This thread will be my WorkerBee thread, the place where I'll be working out the new codes for beautiful thread and character template layouts for this site. Not sure if I'll be able to make them work, cause codes are the death of me, but when I have a place to test them out they tend to behave for me.
So, if there's a successful layout that you favor, just let me know and I'll send you the code for them. No biggy!
Okay, don't have anything for this now, but will get something going on this - Eventually!
Naome Roxmery Devereaux
26 | Female | FC: Aiyana A. Lewis
Nickname(s): Omi, Rosemary, Rox Date of Birth: June 3rd, Gemini Place of Birth: Metairie, Louisiana Ethnicity: Mexican/Jamaican/Creole
Description:
― hair Naturally wavy black hair. Will wear it either long and wavy or in braids, and at times will chop it off into a short bob knowing that it will grow back to its original length in around 3 to 6 months.
― body Curvacious in her 5'7", 142 lb form - almost too juvenile in looks to be considered older than 20 - until you take in those curves. Full bust size - at a 34C and toned due to several years in dance and later track.
― skin Mid-tone cocoa - Mulatto. Freckles across her nose and cheeks are her most natural striking features. The other being a creative torso tattoo depicting peacock feathers - the peacock being her favorite bird. [/COLOR
― clothing style Excentric - can go from Urban Fleek to Posh Socialite to Creole Bohemian at the bat of her long eyelashes. Bright or demure colors, and showing enough skin to cause several collisions if she crossed a busy street. Regardless of what she wears, you can always spot her various talismans or gris-gris around her neck, wrist, ankles, and/or upper arms.
― physical disabilities Naome is partially deaf due to suffering from Otosclerosis when she was 8 years old. Her family doctor attempted surgery when she was 10 years old, but it failed and caused more damage. Her selective muteness is due to a childhood trauma that occurred when she was 11 years old that rendered her fearing the sound of her own voice. Naome refuses to speak, and over time has chosen to remain silent, especially since she's now clinically deaf and had to learn sign language. But she can speak, and tends to voice her opinions with a few choice words - but that's only if she's comfortable with the people and the environment she's within. Get her mad enough and you won't get her to stop. When she speaks, it's clear enough to understand - more like listening to someone with a strong accent.
― Naome is quite an eloquent young lady in how she carries herself and speaks. This is due to her rich upbringing within the high-ended spectra of Louisiana's dark heritage.
― Can adapt to whatever issue or situation she's involved in. But, just because she can, doesn't mean she will.
― Naome questions everything - even the simplest of things, not because she doesn't know the answers but because she's just curious to know the other person's view about the subject or item in question. She believes wholeheartedly on listening to others - collecting their words and expressions, for there are hidden meanings within that expressed their true heartfires. If you want to learn the truth, listen to more than just their words.
Negative trait | Her inconsistencies tend to cause problems in her life. It's not the lack of forgetting to be one particular way, but the fact that being slightly eccentric in her livelihood causes her to show a lack of such - in turn, becoming unreliable at times.
Likes: Lemonade, a variety of music, languages, and culture (she loves learning about other countries and their art, wishing to visit those various places one day), loves languages and symbols. Dislikes: Thunderstorms, meeting suspicious people, peppermint, mangos, the color green, fake people. Ambitions: Her goal is to find herself through her talents and interest, to pursue a career that allows her to travel to different countries. Fears: TBA
Philosophy:
"You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously." ~ Naome Devereaux
"You don't get it, do you? Fine art is something people gladly risk their lives for.” ~Stoner - Eureka 7
Biography: TBA
MBTI type INFJ - A: Intuition, quietly intense, insightful, creative, sensitive, seeks harmony and growth.
Temperament Naome can be quiet at first sight, patience around chaos, and observant. She tends to use body language more than sign language to express her emotions.
Mental disabilities Selected mutism.
Intuition, quietly intense, insightful, creative, sensitive, seeks harmony and growth. Naome can be quiet at first sight, patience around chaos, and observant. She tends to use body language more than sign language to express her emotions.
Name: Naome Roxmery Devereaux
FC: Aiyana A. Lewis
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 132 lbs
Family: Parents - Oskar and Gabriella Devereaux - Oskar is a former Army Homeland Security Forensics Analyst, and Gabriella is the former Air Force Psychiatrist turned Marketing Manager for Exxon Global. They are now Co-CEOs of their own global company - Devereaux Cyber Security (DCS), LLC. of Philadelphia. Brother - Toganay Songhay Devereaux - 20 years old. Preparing to leave his family home to head to Georgia with his sister. He's set to start college at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for Architecture soon. He's going to stay with his sister until his dormitory placement is set.
Bio:
Cyber Security was not Naome's career choice. She grew up in it. It's kinda a thing in her family, growing up in a military home, her parents assumed their two children would follow in all of their footsteps. But now, neither one of them wishes to be a part of the family business - as planned. Instead, they both share an interest in Architecture and Design - all thanks to Naome.
Naome has five years of experience in Cyber Forensics and Cryptography - skills taught to her by her father, which made life easier for her in finding jobs while in college. But, she stepped away from that field when an opportunity came to her at The Philidelphia Museum of Cultural History. She became a curator and restoration assistant there, falling in love with the research, recording, and restoring of Philidelphia's oldest historical buildings and residences. She was hooked. She decided, after gaining her BS in Cryptography and Digital Forensic Investigations, she would return to college - eventually - for a degree in Historical Architecture Restoration and Interior Design. Good thing SCAD has just that... Now, she's got to come up with a way to get fired...
Naome's initial move to Georgia was for DCA. They have designed the security for four new corporations in Georgia, and Naome will be there for a year to personally analyze each system, double-checking for any discrepancies, loopholes unannounced in their regular scans, and to manage any issues or questions the companies might have. If there are any problems, she's the sharpest cryptography around who can whip up a quick algorithm to solve them fast. Due to Toganay's acceptance to SCAD, she decided to go ahead and find a permanent place to live. Her small loft apartment was not going to be enough for her and her brother, so Naome quickly found a nice home with all the space she wanted in a Cul De Sac close to the city.
Notables:
― hairNaturally wavy black hair. Will wear it either long, wavy, or in braids and at times will chop it off into a short bob knowing that it will grow back to its original length in around 3 to 6 months.
― bodyCurvacious in her 5'5", 132 lb form - almost too juvenile in looks to be considered older than 20 - until you take in those curves. Full bust size - at a 34C and toned due to several years in dance and later track.
― skin Mid-tone cocoa - Mulatto. Freckles across her nose and cheeks are her most natural striking features. The other being a creative torso tattoo depicting peacock feathers - the peacock being her favorite bird.
― clothing style Excentric - can go from Urban Fleek to Posh Socialite to Creole Bohemian at the bat of her long eyelashes. Bright or demure colors, and showing enough skin to cause several collisions if she crossed a busy street. Regardless of what she wears, you can always spot her various talismans or gris-gris around her neck, wrist, ankles, and/or upper arms.
― physical disabilities Naome is partially deaf due to suffering from Otosclerosis when she was 8 years old. Her family doctor attempted surgery when she was 10 years old, but it failed and caused more damage. Her selective muteness is due to childhood trauma that occurred when she was 11 years old that rendered her fearing the sound of her own voice. Naome refuses to speak, and over time has chosen to remain silent, especially since she's now clinically deaf and had to learn sign language. But she can speak, and over the years has started to voice her opinions with a few choice words more than before. That's only if she's comfortable with the people and the environment she's within. Get her mad enough and you won't get her to stop. When she speaks, it's clear enough to understand - her French Creole accent is very strong.
Weaknesses: Women, herbs and spirits - in that order.
Strengths:
Legion Rank: Captain of the Sepa Legionnaire Division
Years in Service: 10 years
Standard issued weapons:
A Nodachi Dual Dragon Blade infused with the Rider's dragon’s blood and tears.
Master Dragon Sword:
Dragon:
Dragons Name: Ghali
Age: 14 year
Gender: Male
Type:
Approximate Size/Proportions:
Color: Blue
Appearance: Bright green eyes that grow brighter when her skills are active; a long waterfall of sunkissed hair that drapes down towards her waist. She's small in build, but muscular and shaped sublime, and has a serious yet seductive look about her. You can tell when she's serious, but then again, you can't. Quil is soft, but not soft-spoken; young, but aged in battle and Xim; aware, but still not wise enough to know all about this world just yet. She is still insecure about who she is as a woman, as a Xim Apprentice, and as a Legionnaire.
Race: Wynn
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Height: 5'6"
Charrie's Xim Level: Taun
Charrie's Magic Principle: Einri (all skills) / Rai (Ximmas/Corazs)
Charrie's Magic Minor: Chaq (Whisperer, Rider, Healer) / Qui (Mime)
Charrie's Magic Temporary: Mana (Divine) / Alche (Herbology)
Personality: Very serious young lady, disciplined, strict on herself and others, but understands how difficult it is to be the best you can be. Deep down she's quite stubborn and self-doubting, especially when she over-analyzes a situation to the point where she thinks she's correct. Then, when challenged on her theory by more than one person, begins to doubt her thoughts are sound. She'll either lose steam or stand her ground in order to save face - regardless if she knows she's right or wrong.
Very adept to the heartfires of others, of their thoughts and what surrounds them. Her meditations keep her focus on what she should focus on, rather than on everything she’s forced to register in a day. (Almost like the curse - an omnipotent sort of connection to everything and a photographic mind to glue it all in place. Even when she wills certain memories away, they always stay...) This makes for a very quiet and controlled young woman.
As a Legionnaire office, she’s strict but understandable and fair. She’s never too harsh, far too open-minded to be extremely upset at anyone; but don’t test her on this. Quil’s temper is temped for a reason…
Weaknesses: If she loses control or loses her connection to the Xims of other living things around her, she literally becomes blind and loses all confidence and courage. She feels she incapable of standing as strongly as she does without her Xim...very co-dependent on her skills. They are why she is at the status she's at now. Without her amazing abilities, she would be nothing.
