Lone_Eagle21

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

@IceSolstice
The day starts at 10 am right, in your most recent post, you say 10 am in the first part and 10 pm in the second part. Just a little confused

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

[Nico]
Nico entered his apartment and was surprised to see a flier sitting on the ground inside the threshold of the door.
Hm, what useless thing are you advertising
Nico bent over and picked up the flier and scanned through it quickly.
“Wait, I got accepted!?!” Nico said enthusiastically under his breath.
He went back through the flier and found he had to report to the Institute in a few weeks. Nico quickly closed the door behind him and started to lay out everything he wanted to take with him to the Institute and also made a mental checklist of everything he had to take care of before he left for what he hoped would help him realize his full potential.
Going to have to quit my job and pay my last payment to the landlord
Nico quickly packed his MTG cards into their pad locked case and laid out about 2 weeks worth of clothes with a few hundred dollars in cash.
Well, if I graduate, I’ll be in a very powerful position to push the frontiers of science for years to come, and if I don’t graduate.....no, I will graduate.
Nico finished laying out the rest of the things he would be taking with him and quickly booked a flight to the airport that was nearest to the institute as well as a place to stay before he arrived on campus.

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[Katie]
Katie walked into her room and sat down at her desk to start on her homework for the night.
I wish that I could do something fun, but I don’t want to bring down everyone on my head like what happened in middle school
As she worked on her Math homework, she noticed a flier sitting off to the side of her desk and picked it up and read it.
“I was wondering when you were going to find it.” Katie's father said from the door.
Katie turned around.
“What about finishing high school, I can’t do anything without a diploma.” Katie said somewhat dejectedly.
“The only application requirement for the Institute is that you are able to see a floating island in the sky.” Her father replied.
“You mean the one I texted you about on the way home from school?”Katie said, starting to become interested.
“Yep, we have the application ready and filed out with everything we had to fill out, you just have to fill out the rest and send it in.”
Katie filled out the rest of the application and sent it to the Institute.
A few days later she got word that she was accepted.
“You better go start packing, you’ll need to get to the campus in a few weeks.” Katie’s father told her that day.
“Okay.” Katie replied, starting to feel happy for the first time in years.
Not much to take with me i suppose

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[Jace]
After seeing the ad online, Jace quickly filled out the application and sent it in.
“You better start planning what you want to pack in case you get accepted to this....Skyline Institute place.” Jace’s father told him.
“I’m still not sure he should go, he would be in danger from who knows what.” Jace’s mother said sadly.
For crying out loud Jace thought to himself.
“Mom, I’ll be fine, really, and dad, I was actually about to start when you two walked in on me.” Jace said.
“Well, we’ll be in the office if you need anything.” His father replied, turning to leave. Jace’s mother somberly left a few seconds after.
The next day, Jace got an email congratulating him on his acceptance to the Institute and his parents set him on his way.
Well, all I have with me is a few days worth of clothing and my laptop....I’m going to be fine....probably....possibly...maybe....okay this might not have been the best idea in the world.Jace thought as he rode the bus toward the Institute.

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

@IceSolstice
edited Jace

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

Jace v2

Jacen Baker

Name: Jacen “Jace” Baker
Age (only 14-18): 18
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5’11” thick, short brown hair, brown eyes, not very tough looking
Personality: Quiet, likes to tinker with electronics and software, prefers a few close friends, prefers to avoid fights if possible
History: Born in central Maryland, Jace grew up in a small town and had a decent life until he had about a half dozen seizures over as many months during the seventh grade. Jace quickly changed from being an outgoing guy who made friends quite easily to a quiet, introverted, somewhat distrustful teenager who is still recovering from the blow that the subsequent depression dealt him. By the time he reached high school, Jace had a small core group of friends that he trusts with his life. He has also learned over the years to either put himself into a position that would be advantageous to him or push others into situations that would send good things in his direction. The last week before he finished his high school career, he noticed an island in the sky and sensed an opportunity to make up the lost time in middle school. He found an ad online for a school that you can only apply to if you have seen an island in the sky.
Nationality: American
Word (include description of all of its powers, not just what you want it to do): Manipulate; Jace can influence people into doing certain things he wants them to do; Can build fairly complex mechanical devices based on available parts(requires considerable concentration based on size and complexity of device); Can to handle any item with skill, such as picking up a sword and using it proficiently; Can minor treat wounds somewhat effectively
Word Location: palm of right hand
Abilities (optional): decent coder, limited mechanical knowledge
Other (optional): likes to war game and theory-craft potential situations before going into potentially dangerous situations; likes grand strategy games

