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Mini-hiatus notice!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:21:57 GMT

Today is my twenty-first birthday (yeah, I'm finally completely legal!), and I'm going out to my friend's lake house to celebrate tonight. I should be back Sunday afternoon hopefully, but realistically Sunday night. I know I owe some tags, and will attend to those as soon as I get home. Also I will be demanding plot when I get back. ^_^ ...I never thought I'd have a use for this icon...

Have a great weekend everybody! ♥

Mini-hiatus

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:24:44 GMT

I have to go on a short trip for work. (To Phoenix. In July.) If I manage not to melt away in the heat, I'll be back on Wednesday. I may check in before that, depending on what sort of bad ideas my coworkers talk me into.

If you need anything, like answers to plotty questions, or just feel like amusing me while I'm in boring meetings, feel free to send an e-mail my way.

Try not to break anything while I'm gone, okay? (The last time I went on a work trip y'all picked up and moved the whole damn game. Warn me if you're going to do that again yo!)

-Kate

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:05:04 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Lauressa 'Laurie' Greer Arabelle Golightly Prescott
Age: 19/December 26, 1989
Occupation: Singer/songwriter
Status: Single
Affiliation: Neutral... for the time being
Power: Telepathy
Favorite Color: Red
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Marvis Wintergreen

Family:
Sydne Gerry (mother, age 46)
Olin Prescott (father, age 67)
Astoria Vivièr (step-mother, age 29)
Rosaleigh Petras-Wilkes (half-sister, age 26)
Jennica Wilkes (half-sister, age 24) theperksofbeing
Vannifer Gerry (half-sister, age 16)
Ellum Vivièr-Prescott (half-brother, age 1)
Enno Vivièr-Prescott (half-sister, age 1)
Pea Vivièr-Prescott (half sister, age 1)
Aiden Hartley-Wilkes (nephew, age 2)

Brief History:
Olin Prescott's marriage to Sydne Gerry was not the first of such for either of them, it was his second and her fourth. While she had two other daughters from previous marriages, Laurie was the first for the future film mogul. Things seemed great, and it seemed as if the three were a perfect family... for a good eight months. The divorce happened rather swiftly, with Sydne getting a nice hefty sum of money (no less than two million dollars) and Olin gaining primary custody of their infant daughter. Sydne didn't really play a part in her third offspring's life for quite a few years to come, and with the fashionista's jet-setting ways Laurie wasn't the only Gerry offspring that was treated this way. That wasn't to say that Olin was the most prominent figure in her life, not by far. He himself was always busy and there was always something or other that was more paramount at hand. Thankfully, of course, there are certain people who find it within their hearts to take care of other people's children. Why? Who knows. But it was Rebeccah, her nanny, who was the one nearly entirely responsible for her upbringing.

Just what was her father so busy with? Well, in his younger years he had written a screen play for, produced, and directed a low budget black comedy. Just a small indie film that he never actually imagined anything would come out of it, but it managed to gain quite a bit of attention from an up and coming production company. It wasn't long after that they financed a remake of the movie, and what had originally had been destined to become a cult classic was suddenly an enormous success. That movie led to a collaboration on another screen play that he also directed, and then two more and eventually Olin Prescott had made quite a name for himself and relocated to Hollywood, California. That was where he eventually started his own independent film production and distribution company, married & divorced Sydne, and also where his daughter was raised.

From the time she was born it seemed Laurie herself was no stranger to the spotlight. Diaper and baby food commercials were only the first of many gigs she would get. As she grew older, often all it took from her agent was the mention of her father's name. Who wouldn't want to flash the face of the only daughter of Olin Errol Prescott? A natural, they called her. It was this natural ability that got her the other jobs that her familial associations didn't. At only the age of eight she already had quite the impressive resume for someone of her age. Stints of children's educational shows, more commercials, print work, voice-overs for quite a few animated movies, as well as no less than seven roles - albeit small - in various movies for her father's company- it seemed there was nothing that she couldn't take on.

Well at least when it came to acting and modeling, school was an another subject entirely. She had never been to a public school, and her entire life was tutored by some of the area's best private teachers. This was fine with her, and it was also because of such that she really made a name for herself. Since a young girl, she'd always loved to sing and was actually pretty good at it. When she was nine her mother moved out to California with both of her older sisters, and it was actually her that suggested she take up singing professionally. It didn't take long for a plan to come into action; Laurie was to be a part of a pop group compromised of herself and three other girls her age. Surreal - as it came to be called - had quite a bit of success, and there where two national tours along with three albums before tensions between the girls forced them to call it quits.

Things happen, and it wasn't like her to just be content staying out of the spotlight by now, and she had a few more appearances in some of the more family-oriented films her father's company produced. It was also during all of that that she first actually met her two older sisters, Jennica and Rosaleigh. Apparently the entire reason for them all moving out to California was because Rose was looking into pursuing modeling, and it was that they bonded over- the love of being the center of attention. Especially when Laurie managed to score a contract with a well known record company when she was fourteen. No one expected the former bubbly pop star to move down the laid-back singer and songwriter trail, but it did work for her. Hell, she even picked up an acoustic guitar and taught herself to play. Or rather an extremely skilled music teacher did, but it was of her own accord that this came about.

No one said that making a record was easy though, but finally after nearly two years Lauressa Prescott's debut album, Venture To Say Yes, was released. There had been publicity for months, pumping it up as everything from the "sweet escape for your everyday girl with a guitar" to "the next great voice of the generation". Never one to turn away from praise, she was quite pleased when Venture made it to number six on the Billboard charts for four weeks straight. The next year was a whirlwind of press tours, performances everywhere from in-stores to talk shows, ungodly long lines of people who wanted her autograph.... it really didn't seem to end. The summer when she was sixteen, after complaining to her eldest sister about how tiring this was all getting for quite some time, the two went to visit Jenny all the way across the country on Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

Laurie's stay didn't last as long as she might have liked - what with her business obligations back home - but it was during those two months that she had some of the most fun of her life. It was awesome, just being able to live life without worry of making sure every action was prim & proper, constantly look over your shoulder for paparazzi, and just be able to let loose, but that didn't mean she didn't grow 'homesick' for her beloved Hollywood. Saying goodbye to her sisters, she went back and was immediately thrown headfirst into all of that once more.

As she neared her seventeenth birthday, she was fast heading back to the recording studio with tons of available material, or at least she was until a disaster struck. One of the songwriters she had collaborated with on nearly half of the songs on Venture was suing, stating that he wasn't getting the proper royalties as outlined in his contract. Enter an over-publicized and extremely drawn out legal battle that ended in the offending songwriter getting nothing, as well as being blacklisted in the recording world, but it did take a good year for it to all resolve itself. It was also during this time that Olin met and quickly 'fell in love' with an adult film actress that was finally giving her hand at more mainstream venues. Within a month of meeting Astoria and Olin were married, and it seemed not long after that they announced that Mrs. Vivièr was expecting- triplets. They tried to include Laurie in their new little family, but she really didn't feel comfortable calling a woman only ten years her senior mom.

