations. John harbors a resentment for his parents, due to their forcing him and his siblings to be perfect. However, infighting doesn't win elections so John keeps it to himself and puts on a nice face at family dinners. If his parents can put down their phones long enough to talk to their children.
History: Since John could sit up he's been expected to be one of the very best. In first grade John won Student of the Week 3 times. In 4th grade John won Class President. That was the first time his dad took interest in his school. In 7th grade John came home with a C in math. His parents took away his phone and computer and ignored him for a month. Though the last part wasn't much different from everyday life. When John became a freshman he got into more artsy things. He started taking Photography, and Creative Writing, and now he's working on Media Production. He's hoping to have his photos featured in the art fair that's coming to town along with his short story.
Other: No career
Thoughts On Characters: TBD

[Nuttynad]

i wonder when we'll start :3

[Energie]

John and Duncan are accepted

Sorry, for the delay. Just got a job last week and was traveling all weekend for the 4th. What're you guys thinking, in terms of the amount of characters? Should we hold out for more people, because right now the Zocchi's are really the only developed family.

[Energie]

Tory Elizabeth Borland

Business Owner | Fourty-Five | Female

Personality:
Tory values hard work, honesty, and those crazy nights of her youth with Mr. Jack Daniels. She has never been one to hold her tongue, believing that sometimes the world needs less people tipping around on their toes and more people to tell you how it is. A woman of many strong opinions and the voice to let them be heard, she’s also a woman of fierce loyalty. She puts everything on the table for the ones she cares about and never asks for anything in return except 100% honesty and the respect that she’s worked her ass off to deserve.

History:
Tory grew up in a modest household, a daughter to a factory worker and a mother who died giving birth to her younger brother only two years after she was born. Tory learned early that women had to fight for what they cared about -- a lesson her four brothers enforced every single day. She often came home with scuffed up knees and bruised cheeks from fights she’d get on the playground when the boys told her that a girl’s place was in the kitchen by their mother’s side.

When Tory grew up she never bothered with the college-route, she took a job at the diner she’d be going to her entire life, since her father was shit at cooking -- a diner that she took over when the long-time owner passed. The Blue Plate was Tory’s second home, the staff as much her family the rascals she grew up with.

While she never had a thriving love-life never learning to trust too many men with a thing so vulnerable as her heart, Tory invested herself relentlessly into her business. She was known for never turning down a hungry mouth, even opening tabs that she knew would never be paid off when the going got tough for some of her customers; however, Tory always had a eye for children -- a natural maternal instinct, people would joke around about. She took in strays like it was her second business, often time a night’s lodge on her couch turning into an extended stay and a job at her diner.

While, she rarely turns anyone down when they are in need of help; Tory has a solid policy of accountability and never seeks to enable anyone in destroying their life. She’s been known to cut people out of her life whose only purpose is bringing all those around them down; however, she fights her hardest to never allow things to get to that point.

Other:
Owner of the Blue Plate Diner

Thoughts:
“That kid’s got a good heart… I kept waiting for him to be a pain-in-my-ass, like the rest of 'em, but Dee’s not like that. I enjoy having him around. I just wish that little shit of a roommate didn’t have to screw him out of all his hard work.” -- on Duncan Borland

“I don’t buy into all the kissing babies and princess waves, Zocchi is a cold bastard just like all those prudes with suits. If voting him into office means that I get to see less of those cameramen taking pics of the “down-to-earth guy” at my diner, than reserve me the first spot at the voting booth.” -- on Marcello Zocchi

[Nuttynad]

Well then I guess we should hold out for more

[smarty0114]

Ya

[jimapple]

Name: Adrian Sandu

Appearance:


Age: 17
Family: Borland
Status: Fostered

Personality/History:
Adrian was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to first-generation Moldovian asylum seekers. His father was an engineer and his mother was a teacher before they moved to the States. Unfortunately, his parents were caught in a car accident when he was 11 years old. Adrian was placed in a complicated situation of not having any family members in the country to care for him. Unfortunately, he was quickly placed in the foster care system when the government was unable to reach his extended family in Moldova.

Eventually, he was assigned by a case worker to be one of Tory Borland's foster children. Since losing his parents five years ago, Adrian has been guarded when it came to relationships and has never really gotten too attached or too close to people. Initially, he was also very unmotivated about his future. This was something that Tory wanted to remedy and quick. When he was finally old enough to work he was going to apply to work at the local AMC theatre's concession stand. Tory was not going to have it. She wanted him to work at the closest private golf club because she thought this would expose him to a world he wasn't used to and hopefully help change his perspective. During his first month working there, he felt that his eyes were opened. Here were people who would talk about their vacation homes, overseas investments, kids' Ivy League education, and who would easily drop thousands of dollars at the club. From that day on he was driven to do whatever it took to become just like one of them.

Other:
He works at the Eastvale Pines Golf Club as a caddie.
Plays football for the Angelwood High School's team.

Thoughts On Characters:

“Duncan's a decent fellow to have on your side I supposed. Maybe in a different world, if things were just different, we would get to know each other better. Although, he's always nice enough to make me something when I come by the Blue Plate after practice or work.” -- on Duncan Borland

“That Marcello guy is one of the cheapest guys who plays at Eastvale. The flashier and fancier they are the more tightly they hold on to what they've got. I prefer folks like old lady Adley. Owner of the club and one of the richest women in the State, but she looks so unassuming. I always appreciate it when she gives me a hundred-dollar tip or generous Christmas bonuses. I would be lucky to see a fiver from Marcello. He's more into working the club's clientele for campaign donations than playing a decent round of golf.” -- on Marcello Zocchi

“John Zocci is Angelwood High School's very own preppy boy. He's gifted but not manically driven like his folks. He's wasting away the opportunities, chances, and connections that he has been gifted with. He has everything and all he wants to do is work on art?” -- on John Zocci