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Post by Tout-Perd on Oct 1, 2015 15:30:29 GMT -5
So, anyways, this idea got floated in the FB group, for those of you who hadn't heard it yet. Essentially, a group of Powers has decide to open a K-12, three room private school in Lilycove City, specializing in providing a non-discriminatory learning environment for students with Powers. Students can board at the school if they ship in from outside the Archipelago, or can ferry/bus to the school every day if their family/housing is local. The main group that'll be focused on will be the 9-12 grades (highschoolers), but there will also be 5-8 (Jr high) and K-4 (elementary) classrooms with their own teachers. I'm thinking this plot will be a bit more intimate and contemplative (see: Fallfish), as opposed to the action packed plotlines ORP is more used to these days. There will be some action though at times, and I've already got two or three short arcs plotted out. So, just for the fun of it, I'm posing this RP's registration like the character was actually joining the school. Name: Age: Grade: Hometown: Prior GPA: Powers: History: Aaand to start things off, my main character for this: Name: Almudena Madeiro Age: 17 Grade: 11th Boarding: Yes Hometown: Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City Prior GPA: 1.75 Powers: Telekinetic Punches History: Though Almudena is quite bright, honest, and outgoing, she has a history of delinquency and disrespect for authority figures. She had been attending one of the Catholic-run schools in her neighborhood up until recently. Due to revealing her nature as a Power in an altercation outside of class, she's been encouraged to seek schooling elsewhere in order to avoid retaliation. Now, we are looking for some teachers still. Silumas called dibs on being the highschool teacher, and Sly has been mentioned as a possible principal (if he isn't, I'll probably go with Zebedee instead), but we still need K-4 and 5-8th. Teachers and students for the lower grades will be given less focus, most likely, at the present time, so if you want a foot in the door without too much in the way of writing obligations, I'd suggest starting with a character there. That said, there'll still plenty of occasions (Lunch, Recess, Detention, etc.) where lower grade characters can punch into the main plot. (Elite tech: Make an 8th grade character, and if you want to jump into the more active bits, insist that they placed into some advanced classes and go over to the highschool classroom for them. ) I look forwards to seeing all your awesome ideas!
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Oct 1, 2015 17:25:49 GMT -5
Name: Titus Maxwell Bolten Age: 14 Grade: 10th (Pushed up due to test scores) Boarding: Yes Hometown: Eureka Springs, Arkansas Prior GPA: 4.0 Powers: Vector Manipulation History: Titus was born mentally gifted but socially stunted, never quite grasping the concept of making or keeping friends, and turned inward and towards his books for comfort. He was quickly boosted though several grades before being stopped by his mother with fears for her son becoming more of a social outcast than he already was, but once his powers began to manifest on his thirteenth birthday she began to look into other options where her child could be himself around others of his own kind.
I'd through some of my own characters into the loop for the role of teacher, but none of them would really fit. Can you picture Valon teaching math or geography? I think not.
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Post by Shoni on Oct 1, 2015 19:41:48 GMT -5
Name:Flint Age:16 Grade:11 Boarding: Yes Hometown: Ilulissat, Greenland Prior GPA: 4.0 Powers: Cryokinesis and enhanced reflexes. History: Last of the Gelhaim, he originally enrolled in school to adjust to the massively changed world. Since knowledge is necessary for his work his grades are high and he learns quickly. This allowed him to go to school in a private London institution before he was "asked" to leave after an "incident". This lead him to enroll at the private institution in Lilycove City.
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Post by SV on Oct 2, 2015 23:02:01 GMT -5
Name: Mica Howard Age: 9 Grade: 3 Boarding: Yes Hometown: Denver, CO Prior GPA: A average Powers: Geomancy
History:
Mica first began exhibiting powers around age 4. Despite the political climate regarding such individuals, her parents (both non-Powers) embraced their daughter's unique abilities. Her father learned of [Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters] on a business trip to Lilycove and, in the face of their daughter's growing proficiency that they wished to foster but didn't know how, Micah's parents enrolled her for the next fall.
Mica is a precocious and fiercely independent child who is fascinated with rocks and the outdoors. Her strongest subject is science.
