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[Gemini]

What: A Superhero/semi-crack* RP concept inspired by Kick Ass and The Misfits. Based about the trials and errors of the aspiring. After a freak accident in which a bus winds up in the River Thames, this Rp will follow characters as they discover their powers and come to terms with how best to apply them and just as important, how crap being super can be.


When: Modern Day.


Where: London. SCREW YOU New York! You always get the good stuff!


Why: Derp.


*The term crack is used to signify stories that are so strangely insane they can only be written and read under the influence of heavy drugs i.e. you'd have to be on crack cocaine in order to think up things like this. . . . Simply put: my definition of comedy.


Original Idea Concept: http://www.rpnation.com/showthread.php/2804-Gloriosa-A-Concept


PLEASE READ:


When Applying it is first and foremost it is important that you understand that these will NOT be of your choosing, nor are they predetermined, rather they will be randomly assigned by myself with help from Marira (because two minds are always better than one and expand horizons) via pm to make it more interesting. Not all of these will be mainstream, not all of them will be flashy and everything will have a provided starting point that you as the player and your character can develop upon as the RP progresses, however regardless naturally the end product/baseline ability may not be something you wanted or are used to. Because of this it is important that upon applying you are wiling to accept what you given without complaint or plans to drop out, otherwise it's a simple waste of everyone's time.


To use my favorite, more extreme example:


Lactokinesis; the ability to control lactose based products. The starting point for this would be the ability to 'control milk', perhaps create a puddle from what you've spilt, make it hop into your cereal. Bit stupid. True. (If you have read this section please put your characters name in italics). But consider this, you could treat the milk as though water (such as in the case of a whip etc.) and you could even later kill someone who has recently eaten cheese or a yogurt.


This is not to say that all the powers will be as unusual/odd as this (in fact, probably none of them will be), there are definitely mainstream abilities such as telepathy, elemental manipulation etc. available too. It is simply a way of showing you the player, that my intent is not to spoil the fun or create limit, but provide you with an opportunity to think outside the box and outside your comfort zone and give an otherwise generic power based roleplay an interesting spin in regards to character development/creation.

"I could definitely see you giving someone a power that might seem really awful at first, but the more they use it, and the more they realize what they can do with it, the more enthusiastic about the rp they'll be" - Vive




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Due to nature of this RP (a heavy chunk being steady character development that relies solely on the player and also their maintaining a semblance of realism throughout despite the weird; it is after all modern life), and my own high(ish) standards as a player myself it is important for me personally that I trust your skills as an Rper before accepting you and thus I reserve the right to reject any and all applications based on both the character itself and also the player's Rp background (there are so many one liners/single paragraph posts these days that provide you with nothing to work with that this has to be done unfortunately). Also just know that I dislike Mary-Sue's and John Smiths so I hope to see some interesting characters and look forward to what you come up with~.


Feel Free to ask questions here, and/or I'm in the shout box quite often, PM's are good too.


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[Hatchet]

Full Name: Lorelei Beauchene





Age: 31





Gender: Female





Personality: Reserved in demeanor, short tempered and impatient in general, awkward with sensitive situations, but too prideful to apologize no matter who her sharp tongue cuts.





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Background: Born to money, she spent the first decade of her life being the good, quiet little child her parents expected, but she made the wrong friends—or the right friends—who slowly coaxed her into something more delinquent and dangerous. Over her teen years, these included the typical partying, drugs, underage drinking, as well as theft, vandalism and joyriding in stolen cars. She started sliding hard into a coke addiction when she stumbled on into college but a bad LSD trip had the benefit of opening her eyes to the condition her life had deteriorated to. Dropping out of college, she found a different kind of high in the rapid paced life of a fashion model and only in the last couple of years has this begun to wind down.


She was on a genuine vacation when she took that stupid bus trip that landed her in the River Thames when she should have rented a car like she normally did.

 

[Legendless]

Full Name: Ginger Higdams


Age: 22


Gender: Female


Personality: Ginger can be a bit of an airhead and tends to be forgetful as well. Ginger just has a busy mind, always thinking and wandering off into her own thoughts and so sometimes tends to ignore the real world when she gets too much into her own head. Otherwise she is a cheerful person and likes to think positively, always ready to socialize with people and always open to suggestions. She does tend to get pushed around a lot as well, but Ginger doesn't seem to mind or she just doesn't realize this.