It was decided that she would take a short vacation before recording actually started last summer, and where else was she going to go but to Isle of Palms? Yet again it was nice to just forget her worries and live life like a normal completely spoiled teenager. When she got back to California in early August the headaches started, and then came the voices. She feared she was finally cracking under the pressure and tried to just ignore it, but it was during a spot on a radio show in early January, to help bring about some early publicity for her album to be released in the spring, that she finally lost it. Laurie freaked out on air, and was rushed to the hospital. After a barrage of neurological and psychological tests, her malady was simply labeled as exhaustion. Her father and agent wanted her to start going to therapy, figuring it might help ease this all, but she outright refused. The voices didn't go away, but she soon figured out that she wasn't actually schizophrenic.... but could read the minds of those around her.

With this odd knowledge tucked away, she loaded up on pain killers for the headaches and set off back to the studio to finish her second album. They were all pressed for time, but Magic To Live By came out on schedule in May of 2009. It reached the number one spot on the Billboard charts for two weeks, before moving down two spaces to rest for eight more weeks. It was deemed a success and there was talk of more tours, more albums, more everything... but Laurie just wanted a break. These headaches weren't getting any better, and neither was she really being able to come to terms with the fact that she could read the thoughts of minds around her. It seemed that wasn't all, she could also mentally speak to people around her, and it was starting to happen- frequently. Most people seemed to try and play it off like they weren't hearing her voice, and seeing her memories in their head. But after a rather odd encounter with the head of the company producing her records, in which she accidentally admitted to wanting to punch him in the face, she decided to take a real break.

Calling up her sister Jenny, she decided to go back to South Carolina to give herself some room to breath, and a bit of space to figure this all out.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities:
~~She twitches~~. Telepathy. The ability to transfer of mental information, such as thoughts, ideas or emotions between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. While it has much potential, at the moment Laurie can only hear the thoughts of others, and is still getting the hang of being able to project and create mindlinks with people.

She still has trouble blocking out the minds of others most of the time, as well as she's not very good at keeping her own thoughts to herself.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:17:11 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Gregory Lionel Rutherford (Rutherford will work just fine)
Age: 29/March 8, 1980
Occupation: Security (Read: muscle) for the oil company
Status: Single
Affiliation: Anti-mutant ~~It's a little complicated, you see...~~
Power: Mental Manipulation
Favorite Color: Cobalt blue
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Arm and Hammer

Family: Brandon Rutherford (father, 49); Diane Rutherford (mother, 53)

Brief History:
~~He had a really long and in-depth history, but I decided to rewrite it with only the bare essentials. Yay!~~
Gregory Rutherford had a relatively normal upbringing. There isn't much more about it that is relevant to you. He was born, had a pretty average childhood, and didn't raise too much trouble. His father was in the Marines, an information technology specialist to be exact. It wasn't odd to find the family moving from place to place every year or so, but after his father retired from active duty the family settled down on the mainland of Charleston, South Carolina.

School wasn't hard for Gregory, and he finished twenty-ninth out of his class of one hundred and thirteen in high school. By that time in life there were no doubts about what he was doing with his life. Joining the Marines seemed like the only option, after all not only his father, but his grandfather and great-grandfather had enlisted in the branch of the armer services. Enrolling immediately after school he went off to Paris Island for basic training, and spent the next three years not seeing much action, but that was to change. After September eleventh, he was with one of the first squads sent over to Afghanistan. Three tours were served- one lasting ten months, the second for nine months, and the third for eight.

After returning back home, he finished out the rest of his contract in reserves. The fact that he had served three tours and survived to tell about it might have been enough for some people, but not Gregory Rutherford. The details behind how he became with a private security sector in Afghanistan are still not explicitly known, but it wasn't long before he had left the country once more. As with much of his life, the details aren't readily available as to what his job entitled, but it should be noted that it was not the most kosher of jobs. As time went on, the public was beginning to realize quite a few problems with the company he worked for - as well as other's like it - but thankfully he was able to get out before things started biting people in the ass.

The reason for leaving that position was that he was offered a job in Central American. The term best used for this job is simple- mercenary. It wasn't called such in polite conversation, but then again, not many of the people he associated with by now were very nice. While his still insanely patriotic military family may not have approved of these choices, he had guns, action and the fast-paced life he loved laid out in front of him. The fact that he pretty much got to play by his own rules - within reason, of course - was just an added benefit.

The next gig offered to him paid even more than the last, and Gregory stopped by Charleston to visit his by now retired parents at the end of last summer. He soon left for Belize, but the job didn't pan out. Returning back not too long after, he became the interest of certain local oil company. It would seem there there was a bit of a problem on the Isle of Palms, not far from his own 'permanent' place of residence. Powers. People had powers, like those from some sort of comic book, and they were becoming a problem. While it did take a bit of time to gain the trust of the higher ups, it wasn't long before he realized just how big this problems was. Something had to be done about this.

Unbeknown to himself, he also has powers of his own and hasn't a clue at this moment. This could be problematic, the entire anti-mutant that has powers of his own. As well as interesting to see play out.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities:
In short- he can negate the powers of others while in their general proximity (and eventually from further away lengths), as well as implant, erase and overall manipulate the memories of others. In following suit with his ability to manipulate upper brain functions, he can also knock people unconscious by touching them. Of course there is always room for... improvement.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:07:09 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Jennica Madeleine Wilkes
Age: 24
Occupation: Stay-at-home mother
Status: Single
Affiliation: None
Power: Persuasion
Favorite Color: Purple
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Crest Whitening

Family:
Sydne Gerry (mother, age 46)
Michael Wilkes (father, age 54)
Sally Wilkes (step-mother, age 53)
Rosaleigh Petras-Wilkes (half-sister, age 26)
Lauressa Prescott (half-sister, age 19) dirty_pop
Vannifer Gerry (half-sister, age 16)

Brian Hartley (ex-boyfriend, age 26) liar_liar
Aiden Hartley-Wilkes (son, age 2)

History:
Sydne Gerry (nee Ann Carlsson), darling of the fashion world, is equally well-known for her affairs. Out of the innumerable selection of men, six of them made it to 'husband' status, though Sydne had taken ski vacations that lasted longer than some of her marriages. She was a force to be reckoned with, in her heyday - she was one of the most sought-after designers in the world, and she got what she wanted. When the time came to have children, she wanted daughters, and perhaps by sheer force of will, she had four of them. First came Rosaleigh, whose father was a philandering Greek business tycoon. Two years, a divorce (Sydne took a fifth of his estate), and a tabloid scandal involving Sydne and a married A-lister later, she was ready for a bit of a break from the spotlight. She met Michael Wilkes while hopping the vacation hot-spots along the East Coast. He was a regular guy, very sweet to her, so she married him. They also had a daughter, named Jennica. Sydne's marriage to Michael was to last the longest of all of them - that is to say, a whopping three and a half years. Before long, though, Sydne was back in business, jetsetting from Paris to Milan to Tokyo to Hollywood, and her marriage to Michael dissolved. She would have two more daughters - Lauressa (with her fourth husband, a distinguished older film director) and Vannifer (whose paternity is still up for debate sixteen years later).

