Dresden Out of Character

So Then This Happened

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:36:58 GMT

In lieu of making a third new character I'm porting over some old characters and bringing back a retiree (because let's be honest, I've been playing her more here than anywhere else; it's like she was never really gone). I've been keen to play more in St. George's and the surrounding area with the adults/alumni. There's one more that might come over after this batch, but I'm going to cool my heels a little bit.

The Ford Family Proper: Abby Ford you all know. She's sometimes pretending to be Bernadine. Sometimes she's herself. Depends on the situation (I'll be posting with her from this journal from now on, until I decide I've confused myself again). Her brother you've probably met. His name is Timmy Ford and he's a really excellent squib. Her dad you probably haven't met, but you may have read about him. His name is Bill Ford and he's got a whole lot of secrets and baggage that I'm aching to explore. He's a cool guy and he might be seen around campus or at the pub with James Walsh. Then there's Abby's Aunt Veruca Kidd. At the moment she has her head shoved up Bill's ass. It'll probably stay there, but I'll try to rectify that and get her some friends. Or something.

The other de Kooning boy: You may have read about Valentin de Kooning, Stasi's older brother. Well, I'm letting him loose here. He may end up teaching at Dresden, though I'm not entirely sure he's qualified for it.

The Nikitin bitch: Then there's Elena Nikitin, Luka's older sister. She's a cantankorous bitch and a lawyer for the NY Wizengamot, so if you end up in need of counsel, she'll serve all your needs. Not entirely sure what to do with her, but she might end up settling down on the Way.

The boyfriend: and then there's my little muggle mailman Jesus Suarez. He made a stop in during parent's weekend. He's Addy's brother's boyfriend and he's spectacular.

If you think you have any connections with any of the gang feel free to comment here so we can remember later when it's 3 o'clock in the morning and our heads aren't screwed on correctly about who knows who and who banged who and who knows about that nonsense. :D

SASSYBUTT LAZYPANTS INTRODUCES...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:20:22 GMT

TINA.

Christina (Tina) French is a Hudson senior, cheerleader, into earthy kind of subjects (herbology, enviromental studies etc). She does ballet and is in dance and pride clubs (she's an out-ish lesbian) and moonlights in choir. You'll find her being quiet and friendly and trying v hard to be supportive of all you self-destructing lunatics as best she can.

Your kids will know her from senior core classes, Advanced Herbology II, Art and Environment Studies, and Dance, Cheerleading, Pride and Choir. Hit me up for friends/acquaintances/past attempted (or even semi-serious) S.O.s, the works!

Sighard Wieland Valemont

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:18:58 GMT

I really have a problem. Did I tell you they come in threes?

Let me introduce you to Sighard (usually called Sig or Siggy, sometimes referred to as Valemont which ends in someone shedding blood or serving detention).

He's a Champlain junior, very smart and somewhat worldly. His claim to fame is that his dad is a well-known vampire and for the first two and a half years at Dresden he went by his mother's maiden name before admitting whose child he was. Since then he hasn't had it terribly easy (lots of his early friends ditched him after the reveal), but he's figured out who he is and who is valuable to him since then.

Originally from Germany, he's been in America so long you'd never know it. He's crazy smart and he loves a good (if pointless and even stupid) adventure (especially if it's ill advised).

He's taking ADV Potions I, Transfig I and Herb I (thinking about becoming a mediwizard if he continues to do well) as well as Divination II, Music, and Lit I. He's in the chess club, intramural sports, school paper, honor society, and he plays the sax in the school orchestra.

We're looking for friends and ex-friends. Sig spent too much time worrying about getting his friends back to be chasing around S.O.s, though that could certainly change now.

Marina

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:05:10 GMT

I should probably introduce Marina Beauchamps. She's kind of fabulous.

She's an out and proud bisexual with pink/purple hair. She's on the cheerleading squad, does drama, art, and orchestra. She's taking Language Arts II, Magical Crafting, Cultural Magic, Ritual Magic. Advanced Herbology I.

She's a Hulett junior, bit of a drama queen, very protective of her younger brother. Her parents died 3 years ago in a car accident while she and her brother were in the backseat; she doesn't talk about it much. She's brave and usually a very happy sort of person. Bit of a creole accent. Always carries a rosary on her person.

She's looking for friends, enemies, frenemies, and maybe a secret lover.

Kazamir de Kooning

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:34:47 GMT

Hello, Joey here!

