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Oh God! [Sugoi Kawaii-nee Moe Moe High School]

Here's my character!

Pearl Cloud Candy

Name: Pearl Cloud Candy (goes by either Pearl or Cloud)
Gender: Female
Age and academic grade: 14; 1st year

Appearance:

Species: Half-Human, Half-Friendship Spirit

Biography: Pearl's parents died when she was 6, at which point she was placed in orphanage after orphanage over the years. She was adopted one year ago into a rich and prestigious family that gave her a new little brother! But her new parents got tired of seeing her. Instead of throwing her out, which would have reflected badly on them, they sent her away to Kawaii High. Cloud has maintained a positive attitude through all her trials, and she never gives up on her friends! She always gets excellent marks in her classes, despite irregular schooling in the orphanages and always sneaking out to see her friends instead of studying. Pearl is super excited to meet all the new friends she'll make at Kawaii High!!!

Powers: the Power of Friendship: changes her form when her friends are in danger
Normal mode powers:
- being excited about everything
- being adorably awkward and shy
- being a cry-baby
Friendship mode powers:
- ears on fire (the fire doesn't burn anything)
- breasts triple in size
- unbreakable pointy teeth
- wings appear when needed
- Friendship is Magic: random magical effects may occur in her proximity

Others:
- has a Bernese mountain dog puppy named Snuggles.

Snuggles

- is afraid of fire. This includes her own ears in Friendship mode.

Oh God! [Sugoi Kawaii-nee Moe Moe High School]

Of course I'm in! Yay, friends! :D

May You Live in Interesting Times (A Murder Mystery)

Name: Erica Allie

Age: 22

Companion: Alden Taverner

Physical Description: At 4'10 and 100 lb, Erica is extremely short and often mistaken for a child from afar. The roundness of her face doesn't help. She has gray eyes and mousy brown hair cut into a short pixie cut. She wears a dark grey pant suit with a white shirt and a silver tie.

Personality: Erica rarely speaks a word, which can be quite exasperating to those around her. She's not shy, but usually finds talking to be an annoyance. She enjoys watching people, and even interacting with them, so long as they can put up with her silence.

History: Erica grew up as an only child in a middle-class family in a small town. She recently graduated from college with a degree in computer science and found a job in a small company across the country from where she grew up.
Alden approached her one day at the office with an envelope bearing her name. He had found the invitation on his desk, probably set there by accident. She didn't know what it could possibly be, or how it could have made it to her new job. After some unfruitful Internet research, she was intrigued, but not convinced it wasn't some sort of scam. The next day, she handed the invitation back to Alden to see what he thought. He took it as an invitation to be her "+1". She decided she wouldn't correct him, and instead attend the event.

Connections with Other Characters: Alden Taverner - coworker

Other: -

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Name: Alden Taverner

Age: 27

Companion: Erica Allie

Physical Description: Alden has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He has a strong jawline softened by some light stubble. He wears a cheap black suit, completed by a white shirt and black tie.

Personality: Alden, or Denn, as most people call him, is a very easygoing person. He's not a extremely chatty, but he does enjoy friendly conversation and has a cheeky side that comes out occasionally. He doesn't like to talk or think about the past, instead plowing forward in life with determination.

History: Alden grew up in a poor family, but he taught himself how to code as a teenager, hacking away at night after his shift at whatever job or jobs he had at the time. He eventually shifted to freelance web development before landing a full-time job as a developer. He knows Erica from his office at that job, where he's been working for two years now. He sort of took the tiny woman under his wing when she arrived at his company. He calls her "Rica" for some reason. She invited him to the ball after he'd found the invitation mistakenly set on his desk, and he was intrigued. He saw no reason to refuse.

Connections with Other Characters: Erica Allie - coworker

Other: Denn can hold his own in a fist fight or a knife fight.

May You Live in Interesting Times (A Murder Mystery)

Name: Erica Allie

Age: 22

Companion: Alden Taverner

Physical Description: At 4'10 and 100 lb, Erica is extremely short and often mistaken for a child from afar. The roundness of her face doesn't help. She has gray eyes and mousy brown hair cut into a short pixie cut. She wears a dark grey pant suit with a white shirt and a silver tie.

Personality: Erica rarely speaks a word, which can be quite exasperating to those around her. She's not shy, but usually finds talking to be an annoyance. She enjoys watching people, and even interacting with them, so long as they can put up with her silence.