While her half-sisters capitalized on their mother's fame and connections to the maximum, Jennica "Jenny" Madeleine Wilkes was raised as normally as possible. Her father adopted Rosaleigh as his own, and kept both girls while their mother travelled, and even after the marriage ended. Jenny went to public school while trying to stay out of the public eye, until a sixteen-year old Rosaleigh set her eye on modelling. Now old enough to be of interest to Sydne, she brought her two teenage daughters to California with her. Jenny was tutored for much of high school and, always a quiet child, was shunted to the side amongst the rising talent of Hollywood. Without the passion for the spotlight that her sister had, Jenny hated it there. When her mother decided she needed another "break", rather than heading to Aspen or Martha's Vinyard, Jenny begged Sydne to consider South Carolina. Sydne bought a ridiculous house on the upscale end of Isle of Palms, and Jenny went back and forth between her dad's considerably less showy place and her mother's vacation home.

Apparently mental health was nowhere to be found in Hollywood, so Rosaleigh came back to South Carolina briefly, bringing their half-sister Lauressa with her. The two had bonded over the Lifestyle in California (Lauressa a sixteen-year old aspiring recording artist at that point), and brought to Isle of Palms with them a bit of the Hollywood sparkle. They quickly befriended the young elite there, in search of more sparkle to tide them over. That's how Jenny found her house the "hot spot" for Isle of Palms locals, for a summer.

Jenny had a good head on her shoulders, but she still knew how to party with the best of them, in moderation. After all, that's all there was to do, in Hollywood. That's how she met Brian Hartley. He was impossibly handsome, and out of all the pretty girls on that island, she couldn't believe he wanted her. It turned out that Brian wasn't exactly Prince Charming, and the relationship ended...but not before he got her pregnant. Despite his flaws, she'd loved Brian deeply, and was secretly rather glad that he wanted to keep it. Her mother and sisters didn't have much interest in Jenny's life once she stopped following them around to events and such, and the second daughter of Sydne Gerry dropped out of the limelight for good this time. She gave birth to a son, Aiden, and Brian was a better father than she'd given him credit for. Meanwhile, she lived with her own beloved father, who was her main source of support throughout her pregnancy. Michael remarried soon after Aiden was born, and Jenny moved into a small townhouse. She is a full-time mother, and she is supported by whatever Brian scrapes together, whatever her father can spare, and whatever her mother might remember to send her while enjoying a semi-retirement in Boca.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: Persuasion. When Jenny gives vocal commands, the person it is directed toward has to obey. Without her voice, she is powerless.

HARTLEY, Brian

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:14:20 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Brian Andrew Hartley
Age: 25
Occupation: Just about anything that'll earn him a quick buck: he's been a drug mule and cosmetics tester. He's been paid to give a false alibi for a guy who wanted to stay out of jail. He may have even dabbled in prostitution. Reports are conflicted.
Status: Single
Affiliation: Waiting to be corrupted
Power: Illusion
Favorite Color: Blue-gray
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Whatever.

Family: Rochelle Hartley (mother, incarcerated)
Andrew Hartley (father, currently residing in Spain)
Peter Hartley (older brother, still in SC)
Dana Hartley (sister-in-law, still in SC)
Darcy O'Hare (sister-in-law's sister, living on island)

Jenny Wilkes (ex-girlfriend, 'baby mamma', age 24)
Aiden Hartley-Wilkes (son, age 2)

Brief History: Brian Hartley was born to a life of luxury, the second of two boys. His parents were loaded, having inherited everything from Andrew's parents upon their death. They lived lavishly, sparing no expense on anything. Houses, cars...you name it, they had it. Brian went to a number of private schools, and enjoyed overseas vacations every summer. He and his brother enjoyed all of their parents attention. The Hartley's weren't the sort of family that shuffled their sons of with nannies and other caretakers. They doted on them personally. Sure, he was spoiled, but he didn't think that he was a bad kid. For the most part, he stayed out of trouble. Serious trouble, anyway. Boys will be boys, after all. So maybe he got in a few fights, or got kicked out of school for releasing all of the frogs from the science lab. It was all in good fun, at least according to his parents.

He skated through high school, only managing to get a spot in a good college through sheer luck and bribery. Despite that, he didn't try very hard. He'd never tried very hard. College was mostly about girls and parties and all sorts of other fun. Classes were far down on the list of his priorities. He made it a little over a year before getting the boot. Again, he didn't mind much. He'd figure out something else to do with his life. Following his mother's lead, he jumped from job to job, dabbling in a bit of everything. One of the things he dabbled in was Jenny Wilkes. They dated for a couple of months, and Brian was as loyal to her as he was to anyone. That's when the unthinkable happened. She got pregnant. Rather than being all cold about it, he suggested that she keep the child. He would be able to support a kid, after all. Their relationship fizzled, but Brian kept in touch with Jenny. He was determined to be a better father than he was boyfriend.

Brian's mother, Rochelle, was never content with sitting around and doing nothing. She was always looking for new ways to increase the families wealth. There was always money invested somewhere, in one venture or another. Most of the time, they didn't make anything new. In fact, they ended up losing massive sums almost every time she tried something new. Andrew let his wife do whatever she pleased, for the most part. That is, until them being broke was a very real threat. There were a number of bitter arguments about what they were going to do. After almost thirty years, they'd come to expect a certain quality of life. Now, that was all about to be ruined. Rather than trying to come up with a sensible solution to their problem, Rochelle took the easy way out. Or tried to, anyway. She got involved with a company, and slowly started to siphon off funds. It kept them afloat, still awash in all the things they were used to.

Until she got caught. The authorities picked her up, and hauled her off. Within the next twenty-four hours, Andrew Hartley fled the country. He packed up and moved to Spain, hiding out in one of their country houses just in case they were looking for him as well. Brian was at a loss of what to do. Peter had his own life, having settled down with a nice girl in South Carolina. Without income to support his ex-girlfriend and kid, he didn't know what the next step was. He'd never had to figure things out on his own. Instead of learning from his mother's mistakes, he tried to take the easier path. There were all sorts of lucrative pursuits that he was qualified for. Sure, they weren't exactly legal, but at least they paid the bills.