Strengths: She is one of four Xim students who are adaptable to all six forms of Xim. (One of the others is Tanis, her cousin). Being this well connected in Xim is a phenomenon, and a dangerous one at that, for many who have such skills, are also easily broken down in mind, body, and spirit. The power and weight of such are fatal. This is why she is an Apprentice under all Six Towers of Xim, and takes private lessons with each Sufa and Sufu who’s claimed her as their Taun - a special name for such students.
Usually, because of her skills in Xim, she would not be allowed to become a Legionnaire. But, she had been chosen by a dragon at a very young age (4). Plus, her abilities in Chaq, as well as Qui, have gained her the respect of her Generals. Therefore, she was accepted into the Legion along with Tanis, as long as they did not venture further into their Xim studies to become Avats - Master Instructor of Xim.
Legion Rank: First Lieutenant of the Sepa Division
Years in Service: 6 years
Standard issued weapons: A Nodachi Dual Dragon Blade infused with the Rider's dragon’s blood and tears.
Special Weapons of Choice: Eoam Deer Horn Chakram - her mother's design.
Lieutenant's Sword:
History: Will show itself throughout the RP.
On Wynn-Sepa, The Pilaboos have made a major name for themselves. Quil's grandfather, Elder Arium Pilaboo, is one of the 12 Elders of Wynn, controlling government within The Citadel. Her mother, Helenia Coulp-Pillaboo, is a famous leather smith/blacksmith, being one of the first women in the field under the Guild. Her father, Archet, is known for his beastmaster skills, domesticating wildling animals of all kinds within the tropical forest with old and new techniques. And even her cousin, Tanis Coulp, who is being raised by her parents, has become a legionnaire in Surda of the highest rank at such a young age.
Family Line (Some of my NPC’s)
Grandfather – Senior Elder Arium Pilaboo of the High Elders 12.
Grandmother – Sufa Jenivee Kowal-Pilaboo - Was one of the Raias Sufa’s who participated in the last pilgrimage to Earth 100 years ago.
Helenia Coulp – Pilaboo – Leathersmith/Blacksmith; owns the only leather and riding tack shop in town and one of the few female blacksmiths under their Guild. Her famous skills in leatherworks have built her family a steady lifestyle. Tanis Coulp’s aunt.
Archet Pilaboo – Beastmaster, Dragon Care Instructor. Elder Senior Arium Pilaboo’s only living son out of three. Works at the Hatchery and can also be seen at the Dragon stables from time to time. Even though people are not allowed into The Keep (The Dragon’s special retreat), Archet is one of the only people of Wynn allowed to enter the foyer, and once he was allowed inside the first chamber.
Other: It is against the Legion Code for a Legion officer to have relations with another officer. Legionnaires may date outside of the Legion, but they cannot proceed into Union until they have retired from service, or have been disconnected to their dragons. Quil has been in a secret relationship with the Legion Captain for a very long time. They’ve grown close ever since they were kids before the Captain entered into the Legion. They hope to proceed to Union one day, but due to the turmoil happening these days, that idea may never come.
Dragons Name: Schiza
Age: 8 year
Gender: Female
Dulsorian Spirit Dragon
Approximate Size/Proportions: Schiza is of medium build, with graceful lines that are sturdy and formed.
Color: Purple
Dragon's Special Abilities: She’s an Illusionist, able to sprout strange hallucinations against her attackers during battle. As a Spirit Dragon, she's also capable of traveling through light - invisible, when she disconnects a portion of her spirit and transport it to other dragons or Riders to secretly communicate or fight beside them. She cannot hold her 2nd for too long, especially when she's already physically and mentally taxing.
She also has the ability to shed her scales off of her wings and tail to use them as projectiles. The fire she breathes is ether, which in high light and heat (like fire) can create an explosive acidic chemical. In other words, not only does she burn the scales and flesh off of any dragon, but causes explosions in their general area, which can take a few more down at the same time.
She is also Quil's Big Sister, a shield for her well-being; her conscious, at times, and someone to cry on when she needs to. When Quil loses her way or is shrouded in the darkness she cannot escape from, Schiza is there for her - even when she shouldn't be.
Appearance: Tall and muscular, reddish-brown hair on his head, a most noticeable scar crosses his face from between the eyes and almost to his upper lip. A pleasant smile that goes along with his pleasant disposition; warm blue eyes and a soft manly voice.
Personality: A gentleman through and through, scholarly and always glued to a book. Would swear his life to save a friend or his dragon. Always has this childlike appearance and attitude. Even though he is a man, his fascination about every inch of something new turns him into a toddler walking for the first time. He wants to learn about everything new he discovers, touch it, play with it. Even if it’s dangerous and could cause problems, Tanis’ curiosity and high interest in the deeper understandings of things causes him to venture forward – with lack of awareness at times.
Weaknesses: His curiosity has killed several cats in his time, which has caused him a lot of problems in the past. One of which gave him that scar.
Strengths: His extremely high concentration of Chaq is the reason why he is the only successful handler of Gengha dragons. He helps out his uncle Archet from time to time at the hatchery to help new students how to handle their new Genghas. He has other major strengths too – his inept abilities in the six Xims helps to enhance his and his dragons fighting tactics, giving him an advantage that most attackers don’t realize.
Charrie's Xim Level: Taun
Charrie's Magic Principle: Mana (All Skills)/Chaq (Rider, Whisperer, Connection)
Charrie's Magic Minor: Eniri (Telepath) / Qui (Telekinesis/Shield)
Charrie's Magic Temporary: Rai Corazs)/Alche (Alchemy)
Legion Rank: Legionnaire Scout Sergeant
Years in Service: 3 years
Special Weapons of Choice: (besides standard issued weapons) An Anorus Ingus Sword, and two Rorini Dragon Ring
Dragon Name: Raifa – Male Gengha (Fire Dragon)
Dragon Color: Red with black stripes down his back and tail. He has a gold chest, girth, and lower jaw, and his scales have fans between them that are also gold.
Dragon's Special Abilities: Firebreather, lava boiler. Can heat up his scales to force another dragon off of him, and has the capability of setting his wings on fire (which doesn’t cause him any damage or pain) to create fire aero attacks like lava whirls, fire tornados, and fury breeze. His claws can also heat up to scar dragons while attacking, or to use for soldering wounds closed.
Tanis, being a Taun, is able to use Raifa as an extra set of eyes and ears, while in flight and when they are apart. And sometimes, Raifa can shrink himself down to the size of an imp dragon, which are small shoulder dragons some Elders and well-to-do members of society have as pets. Raifa does this to get away from people, tucking himself in the pocket of Tanis’ student cloak where its dark and warm.
Like all Gengha dragons, Raifa has a very deadly bad temper. But, Raifa has a strange respect for Tanis – almost a love/hate relationship, if you will. Will be explained in History.
History:
In all actuality, Tanis should be dead.
"When I attempted to make the bond with Raifa, he lashed out and attacked me – giving me this scar. As is protocol, if a dragon attacks their chosen Rider, that dragon will have to be killed. They were going to kill him on my inauguration night... Other than the obvious scar and being a little worse for wear, I begged them to spare his life. For that, Raifa accepted the bond as if to repay that debt over the course of my own life. He's very independent but that's true of all Ghenga dragons. I trust only that my life rests in his care, and that trust is what bonds a Rider to his dragon.”
This expresses just how unique Tanis and Raifa’s relationship is in comparison to the other Riders and their dragons.
Family:
Nessarose Coulp: Mother, Quil's Aunt.
Tanis doesn't know his father. Nessarose and he broke their Union when Tanis was three. He's considered a traitor to Wynn and has been exiled to an unknown planet.
Name: General Cavil Rellex
Appearance: FC - Ron Jack Foley
Race: Wynn
Gender:
Age: 51
Legion Rank:
Years in Service:
Dragons Name: Jaxx
Age: 42 year
Gender: Male
Type: Agylapu Ice DRagon
Color: White
Dragon's Special Abilities:
Micha Hailu
Name: Micha Hailu
Appearance: FC - Clinton Moxam
Race: Wynn
Gender: Male
Age:
Legion Rank: Drill Sergeant
Years in Service:
Dragons Name: Caprishe
Age: 14 year
Gender: Male
Type: Balatian Earth Dragon
Color: Bronze
Dragon's Special Abilities:
Lin Unhase
Name: Lin Unhase
Appearance: FC - Lisa Guo
Tohl's Younger Sister
Race: Wynn
Gender: Female
Age:
Legion Rank: Scout
Years in Service:
Dragons Name:
Age: 8 year
Gender: Female
Type: Balatian Earth Dragon
Color: Green
Dragon's Special Abilities:
Tohl Unhase
Name: Tohl Unhase
Appearance: FC - Tony Thornburg
Lin's Older Brother
Race: Wynn
Gender: Male
Age:
Legion Rank: Recruiter Sergeant
Years in Service:
Dragons Name: Quiza
Age:
Gender: Male
Type: Bethlian Air Dragon
Color: Blue
Dragon's Special Abilities:
Gabriella Aneisha Rampersad 25|Indo-Trinidadian Creole|Forinsics Scientist Student|Late Night Radio Host FC: Ashana Finesse
Nickname(s): Gabi, Nissie
Date of Birth: November 27th, Sagittarius
Place of Birth: Rio Ciaro, Trinidad, Venezuela
Description:
― hair: Naturally wavy black hair, but wears it straightened and colored with brunette/red or brunette/blond.
Color all depends on her mood that month.
― body Curvacious - she does not body shame by hiding what god gave her.
She has the guts to love herself, and the guns to beat up those who hate.
― skin Mid-tone cocoa - Mulatto.
― clothing style: Anything urban posh that shows off her curves.
Height: 5'6" Weight: 160 lbs
First Impressions: Smooth and creamy, sweet and spicy.
Temperament: Her energy inspires others to dream big, chase the impossible and take fearless risks.