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Background: Ginger was born the middle child of her family and the only girl. Her older brother would pick on her and bully her and her younger brother tended to be spoiled. Although Ginger was never ignored nor hated, she was not favored upon by her parents. Ginger didn't mind and still loved her family, but she tended to be out more than at her home. She had plenty of friends and was always looking for something new to do, trying out almost everything she could manage. Ginger wasn't all that good at most things and she avoided sports, but she did manage to chalk up a good amount of activities. Ginger also began to spend time with her younger brother and they are still pretty close now, her older brother having gone to a college pretty far away.


Ginger went off to college right out of high school, at first letting her parents pay. She decided to get a degree in history, but is thinking of changing it to something else. She has recently begun working at a candy store to start to pay for her own education and move out of her parents' house, knowing she is behind some of the others at the college.

 

[ErisianDialects]

Full Name: Garrick Rake (Bite me. I refuse to use Italics. Consider it read.)


Age: 42


Gender: Male


Personality: Disreputable, hedonistic, arrogant, rakehell, intelligent, tenacious.


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Background: The elder of three, raised in the upper middle class in a loving family, noone is really sure where he managed to pick up all of his bad habits. He made it through school with high distinctions, going into law at Oxford. He somehow managed to pass through it, showing a habit of being able to talk his way out of every situation including the incident with one of his professor's wife and daughter.


His habit of practiscing law as he picked and chose made him most able to select cases that would offend the senses of others, or those cases others wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. He mostly started as managing to delegate cases he deemed pointless or stupid to other members of wherever he was practiscing off on other barristers, and has reached a point in his career where he moves from office to office because noone wants to give him one of his own. His methods however have brought him up against bar council more than once for his techniques in court, and his behaviour outside of it.


In his personal life, he has never been married, his siblings refuse to speak to him most of the time, and his flat is small, cramped, and generally clean if in a state of disarray. Of course, the fact he hasn't had a relationship last more than a week because of his habits barely fazes him.

 

[Riddle78]

Full Name: Julius Louis Chevalier


Age: 27


Gender: Male


Personality: Cavalier,energetic (odd combo,right?),and he tries his damndest to be suave (with mixed results).

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Julius (Jules to his friends) stands six foot four,and weighs two hundred ten pounds. He is very fit,but isn't a mountain of muscle. His face is long and narrow,with a pointed chin,and his head is topped with a groomed mop of blonde hair. His eyes sport green irises,and his eyebrows are fairly thin. His nose is steep and narrow. Jules wears an analog watch on his left wrist,and wears long sleeved shirts and jeans,with a pair of semi-formal shoes. He's almost always grinning.


Background: Julius' past is remarkably quite unknown. The known facts are that he was born in Montreal,and spent the first five years of his life there. After that,his family moved to a small town near Halifax. Exactly what he done his entire life is a mystery,but he says that he was a crewman on a fishing vessel,which is met with more than a few raised eyebrows,and says he's on leave in the UK for a couple of months,wich is met with even MORE raised eyebrows. Despite the fact that he was born and spent five years in Quebec,he doesn't have a Frecnh accent. [i'll PM you the details of his "Mysterious Past",Gem. It's very important,and still relevant.]

 

[AlwaysChaos]

Full Name: Nicky Clayworth


Age: 29


Gender: Male


Personality: a man-whore with his head in the gutter, and a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. He tends to be crude and his humor dark when it isn't overly sexualized.


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Background: Grew up with the short end of the stick. Family was poor, and in youth he was skin and bones and bullied (it didn't help either that his older sister was one to go around), until he grew into his own in secondary school and became an enforcer with his fists, developing a devil don't care personality(around the time his father died of a heart attack, go figure). Since then he hasn't really looked back. He doesn't really like kids and how innocent they are, but his niece seems to be the one exception, but don't let her know he may have a soft spot.


Full Name: Raige Clayworth


Age: 12


Gender: Female


Personality: A realist with a negative outlook that tends to look down on others, especially for their lacking of smarts or common sense, this one has a dirty mouth and is more than willing to say whatever comes to mind out loud, unfiltered as her 'mum' calls her


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Background:Her mum got knocked up young and unwed and the fellow ran off. Raige kinda wishes the guy took her with him. Raised by a mother that wasn't ready to parent and under a wild uncles influence, she didn't have much of a childhood(They lived with her maternal grandmother until she was five and she tried kicking out Raige's mother, but of course Raige was told the bitter cooch kicked the pair of them out). Raige learned fast how to take care of herself and her less than mild tongue was yet another evidence against her never innocence.

