Avoiding detention... TO HELL!

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Fishtie

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Thenardier's Boarding School For The Extraordinarily Normal:
An excellent year round learning institute of great age, well suited to prepare any bright inquisitive individual for University or productive work. And you are one of the lucky students to be here.

But nobody is lucky forever.

And now you are in trouble.

Fortunately Mr. Gregor, Professor of Applied Mysticism, is not without his warped sense of fair play. He has decided to let you chose your own punishment from a few options.

1. A fifteen page paper on Mictlan, due first thing Monday. (today is Friday)
2. Serve a full weeks worth of double detention.
3. Personally travel to the inner depths of the underworld.

Well the choice seems obvious when layed out like that...

Now fortunately the nearest entrance to the underworld is just a few miles north at the base of Mount Orem. Let's see; you'll probably need a clean change of cloths, a sandwich or two, some rope, your cell phone, a flashlight. Oh! You definitely can't forget your divining stones, and maybe you should ask to borrow Frank's lazer gun. Do you think it will be cold? Perhaps you should bring a jacket...

So I have finally bit the bullet and decided to have a go at GMing my own RP. Now the initial post may seem limited, but my intention was to leave maximum flexibility for you, the players, to invent.

However feel free to ask questions, post comments, or give suggestions; and I will do everything in my power to provide answers. (though they may not be the ones you want :p)

Rules: The obvious. Warnings may be given, but mercy will not.
1. No Godmoding. Unless given explicit permision by the owner; do not post any action of a character not your own. Doing something to others without allowing them to respond is also not allowed.

2. No attacking users. Arguments between characters are fine, but do not allow any insults to extend to the players writing the character.

3. No Sex. Relationships are fine between characters, and a small amount of PDA will be tolerated, but anything too heavy should occur 'off screen'.



Guidelines: Not punishable, but good to keep in mind.
1. Be nice. Working together with other players tends to produce a better experience for everyone involved. Remeber to communicate with other players and myself whenever you think it's a good idea.

2. Give substantial posts. Every post doesn't have to include a whole manifesto, but posts of only one or two lines can be hard for other players to work with. (three is pushing it)

3. Exercise good literacy. Checking your posts for incorrect spelling or punctuation is always appreciated by your fellow players.

4. Have fun. Above all else.

Name: Full given name. May include nicknames if you want.

Gender: Thenardier's is split almost even between male and female.

Year: A measure of how long you have been at Thenardier's and what level of education you are going through. Also serves as a barometer of age. On occasion a student is placed in a year inappropriate for their age, but this is very uncommon. Thenardier's is a traditional four year school and the years are as follows:
Freshman: The first year of education at Thenardier's. Most students enter after advancing from the 8th grade of a middle school. An amount of this year is devoted to settling in the school. Usually 14 to 15 years old.
Sophomore: Second year. Sophomores tend to spend a great deal of effort on general education and expand their extracurricular activities. Mostly 15 to 16 year-olds.
Junior: The third year of education and fist upperclassman year. All Juniors decide on their educational focus and begin more specific studies. Juniors are also expected to look after freshman. Usually 16 to 17 years old.
Senior: The final year of education. Seniors are often in the final stages of preparing for collage or work. Regardless, most students graduate after a year of senior studies. Often seniors are 17 or 18 years old.

Educational Focus: Junior and senior students are expected to have chosen one of the school's focuses to enhance their education. Thenardier's prides itself on it broad curriculum of specializations. Those few unable to decide focus on Advanced Worldly Utility Skills until they find a focus matching their interests.

Extracurricular Activities: Totally optional. I swear.

Appearance: Describe as much or as little as you like about your characters appearance. Pictures are an option as part of, or the entire entry.

This is not a school observed trip, so students don't have to wear their school uniform, but every student is provided with several. The uniform includes light blue button down shirts, black slacks, a dark blue blazer, and a black tie (which can be replaced by a tie of the student's choosing). The blazer is marked with the school initials (T's B.S.) emblazoned on the left chest.

Personality: A quick look at the psyche of this student.

Bio: A quick history of the character. Keep in mind that Thenardier's Boarding School For The Extraordinarily Normal is a private school of moderate cost. However, scholarships are available.

Indiscretion: What did you get caught doing that landed you on this trip? Mr. Gregor is usually pretty lavish with punishments and has been in a particularly bad mood lately, so it might not take much. A few options of many: Curfew violation, chewing gum in class, skipping class, possession of an illicit item, dress code violation, entering a restricted area, talking back, sleeping in class, failure to turn in work on time, and many more.