Gabi's honest, fair-minded, inspiring, optimistic, enthusiastic, encouraging, dedicated, adventurist.
Negative Trait:
Argumentative, reckless, flaky, preachy, tactless, overconfident - biting off more than she can chew.
Likes:
Lemonade, a variety of music, languages and cultural, pets, pop music, international travel, laughter, karaoke, books, inspirational stories.
Dislikes:
Prejudice, routines, rules, being bored, the words “you can’t”, Haters, Liars, Cheaters.
Ambitions:
With everything she does, her main goal is to find her mother's murderer. And hopefully, gain her father's respect.
Fears:
Losing her life, or her father's life, to the same fate as her mother.
Biography:
Parents: Captain Savito and Makeda Rampersad.
Gabriella grew up in a well-to-do lifestyle, living under her prestigious parents' public influence and popularity. Her parents, both former Marines, raised their only daughter the best they could within their dangerous careers, teaching her how to stay observant, safe, and cool under pressure. But Gabi disliked their strict lifestyle and always felt restricted to the point of choking to death.
Savito is the Police Captain/Detective of Precinct 12. Makeda was the County Commissioner of Precinct 12. She was murdered five years ago by unknown attackers.
Due to this, Gabriella wanted to be more like her dad - strong, powerful, allowing nothing to stand in her way. Unfortunately, Savito was the very one standing in her way. Her father refused to allow her to grow beyond his sight, forbidding her from signing up to the Police Academy. He's even gone so far as to state that he didn't even want her to date or marry a police officer. It was forbidden! He wants his only child to live a life from beyond the blue line of justice, but that's the only life she knows. Gabi eventually talked him into allowing her to go to University for Forensic Science - a career that allows her to work safely behind the scenes, rather than on the beat.
Secretly, she's working with Marcello Selosse, a detective from Precinct 3. He's been teaching her the ropes about being a detective, training her on fighting and firearms, as well as testing her skills as a forensic scientist by allowing her to assist him on cases as a 'Deputized Forensics Detective'.
She's been going to University for 3 years now and working with Selosse for about 2. She's also a late-night radio host at the University's college station - a job her father approved because his precinct patrols the campus. It's a great cover for when she sneaks away with Selosse to go on stakeouts. Her radio assistants, Sabian and Maxine, takes over on-the-air when she needs to step away. Doesn't really matter - Savito keeps a strict sleep schedule to stay well-rested for the new day.
When Brother Comes Marching Home
Character Templates
SETH WINSLOW
Face Claim: Dan Juergen
GENERAL & PHYSICAL
FULL NAME - Seth Lakota Winslow
NICKNAME & ALIAS_Kota
AGE - 28
DATE OF BIRTH - September 15th, 1994 (Present Year: 2022)
PLACE OF BIRTH - Portland, Oregon
ETHNICITY - Russian/American
GENDER - Male
SEXUALITY - Pansexual
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
HEIGHT - 6'4"
WEIGHT - 265 lbs
Hair/Eyes: Black / Brown
Marks/Tattoos/Piercings: Has an Air Force seal tattooed on his left shoulder. Also has burn scars and skin graph marks down his back, slightly up the back of his neck, and the back of his arms and legs. A few of the scars wrap jaggedly around his ribs and legs.
PERSONA
Rather artistic and logical – a perfect combination for an engineer. He’s thorough in everything he does and tends to educate himself about the facts first before starting something new. Just like his mother, he’s gained a knack for organization and cleanliness, and he prefers to keep his life structured to maintain balance. Changes in his life right now are difficult to handle, but he’s getting better in coping with that as well.
Occasionally, Seth snaps when he gets stressed, tense or emotionally worn out. This nasty temper was given to him by his estranged dad; a trait he's ashamed of. He's able to tone it down by finding time alone to cool down. Afterward, he's focused enough to speak his peace without blowing up again. Unfortunately, this issue springs up from time to time due to the PTSD he’s gained from service. With Ahren’s help, he’s slowly learning to cope with his anger and control it.
Also, due to his rough experience in his childhood and during the military, Seth dislikes being alone. Before he had his younger brother, and during service, Seth hung out with his friends during downtime. But he had to work hard to maintain his composure when working along during wartime. Befriending Ahren while living at the Air Force hospital after his injury was another way his life was saved because that time alone at the worse of his life dragged him down into a very dangerous depression that almost ended him.
Seth is very faithful and loyal to those he loves, even though the situation he’s placed himself in right now might speak differently in his brother’s eyes. Seth is very family-oriented and due to his personal interest, his unbalanced emotions, and difficulty returning to civilian life, Seth’s struggling to register exactly what he’s feeling about it all. He just can’t figure out how to deal with everything appropriately – for everyone’s sakes. Therefore, his emotions are shutting down, turning him mellow and desensitized by the entire thing.
TALENTS/HOBBIES - Truly and Tinker at heart, he has a knack for knowing how things work. From vehicles to electronics, and even the simplest toy, if it breaks down, Seth can figure out how to fix it. He's also an outstanding Chinese MahJong player - a game he's picked up during his tour in Beijing. And while in the military he's been a part of a long sword club, learning about the history of the weapon and learning how to fight with it. It's an excellent workout and a great way for him to clear his emotions in a safe and positive way - a hobby Ahren hooked him on.
LIKES - Books, working on robotics and cars, family, open and honest people, travel, flying, eating out with good friends, cats, ocean views and warm beds.
DISLIKES - rain/storms, fire/firecrackers, loud noises, being alone, feeling lost and out of control, bullies, boxing, beer, fires.
WEAKNESSES - family, love, loneliness, anger, change, lack of control.
HISTORY
Their dad, typical construction worker who returns home for a beer and peace sitting in their lounger watching sports of the news. He was once a prize boxer in high school but didn't go very far with all his drinking issues. When Seth was born, he starting training him in boxing as soon as he learned to walk. His younger years ended when his parents divorced when he was and his mother left without him. Seth would never see her again. All he had was an alcoholic father and boxing.
His father quickly remarried to a wonderful woman whom Seth truly saw as his mom. He clung to her to avoid his father at all cost. With her help he started to pull from boxing to pursue his other interest when he hit high school. Baseball, government, history, and socializing - anything that kept him far away from boxing as possible was wonderful, for he knew his father was just using him to live out his dreams. Besides, his father became mighty hostile as a coach and would beat him if he lost matches.
When Seth's younger brother was born, he was determined to keep him safe from their father's drunken temper. Of course, such a sacrifice had its consequences - Seth's standing against their father to protect his brother only made the man angrier - losing control on them both and their mother at times. But regardless of this, Seth's sacrifices created a bond between him and his brother that was thicker than blood.
One night, after announcing to his family that he was going into the military, he left his brother a personal token to keep with him for the time he was away. That secretive moment turned into something far more than Seth intended... He didn't realize just how much he loved his brother until that moment, but how he loved him awakened a part of him that had been hidden from his family in fear of painful disapproval.
After graduation, Seth reluctantly left for the military, leaving his brother and mother in the hands of their abusive father. Seth hoped that the money he made in the military would fund his mom and brother's escape from the man. And it did! It didn't take long for their father to eventually walk out on them forever, and the money his mother saved from his gifts saved them from poverty.
After Seth suffered a damaging injury after five years overseas, he returned home on honorary discharge with a new heart - falling for an older doctor; the Psychiatrist who cared for his emotional health while in the hospital. It wasn't intentional, but something just seemed to click between the two of them that just won't let go. If only the Psychiatrist knew the truth - the real truth - about Seth's feelings. Those few little secrets he didn't tell him, are the very things he attempted to hide from himself.
He had no idea the deep impression he'd left on his brother the night of their special moment. And, unfortunately, he’s not ready for the consequences of that night, and of bringing his friend home to meet the family...
Notes: Did JROTC for three years in high school, as well as accomplished a few intro college courses for credits. So, upon graduating high school at 18, he entered the Air Force as well as entered college as a Sophomore; completing his Associate's degree in Engineering in 2½ years. This allowed him to become an E4 Airman in the Air Force at the age of 20. For seven years, Seth worked his way up the ranks and finished his Bachelor's degree in Engineering to become a Technical Sergeant as an Avionics Systems Specialist.
While in South Korea, his team was testing a boomer aircraft after it suffered damage during an attack at their base. The fuel tank exploded, killing half of his team and severely wounding the rest – including him. With various burns over 42% of his body (mostly down his back, back of his legs and arms), Seth remained in the hospital for eight months recuperating from his surgeries, struggling mentally with the loss of his friends, and fearing to return to a home he’d learned was no longer there. Falling into an extreme depression with a high level of PTSD, Seth was on the edge of destruction until he was befriended by his Psychiatrist, Dr. Ahren Gutermuth. With Dr. Ahren’s help and friendship, Seth slowly began to understand how to cope with his emotions and was able to focus on finding his family.
Upon his release from the hospital and rehab, they had found his mother and brother’s new address and phone numbers. Ahren felt it was in Seth (and his) best interest if he traveled with him to his new home and help him settle. But, soon it became extremely clear that Ahren wanted nothing more but to stay with Seth for more than just a visit. Ahren invited Seth to stay with him so he can keep an eye on him until all the travel arrangements were prepared. By the end of the year, they had grown closer and secretly became a couple. Ahren has signed up to be his personal medical assistant through a national volunteer medical association working towards ending PTSD related suicide. All of this in order to stay by Seth's side.
Now, since Seth is back home to continue his recuperation and refocus on a new plan for his life, hoping to return to college to work on his Masters’ in Avionic Engineering; he's attacked with the past he left behind.
MISC - College Major/Air Force Occupation: Aeronautic Engineering Major / Avionics Systems Specialist. Ranked Technical Sergeant.
Boxing Gym he was associated with before the military: POW! Boxing in Portland, Oregon. He participated there when he was boxing in high school. During the military, he took up MMA. Now, upon returning to Oregon, he'll continue his MMA workouts at POW! in the attempt to place a more positive look upon the place.