 

[Heartsteal]

Full Name: Jaylen Tucker


Age: 16


Gender: Male


Personality: Quiet, Jaylen is very uncomfortable around other people due to past experiences, and generally tries to get by unnoticed.


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Rather small for guys his own age, and without any facial hair to speak of, Jaylen is often mistaken for a girl. Standing at just under five feet tall, it's rare that anyone even suspects he's a teen. Very much taking after his mother, Jaylen has long brown hair left unkempt in rebellion to his father's military nature, and large, shockingly green eyes.


Background: Jaylen never knew his mother, she died while he was still an infant, and his father, Will, refuses to speak of it. Growing up with a military officer as the single role model, Jaylen wound up getting into a lot of trouble,


whether fighting with other kids at school because of his rather short temper, or getting caught stealing or defacing public property. And every time, Will delivered a far more harsh punishment than anyone else. Officers in the military had to seem impartial, above all the minor problems of everyone else, so they never get much chance to release stress, and as such, whenever Jaylen got himself into trouble with the law, his father treated him almost like a personal punching bag. Being a smaller person, he never could fight back very well, but over the years he had started to develop talents in running and hiding from his problems; as he grew to be a teenager, Jaylen actually almost stopped talking altogether, to the point that most teachers thought him mute. Easily frightened, and having problems opening up to people, Jaylen finds it much easier to isolate himself than remaining in the public eye.

 

[Alexina]

Full Name: Eliza Rose Smith


Age: 23


Gender: Female


Personality: Sassy, stand-offish at first, Fiery, Flirty (when it comes to extra tips), has a kindness to her in ways


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Eliza was born in a family that was welcoming and warm at first. Daddy’s little girl all the way, and happily so, of course like all happiness that was fleeting. Father died doing his job as a fireman in an attempt to save others when she was only eight. It was only then that the true jealousy that her mother had over their connection started to show. To avoid the harsh words, and pain that they brought Eliza lived a lot of her life out of the site of her mother keeping to her room if not outside of the house when she could.


This of course worked well, until her mother found a lover and remarried by the time Eliza was eleven. The mother ended up worrying that her daughter would steal some of this man’s love from her as well. It got to the point in which Eliza’s room was the only place she was allowed when in the house. The ease of using the window as a door instead became almost natural after awhile. One Eliza’s eighteenth birthday what everyone knew was coming happened, and the girl was kicked out of house and home.


At first she crashed at friend’s places until she managed a job as a waitress and a cheap apartment. Barely getting by, she goes day by day through that same routine even now. Constantly reminding herself that flirting gets you better tips, and that stabbing the customer’s hand for grabbing her bum would only end up putting her back out on the streets.

 

[Reviour]

Name: Darrel "Dare" Phusavanh


Age: 29


Gender: Male


Personality: Dare has always been a friendly chap, able to get along with anyone from the popular of kids during his high school years, the professional folk at his job, and quiet people who'd rarely be approached. His interest derives from a variety of the arts, which include music, graphic and studio art, and performing arts. Dare is sarcastic, and oblivious to the words he say, but tends to be a good listener. He has no intentions of being rude, but he lacks manners. He meets the fine line of what a mature person is, but easily falls into completely immature ideals, especially those of a typical 13 or 15 year old. He enjoys dressing in dark clothes, with colored accents, and dyeing his hair, along with listening to punk rock, still.


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Background: Dare grew up in a strict traditional Laotian household with his twin sister, his parents, and his grandparents. They lived in a poor area of London, in a very cramped, box-like apartment. Until he was around 10, he still shared a room and bed with his parents and sister. They finally moved to a bigger place, just on the outskirts, when he was 15, but his grandparents have already passed by then.


He wasn't very fond of his heritage, or the hold they seemed to have had on him. After age 7, the security was getting old, so he'd always tend to the streets, or get lost when he was with his parents. He was heavily influenced by the punk rock scene, favoring the Sex Pistols. When he reached middle school, he'd was heavily involved in graffitti art. When his grandparents passed, one after the other, he began to feel terrible for the longest time, disengaging himself from his family.It was until he moved that his art went into different a direction, on paper to later on a computer.