I tried playing Kazamir (and some others) previously but was too overwhelmed with other things going on to play in Dresden. Fortunately, I am back and anxious to get back into Kazamir's perverted head again. I will be playing him as if he has been at Dresden for quite some time now but is just now popping up more publicly due to his older brother, Anastas, transferring to Dresden. Kazamir and Anastas do not get along whatsoever and it will come at no surprise (to Carol and I, at least) if the two go at each other whenever they get the chance. Kazamir is fluent in Russian and English (unlike his stuck up, lazy brother) and enjoys avoiding most of the student body at Dresden, drinking whiskey, masturbating to the thought of Professor Olivier (and her radical legs), playing FMK with Addy, pretending his roommate doesn't exist, and being smarter than you.

He will be taking Astronomy, Charms and Wandwork, DADA, Spell Theory, Advanced Transfiguration I, Advanced Potions I, Advanced Herbology I, and Apparation Study this semester and any plot ideas with Kooky Kaz are welcome.

Not the Boy He Used to Be

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:58:19 GMT

This is Anastas. Some people call him Stasi. Some Stas.

He used to be a troublesome party boy looking to self destruct. And then he did self destruct, back at his old school. He OD'd over spring break and never finished his senior year. He's been taking some time to recover, living with his older brother in Burnham and re-learning English (one of the side effects of his month long coma was forgetting the language altogether).

He's doing better overall, but he's still got a lot of sorting out to do. He'll be brand new to Dresden, but he might know your students if they went to Blue Ridge at some point.

He's going to be sorted into Hudson; he'll be taking up with the art club, the school paper, and cooking club. He's taking DADA, Astronomy, Wandless, Adv. Transfig II, Adv. Potions II, Combative Magic, and Art.

Hello

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:41:16 GMT

This is Carly.

She's a university student studying Charms with Olivier. She TA's for sixth year. She's the gossip queen on campus, something of a righteous bitch, and obsessed with all things Hawthorne Nikitin (also hell bent on destroying any of his girlfriends, past or present).

She doesn't really have friends, only just some people she won't gossip about. We're up for just about anything.

Tell me you didn't see this coming

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:45:39 GMT

I'm lifting the character limit indefinitely. Changed it in the rules. You still need to turn in additional apps for approval, but you can play as many characters as you want. Students, faculty (adopted or otherwise), family members, people who live in St George's Way. Let's have fun and blow this mother up.

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:35:25 GMT

I added a little bit to the application; I don't know how I left it out before.

In the family/relationships portion I added: Significant Others, Friends, and Enemies.

This is pretty much covered on the relationships pages that most of us set up in our journals, so you don't need to add it if you don't want to. Most of the time it might not even be established until after the character's been accepted, but it's there so we don't forget to do it.

Updates

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:27:43 GMT

Hey gang.

I updated the PB listing so that it's a more orderly block of text.

I also updated our FAQ to contain an explanation of ratings and how we label posts around here.

Keep it classy.

Intro: Louise 'Phoenix' Whitehorn

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:59:30 GMT

Hi all,
Nina here with a new character, zomg woop. This one is a student! Putnam Senior called Louise Whitehorn, though to the student body she's known as 'Phoenix' - just because she's that cool and she feels she has a special bond with that particular animal.

She's your textbook hipster - the retro/vintage clothing, the bands you've probably never heard of the indifference to most 'normal' teenage conventions and dislike of anyone who is too'mainstream' - in fact she shows a general apathy towards most things save the causes that she is passionate about. She's big on conservation, sustainability and on the vegan lifestyle.

She's likely to dislike almost everyone considered a 'popular' kid. And generally disinterested in everyone else save her closest friend Riley - she would never really be outwardly mean to another character.

HAI.

Fun things!

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:28:00 GMT

So I found an ID badge code on rp_tutorials and I thought it would be fun to play with. They only work in entry posts, but I'll keep playing around with it to see if I can get it to work on the profile page.

The codes are here and ready to use.

Little change to note

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:46:20 GMT

I made an !incomplete tag for the comm if you'd like to use it. Mostly since we've had a lot of posts lately; posts we're still playing in have been knocked back to the second page. It's up to you to remove it from your posts when they've been completed and you don't have to use it unless you want to.

Down the Way

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:27:12 GMT

I decided I wanted to make a catalog for Apple's Sweets, like Sassy's totally awesome catalog for the Test Lab. As I was working on it I was thinking, which journal would I post it from?

Thus downtheway was born. Similar to the Faculty Journal, this is a journal for NPCs from St. George's Way. Mostly for shopkeepers, but also for other residents of the way that might interact with your characters.

If you'd like to add something ask for the password.