Dr. Valentine Gutermuth - WIP Face Claim: Tyler Martin
GENERAL & PHYSICAL
FULL NAME - Dr. Valentine Liam Gutermuth
NICKNAME & ALIAS_ Val, Dr. V. (HIs Air Force Alias: TeaTime)
AGE - 27
DATE OF BIRTH - (Present Year: 2022)
PLACE OF BIRTH -
ETHNICITY -
GENDER - Male
SEXUALITY - Homosexual
PERSONA
Like any psychologist, he's patient and kind, a great listener and capable of reading people as if he wrote the book on them. His six sense tends to be almost inhuman, but he's just quite good at understanding just what a person says (or what they don't say) through their words, their silence, their facial expressions, and body language. Regardless of his amazing skills in understanding human emotion, Val hides within his own darkened paths. He's a risk-taker, an adrenaline junky, and one who prefers to have full control of everything around him. He's a manipulator, a master at using other people's emotions to his advantage, and quite content at fighting for what he wants the dirtiest way possible. Ambitious, he won't stop until he has his way, and he doesn't care who goes down first.
TALENTS/HOBBIES -
LIKES -
DISLIKES -
WEAKNESSES -
HISTORY
Notes:
Falling into an extreme depression with a high level of PTSD, Seth was on the edge of destruction until he was befriended by his Psychiatrist, Dr. Valentine Gutermuth. With Dr. Val's help and friendship, Seth slowly began to understand how to cope with his emotions and was able to focus on finding his family.
MISC - Occupation: Air Force Field Medic / Psychiatrist
Personality:
Deep to the point that you can't see to the bottom of her. Her real personality is hidden behind an impenetrable wall, masked by as many layers as you ask of her. If she needs to be happy, she'll put on a happy mask. If she needs to be distant, she'll put on a distant mask. Regardless of what she is really like, she has a habit of over-analyzing everything. She gives off a cold air no matter what personality mask she's wearing. Regardless of this, when she's working with a client, she's very patient, warn, and a very understanding therapist.
Extremely strick about her career, her privacy, and her safety. Her job can be dangerous, and after one serious scare in the early year of her practice, she had built this shield of paranoia around her against her patients and others. The only person capable of tolerating her no-nonsense personality is her boyfriend of 3 years,Dr. Ahren Godfrey. But he misses the fun-loving woman he once loved, and now is planning on breaking off their relationship.
New Margaret
Dr. Margaret Elenor Mitchell - Smith
Name: Dr. Margaret Elenor Mitchell - Smith Role: Mother Age: 49
Appearance: 5'6", 146 lbs, very athletic (runner, cyclist, hiker, yogi) which is why she's kept such an amazing youthfulness throughout her years. Dirty blonde hair - will sometimes lighten it up to platinum or a bright blonde; nothing more than that.
Personality:
Deeply philosophical and emotional to the point that you can't see to the bottom of her. Her real personality is hidden behind an impenetrable wall, masked by as many layers as you ask of her. If she needs to be happy, she'll put on a happy mask. If she needs to be distant, she'll put on a distant mask. Regardless of what she is really like, she has a habit of over-analyzing everything. When she's working with a client or her kids, she's very patient, warn, and a very understanding mother and therapist. Extremely strick about her career, her family, their privacy, and their safety. Her job can be dangerous, and after one serious scare in the early year of her practice, she had built this shield of paranoia around her against her patients and others.
Background:
Pepperdine University - Bachelors of Arts in Psychology Radcliffe University - Masters of Arts in Psychology, Bachelors in Science in Psychology and Emotional Health
Former Army Chief Clinical Psychologist
Straight out of high school she entered the Army, following her father's footsteps to become a Psychologist, she figured this route worked for him, so it should work for her. Army and college wasn't a problem for her at all, cause Army Brats are naturally taught to do things right the first time, so Margaret walked in tougher than she appeared. She completed her degree while serving and left with and received a position within her local VA Hospital as soon as she retired. From there, she traveled for her job, helping various veterans from every walk of life. Soon, she opened a practice with two career friends of hers - one from college and one from the Army. Now, she is the Chief Clinical Psychologist and Co-CEO of their clinic.
Hard Ons: Biggest Turn Ons for your Character (up until this point) Hard Offs: What makes your feet go cold. Desires: Things your character will come to love in the near future.
Additional Information: Deep down, she sort of misses her ex-husband, who died in a gas tanker explosion at the oil refinery he worked at as an Engineer several years ago.
Notable Skills:
- She is a Scavenger, making weapons out of anything she can get her hands on in order to sell to people for gas, food, or water. She teaches people how to use them, and where to safely go for the best materials in order to make good weapons of their own.
- Skilled in welding and knows how to piece together a decent set of metal armor and padding.
- Harper knows some basic field medical skills - just a little thing she picked up from Madame Cheddar from the club.
- Not very strong in long-range shooting, due to her eye, but she learned how to compromise. Mean with a knife.
- Harper has a built immunity for snake bites. Her show at The Chess Club was the erotically entertaining Snake Charmer, one where she'd been bitten enough times to build this immunity. Her limit - 14 bites; she'll seize into a coma.
- Harper is stealthy, a strong photographic and audio memory, great at hiding in the shadows and getting into the tightest corners unnoticed. This is why she is kept around the Club - as a mouse, an informant who can blend into the crowd, hide when needed, and listen and watch everything around her.
Former Occupation:
The former informant and Exotic Entertainer for The Chess Club. Sex Slave to Maxwell "Domino" Pike - club owner (deceased). Unwilling assistant to Cane - Militia Boss (deceased). Now, a Scavenger and shopkeeper's assistant for a small mom & pop shop on the outskirts of Yellows.
Biography
Harper was a payment for services for Maxwell "Domino" Pike, a loan shark who manages The Chess Club in The Yellows. At first, she was just a typical sex slave, but it was clear that the girl had moxie - a bit too much of it at times. So, Domino decided to put her to better use as his Side-Girl and Informant - a toy for others to exploit in order for him to gain their secrets without none the wiser. Unfortunately for him, Harper learned enough secrets to outdo him, as well as passed enough of his secrets out for others to undo him as well.
After six years, a man named Cain entered the Club. A Mutated Bounty Hunter, one who was looking for Maxwell Pike for a few overdue vendettas, heard her secretive calls for aid. He wiped the Club clean of any human life, allowing for the lucky slaves to escape unharmed. Then, for his payment, he followed Harper until he was able to quietly eliminate all the other survivors, claiming her for himself. Unknowing that Cain was the true reason for her friends' sudden disappearances, Harper remained with Cain for three years, learning all she could from him. Eventually though, through his constant dream chatters from a sickness she never knew he had, she learned of the lies he told her about her friends. He was the one who killed them, sold them into slavery, or dropped them off in the middle of nowhere to die alone. Overcome with anger and disgust, she killed the huge brute in his sleep and took everything he owned, selling most of it to manage for gasoline, water, ammo, and paying for her safety.
Now, she is a Scavenger, making weapons out of anything she can get her hands on in order to sell to people for gas, food, or water. She teaches people how to use them, and where to safely go for the best materials in order to make good weapons of their own.
Inner Personality
Harper has a warped sense of good and bad. What she knows that's good for her, is normally bad for anyone else. Pain is an accepted course in her life and love is just another type of pain she must endure. There's nothing better - not in this world anyway. She tends to draw towards danger and dangerous people - a magnet for bad situations and bad decisions. The only reason for this she can figure is because the worse it is, the better it makes her feel. It's a security blanket - the discomfort of a dangerous, deadly life. If everything returned to what normal use to be when she was younger, she'll probably lose her mind and hide in a corner.
Harper's no's are really yes's, her battles are never really won because she favors defeating more. This causes her problems within The Chess Club because her actions make her look as if she's being defiant or insubordinate when in all actuality she's doing the best she can at the only thing she knows. To do good, she must be bad...
Holly Mason - The Silver Dragon - Helaine Ibeya Mattezia
Nickname/Preferred name: Holly Mason, Beya
Alias: The Silver Dragon (Wildcard - she doesn't know if she's hero material or a villain in disguise. Lawful Chaotic)
Age: 18 (Unknown true age)/ December 12
Gender: Female
Race/Nationality: Siren/Mermaid, Grecian
Sexuality: Biromantic/Poly
Appearance: (Faceclaim – unknown)
A petite 5’5”, 135 lbs, with jet black hair, bright turquoise eyes, and fairly pale skin; Holly is a living, breathing Snow White, according to her mother. (And if you call her that, you'll pay for it - like it, or not.)
Personality: Very eccentric and charismatic; yet, dramatically topsy when it comes to her moods. Slightly bipolar - you know what sort of day she’s having by her attitude and the way she dresses. At times, she’s fun-loving and quirky. Other times, she’s moody or unemotional – and she dresses to fit with her lackluster sheen. But when she’s feeling demure and sexy, she’s not afraid to dress the part.
Interest:
- Music of the times. She has been playing the clarinet and violin most of her life, learning from her father and sister when they lived in Greece. She can sing like a nightingale, but far too dangerous to do with her uncontrolled skills. So, instruments it is.
- Languages of all kinds - human, animal, and alien.
- Fashionista!
- Animal lover Power(s): (Biological/Magical)
She is a Siren/mermaid-like creature that looks similar to a Blue Dragon when transformed. She had both Human, Dragon,
and Dragoon forms. Her Dragon form only shows when she's in water - it is an uncontrolled transformation, so she tends to avoid rainy days when in mixed company. In Dragoon form, she is able to maintain her hands, legs, and feet, but still carries her feather-like fin-wings.
Sound Manipulation – The ability to create & manipulate sound and sound waves. Holly can create and modify sound waves to mimic, intensify, hush, and distort, as well as warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down the sound. She can affect music as well as produce it. Create and modify the loudness, pitch, and tone of sounds, even to destructive levels by converting them into energy and physical force. Her abilities are heavily linked to her emotional state and often acted aggressively in response to Holly's fear or anger.