After the move to a new home, and new high school, he began to appreciate the different styles of art: The classics, music and art, and the modern art styles. It was all thanks to his art teacher Arnold Mosz, which he called "Sir Mozart" (for his tendencies to play the composer's music during class), that he started painting, doing things such as painting his old home from memory, and charcoal portraits, such as his tribue to his grandparents; he was a real talent. He won awards, and would soon be recommended to the University of the Arts London in their Art and Design Program. This was a life changer, but he knew his parents wouldn't want him to go, so he almost rejected the offer, until his parents had actually found out and told him to do it. They knew better that it was his choice of what he wanted to do, and much of the influence came from the paintings and drawings on display in his high school. It was time to think of his future safety and lifestyle quality, which surprised the daylights out of him since he'd never expect that from his strict parents.


Once he was accepted with an almost full scholarship, and plenty of reward money, he learned a lot more of different mediums, gaining an interest in digital media, which he minored in. His art began to be influenced by the world around him, and his parents traditions, and prior influences. He finally graduated, after about 5 and a half years, taking a study abroad in Rome.


After college he stopped living with his parents, but they were living rather comfortably with his sister, who somehow became a chemist under his nose. He lives fairly close to his parents and sister, though, in a small studio apartment with plenty of room for creativity. He was a freelance artist, but sometimes associates with a t-shirt design studio that is quite popular, and gets him a bit of income.


It was on a casual day that he wanted to visit the Thames area...

 

[Kagura]

Full Name: Logan Toby Moore


Age: 25


Gender: Female


Personality: Anything but obvious; her persona is very hard to pin down as she is talented with both words and intellect. She is rather aloof, reserved, and mysterious to those who try to befriend her; often acting or lying with ease for her own benefit. Logan seems rather false in her formalities of relationships, but there is a heart somewhere there.


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Logan spent most of her life under the proverbial radar; one of the middle children of a large family of five. Her parents often paid her little mind, as the only time she got to be alone with them was the first four years of her life, when she was the baby. The girl continued to stick to her wall-flower nature, getting average grades, being rather average looking and by that time, quiet. Sure, there were a few soccer teams that she joined, but due to the hassle she eventually had to quit.


Kate Wallaby was one of the things that she gained from this, a close friend that had molded her when they met in the last years of primary school. She picked up her rebellious and deceitful tendencies, and also started smoking around the age of sixteen. All friendships had their ups and downs, but the two of them often caused extreme ruckuses when they were pitted against each other. Starting actual physical warfare, screaming, and cussing throughout the fight, the two were eventually suspended from school.


Of course her parents had forbidden her to see her anymore, but Logan was already lost by then…


If anything, it was the fact that they were still angry over trivial matters that upset her, and she knew Kate refused to talk to her. The girl’s methods only started getting worse; staining her locker with mean names, hurting some un-mutual friends, and she soon hated her. Logan eventually got her revenge by throwing Kate down the social food chain. Always the better liar, she bullied the girl with rumors and acted that she was the one being hurt in front of teachers.


Kate apparently had enough, as she had committed suicide in the last years of secondary, leaving Logan with extreme guilt. The girl was at a disconnect with the world, which she had put on hold; even failing her last year of school and having to go back. There was a certain loss of what to do on her part after she graduated, but she eventually decided to follow in what would have been Kate’s footsteps.


Logan soon became a Lawyer, more specifically a Solicitor for one Garrick Rake.

 

[amdreams]

Full Name: Alice Disraeli


Age: 17


Gender: female


Personality: Alice is a rather proud and violent girl. She is quick to fight, often charges in with little to no plan, and has no real regard for the well being of others. Despite this, she is also easily moved by almost any sob story and has a bit of a tsundere attitude.The problem with this supposed soft side of hers is that she tries to hide it with more violence. So if you make her angry, she'll kill you. If you make her happy, she'll also probably kill you.


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Background: Alice was born the eldest of three daughters. The only one that was closer to their dad than mom, she was devastated by his sudden death when she was ten. Her mom was not the most reliable parent, so Alice had to play the part of parent while her mom became a teenage girl with Alice's sisters. She did the majority of the housework and when she was old enough, got a part time job. She went through years of having to grow up while her mom and sisters did nothing but complain and ridicule her.


At first, Alice is able to take in their abuse and selfishness in silence. But when sometime when she was 15, she flipped. She threw a table along with a few other things and refused to do anymore for them. From then on, she got increasingly more violent and distant, even getting herself a reputation of being a merciless delinquent, even though she's done nothing (they can prove). Needless to say, she's not getting pushed around by her family anymore.

