[OOC] Academy Of The Arcane Artes

[Sauron The Dark Lord]

There we go, all paste in.

[Cyndyr]

greenhorn said
I did speak to Jed, but... I'll edit my post, since I didn't actually get the other GMs' votes. I'm super sorry!

Oh. Don't feel bad, hun! We all make mistakes ! I just wanted to check with everyone first so that we're on the same page due to limited spaces. c:

Sauron, I think we have to look over yours, but we'll get back to you ASAP.

[Jedly]

Cynder said
Oh. Don't feel bad, hun! We all make mistakes ! I just wanted to check with everyone first so that we're on the same page due to limited spaces. c: Sauron, I think we have to look over yours, but we'll get back to you ASAP.

Eh, Asuras put quite a bit of effort into the CS, and went into depth about his species. I'm ok with accepting him... Though, we'll wait until Grey and Lucius log on. Just finished one of today's tests... three more to go. *Sigh* May coffee save me.

[Sauron The Dark Lord]

Take your time.

[Cyndyr]

Jedly said
Eh, Asuras put quite a bit of effort into the CS, and went into depth about his species. I'm ok with accepting him... Though, we'll wait until Grey and Lucius log on. Just finished one of today's tests... three more to go. *Sigh* May coffee save me.

I'm sure Grey and Lucius will agree with you two. I just want to make sure everyone is on board. Aww, poor Jed. It's Friday, hang in there.

[Hebigami Shiho]

Ariadne Shishido

Almost exactly as the one in the picture, however, her eyes are like those of a reptile, with a thin pupile. Also, her forearms, thighs and the lower part of her eyes are covered in scales. Her canines are also quite long, so she sometimes is mistaken for a vampire. She also has a rather long, forked tongue.

Full Name: Ariadne Shishido

Fake Name: Ariadne Sideris Zika

Nickname(s): Ari; Make-do Vampire.

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Year: Second year

Birthday: April 20

Astrological Sign: Aries

Species: Half-Lamia. Born from a Lamia and a human. Unexpectedly, among her sisters, she is the only one who turned out like she did, everyone else having a snake tail and more prominent snake-like features.

Class: Assassin

Weapons:

Assassination Needles. Her weapon is made out so that in other people's hands, unless they are also a Lamia, becomes totally useless, or at least, not as lethal as it would be in Ari's hands. At a simple glance, this needles are totally normal and could even be used for sewing, however, Ariadne is able to combine them with her naturally produced venom that can be fatal and can kill a normal human target in approximately 10 minutes, given that she puts the correct amount of venom in the needle, that is.

Shishido Family Heir Bow. A bow inherited from her mother. She hardly uses it and has it stored in her room, though, and when the time comes, she will use it without reserves. A simple bow at plain sight, however, her mother said it holds a great power. Though she only meant it as a metaphor and the bow doesn't have any kind of special ability per se, Ariadne took it at heart and she hasn't used it precisely because of that.

World: Lucis

Short Biography: Born to a human man and a member of the all-female Lamia race. Being all female, the Lamias have no other option but to mate with humans in the best of cases, or with members of other species with an abundant male population at worst. There's a really small percentage of Lamia's being born as Ari was, that being, without the common traits of a Lamia, such as the fact that Lamia's usually have a snake's tail for legs and rather, Ari only has a few scales spread across her body. Even so, she shares a lot of characteristics with normal Lamia's, such as being able to secrete poison and notably long canines.

She has spent most of her life among other Lamias, seeing her father every so often, mostly because of the high-Lamia sex drive that often make her dad flustered. During the time that she lived among the other Lamia's, she got quite used to a countryside lifestyle, being that Lamia's prefer to live a more traditional lifestyle rather than being more sophisticated about their ways, or at least that was the case for Ari's tribe, to call it something. She spent many of her days as a hunter, and she is quite good handling a bow. When she received the letter and decided to leave for the school, her mother gave her a bow that she holds specially dear. This is what she says about her own past, saying that revealing anything more is completely unnecessary.