He kept one of the few houses that hadn't been repossessed when his mother had been busted, on the beach on Isle of Palms. At least he didn't have to pay rent, and he managed to keep the other bills to a minimum. Because of that, he was able to send a check to Jenny and Aiden every month. He visited, too, whenever he got the chance. Brian was determined to be a vital part of Aiden's life. Even though he didn't keep a 'steady' job, he had income. Somehow. Still, he's always on the lookout for more ways to earn cash, no matter how legal it might be...

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: Illusion Brian's powers are of illusion casting. He can psionically cause other people to see, hear, touch, smell, and/or taste things that do not actually exist. He can also cause people to sense things in ways that they would not naturally; for example, he can make himself look and sound like a different person, or look and feel like a wall, or even seem invisible. For this to work, these people have to be within the range of his powers. Brian can trick any number of people at any given time, ranging from a whole room of people being under his sway, to only one or two out of a group seeing something that's not really there.

PB: Jackson Rathbone

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:18:18 GMT

Hey everybody!

It's Rae. I've got some crazy news. My old email account went ballistic on me. I haven't gotten notifications in days, and it's impossible for me to send myself logs of anything. I've tried everything to fix it, but no luck. I'm assuming that AOL decided my emails are delicious and need to be devoured immediately, because they are NOWHERE to be found. So, in order to stop myself from going crazy trying to keep up with every tag I owe without the benefit of notifs, I have transferred ALL my accounts to a new email account. Yes, it took forever, but they're there now. Due to the wonders of AOL, this means my SN is changing, too.

SO. From here on out, if you want to reach me, I'll be at pixelated sadism on AIM. Or, if you prefer emails, pixelatedsadism@aol.com. I know, I'm a huge pain, but update your buddy lists before I make Leigh bust out the holy stick. DO IT NOW!

Happy gaming, my dears!
Rae

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:40:33 GMT

Soooo after some deliberation I've decided that Angie was way too old to play Fallon. So say hello to the new face of teh crazy bitch!

Oh and if Team Sociopath is still accepting applications, this girl has quite the resume. ;]

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:38:20 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Thomas Xavier Moore
Age: 26
Occupation: Tattooist and piercer at Oscurcimiento Tattoo & Piercing Studios/Vocalist for A Black Dude and a Jackalope
Status: Single, but he’s a chronic flirter.
Affiliation: Unaffiliated
Power: Regeneration
Favorite Color: Orange
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Whatever is on sale at the store when he needs it.

Family: Sheila Moore [56; mother], Howard Moore [59; father], Ashlynn ----- [20; cousin]

Brief History:

Thomas Xavier was always the kid with a smile on his face, starting from when his parents brought him home from the hospital after he was born. He was a good baby, and hardly ever fussed, but when he started learning how to walk, there was no stopping him. He wanted to explore, and touch things, and figure out what was what. His parents usually let him learn by doing, but when he did dumb stuff like try and walk into a lit fireplace when he was 4, they had to think of some way to distract him so he didn't hurt himself...and the kid had a bad habit of hurting himself. By the time he was 5, the poor boy was already walking around with a cast on his arm...and it seemed as though every other month, they'd be going back to the doctor to get another x-ray. It sucked, whenever he couldn't go out and play with his friends, but that didn't stop him from climbing around on jungle gyms, or swing sets, or anything that could be climbed on.

The happy, fun-loving, adventure-seeking boy made friends easily, but the friendships were never long lasting. He played with who was around, but he never had that one friend who he could grab whenever he was bored…until he reached 4th grade, and bumped into a kid named Derek Farmer on the playground. He was a year ahead of him in school, so Thomas felt kind of cool, hanging out with an older kid, but they became close friends almost immediately. He was always up for whatever ridiculous plan of action Derek had in mind, but that worked both ways. The two of them together got into trouble quite often, and even though it started out pretty innocent, with them tipping over garbage cans behind the school or something stupid like that, their schemes became more risky…like spray painting, or vandalizing property. They never did it to be malicious, they were just having fun.

From the day he first met Farmer, the two were inseparable. It was rare to see one without the other, whether they were walking down the hallways or sitting with each other during class. Even though there was a year’s gap between their ages, they took art classes together, since they were both good at it. Thomas’ style differed from Derek’s, who wanted to actually pursue art in college, while Thomas always strived to be a tattooist. He also loved getting ink done, and went so far as to get a fake I.D. when he was 16, just so he could get his first piece of artwork needled onto his skin.

After he graduated from high school, he applied for several apprenticeships at various locations after looking them up, and even applied out of state, after researching some of the shop’s tattooists. He was 18, and got accepted to work under a man in Miami, Florida. Of course he was excited, since he had been working at a local shop for the last couple of years as “shop bitch”…but this also meant moving to Florida. It took him a while, but he didn’t know when an opportunity like this would come along again…so he took the job, leaving his family and friends behind on the Island.

7 years went by, and he flew back to the Island as often as he could, keeping in touch with everyone, but didn’t actually move back until meeting with a Mister Alvin Alkeinos at a convention being held in Tampa. The two started talking, and when he found out that he knew Derek Farmer, and therefore knew his daughter Alena, and their co-workers as well (he was friends with Cove Braddock by this point as well), Alvin talked Thomas into leaving his job, and coming to work for him, since he was fond of his work and thought he was talented. It didn’t take long to be convinced to move back home, and packed his bags that night, leaving to go and join the crew at Oscurcimiento, and surprise his best friend, who he would now be working with.

Now living in an apartment in the center of the Island, Thomas continues working at Oscurcimiento, and doesn’t plan on leaving any time soon.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities:

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:01:37 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Wren Ayla Thatcher
Age: 25
Occupation: Choir teacher at Wando High School
Status: "Talking to" Landon Jones ~~Oh, Kait. You slay me.~~
Affiliation: Soon to be T.E.A.M.
Power: Telekinesis
Favorite Color: Lavender
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Tom's of Maine

Family: Floyd Thatcher (father, 57); Alva Thatcher (54); Dorthy Wheelock (maternal grandmother, 78); Garfield Wheelock (maternal grandfather, 75); William Wheelock (uncle, 45); Raymon Thatcher (paternal grandfather, 89); Blanch Thatcher (paternal grandmother, 88);

Brief History:
Both Floyd Thatcher and Alva Wheelock were born near Rockhill, South Carolina. On the Catawba Indian Nation reservation to be exact, and spent most of their younger years in life there. It was there they met, fell in love and were married, but it was after they had their first and only child that they decided to venture off of the reservation in search of making a better life for themselves. Soon after Wren's first birthday they moved to Knoxville, Tennessee with the of Alva's brother that moved there quite a few years before. Their parents didn't exactly approve of this, but all parties involved have stayed in touch to this day.