 

[Vive]

Full Name: Takara Clancy


Age: 23


Gender: Female





Personality: Is a creature of extremes. She’ll go to lengths to accomplish her goals as a classical pianist, but in exchange, she is very unknowledgeable about pop culture and current events. However, accompanying this is an overdeveloped sense of pride, so she doesn't particularly see the need to remedy her ignorance, even though she acknowledges it. Additionally, her parents, professors and mentors continuously indulge her due to her musical prowess, fostering her belief that she is entitled to everything she wishes so long as she keeps working at her piano. If one can navigate through the pitfalls of her character, she is an intelligent, well-spoken, highly motivated woman, although she has no problem being brutally honest in order to get her way. In essence, she is a diva.


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Background: Takara was born in a small town in the middle of nowhere with dreams of grandeur. Her parents owned and operated a restaurant in town; they were neither rich nor poor, but they were hard workers, and passed this attribute on to their daughter at an early age. She was enrolled in ballet and piano at the age of four, and continued to do both until she was ten, at which point both she and her parents realized that she was a better pianist than a dancer.


Although she made a few friends at school, much of her time not doing school work was spent practicing the piano. She became so proficient at that she took a few years just to keep working on her skills, winning several local and provincial competitions in the process. With the awards on her resume (and the prize money in her pocket), she applied and was accepted to the music conservatory at the University of Toronto, one of the best schools for classical music in the country. The university offered her many opportunities to travel abroad in order to learn from masters and perform professionally. She was encouraged to remain in London for a year, studying at the Royal Academy of Music, and study under one of the greatest pianists of her time. She immediately accepted the offer, excited to travel outside of Canada for the first time.


She spends a large portion of her day plunking away at the piano, either at the Academy or in her flat (much to the annoyance of her flatmates). Her downtime is usually spent reading fiction or music magazines- unless her flatmates convince her to go along to the Pub, which only occurs if (for some miraculous reason) they are all getting along that week.

 

[Aura]

Full Name: Alyssa Hart


Age: 21


Gender: Female


Personality: Alyssa is a cool, detached, and unreliable. She doesn't trust easily and she doesn't let people in easily. She can also be quite cocky and a touch on the dramatic side and although she generally disregards people she can at times be quite flirtatious.


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Background: Alyssa grew up in what appeared to be the stereotypical middle-class nuclear family. Her brother Floyd was about four years older and when he went through high school he collected numerous awards and was consistently on the honour roll. Alyssa however struggled with her grades and when she couldn't live up to the standards left by her older brother and that her parents expected of her Alyssa began to let herself slip. What was the point in trying if she was still a disappointment in their eyes?


Alyssa would soon come to realization that regarding her grades her parents were hardly disappointed. This realization was reached because she would learn what their true disappointment looked like in her last year of high school. Alyssa was caught being amorous with her girlfriend and was forced to come clean that she was lesbian. Her parents couldn't seem to come to grips with this idea and were abhorred. Her mother didn't seem to want to speak with her and her father was convinced that he could change her and that her sexual orientation was a choice. Both believed that she was defying the will of God.


She hung around in that cold home for another few months until she graduated and she gathered all of her belongings and left without saying a word. She managed to find a cheap apartment and is employed at a seedy hotel as a maid right now.

 

[Gemini]

Okay. so as most of you may know, my internet is currently MIA. This means i cannot assign powers effectively as searching them on a phone browser highly tedious and i get highly frustrated and rush and dont think things through so well. to avoid recall and resassignment i have therefore decided to wait until its back (hopefully within the first few days of next month). as it stands, i apologise for thw delay as its already been several weeks since the sign ups began, and for the one in store. but hopefully it will be worth he wait qhen it gets back on track. (sucks at apologies and pep talks XP).

 

[Jovian]

Well this RP bought me ~.- especially the part about the lactose, it got weird stuff into my brain u3u


May I join if you're still accepting? D: Or I ask Marira since you're MIA D:

 

[Marira]

I think it's safe to say that sign ups are still open, though you may have to wait a while to have your character approved, assign a power for you, etc. because her internet won't be on for the next few weeks. I (as well as you, if you come at the right time) can talk to her today about it, and we can work something out ^^

 

[Jovian]

Okay, got it, as you say Mari' :}

 

[Marira]

mhm, she's actually online right now, if you want to talk to her

 

[Aura]

(I'm going on hiatus so I'll be dropping this roleplay, sorry.)