In reality, and what she doesn't tell to anyone, is that during the time she lived with the Lamias she was actually discriminated a lot, due to being so different from common Lamias. The only ones who actually treated her well were her mother and her eldest sister, apart from that, her other younger and older sisters were ashamed of even being put in the same group as her. Due to her human legs, she was actually a better hunter than most Lamias, and she spent a lot of time in the woods rather than at home with the other Lamias.

While the harassing never stopped even after Ari continuously threatened others to leave her alone, she decided to leave the tribe of Lamias and rather head to a place where she could actually live in peace. Ari lies a lot about this fact, saying she actually left the tribe after she received the letter. She decided to go live with her father, in a nearby human settlement. His father received her with open arms, and, to be honest, Ari expected life to be as easy as in the woods, but that wasn't the case. His father owned a bar, and she ended up working there as a waitress. She was continuously running from one table to another, though she always did so with a smile on her face, to help her father. That is, until a certain rude customer went there and ruined everything for them. He specifically requested for Ari to wait on him, and Ari reluctantly accepted. Through the night, Ari suffered constant sexual harassment from part of said man, though she kept it to herself as not to worry her father, however, he soon caught on the guy and, in a fit of rage, her father fought with the guy, before kicking him out, and as he was going out of the bar he revealed that he was in reality a police officer and that, because of what her father had done, he'd be closing the bar as soon as he arrived to the station and filed the report.

The process would obviously take some time, and both Ari and her father were mortified. Her father didn't knew whether to regret what he had done to him or be proud of himself for protecting his daughter. While her father was indecisive on what to do, Ari had already set her mind on what she should do. To not let the man reach the station. While her father was distracted, she sneaked out of her house and followed after the corrupt policeman and, as soon a she found him in a deserted alley, she went to him and bit him directly on his neck, injecting poison through his veins and killing him in less than 2 minutes, thanks to the direct injection of her poison. She left the body there and returned to her house.

The next morning, more policemen arrived to the bar, asking for any kind of clues regarding the man who had visited the night before, as he was killed late at night and that was the last place he had visited. Her father knew almost instantly that it was Ari's doing, but even so, he said he didn't know anything and the policemen left. After receiving a harsh scolding from her father and a thanks for protecting the bar, Ari was left to her antics, however, she knew that sooner or later they would discover that the methods used to kill the corrupt policeman were Lamia poison, or at least snake poison. It was just a matter of time until they discovered it was her and arrested her, and that's when the letter arrived, offering a way out from that craziness. She left for the school to protect herself and her father rather than for education, though later on she would be glad that she had done so.

Personality: Ari is very outgoing and cheery, in one way or the other. However, she is also quite sarcastic and sadistic, as well as a complete tease who will not show any reservation whenever she finds an intriguing person. She normally doesn't tease anyone who she doesn't find interesting and, when talking with people like that, one will notice that she is obviously bored out of her mind. She is the epitome of people who get interested on something real fast and loses interest even faster. Unless her friends are constantly doing something she finds interesting, she will eventually stop getting together with them, unless they do something interesting again, in which case, Ariadne will get interested yet again and approach them once again, even if they want it or not.

Willful and forceful, more often than not, many find themselves being dragged around on her whims, whatever they are. Even so, she has a deep respect for other people's opinions and a great eye for details, meaning that, if she knows you don't like what she's planning, then she'll simply do it alone, or with others, of course, with no harsh feelings.

While she doesn't have a high sex-drive like the vast majority of the Lamia's, Ariadne will still use her feminine charms to get whatever she wants. She also is very reserved when talking about her past, always giving just a brief story that may or may not be the same as the one she told you before. Lies are a hard thing to remember, after all.

Partner: None at the moment.

Fear(s)/Weakness(es)/Limit(s): She has an inborn fear for any kind of bird, meaning she also dislikes demi-human species like harpies, she also has claustrophobia, showing her snake-like traits. She is also poikilothermic, meaning that her body temperature varies with the enviroment and, if she isn't in a warm enough enviroment, she will feel the need to hibernate and her body functions will also slow down.