Hi!

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:13:11 GMT

This is Bernadine. Not Abernathy. The twins hatched a plot to switch places and Bernadine is now studying at Dresden with Mother Criss in the university program.

To avoid confusion I'm using atotheb for Bernadine and I've flocked Abby's entries in runningamok (since she's somewhat officially no longer in the game).

Basically Bernadine is going to pretend to be Abby while she's at school. Which leaves us open to all sorts of intrigue, though only Adelaide, Mother Criss, and AB's dad know about the switch.

Happy plotting monsters!

Still here

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:26:18 GMT

I'm still here, I promise.

It's been a bit quiet around here, partially because Becky's in the process of moving, but also because I just started a new job (and the sleep schedule has produced a big dip in my creativity). I think once my training is done (mid-Septemberish, maybe sooner) things will definitely start moving a little more.

SEPTEMBER 6th IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I doubt my characters are as excited about that as I am, well, maybe Veronica. By then we might have some faculty shakeups and some devastating news for Quodpot!

I added a silly little tag for the school newspaper so it stands out from other owlposts. I decided to name it the DA Post (DA for Dresden Academy) and it turns out it's kind of funny.

As always, if you need anything from me, just email me (it's listed on the contacts page). I check it daily, even when I don't sign on to aim, so I'll get your message eventually.

Introduction!

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:34:51 GMT

Hullo! So... I made my last kiddo here! She has bounced around from school to school, getting kicked out for behavioral issues and Dresden is her last chance school. She's determined and interested in the dark arts, the perfect mix of elements for a Clemons, but instead Mother Criss gave her options and in the end she decided to be a Putnam. She is now Veronica's room mate.

Kris is off putting at first, snippy, rude, and a bully. But for her quodpot team mates and video game buddies, there's a different good humored side to her, it just takes some time for her to let her guard down. She's brand new to the school and starting in September. :D

Hey Gang - A Few Things to Note

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:34:03 GMT

Minor Changes
You might have noticed that I made a sticky at the top post for the mod journal. Mostly it just has quick links, but I think it will help new players navigate the mod journal. It's also a place to comment if you have ideas you want to discuss (though you can always IM me or email me, whatever works for you).

I also put the Intro to the Faculty Journal entry as the last one so that it will appear on top, just so that it's the first thing you read when you look at it.

I added a little bit to the House page, just a tiny clarification on how Mother Criss sorts students because I don't think I was entirely explicit about how I envisioned the process.

Advertising
I've been putting out ads like crazy trying to draw new players in (but that's like throwing needles into haystacks). If you have any friends you think would like to join, or know of some rpers from other games, please point them in our direction. If you have any other suggestions, let me know.

I love our little game here and I'd like to see it grow.

Updates
Oh! I updated all of their class year information and moved the graduating students up to university house. I've changed dorm assignments (since they're all a floor up now), but everyone has the same roommates. I forgot to mention that.

PLOT
I do have plans for plot in the next year. Most of it will involve faculty at the moment, but that's cool because anyone can log into the faculty journal and participate. It will begin trickling down to the students before long.

The New York Association of Wizards has decided to cut Dresden Academy's funding for the 2011-2012 school year. At present our headmistress, Jillian Hulett is struggling to figure out what to cut in order to save money. She'll be trying to trick staff into retiring, debate cutting some elective classes, and consider minimizing the sports program (quodpot, she's looking at you). I'm open to any awesome ideas to play into this plot and I'd love to see you guys jump into the faculty journal and play some very panicked (and inversely blasé) teachers.

You know me, I do go on, but that's about it for summer updates.

For the Lulz

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:55:17 GMT

MTV is having a Harry Potter World Cup this summer to determine the greatest HP character ever.

I'm pulling for Neville. Thought you'd all get a kick out of it.

Intro: Pepper Stark

Sat, 28 May 2011 11:05:37 GMT

So I'm not going to let myself be talked into upping the character limit again for at least, well, preferably not until the start of the next semester. And yeah, I know, I talked myself into it this time.

This is Prudence "Pepper" Stark. Jokes about Pepper Potts and Tony Stark notwithstanding; she prefers to go by her nickname Pepper.

She's a wandmaker and shopkeeper at Stark's Wands in St. George's Way. She has a peculiar gift for matching people to the correct wand and usually gets it on the first or second try.

She's an alumni of Dresden (class of 2002) and a former Champlain House. She loves books and hates muggle shops. She spends a lot of her time on St. George's Way, but is known to drop by the school and pester her favorite professor, Pete Rosenthal.