 

[Gemini]

Okay so! I have my internet. For now. it'll probably cut out by tomorrow so i went on extreme power hunt while i have it and we've managed to assign all those hopefully still participating with powers (sorry to here you've dropped aura *>.<*) with the exception of one character's starting point. Officially no one has been accepted or declined despite this so even those who've been given powers already are not in the clear, however despite this there is a good assortment of powers/charries so i may just adapt to allow for more characters instead (was originally going to be small based, i might have gone a tad advertisement mad~ ^^'', no biggy though).


I will begin sending out power info tomorrow, and i'll start work on my own charrie so that hopefully we can start by next week. For now though i'm totally going to sleep. ^^

 

[Michishige Sachiko]

Full Name:


Lynette Sophie Rousseau


Age:


21


Gender:


Female


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Lynette is quite a friendly girl, she's often smiling and offering to help people even if it's going out of her way to do so. She tends to be quiet and reserved, mostly because she's afraid of how people will react to her and doesn't want them freaking out or something. Lynette is slow to anger, not that she doesn't get frustrated with things but she can just hold it in fairly well. It takes a lot to get her to vent her anger out loud. She can be rather sensitive to her physical ailment and prefers it if people just not say anything about it, but she won't snap at others if they do. Lynette will just divert the conversation towards something else or out-right ignore any questions about it.


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The Rousseau family began as immigrants from France who moved to England sometime during Lynette's great grandfather's lifetime. They moved to Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. They lived a quiet happy life there, retaining their french surname though their accent eventually faded into a British one. Time went on and Lynette was finally born, along with her elder brothers Renard and Sebastian. Eventually, Lynette was able to attain a scholarship to attend a college in London at the age of 19, where she desired to gain a degree in nursing. She was a smart young girl and seemed eager to learn more about her chosen field of study.


After a few months of study, her dreams came crashing down when she was in a terrible automobile accident which left her crippled. Because of the accident, Lynette was left a paraplegic... Her studies came to a crashing halt as she endured week after week of being in the hospital. Even after two years of living with her condition, she's still struggling to come to terms with it. Her parents and brothers begged her to come back to Middlesbrough, but in an effort to regain some of the independence she'd lost Lynette remained in London... Thankfully her home was in an area that wasn't too terrible for wheelchairs. Thankfully though, her condition isn't as terrible as it could have been. The doctors told her that she was well enough that she'd be able to have a normal sex-life and that she'd retained her ability to control her bladder functions. (All of which left her completely red and embarrassed to even be discussed!)


For the time being, she's struggling to find some semblance of normality after her loss.

 

[Jovian]

Full Name: Graham Polly


Age: 23


Gender: Male


Personality:





Dull on the outside, marked by an ill-temper, ‘honeyed’ by fakeness and false pride.


On the inside, there’s a heart that’s confused. It had been tampered with, romped by the restless and merciless tides of truth, it has lost its way. Nevertheless, it’s beating and each time it has something to say, it pounds so rapidly to awaken the person that owns it. But it’s never loud enough that it continues to live forgotten. The tongue doesn’t want to cooperate since it is too reckless. It never says what it thinks and it certainly isn’t accurate.


The skin on the other hand is seemingly tough, ‘bulletproof’… yet… whipped by futile attempts. You snicker. But it can’t be seen, his mask, his pretend.


Knock, knock…


Who is it?


It’s Nobody.


You’re unlucky… and clumsy.





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He used to be fun. Now he’s just a pile of everyday human life, veiled in dust, measured to fit a tiny carton box.


It’s 7am, get up, it’s time for work. It’s repeating… each day that it becomes funny.


Reeking of reluctance, the boss threatened to fire him, but he knew it, he read it. He read him and his trivial problems. Graham is the only one crazy enough to accept selling comic books for a wage so discriminating. It’s laughable, how he doesn’t care, how he lets the wind of change ignore him.


Wake up Graham, life isn’t gonna wait forever.


Tick tack, tick tack, tick tack…


But he keeps staring at the wall, indolent, wanting to be just left alone…


Just like his father had told him, he would never be anything. He would never accomplish anything. Whatever he starts will be left undone. And after years of denial, he finally accepted it. His father was right… Graham is an idiot. He could never be something… he was far too busy being everything… back the time when imagination was allowed.


You scoff.





Number one rule of the adults: There’s no room to fantasize. Worship reality, albeit it can slap you in the face. It’s the most tangible thing existing.