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Post by SHADOWMASTER89 on Oct 4, 2015 16:16:19 GMT -5
Name: Talia Kane Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa Boarding: Yes Prior GPA: Unknown Powers: Manipulation of Physical Vibrations and Sonic Waves History: Talia was a late blooming power that grew up in a broken home with a physically abusive father. Her powers first started to appear when she was 14, but only her mother knew. One night her abusive father came home drunk and went after her mother, as usual, and after so many years of watching him beat her mother she finally snapped. Talia flew into a fit of rage and her powers flared out of control resulting in her father's death. Due to the political climate surrounding powers and the fact that hers had resulted in a death, she and her mother fled the US, changing their last names and traveling to South Africa where her mother had family. Two years later, with her powers only growing in strength and control not coming easily, Talia's mother enrolled her in the school for powers in Lilycove City in the hopes that someone might be able to help her daughter learn to control them.
Notes: Talia has severe trust issues with male authority figures and while she tends to be quiet and reserved, she is extremely independent. She is typically slow to anger, but when she is her powers can flare out of control which can result in particularly destructive outbursts.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Oct 4, 2015 18:28:34 GMT -5
Also, my elementary character: Name: Dalisay Salazar Age: 9 Grade: 3rd Hometown: Lavender Boarding: No Prior GPA: 3.2 Powers: Not yet clearly defined, affinity for "Scamps" History: Dalisay is a model student, raised by two successful parents who immigrated to the Archipelago from the Philippines. She behaves perfectly in class, almost angelic, in fact. However, her presence occasionally leads to the appearance of anomalous creatures that she and her family refer to as "scamps". These simian, feathery creatures will appear out of thin air, and though mostly harmless, will set about causing all manner of mischief until they either achieve a predetermined goal known to only them, or are injured with sufficient force, upon which they pop back into nothingness once more. Her parents hope this school will better figure out the relation between her and these creatures, and have staff better prepared to deal with their tomfoolery.
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Oct 17, 2015 18:18:05 GMT -5
Name: Melanie Europa (Mel) Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Celadon Prior GPA: 1.75 Powers: Magic - incantations. Can channel magic by rhyming, but the actual effect of the spell can vary depending on the wording used. History: Mel's mother was a very driven woman, sly and cunning to a fault and merciless when it came to getting what she wanted. As soon as Mel's powers began to manifest in her childhood years, her mother was quick to take advantage of them under the guise of helping to nurture her 'gift'. Unknowingly, Mel contributed to her mother's success through her childhood and into her teenage years, her mother's ruthless streak rubbing off on her somewhat. While they made an effort to keep Mel's powers a secret, many people began to suspect there was something not-quite-right about the pair. As soon as a single, isolated incident occurred in which Mel realised her powers were being used to intimidate and hurt people, she confronted her mother over the emotional abuse she suffered and subsequently ran away. While her incantations allowed her to get by, she sought out the school in order to forge some stability in her life. Name: Ethan Qadir Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Cairo, Egypt Prior GPA: 1.25 Powers: Super strength. Has some issues with turning it on and off. History: Grew up with a single father who ran a small business. As far as his father was concerned, Ethan's only role or responsibility was to help with the business, personal life or interests be damned. Ethan often found himself having to fend for himself for food and clothing, resorting to rummaging through bins for anything not rotten or full of holes and more than one night ended up eating partially-cooked rats he'd managed to catch, if he ate at all. While he has always had his power, it wasn't until his teenage years that he truly understood them and how to turn his strength on and off (though with mixed success) and, in an altercation with his father, he managed to demolish the majority of where his father's business was based. After his father threw him out, he took to wandering the streets before being picked up by the police. As soon as it was determined he was a homeless power, the police set out to enroll him in the school. Name: Claire Bertram Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Kissimmee, Florida Prior GPA: 2.25 Powers: Light manipulation. History: Claire has always loved the fantasy of a true love, like all the movies say are possible. Growing up, her parents (both in high positions in their relative companies) were distant but not a happy couple, leaving Claire to grow up with movies and television more than parental supervision, which resulted in her becoming a huge fan of glamorous actresses and emulating their style and personalities as much as she could. Behind closed doors, her parents would argue and fight, using her as an argument point many times. When the couple split, neither parent wanted to keep her, ending up in her being put in the foster system. When her powers manifested in her pre-teen years, she struggled for anyone to want to keep her in their house for longer than a night at a time. When the school opened, the foster system was eager to enroll her in