Sound Absorption - these abilities are reliant on her being in contact with sound, causing her to resonate with sound and energy similarly to a tuning fork. When absorbing enough sound and harnessing her energy to its fullest, her skin becomes pale and gray and her irises turn white, as her body will begin to generate blue and white light. Additionally, Holly's demeanor would sometimes change into a cold, impassive state, ruthlessly harming or even killing those that have caused her significant anger, irritation, stress.
Telekinesis - Through manipulating sound waves, Holly can move and control objects, as well as generate force, with her mind. Offensively, she is able to immobilize, restrain, constrict and repel others with her energy.
Flight - Holly is able to lift and propel herself through the air using the force she creates out of sound.
Sound Projection - Holly is able to generate and control sound waves and vibrations to devastating effects, such as knocking people backward or even destroying buildings. The first accidental incident she had with her powers in her childhood, she radiated sounds waves in the form of transparent ripples of force. She wasn't sure what had happened and considered it a fluke, but her older sister, who's been monitoring and recording all these incidents for her father, had witnessed this occurrence.
Force-Field Generation - Holly's sound-based energy can be shaped into protective barriers capable of absorbing intense amounts of force.
Enhanced Hearing - Holly is able to hear things that are usually impossible for the average human hearing through concentration.
Power Distribution - Holly can share her ability with others - willingly.
Limitations: Everything that affects normal sound affects this ability as well; this might be overcome with enough training, but she’s not there yet. A vacuum or anything that stops sound prevents this power. Plus, due to her little pet, her ears are so overly sensitive to sound, that overusing her own abilities causes seriously debilitating migraines that can knock her out for hours and leave her ears ringing profusely. With training, this can be eliminated. For now, she wears a set of sound-canceling earphones made specifically for her.
Skills: Well, besides the ability to breathe water, scream at high frequencies (under and above water), and communicating & understanding aquatic creatures...
Xenolinquist – Mutated tongue; forked and shaped like an hourglass. It gives her the insane ability to speak any language like a native or mimic any sound she hears. She doesn’t have the ability to mentally help others understand what language she speaks if one is unfamiliar with it; but with the assistance of a Mentalist, she can clearly be understood. Unfortunately, due to her little pet, she'll have tendencies to just blurt out anything that pops into her head - in a different language. And yes, with a tongue like that, she is very fluent in French...
Her continuously developing mutation has also created a very deadly situation for her. Growing ever so slowly around her spinal cord at the base of her skull is a special little pet. More like a tumor actually, but she’s not going to claim it as anything unfortunate. It enhances her mental recognition of what she hears, giving her abilities to literally mimic any noise, people’s speech patterns, and accents, animal sounds, perfectly; as well as understand what she says and their response. It’s like enhancing her Voice Manipulation and Xenolinquist abilities at the same time.
Unfortunately, this darling little bugger is a demanding creature though, causing her severe headaches at times if it's not fed. She has to maintain a proper diet and remain hydrated at all times to avoid them, drinking high concentrations of electrolytes and other vitamins in order to keep the feisty tumor from eating at her grey matter and sipping on her spinal fluid. Unfortunately, there's another little delicacy it prefers to feast off of, which she hates entirely but has overcome by adding chocolate or eating it with ice cream.
Her pet can be removed, but the fear of such a procedure scares her to no end… She’s unsure if the removal of the tumor will snatch away her abilities, which she’s quite fond of and would hate to lose, let alone turning her into a veggie. It’s either living with it or dying from it – no middle ground for her. One thing is for sure, the more it grows – the stronger she gets - the quicker it’ll kill her. Therefore, she’s damned all around.
(There’s probably a way to kill the tumor, but she had no clue as to how. However, there's a team of supernatural medical doctors who are attempting to help her with this little situation. But, unknown to her, there's a price they are not willing to ignore once she is successful in surviving the procedure. That is if she goes with it. )
Equipment: Special headphones that cancel out her own soundwaves.
History:
Helaine (Holly) was born in Nea Makri, near Marathon, Greece. She's the youngest of three, an older sister, Elahnie, and her middle brother, Josef. Her father, Anthimo, is a marketing analyst for a major medical manufacturing company, and her mother, Olivia, is an online college instructor of music and art history.
Growing up was a fun task for her, for she and her siblings took everything in life like it was a tale from a beautiful storybook. They made even the dullest task more like a fantasy story of adventure and magic. It's easy to do that growing up with an ocean for a backyard. Even to this day, she swears she had swum with a mermaid around the shallow underwater holy ruins within the Mediterranean beaches around her home. This, she and her sister believe, is when she's obtained her abilities. They believe she was blessed by a real mermaid.
Name: Lithiuna Roxmery Malorram (Rox, Lithy)
Age: 26
Birthplace: 621-4B Southway Hold, Providence; Port Au Prince, Haiti
Nationality: Haitian American
Gender: Female
Orientation: Bicurious
Soulbound?: No
Bond Type: Dreamwalker
Soulmate: Not yet
Occupation: U.S. Census Office - Interpreter
Face Claim: Damaris
Appearance Notes:
Height: 5'8"
Body Type: Average curves with lean muscle
Hair Description: Natural strawberry blonde
Eyes: Light grey
Distinguishing Features: She is Albino, which is both a blessing and a curse for her within the Haitian culture. Has a scar above her right elbow from when she was a little girl living in Haiti - someone kidnapped her and tried to cut off her arm for a good luck charm. (She's wanting to get an armband tattoo designed to cover the nasty scars around her arm - a way to celebrate her survival).
Clothing Style: She's urbanesque in so many ways, but she'll go Bohemian Chic, Afrocentric, or just straight-up classy. It doesn't matter to her; she just likes to dress how she feels.
Personality:
Modest and Shy
Meticulous and Reliable
Practical and Diligent
Intelligent and Analytical
Eccentric
Personality Flaws:
Fussy and a Worrier
Overcritical - Mostly to herself or really close family/friends.
Perfectionist
Paranoid/Cautious
Fears:
Allowing her albinism to get the better of her
Being cut
Never finding her Soulmate
Dying alone
Likes:
Beautiful souls - they're so bright and colorful
Intelligent, informed people, who care
Food/Cooking
Art/Music - enjoyment
Being wrapped up - for warmth, coziness, and safety/protection
Casual day at work
Surprising people, but she doesn't like surprises
Giving little things to people to show that you are thinking of them
Kisses on her eyelashes
Willow trees
Dislikes:
Things/People jumping out at her
Sunburns
Knives
Pain/Discomfort
TBA
Soulmate Info:
Have they met yet? If they haven't met yet, have they noticed any strange experiences (a mark suddenly appearing, dreams that are weird, feelings they can't explain, etc)?
How does their bond work?
How do they feel about it?
SKILLS:
Been competing in fencing collegially for six years. Her psychiatrist recommended the sport to her to help her fight against her fear of knives - becoming a threat with one in her control, rather than being a victim under its tip.
Can read bones/runes, mirror scurrying, and tarot. Also, due to having nystagmus, which is the involuntary rapid eye movement that some Albinos have, she is able to read both a person's energy waves and color aura - the unseen inner light of their spirit/soul that radiates around them.
Brief History:
Born in Southway Hold, Providence; Port Au Prince, Haiti. She lived with her mother, Seganna, who was the village Rada Mambo. Her estranged father, a rather disagreeable Petro Houngan, did not leave the province on good terms during his short stay there. Lithy hoped to avoid that negative legacy for the better.
One thing she was thrilled about leaving Haiti; she'd be safer somewhere else. Suffers from PTSD, after a number of kidnappings throughout her childhood, she had lived in constant fear for her life. In Haiti, Albinos are considered either good luck charms or living demons. Therefore, she almost lost fingers, an arm, an ear for someone's good luck, and she was almost murdered several times - to extinguish the supposed demons within. Many of these close-calls were due to her father's influence over a certain group of people.
Because of those close-calls, Lithy will go into full defense mode if spooked. She's slowly recovering from this since she's lived away from the island for so long, and was able to receive mental and medical attention. But time will tell if she'll ever break completely out of her paranoia.
Living in America had given her the freedom to live away from her fearful life. But now, the sudden feeling of loss, as if missing a vital limb, and the constant pulling and shifting that had caused her to lose focus on what's before her; she's started to believe something else was wrong with her. But... she's always felt like this, even as a young girl in Haiti. Just, not as harsh as it feels now. It was when her friend, Jasper, helped her connected to a club she's been a part of, The Soul Coalition, that she learned that she was missing her better part all this time... Unfortunately, she's unsure of who that might be.
Extra:
Spoken Languages: English, Creole, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Tagalog, Mandarin, Korean. She works at the Census office as an Interpreter. She also owns an online language site where she helps people learn languages through natural communication.
She worships Vodoo Loa (God) Rada (Bon Ange) the Gods that were working on the creation of the world, on making rules and life-keeping. Her divine parent is Papa Legba, Loa of crossroads; singer, fighter, fool, Guardian of the door into the spiritual sphere.
Lithy is what Vodou practitioners call a Ghost Vessel - an Albino who has the ability to share their consciousness and form with a spirit, allowing them to communicate with others in the living world. The only difference between a Vessel and a Medium is that a Vessel can hold one spirit within them indefinitely. Lithy's childhood was full of people believing that she held the spirit of a demon within her - the reason why they constantly attacked her. Others believed she held the spirit of a blessed Mambo, so she was pure luck; luckier than a rabbit's paw.
To keep introductions to new friends short and sweet, she just uses her mother’s surname of Rosewood, rather than her father’s family name of Dulviar or his grandmother’s maiden name of Kiepersol. It’s a bit confusing, but due to the connection of family wineries these names are historically attached to, it’s best for Marietta to hold them all – since, being the only child of this generation, they will one day belong to her.
Name: Marietta Nicoliya Dulviar-Kiepersol Rosewood
Nickname: Marrose, Libellula (Dragonfly) – her adored rabbit name given to her by her Italian grandfather, Horacio Nicola Dulviar. He was the one honored in naming his only grandchild.