Once upon a time there was an ideal family at the time Graham the kid didn’t care about the difference between clean and dirty.


But there came problems.They bottlenecked his ideal parents, fired them, took away their savings and morphed them into monsters you see in fairytale books. His father drank more than what the budget could withstand. He cussed more than what Graham could ignore. As a result, a fierce defiant embers grew within Graham’s eyes, determined to resist, to become better, to be something other than his dad when he grows up.


Ideas piled up.


Architect, lawyer… a pilot! No, a vampire hunter, a doctor, a teacher, president, a secret agent, a dancer, game designer, soldier, singer, actor… and a tone more.


But there was always that notorious sentence; one that made his bones cower, one that embedded rage into his sizzling teeth, one that sounded so strong but not strong enough to shatter his dreams to tiny, insignificant, disregarded dreams… You will fail.





At that time, you thought that sheer enthusiasm would be enough to break the man’s pessimism but you were wrong… you were so wrong.


He became nothing in the end, a college dropout working in a comic store, surrounded by Neanderthals. Nobody cares that he knows the map of the world as he knows the palm of his hand. Nobody cares that he is good at reading people. Nobody cares that he can make a difference between a revolver and a mamba pistol. Nobody cares that he had prepared himself for such a wide range of interest, when all get’s summed up, he hasn’t got a diploma to prove it.


So, what can he do?


He can only scoff, pretend he is something, avoid closeness and regret… regret for being weak.


You were influenced by his words. Despite your father being a complete scum, he was right. You had no guts. You could never voice the words you wanted. Somehow, everything was coming out wrongly and thus… you couldn’t go on. You admitted defeat. You were pulled back by problems.


Graham reached a dead end.


It looks like game over.


[sorry it took so long <_<"]

 

[Gemini]

Full Name: Johnathan Monroe


Age: 26


Gender: Male


Personality:


Relaxed, practical, grounded, down to earth, eccentric, confident and an introvert, Johnathan is prone to exaggerated emotion and can become sarcastic, is a sensualist, reveling in sights, sounds, touch, taste, smells-, and is not one to follow the crowd.


Appearance:

Spoiler

Background:


Excerpts from 'Johnathan Monroe's Piki page:


Nathan Roe


From Pikipediah, the free encyclopedia

Johnathan 'Nathan' Monroe (born 18 May, 1988) better known as Nathan 'Don't call me Johnny' Roe, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer best known for being the bassist and primary composer for the underground indie rock band Double Yellow Line, more commonly referred to as 'Dylan' by it's fans after their debut in 2006. Since the unexpected announcement of their hiatus in 2010 Monroe has recorded an EP, 'Untitled'' and has ventured into various non-musical projects including modeling, art, photography. He also owns a bar called 'Kings and Queens' in Camden Town, Inner London.


Early Life




Nathan Roe, born Johnathan Monroe, was born in Whitechapel hospital, London and was raised in All Saints, in the East End n a single-parent family by his Irish mother Maureen Donally. Roe recalled during an interview with Timeout after their debut "Some of my earliest memories are of bailiffs banging on the door, taking the bus to school alone because my mam was crashed on the couch; there's a lot of emotion there for a kid and I had a lot of issues. A lot of anger."

He was placed into foster care from July, 1996, after his mother was unable to take care of him, returning home in late October, 1997.


Music and influences


Good at school though bad with grades, Nathan Roe initially began writing lyrics from an early age at his school counsellors suggestion when he was eleven in order to voice those thoughts and emotions he outwardly struggled, or more accurately could not otherwise make known; particularly his frustrations with life. He began to experiement with instruments stealing every second he could at school in the music room learning to playing guitar, bass, piano and even experimented with the violin until he eventually began to experiment with composing his own songs. His lyrics incorporating everyday events and themes, enabling many to relate to them and opening him up the world of music.


Dropping out of college before he could receive his A-level in sociology to focus on his music career, Roe was primarily involved in the London indie scene in the mid 2000's, busking and playing in a variety of pubs and simple venues. He and childhood friend and lead guitarist Matthew Patton founded indie rock band Double Yellow Lines in late 2004, after Patton introduced him to musical acquaintances drummer Harry Kuther and lyricist and vocalist William R.