History: Erica grew up as an only child in a middle-class family in a small town. She recently graduated from college with a degree in computer science and found a job in a small company across the country from where she grew up.
Alden approached her one day at the office with an envelope bearing her name. He had found the invitation on his desk, probably set there by accident. She didn't know what it could possibly be, or how it could have made it to her new job. After some unfruitful Internet research, she was intrigued, but not convinced it wasn't some sort of scam. The next day, she handed the invitation back to Alden to see what he thought. He took it as an invitation to be her "+1". She decided she wouldn't correct him, and instead attend the event.

Connections with Other Characters: Alden Taverner - coworker

Other: -

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Name: Alden Taverner

Age: 27

Companion: Erica Allie

Physical Description: Alden has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He has a strong jawline softened by some light stubble. He wears a cheap black suit, completed by a white shirt and black tie.

Personality: Alden, or Denn, as most people call him, is a very easygoing person. He's not a extremely chatty, but he does enjoy friendly conversation and has a cheeky side that comes out occasionally. He doesn't like to talk or think about the past, instead plowing forward in life with determination.

History: Alden grew up in a poor family, but he taught himself how to code as a teenager, hacking away at night after his shift at whatever job or jobs he had at the time. He eventually shifted to freelance web development before landing a full-time job as a developer. He knows Erica from his office at that job, where he's been working for two years now. He sort of took the tiny woman under his wing when she arrived at his company. He calls her "Rica" for some reason. She invited him to the ball after he'd found the invitation mistakenly set on his desk, and he was intrigued. He saw no reason to refuse.

Connections with Other Characters: Erica Allie - coworker

Other: Denn can hold his own in a fist fight or a knife fight.

May You Live in Interesting Times (A Murder Mystery)

Would a woman be able to wear a pant suit and tie to the event, or would that be too unconventional? If not, does "formal" mean dress, or suit/skirt (i.e. business attire)?
(I'm asking in advance because my character would be likely more savvy about this stuff than I am. But she'd wear the suit and tie if she could get away with it.)

May You Live in Interesting Times (A Murder Mystery)

I'm interested.

~✶Our Brightest Stars✶~ ~Always Open!~

Stergann Scythe

"Oh, don't worry, I'm just here to see what all the commotion is about." Stergann reassured Lyra. "Maybe you could introduce me. I've met Del before, he's one of my students, but I'm not sure I know your other partner," Stergann said, wondering if the younger girl had even noticed she was there. She seemed awfully engrossed in her tackle-fest.

"I'm a little out of the loop sometimes, being a staff member instead of a normal student... But I'm guessing there are quite a lot of you going on missions today. Is that right, Del?", she asked, turning toward the boy. After all, she had come out of her room to find out what was happening. She figured Lyra wouldn't know any better than her, since she couldn't see any of the screens. When Lyra had first arrived, Stergann had personally made sure she would be informed of anything she need to know by telephone, but of course, they'd only tell her what was essential to Lyra's functioning as an agent. The administrative staff couldn't be bothered to repeat everything that was on the screens, and in any case that would have been a bit of an information overload for the poor girl.

Then something amusing occurred to her. She turned to Lyra with a hint of a grin on her face. "Would you like to see what those two look like, on the ground? I could show you." Stergann always preferred to ask before imposing her thoughts on others, although with Lyra it was just a formality at this point. Lyra was used to Stergann's thoughts mixing into hers, or however that worked. Stergann often wished she could experience what her power felt like to others; in fact, that was one of the reasons she wished she could their minds. But, no sense in yearning for the impossible. She could put these thoughts away for later, when she was daydreaming again.

~✶Our Brightest Stars✶~ ~Always Open!~

Stergann Scythe

The young woman gazed out the window, chin resting on her palm. One corner of her mouth was lifted up into a smile, slightly dimpling her cheek. The room was small, but it contained everything a girl needed to thrive: a bookshelf crammed full of books, a neat desk, a small bed and closet, and a large window open to the smoggy sky of New York. She had been preparing for the next week's lessons, but her pen had slipped from her fingers and her mind was far away. In her dreams she never saw herself as a Star. Not that she minded having powers; her unconscious just didn't seem to have caught up to her reality yet. Daydreams, however, were under her control, and she often dreamed of what it would be like to be able to read a little from the minds she was putting her own thoughts into. Today her flights of fancy were unrelated to Stars and powers. She was imagining that she lived in the countryside, and had met a mysterious young girl who looked eerily similar to Stergann herself when she was about five years old. The two of them were walking through a gloomy forest in search of the wise old beetle-king who lived deep within it, in hopes that he could tell them who the young girl was, as she herself could not remember.

They had just crossed a charming little brook full of water-spirits when Stergann shook herself out of her reverie. She glanced down at her papers. She didn't need to finish them today; she'd just thought she could get a little bit ahead on her work. She tapped the sheets of paper into a nice, neat stack and stood up. She stretched and then stood there for a moment, her mind blank. She decided to see what the commotion was outside; the noises in the hallway were different from usual, so there were probably a lot of kids going out on missions. She closed her window. It was getting a little too hot to have it open anyway.