Strange Attributes/Abilities/Traits: She is very durable, despite her somewhat fragile look. Also, the parts of her body that have scales are extremely hard and can hardly be pierced by a simple sword, she can also stop low caliber bullets with only her scales, however, something bigger than a standard handgun can break through them no problem. Ari is also an extremely skilled sharpshooter. She is also able to secrete poison from her canines, which she can expulse at will, whether it is though a bite or just to cover her needles with it.

Theme song:

Other: She sheds the skin on her scales once a month, just a heads up so you don't get surprised when you find skin lying around. She has a terrible sense of taste, being able to perceive just the half of what humans do, and thus, she is also a terrible cooker.

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So, here's my character! :D Don't be afraid to throw some criticism my way, as long as it is constructive.

[ERode]

Interesting choice, to name a snake thing after a spider thing...and a question.

How many special arrow things comes with her family bow? Cause that's always a problem with those things. Doubt normal arrows would do much against big bosses, especially when we have all these gunmen shitting bullets out of their asses. And out of curiousity, why does she have a bad sense of taste? I would have thought that snake-related beings would have a wonderful sense of taste.

[Hebigami Shiho]

Chose that name because, well, I like it! xD And sounded Greek-ish, so I thought it'd be good, of course, not that her real surname is anything near Greek.

Also, as of now, she has no special arrows whatsoever, but I'd rather have her gain them along the RP because she comes from a Lamia society that trained hunters, so there wasn't really all that much of special resources to make things out of. (Should add that to the CS) And about her sense of taste, they say snakes, due to their carnivorous nature, don't perceive taste as we do. What it is for us a 1/50 is a 1/25 for snakes. I am not entirely sure of this info, but read it once in a manga with a Lamia, so I just took reference. ;P

[eddieddi]

I'm going to have a anime/manga nerd out here;
It tends to swing 50/50, Either the semi-non humans have awful taste (as in food and fashion wise) compared to humans. due to growing up with no human contact. OR they have fantastic taste due to growing up with humans hand having much stronger senses, so they can balance spices, colours, smells etc much more finely. so its very much up to personal preference.

[Lucius Cypher]

Hebigami Shiho said
So, here's my character! :D Don't be afraid to throw some criticism my way, as long as it is constructive.

Here's a larger alternative image that doesn't have the HTTP across her boobs.

New Image

We have no objections towards the CS. That random enter on the second paragraph on your Bio made me confused, fix that, but no glaring errors. More of a back story would be nice but not necessary, at least not for me. Approved.

[Cyndyr]

Deadline's tomorrow.

Because of that, anyone who is still interested and does not want to rush to finish their character sheets, please PM me. I'll be willing to work it, but once again, do not send me one if you won't put effort or time into the character sheet (that match our standards, there's a difference between "effort" and meeting our standards, I suppose) or intend to dropout.

Otherwise, we'll be more than willing to accept your request.

Thanks.

[Hebigami Shiho]

Lucius Cypher said
Here's a larger alternative image that doesn't have the HTTP across her boobs.We have no objections towards the CS. That random enter on the second paragraph on your Bio made me confused, fix that, but no glaring errors. More of a back story would be nice but not necessary, at least not for me. Approved.

Thanks for the heads up AND the new image. Was very lazy when searching for an image and when that one caught my eye I was like 'meh, this will do'. :) And well, I'd like to flesh out her backstory in IC, to be honest, but if you guys so want, I can add more to it.

[Cyndyr]

Hebigami Shiho said
Thanks for the heads up AND the new image. Was very lazy when searching for an image and when that one caught my eye I was like 'meh, this will do'. :) And well, I'd like to flesh out her backstory in IC, to be honest, but if you guys so want, I can add more to it.

If it means anything, I'm more than on-board for accepting your character sheet.

[Kilo6]

@Hebi

Love the character! I can't wait for her to meet Alika, who's part bird. XD. I can already imagine the confusion Alika will have with Ari's fear since Alika was originally human before the enhancements.