Age: 21
Birthplace: Obelleto, Italy
Nationality: Italian American - Dominican Republic
Gender: Female
Orientation: Biromantic/Poly
Occupation: CEO of the Dulviar-Kiepersol Wineries - International, and Co-CEO of The Kiepersol-Rosewood Wineries of the US.
Face Claim: Emily Rudd
Appearance: 5’5”, 115 lbs, dark brown hair, blue eyes. Still carries herself with the grace of a swan on pointe, but due to her inactivity training as a professional ballet dancer, she's lost a bit of her elegant form. Still, Marrose still holds an attractive dancer's form and is still just as light on her feet.
Marrose's personality is one that is of extremes: When she is feeling like herself, and everything is going her way, she has an extremely sweet and silly disposition; very kind and friendly. However, when her asthma drains her into a poor state of mind, Marietta is best described as insensitive, distant, dejected, and suicidal. Her strong asthmatic and panic attacks frustrate her, making a very athletic and determined young lady slow and flustered at herself. She is a work-o-holic and a fierce businesswoman who is used to having her way. She doesn't like pity or soft-hearted people treating her like an infant due to her health issues.
She can be rather stubborn at times, hard-headed, and strong-willed to keep things her way if the other way seems far too uncomfortable or just downright uncalled for. Due to how she’s had to manage her life without a proper set of parents, Marrose has drilled herself to be effectively and efficiently independent. Keeping her life in control is not necessary, but it makes her feel secure in her belief that she will not mature into the woman her mother had become – lacking self-sufficiency; always needing an ungrateful man in her life. She’s seen two ‘step-fathers’ grind her mother to hamburger meat, and that’s after her millionaire dead-beat father left her rather than working things out. Deep down, regardless of where Marrose's life takes her or what her unknown father does for her, she will never forgive him for abandoning her.
Hobby: She enjoys photography and hopes to become a photojournalist. Besides photography, she is an excellent swimmer and still loves hiking, but not as much due to her aesthesia. She does love the outdoors, mostly through the lens of her camera. She’s also has a fondness for dance. She wanted to train professionally, but due to her handicap, she was told that it will be impossible for her to do so. Such negatives are what drive Marrose to prove others wrong. But oftentimes it can also drive her to spiral despair.
History:
Marietta had missed out on experiencing stable family life, as far as she knows. Her father, Kaspesin Dulviar-Kiepersol, is the CEO of Dulviar-Kiepersol Wineries. The Kiepersol Wineries of the US, a company of his making, is located originally in Tyler, Texas. Now they span clear across the United States. He’s the son of Horacio & Locendia Dulviar, owners of the famous Dulviar Chianti wines of Tuscany, Italy. They still reside in the historical “Abbey of the Good Harvest” (Badia a Coltibuono) in Tuscany.
Marietta’s mother, Marnella Rosewood, is a former dancer at the Boston Ballet. Her career ended suddenly due to a very serious injury that forced her to leave dancing for life. She struggled to try to find a new career because dance was all she knew. Eventually, through good friends, she obtained a job as a secretary for Sweeney Designs, the advertising, and marketing firm that happens to work for Kiepersol Wineries. Marnella slowly worked her way through college as an executive assistant, learning about marketing while on the job. Soon, she was able to work as an entry-level ad designer, and her first project was assisting the design team for Kiepersol Wineries. That’s where she met Kaspesin. After five years working there, she was offered the Art Director position, leading a team to reconstruct Kiepersol's visual plans. Her powerhouse marketing concepts help push Kiepersol Wineries towards world-wide potential – right alongside Kaspesin’s historical family heritage.
Kaspesin and Marnella’s marriage was not favored by his parents, for regardless of Marnella’s family background, they saw her lack of success and poverty in her present life now to be a damaging entity in their son’s if he chooses to marry her. They felt she would become an anchor against their son’s rising future. Marnella’s parents’ were thrilled she had found a stable husband – meaning if she wasn’t in it for the money, they were.
Regardless of the troubles, the two married without their blessings and expanded the Kiepersol Wineries into Kiepersol-Rosewood, but far too soon they felt they were not compatible and separated after Marietta was born. Marietta has never met her father; only heard of his name and seen older pictures of him on the internet. Her mother and family friends have been her only family. She notes them for all of her achievements, not the man who only gave her life – but was never there to teach her about it.
In her early years, Marietta was constantly in the hospital due to her ill health. Premature at birth with poor lungs, Marrose always struggled to stay afloat, to keep her head above water just to take her next breath. It didn’t make simplicity easy for her. School, friends, hanging out always became a life-or-death situation if something triggered a serious attack, and sometimes her inhaler just wasn’t enough. Due to back luck hitting her, a medication mix-up, and depression, she attempted to end her life when she was 13, but her friend Marcello saved her. Regardless of this mistake, she sees it as a second chance and decided not to allow anything to stop her from living her way, trying new things, and succeeding in a few of them.
She's been living in Italy for about 10 yrs now, learning and running the winery along with finishing high school and starting college. At her grandmother passed, and now with her grandfather's health deteriorating more, there's a collective urgency to prepare for her new role. Recently, her mother has been acting strange, talking about things like visiting her father in The States and transferring to NYU for college. Marrose had already set her sights on Pratt University in New York, the most prestigious fine arts university in the US, riding on several scholarships, and savings that her mother had set up for her for years. She was also hoping to room with her best friend, Aujuli Magnuson, a dance student who is also heading to Pratt. For her mother to suddenly bring up her absent father, of all people, right in the middle of everything she's dealing with was crazy; even more so when she partially explained why…
Kaspesin is preparing to combine a well-known French winery - through marital bliss - between Marrose and the son of the historical French label. Well, that'll be flawed when she enters the US. So, to avoid all of this, her mother decided to enroll her somewhere that no one can find her.
Other:
Extreme asthmatic. She always carries an inhaler, but she has learned to control her breathing to a point. Still, if she becomes too nervous and falls into a panic, her attacks will be harder to control and cause her to go so far as passing out. Afterward, these forms of serious attacks can leave her lethargic or unconscious for hours. Usually, for seriously long travels, her mother and grandfather insist that she carries a small oxygen pack, extra inhalers, smelling salts, and emergency injectors filled with high dosages of her medication that rapidly opens her passageways.
Likes:
Dislikes: Being weak, being told she's wrong (even if she is); wasp/bees, someone blatantly ignoring her - (when she screams at the TV, but the TV people won't listen); having everything go just right, then someone screws it all up; someone opening the door for her, and surprises.
Fears: Marionette puppets, someone sneaking up on her, not reaching her dreams, snakes, thunderstorms/tornadoes, fighting to breathe, drowning, dying alone.
Meric Lucian Donovan Gender - male Age - 19 Species - Vampire Nationality - Norwegian Form - 3rd Area of Study & Specialties:
Inherent ( )
Tactics and Logistics Rank & Dorm - 118 (Legacy), Mason Dorm
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -
Hair/Eyes: dirty blond/blue-hazel.
HEIGHT_ 5'11"
WEIGHT_156 lbs
Meric stands at being around five feet eleven inches, with an elegant body structure. Narrow waist, long torso, lengthy legs, and lean; yet proportioned, and muscular. His head is full of light blond waves, and these days he's allowed it to grow out to sport a gentleman's ponytail.
PERSONALITY - Intelligent, endearing, sly, sweet, confident, eccentric, and a compulsive liar (he hasn't always been, just a necessary taste he had to acquire over the years to keep his circus family safe). Sometimes too sugary sweet to be true, which is, in fact, true - if he's under the influence of another. He cares about people, but doesn't care about hurting them, and fears the idea of loving or becoming close to anyone due to his condition. Charming; yet, detached and clever; he had to be to avoid getting hurt, or to avoid others getting hurt by him. He can be extremely hardheaded, especially when he knows how right he is about a particular subject or situation. And nine times out of ten, he is right. Meric carries a ton of guilt as well - the blood of his family and friends are on his hands, and he can't forgive himself for the things he did while under the Big Top.
BIOGRAPHY -
Born Meric Lucian Pillaboo to a middle-class human family. He had a typical life, nothing different than any other in his neighborhood. When he was 15, a strange circus settled on the outskirts of town near the old train depot one summer. During the day, the circus was like any other. At night, the oddest sounds could be heard by "a select few" - Meric being one of them. He, like others, was drawn in, and soon snared. They were lured by The Ringmaster, Killian Von Beaureguard, Vampire Lord of the Dark Circus. Killian took his new Performers and altered their forms, turning them into works of gore art for his nightly entertainment. During the day, the glamour he placed on the circus grounds turned all members back to their original forms. But at night, it was a different show. Meric's act was Illusions and Psychic Magic, and due to being a dancer, he also participated in the trapeze and balancing acts.
Meric became The Ringmaster's Henchman since he had no choice but to do what he was told. Why? Killian had a fondness for his intelligence, his natural magical abilities untapped, and his beauty and charisma. He wanted Meric to become his successor. Therefore, The Ringmaster locked Meric into a twisted bond where he was forced into a life of servitude, managing the Performers and other business of the circus, while being the secret judge and executioner for his Lord when others choose insubordination over the rules.
Meric learned all he could from his Puppetmaster, hoping to use it against him one day to help everyone escape. However, the connection began to twist him into more of what his master wanted - and less of him. On the verge of losing his mind, body, and soul, and his friends, Meric quickly learned to convert the magic The Ringmaster offered and fought back. With the help of his friends, they devised a plan of escape. Meric was able to break the chains that teetered him to his Puppetmaster, and the group fought for their freedom. They lost many, but Meric was able to escape the old circus world two years after.