Items: It's assumed that every character has access to the common things that a student needs for everyday life: book-bags, pens and paper, candy bars and so on. This entry should be reserved for things above and beyond the normal possessions. It could be a device of the character's creation or something of particular personal value. Also, only something the character will take with them should be put here. Be creative.

Name: Rodger Michal Kent, "Rod"

Gender: Male

Year: Junior

Educational Focus: Quantum Thermodynamics

Extracurricular Activities: Photography club, South Garden care squad, Psychics equal rights club

Appearance: Rodger is a slightly thin individual with brown, often tousled, hair. He has light blue eyes and a somewhat rounded face. Rodger has a rather light complexion but has a very impressive collection of freckles. Though he does have glasses he almost always wears contact lenses.

Personality: Rodger is friendly with most people though he can be a bit absentminded. He tends to daydream with almost no provocation whatsoever. For a person who tends to forget others so often and get lost in his own head, he is quite well grounded and is actually a very practical person.

Tends to be an extreme minimalist in both aesthetics and words. This has also bled pretty strongly into his work and design. Rodger enjoys flowers quite a lot.

Bio: Rodger is actually the son of Thenardier's P.E. teacher and anatomy teacher, Leonidas Kent. His mother died in childbirth. Raised by his single father, Rodger always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be a big strong boy. However, despite his best efforts he tended to fail at sports and in general had serious issues with most physical things.

Despite the support of his father, Rodger became quite depressed. It was only later, when Rodger blew up the physics lab three times in as many weeks, were his other talents in advanced engine design discovered.

Indiscretion: Curfew violation. Rodger got dared to sneak out of the dorm at night and try an meet up with a girl he had a crush on. Unfortunately he got caught.

Items: A jet-backpack. For quite a while now Rodger has been testing and refining the design of this multifunctional jet-pack. Unfortunately, even with it's stubbly flight wings it lacks control surfaces, so it's more useful for long jumps and sudden bursts of speed then actual extended flight. Also, the power cell and jets take up space, so it can't actually hold as much as a normal backpack.
 

TheIronRuler

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I'll look into this, I'm interested.
Reserve me, I'll try to find a good character to play with and make a sheet .
 

Fishtie

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Yay, I quite glad of all the interest shown. Thank you all, and continue to ask questions if you want.

MrJKapowey said:
SO is this like Hogwarts or something?
This is a year round boarding school. Several verities of magic are offered in the curriculum. So close enough.

ThreeWords said:
Oh, and how exta-normal is this?
Very, and in almost any direction possible. But it would seem quite mundane in universe.

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Now I wondered if someone could quickly answer one of my questions if it's not too much trouble.
I've been here for quite a while, but I still don't quite understand this 'Reserve' thing. Could someone explain it?
 

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Fishtie said:
Now I wondered if someone could quickly answer one of my questions if it's not too much trouble.
I've been here for quite a while, but I still don't quite understand this 'Reserve' thing. Could someone explain it?
Just wait for us to make the form, don't start wothout us and let others take places.
Usually Rps have limited space, so making a reserve just tells you that the person wants to participate, but he can't write an application right away. Sometimes they opt for joining in later, but I'm not sure if it's entirely different.
 

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Just a quick sheet. I have a feeling that I'm going to end up changing this sheet before the decision of rather who gets in starts.
Name: Tyler Strummer A.K.A "Ty" or "Joe" by his musically inclined friends.

Gender: Male

Year: Junior

Educational Focus: Recorded Music and Musical Studies

Extracurricular Activities:
School Band (Guitar)
Track and Field (100M,200M and 600M Dash)

Appearance: Tyler is rather tall for his age of 16 standing at around 6'5". Tyler isn?t necessarily muscular but he is fairly lean with sharp features and short black and gray eyes. His skin could be described as a mix between a chocolate brown and a seal brown.

When not in uniform he usually can be seen with various band tees and casual cargos and Vans.

Personality: Tyler is a devil-may-care people person. Every since he was a child he has developed a sense that he should be able to do what he wants whenever he wants, a philosophy he shares with most of his closer friends. This attitude has led to friction between many other students though Tyler's charisma usually makes up for the fact. Overall Tyler is a person who just wants to enjoy life as much as he can and enjoys living in the moment without thinking of future repercussions.

Another important characteristic is Tyler's laziness. He may be skilled in most of the things he does though only Tyler and a few other people know of his true abilities. His reason is he scared of criticism of his true abilities. (Ex: The only times Tyler would play his guitar as well as he can would be privately with his personal band or people he really care about.)