Neither of her parents had any fancy degrees, and so her father picked up a job as a janitor at a local manufacturing plant, and her mother worked as a waitress at a diner not too far from their small home. It wasn't the most fanciful of upbringings, but the Thatcher's were never lacking in anything. While Floyd and Alva were off at work Wren was watched by her Uncle William, and it was he who first noticed her singing voice. What started out as her singing nursery rhymes and the few ceremonial songs her parents had passed on to entertain herself, soon turned to her singing whenever company was over... or really any chance she got.

Even though she is aware of her heritage, her parents never spent much time informing her of all that they had learned in their lifetimes. They didn't view their time spent on the reservation as a burden, but did feel it alienated them from the outside world. Not wanting to cut short any of the chances at life their daughter had, they choose not to bestow upon her much of the culture they'd been brought up in. Most - if not all - of the information Wren's picked up about her ancestors has been from history books and the time spent with her grandparents on trips to the reservation, which were quite far and few between.

While still in high school she was offered a scholarship at a small liberal arts college. By now being paraded around for her singing ability was nothing new to her, and she readily took the offer. Upon completion of her degree, she took a job at a nearby elementary school as a chorus teacher, and taught vocal lessons during the summer. She liked her job, she really did, but when she was offered a position at a high school in South Carolina, she jumped at the chance. She was to be the chorus teacher at Wando High School for the 2008-2009 school year, but couldn't help but moving there a bit early.

She arrived at the beginning of summer, and acquainted herself with her new surroundings fairly easily. The small island she moved onto seemed rather nice, as did the people, and it wasn't long before she felt validation. Even though her parents had always wanted the best for her, and she hadn't moved too extremely far away, they didn't see why she couldn't have just continued to teach at the elementary school back in Knoxville. Whether or not they felt this was the right thing for her to do, Wren knew that she had made the right decision. At least until something peculiar started to happen.

Half-way through the first quarter of the school year, she had a series of dreams in which she awoke to find her bed floating quite a few feet off of the ground. At first she tried to play it off as her mind playing tricks on her, but has since realized that she can do much more. Of course, she hasn't quite gotten a complete grasp on it yet, she's getting considerably better. Now if only she could figure out how she came about this ability... that'd be one less question to answer.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities:
Telekinesis. She moves shit with her mind. It's 5 am, that's all you're getting right now. Deal with it!

She has moderate control of her telekinesis, but at this time it's still not entirely dependable. Small things she's fine with, but anything of considerable weight is still a struggle. Wren tends to get nosebleeds when she overexerts herself.

PB: Martha Higareda

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:51:15 GMT

Hey guys. So I totally meant to start doing this at the beginning of every month, but...I dunno, I was drunk or forgot or something on June 1st. In fact, I don't think it really registered that it was June at all for me, because I didn't get around to adding the June tag in the comm until today? Forgive me. But here are birthdays for the next TWO months (and the past one, for if you're like me and totally missed your character's birthday), in case I am similarly ~~drunk~~ forgetful on July 1st.

May
3rd - Dinah Lehtner (24) & Spencer Rourke (34)
23rd - Alec Lordes (25)
29th - Asher Lehtner (29)

June
4th - Seth Logan (28)
7th - Darcy O'Hare (25)
11th - Ricky Kelsen (21)
17th - Joanna Miller (29)

July
7th - Jude Oriel (25)
11th - Evalyn Carter-Vaughn (27)
15th - Lucy & Landon Jones (26)
29th - Deslin Fischer (24)
31st - Bowie Loke!

Also! For the sake of planning, if you have any characters that are currently NEUTRAL, and you'd like them to end up with one of the factions, please make it known here! Options include T.E.A.M. (The Good Guys), The Order (The Shady Guys), The Government (for all you opportunists...'specially let me know if one of your characters might be swayed thisaway!), and of course, they can stay neutral if you like, though it might be harder than it's been in the past. HERE are the current faction rosters. So yeah. We can get crackin' on making that happen! <3

LOOKIT!!!

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:55:35 GMT

So. When sleep escapes me I turn to random websites. And when YouTube, reddit, Oddee, JacksonPollock.org (visit it if you haven't!) and the other sites I frequent fail to hold my attention, what do I do? That's right, find random surveys and turn them into OOC games. Yeah, I know... original. Whatever. Do it or don't. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! Holla!

FIFTEEN THINGS YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
Feel free to divulge more about yourself! You don't have to be limited to just fifteen things!

1) I'm allergic to strawberries and wasps.
2) Thunderstorms scare me- greatly.
3) I read all of the Twilight books and loved them. Edward Cullen = ♥.
4) I have to sleep with a nightlight on. When I was little I saw Darkness Falls, and the deranged Tooth Fairy terrifies me. As such I've also never put a tooth I've lost under my pillow since then, for fear she'll come and kill me.
5) As a kid I wanted to be Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty when I grew up. I still think that'd be kind of cool...
6) It's my belief that tattoos and piercings are stupid. Why would you want to do something like that to your body?
7) I write a lot of poetry, but have never let anybody see it ~~for fear that they'd think it's not good~~ because they wouldn't understand it.
8) My parents once came close to divorcing, and I'm pretty certain it had a lot to do with my behaviour.
9) I hate the sound of my voice. Well, really, my accent.
10 In first grade, I ate a container of Silly Putty. I thought it was candy.
11) I've never kissed a boy.
12) I know it's really childish, but I still have the baby blanket my Grandmother gave me when I was born. It's hidden under my pillow.
13) My worst fear at the moment is being sent back to Fulham. I like it here.
14) I'm ~~kind of~~ really excited about Sarah having a baby. I've always wanted a little brother or sister, and I know they won't actually be my sibling... but it's close enough for me.
15) I want to try out for the volleyball team next year, but would rather just not even try, than try out and not make it.

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:38:39 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Bethany Leigh Odelle
Age: 23
Occupation: College student and a sales associate at Sephora
Status: Single
Affiliation: The good guys!
Power: Weather Control
Favorite Color: Green
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: She don’t discriminate.

Family:
Mother - Stacey Odelle nee Bridge (52 years old)
Father - Robert Odelle (56 years old)
Sister - Tanya Odelle (27 years old)
Sister - Kim Peters nee Odelle (31 years old)
Brother-in-Law - Jackson Peters (32 years old)

Brief History:
Bethany was born and raised in Sacramento, California up until she was eleven years old. Her parents packed her and her two older sisters up and moved to the Isle of Palms, and though Bethany still doesn’t even know what triggered this decision, she’s not exactly complaining. She had no issues making friends, and where ever her sisters went - namely Tanya, since Kim was usually off doing her own thing - she went. Once, Tanya felt a little rebellious one night and decided to “run away”. She took the youngest girl along with her and needless to say, they made it about two blocks before her dad caught them. The idea of running away seemed fun…the consequences, however, were not.