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

App #2

Katie Wells

Name: Katie Wells
Age (only 14-18): 16
Gender: Female
Appearance: long blond hair, sea blue eyes, somewhat attractive, somewhat athletic, about 5'10"
Personality: very shy, distrustful of others, minor OCD, quiet by nature
History: Born in a small town in Massachusetts, Katie was on the receiving end of endless tormenting at the hands of her peers throughout elementary school. She learned to be independent and stay quiet and out of the way of everyone so that she can avoid the taunting of the bullies, but then ended up being ostracized because of how few close friends she had. By the time she reached the beginning of high school, Katie discovered that she had a little bit of a sports talent, but she never tried out for anything out of fear of giving bullies more places to torment her. One day while she was walking home from school, she looked up into the sky and saw an island in the sky and wondered if she was losing her mind. When she got home, her parents had placed a flier on the desk in her room and Katie decided that it couldn’t be worse than what she had gone through in public school.
Nationality: American
Word (include description of all of its powers, not just what you want it to do): Summon, can summon any animal or item she can think of, summoned animals might not always obey her, and during blights, summoned animals might obey at all. The chance for summoned animals to obey depends on how strong Katie’s will is at that moment. Also, if Katie concentrates enough, she might be able to summon people from elsewhere to her.
Word Range (2-7.5 meters): 2-3 meter range
Word Location: back of left hand
Abilities (optional): Observant
Other (optional): Prefers being around animals because of the near constant isolation and ostracizing she faced growing up.

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

@IceSolstice edited app

Aphorism: Skyline Institute

Nicolas Bolivar

Name:Nicolas “Nico” Bolivar
Age (only 14-18): 17
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5 foot 11 inches, thick and somewhat unkempt brown hair, piercing green eyes, hispanic
Personality: Short temper, minor superiority complex, Intelligent to a fault
History: Born in Denver, Colorado, Nicolas quickly discovered that his unnaturally green eyes made it hard for people to look him in the eye. Paired with his intelligence, he began to develop a minor superiority complex and viewed everyone around him as not worth the time or effort to know. By age 14, Nicolas, left his family and started to work odd jobs so that he could leave his childhood home behind and find something to do that he deemed worth his effort to take part in. A few months after he turned 16, Nico found his way to Mt. Saint Helens and started to teach himself geology and aerospace physics. He began to study UFO sightings in his free time a few weeks before he turned 17. The day after he turned 17, Nico spotted a floating island in the air near the mountain and decided that either he was hallucinating, or he had found the doorway to a place where he could be surrounded by people he would consider his equals.
Nationality: American
Word (include description of its powers): Dragon: can summon any kind of dragon he can think of, usually summoned dragons are no larger than the average arm at first. When Nicolas begins to refine his power, he can create larger dragons. If under enough stress, blights, he can transform into a personification of any variation of dragon at immense cost based on the relative power of the dragon when he returns to human form, if Nico remains in dragon form more than 3 days, he will gradually lose himself in the dragon he has taken the form of. Can also summon serpents and crocodiles.
Word Range (2-7.5 meters): can be self-cast under circumstances stated above, max range of dragon summoning: approx 3.5 meters.
Word Location:where the spine meets the skull
Abilities (optional):
Other (optional):
-Semi-avid Magic The Gathering player, decent at the game, knows a good deal of the lore behind the game
-Mythology Buff, currently going though far east myths and legends
-quick to violence

Advanced Composition Period 6: Zombie Apocalypse

[Travis]
You finish packing up the food and water and scan the hall way for any movement
I really have to get back to the media center before I'm missed
You cautiously start to move back toward the Freshman wing of the building when you hear movement behind you.
You spin around and see a few zombies moving towards you.
"I was wondering when I would run into you lot again" You say somewhat sarcastically
You quickly decapitate the three zombies and continue into the freshman wing.
I guess I should've just pushed my way through those freshmen the other day, could've avoided the mess with Adam and the breakdown
You cross in front of the stairwell when 3 freshman come charging at you.
Oh for **** sake
You dodge the charging freshman and turn around to face them. One comes at you and throws a punch.
You block it easily as you start to remember your martial arts training and quickly counter with a blow to the freshman's elbow, breaking it.
The freshman yields.
"Do I have to take this further, or can you guys just let me move on?"
The freshman move back and you start to continue towards the humanities wing when one of the freshman charges again.
They never learn
You spin around and lift your foot up and let the freshman run into it.
He falls to the ground with the breath knocked out of him.
You glance at the freshman that is left, "May I go about my business, or do I have to waste more time over nothing."
The freshman turns and runs down the stairs to the bottom floor of the school.
I bet he runs right into the main part of the horde down there.
You enter the Humanities wing and move quickly into the Media Center.
Now, let's see what the plan is from here

Advanced Composition Period 6: Zombie Apocalypse

[Travis]
You peer out into the Art Hall and feel your stomach grumble more fiercely that you would like it to
Going to have to head toward the snack bar near the Gym to try to recover some energy
You start to move down toward the Gym entrance to the school, keeping a watchful eye for any zombies coming your way.
No sign of a breach on this side of the school, that is some good news at least
You make it to the snack bar door and get to work on picking the lock.
I hope every one else is holding up with all of this crap
You get the door open and start to sort though the food now available.
Water is a priority right now, food won't stay down other wise
You crack open a bottle and start to quench your day old thirst for some good old water.
You feel your innards start to relax and start downing some granola bars you find.
Lets get some food to take back to the Media Center so that we have a long term store set up
You start to pack some food and water into a bag you find under the counter.

Advanced Composition Period 6: Zombie Apocalypse

[Travis]
This isn't worth the effort, I need to get back to the media center, not keep hiding from what needs to be done
You stop picking the lock and make your way back to the booth and collect your supplies and start back toward the stairs down to the stage and out into the theater hall.
Art hall might be safer to go though if something is going down at the from of the school
You walk toward the Art hall somewhat cautiously.