Stergann opened her door just in time to see Del whoosh by on his skateboard. Always in a hurry, that one. She stepped out and looked down the hallway. He'd stopped just down the hall, in front of the mess hall, and was talking with two other students, only one of whom she recognized. There was a staff member standing with them, but he didn't seem too friendly, so Stergann to go see if they needed anything. And she'd get to chat with Del, ask him about all the missions going on that day. Del was a regular in the cooking club, just because he was in the kitchen around the clock.

The girl Stergann didn't recognize tackled Del just as she walked up. Seemed friendly enough, but it occurred to her that the girl might be corrupted, since Stergann didn't know her, and there was that burly man standing nearby. She smiled at Lyra and greeted her -- she knew the girl wouldn't be able to see the smile, but maybe she'd hear it in her voice. She glanced back at Del. "You doing okay there? What's all the fuss today?"

~✶Our Brightest Stars✶~ ~Always Open!~

The reason I haven't posted yet tonight is because I was playing Torchlight II all weekend I was making a spreadsheet of all the characters. Because I have a hard time keeping everyone straight, but one of my characters is a teacher, so I figure she's gotta know most of the kids at NI. Plus I wanted an overview of everyone to try and see where I can start her (any suggestions, GM?)

So I figured I might as well share the spreadsheet in case anyone wants it...
It's incomplete, and it only includes the starred people because reasons...? (shrug)
Original .ods file
.xls for people with real Excel, except it might not look as nice if weird stuff happened during the file conversion
(and by "nice" I mean there's a few lines and colors. I didn't spend time making this look pretty.)
P.S. the color-coding is for what mission people are currently on.

Edit: Oh look, yet another character to add :P

~✶Our Brightest Stars✶~ ~Always Open!~

Woo. New CS. Many thanks to RomanAria for answering all my questions. :P

Stergann Scythe

Name: Stergann Scythe [Stergann means starry sky, in Breton]
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Nationality: American
Current location in the world: New York, HQ
Appearance: Pixie cut, black hair, pale skin, rather square face, dimples in cheeks and chin, brown eyes. Slim, a little taller than average.
Location and notes on star mark: On the back of her neck, four-pointed, as big as the palm of her hand.
Star power: Reverse telepathy. She can implant thoughts, suggestions, or information in people's heads. Direct communication with words is harder, but she can do that too. The power is not limited by distance, but she must be able to picture the person's face in her mind. Distance also makes it harder to implant actual words, but so far she hasn't found a hard limit.
Corrupted or Uncorrupted: Uncorrupted.
Personality: Very quiet and composed, often with a contemplative look on her face. A people-watcher. Quiet by nature, but not shy. Is steadfast in her opinions and worldview; it can be hard to change her mind unless you know just how to talk to her. Has extremely strong morals, which include not using her power for petty reasons.
Biography: Stergann grew up in Houston, Texas. Her powers emerged late, when she was fifteen. She joined the organization almost right away. Her parents had wanted her to stay at home with them, but Stergann was afraid of what she might do to them and to others she knew. She didn't want to keep them eternally guessing about whether their thoughts were their own or whether Stergann had influenced them. Of course, her powers could still take effect from all the way over in New York, but the fact that she'd be surrounded by people who could help her get a grasp on her powers was kind of reassuring. Her parents respected her decision.
She spent the next few years with the organization before "graduating" to a staff role. She was glad to accept a position as a teacher, since it provided her with the opportunity to use her power to help others. Nowadays she teaches math at the headquarters to the Uncorrupted. Her late entrance into the organization meant that she had a chance to have a solid education beforehand, since she wasn't subjected to the erratic always-interrupted-by-missions schedule that students follow here. She still lives at HQ, since that's all she really knows of New York, and it makes it easier anyway with the weird schedule. It also makes it easier for her to answer questions and help out those who need a little more explaining. The main challenge she encounters in her job is that she can give her students explanations and formulas, but she can't make them get it. And she certainly can't read their minds to figure out what part they don't understand.
Trivia:
- Likes to eat fish, apples, and spaghetti. Dislikes most cheeses.
- Likes mentoring the students. Hates grading assignments. (aka she's a normal teacher?)
- Still has a good relationship with her parents, but they've only visited once since she moved to New York, and she hasn't been back to Houston.
- Isn't a great cook, but mentors the students' cooking club. They needed a staff mentor, and she needed an excuse to spend time with students outside the classroom, so there you have it.