She attended Wando High School all four years. She was usually apart of the theatrical crowd, involved in the school plays, a lot of times as lead. Theatre was definitely fitting for this girl, dramatic by nature. Over all, school was a bit of a breeze for her, she was involved in a few clubs and got good grades, but still made time to party and have fun. After graduation, she went right into university, and Bethany of course, went after a BA degree in theatre. She was doing what she loved and she was happy. In her second year, she had her first serious relationship, with a guy named Shane. They lasted about two and a half years, and then Shane broke up with her. And for some Psychology major.

Bethany was broken hearted and so pissed. This of course, brought on something fierce. Her ex-boyfriend came to pick up his personal belongings from the apartment, and just as he was about to get into his car, It was unexplainably struck by lightening, and then thrown into a tree by a violent gust of wind. Heh heh. At the time, Bethany hadn’t considered herself to be the cause behind such a freak accident, but when there was a rain pour for every day that she laid in bed sobbing her eyes out (and then stopped when she wasn’t), her suspicions ran high. So she tested it out, fully convinced when, at her parents house, she caused snow to fall in their yard.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: Weather Control - The ability to manipulate weather conditions and other natural phenomena.

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:07:18 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Joy Kathryn Willard
Age: 27
Occupation: Phlebotomist
Status: Not looking.
Affiliation: Currently neutral, soon-to-be government/anti-mutant
Power: Plant Manipulation
Favorite Color: Green
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Colgate

Family:
Bethanne Willard (mother)
Francis Willard (father)
Harmony Willard (older sister)

Brief History:
Joy has had a very ordinary life. Two parents and an older sister that she gets along with fairly well live in her hometown a couple of hours away from Isle of Palms, though the distance separates them emotionally, as well as physically. But Joy dates and has a career and life has been pretty good to her so far. Even superpowers didn't ruffle her all that much - she's learned to take it in stride. Boring, right?

This is where Joy's life gets interesting. (There's a narrative in the works that will, for the most part, serve as her intro.)

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: Plant Manipulation - Joy can influence the color, rate of growth, movement, and health of any member of the kingdom Plantae.

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:12:39 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Isabelle “Izzie” Marie Farmer
Age: 16
Occupation: Student/Child
Status: Single
Affiliation: Wherever Derek goes, most likely.
Power: Mediumship
Favorite Color: Purple
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Crest Extra Whitening

Family: Paul Farmer (57 ; Father), Zoe Farmer nee Cartrithe (53 ; mother), Derek Farmer (28 ; half-brother)

Brief History:

Since Isabelle’s only 16 years old, she hasn’t had too much happen to her, so her history is pretty simple. She was born and raised on the Island, and grew up with her Mom, her Dad, and her half-brother Derek. They’re extremely close, and she’ll defend her brother no matter what…even if she doesn’t always agree with some of the stupid stuff he’s does. When she was very little, she used to call him ‘Rex’, because ‘Derek’ was too hard for her to say, but eventually she grew out of that, although it does come up in conversation every now and then…usually when she’s making puppy dog faces at him when she wants him to drive her somewhere, or something.

She’s currently attending high school, and makes pretty good grades. She’s an intelligent girl who works hard at keeping her GPA pretty high, but she does put some time to the side to hang out with her friends and her family. She drops by Oscurecimiento every now and then, and is well acquainted with the employees who work there…especially Thomas, who she is extremely close with.

Izzie lives a pretty normal life…or did, until her powers surfaced. She was playing Truth or Dare with a group of friends in December, and they thought it would be fun to stop by the graveyard and have Isabelle hop out and walk around a particularly dark area. When she saw someone else standing around, she just thought it was one of her friends…until she got a bit closer, and realized that it wasn’t at all someone she knew. She got pretty freaked out and ran away, but never told anyone why. After that, she’s been visited a few times by some local spirits, but she doesn’t ever know what to say to them…so she spends a lot of time ignoring them.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities:

Mediumship is “a form of communication with spirits”. Izzie used to be able to just see spirits, but now she is able to hear them, and sense when they are around her. Because they aren’t corporeal, she can’t touch them, but if they walk through her or something, it feels cold. Eventually, Izzie may be able to pull a Whoopie Goldburg and have a spirit enter her to use her body as a vessel, to say what they need to say without using her to speak for them.

(For existing characters)
Any changes that have been made to your character:

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:30:29 GMT

Does anyone want plotz with this cute little jew 'fro here? Otherwise I'm gonna hafta drop him. :[ Get at me! <3

<b>edit</b>

AND BRODY TOO. He needs plot also or he's going to the 'happy farm' with all the other neglected characters lol

ZANE, Tuesday

Tue, 26 May 2009 07:03:28 GMT

People fail at talking me out of these things....

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Tuesday Blu Zane!
Age: 18!
Occupation: Student and bookstore clerk!
Status: Single!
Affiliation: Oblivious!
Power: Enhanced Memory!
Favorite Color: Rose!
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Aquafresh Extreme Clean in Citrus!

Family: Sunny Zane (mother, age 39)
Eric Zane (father, age 40)
Fox Zane (brother, age 16)
Clover Zane (brother, age 4)

Brief History: Tuesday Zane was a product of two misguided love children who were about a decade too late for the whole peace and love scene. They got married a few months after Sunny found out she was pregnant. In the flighty sort of way that they did everything, the Zane's took all of Eric's inheritance and invested it in a farm. Thing went pretty well for them. They grew a lot of their own fruits and vegetables, selling them at a farmer's market in town. Sunny was also fairly crafty, and supplemented their income by making everything from woven baskets to needlepoint pillows. They lived outside of town, ignoring the talk of the 'weird hippie people'. Their life was as peachy keen as they could want it to be. Other people's negativity was so out of place.

A few years after Tuesday was born came Fox. Tuesday is still convinced that he was put on this planet to drive her insane. She was like her mother in so many ways, oblivious and creative, fun loving and easily distracted. Fox seemed to want to take a more 'normal' path. Oh, he still helped out on the farm, doing all the chores that came along with the lifestyle, but he never seemed particularly happy. Tuesday, on the other hand, loved her life. They lived on a farm, with goats and chickens and everything. When their chores were done, they could run around all over the place, swim in the pond or climb trees. She didn't see what he was complaining about. Just because the other kids in town called them weird and made fun of their clothes didn't mean that they shouldn't be proud about the way they lived.

She'd been right on the cusp of puberty when things changed. Her parents fell on hard times. The odd jobs her father took could no longer support them, and they were all out of money from savings. In a desperate attempt to keep a roof over their heads, Eric Zane sold the farm and packed up his family. They moved to an island off the coast of South Carolina, where Sunny used what was left of their money, plus a bit of a loan, to open up a gift shop. It was an instant hit, both with tourists and locals alike. Her father took a job as well, working on one of the fishing docks. It wasn't the life they had known, but it seemed to work out okay for them. Tuesday was miserable at first, but living with the ocean so close was a fair trade for having to leave the farm. She learned to surf, got a decent tan, and went on with her life.