order for her to be surrounded for similar teenagers. Name: Tallis Hew Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Queens County, New York Prior GPA: 1.25 Powers: Technological genius. Can instantly understand and manipulate any technology put in front of him. History: Tallis has always been a technological genius, manifesting when he was first able to understand what technology actually was. Growing up, it was a small-time hobby of his that was overshadowed by his other interests. After being shunned sideways into the foster system due to his neglectful single mother, his access to technology was widely limited which caused him to follow other pursuits, though it did not stop him from hacking into a government server purely to max its storage capacity with pictures of cute animals. He has a natural distrust of any animals with teeth due to his mother instilling into him that they would punish him for any wrong-doing. While it was not clear whether his technological prowess was due to an innate power or just a natural aptitude for it, the foster system enrolled him into the school with the aim of opening space for younger children who needed the system more. Name: Alistair Warren Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Vancouver, Canada Prior GPA: 3.25 Powers: Can transform into a beast. Has control issues when in beast-form History: Ben's powers manifested when he was very young, discovered due to his wide imagination as a child. Though suprised that their child was a Power, his parents were surprisingly still accepting of him given the nature of his shapeshifter abilities. His childhood and development was not hindered by his power and his parents, as a precaution, always carried tranquilizers in case of an unexpected shift. Despite some control issues when shifted, he flourished into his teenage years and did not use his powers as an excuse or to otherwise give himself an unfair advantage against his peers. While few knew about his ability to change into a beast, his parents enrolled him in the school in order to expose him to other teenagers who had supernatural abilities. Ben saw this as a chance to expand his horizons as opposed to being shut away out of sight.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Oct 21, 2015 10:32:26 GMT -5
Name: Deandre Clarks Age: 17 Grade: 11 Boarding: Yes Hometown: Savannah, GA Prior GPA: 3.15 Power: [redacted] History: At first celebrated in his childhood years as "highly imaginative", later to run into trouble among authority figures who perceived him as a compulsive liar. A difficult period in school led him to withdraw into himself for several years, still retaining his intense, almost guilty curiosity about those around him, but no longer eager to share his observations. During his second year of high school in Georgia, a scout for the academy helped to identify his power, and that summer, his parents packed him off to the archipelago on a generous scholarship (which, in truth, seems a bit out of proportion to his academic record; while intelligent, he's no overachiever and seems quite content to get by on the least effort possible). Never seen without a notebook at hand, Deandre has an odd compulsion to record even the most mundane events in his life. He's the only person his age he has ever known who enjoys hand-writing letters.
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Post by Cendra on Nov 3, 2015 22:16:48 GMT -5
Name: Jesse Chase Age: 16 Grade: 8th Hometown: Cambridgeshire, England Prior GPA: .0 (Absent from school) Powers: Alternate Dimension Telepathy and Mind Swap History: Jesse came into her power of telepathy between her alternate dimension selves at the age of 5 years. In the beginning her family wrote it off as her having imaginary friends, but as she grew older they grew more concerned with her state. Four years of tests, pills, a padded room, and one doctor that finally knew what they were doing later saw her to her the present school.
Name: Harue Nekketsu Age: 15 Grade: 8th Hometown: Fukuoka, Kyushu Island, Japan Prior GPA: 3.2 Powers: Fire Blood History: Harue was born with her hereditary power. Since the power itself only presented when one was injured, it was easy to blend in with society. Harue's parents tried their best to shelter her from the more shady lives of powers and enrolled her in their nearby school. She kept up her grades, but the children there teased her for her white hair. Unfortunately the bullying escalated as the years when on until finally things became more physical. It was suggested that she attend another school after a bloody, broken nose burned down half of her school. Harue's parents hope that she can find some kind of peace in this school after the accident.
Name: Eira Age: 13 Grade: 7th Hometown: Waterville, Ireland Prior GPA: 0 (No schooling) Powers: Cold Creation and Manipulation
Name: Aodhan Age: 13 Grade: 7th Hometown: Waterville, Ireland Prior GPA: 0 (No schooling) Powers: Heat Creation and Manipulation History: Eria and Aodhan were lucky to be born together when their uncontrollable powers presented themselves at their birth. As babies they could not go three hours apart without burning and freezing. Their parents panicked, not knowing how to handle their condition and gave them up to foster care. The only family that would take them was certainly not a happy family and as punishment would lock them in separate closets. As they grew older they were gradually able to spend more time apart from one another, but they never really liked to for obvious reasons. At age seven they set out into the world living as they may. Recently they came upon a nice blonde who told them about the school. She even bought them supplies to go! So, off they went to some good food and a cozy place to sleep.