Excerpts from the 'Double Yellow Line's piki page:


Hiatus and Solo Careers

Shortly after the release of their second album 'Purple Daisies' in 2010, the Double Yellow Line announced an indefinite hiatus, stating that they had not broken up and it's members were taking a break to pursue various side projects they felt they could not partake whilst the band was active. During a solo interview for The Independent online Nathan Roe gave his personal reasons for agreeing to the break stating 'Everything was blowing up faster than we expected after 'Purple Daisies' went public. There's this tension regarding what to do, where to go next, how to evolve our palette; we just felt like it was time to step back before we did any real damage to what was already there and stop ourselves falling face first in the mud.'

Since the break lead guitarist Matthew Patton and drummer Harry Kuther have since teamed up with bassist Alex Hurley and vocalist Ben Frischer to form the successful electropop rock band Clubs and Hearts and are poised to release their second album 'Cannot See the Sign', which includes input from former band member Nathan Roe and is set for release on 2 November, 2012 . . .


Lead vocalist William R. is attempting to launch a solo career in the mainstream music industry, with his first album 'Statement' now available on iTunes for download on 27 July, 2011 . . .


Nathan Roe has returned to his indie roots after a year of silence, releasing a solo acoustic 6 -track EP, "Untitled" consisting of 4 original tracks plus original compositions of existing Double Yellow Line tracks with original lyrics recorded by Roe prior to the bands debut. It was released as a digital download to iTunes on 12 March, 2012. Taking a break from music to pursue other venues of interest he is quietly making a new name for himself on the art scene, merging art and photography to create intricate doodles with several pieces from his collection simply titled 'This', revealed on 12 June, 2012 in Meryll's Studio*, appearing and featuring in the The Metro.





*(just a note that Meryll's Studio is entirely fictional)

 

[Gemini]

@Reviour, @Kagura, @Michishige Sachiko, @Legendless, @ErisianDialects, @Jovian, @Riddle78, @AlwaysChaos, @heartsteal22, @Alexina, @amdreams, @Vive





General update:

• So first things first: after so long things are finally being put into motion so if you are no longer interested, obviously please state so now, pm me, post it in the thread, i do not mind so much where but just please please please ensure you fill me in before the RP begins due to the starting post I have in mind *claps hands together*. On that note I would like to inform everyone that sadly Hatchet and Aura are no longer participating due to well, ironically the same reasons the RP has been held up, difficulties getting online ^^''.
  

• Second, all of you have been assigned a power and I will be sending these to you over the course of the next few days; these will state your core power with a reference and general explanation in regards to your starting point (I would send it now but my activity online right now is back and forth as i prepare for work tomorrow). In regards to those of you who have already been told your power first hand due to being in the Shoutbox as and when i was going through them, this PM will be a simple refresher. I would also like to remind everyone that i am simply providing the foundations for their abilities, it is up to you to make your character grow, how they wield their power, what direction they evolve in.
  Note that I will NOT change your power just because it's not what you had in mind, you read the sign up, so you should have known better than to ask *wiggles tongue*, saying that questions are encouraged and for those of you who really are unsure in regards to whether you can actually roleplay the power you've been given, be sure to voice it before the RP begins. I would rather iron out any issues beforehand because once it starts there will be no changing.
  

• Finally, I hope for this to be the final update, with the next providing a link to the actual roleplay which i hope to start within the next week (just waiting for one more sign up and my own power).
  

 

[Marira]

Now, the moment you all have been waiting for..... (seriously, sorry for the mega delay)


Full Name: Jacó and Janele Bilo


Age: 18


Gender: Jacó male, Janele female


Personality: Janele seems to be the better brains of the two, and she's also creative with a lot of all kinds of art. She is a romantic, a sore excuse for a perfectionist, and dislikes receiving rejection of any form. Jacó is more of the protector, and tends to keep his physique as such, as well as confidence. Because of this, Jacó has a more vain spirit, and is a terribly huge flirt. Subconsciously, he is intimidated by intelligent females, and tends to take a much more careful approach, something he would consider "being a gentleman." Both are comical and fun to be around, trying their best to bring light into any situation, and they always look out for each other.


Appearance: http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30300000/brother-sister-dance-academy-30331735-553-338.jpg


Background: Jacó and Janele were born into quite an enriched lifestyle in Portugal, displaying as exceptional scholars in their youth. Throughout their childhood, they decided to create their own language, and developed signs of twinepathy towards each other, a quirk most common in identical twins. As they grew, though seeing in different eyes of interest, they were both equally fascinated in the world, and did not hesitate a study abroad in their college freshman years. The duo were joking around in the bus after a day in the library before the incident.