He reconnected with his family - which was a bad idea. As a young vampire, wandering blind with the guilt of his family's murder, Meric was called to a hidden Mages shop. Old Archet Donovan sensed Meric's strong, demonic aura and raging bloodlust, and offered him a safe place to stay with plenty of food, blood, and an opportunity to apprentice with him. With nothing else to lose, Meric accepted - finding soon enough that the man was a very powerful Mage, an Alumni of Brightwall Academy. Eventually, Archet enrolled Meric into the Academy as his son, giving him the title of Legacy, as well as a place to make his own. Now, after several years of training to control the influences of The Ringmaster and make his way, Meric has strengthened his natural abilities in psychic illusions and technopathy.
OTHER: Hagi [HAH- gee] (they/them)
Meric's vampire cat Familiar, a gift from Archet. Hagi is his emotional support animal, helping Meric maintain his humanity as much as possible to keep his vampiric tendencies at bay. If for some horrid reason Meric loses his control, Hagi's blood is a quick downer. He's also a buffer for other issues surrounding Meric's past.
Hagi can spirit shift into an owl and can go invisible. Through Hagi's eyes, Meric can connect to him and see what he sees. It's a nice way to learn of the secrets within the student body he can use - for... reasons... They're also an assistant for Meric to hone in the inherent abilities The Ringmaster's connection gave him. Hagi keeps them at bay, for Meric is still unskilled for such advanced abilities. They are connected telepathically. And Hagi can shift into a human form, but it is more of an aura form than a real one, only lasts for five hours a day.
Hagi loves people's attention, especially if they carry a bright, enthusiastic spirit that just pulses with energy. Those are the ones they can num off of (blood and spirit) without others' knowledge. As beautiful as they are, Hagi is quite clever and devious - being a vampire cat and all. People tend to forget all about the whole "blood-sucking" thing cause they play the cute card quite well. Hagi is obsessively devoted to Meric, to the point of being dangerously jealous if anyone so much as gives Meric a coy smile.
Likes: Meric's a lover, not a fighter, but can be both if needed. Meric's a bit tech nerd. He's really into robotics for medicine and commerce, and science and computer technology is his favorite subjects along with dance and music. He's been a dancer for several years of his life and can play the cello, piano, and willow flute. Meric didn't choose to study Espionage - something his skills relate to. After spying on his circus friends for so long, being the cause of many of their deaths, it sickened him to choose such for a profession.
DEFORMITY - Was bound for two years to the Dark Circus' psychotic Ringmaster, Vampire Lord Killian Von Beaureguard, by slightly invisible, mystical chains that are embedded in his chest, upper arms, and ankles. They enhanced his natural magical skills to resound in his uncanny, mind-blowing illusions act for the show; however, the consequences were the constant control of The Ringmaster and the loss of his better half. The magic he receives was just a large portion of what The Ringmaster had. At the time Meric was not able to use it alone.
Unfortunately, as the Ringmaster's unwilling Assistant, The Ringmaster had an extra set of eyes and ears to keep his Performers in line. And if they stepped out-of-line, or disrupted the cheerful flow of The Ringmaster's remarkable dark circus atmosphere... Well, let's just say he was not one to get his hands dirty with all that disciplining stuff. That's why he had such a - devoted assistant - when he allowed Meric's true form to take charge.
Due to this ghastly connection, Meric began to change physically, mentally, and emotionally. Not only did he develop a hearty bloodlust as a fledgling vampire, but grew spiky scales down his spine, and smaller ones embedded in the backs of his upper arms and calves. And when he was within the controlling magic of The Ringmaster, his eyes glowed a devious red, his skin tints to an ashen blue-grey, and his hair - and his personality - turns as black as The Ringmaster's heart.
Meric had been under the direction of The Ringmaster for so long, he'd started to transform into the very vampire-dog The Ringmaster wanted - a loyal follower with no sense of who his former self was. However, due to the connections with his friends, Meric was able to maintain his true self. When Archet adopted him, the old mage helped him remove as many spikes as possible, mostly from his arms and legs. A few of the back spikes remain, only filed down to keep from ripping through his clothing. It helps Meric feel more like the 'human' he once was. Archet also helped Meric regain the good side of his soul.
Meric broke the chains that bound him to the Puppetmaster, but one link remains embedded in his chest. He is unaware of this, but Archet easily caught on. Hagi blocks the magic trail that link creates, hiding Meric from the - still very much alive - Ringmaster. All of this is well and good, but that single link in Meric's chest tends to cause him pains at times, almost like a heart attack, and it's painfully tender and hot to the touch. He's unaware why; Hagi and Archet fear the worse. The Puppetmaster option is still out there because Killian is still alive. The possibility of the Vampire Lord finding Meric is an option if he figures out that Meric is still connected to him.
Notes:
Inherent: Magic fueled by the witches' inner magic. This is generally channeled through spoken spells, written symbols like runes, and complex rituals. Most witches have a generally limited inner power so ritual circles (which can magnify the power put into them), talismans for storing magic for later use, and Familiars (which allow access to a much deeper well of power) are used to prevent exhaustion and/or death from overuse of one's magical gifts. Practice and effort can have some effect on one's natural strength, but the effect is limited.
Vampires: Vampires are a rare case in the school, as most come to the school, not as younger children but plucked from those who are turned in their mid to late teens. Most come to the school either after being found feeding in the general population to be 'rehabilitated' or when they're discovered transitioning. Vampires are unable to be in sunlight, but the school is designed with specially spelled glass in the windows and covered walkways between buildings. Alternatives to blood are provided for meals, with a strict no-feeding on fellow students policy in place to prevent unneeded fatalities. While vampiric students do not age they will still progress through their forms and graduate with their classmates. Their inherent strength and speed generally make up for their unchanging bodies (and the fact vampire tricks like glamors and compulsions don't work on most of the school's students). Some vampires may also have a minor aptitude for Ambient magic and use a Familiar to practice Inherent magic.
Meric Lucian Donovan Gender - male Age - 21 (Turning age: 17) Form - 2nd Species - Vampire (4-years-old) Nationality - Norwegian Area of Study:
(Ambient) Psychic/Illusions
Rank & Dorm - 355, Mason Dorm
Biography:
Born Meric Lucian Pillaboo to a middle-class human family in Stavanger, Norway. He had a typical life, nothing different than any other in his neighborhood. When he was 17, a strange circus settled on the outskirts of town near the old train depot one summer. During the day, the circus was like any other. At night, the oddest sounds could be heard by "a select few" - Meric being one of them. He, like others, was drawn in, and soon snared. They were lured by The Ringmaster, Killian Von Beaureguard, Vampire Lord of the Dark Circus. Killian took his new Performers and altered their forms, turning them into works of gore art for his nightly entertainment. During the day, the glamour he placed on the circus grounds turned all members back to their original forms. But at night, it was a different show. Meric's act was Illusions and Psychic Magic, and due to being a dancer, he also participated in the trapeze and balancing acts.
Killian had a fondness for Meric's intelligence, his natural magical abilities untapped, and his beauty and charisma. He wanted Meric to become his successor. Therefore, The Ringmaster locked Meric into a twisted bond where he was forced into a life of servitude, managing the Performers and other business of the circus, while being the secret judge and executioner for his Lord when others choose insubordination over the rules. Meric learned all he could from his Puppetmaster, hoping to use it against him one day to help everyone escape. However, the connection began to twist him into more of what his master wanted - and less of him.
Two years later, the Performers were able to escape. Meric was able to break the chains that teetered him to his Puppetmaster, severing his bond to Killian and granting his own freedom. He reconnected with his family - which was a bad idea. A young vampire, wandering blind with bloodlust and the guilt of his family's murder, Meric stumbled upon a hidden Mage shop. Old Archet Donovan sensed Meric's strong, demonic aura and raging bloodlust, and offered him a safe place to stay with plenty of food, blood alternatives, and an opportunity to work for him. With nothing else to lose, Meric accepted - finding soon enough that the man was a very powerful Mage, an Alumni of Brightwall Academy. Eventually, Archet enrolled Meric into the Academy as his son. Now, after a few years of training to erase the influences of The Ringmaster, clearing his heart of guilt undeserved, and make his own way, Meric is focusing on his studies and preparations for a future in his control.
Personality: Intelligent, endearing, sly, sweet, confident, eccentric, and a compulsive liar (he hasn't always been, just a necessary taste he had to acquire over the years to keep his circus family safe). Sometimes too sugary sweet to be true, which is, in fact, true at times. Meric's a caring individual, which makes being a vampire quite difficult for him. He's not proud or accepting of this new side of him; however, he's realized the benefits of having heightened charisma and strength have made certain aspects of his lifestyle more - interesting. Regardless, he fears the idea of loving or becoming close to anyone due to his condition.
Charming; yet, detached and clever; he has to be to avoid getting hurt, or to avoid others getting hurt by him. He can be extremely hardheaded, especially when he knows how right he is about a particular subject or situation. And nine times out of ten, he is right. Meric is also quite ambitious. He now has a clear focus on what he would like to accomplish in this world, mostly helping Archet with the Mage Shop and building a name for himself in dance or in intelligence. But Meric has a hard time focusing on one path to follow; being a perfectionist, he wants to do it all!
Extra Notes
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Meric stands at being around five feet eleven inches, with an elegant body structure. Narrow waist, long torso, lengthy legs, and lean; yet proportioned, and muscular. His head is full of light blond waves, and these days he's allowed it to grow out to sport a gentleman's ponytail. Eyes: dirty blond/blue-hazel.
HEIGHT_ 5'11"
WEIGHT_156 lbs
Skills: Meric's a lover, not a fighter, but can be both if needed - in more ways than one. He is a romantic and prefers to care from the heart, which can go to anyone deserving of it. Meric's been a dancer for several years of his life and can play the cello, piano, and willow flute. And Meric is a magician - taught himself about illusions, parlor tricks, and sleight-of-hand when he was 10; it was a hobby he shared with his dad. When his hobby manifested into a true magical skill was when he was abducted to the circus. Meric has several languages under his belt: Scandinavian languages (Swedish & Norwegian), German, French, & English.