Bio:
Tyler came from a crowded family with many brother and sisters and grew up dealing with a lot of various struggles at his young age. Though his family didn?t have much Tyler's musical talents kept him distance from the various issues of regular day life.

When Tyler gained a scholarship to Thenardier his whole family was impressed and pleased, except for himself. Throughout his whole life he only attended public schools and thought the idea of a private school and a boarding school at that would change him into a totally different person. He thought he would lose his "edge" and slowly become another one of those preppy upscale douchebags he resented. Though when he arrived his freshman year he realized it was all that bad.

Every since then he slowly weaved his way and became acquainted with most of the student body(not always making friends).

Indiscretion: In possession of a Zippo Lighter and various cans of hair spray. A little small fact most people don?t know about Tyler is he's a pyro.

Items: Ty's replica of Joe Strummer?s 66 Telecaster. Though not an exact replica as it comes with an internal amplifier which is strong enough to rupture the sound waves around the guitar and launch then in any direction with extreme force.
 

Vesuvius Hetlan

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Minor edits.
Name:Tasha Keen

Gender: Male

Year: Senior (Tasha is 19. He hasn't graduated yet due to a screw up on his transcript. He's to quiet to say anything about it.)

Educational Focus: Mechanical robotic engineering

Extracurricular Activities: Manga club, Part-time assistant librarian

Appearance: Tasha is average height (around 5'9") and doesn't really standout in the crowd. He's quite pale from not going out much, has brown hair, blue eyes and frequently wears a kind smile on his face. His left arm is a very convincing replica of a real arm with the exception it has Property of Thenardier stamped on the wrist. He wears reading glasses for seeing close up.
Tasha doesn't have much in the way of fashion sense. He'll wear just about anything and almost always wears his beloved T's B.S hooded sweatshirt over his normal shirt regardless of the normal temperature.

Personality: Tasha is quiet and often has his head in the clouds. When talking he always pauses for a good 10 seconds before speaking and says very little and very quietly. Due to his weak vocal chords the loudest he can talk is a half-whisper. When talking to girls he talks even softer than normal (Which is barely audible to start with). He has only acknowledges three other people as friends (one of them is a well liked and straight laced girl whom he is going out with) Tasha can also be rather introverted. He is also learning to speak in sign language from the librarian in his off time, although his style of signing is rather crude.

Bio: Tasha was born without a left arm and his vocal chords are rather weak in the Czech Republic to a fairly affluent family. He has never asked for any pity about them and works hard for everything he does. There was a time where he became self-conscious of it refusing to speak to anyone. But one day during a tour of a robotics facility, one of the group guides noted one of the students had gone missing and excused himself to go look for him. He found Tasha sitting in front of a window over looking an advanced robot. In his lap was a perfect cross-section of it. As the guide helped the one armed kid up, he was motioned to lean in and Tasha whispered into his ear "The red wire shouldn't be there." Gesturing to the cross section. "It should be there." He pointed to another section. Tasha then ripped out the paper and handed it to the guide walking off to rejoin the group. The guide showed the cross-section to his boss who immediately recognized it as the work of a genius. With several adamant recommendations from the supervisor to his parents, He was enrolled in Thenardier. Ever since then He's been awkwardly passing classes and helping out in the Library. (Where he met his girlfriend, But that's another story.)

Indiscretion: Refusal to answer Mr.Gregor's question(Believed) Vocal chords were not functioning properly leading him to be unable to speak for the entire day (Actual).

Items: Arm-model Prototype XII Is the arm currently housing a self-powered laser (Installed while Tasha was sleeping by his best friend and roommate.) and permits Tasha to use more incredibly complicated movements and almost insane amounts of dexterity(more so than his real hand). It also capable of exerting over 25,000 PSI of crushing force. Tasha is unaware of the last improvement.
 

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Name: David Ashworth

Gender: Male

Year: Junior

Educational Focus: Applied parapsychology

Extracurricular Activities: Volunteer work in the library.

Appearance: David is unnaturally tall for his age (17). He has curly, dull black hair, dark brown eyes framed in half-rim prescription glasses, and mildly pale skin. His casual clothes are a pair of black jeans, a long-sleeve button-up white shirt, and faded black shoes.