It's possible your student might know her if they've passed through the shop; she may have paired them with their wand (and in a few cases she may have crafted the wand, though her father doesn't let her craft as often as she'd like).

She probably won't have many relationships at this stage of the game, but she could have plenty of acquaintances and I'll definitely throw her in every time we do a St. George's trip.

Rule Change

Sat, 28 May 2011 10:25:09 GMT

I am going to up the character limit to seven, but I'll leave it up to you if you want to play all adults, all students, or some combination thereof.

Fri, 27 May 2011 15:04:48 GMT

Hey gang. It's like... a monthly Dresden moderator newsletter. I tried to keep it brief; I'm horrible at that. Please skim...

Mod Journal Changes
I added a bit to the university section on the classes and scheduling page. Just a bit more clarifying and background. I also added and changed a bit in wands; I didn't like how flexibility worked, I'm retooling it. If you want to change your character's wand accordingly please feel free. You may have noticed I tweaked around the characters page. The original layout was too hard for me to maintain when adding new characters, so I switched it up. The add all button and contacts have been updated, please give them a once over.

Question
Are we event-ed out for May? We have a St George's Trip scheduled for Sunday, but we can pretend it happened and not make it an event if we're already burnt out on events (from prom, after-prom, quidditch/quodpot tryouts). There's another trip in June that we can play out before the school year ends and we head into summer play. Let me know in the comments. If no one comments I'll assume we're burnt out.

Birthdays
I have been puzzling over how to handle birthdays in this game since we added them into the game calendar. As such we missed Leland's birthday (sorry Beckany). Sass and I cooked up an idea that Cinna (being queen of the events committee) would send out an email at the beginning of each month with a birthday sort of bulletin, which would keep it streamlined and in the comm. If you wanted your character to send presents to another you could use the owling tag or play it out in a thread on or near that character's birthday. I can also make a birthday tag if we want to keep these things together. I think this will make birthdays more unique and keep them in with the spirit of the game. (PS- I'm dreading how to post quodpot/quidditch results when that comes around).

Adult Characters and the Limit
Thus far we only have two officially played adult characters in the game. What I'm thinking is I might up the character limit to 7 if your seventh character is an adult (such as a shopkeeper in St. George's, or an adopted faculty member). And you could certainly play more than one adult below a 7 character limit if you wanted. This really only affects Becky and myself, so I'll talk it over with her (and the limit as it stands is mostly just to keep me from going crazy making characters; you guys know how I am).

I made ICONS
They're not the best, but I made house icons (from the lovely crests Sass made for us) if you'd like to use them in your personal journals for school pride.

HALLO DARLINKS

Wed, 11 May 2011 02:23:41 GMT

It be Sass with her fourth: this is Riley. He is a pretentious fucking hipster/anarchist hybrid with a strong douchebag streak. His BFF is a girl who Nina will be apping AAAAAANY moment now. *stare*

He is a Putnam (because of his extreme loyalty to his friends once they've earned friendship and he works extremely hard to be as difficult and obscure as possible) and his only extracurricular is school paper. Because it's HARD HITTING STUFF. SO MANY SCANDALS TO BREAK AND CORRUPTION TO REVEAL... yeah, it's a lot more boring than he thought too.

I'm looking for the usual, bbs!

Hey everyone!

Mon, 09 May 2011 05:49:15 GMT

This is Carol again. This is my sixth: B. Madelyn Cooper.

No, she won't tell you what the B stands for. She goes by Madelyn or Maddy and that's that.

She's a theatre geek (she does drama, dance, and choir), history geek, and she's a halfback/safety on the Hudson quodpot team. She's fun, but a little histrionic, sometimes overdramatic.

Looking for the usual stuff, friends, s.o.s (ex or potential), enemies, and so on. :D

Yay for Googledocs!

Thu, 05 May 2011 04:11:09 GMT

So Sass introduced me to tabs in googledocs. So excite! I've added tabs for next year so we can adjust our classes/extracurriculars. I think I've added most of your characters in (based on the scheduling thread), please double check for me. I think I've also added in everyone to edit (if they have a student on the sheet); so if you need to make corrections have at.

Yay! Tabs! I labeled this current school year 2010-2011, next school year 2011-2012 (Sorry Aussies, American schooling is bananas like that).

I didn't adjust the extracurriculars; I'll leave that for you guys to do (if your characters want to drop a club, try something new, or not). I just copied the original, so you just have to go in and move the check marks (make sure you're on the right tab).

I love you guys. Seriously. Mucho mucho.