Son of Ren Yuen, founder of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
True Name: Prince Yuen Xingshen (Sea Star Dragon, a descendant of Yuen Longwang, East Dragon King - the divine ruler of the Four Seas)
Age: 18
Species: Chinese Sea Dragon
Vague Personality: Serious/Business-like, military disciplined, bullheaded, diligent thinker, efficient and effective, deceptive, perfectionist, but has a hidden rebellion nature that fights against the royal social structure he was raised under.
Eric does have a relaxed fun-loving side, but it's a rarity for anyone to see this. It is unwise to break from his demeanor around mixed company, for if any associate of his father warns him of his antics, swift disciplinary action will be felt. He knows what his father expects of him, and his life plans are set.
To take over the Huawei Tech empire is one plan, but only to glamour over his true purpose – to ascend upon the Dragon King thrown of the Yuen's.
Nothing can ruin what others have already put in place for his life - whether he likes it or not.
Appearance: Black hair with natural red highlights on the tips, golden eyes. Eric has a slim, muscular figure (Height 5'7", Weight 147 lbs), long and strong - very similar to the dragon form he shifts to. Has a tattoo of his dragon image down his left art – a nice adornment in the human world, but a symbol of his lineage and a magical ruin of protection. In his half form, he dawns his dear-like antlers and his dragon tail. In full form, his dragon scales are a deep grey with a fire red spine following down to his tail.
Key People in his life:
Huawei Tech is the chief operation of the Yuen family within the human world - a way to hide their noble actions from mundane eyes.
(Dragonkin - The Yuen Family are the chief governing family of the Dragon Guardians of the East.
Ren Yuen – father (founder & CEO of Huawei Tech)
Shei Yuen – mother (deceased)
Liang Hua – family friend & Royal Counselor (chairman of Huawei Tech)
Meng Frost – family friend & Head of Royal Guard appointed to Prince (deputy chairwoman & CFO of Huawei Tech)
Haneul - personal assistant - an older gentleman who's been his caretaker, tutor, trainer since he was of school age.
Faun Yuen (Lana) - the oldest sister who refuses to become second under her brother. (Moon Sea Dragon)
Dragonborn of Alpha Omicron Xi - The Storm Chaser Society
- Cover, they don't chase threatening weather. They hunt demons on campus - mostly, they keep an eye on the other clans and groups on campus who harbor a few demonkind unknowingly or ignored. As long as those demons are not present for malicious reasons, AOX remains silent. If they're here to start problems, AOX takes care of it before it starts. Other than that, they're just hanging out and having a good time.
Alpha:
Ciro Minamoto "Ciro - means Dark Storm" (Dragon Nobleman)
- 6'3", muscular, long black hair, tattoos.
- Pre-Med Student
- Tough and serious, always with a sharp tongue and can punch like you getting hit with a steel block.
- dangerous, aggressive, quick to anger, and slow to forgive. Resourceful, leader, shrewd, arrogant, territorial, ambitious, mysterious.
- The only people who know anything about Ciro are the two he keeps by his sides - Glory and Des. But they're oblivious to everything the Dragonborn has locked away.
- He is of nobility - the Minamoto Rose clan of Japan have been protectors for decades.
Lieutenant:
Victorie Grant "V to everyone else. But, Ciro and Des gave her the moniker - Glory - for personal reasons." (Dragon)
- 5'3", cocoa butter skin, curvy frame, long brunette hair when straightened, but prefers to change the color to fit her mood for the month. (A sure sign of her mental state), piercings and a few tattoos - but you'll never find them. Baggy shirts, leggings, and Mickey Mouse boots - or nothing at all.
- Cybersecurity Student
- Honest and sweet looking - but that's just her looks. She uses her attitude and bad behavior as a sort of privacy screen, hiding her feelings to avoid emotional harm. However, she craves physical pain like powdered donuts.
- Bodyguard, hacker; tends to use her beauty and fist to get her way. And she always gets her way. Has far too much dirt on the entire student body and staff on campus to blackmail them all... except for the new students this year. She's working on that.
Crewmember: Destry Faucheux "Des" (The only werewolf allowed among the Dragonborn, protected by Ciro).
- 5'9", lean muscle, vitiligo skin that's covered in tattoos, auburn/silver hair, button-downs, flannels, jeans, and jungle boots or Vans, smoker.
- Mechanical Engineering Student
- Known for being a trouble maker, not the malicious type, but he definitely likes getting the last laugh. He's got a soft heart tho, and even though he plays the hooligan, there are a lot of evils in the world that are far worse than him.
- Uses his skills in tomfoolery to help his crew get the better of others, or to sneak around to gain intel on those who are just too off-pudding to be right. Pathological liar - so he can get his way, charming when it counts, and misleading/misdirecting - because no one has to know everything.
- If you need something that you shouldn't have, he can get it for you for a price. Just don't ask where he got it, cause then he'll have to kill you.
Oh, boy! The whole idea of keeping his relationship with AnnaB under the sheets to void his mom and friend just went out the window. Seth How was he going to contain himself now? Seth had just been renewed with the taste of his long, lost love upon his lips. There's no way he can keep from staring at her with allurement or avoiding the occasional fingers brushing up against her skin when no one is - hopefully - not looking. It might not be too bad when it came to Jessica. He loved her dearly, but his stepmother was a scatterbrain and quite oblivious to the obvious unless it was staring her straight in the face. She's been so for years; that's how they got away with things for so long. But Valentine... oh, that's where his problem lies.
The doctor was keen on catching other people's emotions, and he loved a mystery. Putting the pieces together of any twisted puzzle was a turn-on to Val, but this puzzle does not end with a pretty picture of rainbows and happily ever afters. Seth knows he's going to have to come clean with his friend, soon... But why bother - he will complete his rehabilitation fast, and Valentine will return to base - as planned. They can remain friends - that is if Valentine wants to be, but that's all. Seth will have to put his foot down, so he doesn't lose everything he's fought so hard to regain.
His room was the larger of the two guest rooms, scented with lavender and sandalwood, with a king size bed, dresser, TV/DVD, and even an desk and office chair. Placing his bathroom items and clothes on a nearby chair, Seth dropping onto the bed, bouncing a few times before snugging himself deep into the pillow-top. "My god, such a comfortable bed! Civie life won't be so bad, if I lived like this."
"Come on, Kota. Let's get started on your night routine, so you can hang with your sister with no aches and pains."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." Seth slipped out of bed carefully while Val headed down the hall to the second guest room. "I'll be in and out of the shower, no worries." He grabbed his toiletry bag and sleepers before heading to the hallway bathroom. A few minutes later, he was out, steam rising from his back and shoulders as he returned to his room, drying his hair as he did. Val was already there waiting for him.
"I took the liberty of unpacking your things, hope you don't mind. Saves you the trouble later." Val had towels and the medicated massaging oil already warmed and ready. "This won't take too long. I know you want time to catch up with your sister."
Seth laid down on the bed with a huge sign, "Thanks, Val. Honestly glad you talked me into coming home. This has been the best day of my life."
Valentine grinned playfully, "Just a reminder, and enjoy reminding you that I told you so." He began to work the muscles in Seth's back, he talked about all the interesting places Jessica and him talked about around their neighborhood that possibly they can visit, or Anna could take him. Places that were 'safe' for him to venture right now.
"Seriously, I'm not a baby, Val. I can handle myself out there."
"But if you do have an episode, physical or emotional, your mother and sister will need to be prepared - and so should you. So, for now, since they are not trained to manage your needs as of yet, we need to be considerate of the places you go outside of the home." Valentine was right, but Seth wasn't going to give the man the satisfaction of hearing him say so.
After a while, Seth flipped over for Val to work his arm and leg muscles ending his massage and stretch routine. Seth was easily falling asleep - typical whenever he was so relaxed and absent of pain. Val noticed his friend was dozing off and gave him a little shake. "All done, Kota. Wake up, man! Don't keep your sister waiting for too long, or she'll be pissed."
Seth stretched with a yawn, "I needed that power-nap. We're gonna be up all night, ya know. So, don't expect to see me early in the morning."
"Wasn't planning to," he grinned, feeling proud of his accomplishments with Seth's progress. "You two enjoy reminiscing. All positive memories, alright? No need to dwell of any darkness in the past. This is a new beginning that deserves positivity. You deserve it."
With that, Seth stood and gave his friend the biggest bear hug ever, "Thank you, Val." Then, he headed downstairs towards his sister's apartment. Knocking on the door, Seth seemed to vibrate with excitement. "Hey, AnnaB! Ya still up, right?"
"I'm not being a baby! I'm just improvising!" Remington yelled from just beyond the front door, taking one more short break before crossing the threshold to their new home with an overloaded box in tow. "You packed the boxes so heavy… I can't carry them, so I'm dragging them!"
He left the box in the center of the foyer – standing in awe as he collected a full view of the home his big brother, Zyler, was able to buy. "WOOOOW! No matter how many times I step inside, this place seems to get bigger and bigger. Is's so HUGE!" Remy began to run into each room on the bottom floor, scanning around the partially furnished home with sparkles in his bright blue eyes. It was as if he'd turned 8 again, giggling and twirling around each room with a little homecoming cast of clearing and glad tidings. He's forgotten all about the last box left in the foyer, or his sweetheart fur baby, Koven, and Zyler's baby; both still sitting in their carrier.
"Hey, so did you get the cats?" Zyler called, his voice echoing slightly from the kitchen.
"No! I was too busy struggling with that one box!" Remy finally found his way to the kitchen, seeing his brother release Maisie from her crate so she could get acquainted with their home tool.
"Don't tell me your cat threw up." he teased.
"I don't know, but be nice. Koven's had a tummy ache all throughout this trip. He's just doesn't like long rides." Remy opened the large blue crate and out came an even larger black Maine Coon cat. Koven stretched and yawned before strolling around the kitchen, stopping from time to time to clean himself and shake. Remy checked his carrier with a grin, "All clean! Good Koven, you made it without getting sick."
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