Personality: David is a very kind person, but you wouldn't know that unless you actually talk to him. Unfortunately, many people tend to avoid him, due to his disconcerting appearance, or just ignoring him altogether because of how quiet he is. Also, he is known to explode in rage when under great stress. Because of this, he has very few friends. When he is engaged in conversation, he speaks very quickly and quietly, causing most people to misinterpret what he's saying. He shows a great love for literature, spending most of his time in the school library.

Bio: David was born into a rich family. But this was no ordinary family. This family was famous for it's psychics. Every first-born child in the family had great mind-powers. However, this didn't seem to be the case with David. He showed none of the amazing powers his ancestors had before him. This greatly upsetted his parents. They tried everything they could to get David's powers to surface, but none of them worked. Whenever they weren't forcing him to partake in various mental excercises and tests, he holed himself inside the family library, reading whatever it had to offer, and as a result, has a bit of trouble in social situations. In a last ditch effort, they sent him to Thenardier's, in hope of unlocking his true potential. So far, there have been no results, though he has been making progress with his social skills.

Indiscretion: Fell asleep during a test, due to staying up till four in the morning reading a book.

Items:
-A silver amulet with the Ashworth family crest attached. It was passed down from his father to him. If held, one can feel a quiet buzz reverberate inside of their head.
-A bag containing books of various topics, most of them pertaining to their current destination.
I might edit it later.

Made several edits.
 

Fishtie

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Woo! Character sheets already. Thanks for all the interest shown. Keep whatever you feel like coming.

TheIronRuler said:
Fishtie said:
Now I wondered if someone could quickly answer one of my questions if it's not too much trouble.
I've been here for quite a while, but I still don't quite understand this 'Reserve' thing. Could someone explain it?
Just wait for us to make the form, don't start wothout us and let others take places.
Usually Rps have limited space, so making a reserve just tells you that the person wants to participate, but he can't write an application right away. Sometimes they opt for joining in later, but I'm not sure if it's entirely different.
All right, I guess that makes sense. This particular RP wont be starting for a bit yet. Also, I didn't have any plans for a group limit at the moment. If it gets way too unwieldy I might split the group or something.

Souldemon8 said:
Tyler Strummer
Looks pretty good. Though you might think about changing your focus from Recorded Music and Musical Studies, to Musical Studies and Music Editing. It's up to you though. Rock on.

Vesuvius Hetlan said:
Tasha Keen
Nice. Keep in mind that people with robotic prosthetics are often refereed to by the slang term 'mechanic', 'mech', or 'mechy'. All three are definitively derogatory. (as in: "Look, there goes a mechy.")

DaGreatNoob said:
David Ashworth
Very interesting. A quick note on psychics:
About 50 years ago a psychic mass murderer went on a rather large killing spree aided by his powers. He was eventually caught and tried. To calm the now panicked populace various laws were rushed into effect requiring all psychics to be tested and registered by the government. Other regulations require notification of psychic powers on job applications, drivers licenses, and similar paperwork.

However, in the past few years a major popular movement has begun to remove these unjust laws.

Also, if you wanted the amulet to have some undeclared purpose I'd love it if you would PM me about it.
 

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Name: Kendal Craft

Gender: Male

Year: Junior (16)

Educational Focus: Science with a focus in biology

Extracurricular Activities: Piano and Martial Arts

Appearance: A lad standing at 5'6', Kendall is on the shorter side of the height spectrum. His build is quite healthy, thin but with noticeable muscle. He has a lighter shade of skin than most, leaning towards pale. The dark black hair on his head is usually in a large high standing curly mess. His eyes are green and usually have a pair black rimmed glasses on them. A noticeable feature would be the gap in his front teeth. His casual wardrobe is usually on the goth/punk side of things. The most common colors to see him wear would be: black, green, purple, and red. He enjoys accessories such as studded bracelets, necklaces, or occasionally rings. His shoes are nice big black boots. The boy might not be into make up, but he has been known to rock out some black nail polish. Finally, the lad has some piercings that should be noted: A barbell piercing on his right eyebrow, a large circular piercing in the upper part of his left ear, and on the same ear is a small piercing in the lobe as well.