High school was an interesting time for her. Sunny had another kid, a boy they named Clover, which took up a lot of her parents time. Tuesday had been diagnosed with an attention disorder, though she didn't let that upset her. So what if maybe she had a little trouble focusing. That wasn't her fault! People should talk louder, or wave colored flags, or something. Tuesday was more likely to be found with headphones in her ears, bopping to the beat, than she was paying attention to a lecture. She spent a lot of time in detention, though again, it didn't phase her. She took everything as it came, only interested in doing what made her happy for the moment. When she turned seventeen, she finally managed to get, and hold, a job at the local bookstore. It wasn't the most interesting employment on the planet, but they didn't fire her for getting distracted by pretty pictures.

It was a few months in to her senior year when Tuesday noticed something had changed. She could remember everything. Everything that she'd read, or seen...it was all still there. All she had to do was think about a moment in time, and she could pull everything up perfectly, exactly the way it had been, complete with audio. Thinking that she was losing her mind, she went to a co-worker, Nick Lahiri. He had the bright idea that everyone else on the island was just getting dumber, which made perfect sense to her. That was the last she really thought of it. In a little over a semester, she turned her GPA around, eventually rivaling the brilliant Alvin Alkeinos for his spot at the top of the class. That didn't make him particularly happy. Tuesday, however, was glad that for once she got to be the smart kid.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: Enhanced Memory - Tuesday can quickly absorb and maintain great amounts of information. She remembers everything she reads, hears, or sees, and is able to comprehend that knowledge immediately. Despite how much attention she is actually paying to a situation, she can recall it perfectly at a later date, even able to remember how many steps a person took to cross a room, or how long they paused between words. At the moment, it seems that her capacity for memory is limitless, though this may change as she learns more.

PB: Stefanie Heinzmann

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:07:16 GMT

Hey home dizzles. Allow me to direct your attention toward the cast page where new stuff is going down. Quite a few characters have been switched to NPCs in light of departures and current plot focus. Make note of them!

Also, I (Kait) will be away from Thurs to Sat/Sun, so bother Leigh or Rae if you need shit, and don't blow the place up while I'm gone. :P

Fri, 08 May 2009 08:07:56 GMT

ATTENTION, ATTENTION!

Marlie Joplyn Loke has a NEW FACE! And it is Alexis Bledel's.

The reason the PB has been changed, is because....well, Marlie is 21, and let's face it, Zooey is like...30 now. I mean, she doesn't look OLD, but I always thought she looked too old to be Marlie, at least with the icons I had. I would also like to say that the character has not changed, at all! SHE IS STILL THE SAME OLD MARLIE!

Please be not hating? :] ♥

SAMSON, Cooper

Sun, 03 May 2009 00:10:37 GMT

PEOPLE OF PODERES! MEET YOUR ~~MAKER~~ MAYOR!

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Cooper Murry Samson
Age: 36
Occupation: Vice-Principal & Drama Coordinator - Mt. Pleasant High School/Mayor - City of Isle of Palms.
Status: Widowed
Affiliation: Good.
Power: Force Fields
Favorite Color: Grey
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Close Up (Cinnamon flavored)

Family: Stanly Samson (father)
Anita Samson (mother)
Courtney Samson (younger sister)
Brianna Samson nee Donald (wife, deceased)

Not-So-Brief History: Cooper Samson was born in to a comfortable, upper-middle class life. His parents, both long time island residents, both worked out of Charleston: his father as a history professor, his mother as City Hall's executive accountant. They were the sort of couple that rarely slowed down. Lucky for them, as soon as their son could walk, he eagerly followed in their footsteps.

As a child, Cooper was always setting goals for himself, whether he knew it or not. Once he decided he needed to do something, he'd become so focused that it was hard to get him to do anything else. He wanted to be the first to read, the first to hit the ball and actually have it go somewhere, the first to ride his bike without training wheels. Somehow, he managed to be an incredibly driven child without alienating any of his peers. He still made friends quickly, and kept them by his side. Throughout grade school, he proved himself to be fiercely loyal, standing up for any of his buddies at any time. That earned him a lot of detentions, but that never phased him. Not a lot did.

High school was an exciting time for him. He joined the football team early on. Though not particularly huge and intimidating, he was incredibly fast on his feet. He didn't pigeonhole himself in to one category, though. That would have been too easy. Cooper also joined theater, the chess club, concert band...anything and everything he had time for. He buddied up with everyone, no matter what he was doing. That was the kind of guy he was, outgoing and friendly no matter what the situation. After he graduated, he decided to branch out. He attended college in New York, coming home on holidays to be with his family and high school friends. For awhile, he jumped back and forth between majors, before finally settling on education. His father was somewhat baffled that he chose not to take it all the way and become a professor, but Coop was sure that he would be happy teaching high school.

Cooper moved back to the island, landing a job at the high school as the Biology teacher. Eventually, he expanded that, and moved on to teach drama as well. It was a strange combination, but he made it work. He actually enjoyed jumping back and forth. There was a nice balance there. While in his late twenties, he fell hard for one of the substitutes that worked regularly at the school. Her name was Brianna Donald, and after two years of wooing her, he finally worked up the nerve to propose. They married the next spring, bought a house only a few blocks inland, and got ready to make their lives together.

Within a few years, Cooper started taking courses again, wanting to get validated to do even more within the school. When the principal retired, the vice-principal was promoted. He grabbed at the vacated spot. Although that meant he had to drop his Biology gig, he insisted on keeping Drama. After all, he knew most of the kids, and didn't want to let the seniors down when they knew what to expect from their coordinator. He eventually won the school board over, in that charming way of his that he used to get almost everything that he wanted. Now he had an office with a view to go with the job he wanted.

Things took a downward spiral shortly after his thirty-third birthday. His wife was killed, hit head on by a drunk driver on her way home from Charleston after a shopping trip. The news was, naturally, devastating. It didn't seem fair. They'd only had a few short years together, and she'd been taken from him, just like that. He took several months of leave, doing his best to surround himself with friends and family. As much as it hurt, he eventually managed to make his way back in to his old life. He went back to school, grateful to see how supportive the other staff and the students were. Despite that, he couldn't bring himself to pack up Brianna's things. To this day, his home is decorated the same way. He even kept the frilly couch covers.

Bit by bit, he regained some of his old smiling self. It became easier to submerge himself in work. Once again, he branched out, and started doing other things for the community. He volunteered for anything he could and joined all the boards he had time for. When the elections for mayor opened, he ran. His opponent didn't really stand a chance. Cooper was well liked, charismatic and friendly with all the right connections. He won in a land slide. With even more responsibility, he was twice as happy. It felt good, knowing that he was making a difference in the town he loved so much.