[Hebigami Shiho]

Cynder said
If it means anything, I'm more than on-board for accepting your character sheet.

Thankies! Then, I'll leave her like that and foreshadow a bit her backstory later. :D

Kilo6 said
@Hebi Love the character! I can't wait for her to meet Alika, who's part bird. XD. I can already imagine the confusion Alika will have with Ari's fear since Alika was originally human before the enhancements.

And I can't wait to meet her and be like, 'What's up with this girl and this....ferocious aura I feel from her.... (>-<) I'm gonna die. :'D'

[eddieddi]

I'm curious as to what people will think of Leo. Normal guy, with a insanely demonic aura wondering round with a battleaxe and twin pistols.

[Jedly]

...meanwhile there's Varren, the energetic child-esque character, who'll be fanboying over everybody's armaments. Currently out at dinner, but I should be home around 10 est. *lurks on the chatzy*

[ERode]

Fanboying over everybody's armaments?

So what, he'll be stroking and carressing Ier-Briar's armor?

[Jedly]

ERode said
Fanboying over everybody's armaments?So what, he'll be stroking and carressing Ier-Briar's armor?

He'll probably attempt to pick up Ier, unaware of his species, then fall into depression because he is unable to lift a six year old, >.>

[Norix]

I hope this good i added more to the bio and explained his illusions a bit better. If there's anything else i should add let me know.

Jeremiah

Full Name
Jeremiah Ellison

Nickname(s)
Jeremy

Gender
Male

Age
17

Year
First

Birthday
November 1st

Astrological Sign
Scorpio

Species
Human

Class
Shadow Gunner- Using his familiar, Kasha's magic he is able to harness darkness to create minor illusions.

Weapon
An old flintlock pistol able to fire hardened shadow repeatedly through Kasha's magic. A small jet black crystal that houses Kasha when she is not out.

World
Earth

Short Biography
Jeremiah was a normal human his father Phillip was a priest and his only family. He didn't really have any friends people were intimidated by his father. That all changed when he found a cat trapped in a strange trap, he was only shocked for a few minutes when the cat spoke. The cat's name was Kasha and she promised to assist him in exchange for her freedom, he gladly accepted.

That first month was... difficult, fostering new friendships is hard when one friend is constantly trying to "accidentally" murder the other. Kasha was bound by her word to follow Jeremiah but she never said she would actually help him do anything. After each attempt on his life she would sarcastically apologize and swear it was an accident, he would just smile taking her word for it. She saw him as a weak willed fathers boy, but that changed when he gave up his home.

Phillip finally found the demon in hiding in his home and attempted to banish it but was unable, she was under contract after all. Kasha had never feared a human before but this man terrified her. Phillip raged at Jeremiah for hours and he just calmly stood there. Once his father had yelled himself hoarse and fell quite Jeremy calmly walked across the room picked up Kasha and left. Jeremiah hasn't spoken to or of his father since that day. In the year since that day the two became very good friends.

Personality
Jeremiah is somewhat naive. He likes to help others and tries not to let people get him down. He prefers to let others take the lead so long as he believes what they are doing is good. Jeremy prefers to talk out problems rather then physically fight over them but if someone he cares for is threatened he will gladly defend them. Jeremiah is always willing to forgive even when it comes back to bite him, the only exception is when Kasha is hurt, that he will not forgive.

Partner
(assign it please.)

Fear(s)/Weakness(es)/Limit(s)
Jeremiah is completely worthless if he is cut off from Kasha, even his pistol is just a club without her magic to power it. He is terrified of the dark and without his night vision he panics and is unable to move while in darkness.

Strange Attributes/Abilities/Traits
When Kasha is released he has enhanced agility, night vision, and hearing. If they are together he can tap into her instincts making them difficult to sneak up on. Using illusion magic he is able to make other see things in the dark. He can also make himself easy to overlook, If someone is actively searching for him this won't work however.

Themesong
Not yet.

Other
Jeremiah likes to keep Kasha summoned, not for the power, but because he enjoys her company.