Personality: Kendall is blunt, sarcastic, and judgmental. This stems from his dislike of being judged himself, he has some hypocritical quirks about him. He has a very competitive mind and enjoys stating his opinions, even if he thinks someone wont like them. Despite his outward appearance and personality, Kendall enjoys the life of an academic. He has a love for knowledge, mostly in history and science. Kendall doesn't enjoy socializing with others, unless the socializing is with his friends, who enjoy the company of to great extent. Around them, his irritated and cynical demeanor is a bit lessened all though not by too much. One final note is that Kendall does tend to also act a bit... feminine at times. From being scared easily, to the amount of time it takes him to get ready, also his love for plushies


Bio: Kendal was born into a rich American family. Spoiled and sheltered at a young age, Kendall was unable to understand the way people worked... at least at first. In elementary school (grades 1-5) he was often bullied for being a bit awkward and honest. He often didn't even know he was being bullied though, most of it just went over his head. However, as he aged he matured and his understanding of people got a bit better. His parents had started loosing interest in sheltering him at that point. They felt he had been maturing well on his own. They were often out having fun with friends and doing various rich person things. Kendall had developed and apathetic and quiet approach to people. He adopted a ?your cool and I'm cool. Let's keep it that way? outlook. Sadly, he was still picked on for his love of education and his near constant silence. Near the end of middle school (grades 6-8), Kendall had finally felt a dislike for most everyone. He finally began speaking up for himself and almost being a bully to others. His family could have easily payed for his entrance into the boarding school, all though got a scholarship for his near perfect grades. The boarding school has been a bit better for Kendall, he has managed to get at least some friends, and he isn't picked on nearly as much. If he is it's mostly for his piercings and hair, not his demeanor.

Indiscretion: Talking back for not dressing up. Kendall HATES the idea of uniformity and one day he decided to see what would happen if he went casual.

Items: A few comics, portable gaming console, lots of hair spray (he needs his volume... you know?), a stuffed scorpion plushie, and a large old book that elaborates on demonology.
I will fix it up later... >>
 

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Name: Joseph Harper (Professor Joey)

Gender: Male

Year: Year 11, so Sophomore

Educational Focus: History, Classical Civilisations and Ancient History

Extracurricular Activities: Shooting, Army Cadets, Drama

Appearance: Auburn hair, freckles, a bit overweight and average height though leaning towards the shorter side. Usually wears jeans and T-Shirts though for this outing he'll be wearing black jeans with a dark green T-Shirt and a DPM smock (basically a jacket) because it looks cool.

Personality: He's a relatively quiet student, focused on academic activities over sporting. He's also got an interest in engineering and weapon design/construction. He's is also an avid gamer and gun nut who definitely doesn't own any types of firearms. Really, he doesn't?

Bio: Moved from Britain at the age of 14 because of the higher standard of education offered at the school. He's involved in a shooting team at the school and an army cadet unit. Prior to moving, he lived a life alternating between his mother and father. Throughout his life he hasn't really gained many friends, preferring to keep himself to himself. Since arriving at the school he's settled down well and achieved consistently high grades, though possibly at the expense of social interaction.

Indiscretion: Possession of an illicit item without suprevision - Thermite.

Items: Flare, First Aid items and a military day sack. He definitely DOESN'T have a pistol he constructed himself which doesn't look like this...

[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/rppistol.jpg/]
9mm, with a 25 round magazine, requires manual cocking after each shot. MP5K shown for size purposes.

I'm definately not a gun nut...
 

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MrMixelPixel said:
Kendall Craft
Interesting. Two quick notes:
1) Piercings themselves are not against school rules. (refusing to be in uniform is though)
2) The demonology book is probably The Greater Key of Solomon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon]. {like the lesser key, but more in depth)

MrJKapowey said:
Joseph Harper
I like the idea. Quick notes:
1) The more specific infraction might be: possession of Thermite without supervision.
2) Mr. Kent is the faculty counselor for the shooting team.
3) The Army Cadet group is small and mostly disliked by the faculty. The commander is Mr. Archer, astronomy and physics teacher. (yes, he is skilled with a bow)

Anyone with any questions or comments be sure to throw them out. (um, post them, don't get rid of them.
 

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Fishtie said:
Anyone with any questions or comments be sure to throw them out. (um, post them, don't get rid of them.
Do you intend to have a few more people join in, or is this a good amount?
 

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DaGreatNoob said:
Do you intend to have a few more people join in, or is this a good amount?
5 not including me seems enough. But if anyone else still wants to join that'd be fine by me.

I think I still might be waiting for sheets from ThreeWords or TheIronRuler.

Still, I'm thinking of starting sometime Saturday or friday right now.
 

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quick question, by magics being offered, i'm guessing one of them has to have a sub level of controlling energy? if so then reserve a spot for me.
 

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Question - How regular is what we're doing (going to the underworld)?

You say that the school is regular and that all of this is accepted practice, but how often does this happen (i.e. do people go there at all or has it reached the 'lets install a revolving door' point?)