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Dec 7, 2015 19:34:58 GMT -5
Name: Nessa Weir Age: 17 Grade: 12 Hometown: Perth, Scotland Prior GPA: 2.9 Powers: [redacted} History: Nessa was born in Scotland to a single mother and brought up to always see the brighter side of life. Her childhood was without major trauma until her powers began to manifest in her early teens. With the death of a local teen due to her abilities, Nessa's mother began searching for a place that her daughter could be trained to control her powers. Upon learning of the opening school Nessa was one of the first students to be enrolled.
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Post by ch00beh on Jan 14, 2016 22:19:19 GMT -5
Name: Franklin Elijah Timberland Age: 13 Grade: 9 Hometown: Arlington, Virginia Prior GPA: 4.0 Powers: Time stopping History: It was found out that Franky was doing so great in all his classes because he would stop time one minute before a test was over, look over everyone's answers, read the book, or, when opportunity presented itself, look over the teacher's notes. It was not, in fact, everyone's eyes playing tricks on them when Franky would seem to teleport ever so slightly at the end of class every day since he couldn't get his positioning quite right when he resumed time.
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Post by Loogs on Jun 10, 2016 0:36:32 GMT -5
Name: Río Reina Gaviria Mondragón Age: 16 Grade: 11th Hometown: Medellín, Colombia. Spent the last 10 years of her life in Permata on the east main island. Prior GPA: 4.00 unweighted Powers: Supernaturally quick reflexes and incredible kinetic sense* History: Río was at the top of her class at Seungri Academy, and was the school’s cheerleading team captain as well as a skilled gymnast and an expert capoeirista. Her parents enrolled her in Terminer for a more powers-oriented education, as her kinetic skill had far surpassed those of her peers.
Río’s parents have always expected the very best from her, and she in turn expects the very best from her peers and her teachers, even though sometimes her metric for “the best” may be a bit overestimated. As a result, at her worst she can act somewhat cold and aloof if one does not meet her standards, and at her best she will push her friends to strive for greatness.
Río is the queen fucking bee Terminer deserves.
[EDIT] - It occurs to me that people have no idea what I mean when I say "kinetic sense". I'm using it as a catch-all term to refer to anything that involves being aware of your body, where everything is, and its movement. So this includes things like reflexes, dexterity, balance, flexibility, etc. This is what make Río exceptionally good at things like gymnastics and martial arts. Of course, there are a few drawbacks to being hyperaware of your body...
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Post by Loogs on Feb 5, 2018 3:51:59 GMT -5
Name: Victor Enrique Saralegui Quintana Age: 17 Grade: 11 Hometown: Miami, Florida Prior GPA: ? ? ? As with many busy child stars, Victor was homeschooled for most of his life. Powers: Super High School Level Dancer Dance sorcery??? History: Victor Quintana is a child prodigy, a gifted dancer at only six years old. He is the son of Cuban refugees who came to Florida to escape the Castro regime. Before coming to Terminer, Victor was already established in the competitive dance scene, but recently came into the public eye for his appearances on the US, and later, the Archipelago’s adaptation of the popular reality TV show Dancing with the Stars, and was part of the winning dance pair last year. His roots lie in salsa and other Latin dance styles, but he has branched out into other styles such as flamenco, waltz, and foxtrot. (Victor has a deep admiration for professional ballerinas and would love to learn ballet, but isn’t sure if he can bring the kind of commitment and discipline expected from the dance style at this moment.)
His performances have been described by many as “bewitching, enrapturing, and supernaturally enchanting”, which has earned him the nickname El Diablo del baile, or the “Devil of Dance”. Some even claim that he has the power to summon showers of rose petals when he dances; others have alleged that they’ve seen him conjure swords and knives to dance along his side. These rumors, however, have yet to be confirmed by reputable sources.
When interviewed about his announcement of hiatus from the reality show, he cited his enrollment in Terminer Academy, expressing a desire to “disappear from the limelight for a bit, and experience life outside of the entertainment industry for the first time.”
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