Currently, he's been mayor for two years. He's still the vice-principal, and he still teaches drama on the side. Really, this guy has no life outside his jobs. But that doesn't bother him at all. At the very least, he's never lonely. Things have been fairly interesting for him lately, though. A little over six months ago, he stumbled in to his powers. Since then, he's been working privately to see just what exactly he can do with them. From his perspective, it's just another of those goals that he's got to master. Once he feels comfortable with his new abilities, he's going to start looking for other people who can do similar things. After all, there's no way he's the only one...

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: -Force Fields- Cooper can mentally generate and project force fields of tremendous strength, which he manipulates for a variety of effects. The fields are able to repel solid objects, even those of great mass and momentum, and can repel all but the very strongest energy attacks. He can also 'push' the force fields outward, knocking aside anything within a small radius.

Eventually, Cooper will work his way up to 'force constructs', making him able to will his force fields in to more specific shapes (battering rams, darts, etc.). Right now, he's still trying to master pushing something away, without knocking his entire house down in the process.

PLZ 2 REVITALIZE IOP

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:26:55 GMT

Never mind. Pairings are enough plot.

Intro: Derek Farmer

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:18:44 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Derek Zackery Farmer
Age: 28
Occupation: Tatoo artist at Oscurecimiento
Status:
Affiliation: The Shop Crew, some of the Band Guys... he just chills.
Power: Enhanced Reflexes
Favorite Color: Red.
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: Whatever.

Family: Paul Farmer (57 ; Father), Josie Montrose ( 58 ; mother), Zoe Farmer nee Cartrithe (53 ; step-mother), Isabelle "Izzie" Farmer (16 ; half-sister)

Brief History: +Grew up in Mount Pleasant
+ Was a mischievous kid... typical class-clown.
+ Parents got divorced when he was 10 years old
+ Father re-married when he was 12
+ A year later he had a half-sister named Isabelle, whom everyone calls Izzie but he calls 'Diz'.
+ He's extremely protective of her, even though sometimes (err, most of the time) she's the more mature of the two.
+ Was a mediocre student throughout highschool
+ Went to college to persue art, but somewhere along the way he ended up with an apprenticeship at a tattoo parlor and that became his passion.
+ Is now one of the tattoo-artists at Oscurecimiento
+ Is still a giant goofball, but he takes his job very seriously.
+ Answers to the nickname 'Farmer'... he's very rarely called anything else.
+ Is very rarely seen wtihout his heterosexual lifemate, Thomas.

Brief Description of Power Capabilities: Enhanced Reflexes: Farmer has lightning-quick reflexes. So basically, he can catch flies with chopsticks like the karate kid and dodge bullets and all that other cool stuff. Don't challenge him to a game of slaps, because you will lose.

NOTE: IF ANYONE WANTS TO PICK UP EITHER THOMAS (Pb Travis McCoy) OR IZZIE (PREFERRED PB OF MIRANDA COSGROVE), YOU'D BE MY FAVORITEST PERSON EVER!!!!

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:09:41 GMT

Okay guys, I'm very sorry but I'm going to have to quit

I know that I've been AWOL with school and everything and it has completely wiped my brain and with my job starting up soon I won't have the time to keep up with this totally awesome amazing rp. I know I'll be leaving a lot of you hanging and I'm so sorry for that. Feel free to hate me I will deserve it -wince-. You guys can NPC my characters!

I totally still want to rp with you guys some time in the near future, and I still love you all immensely <3<3<3<3<3

Sorry again.

Jill

Uhm, I'm still alive?

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:27:23 GMT

Two basic things we need to cover here- Fuck hangovers and fuck Hewlett-Packard computers.

So. Monday night/Tuesday morning my laptop decided it was going to commit suicide, and I nearly had a heart attack thinking it was the hard drive completely dying on me. Nope, I just had to reformat said hard drive and reinstall the operating system, and when I say I... I mean the guys at the computer service place who charged me out the ass to do so. Effen lack of recovery discs my ass!

Ennywhoozles! I'm back! And I'm going to go rehydrate myself and finish up tags... from like 4 days ago? Huzzah.

ONE MORE THING.
GIVE. ME. PLOT.

♥ Leigh

Mini App/Intro, yo!

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:20:46 GMT

Mini-Application/Introduction

Full Name: Nicole Raquel Ramsey
Age: 20
Occupation: Cashier at the Island Market Grocery Store, local dog-sitter.
Status: Single
Affiliation: Neutral
Power: Invisibility
Favorite Color: Purple!
Preferred Type of Toothpaste: The cinnamon kind with the little mint crystals. She likes that extra Ka-POW burst of freshness, I guess.

Family:
- Mother: Linda Joanne Ramsey neé Preston (43 years old)
- Father: Eric Nathaniel Ramsey (45 years old)
- Brother: Jace Ramsey (16 years old)
- Grandmother: Barbara May Johansson (65 years old)

Brief History:
Nicole was the firstborn of Linda and Eric Ramsey. While Eric, a warranted employee of the Charleston County police force (which is just a fancy schmancy way of saying that he’s a policeman), spent more time out of the house than in it, Linda remained a stay-at-home mom and took care of their daughter, with the frequent help of Grandma Barbara, whom she instantly grew attached to. That’s not to say Eric wasn’t a good father, he devoted to her every single second that his job didn’t have a grasp on, but having not been there as much, Nicole grew closer to her mother, naturally.

Roughly around the age of four her mother gave birth to a son, Jace. Nicole didn’t warm up to him so quickly, in fact, it took a good two years to accept him into the family, but that was only because he left her with no choice--the boy just wouldn’t leave her hip! Needless to say, they grew up close as well.

She studied at Wando High School and was an outstanding student. With a strict father working for the police department, she wasn’t left with much room to screw up or get into any trouble. At times it was overbearing having a dad who had eyes EVERYWHERE, because hot damn was it tempting to have a taste of alcohol or pop a pill, but she kept her nose clean and instead devoted her free time painting or volunteering at the nearby pet store. Nicole got her first job there, actually, taking care of the animals, and then she branched out and started a small dog-sitting job, which she’s still currently running. It puts a little bit of money in her pocket, but mostly Nicole does it for her fun.

After graduation, she considered college, but with no clue as to what she wanted to do, she opted to take time off. Of course, her father was the most displeased, but he came to accept her decision, even if it kind of irked him inside. But with her dog-sitting business a cashier position at the Island Market Grocery store, it wasn’t like she was just sitting at home doing nothing. By the time she was nineteen, she found an affordable apartment nearby, thrilled for the freedom. Technically she hasn’t done anything outrageous (in a way she’s still a little scared that her dad would find out), but she’s just happy to have the option to do whatever she wants.
Brief Description of Power Capabilities:
Invisibility - the ability to render the user unseen to the naked eye. Nicole can technically go invisible at her leisure, and make others invisible by her touch, but she hasn’t quite mastered it all yet--though she is almost there. She’s more successful than not, but when she’s not, a body part could essentially be left out during transformation. This mostly occurs when she isn’t focused enough, or lacks the energy.

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